529: Laverne Cox Actress and LGBT Advocate Born: 29 May 1972, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America One of the first transgender actresses to make mainstream celebrity status; Laverne is most well known for being a recurring actress on Netflix’s Orange is the New Black and the recent live television production of The Rocky Horror…
528: Mary Von Waldersee Philanthropist Who Married Into German Aristocracy Born: 3 October 1837, New York City, New York, United States of America Died: 4 July 1914, Hanover, Germany Mary may have had an affair with Kaiser Wilhelm II. She was known for her political salons and charities. There is little other information for Mary…
527: Bianca Cappello Mistress of Francesco de Medici and Grandduchess of Tuscany Born: 1548, Venice, Italy Died: 20 October 1587, Poggio a Caiano, Italy Also Spelled: Bianca Capello Bianca was married at the time the affair started and had a daughter with her husband, but as soon as they were both free of their marital…
“Madison Hemings said very little about what his mother thought of his father, only that she “implicitly relied” on Jefferson’s promise. Hemings also said that he and his siblings “were the only children of [Jefferson’s] by a slave woman.”” -Courtesy of Monticello.org 526: Sally Hemings Thomas Jefferson’s Not-So-Secret Mistress Born: 1773, The Colony of Virginia…
525: Mary Pearcey Murderess Born: 1866, London, United Kingdom Died: 23 December 1890, London, United Kingdom Original Name: Mary Eleanor Wheeler Little is known of her early life, except that when Mary was fourteen her father was hanged for murdering a local farmer. Mary used her first boyfriend’s last name (Pearcey) even after they broke…
524: Santa Inocencia Murdered Child and Mexican Saint Whose Corpse “Blinks” at Tourists Also Known As: Saint Innocent Inocencia was stabbed to death by her father after taking the Holy Communion to become a Catholic against his wishes. Her body has been certified as a relic and resides in the cathedral of Guadalajara in Mexico….
523: Rosalia Lombardo Famous Child Mummy Born: 1918, Palermo, Italy Died: 6 December 1920, Palermo, Italy Rosalia died when she was only two years old (probably from some form of bronchial infection) and her heartbroken father approached a noted doctor to preserve her body. She was one of the last bodies placed in the Capuchin…
522: Sharon Tate Actress Who is More Remembered Today for Being a Victim of the Manson Family Born: 24 January 1943, Dallas, Texas, United States of America Died: 9 August 1969, Los Angeles, California, United States of America Sharon was stabbed to death while eight and a half months pregnant and her son died alongside…
“What I’ve actually done? No more than I have to as a Soviet man, having stood up to defend the motherland.” 521: Roza Shanina Soviet Sniper With 59 Confirmed Kills Born: 3 April 1924, Yedma, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Soviet Union (Present-day Russia) Died: 28 January 1945, Kaliningrad Oblast, Soviet Union (Present-day Russia) Roza served during World…
520: Enriqueta Marti Long Thought to be a Serial Killer of Children Born: 2 February 1868, Municipality of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain Died: 12 May 1913, Barcelona, Spain Full Name: Enriqueta Martí i Ripollés Recent research, however, suggests she suffered from a mental disorder, and now the question of how many children she kidnapped…