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Arts

2017 Argentine conceptual artist Marta Minujin begins redistributing books from her art installation "Parthenon of Banned Books", honoring books burnt by Nazis, in Kassel Germany.

Law

1971 10 years before Sandra Day O'Connor became the first woman on the US Supreme Court, activist and lawyer Pauli Murray wrote to President Richard Nixon urging him to nominate her for a Supreme Court vacancy, saying "I would like to compete openly and fairly with all other candidates for this position." Murray, an African-American queer woman, was not nominated.

1980 The Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China was adopted as the modified law code from the 1950 Marriage Law. The 1950 Marriage Law was the first legal document under the People's Republic of China to address marriage and family law. The law granted certain rights to women during the legal contract of marriage: Women needed to be 18 years or older to marry, both parties had to consent, and the courts could reject marriages with ulterior motives (such as human trafficking and arranged marriages).

Sports

2012 Phiona Mutesi and Ivy Amoko were awarded the title of Woman Candidate Master after scoring the required 50% from nine games at the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey. This made them the first titled female players in Ugandan chess history