This Day In History
- Activism
- 2012 15-year-old education activist Malala Yousafzai is shot in the head by Taliban terrorists for her work promoting girls' education in Pakistan. She survived and became a globally recognized force for progress, and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate.
- Arts
- 2018 Taylor Swift won four honors at the American Music Awards to become the most decorated woman in the show’s history.
- Aviation and Aeronautics
- 1930 Laura Ingalls became the first woman to fly across the United States as she completed a nine-stop journey from Roosevelt Field, N.Y., to Glendale, Calif.
- Politics
- 2012 Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered her famous Misogyny Speech to Parliament in reaction to sexism from opposition leader Tony Abbott. It was later voted the most unforgettable moment of Australian TV history by Guardian readers.
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