1836: Betsy Ross died
1901: Women attacked 12 saloons in Kansas in the name of Prohibition
1912: Barbara Tuchman born (historian)
1940: Ida May Fuller of Vermont is sent the first ever Social Security check, in the amount of $22.45
1951: Elizabeth Taylor, 19, divorces her first husband, Nicky Hilton
1971: Winifred Goldring died
Saint's Day: Aldegundis, Bathild, Hyacintha of Mariscotti
Quote for Today
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Honor wears different coats to different eyes.
—
Barbara Tuchman
from The Guns of August
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