Commemoratives of Famous Women for 8 April 2012

100. birthday: Sonja Henie
Norwegian-American figure skater
* 8 April 1912 in Oslo
† 12 October 1969 in Auf dem Flug nach Oslo

120. birthday: Mary Pickford
American actress and entrepreneur
* 8 April 1892 in Toronto
† 29 May 1979 in Santa Monica, CA

90. birthday: Carmen McRae
American
* 8 April 1922 in New York
† 10 November 1994 in Beverly Hills, CA

185. birthday: Barbara Leigh Bodichon
English
* 8 April 1827 in Wathington (Sussex)
† 11 June 1891 in Scalands Gate

105. birthday: Irmgard von Opel
German
* 8 April 1907
† 20 May 1986 in ""

251. birthday: Marie-Elisabeth Jolly
French actress
* 8 April 1761 in Versailles
† 5 May 1798 in Paris

154. birthday: Elisabeth Warling

* 8 April 1858 in Stockholm
† 1915 in ""

138. birthday: Pavla Kytlicova
writer
* 8 April 1874 in Wien
† 29 January 1932 in Tasov

136. birthday: Berta Falkenberg
German politician
* 8 April 1876 in Berlin
† 20 May 1946 in Engelberg, Schweiz

132. birthday: Margherita Sarfatti Grassini
Italian writer and journalist; supporter and lover of Mussolini
* 8 April 1880 in Venedig
† 30 October 1961 in Cavallasca

128. birthday: Marie Hall

* 8 April 1884 in Newcastle-on-Tyne
† 11 November 1956

126. birthday: Margaret Ayer Barnes
American
* 8 April 1886 in Chicago
† 1967 in Cambridge, MA

108. birthday: Grace Goldsmith
American
* 8 April 1904 in St. Paul, MN
† 28 April 1975 in New Orleans

107. birthday: Helen Joseph

* 8 April 1905 in Madhurst, England
† 25 December 1992 in Johannesburg

99. birthday: Erna Diez
Austrian archeologist
* 8 April 1913 in Kaschau
† 1 December 2001 in Graz

96. birthday: Yolanda Oreamuno
writer
* 8 April 1916 in San José
† 8 July 1956 in Mexico City

94. birthday: Sonja Sekula
Swiss painter and writer
* 8 April 1918 in Luzern / Lucerne
† 25 April 1963

93. birthday: Heidemarie Hatheyer
Austrian actress
* 8 April 1919 in Villach, Östr.
† 11 May 1990 in Zollikon

84. birthday: Lea Rabin, geb. Schloßberg
Israeli First Lady; widow of Yitzhak Rabin
* 8 April 1928 in Königsberg / Ostpreußen
† 12 November 2000 in Jerusalem

71. birthday: Vivienne Westwood geb. Swire
English fashion desgner, entrepreneur
* 8 April 1941 in Glossop, Derbyshire

66. birthday: Hildegard Westerkamp
German
* 8 April 1946 in Osnabrück

64. birthday: Eva Heller
German writer
* 8 April 1948 in Esslingen, Neckar
† 31 January 2008 in Frankfurt/M.

0. day of death: Margaret Thatcher
English politician, prime minister (1979-90)
* 13 October 1925 in Grantham, Lincolnshire
† 8 April 2013

25. day of death: Ita Maximowna
Russian stage and costume designer, painter
* 31 October 1908 in Pskov
† 8 April 1988 in Berlin

230. day of death: Karoline Luise Karoline Luise von Baden
German
* 11 July 1723 in Darmstadt
† 8 April 1783 in Paris

120. day of death: Anna Bilinska
Polish
* 1857/8 in Zlotopole, Polen.
† 8 April 1893 in Warschau

70. day of death: Mary Reed
American
* 4 December 1854 in Lowell (Ohio)
† 8 April 1943 in Lepers n., Indien

20. day of death: Marian Anderson
American singer
* 17 February 1897 in Philadelphia, PA
† 8 April 1993 in Portland, OR

135. day of death: Henriette (Jetty) Strauss
Austrian singer; wife of Johann Strauss Jr.
* 1 July 1818 in Wien
† 8 April 1878 in Hietzing

45. day of death: Astrid Maria Cleve von Euler
Swedish
* 22 January 1875 in Uppsala
† 8 April 1968 in ""

197. day of death: Julie Billiart
French
* 12 July 1751 in Cuvilly
† 8 April 1816 in Namur

183. day of death: Sarah Ewing Hall

* 30 October 1761 in Philadelphia, PA
† 8 April 1830 in ebd.

101. day of death: EMMA CORADI- STAHL
Swiss social politician
* 9 November 1846 in Dozwil (Tg.)
† 8 April 1912 in Zürich

96. day of death: Kate Josephine Bateman
American actress
* 7 October 1843 in Baltimore
† 8 April 1917 in New York

77. day of death: Bozena Benesová
Czech writer
* 30 November 1873 in Novy Jicin
† 8 April 1936 in Prag/Prague

68. day of death: Melitta Gräfin von Stauffenberg
German pilot
* 9 January 1903 in Krotoschin
† 8 April 1945 in bei Straubing

68. day of death: Lizzi Waldmüller
Austrian actress
* 25 May 1904 in Knittelfeld, Austria
† 8 April 1945 in Wien / Vienna

58. day of death: Enrica Freiin von Handel-Mazzetti
Austrian writer
* 10 January 1871 in Wien
† 8 April 1955 in Linz (Ehrengrab)

43. day of death: Hilde Lion
German
* 14 May 1893 in Hamburg
† 8 April 1970 in Hindhead, Surrey

21. day of death: Käte Hamburger
German
* 21 September 1896 in Hamburg
† 8 April 1992 in Stuttgart

16. day of death: Laura Nyro
American singer-songwriter
* 18 October 1947 in New York, NY
† 8 April 1997 in Danbury, CN