1791: Anna Claypoole Peale born
1858: Lilian Welsh born
1863: Belle Kearney born
1882: Sarah Wambaugh born
1886: Julia Evelina Smith died
1895: Camilla Collet died
1924: Sarah Caldwell born
1937: Valentina Tereshkova born
1973: Pearl Buck died
1980: Marguerite Yourcenar elected to the Academie Francoise.
1982: Ayn Rand died
Quote for Today
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?
— Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
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