This Day In History
- Activism
- 2017 After years of campaigning by women activists, the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia was lifted.
- 2018 Women in Saudi Arabia were able to drive for the first time, as the world’s last remaining ban on female drivers was lifted.
- Aviation and Aeronautics
- 1983 The space shuttle Challenger – carrying America’s first woman in space, Sally K. Ride – coasted to a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
- Politics
- 2010 Julia Gillard was sworn in as Australia's 27th Prime Minister, the first woman to hold that position.
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