History Home
Events     Birthdays     Deaths     Years

Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy!

Anna


2007 Anna Nicole Smith, dies in Hollywood, Florida, of drug overdose, at 39

2004 Anna Lee, actress, General Hospital, dies at 90

2003 Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, Swedish foreign minister, dies at 46

1996 Anna Pollak, mezzo-soprano, dies at 84

1996 Anna Larina, revolutionary, dies at 82

1994 Anna Hauptmann, wife of Lindbergh baby kidnapper Bruno, dies at 95

1994 Anna Nicole Smith (26) weds billionaire J. Howard Marshall II (89)

1994 Model Anna Nicole Smith hospitalized for drug overdose

1993 Margaret Landon, U.S. author (Anna and the King of Siam), dies at 90

1993 Anna Stein, actress (Wedding Night), dies of heart attack at 88

1993 "Anna Christie" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 54 performances

1993 "Anna Christie" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 54 performances

1992 "Anna Karenina" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 46 performances

1992 "Anna Karenina" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 46 performances

1992 Frederick O'Neal, actor (Anna Lucasta, Free White and 21), dies at 86

1991 Marcus Heeresma, writer/poet (Anna, Son of a Whore), dies

1990 Anna Palk, actress (Play it Cool, Frozen Dead), dies of cancer at 48

1990 Greta Garbo, actress (Anna Karenina, Camille), dies at 84

1989 Ann Burton, Anna Rafalowicz, singer, dies at 56

1987 Hugh Dempster, actor (Anna Karenina, Candles at Nine), dies

1986 Anna Neagle, actress (Courtney Affair)/dancer, dies at 81

1984 Anna Fisher becomes 1st "mom" to go into orbit

1984 Anna Anderson Manahan, Grand Duchess Anastasia, dies in Virginia

1983 Anna Seghers, writer, dies at 82

1983 Ank [Anna M] van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), dies at 71

1982 Anna Freud, Austria/English psychoanalyst/daughter of Sigmund, dies at 86

1982 Anna Paquin, oscar winning actress, Piano

1981 Anna Kournikova, Russian Athlete

1980 Anna Chlumsky, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, My Girl

1980 Anna van Wageningen-Salomons, Dut author (Unspoilt Dream), dies at 94

1978 James Earl Ray, assassin of Martin Luther King weds Anna Sandhu

1978 Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Omzien), dies at 83

1977 Anna Louise Wilson, Dunedin, New Zealand, 100m breast stroke 1996 Olympics

1977 Anna Baitchik, Miss Russia Universe 1997

1976 Anna Faris, American Actress

1976 Anna Smashnova, born in Minsk, Russia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Erlangen GER

1976 Anna Friel, English Actress

1976 Anna Windsor, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics

1975 Anna Valle, Miss Universe-Italy 1996

1974 Anna Ozolins, Australian rower 1996 Olympics

1974 Anna Q Nilsson, actress (Toll Gate, Sorrell and Son), dies at 85

1973 Anna Magnani, Italians actress (Roma, Citt Aperta), dies at 64

1972 Anna Van der Kamp, Abbotsford BC, rower 1996 Olympics

1972 Anna Falchi, born in Tampera, Finland, actress, La Dolce Vita '90

1971 Anna Katrina Simcic, Christchurch New Zealand, backstroker 1996 Olympics

1970 Anna Casati, Italian marchesa, murdered at 41

1970 Elizabeth Hoisington and Anna Mae Mays named 1st female U.S. generals

1970 Anna Louise Strong, American Journalist

1969 Anna Acker-Macosko, Marshfield WI, LPGA golfer, 1995 Gold Coast Tour

1967 Anna Nicole Smith, born in Texas, model, actress, spokeswoman, sex symbol

1966 Anna Clark, born in San Francisco, California, playmate, Apr, 1987

1966 Anna Wood, born in Roeumond, Netherlands, Dutch/Australian canoeist, 1988, 1996 Olympics

1966 Anna Achmatova, Ukrainian poet, dies at 76

1966 Anna Akhmatova, Russian Poet

1966 Anna Ivan, La Jolla Cal, tennis star

1961 Grandma [Anna M] Moses, U.S. painter, dies at 101

1961 Anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54

1961 Anna May Wong, actress (Thief of Baghdad), dies at about 56

1960 Anna Luther, silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk), dies at 63

1960 Anna Blaman, Dutch writer (Life and Death), dies at 55

1957 Anna Lindh, Swedish Politician

1956 28th Academy Awards - "Marty," Anna Magnani and Ernest Borgnine win

1953 Anna Quindlen, American author, journalist, and New York Times columnist

