May 23: Elias Ashmole & Helene Boucher

[Jim Eshelman]

Ashmole, Elias. May 23, 1617 OS, 3:25:49 AM, Lichfield, England (A).
Boucher, Helene. May 23, 1908, 11:00 AM, Paris, France (AA).

Ashmole, in his diary, cited his mother as saying the birth was just before 3:30 AM. I would hve interpreted this as about 3:25 AM. Ashmole rectified it to 3:24:49 AM, so I have used that here, (His Old Style date is June 2 NS.)

Helene Boucher is likely unknown to (m)any of you, but a most noteworthy figure, a female aviator near the dawn of aviation who set world speed records.