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2025 DYK Blurbs:

... that Emirati princess Mahra Al Maktoum invoked the triple talaq to divorce her husband, which is traditionally done only by the husband? (2025-01-11)
... that Singapore's first R-rated play was performed despite the police finding parts of it "offensive"? (2025-01-09)
... that Queen Melisende (pictured) was so incensed by the rumours of her alleged infidelity that neither her husband nor his friends felt safe in her presence? (2025-01-07)
... that Her Story was described as China's answer to Barbie? (2025-01-07)
... that Mauritius's abortion law was "dormant for nearly two centuries"? (2025-01-07)
... that Yvonne Francis-Gibson, before improving women's rights as a legislator in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, led a Women's Desk that was "unable to take a firm stand on behalf of women's issues"? (2025-01-06)
... that neither of the two athletes who represented Togo at the 2014 Winter Olympics grew up or trained in the country? (2025-01-06)
... that Monica Smit was ordered to pay Victoria Police's legal bill of about A$250,000, despite winning a lawsuit against them? (2025-01-06)
... that the murder of skier Corinne Rey-Bellet led to a change in Swiss gun-control regulations? (2025-01-06)
... that Bea Hines, the first African-American woman to become a reporter at the Miami Herald, was sent to report on a riot on her first day at work? (2025-01-06)

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2024 DYK Blurbs:

... that Chrystal read law before beginning a music career? (2024-12-31)
... that Jill, Duchess of Hamilton, donated her body to science because "funerals are a bore"? (2024-12-30)
... that a reviewer identified an "audible contempt" for men in the songs of Ceechynaa, who entered the UK singles chart earlier this month with "Peggy"? (2024-12-29)
... that international adult figure skating champion Naz Arıcı learned to skate at the age of 29? (2024-12-28)
... that ballet dancer Nina Tikhonova taught dance for free to children who had been orphaned during World War II? (2024-12-27)
... that former adult actress Suzumi Suzuki's book Gifted was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize in 2022? (2024-12-27)
... that actress Jane Barnes learned how to pilot a plane so that she could fly home to Massachusetts on her own? (2024-12-26)
... that Voltairine de Cleyre (pictured), despite losing her ability to move or speak due to illness, refused to accept last rites by scowling at the priest? (2024-12-24)
... that Oh Hee-ok was the last surviving female Korean independence activist? (2024-12-24)
... that art historians believe that Ellen Thesleff's self-portrait may have been drawn in a trance-like state? (2024-12-22)

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2023 DYK Blurbs:

... that teacher Mary Creighton Bailey was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her services in the improvement of education in Germany shortly after World War II? (2023-12-30)
... that Sophie von Maltzan led the making of a submarine that was walked through the streets of Dublin? (2023-12-29)
... that an Indian maharajah asked Eugenie Grosup (pictured) to marry him after she received a deportation notice to leave India and return to Nazi-occupied Europe? (2023-12-28)
... that the Latin princess Ioveta was about four years old when her mother, Queen Morphia, surrendered her to the Turks as debt payment security? (2023-12-27)
... that in 1977, Appalachian folk singer Phyllis Boyens performed at a Christmas benefit concert to support Kentucky coal miners who had been on strike for 17 months? (2023-12-25)
... that Maryam Eslamdoust was the first Iranian-born woman to hold public office in Great Britain? (2023-12-24)
... that having worked as a secretary for 67 years, secret millionaire Sylvia Bloom retired at the age of 96 and willed US$8.2 million to sponsor underprivileged students? (2023-12-23)
... that Anna Burke was the second woman to give birth while a member of the Australian House of Representatives? (2023-12-23)
... that Ged Kearney represented Batman in the Parliament of Australia from 2018 to 2019? (2023-12-22)
... that Hoàng Thị Minh Hồng's environmental activism inspired Barack Obama? (2023-12-21)

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2022 DYK Blurbs:

