2015 Event Serbian Novak Djokovic beats Swiss Roger Federer to win his second U.S. Men's Open title; a day earlier, Italian Flavia Pennetta beat fellow Italian Roberta Vinci in the U.S. Women's Open to win her first Grand Slam, then announced her retirement 2015 Event The U.S. Navy announces that it will allow women to undergo its intensive 6-month SEAL training; female candidates who pass the course will be able to serve on SEAL teams 2015 Event Myanmar President Thein Sein implements a population control law requiring women to wait three years between children; critics believe the law can be used to oppress women as well as minority religion and ethnic populations in the country 2015 Event Two art works set world records at a Christie's auction in New York, with Pablo Picasso's painting 'Women of Algiers Version O' selling for $160 million and Alberto Giacometti's sculpture 'Pointing Man' selling for $141.3 million 2015 Event Nigerian troops rescue 93 women and 200 girls from Boko Haram encampments in the Sambisa Forest; the 'Chibok girls', kidnapped by the militants last year and taken into the forest, were not among those rescued 2015 Event UConn defeats Notre Dame 63-53 to win the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship; these results follow yesterday's Duke University win over the University of Wisconsin 68-63 in the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship 2014 Event The Church of England announces that it has changed its rules to allow female bishops; the church has allowed female priests for the last 20 years but has not allowed women to serve in higher positions until now 2014 Event Discount retailer Wal-Mart says that it is sorry for labeling women's plus-sized Halloween costumes as 'Fat Girl Costumes' on its website; the company retitled the shopping category and has sent individual apologies to offended customers on Twitter 2014 Event A planned demonstration in Iran against recent acid attacks on women has been prevented by a show of police forces; protesters believe the women were attacked due to improper covering in accordance with the nation's dress code 2014 Event Shamil Tarpischev, president of the Russian Tennis Federation, has been suspended for a year and fined $25,000 by the Women's Tennis Association Tour for making derogatory gender-based remarks about tennis champion sisters Serena and Venus Williams 2014 Event Facebook and Apple are offering to pay the costs of freezing the eggs of female employees covered by the companies' insurance plans; the companies see the offering as a way to help women focus on their careers if they wish to delay motherhood 2014 Event Iran is strengthening gender segregation policies, forbidding women to work in public areas of restaurants and seeking separation from men in office settings; the move will increase the 18.9% female jobless rate 2014 Event Petra Kvitova beats Eugenie Bouchard to win the women's Wimbledon final; Novak Djokovic wins the men's final after defeating Roger Federer 2014 Event Facebook reports that over 90% of its tech employees are Asian or white, while women make up only 15% of tech employees and 31% of all employees; COO Cheryl Sandberg notes that more women are also needed in leadership roles at the company 2014 Event Japanese banks are promoting women to upper management levels for the first time in history; four women in the nation's top three banks have been promoted in the last year 2014 Event The University of Connecticut achieves a second championship as the women's basketball team takes home the NCAA championship title after a 79-58 victory over Notre Dame; the men's basketball team won the NCAA title this season 2014 Event The U.N. celebrates International Women's Day with the theme 'Equality for women is progress for all' 2014 Event The 2011 abortion rate reportedly is at its lowest in 30 years; the rate of 16.9 abortions per thousand women of childbearing age was 19.4 per thousand in 2008, and 29.3 per thousand in 1981 2013 Event A vote by the General Synod of the Church of England approves legislation allowing women bishops to be ordained by 2014 2013 Event At the U.S. Open, tennis pro Serena Williams defeats Victoria Azarenka, winning Women's Singles for the fifth time 2013 Event The 2012-13 Biathlon World Cup ends, with Martin Fourcade winning men's and Tora Berger winning women's overall World Cup titles 2013 Event At the 2013 Australian Open, tennis pro Victoria Azarenka wins the women's singles event, after winning three sets in the final against Li Na 2012 Event A debate among EU commissioners on a proposal to accept a 40 percent quota for women on corporate boards is delayed until November 2012 2012 Event A customary law which prevented women from inheriting their family home, is overturned by the high court of Botswana 2012 Event The Dutch non-profit organization's Women on Waves abortion rights activist ship, which provides abortions and related medical services to women from countries with restrictive abortion laws, was blocked from entering Morocco's port of Smir 2012 Event Lydia Ko, a 15-year old amateur golfer, wins the Canadian Women's Open; she is the youngest winner ever on the LPGA Tour and first amateur to win since JoAnne Carner in 1969 2012 Event Japan wins their third title in the 2012 Women's Baseball World Cup 2012 Event Tennis pro Serena Williams beats Agnieszka Radwanska in the Women's Singles final at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships 2012 Event A letter written by Manal al Sharif, and signed by hundreds, urges Saudi King Abdullah to give women the right to drive 2012 Event The U.S. Department of Defense produces new guidelines that remove restrictions on the use of women in combat 2012 Event Nearly 2,000 Malawi women protest against attacks on women wearing trousers by unemployed youths and street vendors 2011 Event In Cairo, thousands of Egyptian women demonstrate against military police for abuse against female demonstrators in Tahir Square 2011 Event Over 45,000 runners participate in the New York City marathon; Geoffrey Mutai and Firehiwot Dado win the mens and women's races 2011 Event Japan asks South Korea to refute a plan to build a Korean World War II 'comfort women' monument near Seoul's Japanese embassy 2011 Event In Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah announces reforms that give women the right to vote and run in municipal elections 2011 Event Serena Williams is defeated in Women's Singles at the 2011 U.S. Open by Samantha Stosur of Australia 2011 Event In Riyadh, Saudia Arabia, six women were arrested for practicing driving in an empty car lot; women are banned from driving on the road 2011 Event In South Dakota, Governor Dennis Daugaard signs an abortion bill that requires women to undertake counseling and wait 72 hours, the longest period in the U.S. 2011 Event The first full face transplant is performed by surgeons at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts 2010 Event Over 40,000 runners compete in the New York Marathon; Gebre Gebremariam wins the men's marathon and Edna Kiplagat wins the women's marathon 2010 Death Florence Green, the last known female First World War veteran who served with the Women's RAF in 1918, dies at 108 2006 Death Karin Struck, author, wrote women's literature, politically liberal, openly opposes abortion, converted to Catholicism, 1996 dies 2004 Event Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs beat Ai Sugiyama and Liezel Huber 2004 Event Wimbledon Women's Finals, Maria Sharapova beat Serena Williams 2004 Death Frances Dee, actress, Little