2000 Death Florynce Rae Kennedy, lawyer/lecturer, dies at 84 1952 Birthday Marianne Williamson, born in Houston, Texas, spiritual activist, author, speaker, lecturer, wrote, 'A Course in Miracles', a program about choosing love over fear, 'A Return to Love', breakthrough success attributed to appearance on Oprah Winfrey 1944 Birthday Betsy Finley Ashton, broadcast journalist/author/lecturer 1941 Birthday Baroness Hollis of Heigham, history lecturer, University of East Anglia 1937 Birthday Paul Bailey, born in England, novelist, George Orewell prize-winner, lecturer at North Dakota State University, writer in residence, Kingston University, wrote At The Jerusalem, radio and television plays, and non-fiction books 1929 Birthday Alun Hoddinott, born in Wales, composer, lecturer, co-founded and directed the Cardiff Festival 1920 Birthday Liesbeth Tonckens, Wilhelmina, actress/lecturer, Free People 1905 Birthday Jef Maes, born in Antwerp, Belgium, composer, lecturer, worked for the Knokke orchestra, studied with Albert van de Vijver, Karel Candaeil, and Napoleon Distelmans 1880 Birthday Helen Keller, blind-deaf author/lecturer had more sense than many 1860 Birthday Charlotte Perkins Gilman, economist/lecturer/author/feminist 1860 Death Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies 1843 Birthday Belle Boyd, spy, Confederate, actress/lecturer 1819 Birthday Julia Ward Howe, U.S., author/lecturer, Battle Hymn of the Republic 1817 Birthday Frederick Douglass, African-American abolitionist/lecturer/editor
