2003 Death Dorothy Loudon, actress, Original Broadway production of Annie, dies at 70 2002 Death Keene Curtis, actor, starred in original Broadwayproduction of Annie, dies at 77 1998 Event Tony Awards, Side Man, Death of a Salesman revival, Annie Get Your Gun revival and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown revival won major awards 1997 Event "Annie," closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1997 Death Reid Shelton, actor, Daddy Warbucks in Annie 1997 Event "Annie," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1997 Death Gail Davis, actress, TV's Annie Oakley 1995 Death Margaret Annie Nan Macdonald, broadcaster, dies at 87 1995 Death Bessie Annie Elizabeth Delany, dentist writer, dies at 104 1993 Death Janet Margolin, U.S. actress (Annie Hall), dies at 50 of ovarian cancer 1991 Death Martin Rosenblatt, actor (Splitz, Annie Hall, New York Stories), dies at 74 1990 Death Sandy, dog in the play Annie, dies at 16 1983 Event "Annie" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 2,377 performances 1982 Event Movie "Annie" premieres 1981 Death Brad Johnson, actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56 1978 Event 50th Academy Awards - "Annie Hall," Rich Dreyfuss and Diane Keaton win 1978 Death Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Omzien), dies at 83 1978 Event Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to "Annie" 1977 Event 31st Tony Awards: Shadow Box and Annie win 1977 Event "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 2377 performances 1977 Event Broadway play "Annie" opens, 1st of 2,377 performances 1977 Event C Strouse and M Charnins musical "Annie," premieres in New York City 1977 Event Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premieres 1974 Death Almira Sessions, actress (Oklahoma Annie), dies at 85 1973 Death William Haines, actor (Little Annie Rooney), dies of cancer at 73 1973 Birthday Annie Pelletier, born in Montreal, Quebec, 3m diver 1996 Olympics bronze 1972 Birthday Alyssa Milano, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, singer, appeared in Broadway production, 'Annie', appeared in 'Who's the Boss' television sitcom 1972 Death Walter Sande, actor (Adventures of Tugboat Annie), dies at 65 1971 Birthday Aileen Quinn, born in Yardley, Pennsylvania, actress, graduate of Drew University, noted for playing title role in 1982 film, Annie 1970 Birthday Anne "Annie" Summertime Kakela, U.S. rower, Olympics-4th-96 1968 Death Harold Gray, U.S. comic strip artist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 74 1966 Death Minerva Urecal, actress (Peter Gunn, Adv of Tugboat Annie), dies at 71 1963 Birthday Andrea McArdle, Philadelphia, actress, Annie 1961 Birthday Annie Pujol, Perpignan, French TV hostess, Roue de la Fortune 1961 Death Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies 1959 Death Grant Withers, actor (Oklahoma Annie), suicide with sleeping pills at 54 1955 Death Charley Toorop, Annie CP Fernhout-Toorop, Dutch painter, dies at 64 1954 Birthday Annie Lennox, Aberdeen, Scotland, vocalist, Eurythmics-Sweet Dreams, Why 1952 Birthday Annie Potts, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actress, Mary Jo-Designing Women 1951 Birthday Annie Golden, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Forever Lulu, Hair 1949 Birthday Annie Leibovitz, photgrapher, Rolling Stones 1949 Death Frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59 1949 Birthday Anita Dobson, born in England, actress, Annie Watts-EastEnders 1949 Event "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 1147 performances 1948 Death Edgar Kennedy, actor (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 58 1946 Event "Annie Get Your Gun" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 1147 performances 1946 Event Musical "Annie Get Your Gun," starring Ethel Merman premieres in New York City 1946 Birthday Diane Keaton, born in Louisiana, actress, Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl 