today in women's herstory-7 december

[niyad]

December 7
This Day in Women's History


1354 - Margaretha van Bavarian's son earl Willem V signs peace treaty

1724 – Louise of Great Britain, English wife of Frederick V of Denmark (d. 1751)

1741 - Elisabeth Petrovna becomes tsarina of Russia

1761 - Madame [Marie Grosholtz] Tussaud, Strasbourg, France, created wax museum, (d. 1850)

1801: Abigail Hopper Gibbons born (Quaker, Civil War nurse, reformer: abolition, prison reform; daughter of Isaac Hopper)

1803 – Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony, German wife of Ferdinand VII of Spain (d. 1829)

1865: Sibyl Swift Sanderson born (opera singer)

1873: Willa Cather born (writer)

1877: Constance Skinner born (writer, critic, editor, historian)

1891 - Fay Bainter, Los Angeles California, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair)

1892 - Nora Nicholson, Leamington England, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow)

1893: Virginia Kirkus born (critic, editor, writer)

1902 – Hilda Taba, Estonian architect (d. 1967)

1912 - Bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt

1913 – Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author and poet (d. 1986)

1915 – Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter (d. 1978)

1919 – Lis Løwert, Danish actress (d. 2009)

1919 - Ellen Stewart, actress/founder (La Mama Theatre Group)

1924: Willie B. Barrow born (minister, civil rights activist)

1927 – Helen Watts, Welsh opera singer (d. 2009)

1932 – Ellen Burstyn, American actress

1932 – Rosemary Rogers, Ceylonese-American author

1936 - Martha Layne Collins, Baghdad Ky, (Gov-D-Ky)

1941 – Melba Pattillo Beals, American civil rights activist and journalist (little rock nine)

1945 – Marion Rung, Finnish singer

1952 – Susan Collins, American politician, Senator from Maine

1954 - Julie Halston, actress (Juror, Drunks, Addams Family Values)

1954 – Mary Fallin, American politician, 27th Governor of Oklahoma

1955 – Priscilla Barnes, American actress

1956 - Helen O'Connell joins Today Show panel

1959 – Barbara Wilshere, British actress

1960 – Clara Haskil, Swiss pianist (b. 1895)

1961 - Mary Beth Evans, Pasadena CA, actress (Katherine Ashton-Gen Hospital)

1961 - Lisa Fischer, American R&B singer

1962 – Grecia Colmenares, Venezuelan actress

1962 - Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67

1963 - Barbara Weathers, vocalist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)

1964 – Roberta Close, Brazilian model

1965 – Dorien de Vries, Dutch windsurfer (1992 Olympics)

1968 - Melissa Iverson, Anoka Minn, rower (Olympics-96)

1970 – Carmen Campuzano, Mexican actress and model

1970 - Romaine Brooks (born Beatrice Romaine Goddard), American painter dies aged 96

1972 - Philippine's 1st lady Imelda Marcos stabbed & wounded by an assailant

1974 – Nicole Appleton, Canadian singer and actress (All Saints and Appleton)

1975 - Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71

1976 – Vanessa Lorenzo, Spanish model

1978 – Shiri Appleby, American actress

1979 – Sara Bareilles, American singer-songwriter and pianist

1979 - Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies

1979 – Jennifer Carpenter, American actress

1979 – Ayako Fujitani, Japanese actress

1981 – Ava Helen Pauling, American activist (b. 1903)

1982 – Chrispa, Greek singer

1983 – Fanny Cano, Mexican actress (b. 1944)

1987 - Baran Kosari, Iranian actress

1988 - Emily Browning, Australian actress

1988 – Emily Browning, Australian actress and singer

1988 – Asia Ray Smith, American actress

1988 – Hayley Williams, American singer

1990 – Urszula Radwańska, Polish tennis player

1990 - Joan Bennett, US actress (House Across the Bay, Dark Shadows), dies at 80

1993 - Janet Margolin, actress (David & Lisa), dies of ovarian cancer at 50

1994 - Elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at 58

1995 – Kathleen Harrison, English character actress (b. 1892)

2003 – Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange

2003 – Azie Taylor Morton, American politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1933)

2005 – Lucy d'Abreu, Indian-British super-centenarian (b. 1892)

2006 – Jeane Kirkpatrick, American diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1926)

2010 – Elizabeth Edwards, American lawyer and author, wife of John Edwards (b. 1949)

2012 – Irene Hughes, American psychic (b. 1920)

2012 – Jeni Le Gon, American actress and dancer (b. 1916)




http://womenshistory.about.com/od/12calendar/a/1207calendar.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_7

http://www.historyorb.com/events/december/7

[Android3.14]

1. But what happened this day in men's hisitage?

[niyad]

2. I tried, and I tried, but I just couldn't find ANY information!!