today in women's herstory-23 january

[niyad]

January 23
This Day in Women's History


1356 - Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies

1571 - Queen Elizabeth I of England opens Royal Exchange in London

1688 – Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (d. 1741)

1813 – Camilla Collett, Norwegian author and activist, feminist (d. 1895)

1837: Amanda Berry Smith born

1838: Marianne of Molokai born (nun who worked with leprosy victims, women and girls1849

1849 – Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor.

1870 - 173 Blackfoot (140 women & children) killed in Montana by US Army

1881 – Luisa Casati, Italian model (d. 1957)

1896 – Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1985)

1897 – Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (d. 2000)

1897 – Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only case in United States history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction.

1898 – Freda Utley, English scholar and author (d. 1978)

1900 - Mary Philips, CT, actress (Farewell to Arms, Incendiary Blonde)

1918: Gertrude Belle Elion born (biochemist, nobel prize winner, research helped develop AZT)

1919 – Frances Bay, Canadian actress (d. 2011)

1923 - Florence Halop, Queens, actress (Florence-Night Court, St Elsewhere)

1928 – Jeanne Moreau, French actress, singer, screenwriter, and director

1931: Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina, died

1932 – Larri Thomas, American actress and dancer (d. 2013)

1933 – Chita Rivera, Puerto Rican actress, singer, and dancer

1935 – Teresa Żylis-Gara, Polish soprano

1936 - Dame Clara Butt, alto singer (Country of Hope & Glory), dies at 62

1939 – Arlene Golonka, American actress

1940 – Fiona MacCarthy, English biographer and cultural historian

1947 – Mary Arden, English judge

1948 – Anita Pointer, American singer-songwriter (The Pointer Sisters)

1949 – Joan Walley, English politician

1951 - Margaret Johnson Bailes, Bronx NY, 4X100 runner (Olympic-gold-1968)

1957 - Caroline Louise Marguerite Grimaldi, Monte Carlo Monaco, princess

1958 - Lorraine Michaels, Canterbury England, playmate (Apr, 1981)

1960 – Leilani Kai, American wrestler

1963 – Gail O'Grady, American actress

1964 – Mariska Hargitay, American actress (daughter of jayne mansfield)

1967 - Christine Parris-Washington, Truro Nova Scotia, softball (Olympics-96)

1969 – Ariadna Gil, Spanish actress

1972 – Lisa Snowdon, English model and television host

1973 – Dee Caffari, English sailor

1973 – Lanei Chapman, American actress

1974 – Rebekah Elmaloglou, Australian actress

1974 – Tiffani Thiessen, American actress (white collar)

1974 - 1st edition of women's magazine "Story"

1976 – Angelica Lee, Malaysian-Taiwanese actress and singer

1979 – Dawn Porter, Scottish-English journalist

1981 – Sarai, American rapper and actress

1981 – Julia Jones, American actress

1994 - Sherry Mathis, actress (Search for Tomorrow), dies of cancer at 44

1994 - Suzanne M Blum, French lawyer (Charlie Chaplin), dies at 95

1996 - Shirley Carter Burden, patrician, dies at 54

1997 - A British woman received a record £186,000 damages for Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI).

1997 - Laura "Dinky" Patterson, dies bungee jumping at Super Bowl rehearsal at 43

1997 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.

2003 - Nell Carter, American singer and actress (b. 1948)

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/01calendar/a/0123calendar.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_23

http://www.historyorb.com/events/january/23

[shenmue]

1. Awesome, thanks! :)

[niyad]

2. you are most welcome