This Day In History
- Activism
- 1881 In Washington, D.C., humanitarians Clara Barton and Adolphus Solomons founded the American National Red Cross, an organization established to provide humanitarian aid to victims of wars and natural disasters in congruence with the International Red Cross.
- Arts
- 1999 ABC’s All My Children's Susan Lucci wins the Daytime Emmy Award for Best Actress. The award was Lucci’s first win in 19 straight years of being nominated in the Best Actress category for her portrayal of Erica Kane.
- Aviation and Aeronautics
- 1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to complete a solo-transatlantic flight by flying 2,026 miles from Newfoundland to Ireland in just under 15 hours.
- Crime
- 1758 10-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, by Lenape Indians; she becomes an icon of the French and Indian War.
- Espionage
- 2018 Gina Haspel was sworn in as CIA director, becoming the first woman to serve as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency on a permanent basis.
- Sports
- 1973 Lynn Genesko, a swimmer, receives the first athletic scholarship awarded to a woman in the US (to the University of Miami).
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