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2 indexed achievements across recorded history.

1882

Literature

Virginia Woolf born in London

The modernist novelist is born Adeline Virginia Stephen.

Virginia Woolf·Britannica — Virginia Woolf

1972

Politics

Announces run for U.S. President

Becomes the first Black woman to seek a major-party presidential nomination.

Shirley Chisholm·U.S. House of Representatives