1825: Charlotte Spence born (writer, social worker, reformer: "The Grand Old Woman of Australia")
1841: Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump Stratton born ("Mrs. Tom Thumb" or Lavinia Warren Stratton: circus and vaudeville performer)
1852: Mary Wilkins Freeman born (writer)
1860: Juliette Gordon Low born (Girl Scouts founder)
1874: Mary Davies Swartz Rose born (nutritionist)
1896: Ethel Waters born (singer, actor)
1984: Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards (prime minister, India) ( story and follow-up)
1969: Nancy Kerrigan born (figure skater)
Quote for Today
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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