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Betsy Bakker-Nort (1874–1946) was a Dutch feminist, lawyer, and politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives for the Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB) from 1922 to 1942. Born in Groningen, she became involved with the feminist movement in 1894. At age 34, Bakker-Nort started studying law, realising that the fight for women's rights required a thorough understanding of the law. In the 1922 general election, the first in which women were allowed to vote, she was elected to parliament and became the VDB's first female representative. She was re-elected four times and was an advocate for more women's rights with respect to marriage and labour law. She took a leading role in preparations for a 1930 League of Nations conference. After the German invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940, Bakker-Nort did not return to parliament. From December 1942 she was detained in internment and concentration camps. She was liberated in June 1945 and died the following year. (Full article...)
Did you know ...
- ... that Brogan Rafferty (pictured) was told he would never play professional ice hockey due to his amblyopia and scoliosis?
- ... that by mid-1920, hundreds of German and Austrian communists fought in Red Army units in Turkestan?
- ... that Maung O, Prince of Salin, and his sister Nanmadaw Me Nu became de facto rulers of Burma when King Bagyidaw was suffering from depression?
- ... that in 2022, Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America was a finalist for both an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction and an Audie Award for Multi-voiced Performance?
- ... that after the Russian invasion, the daughter of the Ukrainian ambassador to Indonesia was evacuated together with Indonesian citizens in Ukraine?
- ... that the China Folk House Retreat dismantled a Chinese folk house and rebuilt it in West Virginia?
- ... that Iran's first three-stage satellite carrier, Qaem 100, successfully passed its suborbital test?
- ... that the president of chipset designer ServerWorks called Intel their "main competitor" as well as their "best customer"?
In the news
- An earthquake on the Indonesian island of Java kills at least 162 people and injures at least 700 others.
- NASA's Artemis 1 (pictured) is successfully launched on an uncrewed test flight to the Moon.
- The United Nations estimates the world population to have exceeded eight billion.
- In cricket, the ICC Men's T20 World Cup concludes with England defeating Pakistan in the final.
On this day
November 21: Armed Forces Day in Bangladesh
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- 1922 – Rebecca Latimer Felton became the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, albeit for only one day.
- 1945 – Manzanar, a camp in California for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, was closed.
- 1964 – The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (pictured), connecting Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City, opened to traffic as the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time.
- 1970 – Vietnam War: American forces raided the North Vietnamese Sơn Tây prison camp in an attempt to rescue 61 American POWs who were thought to be held there.
- Henry Purcell (d. 1695)
- Hetty Green (b. 1834)
- Leopold Berchtold (d. 1942)
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During the 1990s, there were 36 number-one albums on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. Published in Billboard magazine, it is a record chart that features Latin music sales information. The data is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan from a sample that includes music stores, music departments at electronics and department stores, Internet sales (both physical and digital) and verifiable sales from concert venues in the United States. The chart was first published on July 10, 1993. One album peaked at number one in the first year of publication: Mi Tierra, by Cuban singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan (pictured). Mi Tierra spent 25 weeks at number one in 1993 and 33 weeks at this position in 1994. Segundo Romance by Mexican singer Luis Miguel also peaked at number one; this album was at the top for 29 weeks, starting in late 1994. Five albums by Tex-Mex music performer Selena reached number one on the chart; her album Amor Prohibido was number one during four separate stretches. The self-titled debut album by Enrique Iglesias was atop the chart for 11 weeks. Two albums related to the song "Macarena" hit the top spot of the chart: (Full list...)
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Laetiporus sulphureus is a species of bracket fungus (fungi that grow on trees) found in Europe and North America. Due to its taste, Laetiporus sulphureus has been called the "chicken polypore" and "chicken-of-the-woods". Many people also think that the mushroom tastes like crab or lobster leading to the nickname "lobster-of-the-woods". The authors of Mushrooms in Color said that the mushroom tastes good sauteed in butter or prepared in a cream sauce served on toast or rice. Photograph credit: Agnes Monkelbaan
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