This Day In History
- 2017 Pakistani woman charged with poisoning 17 members of husband's family in attempt to escape forced marriage in Punjab Province.
- Arts
- 2013 The original production of Fun Home, a musical theatre adaptation of Alison Bechdel's 2006 graphic memoir of the same name with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by Lisa Kron, closes off-Broadway after several extensions. It was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The original Broadway production, in 2015, was nominated for 12 Tonys and won 5, including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical (Kron) and Best Original Score (Tesori and Kron).
- Politics
- 2020 The US presidential election is held, resulting in Senator Kamala Harris becoming the first African American, first Asian American and first woman vice president of the United States.
- Sports
- 2019 Australian world #1 Ashleigh Barty beats Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6–4, 6–3 to win the WTA Finals in Shenzhen, China, receives US$4.42m the biggest winner's prize in tennis history.
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