1757: Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton born (wife of Alexander Hamilton; defender and promoter of her husband's reputation)
1762: Mary Randolph Randolph born (cookbook author)
1816: Anna Sill born (educator)
1865: Janie Porter Barrett born (teacher, settlement house worker, clubwoman)
1956: Women in South Africa protested the pass laws
1969: Actress Sharon Tate and four others found murdered (story)
1977: Chamique Holdsclaw born (basketball player)
Quote for Today
Early rising is also essential to the good government of a family. A late breakfast deranges the whole business of the day, and throws a portion of it on the next, which opens the door for confusion to enter. -- Mary Randolph (preface, The Virginia House-Wife, 1824)
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