“In England, I had to prove that what I wrote was not libel. I wanted a trial that proved [I] was right when [I] called David Irving a denier.” 473: Deborah E Lipstadt Shoah Historian Born: 18 March 1947, New York City, New York, United States of America Deborah is currently serving as the Dorot…
Sun and moon have no light left, earth is dark, Our women’s world is sunk so deep, who can help us? Jewelry sold to pay this trip across the seas, Cut off from my family I leave my native land. Unbinding my feet I clean out a thousand years of poison, With heated heart arouse…
470: Gudiya (Not Real Name) Born: c.2008, India Gudiya is rape victim who was five years old at the time her neighbor and a friend kidnapped her and held her captive in April 2013. The men raped her and left broken shards of a glass bottle inside of her alongside pieces of candles as well….
These are the list entries born in the modern country of Azerbaijan or the entries born in the geographic equivalent of the modern country. Entries: Nadezhda Alliluyeva Stalina, Joseph Stalin’s Second Wife
469: Nadezhda Alliluyeva Stalina Josef Stalin’s Second Wife Born: 22 September 1901, Baku, Russian Empire (Present-day Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan) Died: 9 November 1932, Moscow, USSR (Present-day Moscow, Russia) Though their age difference meant she could have been his daughter—Nadezhda was eighteen and he thirty-nine when they married. They supposedly met when she was two…
468: Amal al-Sadah One of Five of Osama Bin Laden’s Wives (Through an Arranged Marriage) Born: 27 March 1982, Yemen When they married, Amal was seventeen and Osama was forty-four. But its totally fine though because he gave her family $5,000 (sarcasm). Family members reportedly remembered Amal saying before the 9/11 Attacks that she wished…
These are the entries born in the country of Yemen, or the geographical equivalent of where the country now stands. Entries: Amal Al-Sadah, One of Osama Bin Laden’s Five Wives Safia Farkash El Hadad, Former First Lady of Libya
467: Safia Farkash El Hadad Muammar Gaddafi’s Wife and The Former First Lady of Libya Born: 1952, Al Bayda’, Yemen It is said Safia was a nurse who met Gaddafi after he was hospitalized and she nursed him back to health. Safia is the mother of seven of Muammar’s eight biological children (he also had…
466: Mary Toft Mary Tricked Doctors Into Making Them Think She Gave Birth to Rabbits Born: 1701, Godalming, England Died: 1763, Godalming, England Alternate Spelling: Tofts According to reports, in 1726 Mary (who was married and already a mother) suffered a miscarriage but a month later still looked pregnant and in September of that same…
465: Bridget Driscoll The First Person to be Killed by a Car in the United Kingdom Born: 1851, Ireland Died: 17 August 1896, Croydon, Surrey, United Kingdom Bridget and her daughter were walking towards the Crystal Palace when she was struck and killed. The inquest afterward found her death to be accidental because of the conflicting…