“I think John Wilkes Booth was only an instrument in the hands of the Almighty to punish this proud and licentious people.” 50) Mary Surratt You Might Want to Read This Before Blindly Passing Judgement Born: 4 May 1823, Maryland, United States of America Died: 7 July 1865, Washington DC, United States of America Boardinghouse…
49) William Ellison History Isn’t Always as Black and White as Our Teachers Want It To Be Born: April 1790, South Carolina, United States of America Died: 5 December 1861, Sumter County, South Carolina, United States of America He was born a slave under the name of April. His master and father was named William…
49) Jeanne Bécu Better known as the Comtesse du Barry or Madame du Barry Born: 19 August 1743, Vaucouleurs, France Died: 8 December 1793, Paris, France Mistress for Louis XV—she became his official mistress following the death of Madame de Pompadour in 1768 (after being hastily married off to the Count Guillaume du Barry to…
48) Bradley Willman He’s Gonna Getcha Real Good Born: 1980, Langley City, Canada As a teenager Bradley took it upon himself to catch pedophiles, yes really. He did this, as any teenager would, by creating a Trojan Horse virus in 2000, that allowed him access to between 2,000 and 3,000 computers. One of the men…
48) Jeanne Poisson The Marquise de Pompadour, better known as Madame de Pompadour Born: 29 December 1721, Paris, France Died: 15 April 1764, Paris, France Mistress for Louis XV of France. She was much more than just a “mistress” though with some claiming she was the de-facto prime minister. Jeanne was blamed for France’s loss…
47) John Peter Zenger Free Speech for Me Please, Thank You Born: 26 October 1697, Holy Roman Empire (Present-day Impflingen, Germany) Died: 28 July 1746, Manhattan, the Colony of New York (Present Day New York State in the United States of America) Journalist and newspaper editor remembered today for his winning case in a landmark…
“Good people be civil–I am the Protestant whore!” 47) Nell Gwyn “Whores to Market!” Born: 2 February 1650, London, England Died: 14 November 1687, Pall Mall, London, England Alternate Spelling: Nell Gwynne Mistress for Charles II of England. She is one of his better-known mistresses and was known both in her own time and now…
https://youtu.be/RYID71hYHzg 46) Private Harold Baumgarten, MD He was a survivor, there’s no doubting that Born: 2 March 1925, New York, United States of America Died: 25 December 2016, Florida, United States of America According to his obituary, linked below, Tom Brokaw described him as, “One of the Greatest of the Greatest Generation.” Harold landed on…
46) Barbara Villiers Palmer It takes a strong woman to be despised, feared, and hated; and by today’s standards, she doesn’t deserve it Born: 27 November 1640, Westminster, London, England Died: 9 October 1709, Chiswick, London, England Mistress for Charles II of England and the Lady Castlemaine. She was equal parts hated, despised, and feared…
45) Oskar Schindler You’ve Probably Heard of his Story From the Film Schindler’s List Born: 28 April 1908, Svitavy, Austria-Hungary (Present-day Czech Republic) Died: 9 October 1974, Hildesheim, West Germany (Present-day Hildesheim, Germany) He was an industrialist and Nazi Party Member who is arguably the most famous of the Righteous Gentiles who helped saved lives…