This Day In History
- Activism
- 1968 A 12-block Mother’s Day march of “welfare mothers” is held in Washington, D.C., led by Coretta Scott King accompanied by Ethel Kennedy.
- Politics
- 1732 Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII.
- 1948 Wilhelmina, Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, cedes the throne to her daughter Juliana.
- Writing
- 1929 American author Julia Peterkin wins Pulitzer Prize for Novel/Literature for her novel Scarlet Sister Mary.
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