This Day In History
- Aviation and Aeronautics
- 1914 Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick, demonstrating air-jumping techniques to the US Army in San Diego, CA, pulled her release manually, becoming the first person to make an intentional free-fall parachute jump from an airplane.
- 1933 Aviator Maude 'Lores' Bonney was determined to became the first female to fly solo from Australia to England after spending 157 hours and 15 minutes airborne.
- Military
- 1813 Agustina de Aragón acted as a front line battery commander at the Battle of Vitoria, defending Spain from French invaders in the Peninsular War.
- Sports
- 1997 On the heels of a much-publicized gold medal run by the 1996 USA Basketball Women's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, the WNBA began its first season on June 21, 1997 to little fanfare, with the New York Liberty facing the Los Angeles Sparks in Los Angeles. The Liberty won 67-57.
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