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Our seasons have no fixed returns,
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At noon our sudden summer burns,
Ere sunset all is snow.
–James Russell Lowell (1819–91)
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Chris Hadfield (astronaut) was born on this day in 1959.
Ingrid Bergman (actress) died on this day in 1982.
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