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Events for 10 March

• 1535 Discovery of the Galapagos Islands by Tomás de Berlanga (1486–1551), Bishop of Panama.

• 1895 Death of Charles Frederick Worth (b.1825 in Bourne, Lincolnshire), fashion designer, who became known for his elegant crinolined gowns.

• 1528 Death of Balthasar Hubmaier (b.1481 in Friedburg, Bavaria, Germany), a leader of the Austrian Anabaptists, burned at the stake as a heretic.

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Potter, Stephen (1900–69)
British writer


How to be one up—how to make the other man feel that something has gone wrong, however slightly.

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