... that Vivian Smith (pictured) was the first black student to earn a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Northern Iowa? (2022-12-30)
... that Turkish world- and European-champion armwrestler Esra Kiraz used to carry cement bags at construction sites where her father worked? (2022-12-30)
... that the poetry collection of Guyanese radio presenter Shana Yardan was described as "accomplished, tough-minded and well-crafted"? (2022-12-28)
... that the attendance record for a women's club football game that was set on Boxing Day 1920 would not be exceeded for 99 years? (2022-12-27)
... that author Ann Howard interviewed more than 100 Australians about their experiences as child evacuees sent inland during World War II when a Japanese invasion seemed imminent? (2022-12-27)
... that Talia Or (pictured), who sang as the Voice of a Falcon at La Scala, was born in Israel and is based in Germany? (2022-12-26)
... that the Brooklyn Nine-Nine storyline about Rosa Diaz's bisexuality was heavily influenced by the bisexuality of her portrayer? (2022-12-26)
... that after winning a discrimination lawsuit against the Honolulu Police Department, Lucile Abreu became its first female detective? (2022-12-26)
... that after amputating the same limb six years earlier, Elizabeth Mary Wells fitted a girl with a prosthetic arm for Christmas? (2022-12-25)
... that American author Marilyn Gayle Hoff was honored by a Fourth of July parade float as an unsung hero? (2022-12-23)

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2021 DYK Blurbs:

... that Karolína Huvarová quipped that she earned her position as men's hockey coach "in bed"? (2021-12-31)
... that Kristallnacht prompted Elisabeth Schmitz (pictured) to leave her teaching job, unwilling to work for "a government that permitted the synagogues to be set afire"? (2021-12-29)
... that a pair of sealskin-covered high heels (example pictured) by Inuk designer Nicole Camphaug are held in the Bata Shoe Museum of Toronto? (2021-12-28)
... that Maine state legislator Tracy Quint introduced a bill that would have banned all COVID-19 vaccination mandates in Maine until 2024? (2021-12-27)
... that mountaineer Edmund Hillary asked Canadian doctor Joan Ford to take her "Adidas runners, a stethoscope and an umbrella" and get to the Himalayas? (2021-12-26)
... that English women's footballer Shameeka Fishley scored a hat-trick in her newly-established Turkish team's first match? (2021-12-23)
... that Elisabeth Dmitrieff, daughter of a Russian noble, was sent by Karl Marx to the Paris Commune and fought in its defense before falling into obscurity? (2021-12-23)
... that Bilingirl ran a nail salon before she started posting on YouTube? (2021-12-22)
... that Inuk designer Victoria Kakuktinniq incorporates design elements from the traditional amauti parka into contemporary Inuit clothing (example pictured)? (2021-12-21)
... that Kirsten Warner, whose father was a Holocaust survivor, wrote a novel from the perspective of the child of a Holocaust survivor? (2021-12-21)

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2020 DYK Blurbs:

... that LaVon Mercer, who was homeless as a teenager, played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League for 14 years and was its 1980–81 season MVP? (2020-12-31)
... that the diaries of Lady Lacoste, a 19th-century philanthropist from Montreal, give historians a rare look into how emotions impacted the lives of women in her social class? (2020-12-30)
... that pioneering lesbian columnist Deb Price's same-sex wedding announcement in The Washington Post was one of the first in a major national newspaper? (2020-12-30)
... that Sylvia Pengilly used an Amiga computer to integrate graphics with music and herself dancing? (2020-12-26)
... that in 1975, Finland's Minister of Education Marjatta Väänänen sent a petition to the Archbishop of Turku with almost 1 million signatures, advocating for the introduction of female priests? (2020-12-25)
... that Houkje Gerrits Bouma was a female Dutch speed-skating winner at a time when women were still allowed to bare their arms? (2020-12-24)
... that Cynthia Fierro Harvey is the first Hispanic woman to serve as the president of the United Methodist Council of Bishops? (2020-12-23)
... that picture books in the Anti-Princess Series by Argentine writer Nadia Fink (pictured) define words like "dictatorship", "surrealism", and "revolution"? (2020-12-22)
... that Jenna Ellis was a stern critic of Donald Trump before she became his legal adviser? (2020-12-21)
... that during the Nazi occupation of Poland, Halina Kwiatkowska acted in an underground theatre alongside a future pope? (2020-12-21)

