773: Mary Jo Kopechne Teacher and Campaign Worker Born: 26 July 1940, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States of America Died: 18 July 1969, Chappaquiddick, Massachusetts, United States of America Mary Jo is sadly remembered for her horrifying death in a car accident with Senator Edward Kennedy. Mary Jo worked for several campaigns and politicians including Robert…
772: Josefina Guerrero Leper and Spy in the Philippines during World War II Born: 1918, Lucban, Quezon Province, Calabarzon, Philippines Died: 18 June 1996, Washington DC, United States of America Full Name: Josefina Veluya Guerrero-Leaumax Josefina married for the first time when she was sixteen, but her husband left and took their daughter after Josefina’s…
771: Charlotte May Pierstorff Sipes She was Mailed as a Child Through the United States Postal System Born: 12 May 1908, Westlake, Idaho, United States of America Died: 25 April 1987, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America After Charlotte’s famous shipment, the US postal service was forced to change their shipping policies to prevent…
These are the entries who lived during the years before the United States became a country. They interacted and lived in the English Colonies, and sometimes they lived to see the birth of America. Entries: Abigail Williams, One of the First of Salem’s Accusers Anne Bradstreet, The First English Poet to be Published in the…
770: Petra Herrera Soldadera who Fought in the Mexican Revolution Birth Date Unknown, Mexico Died: c.1917, Ciudad Jiménez, Chihuahua, Mexico Petra fought alongside Pancho Villa under the name “Pedro” (she also dressed like a man). What Petra’s early life was like is unknown. When she was born, or where, or who her parents were—all mysteries….
These are the entries born in the country of Armenia or within the borders of that modern country. Entries: Shajar al-Durr, The second female sultan in Islamic history
769: Shajar al-Durr Female Sultan Born: c.1220 AD, Present-day Armenia* Died: 1257 AD, Present-day Cairo, Egypt Alternate Spelling: Shajarat al-Durr Royal Name: al-Malika ʿAṣmat ad-Dīn ʾUmm-Khalīl Shajar ad-Durr Shajar was the first woman in Islamic Egyptian History to become a Monarch (the second Muslim woman overall) and the first woman to rule Egypt since Cleopatra…
These are the entries born in the country of Brazil, whether the modern country we see now or within the borders before the country came to be. Entries: Anita Garibaldi, It Takes a Special Woman to Fight in Several Revolutions
768: Anita Garibaldi Revolutionary and Comrade in Arms of Giuseppe Garibaldi Born: 30 August 1821, Morrinhos, Brazilian Empire (Present-day Santa Catarina, Brazil) Died: 4 August 1849, near Present-day Ravenna, Italy Original Name: Ana Maria de Jésus Riberio da Silva Anita’s Revolutionary Husband Giuseppe had some qualms about bringing along his often-pregnant wife on his various…
767: Gloria Estefan Multi-Grammy Award Winning Singer and Dancer Born: 1 September 1957, Havana, Cuba Gloria has worked as a solo artist and also from the band Miami Sound Machine. A Broadway musical about her life debuted in 2015 called “On Your Feet”. When Gloria was little, her family fled Cuba with the rising of…