1252: Blanche of Castile died
1751: Margaret Corbin born (fought in American Revolution)
1790: Letitia Christian Tyler born (First Lady, wife of John Tyler; she appeared at no social functions except the White House wedding of her daughter; she died while Tyler was still President)
1815: Elizabeth Cady Stanton born (reformer: suffrage)
1908: Ann Petry born (African American, journalist, writer)
1929: Grace Patricia Kelly (actor, princess of Monaco, married ot Prince Rainier III)
1994: Wilma Rudolph died (Olympic athlete)
Quote for Today
It is amusing to observe in every age the ingenuity of dress in changing the human figure.
— Hannah Farnham Lee
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