Women, dies at 96 2003 Event Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama beat Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suarez 2003 Event Wimbledon Women's Finals, Serena Williams beat her sister Venus Williams 2003 Death Lana Clarkson, actress, Amazon Women on the Moon, dies at 40 2002 Event Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Venus Williams and her sister Serena Williams Paola Suarez and Virginia Ruano 2002 Event Wimbledon Women's Finals, Serena Williams beat her sister Venus Williams 2002 Event 21st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Antonio 2001 Event Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs beat Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama 2001 Event Wimbledon Women's Finals, Venus Williams beat Justine Henin 2001 Event 20th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at St. Louis 2000 Event 55th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship 2000 Event Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama beat Venus Williams and Serena Williams 2000 Event Wimbledon Women's Finals, Venus Williams beat Lindsay Davenport 2000 Event 19th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Corel State Spectrum 1999 Death Ashley Montagu, anthropologist, The Natural Superiority of Women, dies at 94 1999 Event 54th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship 1999 Event Wimbledon Women's Finals, Lindsay Davenport beat Steffi Graf 1999 Event Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu beat Mariaan de Swardt and Elena Tatarkova 1999 Event 18th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Jose 1998 Event Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf 1998 Event Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1998 Event Weetabix Women's British Golf Open 1998 Event 53rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship at Blackwolf Run GC, Kohler WI 1998 Event Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Martina Hingis and Jana Novotna beat Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva 1998 Event Wimbledon Women's Finals, Jana Novotna beat Nathalie Tauziat 1998 Event 17th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Kemper Arena KC 1998 Event USA Women's Hockey Team beats Canada for 1st Olympic Gold medal 1998 Event Dale Eggeling wins Los Angeles Women's Golf Championship 1997 Event Willem de Kooning painting, "Two Standing Women," sold for $4,182,500 1997 Event 27th New York City Women Marathon won by Franziska Rochat-Moser of Switzerland 2:28:43 1997 Event NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner and Violet Palmer as 1st women to officiate a major-league all-male sports league 1997 Event Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1997 Event Weetabix Women's British LPGA Open 1997 Event Karrie Webb wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Open 1997 Event 52nd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Alison Nicholas 1997 Event Wimbledon Women's Doubles Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva beat Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf 1997 Event Women's National Basketball Association begins as New York Liberty beats LA Sparks 1997 Event 1st New York Women Film Festival opens 1997 Event 1st all female (20 British women) team reaches North Pole 1997 Event 26th Boston Women's Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23 1997 Event 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Old Dominion 68-59 1997 Event Brazil Senate allows women to wear slacks 1997 Event Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Los Angeles Women's Championship 1997 Event "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin New York City 1997 Event "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," opens at Gershwin New York City 1996 Event 4 women ordained priests in Jamaica, 1st in 330-year Anglican history 1996 Event 26th New York City Women's Marathon won by Anuta Catuna of Romania in 2:28:18 1996 Event Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf 1996 Event Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf 1996 Event BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Liz Johnson 1996 Event Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1996 Event Emilee Klein wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Golf Open 1996 Event 51st U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Annika Sorenstam 1996 Event 25th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:27:12.6 1996 Event 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Georgia 83-65 1995 Event Rosemary West, found guilty in England, of killing 10 women 1995 Event 25th New York City Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06 1995 Event Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf 1995 Event BPAA U.S. Women's Open won by Cheryl Daniels 1995 Event Kerrie Webb wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Golf Open 1995 Event 50th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Annika Sorenstam 1995 Event 24th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11 1995 Event Rosie Jones wins LPGA Pinewild Women's Golf Championship 1995 Event 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: University of Ct Huskies beats Tennessee 70-64 1995 Event 69th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Mary Pierce beats Vicario (63 62) 1994 Event 24th New York City Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:27:37 1994 Event Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Championships of Women's Golf 1994 Event BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Aleta Sill 1994 Event Jingyi Le swims world record 100m women's freestyle (54.01 sec) 1994 Event Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Golf Open 1994 Event 49th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan 1994 Event 23rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:21:45 1994 Event Val Skinner wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship 1994 Event 13th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Louisiana Tech 60-59 1994 Event Church of England ordains 1st 33 women priests 1994 Event U.S. Navy issues 1st permanent order assigning women on combat ship 1994 Event 68th Australian Women's Tennis Open: S Graf beats A S Vicario (60 62) 1993 Event 23rd New York City Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig in 2:26:24 1993 Event Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf 1993 Event 48th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Lauri Merten 1993 Event Nazi's kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany 1993 Event 22nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:25:27 1993 Event Trish Johnson wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship 1993 Event 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Texas Tech beats OH State 84-82 1993 Event 67th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Monica Seles beat Graf (46 63 62) 1993 Event New York Newsday reports Oregon Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 23 women 1992 Event Washington Post reports Ore Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 10 women 1992 Event 22nd New York City Women's Marathon won by Lisa Ondieki in 2:24:40 1992 Event "Jake's Women" closes at Neil Simon Theater New York City after 245 performances 1992 Death Ruth Nelson, actress (Awakenings, 3 Women), dies at 87 1992 Death Alison L Gertz, U.S. aids-activist/Esquire women of year, dies of aids 1992 Event 47th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan 1992 Death Albert Pierrepont, last British executioner (433 men/17 women), dies 1992 Event 21st Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:23:43 1992 Event Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Sega Women's Golf Championship 1992 Event 11th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62 1992 Event NCAA Basketball Women's Championship at Kemper Arena, KC 1992 Event "Jake's Women" opens at Neil Simon Theater New York City for 245 performances 1992 Death Ida Oosterbaan, Dutch founder (Women Action Committee), dies 1992 Event Dawn Coe wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1992 Event Kristi Yamaguchi of U.S. wins Olympic gold medal in women's figure skating 1992 Event "Dangerous Women" final episode on WWOR-TV 1991 Event 1st world championship of women's soccer, U.S. defeats Norway 2-1 1991 Event 21st New York City Women's Marathon won by Liz McColgan of Scotland in 2:27 1991 Event Dr. Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women 1991 Death Carol White, actress (Prehistoric Women, Dulcima), dies at 47 1991 Event U.S. women's gymnastics team win 1st World Championships medal (silver) 1991 Death Billy James, comedian/singer (Women at Play, Lusty Business), dies 1991 Event Debbie Doom (U.S.) pitches 2nd consecutive perfect game in women's softball at the Pan American Games, beats Nicaragua, 8-0 1991 Event Senate votes to allow women to fly combat aircraft 1991 Event 46th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Meg Mallon 1991 Death Paul Andor, actor (Mad Lover, Enemy of Women), dies 1991 Event 20th Boston Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil of Poland in 2:24:18 1991 Event 10th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67 1991 Event Supreme Court rules unanimously employers can't exclude women from jobs where exposure to toxic chemicals could potentially damage fetus 1991 Event Deb Richard wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1990 Event 20th New York City Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil in 2:30:45 1990 Death Jill Esmond, actress (13 Women, My Pal Wolfe, FP 1), dies at 82 1990 Event 45th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy King 1990 Event New York City police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts) 1990 Event BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Dana Miller-Mackie 1990 Event European court rules pension rights for both men and women 1990 Death Pauline Frederick, 1st women to moderate President debate, dies at 84 1990 Event Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10 1990 Event 19th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:23 1990 Event 9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Auburn 88-81 1990 Event 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa) 1990 Event Beth Daniel wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1990 Event 64th Australian Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats MJ Fernandez (63 64) 1990 Event Mitsuko Nishiwaki beats Nakano to become Japan Women wrestling champ 1989 Event Worst Canadian mass murder: Marc Lepine kills 14 women at U Montreal 1989 Event 19th New York City Women's Marathon won by Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:25:30 1989 Event 44th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy King 1989 Event Delta Burke (Designing Women) weds Gerald McRaney (Major Dad) 1989 Event 18th Boston Women's Marath won by Ingrid Kristiansen of Nor in 2:24:33 1989 Event 8th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Auburn 76-60 1989 Death Bernard Blier, actor (Les Miserables, Women and War), dies at 73 1989 Event Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open/Helene Curtis Pro-Am 1989 Event Steve Garvey marries Candace Thomas while at same time being accused of fathering children by 2 other women 1989 Death Ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida at 42 1989 Event Murden and Metz are 1st women to reach South Pole overland (on skis) 1988 Event 18th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:07 1988 Event Steve Jones wins New York men's marathon; Grete Waitz 9th women's title 1988 Event 43rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Liselotte Neumann 1988 Event Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds 1988 Event Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's heptathlete record of 7,215 pts 1988 Event Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women and minorities 1988 Event Women sentenced to 90 years in 1st product tampering murder case 1988 Death Renato Salvatori, actor (Burn, Luna, 2 Women), dies 1988 Event Women are allowed to compete in Little 500 bicycle race (Indiana) 1988 Event 17th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:24:30 1988 Event 7th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Louisiana Tec beat Auburn 56-54 1988 Event Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open/Helene Curtis Pro-Am 1987 Event 17th New York City Women's Marathon won by Priscilla Welch in 2:30:17 1987 Event 42nd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Laura Davies 1987 Event Petra Felke (E Ger) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record) 1987 Event Molly Yard elected new President of National Org for Women 1987 Event Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women 1987 Event 16th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:21 1987 Event Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed record, 124.9 mph 1987 Event 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44 1987 Event Supreme Court rules women/minorities may get jobs if less qualified 1987 Event Jane Geddes wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1986 Event 16th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:06 1986 Event "Designing Women," TV Comedy, debuts on CBS 1986 Death Virginia Gregg, actress (Little Women), dies at 69 1986 Event Heike Drechsler of E Germany ties world women's 200 m mark (21.71s) 1986 Event 41st U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jane Geddes 1986 Event Maricica Puica of Romania runs 2,000 m in 5:28.69 (record for women) 1986 Event Heike Drechsler of East Germany long jumps 7.45 m (women's record) 1986 Event 15th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55 1986 Event 5th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: Texas beats Southern California 97-81 1986 Event Juli Inkster wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1985 Event 15th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:34 1985 Event Alayson Gibbons sets 24 hour women swim record of 42.05 miles in 25 meter pool 1985 Event Amy Alcott wins LPGA Nestle World Championship of Women's Golf 1985 Event 40th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Kathy Baker 1985 Event Amy Alcott wins LPGA Moss Creek Women's Golf Invitational 1985 Event 14th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 2:34:06 1985 Event 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Georgia 70-65 1985 Event Jane Blalock wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1984 Event Willem de Kooning's "Two Women" sells for $1,980,000 1984 Event 14th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:29:30 1984 Event Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record) 1984 Event Evelyn Ashford of U.S. ties world women's mark for 100 m, 10.76 sec 1984 Event Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf 1984 Event Joan Benoit (U.S.) