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Activism

2013 Fashion Revolution Day takes place annually on 24 April, the anniversary of the 2013 Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh when 1133 died and over 2500 were injured as a result of unsafe working conditions in fast fashion garment production. Founders Carry Somers and Orsola de Castro launched the not-for-profit global movement, which now has teams in over 100 countries around the world. Fashion Revolution campaigns for reform of the fashion industry with a focus on the need for greater transparency in the fashion supply chain.

Business

1982 Hollywood royalty, fashion model, Oscar-winning actress, anti-war activist Jane Fonda extended her reach into the home-video market with the release of Workout, the first of her many bestselling aerobics tapes.

Journalism

2015 Caitlyn Jenner gave an extended interview to ABC's Diane Sawyer about her process of transitioning and accepting her identity.

2018 Former police officer Joseph DeAngelo was arrested after DNA linked him to crimes attributed to the so-called Golden State Killer; authorities believed he committed 13 murders and more than 50 rapes in the 1970s and 1980s. Journalist Michelle McNamara spent years bringing awareness to the case, interviewing victims, researching and visiting crime scenes, working with investigators, and bringing together disparate pieces of research and investigation from different cities and precincts. She even coined the nickname The Golden State Killer. Her book, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, was released February 27, 2018; HBO subsequently bought the rights to turn it into a documentary series.

Politics

1479 BC Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).

Sports

1885 American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.