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1872
Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in a presidential election.

1917
Supreme Court decision (Buchanan v Warley) strikes down Kentucky ordinance requiring blacks & whites to live in separate areas

1959
CS Lewis wrote "All joy emphasises our pilgrim status; always reminds, beckons, awakens desire. Our best havings are wantings."

1974
Ella Grasso was elected governor of Connecticut, becoming the first woman to win gubernatorial office without succeeding her husband.

1975
I was born.