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52) 1984 Event Marita Koch of E Germany sets world women's mark for 200m, 21.71s 1984 Event 39th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy 1984 Event Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members 1984 Event Southern Baptist convention decide on no women clergy members 1984 Event 13th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lorraine Moller of New Zealand in 2:29:28 1984 Event Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1984 Event Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 pts 1983 Event 13th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:00 1983 Event Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf 1983 Event 38th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jan Stephenson 1983 Event Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less 1983 Event 12th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:22:43 1983 Event WIBC Championship Tournament in Las Vegas, attracts 75,480 women bowlers for 83-day event 1983 Event Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1982 Event 12th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:14 1982 Event Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf 1982 Event 37th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Janet Anderson 1982 Event 11th Boston Women's Marathon won by Charlotte Teske of Germany in 2:29:33 1982 Event Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA CPC Women's Golf International 1982 Event 1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: LA Tech beats Cheney 76-62 1982 Event Amy Alcott wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1982 Event Sharie Langford, California, sets women's bowling series record of 853 1982 Event Old Dominion ends La Tech's women's basketball rec 54-game win streak 1981 Event 56th Australian Women Tennis: Navratilova beats Chris Evert (67 64 75) 1981 Event 11th New York City Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe in 2:25:29 1981 Event April Moon sets women's handbow distance record of 1,039 yards and 13" 1981 Event Fiona Brothers sets women's propeller boat speed record (116.279 MPH) 1981 Event Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf 1981 Event 36th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley 1981 Event Sally Little wins LPGA CPC Women's Golf International 1981 Event Peter Sutcliffe admits he is the Yorkshire Ripper (murdered 13 women) 1981 Event 10th Boston Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe of New Zealand in 2:26:46 1981 Event Pat Bradley wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1981 Event "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe, murderer of 13 women, captured 1981 Event British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, a truck driver later convicted of "Yorkshire Ripper" murders of 13 women 1980 Death Sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75 1980 Event 10th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:25:41.3 1980 Event Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Series of Women's Golf 1980 Event Chantal Langlace sets women's record for fastest 100K run (7h27m22s) 1980 Event Federal court voids Selective Service Act as it doesn't include women 1980 Event 35th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott 1980 Event Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC Women's Internationalional Golf Tournament 1980 Event 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Canada in 2:34:28, Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women's champ she hadn't run entire course 1980 Event Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1980 Event Ford Motor Company found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto 1980 Event NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in 5 sports 1979 Event 9th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:33 1979 Event National Women's Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, New York) dedicated 1979 Event 34th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jerilyn Britz 1979 Event Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament 1979 Event 8th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:35:15 1979 Event Joanne Carner wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1979 Death Dolores Costello, actress (Noah's Ark, Expensive Women), dies at 73 1979 Birthday David Lopez, Queens, New York, actor, and God Created Women, Ghostwriter 1978 Event 1st game of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL), Chicago Hustle vs Milwaukee Does 1978 Event 8th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:32:30 1978 Event NY District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms 1978 Event Dutch women hockey team wins world championship 1978 Event 33rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy 1978 Event 33rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy 1978 Event 1st 6 teams of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, New Jersey, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota and Dayton 1978 Event Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament 1978 Event Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more 1978 Event 7th Boston Women's Marathon won by Gayle Barron of Georgia in 2:44:52 1977 Event 7th New York City Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman in 2:43:10 1977 Event Army shoots on market vendor women in Conakry Guinee 1977 Event Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate European Women's Golf Open 1977 Event 32nd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy 1977 Birthday Shany Kedmy, born in Israel, Women's 470 yachter, 1996 Olympics 1977 Event 6th Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:48:33 1977 Event Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament 1976 Event 6th New York City Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman in 2:39:11 1976 Event Playboy releases Jimmy Carter's interview that he lusts for women 1976 Event Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests and bishop 1976 Event 10,000 Northern Ireland women demonstrate for peace in Belfast 1976 Event 31st U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by JoAnne Carner 1976 Event 5th Boston Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt of Wis in 2:47:10 1975 Event Coast Guard Academy 1st allows women to enroll 1975 Event Jacqueline Hansen runs women's world record marathon (2:38:19) 1975 Event 5th New York City Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt in 2:46:14 1975 Event Bill authorizes admission of women to military academies 1975 Event 30th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Palmer 1975 Event Worst motor vehicle disaster in U.K.; bus full of elderly women plunges Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38 1975 Event 4th Boston Women's Marathon won by Liane Winter of W Germ in 2:42:24 1975 Event Delta State beats Immaculata for the women's AIAW championship 1975 Death Vivien Kellems, TV hostess (The Power of Women), dies at 78 1975 Event Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m 1975 Event International Women's Year begins 1974 Birthday Ayelet Ohayon, Israel, Women's foil fencer, 1996 Olympics 1974 Event 4th New York City Women's Marathon won by Katherine Switzer in 3:07:29 1974 Event 29th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Haynie 1974 Event Dutch women hockey team becomes world champion 1974 Event 3rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:47:11 1974 Death Andrea Checci, actress (2 Women, Assassin, Black Sunday), dies at 57 1974 Death Francoise