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1848 Socialite Camila O'Gorman and priest Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas for having an affair.

Aviation and Aeronautics

1929 The Women's Air Derby was the first official women-only plane race in the United States, taking place during the 1929 National Air Races. Humorist Will Rogers referred to it as the Powder Puff Derby, the name by which the race is most commonly known. 19 pilots took off from Santa Monica, California on August 18, 1929 (another left the next day) and 15 made it to Cleveland, Ohio, nine days later.

Law

1920 Ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is completed, declaring “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” It is nicknamed “The Susan B. Anthony Amendment” in honor of her work on behalf of women’s suffrage.

1920 The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.

Military

1995 Shannon Faulkner, who’d won a 2.5-year legal battle to become the first female cadet at The Citadel, quit the military college after less than a week, due to death threats, vandalism and other forms of harassment against herself and her family.