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25th June 1678: Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to receive a PhD

25th June 2025
Tagged as: Education, Feminism, Italy, Padua, Philosophy, Renaissance, Venice

Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Philosophy, otherwise known as a Ph.D.

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16th June 1963: Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman to travel into space on board Vostock 6

16th June 2025
Tagged as: Feminism, Science, Soviet Union, Space, Space Exploration, Space Race, Space Travel, Spacecraft, Technology, USSR, Vostock 6, Women

Over the course of nearly three days, Valentina Tereshkova orbited the Earth 48 times on board Vostock 6, maintaining radio contact with Bykovsky using the call sign “Chaika,” meaning “Seagull” in Russian.

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25th June 1678: Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to receive a PhD

16th June 1963: Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman to travel into space on board Vostock 6

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

5th September 1698: Peter the Great of Russia imposes a tax on beards

4th September 476: End of the Western Roman Empire when Romulus Augustulus is overthrown by the barbarian general Odoacer

3rd September 1260: Battle of Ain Jalut allows the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt to permanently halt the Mongol advance

1st September 1604: The Sikh Adi Granth first installed at the Golden Temple

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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