January 28

1547: Henry VIII died, succeeded by son Edward VI, briefly by grand-niece Lady Jane Grey , then by daughter Mary and later by daughter Elizabeth

1572: Jeanne-Francoise de Chantal born

1693: Anna Ivanovna of Russia born

1862: Hannah Bachman Einstein born

1873: Colette born

1903: Kathleen Lonsdale born

1908: Julia Ward Howe became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters

1933: Susan Sontag born


1960: Zora Neale Hurston died

1986: First women killed in the US space program (Judith Resnick, Christa McAuliffe) as Challenger explodes, killing all seven aboard

Quote for Today

The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured mathematically, and it is independent of persons.
— Susan Sonta

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