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This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. 1933 – Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona. 1936 – The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
Creola Katherine Johnson ( née Coleman; August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020) was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. [1] [2] During her 33-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned a reputation for ...
The following women have appeared in the American or international edition of Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month. Those who were also named Playmate of the Year are highlighted in green. A common misconception is that Marilyn Monroe was a Playmate of the Month. She appeared in the first issue of Playboy as the "Sweetheart of the Month ...
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Rebecca De Mornay (born Rebecca Jane Pearch; August 29, 1959,) is an American actress. Her breakthrough film role came in 1983, when she starred as Lana in Risky Business . De Mornay is also known for her roles in The Slugger's Wife (1985), Runaway Train (1985), The Trip to Bountiful (1985), Backdraft (1991), and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle ...
The original Famous Birthdays website was created by Edward Morykwas, a Michigan schoolteacher, in 1996. [4] [5] [6] The site was updated to its current format in November 7, 2012, by Evan Britton, [7] who has since described the website as " Wikipedia for Generation Z ".
1907 – August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist and theologian (b. 1826) 1914 – Georges Legagneux, French aviator (b. 1882) 1916 – Odilon Redon, French painter and illustrator (b. 1840) 1918 – Wilhelm von Mirbach, German diplomat (b. 1871) 1922 – Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (b. 1863)
17th century [ edit] Barbara Strozzi, sometime between c. 1730–1740. Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–1678) Leonora Duarte (1610–1678) Leonora Baroni (1611–1670) Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1613–1676) Francesca Campana (c. 1615–1665) Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677) Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)