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2019 DYK Blurbs:

... that Miley Cyrus gained over 2.3 million likes on the video-sharing platform TikTok when she danced and lip-synced with Cody Simpson to "Stupid" by Ashnikko? (2019-12-31)
... that neuroengineer Maryam Shanechi and her research team developed a method to determine a person's mood from their brain activity? (2019-12-31)
... that Korean-Chinese missile expert Li Xianyu is the only female general in the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force? (2019-12-31)
... that Queen Kapiʻolani (pictured) founded the Kapiʻolani Maternity Home for the care of Hawaiian mothers and newborns, and a school for the daughters of leprosy patients? (2019-12-31)
... that due to Spanish singer Melody's three-year disappearance from the public eye, she was rumoured to be dead? (2019-12-30)
... that Mexican drug lord María Antonieta Rodríguez Mata controlled a drug trafficking ring that extended across Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, and the U.S.? (2019-12-30)
... that Sally Milgrim designed the dress that Eleanor Roosevelt wore to her husband's first inaugural ball? (2019-12-29)
... that to maintain personal privacy, manga artist Paru Itagaki wears a large chicken mask that obscures her face for all public appearances? (2019-12-29)
... that British actress Naomi Watts' roles include CIA officer Valerie Plame, journalist Gretchen Carlson, and Princess Diana? (2019-12-28)
... that Kiuchi Kyō, believed to be the first Japanese woman to be a school principal, worked to improve the status of women teachers? (2019-12-28)

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2018 DYK Blurbs:

... that the 1923 World Congress of Jewish Women in Vienna unanimously resolved to support the settlement of Jews in Palestine? (2018-12-31)
... that when golfer Annie Park won her first career LPGA Tour tournament in 2018, she was ranked 236th in the world? (2018-12-30)
... that hall of fame barrel racer Wanda Harper Bush rode her horse 3 miles (4.8 km) to catch the bus for school? (2018-12-29)
... that Pat Marsh was described as "the first lady of British ice hockey"? (2018-12-28)
... that in 1909 Mamie Garvin Fields became one of the first African-American public school teachers in Charleston County, South Carolina? (2018-12-28)
... that Mary Jane Odell was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame in 1979, the year before her appointment as Secretary of State of Iowa? (2018-12-27)
... that Dorothée Munyaneza, who moved to London as a girl because of the Rwandan genocide, has choreographed two works about her experiences? (2018-12-27)
... that professor Dawn Mabalon (pictured) is credited with helping to get Little Manila, Stockton, listed as one of America's Most Endangered Places? (2018-12-27)
... that "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt" ("Call it causelessly merry") was one of about 40 poems by Mascha Kaléko set to music on a 2011 album? (2018-12-26)
... that Clare Faulds, the first woman admitted to the Manx bar, later served as the Vicar General of Sodor and Man? (2018-12-26)

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2017 DYK Blurbs:

... that Itunu Hotonu, the first female admiral in Africa, joined the Nigerian Navy only because she was rejected by the army? (2017-12-31)
... that Antoinette Montaigne left her position as city councillor in France to become a minister in the government of the Central African Republic? (2017-12-30)
... that Chief Suah Koko fought several battles against the Liberian government before granting them her land? (2017-12-28)
... that Ana Lucía Armijos, president of the Ecuadorian Monetary Board, went into hiding for a year after the Supreme Court of Ecuador called for her arrest in the case of a $200 million bank bailout? (2017-12-28)
... that Mollie McGeown set up the first dialysis unit in Northern Ireland? (2017-12-27)
... that Mozambican politician Ivone Soares escaped death in September 2016 when her would-be assassin's weapon jammed? (2017-12-27)
... that Zambian writer Samba Yonga chose a career in journalism after she won a short story prize as a child? (2017-12-26)
... that former international Ruth O'Reilly wrote an article criticising the IRFU for a lack of support during the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup held in Ireland? (2017-12-26)
... that the children's book Wombat Divine was written in response to the publisher's request for "a typically Australian Christmas story"? (2017-12-25)
... that Rosemary Biggs and her colleagues discovered the Christmas factor? (2017-12-25)

