1547: Henry VIII died, succeeded by son Edward VI, briefly by grand-niece Lady Jane Grey , then by daughter Mary and later by daughter Elizabeth
1572: Jeanne-Francoise de Chantal born
1693: Anna Ivanovna of Russia born
1862: Hannah Bachman Einstein born
1873: Colette born
1903: Kathleen Lonsdale born
1908: Julia Ward Howe became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters
1933: Susan Sontag born
1960: Zora Neale Hurston died
1986: First women killed in the US space program (Judith Resnick, Christa McAuliffe) as Challenger explodes, killing all seven aboard
Quote for Today
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The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured mathematically, and it is independent of persons.
— Susan Sontag
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