This Day In History
- 1343 After the execution of her husband, Jeanne de Clisson sells her estates and raises a force of men with which to attack French shipping and ports.
- Activism
- 1894 Dutch Society for Women Suffrage gets royal charter.
- Arts
- 1979 "Gilda Radner: Live From New York" opens at Winter Garden Theater, NYC and runs for 52 performances.
- Education
- 2018 Tokyo Medical University revealed to have been tampering with female entrance exams to ensure under 30% accepted, by Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri Shimbun".
- Journalism
- 2016 Full Frontal with Samantha Bee premiered.
- Sports
- 1992 Jackie Joyner-Kersee becomes the first woman ever to win two consecutive Olympic gold medals in the heptathlon.
- 2012 16-year-old Gabrielle Douglas became the fourth American woman to win Olympic gold in the individual all-around — joining Mary Lou Retton (1984), Carly Patterson (2004) and Nastia Liukin (2008). Douglas also became the first woman of color of any nationality to win a gold medal in the event.
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