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2016 DYK Blurbs:

... that Queen Emma of Hawaii and her lady-in-waiting Kiliwehi were received by Queen Victoria and spent a night at Windsor Castle? (2016-12-31)
... that Joan Acker and Miriam Johnson of the Center for the Study of Women in Society found that "Do you shave your legs?" was the question most strongly correlated to identifying with feminism? (2016-12-31)
... that in 1982, Semra Ertan set herself on fire in a Hamburg marketplace to protest about xenophobia against Turks in Germany? (2016-12-30)
... that Iris Murdoch's first book, Sartre: Romantic Rationalist, was the first book about Jean-Paul Sartre's work to be published in English? (2016-12-29)
... that Mirjam Wiesemann made award-winning audiobooks for Cybele Records, introducing in music and conversation the composers Hartmann, Apostel, Henze, Boulez, Jacqueline Fontyn and Juan Allende-Blin? (2016-12-29)
... that 11-year-old Sarai Gonzalez plays a "nerdy" tween with a "sassy" and "confident" attitude in Bomba Estéreo's "Soy Yo" ("That's Me") music video? (2016-12-28)
... that the refrain of "Heaven" by Inna is written in a language invented by the singer and her label? (2016-12-28)
... that Natalie Sims co-wrote the Iggy Azalea song "Work", which sold over one million copies in the US? (2016-12-27)
... that Kalanimoku caused the death of his wife Likelike and their son Lanihau with cannon fire outside their house? (2016-12-27)
... that publicists promoted the 1999 edition of FHM's 100 Sexiest Women by projecting a 60-foot (18 m) naked image of the TV presenter Gail Porter onto the Palace of Westminster? (2016-12-27)

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2015 DYK Blurbs:

... that serial killer Hilda Nilsson committed suicide by hanging the same day the courts commuted her death sentence to life imprisonment? (2015-12-31)
... that Natalia Lafourcade sought inspiration for her album Hasta la Raíz in Agustín Lara's repertoire and her native country, Mexico? (2015-12-31)
... that drummer, singer, and songwriter Emily Estefan was born in 1994 after her mother, Gloria Estefan, had been told she would never give birth following a 1990 tour-bus crash? (2015-12-31)
... that Agnes Okoh, an illiterate Nigerian, founded Christ Holy Church International? (2015-12-31)
... that the suicide of Chinese silent film actress Ai Xia inspired a film starring Ruan Lingyu, who also committed suicide soon after the film's release? (2015-12-31)
... that at the age of 10, Zuriel Oduwole became the world's youngest person to appear in Forbes? (2015-12-30)
... that goalkeeper Sakura Hauge joined the Japan women's national handball team in 2015, after years of trying to get a place on the Norwegian team? (2015-12-30)
... that 13 years after Lydia Emelie Gruchy graduated her theological studies with honors, she was finally ordained in 1936 as the first female minister of the United Church of Canada? (2015-12-30)
... that Etta Federn received Nazi death threats because of her Walther Rathenau biography? (2015-12-30)
... that Temerl Bergson, a wealthy businesswoman and patroness of Hasidic Jews in 19th-century Poland, "distributed money like ashes"? (2015-12-29)

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2014 DYK Blurbs:

