1139: Empress Matilda landed in England to claim the throne, usurped by her cousin Stephen though her father, Henry I, named her his heir
1515: Anne of Cleves born (fourth wife of King Henry VIII of England)
1531: Louise of Savoy died, after catching a chill while observing a comet
1692: Martha Corey died in Salem, Massachusetts
1701: Anna Magdalena Bach born (musician, wife of composer Johann Sebastian Bach)
1829: Emeline Horton Cleveland born (physician, educator)
1830: Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor born (socialite)
1830: Mary Clement Leavitt born (reformer: temperance, WCTU; missionary)
Quote for Today
Writing a journal means that facing your ocean you are afraid to swim across it, so you attempt to drink it drop by drop.
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