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Births
1519 - Catherine de Medici, consort of Henri II of France and the mother of three other kings of France. Heehee.. crazy lady!
1743 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States of America (1801-1809), author of the Declaration of Independence. And Ken Howard did a great job playing him in 1776!
1771 - Richard Trevithick, English engineer.
1852 - F.W. Woolworth, American merchant, founder of chain stores. I loved this store as a kid!
1899 - Alfred Butts, American who invented the board game Scrabble. Any one up for a game?
1906 - Samuel Beckett, American author, critic, playwright.
1909 - Eudora Welty, American writer.
1519 - Catherine de Medici, consort of Henri II of France and the mother of three other kings of France. Heehee.. crazy lady!
1743 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States of America (1801-1809), author of the Declaration of Independence. And Ken Howard did a great job playing him in 1776!
1771 - Richard Trevithick, English engineer.
1852 - F.W. Woolworth, American merchant, founder of chain stores. I loved this store as a kid!
1899 - Alfred Butts, American who invented the board game Scrabble. Any one up for a game?
1906 - Samuel Beckett, American author, critic, playwright.
1909 - Eudora Welty, American writer.
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Date: 2007-04-13 11:52 pm (UTC)From:I used to dislike Caterina de Medici because of all the "political lies" stated about her mostly by French authors and people who basically re-wrote books about her without actually checking their historical facts, much like books about the Borgia.
That is until I found a book entitled "Catherine de Medici and the lost revolution" by Ralph Roeder. Brilliant and incredibly well detailed biography of her life. I highly recommend it, more so then that fluff that recently came out about her.