... that Iota Sigma Pi's National Honorary Member award has gone to chemists Marie Curie, Gerty Cori, and Dorothy Hodgkin? (2014-12-31)
... that the beat for Neon Jungle's "Braveheart" was found after the group "raided" their producer's laptop? (2014-12-29)
... that the Marriage Charter of Empress Theophanu gave the Byzantine princess Theophanu joint imperial authority with Holy Roman Emperor Otto II? (2014-12-28)
... that Shikha Pandey is the first cricketer to have played both state level cricket for Goa and international level cricket for India? (2014-12-27)
... that the Ohio State Buckeyes field hockey team has won three Big Ten Conference championships and one conference tournament title? (2014-12-27)
... that the world renowned Scottish fly tyer Megan Boyd, known for her exquisite and effective salmon flies, was not an angler? (2014-12-27)
... that with her song "Royals", Lorde became the youngest artist to chart at No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 26 years? (2014-12-27)
... that Kylie Minogue was initially contracted to play Charlene Robinson in Neighbours for one week? (2014-12-27)
... that Libby Lane is the first woman to be appointed a bishop by the Church of England? (2014-12-25)
... that Maryat Lee's company Eco Theater developed plays from oral histories, using unpaid actors in productions often followed by discussions? (2014-12-23)

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2013 DYK Blurbs:

... that Mary Barra was named the next CEO of General Motors, which will make her the first female leader of a major automaker? (2013-12-31)
... that Judith Pipher has been referred to as the "mother of infrared astronomy"? (2013-12-31)
... that fashion blogger Chiara Ferragni has become a model for Guess? (2013-12-30)
... that Ann Thwaytes paid for the Clock Tower (pictured) in Herne Bay, Kent, England, to be built in 1837? (2013-12-30)
... that although Maya Angelou is best known for her autobiographies, she has also been successful as a poet? (2013-12-29)
... that 2012 Spanish wheelchair tennis Paralympian Lola Ochoa Ribes first played the sport using her everyday wheelchair? (2013-12-27)
... that Dorle Soria, a founder of Angel Records, helped promote Leonard Bernstein's 1943 debut with the New York Philharmonic? (2013-12-27)
... that The X Factor winner Sam Bailey, who got the 2013 UK Christmas number one with a cover version of "Skyscraper", has the nickname "screwbo", a portmanteau of "screw" and "SuBo"? (2013-12-26)
... that Leona Lewis recorded her first Christmas album, Christmas, with Love, on the recommendation of Simon Cowell? (2013-12-25)
... that the Fraternal Society of Patriots of Both Sexes met in the Jacobins convent which also hosted meetings of the Jacobin Club? (2013-12-24)

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2012 DYK Blurbs:

... that Sandra Eisert was the first White House picture editor, and later designed the cover photo for the 1988 Monsters of Rock Tour? (2012-12-31)
... that Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Oxford, was abducted by the half-brother of her intended bridegroom? (2012-12-31)
... that in 2011, geneticist Riin Tamm (pictured) was chosen as one of 26 scientists to travel around Estonia and take part in events at schools and academic institutions? (2012-12-29)
... that though Japanese girl group Momoiro Clover Z member Momoka Ariyasu (pictured) claims to be stupid, other members say she is very studious, even studying backstage? (2012-12-28)
... that María Isabella Cordero, a former Mexican anchorwoman on Televisa, was killed in Mexico's most violent state in 2010? (2012-12-28)
... that Amala Shankar, the Indian danseuse, is the wife of Uday Shankar and sister-in-law of Ravi Shankar? (2012-12-28)
... that Edda Goering played in a fifty-metre-long replica of Frederick the Great's Sanssouci palace, built for her by the Luftwaffe in an orchard at Carinhall? (2012-12-27)
... that the second single from Leona Lewis' third studio album Glassheart was originally going to be "Fireflies", but "Lovebird" was released instead? (2012-12-26)
... that when Oprah Winfrey saw American model Jasmine Tookes perform on the runway at Lincoln Center, she extolled Tookes' "butter" soft skin and requested that Tookes "rub your face against mine"? (2012-12-22)
... that philosopher Bertrand Russell feared the ridicule of his grandmother, Lady Stanley of Alderley (pictured), best known for defending the "right of women to the highest culture hitherto reserved to men"? (2012-12-22)

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2011 DYK Blurbs:

