This Day In History
- Activism
- 2009 Iranian music student Neda Agha Soltan, 27, was gunned down during election protests in Tehran; her dying moments were caught on video and circulated widely on the Internet, making her name a rallying cry for the opposition and sparking international outrage.
- Law
- 1988 The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld a New York City law making it illegal for private clubs with more than 400 members to exclude women and minorities in New York State Club Association Inc. v. City of New York.
- Politics
- 1837 Queen Victoria's reign begins. She would rule the United Kingdom until her death on 22 January 1901.
- 1921 Alice Robertson (a Republican from Oklahoma) becomes the first woman to chair the House of Representatives
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