1789: Mary Singleton Copley Pelham died (born about 1710)
1867: Margherita Hamm born
1917: Maya Deren (Eleanora Derenkovskaya) born
1986: Funeral for the Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, was attended by only 100 -- but the guests included the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Queen Elizabeth, and Prince Phillip, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, and Princess Anne.
Quote for Today
It is the duty of youth to bring fresh new powers to bear on Social progress. Each generation of young people should be to the world like a vast reserve force to a tired army. They should life the world forward. That is what they are for.
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