On this day
09
December

Erika Hilton, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Berenice Abbott

Born: Erika Hilton (1992), Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717)
Died: Berenice Abbott (1991)

Born on this day

09DecBorn 199234th birthday

Erika Hilton

A Brazilian politician who brought the experience of a Black trans woman into national politics.

09DecBorn 1717309th birthday

Johann Joachim Winckelmann

The founder of modern art history celebrated the beauty of Greek statues of young men – and wrote passionate letters to his male friends.

Died on this day

09DecDied 199135th anniversary of death

Berenice Abbott

She photographed the Paris avant-garde, helped preserve Atget’s archive and documented a changing New York.