This Day In History
- Activism
- 1969 Stonewall Inn Riots begin in New York City, with LGBT activists like Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera standing up to police who had consistently abused and harassed their community.
- Law
- 2000 Norah Hartnett, Christine Mead and Judy Ryan became Australia's first female Federal Magistrates.
- Politics
- 1838 Victoria is crowned queen of the United Kingdom.
- 2018 Amsterdam elects its first woman mayor, Femke Halsema.
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