Commemoratives of Famous Women for 8 January 2012

75. birthday: Shirley Bassey
English singer
* 8 January 1937 in Tiger Bay, Cardiff

110. birthday: Gret Palucca
German dancer, dancing teacher
* 8 January 1902 in München/Munich
† 22 March 1993 in Dresden

145. birthday: Emily Greene Balch
American peace advocate, social reformer, economist
* 8 January 1867 in Jamaica Plain, MA
† 9 January 1961 in Cambridge, MA

394. birthday: Madeleine Béjart
French
* 8 January 1618 in Paris
† 17 February 1672 in ebd.

374. birthday: Elisabetta Sirani
Italian painter
* 8 January 1638 in Bologna
† 28 August 1665 in Bologna

164. birthday: Elisa Bloch

* 8 January 1848 in Breslau
† 1900 n in ""

161. birthday: Anna Haverland

* 8 January 1851 in Potsdam
† 29 May 1908 in Dresden- Blasewitz

153. birthday: Fanny Bullock Workman

* 8 January 1859 in Worcester, MA
† 22 January 1925 in Newton

149. birthday: Ellen Churchill Semple
American geographer
* 8 January 1863 in Louisville, KY
† 8 May 1932 in West Palm Beach, FL

139. birthday: Helene Helene von Savoyen

* 8 January 1873 in Cetinje
† 28 November 1952 in Montpellier

137. birthday: Sara Jane Cahier
American singer
* 8 January 1875 in Nashville
† 15 April 1951 in Manhattan Beach b. L.A.

136. birthday: Armande de Polignac
French
* 8 January 1876 in Paris
† 29 April 1962 in Seine-et-oise

132. birthday: Melanie Kurt
Austrian singer (soprano)
* 8 January 1880 in Wien
† 11 March 1941 in New York

123. birthday: Emmy Wellesz, geb. Stross
Austrian art historian, orientalist
* 8 January 1889 in Wien / Vienna
† 13 June 1987 in Wien / Vienna

121. birthday: Margaret Storm Jameson
English writer
* 8 January 1891 in Whitby/ Yorkshire
† 30 September 1986 in Cambridge

121. birthday: Bronislawa Nijinska
Russian
* 8 January 1891 in Minsk
† 21 February 1972 in Pacific Palisades, CA

107. birthday: Grete Mosheim
German actress
* 8 January 1905 in Berlin
† 29 December 1986 in New York

102. birthday: Galina Ulanowa
Russian dancer
* 8 January 1910 in Petersburg
† 21 March 1998 in Moskau

101. birthday: Thelma ("Butterfly") McQueen
American actress
* 8 January 1911 in Tampa, FL
† 22 December 1995 in Augusta, FL

86. birthday: Evelyn Lear
American
* 8 January 1926 in Brooklyn

20. day of death: Eleanor Burford Hibbert (Ps. Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr)
English writer
* 1 September 1906 in London
† 8 January 1993 in Mittelmeer (Kreuzfahrt)

178. day of death: Cathérine Duchesnois
French actress
* 5 June 1777 in St.-Saulves
† 8 January 1835 in Paris

109. day of death: Ernestine Hirschler
German
* 1843 um
† 8 January 1904 in Weimar

102. day of death: Emma Ihrer
German politivian, union official
* 3 January 1857 in Glatz
† 8 January 1911 in Berlin

97. day of death: Ada Rehan
American actress
* 22 April 1857 in Limerick
† 8 January 1916 in New York

93. day of death: Maud Powell
American
* 22 August 1868 in Peru, IL
† 8 January 1920 in Uniontown, PA

89. day of death: Marie von Olfers
German
* 27 October 1826 in Berlin
† 8 January 1924 in Berlin

67. day of death: Paula Müller-Otfried
German politician
* 7 June 1865 in Hoya/ Weser
† 8 January 1946 in Einbeck

61. day of death: Antonia Maury
American astronomer
* 21 March 1866 in Cold Spring, NY
† 8 January 1952 in Dobbs Ferry, NY

53. day of death: Marie Luise Becker
German writer
* 28 December 1871 in Eberswalde
† 8 January 1960 in Berlin West

47. day of death: Martha Fuchs
German
* 1 October 1892 in Grubschütz b. Bautzen
† 8 January 1966 in Braunschweig

6. day of death: Yvonne de Carlo
Canadian actress
* 1 September 1922 in Vancouver
† 8 January 2007 in Los Angeles