Rosay, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison), dies at 82 1974 Event Gail Denenber wins LPGA Sears Women's Golf Classic 1974 Event Judy Ikenberry wins 1st U.S. women's marathon (2:55:17) 1974 Birthday Christian Bale, Wales, actor, Empire of the Sun, Little Women 1974 Event 1st edition of women's magazine "Story" 1973 Event 3rd New York City Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 2:57:07 1973 Event 28th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Susie Maxwell Berning 1973 Death Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), dies at 72 1973 Event All women board of directors takes control of ABA's Kentucky Colonels 1973 Event Glenda Reiser, Canada, sets record women's mile, 4:34.9 1973 Event 1st all - U.S. women's Wimbledon, Billie Jean King beats Chris Evert 1973 Event BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Millie Martorella 1973 Event Women's tennis groups end disputes over sanctioning tournaments 1973 Event 2nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Hansen of CA in 3:05:59 1973 Event Carol Mann wins LPGA Sears Women's Golf Classic 1973 Event 47th Australian Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Goolagong (64 75) 1972 Event 2nd New York City Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 3:08:41 1972 Birthday Lilach Parisky, born in Israel, Women's foil fencer, 1996 Olympics 1972 Event 1st women FBI members sworn in (Susan Lynn Roley and Joanne E Pierce) 1972 Event 27th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Susie Maxwell Berning 1972 Birthday Renee Heiken, Peoria, Illinois, LPGA golfer, 1994 Florida Women's Open 1972 Event 1st Boston Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik of New York in 3:10:26 1972 Event Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic 1971 Event 1st New York City Women's Marathon won by Beth Bonner in 2:55:22 1971 Event 26th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by JoAnne Carner 1971 Event Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic 1971 Event Charles Manson and 3 women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders 1970 Event Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Women's Golf Charities Open 1970 Birthday Annika Sorenstam, Stockholm Sweden, LPGA golfer, 1995 U.S. Women's Open 1970 Event 25th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young 1970 Event Holy Eucharist given by women for 1st time in Roman Catholic service 1969 Birthday Joanne Mills, born in Sydney, Australia, golfer, T25 Holden 1994 Women's Australia Open 1969 Event Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA River Plantation Women's Golf Open 1969 Event 24th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young 1969 Birthday Laura Brown, born in America, golfer, member, LPGA Tour 1994 - 1997, coach Daytona Beach College women's golf team 1969 Event Sandra Haynie wins LPGA St. Louis Women's Golf Invitational 1969 Birthday Leslie Spalding, Billings MT, golfer, Montana Women's Amat-90, 91 1968 Event 23rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Susie Maxwell Berning 1968 Event BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Dotty Fothergill 1968 Birthday Debbi Miho Koyama, LPGA golfer, 1995 U.S. Women's Open-28th 1967 Event Muriel Siebert is 1st women to own a seat on New York Stock Exchange 1967 Event Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open 1967 Event 22nd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Catherine Lacoste 1967 Event Catherine Lacoste becomes youngest (22), 1st foreigner (France) and 1st amateur to U.S. Women's open golf tournament 1967 Event Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St. Louis Women's Golf Invitational 1967 Birthday Yael Arad, Israel, Women's half middleweight judoka, 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Trini Alvarado, born in New York City, New York, actor, known for playing role of Meg in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, and Lucy Lynskey in film, The Frighteners 1966 Event National Organization of Women founded 1966 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open 1966 Event Gloria Ehret/Judy Kimball wins LPGA Yankee Women's Golf Open 1966 Event 21st U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Spuzich 1966 Event Carol Mann wins LPGA Waterloo Women's Golf Open Invitational 1966 Birthday Zola Budd, born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, track and field long distance runner, trained and raced barefoot, politically controversial figure, two-time Women's 5000 meters world record holder, two-time World Cross Country Championships winner 1966 Death Neal Dodd, actor (Only Women, You Belong to Me), dies at 86 1966 Birthday Liselotte Neumann, Finspang Sweden, LPGA golfer, 1988 U.S. Women's Open 1966 Birthday Karen Lunn, born in Cowra, Australia, LPGA golfer, 1993 Women's British Open 1966 Event Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open 1965 Birthday Page Dunlap, Harrisonburg, Virginia, LPGA golfer, 1994 Atlanta Women's-8th 1965 Event O Kommissarova (U.S.S.R.) sets women's longest parachute jump (46,250') 1965 Event 20th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Carol Mann 1965 Birthday Tania Abitbol, born in Madrid, Spain, LPGA golfer, 1994 U.S. Women's Open-4th 1964 Birthday Etsuko Inoue, born in Japan, professional tennis player, first to win women's tennis competition at the Asian Games, 1982 1964 Event Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Waterloo Women's Golf Open Invitational 1964 Event Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Women's Golf Open 1964 Event Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Yankee Women's Golf Open 1964 Event 19th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright 1964 Event Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open 1964 Event Carol Mann wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open Invitational 1964 Birthday April Heinrichs, born in Littleton, Colorado, U.S. women's soccer coach 1996 Olympics 1964 Event Rep Martha Griffiths address gets civil rights protection for women being added to the 1964 Civil Rights Act 1963 Event Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Spokane Women's Golf Open 1963 Birthday Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel, Israel, Women's foil fencer, 1996 Olympics 1963 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waterloo Women's Golf Open Invitational 1963 Event 18th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mary Mills 1963 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open 1963 Event Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Women's Golf Open 1963 Event John F. Kennedy signs law for equal pay for equal work for men and women 1963 Birthday Deb Richard, born in Abbeville, Louisiana, LPGA golfer, 1991 Women's Kemper Open 1963 Event Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sunshine Women's Golf Open 1963 Birthday Meg Mallon, born in Natick, Massachusetts, LPGA golfer, 1991 U.S. Women's Open 1963 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open 1963 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational 1962 Birthday Jill Briles-Hinton, Elmhurst, Illinois, LPGA golfer, 1995 Women's Open-16th 1962 Death Joseph Allen, Jr., actor (All Women Have Secrets), dies at 44 1962 Birthday Tina Lehtola, born in Finland, women's ski jumper, world's record holder 1962 Event 17th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Murle Lindstrom 1962 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational 1962 Death Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 1961 Birthday