This Day In History
- Activism
- 1873 Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
- Aviation and Aeronautics
- 1983 The Challenger STS-7 launches, making Sally Ride the first American woman in space.
- Crime
- 1921 From her first arrest in Australia on 18 June 1921, successful madam Tilly Devine had 79 convictions on prostitution-related charges, such as offensive behaviour and indecent language.
- Religion
- 1983 Mona Mahmudnizhad, together with nine other women of the Baháʼí Faith, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran over her religious beliefs. She was 17.
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