This Day In History
- Arts
- 2012 Queer coming-of-age film Mosquita y Mari, written and directed by Aurora Guerrero, is released.
- Law
- 1993 The United States Senate confirmed Ruth Bader Ginsburg's appointment to the Supreme Court by a 96–3 vote.
- Politics
- 1529 "Peace of the Ladies" (Treaty of Cambrai) made between Holy Roman Empire and the French, negotiated by Louise of Savoy and Margaret of Austria.
- Sports
- 2021 Jamaican athlete Elaine Thompson Herah wins 200m gold in Tokyo to become the first female to claim the 100/200m double at consecutive Olympic Games.
- 2021 New Zealand canoeist Lisa Carrington wins her third straight Olympic K-1 200m title at the Tokyo Games; also wins K-2 500m for her fourth career Olympic gold medal.
- Writing
- 2015 Chilean-born author Isabel Allende receives the US Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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