1883: Ladies Home Journal published first issue
1893: Katharine Cornell born (actress)
1900: Mary Switzer born
1943: Mildred Hamack executed - the only American woman executed for anti-Nazi underground activity in World War II Germany
1982: Agatha Barbara elected President of Malta.
Quote for Today
Wasn't that what happened to Lot's Wife? A loyalty to old things, a fear of the new, a fear to change, to look ahead?
— Toni Cade Bambara
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