1083: Queen Matilda, wife of William I (William the Conqueror) of England, died. She was buried at a convent in Caen which she founded.
1709: Anne of Hanover born (daughter of England's George II)
1755: Marie-Antoinette born (queen consort of Louis XVI of France)
1829: Elizabeth Ann Rogers born (Sister Beatrice, Anglican religious, educator; sister of Ellen Albertina Polyblank, Sister Albertina)
1883: Jessie Daniel Ames born (reformer: suffrage, anti-lynching)
1892: Alice Brady born (actor)
Quote for Today
I feel we are all islands -- in a common sea.
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