1822: Isabella Beecher Hooker born
1838: Margaret Munson Sangster born
1848: Annie LePorte Diggs born
1892: Edna St. Vincent Millay born
1955: Maureen Connolly retired from tennis after a horse-riding accident
1972: Claudie Pechstein born (Olympic speed skater)
Quote for Today
It is not true that life is one damn thing after another. It’s one damn thing over and over.
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