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.
Category: December
December 16, 2021
Leena Nair is named the CEO of CHANEL and becomes the first person of Indian descent heading a global luxury brand.
December 30, 2021
Oriini Kaipara becomes the first person with facial markings to host a primetime news program on national television.
December 5, 1934
Joan Didion American writer was born.
December 17, 1706
Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet was a French natural philosopher and mathematician was born.
December 13, 2021
Michelle Jubelirer becomes the first female Chair and CEO of Capitol Music Group.
December 30, 2021
Susan E. Arnold becomes the first female chairwoman of Disney.
December 11, 1989
Kellie Anne Harrington Irish amateur boxer and an Olympic gold medalist is born.
December 14, 1542
Mary Stuart becomes Queen of Scotland.
December 21, 1866
Maud Gonne MacBride English-born Irish republican revolutionary, suffragette and actress was born.