Wendy Carlos wins the first Grammy Award for a transgender artist for "Switched-On Bach."
On March 16, 1970, Wendy Carlos made history at the 12th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles when Switched-On Bach won three awards: Best Classical Album, Best Engineered Recording (Classical), and Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra. Carlos, who at the time had not publicly transitioned, became the first transgender individual to win a Grammy, a fact