16. 1910
Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman in the world to receive an official pilot’s license, breaking gender barriers in the early history of aviation.
17. 1917
Women textile workers begin protests in Petrograd on International Women’s Day, helping ignite the Russian February Revolution that soon forces Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate.
18. 1918
The first confirmed case of the influenza pandemic later known as the Spanish flu is recorded in Kansas, marking the beginning of one of the deadliest pandemics in history.