1824: Ellen Louise Curtis Demorest born (businesswoman)
1861: Margaret Haley born (educator, teacher, union organizer)
1873: Sara Josephine Baker born (physician, public health administrator)
1887: Marianne Moore born (poet)
1887: Georgia O'Keeffe born (painter)
1908: Cixi (T'su-hsi) died (Dowager Empress of China)
1932: Nera White born (basketball player)
1977: Britain's Princess Anne gives birth to a son -- significant for the child's status as a commoner, breaking a 500-plus year tradition (story)
Quote for Today
When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have the right to be equal.
— Christiane Collange
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