243: Ruth Becker Blanchard Survived the Sinking of the RMS Titanic When She was Twelve Years Old Born: 28 October 1899, Guntur, India Died: 6 July 1990, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Ruth was traveling in second-class with her mother and two siblings (her father stayed behind in India where he was working…
242: Edith Brown Haisman Survived the Sinking of the RMS TitanicWhen She was Fifteen Years Old Born: 27 October 1896, Cape Town, South Africa Died: 20 January 1997, Southampton, United Kingdom Edith and her parents traveled second-class (which upset her mother as they had been living very well in South Africa before an economic slump…
241: Madeleine Astor Dick Survived the Sinking of the RMS Titanic at the Age of Eighteen, and She was Pregnant Born: 19 June 1893, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America Died: 27 March 1940, Palm Beach, Florida, United States of America Madeleine was married to Colonel John Jacob Astor IV—one of the richest men…
240: Violet Jessop Given the Nickname of Mrs. Unsinkable Born: 2 October 1887, Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina Died: 5 May 1971, Great Ashfield, Suffolk, United Kingdom Violet survived the sinking of both Titanic and her sister ship Britannic and was also present on the third sister Olympic during Olympic’s famous collision with the HMS…
“Neptune was exceedingly kind to me and I am now high and dry.” 239: Margaret Tobin Brown Remembered Today by the Nickname She Acquired After the Sinking of the RMS Titanic—”Unsinkable Maggie Brown” Born: 18 July 1867, Hannibal, Missouri, United States of America Died: 26 October 1932, New York City, New York, United States of…
238: Tituba The Only Enslaved Woman in Salem at the Time of the Witch Trials Born: c.1674 Died: After 1693 Tituba was accused and confessed to being a witch but was not executed. She belonged to Samuel Parris—and it was his daughter and niece who were the first to convulse and exhibit symptoms. Tituba may…
237: Martha Corey Accused Salem Witch Born: c.1620 Died: 22 September 1692, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Present-day Salem, Massachusetts, United States of America) Martha was the last woman to be hung in the trials. She and her husband were simple farmers in Salem Village and never hurt anybody. Unfortunately for them, Martha made the mistake…
236: Mary Somerville Astronomer and Mathematician Born: 26 December 1780, Jedburgh, Scotland (Present-day United Kingdom) Died: 29 November 1872, Naples, Italy Mary grew up with a minimal education in which she was taught how to read but not write. She spent one year in boarding school but then had to read from her family’s library…
235: Bonnie Parker American Outlaw Better Known With Her Boyfriend as Bonnie and Clyde Born: 1 October 1910, Rowena, Texas, United States of America Died: 23 May 1934, Gibsland, Louisiana, United States of America She, Clyde, and several other accomplices spent months traveling around Texas and other Southern states robbing and shooting places up, killing…
234: Cleopatra I Syra Queen and Vizier to Ptolemy V Epiphanes Born: c.204 BC Died: 176 BC, Ancient Egypt Mother to Cleopatra II, Ptolemy VI, and Ptolemy VIII and daughter of King Antiochus III The Great and Queen Leodice. Cleopatra would also rule as regent for her son Ptolemy VI. She married Ptolemy V as…