<p>From raising families to leading armies, women such as Catherine the Great, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen Amanirenas, Queen Elizabeth I, Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin and countless others have played a vital role in history.</p>


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September 13

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<p>Sports and recreation are an integral part of human history, from the ancient Olympics to the Kentucky Derby, Jackie Robinson, Negro League Baseball, the Super Bowl and more.</p>


Sports

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December 23

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December 13

1974

<p>Inventions from the telephone to the Model T and the computer have defined human history, and inventors like Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney and Alexander Graham Bell have transformed our society.</p>


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Women’s History - This Day In History

Helen Thomas named UPI’s White House bureau chief, the first woman to hold that title for a wire agency

Dianne Feinstein elected California Senator in the “Year of the Woman”

Eunice Foote’s research on global warming is presented publicly

The first National Women’s Rights Convention begins

Madam C.J. Walker is born

Kenyan environmentalist and human rights campaigner Wangari Maathai wins Nobel Peace Prize

Mary Kay launches her namesake company

Mirabal sisters assassinated by Trujillo regime

US women win the first Winter Olympics hockey gold medal

Goaltender Manon Rheaume becomes first woman to play in pro hockey game

Hillary Clinton accepts Democratic nomination for president, becoming first woman to lead a major U.S. political party

Gloria Steinem publishes part one of “A Bunny’s Tale” in SHOW magazine