1768: Charlotte Corday born (assassin of Jean-Paul Marat)
1777: Jane McCrea and Sarah McNeil captured by Native Americans working for the British; Jane McCrea's story became an American standard
1841: Linda Richards born (nurse, educator)
1853: Lucy Salmon born (historian)
1856?: Marriage of Maximilian and Carlota
1875: Mary Olszewski Kryszak born (public official, Polish American activist)
1878?: Genevieve Cline born (lawyer, judge)
1946: Gertrude Stein died (writer)
1948: Peggy Fleming born (Olympic ice skating medalist, professional ice skater)
Quote for Today
Einstein was the creative philosophic mind of the century and I have been the creative literary mind of the century.
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