1839: Frances Willard born (educator, reformer)
1856: Kate Smith Wiggan born (educator: kindergartens; writer)
1913: Alice Marble born (tennis player, spy)
1915: Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg born (convicted as a spy)
1974: Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States, underwent a radical mastectomy, and later became active in educating about breast cancer
Quote for Today
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In the West they had invented disposable nappies and plastic pants long ago. Our people were supposed to be involved in industrial espionage, so why couldn't they steal some useful secret instead of always going for electronics?
— Yuliya Voznesenskaya
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