This Day In History
- 2017 Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $417m to woman who developed ovarian cancer after using their talc-based products.
- Arts
- 1961 American country singer Patsy Cline records then-struggling songwriter Willie Neslon's song "Crazy", in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Education
- 1913 Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students. The first women to attend were Chika Kuroda and Ume Tange who studied chemistry, and Raku Makita who studied mathematics.
- Sports
- 1987 German swimmer Silke Horneer swims female world record 100m breaststroke (1:07.91).
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