1981
Women in the Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female justice on the Supreme Court.
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1775
Ethan Allen was captured by the British.
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1789
The first Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. The first ten became the Bill of Rights.
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1890
Wilford Woodruff, president of the Mormon church, renounced the practice of polygamy. This paved the way for Utah's acceptance as a state in 1896.
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1957
Nine black children were escorted to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, under heavily armed guard, because of racial violence.
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2003
It was reported that more than 14,000 had lost their lives in France in a summer heat wave.
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2011
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia grants women the right to vote and run for office in future elections.
