This Day In History
- Activism
- 1967 Led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party temporarily disrupts trading at the New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them.
- Aviation and Aeronautics
- 1932 Amelia Earhart embarked on a 19-hour flight from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, making her the first woman to fly solo, non-stop, from coast to coast.
- Politics
- 1950 Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
- Writing
- 1847 Charlotte Brontë finishes her manuscript of "Jane Eyre".
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