This Day In History
- Activism
- 2015 Activists posing as joggers signal to one of their comrades that the police have momentarily turned their attention away from the flagpole outside the South Carolina State House. Brittany "Bree" Newsome scales the pole, takes down the Confederate flag that was flying there and is placed under arrest. Her actions reverberated across the nation and eventually resulted in the state of South Carolina permanently removing the flag from its capitol.
- Education
- 1833 Prudence Crandall, a white woman, is arrested for operating an academy for black women and girls in Canterbury, Connecticut.
- Espionage
- 1746 Flora MacDonald helps Bonnie Prince Charlie, disguised as Irish maid Betty Burke, evade capture by landing him on the Isle of Skye.
- Religion
- 1556 The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs, including Elizabeth Pepper, who was pregnant, and Agnes George.
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