43 C.E. - traditional date for the suicide of the Vietnamese Trung sisters, Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, when faced with defeat by the Chinese army
1866: Annie Goodrich born
1867: Blessed Maria Vicenta of Saint Dorothy born as Vicenta Chivez Orozco in Cotija, Michoacan, Mexico; beatified 1997
1870: Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould born
1872: The American Woman Suffrage Association petitioned Congress
1893: Madge Thurlow Macklin born
1913: Mary Douglas Leakey born (paleonanthropologist)
1917: In Great Britain, suffrage granted to women over age 30
1952: Elizabeth II succeeded her father, King George VI, on his death on February 6
Quote for Today
True patriotism doesn't exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others. -- Queen Elizabeth II of England
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