... that Indonesian actress Titi Sjuman agreed to make her film debut only after being cajoled by her brother and sister-in-law (the film's director)? (2011-12-29)
... that Rachel Feinstein, whose latest art work is inspired by The Snow Queen, is half of what the New York Times called the American art world's "power couple"? (2011-12-29)
... that the murder of Sadia Sheikh has been called Belgium's first honour killing trial? (2011-12-28)
... that a documentary film by Ucu Agustin led to a prostitution district in Tulungagung, East Java, being shut down? (2011-12-27)
... that Tsukasa Fujimoto (pictured) and Hikaru Shida, two actresses on the Japanese television series Muscle Venus, later became professional wrestling champions as a tag team also named Muscle Venus? (2011-12-26)
... that Maya Angelou's sixth and final autobiography A Song Flung Up to Heaven is framed by the assassinations of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.? (2011-12-26)
... that Georges Bizet dedicated his song "Rêve de la bien-aimée" ("Dream of the beloved") to the Belgian coloratura soprano Léontine de Maësen? (2011-12-25)
... that Kyra Markham, whose images were used as propaganda against the Nazis, briefly had Frank Lloyd Wright as a father-in-law? (2011-12-24)
... that Ania Bien's 1986 photographic installation on the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam, which was destroyed in a fire that killed 33 people, included images alluding to the Holocaust? (2011-12-21)
... that the Murasaki Shikibu Diary Emaki contains an illustration of the regent extorting poems from two ladies? (2011-12-20)

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2010 DYK Blurbs:

... that the help of Cyrus Eaton, Jerome Wiesner and Nikita Khrushchev was needed so that Frederick and Milena Jelinek could marry? (2010-12-31)
... that in the lyrics of the 2010 song "Coming Home", Diddy makes references to the classic 1979 song "Ain't No Stopping Us Now" by McFadden & Whitehead, as well as events in his own life? (2010-12-30)
... that after dropping out of the 1992 New York City Marathon due to breathing problems, Kim Jones suffered from bronchitis and was bedridden for a month? (2010-12-29)
... that Maxim model and reality television contestant Gia Allemand has been selected to play the role of Ava Gardner in an upcoming film about the life of Gianni Russo? (2010-12-29)
... that Whitney Houston's 1985 single "How Will I Know" was originally written for Janet Jackson? (2010-12-27)
... that Teresa Teng's "The Moon Represents My Heart" was one of the first love songs to become popular in mainland China under the Open Door Policy? (2010-12-26)
... that the drama series Huge, created by Savannah Dooley and her mother, Winnie Holzman, employed Dooley's father as an actor and her uncle as the cinematographer? (2010-12-26)
... that Isuzu Yamada was the first actress to receive the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, from the Emperor of Japan? (2010-12-26)
... that the stained glass windows at Anykščiai Church (pictured), the tallest church in Lithuania, were made by Anortė Mackelaitė? (2010-12-26)
... that Jason Aldean's duet with Kelly Clarkson, "Don't You Wanna Stay", is the first duet of his career? (2010-12-24)

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2009 DYK Blurbs:

... that the annulment of Archduchess Isabella of Austria and Prince Georg of Bavaria was seemingly caused by her belief that she had been slighted by members of the Bavarian royal court? (2009-12-30)
... that Wivi Lönn was the first woman to be awarded with the honorary title Professor by the Finnish Association of Architects? (2009-12-28)
... that more than any other recent pop star, Madonna has used MTV and music videos to establish her popularity and to enhance her recorded work? (2009-12-28)
... that Swede Anna Jansson started a successful career as a crime writer in 2000 after working twenty years as a nurse? (2009-12-28)
... that Stanford University biochemist Annette Salmeen was both an Olympic gold medalist and a Rhodes Scholar? (2009-12-27)
... that the Michigan Wolverines softball team in 2005 became the first team from east of the Mississippi River to win the Women's College World Series? (2009-12-26)
... that Julia Moon, daughter-in-law of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, performed Giselle with the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad? (2009-12-26)
... that Caroline Duby Glassman, who was born and raised in Oregon, was the first woman on the Maine Supreme Court? (2009-12-26)
... that Helen Bright Clark was one of the first British women to sign the Open Christmas Letter which sought to extend the hand of peace "To the Women of Germany and Austria" during World War I? (2009-12-25)
... that Alfhild Hovdan initiated the tradition of the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree (pictured), in 1947? (2009-12-25)

