1477: Mary of Burgundy married Maximilian of Austria, bringing the Low Countries to the Habsburg empire
1587: Virginia Dare born (first English child born in the New World)
1861: Selma Kronold born (soprano)
1920: Tennessee ratified the 19th amendment which gave the vote to women in the United States
1927: Rosalynn Carter born (First Lady: married to Jimmy Carter)
Quote for Today
Every nursing mother, in the midst of her little dependent brood, has far more right to whine, sulk or scold, as temperament dictates, because beefsteak and coffee are not prepared for her and exactly to her taste, than any man ever had or ever can have during the present stage of human evolution. -- Antoinette Brown Blackwell
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