This Day In History
- Politics
- 1153 Treaty of Wallingford (Oxfordshire) signed between King Stephen and the Empress Maude (aka Matilda), effectively ending a civil war known as the Anarchy.
- 1632 Queen Christina of Sweden, one of the most learned women of the 17th century takes the throne, ruling until 6 June 1654.
- 2018 The 2018 US midterm elections saw many firsts for women in government: the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, the first Muslim woman elected to Congress; and Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland, the first Indigenous women in Congress. Plus, a record number of women were elected to the House of Representatives; 101 House seats were now filled by women, soaring past the previous record of 85. This was still only 23.2 percent of the House.
- Sports
- 1988 Norwegian distance runner Grete Waitz wins her ninth New York City marathon, something no runner had ever done in any marathon. Waitz had won her first marathon in New York in 1978 and she won again in 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986.
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