August

August 31, 1945

Donyale Luna American Supermodel and Actress who is recognized as the "First Black Supermodel" is born.

August 1, 1911

Jackie Ormes American cartoonist was born. She is known as the first Black woman cartoonist a

August 16, 1958

Angela Bassett American Actress, Director, Producer, and Activist is born.

August 6, 1911

Lucille Désirée Ball American Actress, Comedienne, Model, Studio Executive and Producer was born.

August 11, 1965

Viola Davis American Actress and Producer is born.

August 24, 1945

Marsha P. Johnson, born Malcolm Michaels Jr., American gay liberation activist and self-identified drag queen was born.

August 8, 2018

Vanessa Wyche becomes the first black deputy director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

August 29, 1915

Ingrid Bergman Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films, is born,

August 24, 1950

Edith Sampson American lawyer and judge becomes the first Black U.S. delegate appointed to the United Nations.

August 23, 1911

Elizabeth "Betty" Robinson, American athlete and winner of the first Olympic 100 m for women is born.

August 22, 1963

Tori Amos is an American singer-songwriter and pianist.

August 21, 1930

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon is born.

August 18, 1859

Anna Ancher Danish painter, the only Woman member of the Skagen Painters, is born.

August 3, 1944

American Jewish journalist Ruth Gruber arrives in New York harbor with 984 refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe.

August 2, 1861

Edith Cowan Member of the Western Australian Legistlative Assembly is born.

August 15, 1912

Julia Childs American Chef is born.

August 28, 1910

Mother Teresa, Saint Teresa of Calcutta is born.

August 26, 1918

Katherine Johnson American Mathematician is born.

August 4, 1920

Helen Thomas American reporter is born.

August 13, 1860

Annie Oakley American exhibition sharpshooter was born.

August 20, 1992

Demi Lovato American Singer-Songwriter is born.

August 4, 1981

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex American Actress is born.

August 17, 1920

Maureen O'Hara Irish Actress was born.

August 9, 1963

Whitney Houston American Singer is born

August 10, 1993

Ruth Baden Ginsburg is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

August 1, 1980

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir becomes the first woman elected President of Iceland.

August 12, 1990

Sue Hendrickson discovers the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex Skelton found to date in South Dakota. The skeleton is called "Sue" in her honor and is on display at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.

August 28, 1969

Sheryl Sandberg Chief Operating Officer of Facebook was born.

August 5, 1986

Paula Creamer American Professional Golfer born.

August 31, 1880

Queen Wilhelmina former Queen of the Netherlands was born.

August 16, 1958

Madonna America Singer-Songwriter was born.

August 30, 1797

Mary Shelley English author was born.

August 26, 1971

Bella Abzug introduced the legislation proclaiming August 26th as Women's Equality Day.

August 27, 1886

Rebecca Clarke British composer and violist was born.

August 13, 2014

Maryam Mirzakhani wins the Fields Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics becoming the first woman to win the award as well as the first Iranian

August 7, 1909

Alice Huyler Ramsey completes a cross country automobile road trip becoming the first to do so.

August 6, 1926

Gertrude Ederle swims across the English Channel, becoming the first woman to do so.

August 4, 1910

Anita Page, aka Anita Evelyn Pomares American silent film actress, was born.

August 12, 1888

Bertha Benz drives round trip from Mannheim to Pforzheim in the first long distance automobile trip.

August 4, 1904

Helen Kane American Singer was born.

August 9, 1930

Betty Boop made her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes.

August 8, 1896

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings American author was born.

August 19, 1883

Coco Chanel, French fashion designer was born.

August 1, 1911

Harriet Quimby passes her pilot's test becoming the first first woman in the United States to receive an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate

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