02-20-1927 – 03-10-2018 Count Hubert de Givenchy – Born in Beauvais, France. He was a French fashion designer who founded the house of Givenchy in 1952. Givenchy was famous…
02-19-1917 – 09-29-1967 Carson McCullers – Born in Columbus, Georgia. She was an American writer of novels, short stories, plays, essays, and poetry. Her novels, The Heart Is A Lonely…
02-19-2013 Germany’s highest court strengthened gay couples’ adoption rights. The Federal Constitutional Court ruled that one member of a civil partnership should be able to adopt the partner’s stepchild or…
02-18-1933 Yoko Ono – Born in Tokyo, Japan. She is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Ono is also known as the second wife and widow of…
02-18-2015 Kate Brown – On this day, she became the country’s first bisexual governor. With the resignation of Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber, Secretary of State Kate Brown was sworn in…
02-17-1905 — 08-31-1937 Ruth Baldwin (born Catherine Ruth Baldwin) – Place of birth unknown. She was an American-born English socialite, part of the Bright Young Things crowd. In the…
02-16-1893 – 06-09-1974 Katharine Cornell – Born in Berlin, German Empire to American parents. She was an American stage actress, writer, theatre owner, and producer. Known as one of the…
02-15-1820 – 03-13-1906 Susan B. Anthony – Born in Adams, Massachusetts. She was an American social reformer and feminist who played a pivotal role in the women’s suffrage movement. Born…
02-14-1847 – 07-02-1919 Anna Howard Shaw – Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. When she was four, she and her family emigrated to the United States and settled in Lawrence, Massachusetts….
02-14-2013 In a historic Valentine’s Day vote, the Illinois Senate passed a bill clearing the way for same-sex couples to be legally married in the Land of Lincoln. The bill…
