1457: Mary of Burgundy born
1539: Isabella d'Este died (Renaissance arts patron)
1542: Catherine Howard beheaded (wife of Henry VIII of England)
1698: William and Mary proclaimed rulers of England
1815: Anna Sartorius Uhl Ottendorfer born
1825: Julia Ripley Dorr born
1827: Sister Julia McGroarty born
1870: Esther Morris became a Justice of the Peace - first woman to hold that position in the U.S.
1885: Bess Truman born (First Lady)
1894: Mary Lucinda Cardwell Dawson born
1918: Patricia Jane Berg born
1906: Pauline Frederick Robbins born (journalist)
1933: Kim Novak born (actress)
1943: Elaine Pagels born (Biblical scholar)
1959: Barbie Doll went on sale for the first time
Quote for Today
For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.
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