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On October 11, 1884, Eleanor Roosevelt first lady of the United States, was born in New York City, United States. Eleanor Roosevelt served the role of first lady of the United States during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office from 1933 to 1945, making her the longest-serving first lady of the United States. In a generation when women took on the role of managing their family's home like housekeeping and raising children, Eleanor Roosevelt took on leadership roles that few would dream of doing. Eleanor Roosevelt was the first presidential spouse to hold regular press conferences....

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On October 6, 1889 Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer was born in Russow near Kalisz, Congress Poland. She studied sociology, philosophy, and natural sciences in Lausanne, Switzerland and Brussels, Belgium. As a novelist, Dabrowska wrote Noce i dnie (Nights and Days) which earned her a nomination for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times. Dabrowska was also awarded the prestigious Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature in 1935. Noce i dnie was made into a film in 1975 by Jerzy Antczak. It's an epic novel of the Niechcic family, told from a woman's perspective remembering her youthful love, marital...

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On September 13, 1916, Roald Dahl, a British fighter pilot, and writer was born in Cardiff, Wales. Roald Dahl was one of four children to Norwegian parents Harald Dahl and Sofie Magdalene Dahl. Roald Dahl faced hardship in his early school age years beginning at age three when his sister and father died within weeks apart. At eight years of age, he was caned by the school headmaster for putting a dead mouse in a jar. He then transferred to St. Peter's boarding school where he was unhappy that he wrote letters about his life and time in school to...