This Day In History
- Arts
- 1961 Film adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical "West Side Story" debuts. Rita Moreno won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress (the first Latina actress to win an Oscar) and Irene Sharaff won Best Costume Design.
- Politics
- 1945 Argentine actress Eva Duarte marries military officer and politician Juan Perón. Later known as Evita, she would become vital to his political success both in Argentina and abroad as the country's first lady.
- Sports
- 2009 16-year-old Australian sailor Jessica Watson steered her bright pink yacht out of Sydney Harbor to start her bid to become the youngest person to sail solo and unassisted around the world. She succeeded, returning to Sydney Harbor in May 2010.
- Writing
- 1775 African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
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