Commemoratives of Famous Women for 20 April 2012

120. birthday: Caresse Crosby
American inventor; publisher of the "Lost Generation"
* 20 April 1892 in New York City
† 24 January 1970 in Rom

205. birthday: Adele Ferrand
French
* 20 April 1807 in Massieu
† 1 April 1848

468. birthday: Renata Renata von Bayern, sel.
German philanthropist; mother of Maximilian I
* 20 April 1544 in München
† 23 May 1602 in ebd.

426. birthday: Rosa Rosa von Lima, hl.
Peruvian writer, mystic
* 20 April 1586 in Lima
† 24 August 1617 in ebd.

249. birthday: Anna Maria Crouch
English singer; actress
* 20 April 1763 in London
† 2 October 1805 in Brighton

217. birthday: Cynthia Farrar
American
* 20 April 1795 in Malborough
† 25 January 1862 in Ahmednagar, Indien

186. birthday: Dinah Maria Craik
English
* 20 April 1826 in Stoke-upon-Trent
† 12 October 1887 in Shortlands, Kent

149. birthday: Juliette Willumsen
Danish sculptor
* 20 April 1863 in Kopenhagen
† 27 September 1949

143. birthday: Mary Agnes Chase
American botanist, feminist
* 20 April 1869 in Iroquois County, IL
† 24 September 1963 in Bethesda, MD

138. birthday: Mathilde Thalbitzer
Danish
* 20 April 1874 in Skovsgaard
† 12 July 1931 in Viborg

103. birthday: Dorothea Zeemann
Austrian writer
* 20 April 1909 in Wien/Vienna
† 11 December 1993 in Wien/Vienna

102. birthday: Brigitte Mira
German actress
* 20 April 1910 in Hamburg
† 8 March 2005 in Berlin, Krankenhaus

97. birthday: Monique de La Bruchollerie
French
* 20 April 1915 in Paris
† 15 December 1972 in ebd.

79. birthday: Aimée Beekman

* 20 April 1933 in Tallinn

73. birthday: Gro Harlem Brundtland
Norwegian politician (Prime Minister); physician
* 20 April 1939 in Oslo

63. birthday: Jessica Lange
American actress
* 20 April 1949 in Cloquet, MN

43. birthday: Marietta Slomka
German TV-host, author, journalist
* 20 April 1969 in Köln

40. day of death: Elisabeth Hauptmann
German writer, dramatist, coworker of Bert Brecht
* 20 June 1897 in Peckelsheim, Westf./ Paderborn
† 20 April 1973 in Berlin

115. day of death: Laura Smith Haviland
American
* 20 December 1808 in Kitley, Can.
† 20 April 1898 in Grand Rapids, Mich.

392. day of death: Agatha vom Kreuz
Spanish
* 1546 in Aranjues
† 20 April 1621 in Madrid

198. day of death: Karoline Schulze-Kummerfeld
Austrian actress
* 30 September 1745 in Wien
† 20 April 1815 in Weimar

186. day of death: Josefa BECK
German singer
* in Mannheim
† 20 April 1827

116. day of death: Franziska Nietzsche
German mother of Friedrich and Elisabeth Nietzsche
* 2 February 1826 in Pobles bei/near Lützen, Sachsen/Saxony
† 20 April 1897 in Naumburg

109. day of death: Grace Greenwood
American
* 23 September 1823 in Pompey, NY
† 20 April 1904 in New Rochelle, NY

108. day of death: Hedwig Niemann-Raabe
German actress
* 3 December 1844 in Magdeburg
† 20 April 1905 in Berlin

78. day of death: LILLI HALLER
Swiss writer
* 3 December 1874 in Kandergrund (Bern. Oberld.)
† 20 April 1935 in Zollikon b.Zürich

68. day of death: Catherine McCulloch
American
* 4 June 1862 in Ransomville n., N.Y.
† 20 April 1945 in Evanston

43. day of death: Tilly Wedekind
Austrian actress; wife of Frank Wedekind, mother of Pamela and Kadidja Wedekind; Mistress of Gottfried Benn
* 11 April 1885 in Graz
† 20 April 1970 in München

33. day of death: HILDE Konetzni
Austrian singer
* 21 March 1905 in Wien
† 20 April 1980 in ebd.

12. day of death: Irene Joachim
French singer
* 13 March 1913 in Paris
† 20 April 2001 in Paris

3. day of death: Dorothy Irene Height
American civil rights activist
* 24 March 1912 in Richmond, VA
† 20 April 2010 in Washington, DC