1381: St. Colette born
1559: Elizabeth Tudor crowned Queen of England (she ascended to the throne in November 1558)
1616: Antoinette Bourignon born
1810: Ernestine Rose born
1827: Ethel Lynn Beers born
1850: Charlotte Ray born
1884: Sophie Tucker born
1943: Sophie Taeuber-Arp died (artist)
1992: Japan apologizes for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II
Saint's Day: Ivetta of Huy
Quote for Today
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All quiet along the Potomac to-night,
No sound save the rush of the river,
While soft falls the dew on the face of the dead,
The picket's off duty forever.
— Ethel Lynn Beers, 1861, "The Picket Guard"
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