This Day In History
- Politics
- 1794 Empress Catherine II of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in Kyiv.
- 1972 Co-authored by Representative Patsy Mink, Title IX of the Education Amendments is signed into law by President Richard Nixon. It states “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
- Sports
- 1972 Bernice Gera becomes first female umpire in US pro baseball, in a game between Geneva Senators and Auburn Twins in Geneva, New York.
- 2019 Ashleigh Barty becomes first Australian female in 42 years (since Evonne Goolagong Cawley) to attain world #1 tennis ranking when she beats Julia Görges 6-3, 7-5 at the Birmingham Classic.
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