Dr. Allison Davis
Dr. William Boyd Allison Davis was born on October 14, 1902, in Washington, DC.
Famous Americans
Happy Birthday Edward Trudeau
Physician Edward Livingston Trudeau was born on October 5, 1848, in New York City.
Death of Daniel Boone
On September 26, 1820, famed American pioneer and explorer Daniel Boone died in St. Charles County, Missouri.
Birth of Jane Addams
Social worker Jane Addams was born on September 6, 1860, in Cedarville, Illinois.
Death of Ulysses S. Grant
Civil War general and 18th US president, Ulysses S. Grant died on July 23, 1885.
Birth of Lillian M. Gilbreth
Lillian Evelyn Moller Gilbreth was born on May 24, 1878, in Oakland, California. Dubbed “America’s first lady of engineering,” Gilbreth combined psychology, engineering, and scientific management to improve efficiency and productivity for a number of businesses and industries.
Birth of Mary Cassatt
Artist Mary Stevenson Cassatt was born on May 22, 1844, in Allegheny City (present-day Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania.
Birth of John J. Audubon
Jean Rabin Audubon (later known as John James Audubon) was born on April 26, 1785, in Les Cayes, Saint-Domingue – today’s Haiti.
Birth of Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens was born on March 1, 1848, in Dublin, Ireland.