This Day In History
- 1647 Alse (Alice) Young was hanged in Hartford, Connecticut, in the first recorded execution of a “witch” in the American colonies.
- Law
- 1969 Australia's R v Davidson, also known as the Menhennitt ruling, was delivered in the Supreme Court of Victoria. The ruling was not the end of the case about the legality of abortion, but rather answered certain questions of law about the admissibility of evidence, so as to allow the trial to proceed.
- 2009 Sonia Sotomayor was nominated by President Barack Obama; she has served since August 8, 2009. Sotomayor is the first Hispanic and Latina member of the Court.
- 2009 President Barack Obama nominated federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Military
- 2011 Israeli Brigadier General Orna Barbivay's appointment as the next Head of the IDF Personnel Directorate was announced. Barbivay was promoted to major general, thus becoming the most senior female officer in the history of the IDF.
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