Famous Birthdays·October 1·Annie Besant
Annie Besant

GBAnnie Besant

1847–1933 (age 86)·English writer and activist·Birthday: October 1

Photo: London Stereoscopic Company · Public domain

#1 When Annie Was Born

The biggest hits of 1847

Annie's Life & Times

The world at every milestone

1847Born
1852Started school
1860Became a teenager
1863Could drive
President: Abraham Lincoln
1865Could vote
President: Andrew Johnson
1868Turned 21
President: Andrew Johnson
1877Turned 30
President: Rutherford B. Hayes
1887Turned 40
President: Grover Cleveland
1897Turned 50
President: William McKinley
1907Turned 60

Financial panic grips Wall Street

President: Theodore Roosevelt
1917Turned 70

Russian Revolution overthrows the tsar; US enters WWI

President: Woodrow Wilson
1927Turned 80

Lindbergh flies solo across the Atlantic; The Jazz Singer premieres

President: Calvin Coolidge"My Blue Heaven" — Gene Austin
1933Died at 86

FDR's New Deal launches; Prohibition ends

Gas: $0.18/galPresident: Franklin D. Roosevelt"Stormy Weather" — Ethel WatersBest Picture: Cavalcade

“I demand the right to think for myself, and to act on my thoughts.”

— Annie Besant

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