Famous Spinster Birthday -- Queen Christina of Sweden

"As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to strangle a man than to fear him."  -- Queen Christina of Sweden

Born:  December 18, 1626
Died:  April 19, 1689

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Jane Austen

"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."  -- Jane Austen

Born:  December 16, 1775
Died:  July 18, 1817

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Emily Dickinson

"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not have lived in vain."  -- Emily Dickinson

Born:  December 10, 1830
Died:  May 15, 1886

Famous Spinster Birthday -- Tyra Banks

"My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet."  -- Tyra Banks

Born:  December 4, 1973