This Day In History
- Activism
- 1975 In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gender inequality.
- Aviation and Aeronautics
- 1937 Pioneering international aviator Jean Batten lands in England, having flown from Australia in 5 days 18 hours 15 minutes, giving her solo records simultaneously in both directions; it was her last long-distance flight.
- Religion
- 1956 Reverend Margaret Towner is the first woman ordained a minister in the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA).
- Sports
- 1901 63-year-old schoolteacher named Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to successfully take the plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
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