Almanac of Absurdities 1/6

On this date in 1540, King Henry VIII, recently a widower after the death of Jane Seymour, marries Anne of Cleves. It's not a great successful marriage, but the good news is she survives it, unlike most of the others. In 1907, Maria Montessori starts a day care center in Rome for children of the working class. Birthdays: Joan of Arc, John Delorean, Author E.L. Doctorow, Rowan Atkinson,