518 - Former peasant Justin I proclaimed Byzantine emperor in the Hippodrome, Constantinople
1775 - Horatio Gates issues order excluding Blacks from Continental Army
1971 - National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC) founded in US by women, including Bella Abzug, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Myrlie Evers-Williams, and Gloria Steinem
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