1582: Teresa of Avila died (religious writer and mystic, Roman Catholic saint)
1864: Eliza Kellas born (educator)
1942: Bernice Johnson Reagon born (musician, civil rights activist)
1946: Susan Sarandon born (actor, reformer)
1974: Anne Sexton died - suicide (poet)
Quote for Today
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In a dream, you are never eighty.
— Anne Sexton
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