1945 Birthday Annie Dillard, American writer, An American Childhood 1943 Birthday Tony Joe White, born in Oak Grove, Louisiana, nickname, 'The Swamp Fox', singer, guitarist, songwriter, known for hit 'Polk Salad Annie', swam rock genre 1941 Death Annie Jump Cannon, U.S. astronomer (Henry Draper catalogues), dies at 77 1940 Death Johanna "Annie" Bakker, revue-artists/singer/actress, dies at 58 1939 Birthday Tony Roberts, New York City, actor, Annie Hall, Edge of Night, Lucie Arnaz Show 1937 Death Annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76 1935 Birthday Woody Allen, Allen Konigsberg, Brooklyn, actor, Zelig, Annie Hall 1934 Birthday Martin Charnin, Broadway lyricist, Annie, West Side Story 1933 Death Annie Besant, English theosophy (Esoteric Christianity), dies 1933 Birthday Carol Burnett, born in San Antonio, Texas, comedian/actress, Annie, 4 Seasons 1931 Birthday Annie Giradot, Paris, France, actress, Gypsy, Jacko and Lise 1931 Event 1st broadcast of "Little Orphan Annie" on NBC-radio 1930 Birthday Geoffrey Holder, Trinidad, dancer/actor, Annie, The Wiz 1929 Event Dr. Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin Tx 1926 Death Annie Oakley, U.S. sharp shooting star, dies at 66 1926 Birthday Annie nee Becker Kriegel, historian 1925 Birthday Leonard Starr, comic strip cartoonist, Little Orphan Annie 1925 Birthday Gail Davis, Little Rock, Arkansas, actress, Annie Oakley 1925 Birthday Annie Delorie, Dutch opera singer, Scenes and Arias 1924 Event "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip 1st published 1924 Event Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray, debuts 1922 Birthday Little Orphan Annie, comic strip character 1922 Event Annie Oakley sets record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row 1920 Birthday Mitzi Green, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Little Orphan Annie 1917 Birthday Gwendolyn Brooks, U.S. poet, Bean Eaters, Annie Allen, Pulitzer 1950 1911 Birthday Annie M G Schmidt, writer, Fam Doorsnee, Jip and Janneke 1911 Birthday Benay Venuta, born in San Francisco, California, actress, Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister 1906 Birthday Annie Hermes, Dutch singer 1904 Birthday Grant Withers, Pueblo CO, actor, Oklahoma, Annie 1901 Birthday Fuzzy Knight, Fairmont, West Virginia, actor, Oklahoma Annie, Cowby and the Lady 1900 Birthday William Haines, Staunton, Virginia, actor, Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney 1895 Birthday Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian, Erflaters 1894 Birthday Harold L Gray, creator, Little Orphan Annie 1892 Birthday Mae West, Brooklyn, actress, Go Up and See Her Sometime, Klondike Annie 1891 Birthday Bessie Annie Elizabeth Delany, dentist writer 1891 Birthday Annie "Charley" Toorop, Dutch painter, 3 Generations 1890 Birthday Frank Morgan, Francis P Wupperman, New York City, actor, Annie Get Your Gun 1889 Birthday Moroni Olsen, born in Ogden, Utah, actor, Annie Oakley, Black Gold, Snow White 1888 Birthday Almira Sessions, Washington D.C., actress, Oklahoma Annie 1881 Birthday Johanna "Annie" Bakker, Dutch revue-artist/singer/actress 1878 Birthday Conway Tearle, U.S. actor, Klondike Annie, Should Ladies Behave? 1876 Birthday Charles Halton, born in Washington D.C., actor, Dr. Cyclops, Tugboat Annie Sails Again 1865 Birthday Annie Jones, Virginia, bearded lady 1863 Birthday Annie Jump Cannon, U.S., stellar spectroscopist, Harvard-classification 1860 Birthday Annie EF Horniman, England, theater owner, Abbey Theatre, Dublin 1860 Birthday Annie Oakley, born in Drake, Ohio, frontierswoman, Buffalo Bill's Wild West 1858 Birthday May Robson, Mary J Robison, born in Melbourne, Australia, actress, Apple Annie 1853 Event Emigrant ship "Annie Jane" sinks off Scotland, drowning 348 1850 Birthday Annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat 1847 Birthday Annie Besant, Wood, England, philosopher, Esoteric christianity