Also on this day...
Feast of St. Catherine Laboure
National French Toast Day
Giving Tuesday - international day of giving - doing good stuff for any charity or cause
World Compassion Day - based on the concept of ahimsa - the principle of non-violence toward all living things
William Blake was born in 1757, and Helen Magill White - first woman to earn a Ph.D. in the U.S. - was born in 1853. Henry Bacon - architect (Lincoln Memorial) - was born in 1866, and Nancy Mitford was born in 1904.