1812: Caroline Fisher Sawyer born (writer, editor)
1815: Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace, born (mathematician, computer pioneer)
1830: Emily Dickinson born (poet)
1868: Orie Hatcher born (educator)
1891: Nelly Sachs born (Nobel Laureate, poet)
1948: Universal Declaration of Human Rights passed by the United Nations General Assembly. Eleanor Roosevelt was a key lobbyist for this document, writing much of it herself.
Quote for Today
In city, in suburb, in forest, no way to stretch out the arms -- so if you would grow, go straight up or deep down.
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