1851: “The rights of mankind emanate from their natural wants and emotions. Are not the natural wants and emotions of humanity common too, and shared equally by both sexes? Does man hunger and thirst, suffer cold and heat more than woman? Does he love and hate, hope and fear, joy and sorrow more than woman?”
1905: In New York City, play baseball on a Sunday, go to jail
1908: Ian Fleming is born
1959: Two monkeys become the first living creatures to survive a space flight