today in women's herstory-8 december

December 8
This Day in Women's History


1542: Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, born (queen of Scotland, queen consort of France)

1574 – Maria Anna of Bavaria, German wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1616)

1626: Christina of Sweden (Kristina) born

1660 – A woman (either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall) appears on an English public stage for the first time, in the role of Desdemona in a production of Shakespeare's play Othello.

1699 – Maria Josepha of Austria, Austrian wife of Augustus III of Poland (d. 1757)

1722 – Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine, German wife of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (b. 1652)

1744 – Marie Anne de Mailly, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1717)

1793 – Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1743)

1811 – Eliza Poe, English-American actress (b. 1787)

1805: Adeline Blanchard Tyler born (nurse, Episcopal deaconess, Civil War hospital administrator)

1809: Mother Mary Aloysia Hardey born (religious)

1860 – Amanda McKittrick Ros, Irish author and poet (d. 1939)

1864 – Camille Claudel, French illustrator and sculptor (d. 1943)

1869: Jessie Belle Rittenhouse born (poet, critic)

1869 – Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian Catholic laywoman and saint (b. 1832)

1878: Mary Mattingly Meloney born (journalist, editor)

1894 – Marthe Vinot, French actress (d. 1974)

1919 – Julia Robinson, American mathematician (d. 1985)

1922: Jean Ritchie born (singer, folklorist)

1925 – Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author (d. 2000)

1926 - Disappearance of Agatha Christie

1935 – Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Israeli chess player

1943 – Mary Woronov, American actress

1946 – Sharmila Tagore, Indian actress

1947 – Chava Alberstein, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist

1947 – Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, Finnish author

1949 – Mary Gordon, American author and academic

1949 – Nancy Meyers, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1953 – Kim Basinger, American actress, singer, and producer

1954 – Gladys George, American actress (b. 1904)

Teri Hatcher 1964

Sinead O'Connor 1966

1971 – Eleni Ourani, Greek poet (b. 1896)

1978 – Golda Meir, Russian-Israeli politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1898)

1982 – Chrisette Michele, American singer-songwriter

1985 – Meagan Duhamel, Canadian figure skater

1986 – Kate Voegele, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

1987 – Jana Juričová, Slovak tennis player

1993 – AnnaSophia Robb, American actress and singer

1996 – Teala Dunn, American actress

2006 – Martha Tilton, American singer (b. 1915)

2008 – Kerryn McCann, Australian runner (b. 1967)

2012 – Yvonne Kennedy, American politician (b. 1945)


http://womenshistory.about.com/od/12calendar/a/1208calendar.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_8

http://www.historyorb.com/day/december/8

http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/birthdays/dec08.htm