1412: Joan of Arc born (saint, military leader, mystic)
1540: Henry VIII married Anne of Cleves
1759: Martha Dandridge Custis married George Washington
1794: Rebecca Lukens born
1832: New England Anti-Slavery Society organized, Boston, Massachusetts. Participation in this organization prepares many women to conclude that women, too, ought to have more rights.
1944: Ida Tarbell died (muckraking journalist)
1945: Barbara Pierce married George Bush
1957: Nancy Lopez born
1994: Nancy Kerrigan, American figure skater favored to win the US Figure Skating Championship, was clubbed on the right leg -- as it turns out, instigated by the husband and the bodyguard of Tonya Harding, a figure skating rival.
Quote for Today
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In the face of an obstacle which it is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.
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