First Woman to Win Math’s Most Prestigious Prize

On August 13, 2014

Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani became the world’s first woman to win the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics.

This Day in History - August 13

1969

After parading around New York City, the Apollo 11 crew was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

1608

John Smith, famous for setting up the first permanent English colony in the New World, told the first stories about Jamestown.

3114 BC

The Mayan calendar started being used.

1892

The Baltimore Afro-American newspaper was published for the first time.

1889

Inventor William Gray received a patent for creating the telephone that uses coins to operate it.

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