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2008 DYK Blurbs:

... that South African ANC activist Kate Molale organised a pioneer movement in the struggle against the 1953 Bantu Education Act? (2008-12-31)
... that Republican Joan Huffman, a former Houston judge who won a special election to the Texas State Senate on December 16, 2008, became the sixth woman in the 31-member chamber, a legislative record? (2008-12-29)
... that Lisa Rossbacher, president of Southern Polytechnic State University, is the first female geologist to become a university president? (2008-12-28)
... that Katrina Mumaw became the youngest person to break the sound barrier when she piloted a MIG-29 fighter jet at Mach 1.3 on July 12, 1994 at the age of eleven? (2008-12-28)
... that an impacted shoulder presentation during childbirth (pictured) can lead to both the death of the baby and of the mother? (2008-12-27)
... that Flora Drummond was known as "The General" for her habit of leading Women's Suffrage processions (lapel pin pictured) wearing an officer's cap and epaulettes whilst riding a large horse? (2008-12-27)
... that in Doris Lessing's 1983 novel, The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire, language becomes so distorted that some of the characters succumb to a condition called "undulant rhetoric"? (2008-12-26)
... that it took the publisher's lawyers 14 months to approve the publication of You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again, Julia Phillips' scandalous autobiography? (2008-12-24)
... that Trina Belamide, who has written songs for most of the Philippines' top recording artists, also writes custom theme songs for weddings? (2008-12-24)
... that Irish writer Edna O'Brien made her screen debut as an extra in an adaptation of her novel, Wild Decembers? (2008-12-23)

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2007 DYK Blurbs:

... that Empress Dowager Wu of Tang China had Wu Youji’s wife secretly killed in 690 CE so that he could marry her widowed daughter, the Princess Taiping? (2007-12-31)
... that in March 2007, Agnes Devanadera ' became the 41st and first woman Solicitor General of the Philippines? (2007-12-30)
... that American artist Sybil Gibson started painting in 1963, aged 55, using the medium of powdered tempera paints on brown paper grocery bags? (2007-12-29)
... that Shruti Haasan, the daughter of Indian actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika, is a singer turned model who is now also venturing into acting? (2007-12-28)
... that besides utility poles (example pictured), anonymous knitters from Knitta have also left their tags on the Great Wall of China and the Notre Dame de Paris? (2007-12-28)
... that Tom Collen resigned over a discrepancy about his résumé a day after becoming Vanderbilt University's women's basketball head coach, but his résumé was correct? (2007-12-27)
... that netball in New Zealand is the most popular women's sport in the country, led by its high-profile national team, the Silver Ferns? (2007-12-27)
... that many churchgoers in the 1920s believed that Ronald Reagan's mother, Nelle Wilson Reagan, had the gift to heal due to her strong belief in the power of prayer? (2007-12-27)
... that, with Christine Scanlan's appointment to the Colorado House of Representatives, the state house's Democratic caucus became majority-female? (2007-12-25)
... that Rudyard Kipling wrote a short story about a group of World War I soldiers who were committed Janeites, that is, fans of Jane Austen novels? (2007-12-21)

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2006 DYK Blurbs:

... that Gregoria de Jesus was the founder and vice-president of the woman chapter of the Katipunan partisan society during the Philippine Revolution? (2006-12-31)
... that, after having spent much of her 8 years in Communist prisons in complete solitude, and willing herself to memorize events in daily succession, the Romanian artist Lena Constante published her recollections in a diary? (2006-12-30)
... that Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Guy Bush gave up Babe Ruth's last two career home runs on May 25, 1935, just five days before Ruth retired? (2006-12-28)
... that Erin Bode performed with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra for three seasons before starting her recording career as a singer? (2006-12-28)
... that American composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich was the first woman to receive the Doctor of Musical Arts in composition and to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music? (2006-12-24)
... that Portuguese Josefa de Óbidos was one of the few women dedicated to painting (pictured: still life by her) in the Baroque era? (2006-12-23)
... that Emily Helen Butterfield was Michigan's first licensed female architect, and designed many college fraternity and sorority crests thanks to her interest in heraldry? (2006-12-22)
... that American composer Alla Pavlova lived close to ground zero and dedicated her first symphonic work to the memory of the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks? (2006-12-21)
... that Spanish government minister and European Commissioner Loyola de Palacio deflected speculation that she was an Opus Dei member, noting that she was named after Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus? (2006-12-20)
... that Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Anne Procter each wrote a chapter of the short story "A House to Let"? (2006-12-20)

Transcluding 10 of 163 2006 DYK blurbs

2005 DYK Blurbs:

... that the Japanese clairvoyant Mifune Chizuko was reported to have read the messages written inside hidden envelopes? (2005-12-28)
... that the parents of Chicana fiction writer and Cornell University English professor Helena Maria Viramontes met while working in the fields, and that the impact of César Chávez and the United Farm Workers later influenced her fiction? (2005-12-15)
... that soul singer Bettye Lavette's album Souvenirs was recorded in 1972, but was shelved by Atlantic Records until a French music collector discovered it and released it in 2000, sparking a continuing surge of interest in the singer? (2005-12-14)
... that the trance producer Tatana Sterba is the only trance artist to have three consecutive album chart number ones in Switzerland? (2005-12-12)
... that Rini Templeton created works of graphic art for the New Mexico Land-Grant movement before moving to Mexico to collaborate with the Labor movement there? (2005-12-12)
... that in 1914, Lois Weber was the first American woman to direct a full-length feature film? (2005-12-12)
... that the Soviet singer Lidiya Ruslanova financed the construction of two Katyusha batteries, which she presented to the Red Army in 1942? (2005-12-12)
... that the Soviet pop singer Klavdiya Shulzhenko performed more than 500 concerts in besieged Leningrad in 1941 and 1942? (2005-12-09)
... that although actress Matilda Vining was always billed as Mrs. John Wood, her fame greatly eclipsed that of her husband? (2005-12-08)
... that Edith Cowan was the first woman elected to a government in Australia? (2005-12-06)

Transcluding 10 of 89 2005 DYK blurbs

2004 DYK Blurbs:

... that the actress Viviane Romance rejected the offer of a Hollywood contract in the 1930s preferring to work in French cinema? (2004-12-29)
... that Bridgett Riley lost her contact lenses in the fifth round of a boxing match against Theresa Arnold on September 19, 1996, leading to her first ever defeat? (2004-12-27)
... that Agathokleia was an Indo-Greek queen who ruled parts of Northern India from 135 to 125 BC? (2004-12-27)
... that Rumaisa Rahman, born prematurely in Chicago on September 19, 2004, was 8 inches (20 cm) long and weighed 8½ oz. (244 g) at birth? (2004-12-24)
... that Les Horribles Cernettes, a humorous rock band based in the CERN, supplied the first image on the web, posted in 1992 by Silvano de Gennaro and Tim Berners-Lee? (2004-12-24)
... that Lt. Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski was a policy analyst at the Pentagon for four and a half years before retiring and becoming a vocal critic of the Bush administration's policy in Iraq? (2004-12-23)
... that Mildred Dunnock played the role of Linda Loman in Death of a Salesman in three mediums — on Broadway, and for both film and television? (2004-12-22)
... that Ukrainian writer Lesya Ukrainka learned to read at the age of four and was able to read nine languages in addition to her native Ukrainian? (2004-12-22)
... that television presenter Lynda Lopez is a sister of Jennifer Lopez? (2004-12-20)
... that Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" is credited as achieving the highest combined sales, airplay and downloads in the world, since Cher's single "Believe" in 1998? (2004-12-14)

Transcluding 10 of 69 2004 DYK blurbs