Caroline Gowan, Greenville, South Carolina, LPGA golfer, South Carolina Women's Amat-1981, 83 1961 Death Frank Fay, actor (God's Gift to Women), dies in Santa Monica CA 1961 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Spokane Women's Golf Open 1961 Event Judy Kimball wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open 1961 Event Spain accept equal rights for men and women 1961 Event 16th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright 1961 Birthday Kathy Guadagnino, born in Albany, New York, LPGA golfer, 1985 U.S. Women's Open 1961 Birthday Maia Chiburdanidze, Kutaisi U.S.S.R., women's world chess champ 1961 Event Suggs wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational Open 1960 Event Patty Berg wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open 1960 Event 15th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls 1960 Birthday Lauren Gregg, born in Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. women's soccer coach 1996 Olympics 1960 Birthday Lauri Merten, born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, LPGA golfer, 1993 U.S. Women's Open 1960 Birthday Alicia Dibos, Lima Peru, LPGA golfer, 1994 U.S. Women's Open-4th 1960 Birthday Jane Geddes, Huntington, New York, LPGA golfer, 1987 Women's Kemper Open 1960 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational 1959 Birthday Jean Smart, born in Seattle, Washington actress, Charlene-Designing Women 1959 Birthday Mary Murphy, Birmingham, Michigan, LPGA golfer, 1990 U.S. Women's Open-5th 1959 Event 14th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright 1959 Event Beverly Hanson wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open 1959 Event Presbyterian church accepts women preachers 1959 Event Swiss males vote against voting rights for women 1958 Death Doris Humphrey, U.S. dancer and choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at 63 1958 Event 1st women in English House of Lords 1958 Event 1st 4 women named to peerage in House of Lords 1958 Event 13th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright 1958 Event Patty Berg wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open 1958 Event Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers 1958 Event House of Lords passes bill allowing women in 1957 Event 12th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls 1957 Birthday Jan Hooks, born in Decatur, Georgia, comedienne actress, SNL, Designing Women 1957 Event Leah Neuberger wins her 8th women's singles ping pong championship 1956 Birthday Sheryl Lee Ralph, actress, Moesia, Designing Women 1956 Event Photography begins on "... and God Created Women" 1956 Birthday Patty Sheehan, Middlebury VT, LPGA golfer, 1994 U.S. Women's Open 1956 Event Marga Klompe becomes 1st Dutch women elected minister 1956 Event South African women demonstrate against pass laws 1956 Birthday Delta Burke, born in Orlando, Florida, actress, Suzanne-Designing Women 1956 Event 11th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Kathy Cornelius 1956 Birthday Janet Anderson, born in West Sunbury, Pennsylvania, LPGA golfer, 1982 U.S. Women's Open 1955 Birthday Ann Bancroft, born in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, author, teacher, adventurer, Arctic and Antarctic explorer, National Women's Hall of Fame inductee 1955 Birthday Betsy King, Reading, Pennsylvania, LPGA golfer, 1990 U.S. Women's Open 1955 Event 10th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Fay Crocker 1955 Event Presbyterian Church begins accepting women ministers 1955 Birthday Bev Francis, Australia, world women's power-lifting champion 1954 Event 9th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1954 Event Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open 1953 Event 8th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls 1953 Event Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Women Golf Tournament 1953 Event Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open 1953 Birthday Sallie L. Baliunas, born in New York, New York, astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, cited as one of America's outstanding women scientists 1952 Event Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Women's Texas Golf Open 1952 Birthday Annie Potts, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actress, Mary Jo-Designing Women 1952 Birthday Gloria Jean Watkins, born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, born Gloria Jean Watkins, author, feminist, focus on race, class, gender, wrote, 'Ain't I a Woman? : Black Women and Feminism' 1952 Event Louise Suggs wins LPGA All American Women Golf Tournament 1952 Event 7th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs 1952 Event Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open 1952 Event Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Women's Golf Open 1952 Death Charles L Baars, Dutch actor (Women Tamers), dies at 59 1952 Birthday Marilu Henner, born in Chicago, actress, Taxi, Man Who Loved Women, Eve Shade 1952 Event Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open 1952 Birthday Richard Charsworth, Australian women field hockey head coach 1996 Olympics 1951 Event Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Texas Women's Golf Open 1951 Event 6th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls 1951 Birthday Diana Dennis, born in Portland, Oregon, body builder, Women Physique World 1951 Event Patty Berg wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open 1951 Event Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Women's Golf Invitational Open 1951 Event Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Richmond Women's Golf Open 1951 Event Patty Berg wins LPGA Sandhills Women's Golf Open 1951 Birthday Pat Bradley, born in Westford, Massachusetts, LPGA golfer, 1981 U.S. Women's Open 1951 Birthday Helen Shaver, Ontario Canada, actress, WIOU, Praise of Older Women 1951 Event Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open 1951 Event Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Ponte Vedra Beach Women's Golf Open 1950 Event French women and children leaves Hanoi/Tonkin-delta 1950 Event Patty Berg wins LPGA Hardscrabble Women's Golf Invitation 1950 Birthday Wally Lamb, born in America, author, novelist, featured in Oprah's Book Club, books include 'The Hour I First Believed' 'I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison', 'She's Come Undone', 'I Know This Much is True' 1950 Event Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Western Women's Golf Open 1950 Event Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women 1950 Event 5th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1950 Birthday Gloria Naylor, U.S. author, Women of Brewster Place 1949 Event 4th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs 1949 Event 1st Belgian parliamentary election where women can vote (CVP gains) 1949 Event Presidential election in Syria (some women allowed to vote) 1949 Event 1st 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School 1949 Birthday Wendy Pritchard, Australian women's field hockey team manager 1996 Olympics 1949 Birthday Bertha Knox Gilkey, welfare and tenament rights for urban women 1948 Event 3rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1948 Event Fanny Blankers-Koen (Netherlands) is 1st women to win 3 golds at Olympics 1948 Birthday Tony DiCicco, Wethersfield, Connecticut, U.S. women's soccer coach 1996 Olympics 1948 Event 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular U.S. Navy 1947 Event Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, 10 women