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Friday, 23 October 2020

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When and Where

 

#1 Nelson Mandela

Date of birth:  18 July 1918

Place of Birth:  Mvezo, South Africa

Reason for fame: He Is famous for prompting a message or forgiveness and equality. Apartheid was abolished a year later in 1991, and three years later, South Africa held its first fully democratic elections in which black people, as well as white were allowed to vote.


#2 Judy Garland

Date of birth: 10th of June 1992

Place of birth: Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States

Reason for fame: She was an actress and singer, Judy Garland was the star or many classic musical films, including 'The Wizard Of Oz', and known for her tremendous talent and troubled life.


#3 Mother Teresa

Date of birth: 26th of august 1910

Place of birth: Skopje, North Macedonia

Reason for fame: During her lifetime Mother Teresa became famous as a Catholic Nun who dedicated her life to caring for the destitute and dying in the sums of Calcutta- known as Kolkata. In 1979 she received the Nobel peace prize and after her death was canonised as Saint Teresa.


#4 Abel Tasman

Date of birth: 1603

Place of birth: Lutjegast, Netherlands

Reason for fame: Abel Tasman is famous for being the first European to reach  Van Diemen's island (Now Tasmania), and New Zealand. He was also the first to sight the Fiji islands. He also helped to map large areas of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands


#5 David Unaipon

Date of birth: 28th of September 1872

Place of birth: South Australia, Australia

Reason for fame:  David Unaipon made significant contributions to science and literature and the improvements in the conditions of Aboriginal people and was often called upon to participate in royal commissions and inquiries into Aboriginal issues.