Caitlin Clark (born January 22, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In her college freshman season with the Iowa Hawkeyes, she earned All-American honors; as a sophomore, Clark was again first-team All-American and in her junior and senior seasons, she was the national player of the year. She became the Division I women's career and single-season leader in points and is regarded as one of the greatest collegiate players of all time. Clark was selected first overall by Indiana Fever in the 2024 WNBA draft. In her first season, she won the WNBA Rookie of the Year award, made the All-WNBA First Team and WNBA All-Star Game. At youth international level, Clark won three gold medals with the United States, including two at the FIBA Under-19 Women's World Cup. Since her college career, she has helped to popularize women's basketball, a trend known as the "Caitlin Clark effect".

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1273:

Muhammad II became Sultan of Granada after his father's death in a riding accident. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_II_of_Granada

1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: The Zulu forces of King Cetshwayo achieved a decisive victory at the Battle of Isandlwana. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Isandlwana

1973:

The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision in Roe v. Wade struck down laws restricting abortion during the first two trimesters of pregnancy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade

2006:

Evo Morales was inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales

2012:

Croatia held a referendum in which it voted to become a member of the European Union. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Croatian_European_Union_membership_referendum

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A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever envieth virtue in others. For men's minds, will either feed upon their own good, or upon others' evil; and who wanteth the one, will prey upon the other; and whoso is out of hope, to attain to another's virtue, will seek to come at even hand, by depressing another's fortune.   --Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Essays_%28Francis_Bacon%29