This Day In History
- 1964 Five women received the US Presidential Medal of Freedom: Dr. Lena Edwards, Lynn Fontainne, Dr. Helen Taussig, Leontyne Price and Helen Keller.
- Arts
- 1985 Popular television comedy The Golden Girls premiered, starring Betty White, Bea Arthur, Estelle Getty and Rue McClanahan.
- Education
- 2016 Dr. Carla Hayden was sworn in by Chief Justice John G. Roberts as the 14th Librarian of Congress. The third professional librarian, the first woman and the first African American to hold the position, Dr. Hayden had served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Enoch Pratt Free Library system in Baltimore. Her work there earned her the Library Journal Librarian of the Year award, the first African American to receive the award. She has also served as president of the American Library Association.
- Religion
- 1975 Elizabeth Ann Seton, who founded the first U.S. Order of the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph, is canonized and becomes the first American-born saint.
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