die in Harrisonburg, Virginia 1947 Event 2nd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betty Jameson 1947 Event Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win British Women's Amateur Golf Champ 1947 Birthday Karin Struck, born in Germany, author, wrote women's literature, politically liberal, openly opposes abortion, converted to Catholicism, 1996 1947 Birthday Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, TV producer, Designing Women, Murphy Brown 1946 Event 1st U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Berg 1945 Event Women in France allowed to vote for 1st time 1945 Birthday Patricia Ireland, feminist/president, National Organization of Women 1945 Birthday Khaleda Zia, born in Dinajpur District, India, first female Prime Minister of Bangladesh 1991 - 1996, listed in Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the World 2006 1945 Birthday Jewell Jackson McCabe, President, national coaltion of 100 black women 1945 Birthday Catherine Lacoste, born in Paris, France, golfer, U.S. Women's Open 1967 1945 Birthday Donna Deitch, director, Sexual Advances, Women of Brewster Place 1945 Birthday Laura Lee, Rundless, singer, Dirty Man, Women's Love Rights 1945 Event International Women's Day is 1st observed 1945 Birthday Clarissa Pinkola Estes, born in Indiana, writer, psychologist, certified Jungian psychoanalyst, poet, author, wrote bestseller, 'Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype' 1944 Event Navy says black women can join WAVES 1944 Event 2,500 women trample guards and floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago, Illinois department store 1944 Event Vught Concentration Camp puts 74 women in 1 cell, 10 die 1943 Birthday Sandra Haynie, Ft. Worth, Texas, LPGA golfer, 1974 U.S. Women's Open 1943 Event Women's camp Tamtui on Ambon (Moluccas) hit by allied air raid 1943 Event Women's Marine Corps created 1943 Birthday Jerilyn Britz, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, LPGA golfer, 1979 U.S. Women's Open 1942 Event 1st Japanese women camp (Ambarawa) goes into use 1942 Event Compulsory work for women, children and old males in Batavia 1942 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES) 1942 Event 1st detachment of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, begin basic training 1942 Event Women's Army Auxiliary Corps began basic training at Fort Des Moines 1942 Event U.S. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) forms 1942 Event Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed 1942 Birthday Petr Kotik, born in Prague, Czech Republic, composer, flutist, minimalist style, founder, S.E.M. ensemble, wrote opera, 'Many Many Women' 1941 Death Juanita Spellini, first women executed in California 1941 Event Nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania 1941 Birthday Susie M Berning, born in Pasadena, California, LPGA golfer, U.S. Women's Open-1972, 73 1941 Birthday Nona Gaprindasvili, U.S.S.R., world women's chess champ, 1962-78 1940 Birthday Eleanor Fount, English actress, Women in Love, Bedazzled 1939 Birthday Eleanor Smeal, leader, National Organization for Women 1939 Birthday Alexandra Stewart, born in Montreal, actress, In Praise of Older Women 1939 Birthday Dixie Carter, Tennessee, actress, Designing Women, Edge of Night 1939 Birthday JoAnne Carner, born in Kirkland, Washington, LPGA golfer, 1976 U.S. Women's Open 1939 Birthday Liz Claiborne, Brussels Belgium, fashion designer, women 1938 Birthday Marian Ackerman, women's rights advocacy administrator 1938 Birthday Susan Strasberg, New York City, actress, In Praise of Older Women, Manitou 1938 Event New York 1st requires serological blood tests of pregnant women 1937 Event Dutch Minister Romme proclaims married women are forbidden to work 1937 Birthday Beryl Burton, UK, won record, 7, women's cycling titles 1936 Birthday Glenda Jackson, Cheshire, England, actress, Women in Love 1935 Event World Congress for Women's Rights concludes in Istanbul 1935 Event 1st election to allow women to vote in Turkey 1934 Birthday Brigitte Bardot, born in Paris, France, sex kitten, And God Created Women 1933 Event Women allowed to vote in Spain (helps right wing) 1933 Event German nazi regime decides married women shouldn't work 1932 Birthday Sylvia Plath, Victoria Lucas, U.S., poet, Colossus, 3 Women, Bell Jar 1932 Birthday Gloria Lane, educator/author/founder, Women's International Center 1932 Birthday Elizabeth Southey, British CEO, National Federation of Women's Institutes 1932 Birthday John Jakes, born in Chicago, writer, Sir Scoundrel, Great Women Reporters 1932 Event Sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title 1932 Birthday Peggy Ann Garner, Canton Ohio, actress, Little Women, Daisy Kenyon 1931 Event Maxine Dunlap becomes 1st U.S. women to earn a glider pilot license 1929 Birthday Marilyn French, U.S. author, The Women's Room 1929 Birthday Joan Shawlee, born in Forest Hills, New York, actress, Prehistoric Women 1928 Event England lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21 1928 Birthday Roger Vadim, born in France, director, And God Created Women, Barbarella 1926 Birthday Alice Ghostley, Eve Montana, actress, Bewitched, Designing Women 1925 Birthday Anne Harris, CEO, National Federation of Women's Institutes 1924 Birthday Hans Berghuis, Dutch author and poet, 3 Women, Adam 1923 Birthday Louise Suggs, born in Atlanta, Georgia, LPGA golfer, U.S. Women's Open-1949, 52 1923 Event Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere 1922 Event 1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris 1922 Birthday Rudi Gernreich, designer, 1st women's topless swimsuit, miniskirt 1922 Event Women 1st vote in Dutch elections, Christian parties win 1922 Birthday Michael Cacoyannis, director, Zorba the Greek, Trojan Women 1921 Birthday Karel Husa, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, composer, Trojan Women 1921 Event Brazil adopts women suffrage 1921 Event 1st municipal elections for men and women in Belgium 1921 Birthday Lady Fisher, founder, British Women Caring Trust 1921 Event Police in Sunbury Penn issue an edict requiring Women to wear skirts at least 4 inches below the knee 1920 Event 19th amendment passes - women's suffrage granted 1920 Event Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right 1920 Event 19th amendment acknowledges women's rights 1920 Event League of Women Voters forms in Chicago 1920 Event Swiss men vote against women's suffrage 1919 Event Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill 1919 Birthday Betty Jameson, Norman, Oklahoma, LPGA golfer, 1947 U.S. Women's Open 1918 Event House of Representatives passes amendment allowing women to vote 1918 Event Britain grants women (30 and over) vote 1917 Event New York state allows women to vote 1917 Event Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of U.S. House of Representatives 1917 Event 1st exclusively women's bowling tournament begins in St. Louis 1917 Birthday Bert van Aerschot, Flemish writer, Elevator, Women 1916 Event Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage 1916 Event Voters in East Cleveland approves women suffrage 1916 Event 1st U.S. national women's swiming championships held 1916 Event Women are allowed to attend a boxing match 1916 Birthday Raf Vallone, Tropea Italy, actor, El Cid, 2 Women, Greek Tycoon 1915 Event 25,000 women march in New York City, demanding right to vote 1915 Event House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women right to vote 1914 Event 1st women elected political agent (Grantham, Linconshire UK) 1914 Event British House