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Known as la femme-oiseau (the bird woman) in the French press, Raymonde Laroche became the first woman to receive a pilot's license on March 8, 1910. She volunteered to fly for the French military during World War I but was refused because of her gender.

Members of the All-India Muslim League demonstrate in favour of the Partition of India and the creation of the state of Pakistan in London in August 1946. Muslims worried their concerns would be ignored as a religious minority in a unified independent India.

A ferocious depiction of Tomoe Gozen captures her in full armor.

The English sent fireships laden with gunpowder into the heart of the Spanish Armada. Although few enemy vessels were destroyed, the Spanish fleet broke and fled in panic. The English pursued and hunted down their foe at the Battle of Gravelines. Storms and treacherous seas completed the Spanish rout.