This Day In History
- Activism
- 1980 13-year-old Cari Lightner of Fair Oaks, California, is walking along a quiet road on her way to a church carnival when a car swerves out of control, striking and killing her. Cari’s tragic death compelled her mother, Candy Lightner, to found the organization Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), which would grow into one of the country’s most influential non-profit organizations.
- Arts
- 2019 Baritone Lucia Lucas became the first female (transgender) baritone to perform a principal role in an American opera production, singing the starring role in Mozart's Don Giovanni with the Tulsa Opera.
- Politics
- 1979 Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher was chosen to become Britain’s first female prime minister as the Tories ousted the incumbent Labour government in parliamentary elections.
- Writing
- 1937 Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Gone with the Wind.
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