Happy Birthday July 28

Helen Beatrix Potter was born on July 28, 1866 at 2 Bolton Gardens, West Brompton, Kensington, London. Beatrix was educated by three able governesses, the last of whom was Annie Moore (née Carter), just three years older than Beatrix. Annie and Beatrix remained friends throughout their lives and Annie's eight children were the recipients of many of Potter's delightful picture letters. It was Annie who later suggested that these letters might make good children's books.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 37th First Lady of the United States, was born Jacqueline Lee Bouvier in Southampton, Long Island on July 28, 1929 to Wall Street stockbroker John "Black Jack" Bouvier III and Janet Norton Lee. When a 12-year-old Jackie toured the White House with her mother and sister, she found it frustrating that there was so little information offered to visitors. So when Jackie eventually moved into the White House herself, she made it her mission to fix this.

Six-year-old Bouvier in 1935

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