π New Zealand women vote for the first time (1893)
Where: Wellington, New Zealand
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π On This Day: November 28
November 28, 1893: New Zealand women vote for the first time. On this day in 1893, women in New Zealand voted in a general election for the first time. New Zealand was the first country in the world to give women the vote. The petition signed by Kate Sheppard's supporters, glued together, made a scroll about 270 m long.
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- 1520 π§ After 38 days winding through the strait at the tip of South America, Ferdinand Magellan's ships sailed out into a calm new ocean, which he named the Pacific.
- 1895 π The first car race in America was held over 54 miles between Chicago and Evanston. Frank Duryea won after about ten hours of driving through snow.
- 1967 π¬ Astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish discovered the first pulsar, a spinning dead star that sends out radio blips as regular as a ticking clock.
π§ Question of the day
Which was the first country to give women the vote?
- France
- Japan
- New Zealand
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Answer: New Zealand
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What happened on November 28?
November 28, 1893: New Zealand women vote for the first time. It happened in Wellington, New Zealand.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1893_New_Zealand_general_election