Global Women's History

Louise Thaden American Aviator is born.

Angela Dorothea Merkel is a German politician serving as Chancellor of Germany since 2005 and leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union since 2000.

Angela Merkel Chancellor of German was born

Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the Iditord Trail Sled Dog Race.

Onna White Canadian dancer and chorographer nominated for 8 Tony Awards and winner of an Academy Awad for her work in the musical 'Oliver' was born.

Danica Roem American journalist and politician was born.

Danica Roem of Virginia becomes the first openly transgender person elected, seated in a U.S. statehouse.

Misty Danielle Copeland American Ballet dancer was born.

Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.

Bonnie Lynn Raitt an American blues singer-songwriter, musician, and activist is born.

Catherine Booth co-founder of The Salvation Army was born.

Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin her solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, the first by a female pilot.

Maya Ying Lin design for the Vietnam veterans memorial is selected from 1,421 other entries.