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This Day In History

Arts

1982 Joan Jett’s I Love Rock 'n Roll hits No. 1 on Billboard charts.

Science

2019 Retired nurse Joy Milne, who can smell Parkinson's disease, helps researchers identify molecules on the skin of people with the disease in Manchester, England.

Sports

1985 At 9:00 a.m., Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. Riddles checked into Safety, the last checkpoint before the finish line, many hours ahead of her nearest competitor. She raced with a 13-dog team through debilitating blizzards in 18 days, 20 minutes, and 17 seconds, and won $50,000. The next three Iditarods also were won by a woman, Susan Butcher, who in 1987, had a then record-breaking time of 11 days, 2 hours, and 5 minutes.

Writing

1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin published. It would have a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S. and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War".