This Day In History
- Inventor
- 2021 US National Inventors Hall of Fame announces it will induct two Black women for the first time; Engineer Marian Croak and ophthalmologist Dr. Patricia Bath.
- Law
- 2000 Following a 12-year battle, the US federal government approved use of the abortion pill RU-486.
- Politics
- 1868 The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France. After 35 years as queen, she was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1868, and formally abdicated in 1870.
- Sports
- 1988 Australian Debbie Flintoff-King wins the 400m hurdles gold at the Seoul Olympics in 53.17, just 0.01 ahead of Tatyana Ledovskaya of the Soviet Union.
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