#OnThisDay, 18 May 1991, cosmonaut Helen Sharman becomes the first British person in space.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory 🗃️
#OnThisDay, 20 May 2016, Tsai Ing-wen was sworn in as President of Taiwan. She is the first woman to hold the role, and was re-elected in 2020.
In 2019 she had pushed through the legalisation of same-sex marriage, despite 67% of the country rejecting it in a referendum.
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