It's also Ray Bolger's birthday; he was born in 1904.
Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning started writing each other today in 1845.
Happy national Bittersweet Chocolate Day!
The luncheon suggestion for today from 365 Luncheon Dishes (from 1902) sounds unseasonable but delicious: Coconut Ice Cream, where basically you make a coconut pudding and then freeze it. Maybe I'll try it without the freezing part (unless I'm visiting Australia?).