This Day In History
- 1777 The Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting Betsy Ross's design as the Flag of the United States.
- 2017 Fire engulfed the 24-story Grenfell Tower in West London, killing 71 people. Two women living in Grenfell Tower, Mariem Elgwahry and Nadia Choucair, had been threatened with legal action by the building's management company, KCTMO, after they campaigned for improved fire safety. They later died in the fire, at the age of 27 and 33.
- Activism
- 1907 The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
- Law
- 1993 President Bill Clinton nominated Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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