03-19-1894 – 05-23-1975 Jackie “Moms” Mabley – Born in Brevard, North Carolina. She was an American standup comedian. A veteran of the Chitlin’ circuit of African-American vaudeville, she later appeared…
03-18-1928 – 04-30-2002 Charlotte von Mahlsdorf (born Lothar Berfelde) – Born in Berlin-Mahlsdorf, Germany. Biologically a male, even as a child she identified as a girl and preferred girl’s clothing….
03-17-1912 – 08-24-1987 Bayard Rustin – Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He was an American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, non-violence, and gay rights. In 1936, he…
03-16-1885 – 11-04-1959 I. A. R. Wylie (Ida Alexa Ross) – Born in Melbourne, Australia. She was an Australian-British-American novelist, screenwriter, short story writer, and poet. She was recognized world-wide…
03-15-1933 – 07-25-2020 Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Born in Brooklyn, New York. She was an American lawyer and served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the…
03-14-1887 – 10-05-1962 Sylvia Beach – Born in Baltimore, Maryland. She was an American-born bookseller and publisher who lived most of her life in Paris. Beach was one of the…
03-13-1894 – 02-02-1935 Clara Smith – Born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. She was an African American blues singer. She was billed as the “Queen of the Moaners.” In 1923 she…
03-12-1890 – 04-08-1950 Vaslav Nijinsky – Born in Kiev, Ukraine. He was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish descent, cited as the greatest male dancer of the early…
03-11-1941 David Boise – Born in Sycamore, Illinois. He is an American lawyer that has been involved in high-profile cases. Olson, a Republican and conservative, recruited liberal Democrat Boise to fight…
03-10-1924 – 01-14-2009 Angela Morley – Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was an English composer and conductor. In 1972, Morley underwent sex reassignment surgery. In 1988 and 1990, Morley…