of Lords rejects women suffrage 1913 Birthday Carlo Ponti, Milan Italy, married to Sophia Loren/director, 2 Women 1913 Birthday Vivian Fine, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, Women in the Garden 1913 Event 1000s of women demonstrate for Dutch female suffrage 1912 Birthday Jean Parker, Butte Mont, actress, Beyond Tomorrow, Little Women 1912 Event 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break 1910 Event 1st Washington State election in which women could vote 1910 Birthday Baroness Phillips, president and general secretary, National Association of Women 1910 Event Mann Act passed (no women across state lines for immoral purposes) 1910 Birthday Joan Bennett, Palasades, New Jersey, actress, Little Women, Disraeli 1909 Event Nannie Burroughs forms national training School for Women 1908 Event Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council and announces that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles" 1908 Birthday Ruggiero de Rudolpho Columbo, U.S. singer and actor, Miracle of Women 1907 Event Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote 1907 Event English suffragettes storm British Parliament and 60 women are arrested 1906 Birthday Vera Menchik, Moscow, 1st official women's world chess champ, 1927 1905 Event Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall 1903 Event Majestic Theater, New York City, becomes 1st in U.S. to employ women ushers 1903 Event Martha Washington Hotel, catering to women only, opens in New York City 1902 Birthday Vittorio De Sica, Sora Italy, director/actor, 2 Women 1902 Event Young Women's Hebrew Association organizes in New York City 1901 Event Belgium's Louise of den Plas begins activities towards women rights 1901 Birthday Janina Spychajowa-Kurkowska, Poland, women's world champion archer 1901 Birthday Willy Fritsch, German actor, Spies, Women in the Moon 1900 Death Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Women on University), dies 1897 Birthday Frank Fay, born in San Francisco, California, actor, God's Gift to Women, Love Nest 1896 Event 1st bare women breast (Zulu) to appear in National Geographic Mag 1896 Event National Federation of Afro-American Women and Colored Women's 1896 Birthday Vivien Kellems, TV hostess, Power of Women 1896 Death Jane Wilde, writer, poet, activist, nationalist movement supporter, advocate of women's rights, dies 1896 Birthday Jane Wilde, born in Dublin, Ireland, writer, poet, activist, nationalist movement supporter, advocate of women's rights 1896 Event 1st U.S. women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden 1895 Birthday Doris Humphrey, born in Oak Park, Illinois, dancer, Dances of Women 1894 Event Dutch Society for Women Suffrage gets royal charter 1893 Event New Zealand is 1st country to grant all its women the right to vote 1891 Event 1st motion picture shown to National Federation of Women's Clubs 1891 Birthday Francoise Rosay, Paris, actress, Interlude, Women in Prison, Saraband 1889 Event Belgium rules on women/child labor law 1888 Event "Jack the Ripper" butchers 2 more women, Liz Stride and Kate Eddowes 1884 Event Mississippi establishes 1st U.S. state college for women 1883 Death Sojourner Truth, abolitionist/women's rights advocate, dies at 96 1883 Birthday Edna May Oliver, Nutter, Malden, Massachusetts, actress, Little Women 1879 Event Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Court 1873 Event 1st women's prison run by women opens at Indiana Reformatory Institute 1870 Event YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) forms (New York City) 1870 Event 173 Blackfoot (140 women and children) killed in Montana by U.S. Army 1869 Birthday Henriette Georgia Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet, Women in Forest 1869 Event Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (U.S. 1st) 1868 Event Memorial Day 1st observed when 2 women in Columbus Mississippi placed flowers on both Confederate and Union graves 1868 Event 1st U.S. professional women's club, Sorosis, forms in New York City 1867 Event British parliament rejects John Stuart Mills law on women suffrage 1859 Birthday Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader 1859 Birthday Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder, League of Women Voters 1858 Birthday Emmeline Pankhurst, born in England, found, Women's Social and Political Union 1857 Birthday Clara Zetkin, German women's rights advocate/communist 1853 Event Women's Right's Convention met (New York City) 1853 Birthday Alva Vanderbilt Beaumont, women's rights advocate and activist 1852 Event Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 and women to work more than 10 hours a day 1851 Event Sojourner Truth attends Women's Rights Convention 1851 Event Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron) 1850 Event 1st women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens 1850 Event 1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass 1848 Event 1st U.S. women's rights convention (Seneca Falls New York) 1848 Event Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott open 1st women's rights convention 1847 Birthday Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader, English women's movement 1841 Death Catherine McAuley, founder, the Sisters of Mercy, established 12 foundations in Ireland, 2 in England, inherited fortune from father, used money to care for, educate, homeless women and children, dies at her House of Mercy 1838 Event Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions 1837 Event Mount Holyoke Seminary in Mass-1st U.S. college founded for women 1837 Event Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men) 1832 Birthday Louisa May Alcott, Germantown, Pennsylvania, author, Little Women 1832 Birthday Mary Edwards Walker, U.S., doctor/women's rights leader 1821 Birthday Mary Ashton Livermore, American reformer/women's suffrage leader 1820 Birthday Anne Jemima Clough, England, promoted higher education for women 1811 Birthday Wendell Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer 1811 Event 1st Women's Golf Tournament held 1805 Event 30 women meet at Mrs. Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset Maine, organizes 1800 Birthday Catherine Beecher, educator, championed higher education for women 1798 Event Catholic women force to do penance for kindling sabbath fire for Jews 1792 Birthday Sarah Moore Grimke, American abolitionist/women's rights advocate 1792 Event Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce 1778 Birthday Catherine McAuley, born in Dublin, Ireland, founder, the Sisters of Mercy, established 12 foundations in Ireland, 2 in England, inherited fortune from father, used money to care for, educate, homeless women and children 1778 Event British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pa 1775 Event 9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Pol 1764 Event John Wilkes thrown out of English House of Commons for "Essay on Women" 1747 Event Dutch State of Zealand declare governorship hereditary for women 1740 Birthday Belle van Zuylen, Netherlands/Swiss writer, Three Women 1692 Event 5 women executed for witchcraft in Salem Mass 1666 Death French Neck, portrait painter (Women Portrait), dies at about 86 1664 Event Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women and black men 1627 Death Thomas Middleton, Elizabethan dramatist (Women Beware Women), dies 1531 Event "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted 1522 Event Hunger appeal by women of Utrecht 1240 Death Raymundus Nonnatus, found Mercedariers (protect pregnant women), dies
