1707
Science
Death in Nuremberg
Death in Nuremberg at age 31; Eimmart left significant contributions to astronomy and art.
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29October
20 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1829
Science
Death of Maria Anna Mozart in Salzburg
Maria Anna 'Nannerl' Mozart died in Salzburg at age 78, having outlived her brother Wolfgang by nearly four decades.
View details1837
Arts
Birth of Harriet Powers
Harriet Powers was born near Athens, GA, on October 29, 1837.
View details1877
Arts
Birth of Narcisa de Leon
Narcisa de Leon, influential Filipino film producer, was born.
View details1891
Science
Patent application filed for combined cooking and hot-water-heating stove
Wilcox filed the application for a combined cooking and hot-water-heating stove that became U.S. Patent No. 482,772.
View details1929
Arts
First major architectural commission: San Francisco Stock Exchange Building
Liebes's first major commission—color scheme and draperies for Timothy Pflueger's SF Stock Exchange Building—opened October 29, 1929, launching her career.
View details1930
Arts
Birth of Natalie Sleeth
Natalie Sleeth, prolific American composer of choral and sacred music, was born in Evanston, Illinois on October 29, 1930.
View details1938
Politics
Birth in Monrovia, Liberia
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was born in Monrovia, Liberia, on October 29, 1938.
View details1947
Science
First woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Gerty Cori became the first woman awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Carl Cori and Bernardo Houssay, for discovering the Cori cycle.
View details1956
Arts
Birth in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Kazuyo Sejima was born in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, later becoming one of the country's most internationally renowned architects.
View details1956
Arts
Metropolitan Opera debut in Norma
Metropolitan Opera debut in New York, singing the title role in Bellini’s Norma and introducing her artistry to the Met audience.
View details1959
Science
Death in Olney, Maryland
Died at age 76 after a career at GE and University of Texas, Austin.
View details1963
Science
Nobel Prize in Physics announced
Mayer became the second woman ever to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.
View details1964
Science
Nobel Prize in Chemistry award ceremony
Dorothy Hodgkin received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the award ceremony in Stockholm for her X-ray determinations of important biochemical structures.
View details1964
Science
Only British woman to win a Nobel Prize in science
Hodgkin became the third woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and remains the only British woman ever awarded a Nobel Prize in a scientific field.
View details1966
Activism
Betty Friedan becomes first president of NOW
Friedan became the first president of NOW, guiding its early agenda.
View details1966
Activism
Founding of National Organization for Women
Betty Friedan co-founded NOW, becoming its first president.
View details2002
Activism
Title IX renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act
Title IX was renamed in honor of Patsy Mink.
View details2002
Activism
Title IX renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act
Following the death of Rep. Patsy T. Mink, Title IX is renamed in her honor as the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act.
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Aviation
Bradford blue plaque for Barbara Jane Harrison
Blue plaque unveiled in Bradford to honour Harrison’s 1968 bravery and status as the only woman GC holder for peacetime heroism.
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