Born: March 21, 1856 (Thomasville, Georgia)
Died: April 26, 1940 (Atlanta, Georgia)
Famous For/Known For: First African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877.
A Little About Henry Continue reading
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Born On This Day ~ March 9 ~ Eddie Foy, Sr.
Born: March 9, 1856 (New York City, New York)
Died: February 16, 1928 (Kansas City, Missouri)
Famous For/Known For:
American actor, vaudevillian
A Little About Eddie Foy, Sr:
Born Edward Fitzgerald to Richard and Mary Fitzgerald. Continue reading
Born On This Day ~ March 7 ~ Luther Burbank
Born: March 7, 1849 (Lancaster, Massachusetts)
Died: April 11, 1926 (Santa Rosa, California)
Famous For/Known For:
American horticulturist
A Little About Luther Burbank:
Raised on a farm and educated through high school. Continue reading
Born On This Day ~ February 14 ~ Frederick Douglass
Born: Celebrated February 14 (exact date and year are unknown)(Talbot County, Maryland
Died: February 20, 1895 (Washington, D.C.)
Famous For/Known For:
19th century greatest influential black leader
A Little About Frederick Douglass:
Born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey to a slave woman in Maryland. Continue reading
Born On This Day ~ February 13 ~ Sarojini Naidu
Born: February 13, 1874 (Hyderabad, India)
Died: March 2, 1949 (Lucknow, India)
Famous For/Known For:
Great political activist, first female president of the Indian National Congress and a published poet.
A Little About Sarojini Naidu:
Born Sarojini Chattopadhyays to Continue reading
Born On This Day ~ January 19 ~ Natacha Rambova
Born: January 19, 1897 (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Died: June 5, 1966 (Pasadena, California)
Famous For/Known For:
Wife of Rudolph Valentino and famed costume designer.
A Little About Natacha Rambova:
Born to an alcoholic father, it wasn’t long before Continue reading
Born On This Day ~ January 16 ~ Robert W Service
Born: January 16, 1874 (City of Preston Lancashire)
Died: September 11, 1958 (Lancieux, France)
Famous For/Known For:
British-Canadian poet/writer
A Little About Robert W Service:
Born to a Scottish Continue reading
Born On This Day ~ January 1 ~ J. Edgar Hoover
Born:January 1, 1895 (Washington, DC)
Died: May 2, 1972 (Washington, D.C.)
Famous For/Known For:
Director of the FBI
A little about J. Edgar Hoover:
Hoover was born to parents, Dickerson Naylor and Annie Marie Hoover, both civil servants who Continue reading
