1540: Angela Merici died (founded Ursuline order, canonized May 24, 1807)
1873: Anna Thompson Ickes born
1888: Vicki Baum born
1944: Mairead Corrigan born
1961: Leontyne Price formally debuted at the Metropolitan Opera, New York.
Saint's Day: Angela Merici, Devota, Founder of the Ursulines
Quote for Today
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CECILE. Do you think it wrong for a girl to know Latin?
PIERRE. Not if she can cook a hare or a partridge as well as Mademoiselle Auclaire! She may read all the Latin she pleases. -- Willa Cather
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