Jane Anderson (1888 – 1972). American-Spanish war reporter journalist who broadcast Nazi propaganda in Germany during World War II. She was indicted on charges of treason in 1943, but charges were dropped after the war for lack of evidence.
Sunday, 28 May 2023
1555) Jane Anderson
Saturday, 27 May 2023
1554) Vali Myers
Vali Myers (1930 – 2003). Australian artist, dancer, bohemian and muse whose coverage by the media was mostly in 1950s and 1960s in Europe and the United States.
Saturday, 20 May 2023
1553) Gloria Hope
Gloria Hope (born Olive Frances, 1901 – 1976). American silent film actress.
1552) Sidney Franklin
Sidney Franklin (born Sidney Frumkin; 1903 – 1976). First American to become a successful matador, the most senior level of bullfighter.
Thursday, 18 May 2023
1551) Dave Sime
Dave Sime (David William Sime, 1936 – 2016). American sprinter, multi-sport athlete at Duke University, and a pioneering ophthalmologist. He won a silver medal in the 100-meter dash at the 1960 Olympic Games. He held several sprint records during the late 1950s.
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
1550) Barbara Ann Scott
Barbara Ann Scott (1928 – 2012). Canadian figure skater. She was the 1948 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (1947–1948), and a four-time Canadian national champion (1944–46, 48) in ladies' singles. Known as "Canada's Sweetheart,” she is the only Canadian to have won the Olympic ladies' singles gold medal, the first North American to have won three major titles in one year and the only Canadian to have won the European Championship (1947–48). During her forties she was rated among the top equestrians in North America. She received many honours and accolades, including being made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1991 and a member of the Order of Ontario in 2008.
1549) Avery Brundage
Avery Brundage (1887 – 1975). American sports administrator who served as the fifth president of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972. The only American and only non-European to attain that position, Brundage is remembered as a zealous advocate of amateurism and for his involvement with the 1936 and 1972 Summer Olympics, both held in Germany.
1548) Paula Strasberg
Paula Strasberg (born Pearl Miller; 1909 – 1966). American stage actress. She became actor and teacher Lee Strasberg's second wife and mother of actors John and Susan Strasberg, as well as Marilyn Monroe's acting coach and confidante.
1547) Mario Savio
Mario Savio (1942 – 1996). American activist and key member of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement. He is most famous for his passionate speeches, especially the "Bodies Upon the Gears" address given at Sproul Hall, University of California, Berkeley on December 2, 1964.
Thursday, 11 May 2023
1546) Patti Deutsch
Patricia Deutsch Ross (born Elaine Patricia Deutsch, 1943 – 2017). American actress and comedian who was well known as a recurring panelist on the 1970s game shows Match Game and Tattletales.
1545) Suzanne Crough
Suzanne J. Crough (1963 – 2015). American child actress best known for her role as Tracy Partridge on The Partridge Family.
1544) Binnie Barnes
Gertrude Maud Barnes (1903 – 1998), known professionally as Binnie Barnes. English actress whose career in films spanned from 1923 to 1973.
Saturday, 6 May 2023
1543) Cleopatra VII
Cleopatra VII Philopator (70/69 BC – 30 BC). Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler. A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. After the death of Cleopatra, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire, marking the end of the last Hellenistic state in the Mediterranean and of the age that had lasted since the reign of Alexander (336–323 BC). Although her first language was Koine Greek, she was the only Ptolemaic ruler to learn and use the Egyptian language.