These are the entries born in the country of Kuwait. Entries: Rania al-Abdullah, Queen Consort of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Category: Birth Locations
1008) Rania Al-Abdullah
1008: Rania al-Abdullah Queen Consort of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Born: 31 August 1970, Kuwait City, Kuwait Before becoming queen, Rania worked in the banking and private technology sectors. In 1991, she earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the American University in Cairo. In 1993, Rania married the then-Prince of Jordan, Abdullah…
1007) Kiya
1007: Kiya Wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten Born: Possibly Mitanni (Present-day Syria) Died: Akhetaten, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Amarna, Egypt) Very little is known about Kiya, especially in contrast with Akhenaten’s much more famous and principal wife Nefertiti. Some scholars believe Kiya was from the Mitanni civilization, located in present-day Syria and Turkey, based on a known…
1006) Susanna Salter
A meme posted to Tumblr about Susanna Salter’s story. 1006: Susanna Salter The First Elected Female Mayor in United States History Born: 2 March 1860, Belmont County, Ohio, United States of America Died: 17 March 1961, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America Susanna served Argonia, Kansas after being elected in 1887. She was voted in…
Historic Pinal Cemetery
Over the Christmas 2020 weekend, I hit the road once again, this time with my mom, dad, and brother with me. Okay, to be fair, my dad drove while he and my brother took my mom and I out to the Historic Pinal Cemetery. This graveyard is located about forty miles from our house, just…
1005) Megan Leavey
1005: Megan Leavey Former United States Marine Corporal in a K-9 Unit Born: 28 October 1983, Valley Cottage, New York, United States of America Megan is famous for her fight to adopt her K-9 unit partner Rex after he was retired from the military. Megan joined the US Marine Corps after the terrorist attacks on…
1004) Frances Griffiths
1004: Frances Griffiths Subject of Some of the Famous Cottingley Fairies Photographs Born: 4 September 1907, Bradford, England, United Kingdom Died: 11 July 1986, Belfast, Ireland, United Kingdom It is hard to believe it now with the advent of photoshop technology, but the Cottingly Photographs were so convincing for their time Sir Arthur Conan Doyle…
1003) Turhan Hatice Sultan
1003: Turhan Hatice Sultan From Victim to One of the Most Powerful Women in the Islamic World Born: c.1627, Present-day Ukraine or Possibly Russia Died: 4 August 1683, Present-day Edirne, Turkey Turhan was kidnapped at the age of twelve, and taken from her homeland to Constantinople, where she was given to the Sultan of the…
1002) Camille Claudel
“I am reproached (what a terrible crime!) to have lived alone, spending my life with cats, to have felt persecuted! It is based on accusations that I have been imprisoned for five years and a half like a criminal, deprived of freedom, deprived of food, fire and the most basic essentials.” (Letter Camille wrote to…
1001) Darlene Cates
1001: Darlene Cates Actress Unafraid to Talk About Her Weight Loss Journey Born: 13 December 1947, Borger, Texas, United States of America Died: 26 March 2017, Forney, Texas, United States of America Original Name: Rita Darlene Guthrie Darlene is most remembered for portraying Bonnie Grape (better known as Mama) in the timeless film What’s Eating…