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March 29, 1984

Yu Chui Yee Alison 余翠怡; Paralympic gold medalist wheelchair fencer from Hong Kong is born.

January 20, 2021

Amanda Gorman becomes the youngest Inaugural Poet in U.S. History.

February 22, 1892

Edna St. Vincent Millay American poet is born.

February 14, 1977

Yuan Yuan Tan Chinese Ballet Dancer is born.

February 21, 1903

Anaïs Nin was a French-Cuban American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica is born

February 19, 1952

Amy Tan American writer is born.

February 18, 1931

Toni Morrison American Novelist was born.

February 11, 1989

Barbara C. Harris is ordained Bishop Suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts becoming the first woman to hold this position.

February 2, 1905

Ayn Rand Russian-American writer and philosopher is born.

February 2, 1935

Anne Raven Wilkinson, American dancer, the first black woman to dance for a major classical ballet company is born.

January 25, 1938

Jamesetta Hawkins, best known as Etta James American singer is born.

January 4, 1969

Marla Lee Runyan American professional track and field athlete who is legally blind is born.

December 9, 1973

Stacey Yvonne Abrams American Georgia Democrat politician is born.

July 4, 1911

Alaska Native civil rights champion Elizabeth Peratrovich, who played an instrumental role in the 1945 passage of the first anti-discrimination law in the United States was born

December 19, 1924

Cicely Tyson American award winning actress and former fashion model is born.

May 26, 1891

Mamie Smith the first Black artist to make vocal blues recordings was born.

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