This Day In History
- 1804 The Lewis and Clark expedition, including Native American interpreter Sacagawea, depart to explore the Northwest.
- Activism
- 1961 Freedom Riders were attacked by violent mobs in Anniston and Birmingham, Alabama. As a result, CORE officials decided to abandon the Freedom Rides, but SCNCC activist Diane Nash organized a group of students from Nashville, Tennessee, to continue the rides.
- Sports
- 2008 Justine Henin, 25, became the first woman to retire from tennis while atop the WTA rankings.
- Writing
- 1935 Mrs Dalloway, considered Virginia Woolf's greatest novel, was first published in England and the United States.
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