This Day In History
- Arts
- 2004 Iraqi-born British architect Zaha Hadid, noted for her radical deconstructivist designs, becomes the first woman to be awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
- Law
- 2018 The Danish government bans garments that cover the face, including the niqab and burqa.
- Religion
- 1531 300 women marched in protest against the destruction of a chapel and the increasingly Protestant sympathies in Amsterdam, lead by Engel Korsendochter and the women of the Guild of the Holy Sacrament. The women were charged with four years of banishment or fines of 50 gulden for rebellion. They appealed to Charles V, as they had acted in defense of Catholicism, and most were pardoned.
- Sports
- 2015 At age 92 and 65 days, Harriette Thompson becomes the oldest woman to complete a marathon (Suja Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon in San Diego).
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