On this day
27
July

Marielle Franco, Gertrude Stein

Born: Marielle Franco (1979)
Died: Gertrude Stein (1946)

Born on this day

27JulBorn 197947th birthday

Marielle Franco

A Black bisexual woman from the favela who fought police violence in Rio – and was assassinated in 2018.

Died on this day

27JulDied 194680th anniversary of death

Gertrude Stein

A modernist writer and art collector whose Paris home became a meeting place for artists and writers.