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Dale Evans Rogers (born Frances Octavia Smith; October 31, 1912 – February 7, 2001) was an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She was the second wife of singing cowboy film star Roy Rogers .
Marina Știrbei (1912–2001), Romanian aviator who founded the women's White Squadron in World War II; Antonie Strassmann (1901–1952), German an aerobatic aviator (emigrated to the US in 1932), who flew a Zeppelin from Germany to Pernambuco, Brazil in 1932. She performed aerobatic flights, including at the 1930 National Air Races in Chicago ...
Harriet Quimby (May 11, 1875 – July 1, 1912) was an American pioneering aviator, journalist, and film screenwriter. In 1911, she became the first woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license and in 1912 the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
MacMullan helped pave the way for women in sports journalism. She's a Hall of Fame basketball writer and former Boston Globe reporter and columnist who won the PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award ...
(23 August 1912 – 2 February 1996) 16 Vivien Leigh ... Dale Evans (1912–2001) Frances Farmer (1913–1970) Glenda Farrell (1904–1971) Alice Faye (1915–1998)
Peggy Cartwright was a child actress born on November 14, 1912, in Vancouver, British Columbia. [1] She appeared in several of the early Our Gang short films from the silent film era; [2] although her appearances would solely be those released in 1922.
[5] [6] [7] 1805 Sophie Blanchard: First woman to pilot a hot air balloon. [8] March 8, 1910 Raymonde de Laroche: First woman to receive a pilot's license. [9] 1910–1911 Lilian Bland: First woman in the world to design, build, and fly an aircraft. [10] [11] 1912 Harriet Quimby: First woman to fly across the English Channel. [12] 1912 Rayna ...
In 1912, Vanderbilt and his wife had tickets to ride on the maiden voyage of the Titanic, but the couple were reportedly warned the trip could be dangerous and canceled their tickets a week before ...