This Day…

1843 – Adelina Patti, operatic soprano, born in Spain of Italian parents, she remains one of the most famous sopranos in history (d. 1919)

1821 – Lola Montez, Irish actress and dancer was born  (d. 1861)

1916 – Mary Jane Croft, American actress was born on this day.  (d. 1999)

1870: Women gain the vote in Utah Territory

1957 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American pioneer and author of the Little House series passes away.  (b. 1867)

Born 1921 – Lana Turner, American actress (d. 1995)

Born 1922 – Audrey Meadows, American actress (d. 1996)

1919 – Mary Pickford with Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists.

1821: Elizabeth Blackwell was born (first woman in the U.S. to earn a medical degree)

1888 – Winifred Goldring, American paleontologist and educator, first woman appointed at a State Paleontologist, first woman elected president of the Paleontological Society was born. (d. 1971)

1986: First women killed in the US space program (Judith Resnick, Christa McAuliffe) as Challenger explodes, killing all seven aboard