Sophia Magdalena Scholl

(9 May 1921 – 22 February 1943) was a member of the White Rose non-violent resistance movement during the Nazi regime in Germany. She was arrested on 18 February 1943, convicted of treason four days later, and executed by guillotine a few hours after that.

Barack Hussein Obama II

 (born August 4, 1961) was the 44th President of the United States and the first African American to hold the office. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review.

He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. 

William Franklin “Billy” Graham, Jr., KBE

(November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American evangelical Christian evangelist, ordained as a Southern Baptist minister, who rose to celebrity status in 1949 reaching a core constituency of middle-class, moderately conservative Protestants. He held large indoor and outdoor rallies; sermons were broadcast on radio and television, some still being re-broadcast today.

Asma Jilani Jahangir

(27 January 1952 – 11 February 2018) was a Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist who co-founded and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. She was widely known for playing a prominent role in the Lawyers’ Movement and served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief and as a trustee at the International Crisis Group.

Amelia Mary Earhart

 (July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author.Earhart was the first aviatrix (female pilot) to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.During an attempt to make a circumnavigation flight of the globe in 1937 Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island.

Carole King

Did you know...
... that today is the Birthday of Carole King (1942)? An American composer and singer-songwriter, Carole King is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the USA, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1955 and 1999. Happy birthday, Carole!

Theodore Roosevelt

 (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) 26th President United States,(09/14/1901 – 03/4/1909.) Remembered for his energetic personality, range of interests & achievements, model of masculinity, & his “cowboy” image. A leader of the Progressive Movement & the Republican Party