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Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori
1066 – Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon monarch before the Norman Conquest,
was crowned King of England.
1322 – Stefan Dečanski became King of Serbia, succeeding his half-brother Stefan
Konstantin, whom he later defeated in battle.
1839 – The worst storm to hit Ireland in 300 years damaged or destroyed more than
20 per cent of houses in Dublin with 100-knot (190 km/h) winds.
1907 – Italian educator Maria Montessori (pictured) opened her first school and
day-care centre for working-class children in Rome, employing the philosophy of
education that now bears her name.
1994 – Two-time American Olympic figure-skating medalist Nancy Kerrigan was hit on
the leg with a police baton by an assailant hired by the ex-husband of her rival
Tonya Harding.
Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros (b. 1756)Kahlil Gibran (b. 1883)Sybil Plumlee (d.
2012)
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