1568: Lady Catherine Grey died -- next in line for the English throne after Elizabeth I, under the terms of Henry VIII's will

1858: Beatrice Potter Webb born

1873: Marie Manning born

1881: "Cleopatra's Needle" obelisk erected in New York City's Central Park

1901: Queen Victoria of Britain died

1937: Fanny Bullock Workman died (explorer)

1973: United States Supreme Court issued historical Roe v. Wade abortion ruling


Saint's Day: Blaesilla

Quote for Today

• In this unbelievable universe in which we live there are no absolutes. Even parallel lines, reaching into infinity, meet somewhere yonder.
  — Pearl Buck
  

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