This Day In History
- Activism
- 1876 Suffragists crash the Centennial Celebration in Independence Hall to present the Vice President with the “Declaration of the Rights of Women” written by Matilda Joselyn Gage.
- Politics
- 0414 Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaimed herself empress (Augusta) of the Eastern Roman Empire.
- Science
- 2012 The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN. Italian particle physicist Fabiola Gianotti, who was CERN’s first female director general, led the ATLAS project during the period spanning the discovery.
- Sports
- 2009 Serena Williams beat her big sister, Venus, 7-6 (3), 6-2 for her third Wimbledon title and 11th Grand Slam championship.
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