1973 Event Britain's Princess Anne marries commoner, Captain Mark Phillips 1960 Event Charles Ives' "Lincoln, the Great Commoner," premieres 1959 Event Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda 1917 Birthday Barry Commoner, born in Brooklyn, New York, biologist, Science and Survival 1860 Birthday William Jennings Bryan, "The Great Commoner" orator/statesman 1708 Birthday William Pitt the Elder, Whig, U.K. PM, 1756-61, 66-68, 'Great Commoner'
