Births (200 years ago today): 1820 – Rachel Brooks Gleason, fourth woman to earn a medical degree in the United States (d. 1905)

Births (150 years ago today): 1870 – Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish academic and politician, 7th President of Finland (d. 1956)

Births (100 years ago today): 1920 – Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (d. 1985)

Deaths (450 years ago today): 1570 – Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1486)

Deaths (400 years ago today): 1620 – Francis, Duke of Pomerania-Stettin, Bishop of Cammin (b. 1577)

Deaths (100 years ago today): 1920 – Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1853)

Deaths (50 years ago today): 1970 – Helene Madison, American swimmer and nurse (b. 1913)

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