1692
Science
Sheriff George Corwin Carries Out Bishop's Execution Warrant
Sheriff George Corwin formally executed the court's warrant, hanging Bridget Bishop and beginning the deadliest phase of the Salem witch trials.
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10June
39 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1692
Science
Executed as First Victim of the Salem Witch Trials
Bridget Bishop was hanged at Gallows Hill in Salem, Massachusetts, becoming the first person executed during the Salem witch trials.
View details1815
Science
Pioneering stratigraphic recording ends the Ashkelon excavation
Completes and abandons the Ashkelon dig after systematically recording strata and find locations, an early use of formal excavation recording methods in the Holy Land.
View details1835
Politics
Birth of Rebecca Latimer Felton
Rebecca Ann Latimer (later Felton) was born near Decatur, Georgia.
View details1873
Science
Born in Kansas
Alice Stebbins was born in Kansas on June 10, 1873, later becoming a pioneering advocate for women in law enforcement.
View details1878
Activism
Ordained as Methodist Minister
Shaw was ordained by the Methodist Protestant Church, becoming one of the first women ordained as a minister in the United States.
View details1893
Science
Birth of Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel was born in Wichita, Kansas, the youngest of thirteen children born to formerly enslaved parents.
View details1904
1906
Medicine
Death of Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi
Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi died in New York City.
View details1908
Activism
Graduation from Vassar College
Graduates from Vassar College with a B.A., a formative step toward her career in social reform and labor advocacy.
View details1910
Aviation
Third woman to earn fixed‑wing pilot’s license
Marie Marvingt earns a fixed‑wing pilot’s license, becoming the third woman in the world to qualify as an airplane pilot.
View details1922
Science
First Canadian woman Ph.D. in agricultural science
Margaret Newton earns a Ph.D. in plant pathology, reportedly the first Canadian woman with a doctorate in agricultural science.
View details1922
Science
Birth of Judy Garland
Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm) was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, later becoming one of the most celebrated American entertainers of the 20th century.
View details1927
1930
Science
U.S. Design Patent Issued for Backless Dress with Integrated Brassiere
Schiaparelli received a U.S. design patent for an innovative backless dress with a built-in brassiere, an early integrated foundation garment.
View details1933
Politics
Serious leg injury in Wellington car accident
Bonnie Parker suffers severe leg injury in a car accident near Wellington.
View details1935
Science
Ph.D. in mathematics from Cornell University
Gertrude Blanch earned her Ph.D. in mathematics from Cornell University, a key barrier-breaking step in her career in numerical analysis.
View details1941
Science
Filed patent application for Secret Communication System
Lamarr, under the name Hedy Kiesler Markey, and composer George Antheil filed a U.S. patent application for a frequency-hopping torpedo guidance system.
View details1943
Medicine
First Woman Awarded the Soldier's Medal
By order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lt. Edith Greenwood became the first woman in U.S. history to receive the Soldier's Medal for her heroism during the April 1943 hospital fire.
View details1947
Science
Marriage to Robert G. Fox
Phyllis Fox married physicist and computer scientist Robert G. Fox in New York City.
View details1948
Science
Doctorate in Mathematics Awarded
UC Regents approve Julia Robinson's Ph.D. in mathematics.
View details1949
Literature
Death of Sigrid Undset
Death of Sigrid Undset in Lillehammer, ending the life of the Nobel Prize–winning novelist.
View details1955
Sports
Death of Margaret Abbott
Margaret Abbott died on June 10, 1955, in Greenwich, Connecticut.
View details1959
Politics
Marriage to John Zaccaro
Ferraro married John Zaccaro, a New York real estate developer, on June 10, 1959.
View details1963
Politics
Passage of the Equal Pay Act
Edith Green played a key role in the passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963.
View details1972
Politics
First Black chief executive in the United States ("Governor for a Day")
Served as acting governor of Texas on June 10, 1972, becoming the first Black chief executive in the nation's history.
View details1977
Medicine
Posthumous restoration of Medal of Honor
President Carter restores Walker’s Medal of Honor.
View details1980
Sports
Number one draft pick of the Dallas Diamonds
Chosen as the number one draft pick by the Dallas Diamonds in the pioneering Women’s Professional Basketball League.
View details1982
Science
Death of Margaret Bastock
Margaret Bastock died on 10 June 1982, closing a career that reshaped the study of animal behaviour genetics.
View details1988
Sports
First woman to win a major NASCAR Touring Series event
Robinson won a major NASCAR Touring Series event at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway, a landmark first for women in the sport.
View details1993
Arts
First woman with a solo exhibition in the Japanese Pavilion at Venice Biennale
On 10 June 1993, Kusama becomes the first woman artist to have a solo exhibition in the Japanese Pavilion and officially represent Japan at the Venice Biennale.
View details1996
Arts
Died in London
Marie-Louise von Motesiczky died on 11 June 1996 in London, having lived in exile since fleeing Nazi-occupied Austria.
View details1997
Science
Patent for fire resistant building panel granted
U.S. Patent 5,647,180 granted for a 'Fire resistant building panel.'
View details2010
Science
Lemelson-MIT Prize public recognition
The Lemelson-MIT Program formally publicized Bertozzi's Prize win, celebrating her pioneering bioorthogonal chemistry inventions.
View details2011
Politics
Burial at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
Clarke is buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery after her death.
View details2011
Politics
Death of Mary E. Clarke
Mary E. Clarke dies in San Antonio, closing a pioneering military career.
View details2014
Science
Grant of U.S. patent US8748089B2 on pseudouridine-containing RNA
U.S. Patent 8,748,089 on pseudouridine-containing RNA molecules was granted to Karikó and co-inventors.
View details2020
Science
Peabody Career Achievement Award
Cicely Tyson was announced as a recipient of the Peabody Career Achievement Award, honoring her sustained contributions to storytelling.
View details2020
Literature
Publication of essay on sex and gender on her official site
Rowling publishes an essay on sex and gender on her website.
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