1953 Anna Marchesini, Italian entertainer

1950 Anna M "Ansje" Beentjes, actress, Blindgangers

1950 Anna Ulvaeus, rocker, Aha-Take on Me

1949 Anna Lee Fisher, St. Albans, New York, MD/astronaut, STS-51-A

1949 Anna Bergman, Stockholm Sweden, actress, Agent 69

1948 Anna E "Annelies" Balhan, Dutch revue-artist/actress, Sweet Chairty

1948 Anna "Ans" van Dike, Dutch Jewish Nazi-collaborator, executed at 42

1947 Earnest Lubitsch, actor and director (Anna Boleyn, Ninotchka), dies

1947 Anna Stuart, actress, Donna Love-Another World

1947 Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director, dies at 74

1947 Anna Calder-Marshall, Kensington England, actress, Zulu Dawn

1946 Patty Duke, Anna Marie, Elmhurst, New York, actress, Miracle Worker

1945 Anna Maria Horsford, New York City, actress, Thelma Frye-Amen

1944 Sally Kirkland, New York City, actress, Anna, Sting, Pvt Benjamin, Big Bad Mama

1944 Philip Yordan's "Anna Lucasta," premieres in New York City

1944 "Anna Lucasta," opens on Broadway

1943 Anna Ford, British broadcaster/actress, Secret Policeman's Ball

1943 Anna Gael, Gyarmarthy, Budapest Hungary, Lady Weymouth

1942 Anna Eshoo, American Politician

1941 1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico

1940 Anna Karina, Copenhagen Denmark, actress, Alphaville

1937 Anna Massey, actress, De Sade, Doll's House

1937 Anna Dawson, British comedienne, Violet-Keeping Up Appearances

1937 Anna Davies, prof of Comparative Philology, Oxford U

1936 Anna Quayle, actress, Mistress Pamela

1936 Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italy, singer and actress, Cinderfella

1935 Anna Katharine Green, American Author

1934 Marie Dressler, actress (Dinner at 8, Anna Christie), dies at 64

1934 Eugenie Besserer, actress (Anna Christie, Madame X), dies at 65

1933 Anna de Noailles, Romanian Writer

1933 Jorn Donner, Helsinki Finland, director, Anna, Tenderness

1933 Jean-Marie Straub, France, director, Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach

1932 Anna Dickinson, dies just a week shy of her 90th birthday

1931 Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (Diaghilew, Dying Swan), dies

1930 44th U.S. Womens Tennis: Betty Nuthall beats Anna McCune Harper (61 64)

1929 Robert Coles, Milton Massachusetts, author, Anna Freud, Pulitzer 1973

1924 Freddie Bartholomew, born in England, actor, Anna Karenina, David Copperfield

1922 Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Anna Christie)

1921 Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie," premieres in New York City

1920 Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, Dutch author, Anna and her Father

1920 Elisabeth Andersen, Anna de Bruyn, Dutch actress, Yerma, Titania

1918 Anna Held, Polish Entertainer

1915 Anna van Beers, Graeve, actress, A Woman like Eve

1914 Anna Larina, revolutionary

1913 Jo Sinclair, born in Brooklyn, New York, pen name Jo Sinlair, writer, novelist, focused on race relations and the struggle of immigrant families, wrote Sing at My Wake, Anna Teller

1912 Anna Pollak, mezzo-soprano

1912 Stefan Schnabel, German actor, Anna, Dracula's Widow, Firefox

1912 Anna Lee, Ightham England, actress, Scruples, Lila-General Hospital

1911 Anna Russell, born in London, England, possibly born in London, Ontario, birth name Maida Vale, Anna Claudia Russell-Brown, composer, singer, comedian, recording artist

1910 Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82

1910 Anna Magnani, Italian actress, Awakening, Roma

1908 Anna Magnani, born in Alexandria, Egypt, actress, Rose Tattoo, Miracle

1908 Anna Jeanes bequeaths $1,000,000 to Swarthmore to become all female

1908 Anna S Barbiers, Dutch actress (Klaasje Zevenster), dies at 65

1907 Maria Anna Mahler, Gustav Mahlers eldest daughter, dies at 5

1907 Marie Dressler, actress, Anna Christie, Dinner at 8

1907 Anna May Wong, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Impact, Study in Scarlet

1905 Anna "Ans" van Dike, "the Young", Jewish nazi collaborator

1905 Anna Blaman, Johanna P Vrugt, Dutch writer, Wife and Friend

1904 Anna Neagle, London England, actress, London Melody, Nurse Edith Cavell

1902 Ralph Richardson, born in England, actor, Anna Karenina, Dr. Zhivago

1901 1st woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (Anna Taylor)

