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This Day In History

Activism

1776 In Baltimore, Maryland (US), a public notice appears in local papers recognizing the sacrifice of women to the cause of the revolution. The notice urged others to recognize women’s contributions.

2003 British newspaper The Guardian published and article quoting country band The Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines saying ‘We’re ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas.' The backlash from country music fans and industry was intense, and is documented in the 2006 documentary Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing.

Crime

2003 Elizabeth Smart, the 15-year-old girl who vanished from her bedroom nine months earlier, was found alive in a Salt Lake City suburb with two drifters, Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee. (Mitchell is serving a life sentence; Barzee was released from prison in September 2018.)

Education

1912 Juliette Gordon Low assembled 18 girls together in Savannah, Georgia, for the first-ever Girl Scouts of America meeting.

Law

1993 Nominated by President Bill Clinton, Janet Reno is sworn in as the first female attorney general of the United States.

Politics

1921 Edith Cowen won an election by 46 votes to become the first woman in Australia to become a parliamentarian and the second in the British Empire.

1962 First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy arrives at Palam Airport in New Delhi, India. She was on a solo goodwill tour to India and Pakistan, which was considered by the president's advisors as an invaluable sign towards strengthening international diplomatic ties and improve communication decisively.

Sports

2009 World champion skier Lindsey Vonn became the first American woman to win the super-G season finale at the World Cup finals in Are, Sweden.