The US Defense Secretary announced that the US Military would open all combat roles to women.
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The Soviets shot down the plane of an American CIA agent, and the pilot was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
US Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager became the first-ever person to break the speed of sound, flying the Bell X-1 at 662 miles per hour.
American suffragist Alice Paul was sentenced to seven months in prison for obstructing traffic in Washington caused by the Women's Rights march she organized.
Black women's rights activist Sojourner Truth gave her famous speech 'Ain't I A Woman?' at the Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.
Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first African American US Army brigadier general.
