This Day In History
- Arts
- 2019 Lucia Lucas became the first transgender baritone to appear with the English National Opera in London, singing Public Opinion in Orpheus in the Underworld at the London Coliseum.
- Aviation and Aeronautics
- 1936 Pioneering international aviator Jean Batten leaves England for New Zealand, setting a world record when she flies 22,891 km (14,224 mi) in 11 days 45 minutes, including two days 12 hours in Sydney.
- Science
- 2009 Americans Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak won the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine.
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