“He was a mobster, but not a monster,” -Deirdre Capone, Al’s great-niece 509: Mae Capone Al Capone’s Wife and Mother of His Son Born: 11 April 1897, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America Died: 16 April 1986, Miami, Florida, United States of America Real Name: Mary Josephine Capone, nee Coughlin After one visit to…
508: Debbie Allen There Isn’t Much She Hasn’t Done Born: 16 January 1950, Houston, Texas, United States of America Original Name: Deborrah Allen Among the titles she’s worked under over the years are choreographer, actress, dancer, television director and producer. Debbie is also a former member of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities….
507: Toni Basil Hey Mickey, You’re So Fine! Born: 22 September 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Original Name: Antonia Basilotta Toni is a choreographer, singer, actress, dancer, and filmmaker. She is most known for her hit song “Mickey”, but that is far from her only accomplishment. Toni also choreographed the cult-classic American Graffiti…
506: Laurie Hernandez Olympic Athlete Who Competed In Artistic Gymnastics Born: 9 June 2000, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America Laurie competed at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio; she won gold in the team event and silver at the balance beam. She hopes to qualify in compete at the 2020 games in…
“The editress has only to say that if the people will do their duty to themselves as faithfully as has been done by them, all will yet be well…But let no man sleep at his post.” 505: Anne Royall The First Female Journalist to Interview a United States President Born: 11 June 1769, Baltimore, The…
504: Caroline Lacroix Mistress of Leopold II of Belgium Born: 13 May 1883, Bucharest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Present-day Bucharest, Romania) Died: 12 February 1948, Cambo-les-Bains, France Original Name: Blanche Delacroix They met when she was sixteen and he was sixty-five. She was also working as a prostitute at the time. Leopold gave her lavish gifts and…
503: Rahat Khan The Hockey Queen of Pakistan Birth Date Unknown; she was born (according to Wikipedia) in British Controlled India She is a field hockey player and league official. Rahat was featured in a BBC 4 program entitled “India’s Frontier Railways”. In 1996, she received the Best Sports Women award from Pakistani Railways. As…
502: Alice Perrers Mistress of Edward III of England Born: 1348, England (Present-day United Kingdom) Died: 1400, England (Present-day United Kingdom) Also Known As: Alice de Windsor Alice started off as a lady-in-waiting to his wife and queen. And by the way, the king was born in 1312, making him right around thirty-six years older…
“The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity.” 501: Viola Davis Actress and Producer Born: 11 August 1965, Saint Matthews, South Carolina, United States of America Viola graduated from Juilliard in 1994 and two years later she made her Broadway debut (and she earned her first Tony award nomination for…
200: Robert Irwin Animal Conservationist and Photographer Born: 1 December 2003, Buderim, Australia Robert is the son of the late great Steve Irwin and his equally amazing wife Terri. Robert’s older sister is Bindi (both pictured here). Robert may be young, but he’s spent his entire life advocating and fighting to protect animals and their…