Anna Maria Jarvis the founder of Mother’s Day in the United Status was born.
Author: Sophisticate In the Suburbs™
NYC native with Southern roots. Villanova graduate. Music lover. Football fan. Computer geek. Writer.
November 9, 1795
On November 9, 1795 James Miranda Steuart Barry (born Margaret Ann Bukley) the first surgeon to perform the first successful Caesarean was born.
August 4, 1854
Maria Zankovetska Ukrainian theater actress was born. She was the first person in Ukraine whom the government awarded the high title of the People’s Artist of the republic
August 10, 31 BC
Cleopatra VII Philopator Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt died.
June 5, 925
Princess Olga of Kiev was born.
February 27, 1932
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor British-American actress was born.
February 25, 2022
Ketanji Bown Jackson becomes the first black female Supreme Court nominee.
December 28, 1829
Elizabeth “Mum Bett” the first enslaved African American to file and win a freedom suit in Massachusetts died at assumed age of 85 years old.
February 5, 2022
Leona Maguire Irish professional golfer became the first Irish winner in Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour history.
January 27, 2022
Xiomara Castro takes office as the first female President of Honduras.