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Marguerite de Valois, sister of three kings, wife of a fourth, born today in 1553 - more on her on the Ancien Régime page of "Woman-Blindness"
Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, the Polish physicist who invented the mercury thermometer, and more importantly its mode of measuring, born today in 1686, though some historians reckon it was May 24th (the other mode of measuring that has a name attached, Anders Celsius, can be found on Nov 27).
Thomas Gainsborough, English portrait painter ("The Blue Boy"), born today in 1727
And this, unboycotted, fully diversified within itself, sanctioned only in the sense of authorisation, consent, leave, permission, authority, warrant, licence, dispensation, assent, acquiescence, agreement, approval, seal/stamp of approval, approbation, recognition, endorsement, accreditation, confirmation, ratification, validation, blessing, imprimatur, clearance, acceptance, allowance, and, in this case, based on the legitimate vote of the United Nations, the State of Israel, formally proclaimed, today in 1948 - a mere one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight years of waiting.
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