1569: Lord Darnley, husband of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered - perhaps with her support
1819: Lydia Pinkham born
1864: Elizabeth Bacon married George Armstrong Custer
1874: Amy Lowell born
1886: Anne Ayres died
1911: Jane Anne Russell born
1944: Alice Walker born
1966: Sophie Tucker died
Quote for Today
Oh, isn't it a pity
that such a pretty girl as I
Should be sent into the factory
to pine away and die?
— Song of the Lowell textile workers on strike in 1836
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