Annie Besant
1847–1933 (age 86)·English writer and activist·Birthday: October 1
#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.”
