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Activism

1899 American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.

Law

1965 The U.S. Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, struck down, 7-2, a Connecticut law used to prosecute a Planned Parenthood clinic in New Haven for providing contraceptives to married couples. Estelle T. Griswold (Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut Executive Director from 1954 to 1965) and volunteer Dr. C. Lee Buxton opened a birth control clinic in New Haven, "thus directly challeng[ing] the state law." The clinic opened on November 1, 1961, and that same day received its first ten patients and dozens of appointment requests from married women who wanted birth control advice and prescriptions. Griswold and Buxton were arrested, tried, found guilty, and fined $100 each. The conviction was upheld by the Appellate Division of the Circuit Court, and by the Connecticut Supreme Court.

Politics

1977 Britons celebrated the silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, marking the 25th year of her reign.

Sports

2014 Maria Sharapova won her second French Open title in three years, beating fourth-seeded Simona Halep 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4 in the final.