1841: Maria Pool born (writer)
1843: Kristina Nilsson born (soprano)
1904: Rose Hum Lee born (sociologist)
1906: Edna Flannery Kelly born (U.S. Congress)
1921: Jacqueline Susann born (novelist)
1946: Connie Chung born (broadcast journalist)
1992: British tabloid published "intimate photos" of the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, who separated earlier in the year from her husband, Prince Andrew ( story). The two later divorced, but then moved back in together for financial reasons and to share the upbringing of their children.
Quote for Today
...the rumblings of women's liberation are only one pointer to the fact that you already have a discontented work force. And if conditions continue to lag so far behind the industrial norm and the discomfort increases, you will find...that you will end up with an inferior product. -- Elaine Morgan
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