1900 Anna Seghers, Netty Radvanyi-Reiling, German author, 7th Cross

1899 Anna Arnold Hedgeman, social activist, New York City cabinet

1897 Anna Luther, born in New Jersey, silent screen actress, Sinners in Silk

1895 Anna Freud, Austrian/English psychoanalytist/daughter of Sigmund F

1895 Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian, Erflaters

1889 Anna Akhmatova, Russian Poet

1888 Jacques Feyder, Frederix, Belg/French actor and director, Anna Christie

1888 Anna Achmatova, AA Gorenko, Russian conductor, Tsjetki

1888 Anna Q. Nilsson, born in Sweden, actress, Shenandoah, Uncle Tom's Cabin

1885 Anna Louise Strong, American Journalist

1882 Anna Pavlova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer

1880 Anna Caroline Oury, composer, dies at 72

1879 Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady, 1923-29

1878 Anna Claypoole Peale, U.S. painter of miniatures, dies

1878 Anna Sewell, English Writer

1876 Anna de Noailles, Romanian Writer

1876 Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican general (took Alamo), dies at 79

1872 Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director

1872 Anna Held, Polish Entertainer

1865 Anna Paulowna Romanova, great monarch of Russia, dies at 70

1864 Battle of North Anna, Va, 1st of 3 days of fighting

1864 Battle of N Anna River, Virginia (Totopotamy River, Haw's Shop, Hanovertown)

1864 Battle of Yellow Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge)

1863 Emma Mary Wooley, educator, Mary Anna Wells

1860 Grandma "Anna Maria" Moses, New York, primitive painter, Old Oaken Bucket

1860 Anna Jameson, British Writer

1847 Anna Howard Shaw, U.S., suffragette

1846 Anna Katharine Green, American Author

1842 Anna S Barbiers, actress, Uncle Tom

1842 Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, orator, Joan of Arc of the Civil War

1836 Alamo besieged by Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed

1830 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena," premieres in Milan

1828 Leo Tolstoy, Russia, novelist, War and Peace, Anna Karenina,

1828 Leo Tolstoi, Russian writer, War and Peace, Anna Karenina,

1825 Anna Letitia Barbauld, English Poet

1824 Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet, dies at 49

1820 Anna Sewell, English Writer

1816 Dutch King Willem II marries Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna

1815 Anna Ella Carroll, U.S., civil war writer, Reconstruction

1808 Anna Caroline Oury, composer

1807 Anna Amalia van Brumswijk-Wolfenbuttel, duchess of Saxon-Weimar, dies

1795 Anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I

1794 Anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer

1794 Anna Jameson, British Writer

1794 Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, president of Mexico, 1833-36

1791 Anna Claypoole Peale, painted miniatures

1775 Anna Symmes Harrison, Ohio, 9th 1st lady, 1841

1774 Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet

1743 Anna L. Barbauld, writer of hymns

1743 Anna Letitia Barbauld, English Poet

1740 Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40), dies at 47

1740 Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40), dies at 47

1739 Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, duchess of Saxony-Weimar

1736 Anna Lee, Manchester England, founder, Shaker movement in America

1730 Tsarina Anna Ivanovna leads autocracy

1709 Anna van Hannover, English princess/duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg

1693 Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia, 1730-40,

1693 Anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia, 1730-40, 2/7 NS

1693 Anna Ivanova Romanova, daughter of Ivan V/empress of Russia, 1730-40

1678 Anna M van Schurman, Dutch poet/spoke 10 languages, dies at about 70

1666 Anna of Austria, queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at 64

1651 Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poet, dies at 68

1648 People's uprising against Anna of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin

1608 Reynier van Oldenbarnevelt marries Anna Weytzen in Delft

1601 Anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III

1601 Louis Gunther of Nassau weds countess Anna Margaretha of Manderscheid

1598 Anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies

1588 Anna, daughter of prince Willem I/Anna van Saksen, dies at 24

1583 Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poet

1577 Anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32

1569 Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange and Anna of Saxon

1563 Anna van Nassau, daughter of prince Willem I/Anna of Saksen

1561 Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon

1558 Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies

1555 Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80

1551 Willem of Orange weds countess Anna van Egmond and Buren

1549 Anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery

1544 Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange, 1561-71

1539 King Henry VIII and Anna of Kleef marry

1536 Lord Rochford, English brother of Anna Boleyn, beheaded

1536 Anna Boleyn and Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest

1536 King Henry VIII accused Anna Boleyn of adultery and incest

1533 Elizabeth, daughter of English king Henry VIII and Anna Boleyn

1533 Anna Boleyn crowned queen of England

1532 Pope Clemens VII tells Henry VIII to end relationship with Anna Boleyn

1515 Anna van Kleef, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII

1515 Anna of Bohemia (12) marries Karel van Ferdinand of Austria

1514 Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian, dies at 36

1491 King Charles VIII of France marries Anna of Bretagne

1491 Anna van Bretagne becomes devoted to end "la guerre folle"

1490 Anna van Bretagne marries a proxy Maximilian of Austria

1477 Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian of Austria and Louis XII


History Home    Copyright 2009 BrainyMedia.com