402: Barbra Streisand Entertainer, Singer, Actress, and Filmmaker Born: 24 April 1942, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America Original Name: Barbara Joan Streisand Her career has spanned six decades. According to her website’s biography, Barbra is the only artist ever to receive an Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy, Directors Guild of America Award, Golden Globe,…
401: Elizabeth Cowell First Female Television Announcer Born: 1912, Most Likely the United Kingdom Died: 1998, Most Likely the United Kingdom Elizabeth was also a radio broadcaster. Her television appearance in August 1936 predated when television services actually began broadcasting in the United Kingdom in November that same year. Elizabeth appeared on a broadcast for…
400: Lisa Marie Presley Singer-songwriter Born: 1 February 1968, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America Died: 12 January 2023, West Hills, California, United States of America Lisa was also the only child (and therefore sole heir) to her father Elvis Presley’s estate. Her mother is Priscilla Presley. Lisa was raised at her father’s elaborate and…
399: Gilda Radner Comedian and Actress Born: 28 June 1946, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America Died: 20 May 1989, Los Angeles, California, United States of America Gilda was one of the original seven cast members of Saturday Night Live, and reportedly was the first person cast period. She is remembered for her characters including…
398: Gertrude Elion Pharmacologist Born: 23 January 1918, New York City, New York, United States of America Died: 21 February 1999, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America Gertrude helped create prescriptions to help treat leukemia, gout, malaria, herpes, and other diseases. Deciding to enter the field of pharmacology occurred to Gertrude after watching…
“…It soon became apparent to me that a black female with a Ph.D. in psychology was an unwanted anomaly in New Your City in the early 1940’s” 397: Mamie Phipps Clark Psychologist Born: 18 April 1917, Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States of America Died: 11 August 1983, New York City, New York, United States of…
396: Chien-Shiung Wu Experimental Physicist Born: 31 May 1912 Liuhe, Taicang, Suzhou, China Died: 16 February 1997, New York City, New York, United States of America Wu helped work with the Manhattan Project to develop the first Atomic Bombs. She also helped create a better version of the Geiger Counter. While not known for certain,…
395: Dorothy Hodgkin Biochemist and Crystallographer Born: 12 May 1910, Cairo, Egypt Died: 29 July 1994, Ilmington, United Kingdom Dorothy was the first person to create an x-ray diffraction photograph of a protein. She helped discover the structure of penicillin, Vitamin B12, and Insulin. In 1964, she was solely awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry….
394: Rita Levi-Montalcini Neurologist and Physician Born: 22 April 1909, Turin, Italy Died: 30 December 2012, Rome, Italy Rita volunteered with the Allied Health Service during World War II in her native Italy, and continued to work as a doctor in a refugee camp for a year afterward. She studied the growth of nerve fibers…
393: Rachel Carson Marine Biologist, Author, and Conservationist Born: 27 May 1907, Springdale, Pennsylvania, United States of America Died: 14 April 1964, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America Rachel’s book Silent Spring launched the movement to eliminate harmful pesticides (like DDT) from being used through crop dusting and other widespread uses. Her work would…