2015 Event Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, announce the name of their baby girl, Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, announce the birth of a baby girl but have not yet revealed her name 2014 Event Former Haitian leader Jean Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier dies of a heart attack at age 63; known for an oppressive regime, he fled the country in 1986 but returned in 2011, pleading not guilty to charges of corruption and human rights violations Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, announce that they are expecting their second child; baby Prince George celebrated his first birthday two months ago The Washington, D.C. zoo is holding a Chinese first-birthday ceremony for celebrity giant panda baby Bao Bao; the cub will be sent to China when she turns 4 2013 Event Paleontologist Philip Currie reveals the fully-intact baby Chasmosaurus dinosaur fossil he excavated at Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park; the 72 million-year-old dinosaur is about 1.5 meters long and estimated to have been three years old when it died 2011 Event UK Researchers report a study showing that the use of drugs during vitro fertilization may increase the risk of Down syndrome for their baby 1998 Death Dr. Benjamin Spock, pediatrician/writer, Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, dies at 94 1998 Event Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby, sentenced to 7 years 1997 Event Melissa Drexler, 18, charged with killing her baby during her prom 1996 Birthday Matthew Eappen, born in Boston, Massachusetts, baby murdered by nanny Louise Woodward 1995 Death Louis Malle, film director (Pretty Baby), dies at 63 1995 Event Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years 1994 Death Anna Hauptmann, wife of Lindbergh baby kidnapper Bruno, dies at 95 1994 Birthday Ricardo Dela Corte, Italy, test tube baby born to oldest, 62, mother 1993 Death Divya Bharati, "Baby Doll" Indies actress (Diwana), dies in car at 19 1992 Birthday Adam Robert Worton, Newark DE, twin actor, Baby's Day Out Jacob Joseph Worton, Newark DE, twin actor, Baby's Day Out Tyler Davison, was world's smallest baby at 6 inches, 11 ounces 1991 Death Ralph Bellamy, actor (Rosemary's Baby, His Girl Friday), dies at 87 Frances Faye, singer and actress (Pretty Baby), dies after strokes 1991 Event News anchor Bree Walker Lampley files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFI-AM personally attacked her by discuss her having a disformed baby Dottie West, country singer (Here Comes my Baby), dies at 58 in a car Carol Gillies, actress (Back Home, Baby Boom), dies at 50 1990 Death Keith Haring, artist/cartoonist (brilliant baby), dies of AIDs at 31 1989 Death Mary Treen, actress (Career, Rock-a-bye Baby), dies at 71 John Cassavetes, U.S. actor (Rosemary's Baby)/director, dies at 59 1989 Birthday Baby lion-tailed macaques, at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle 1988 Event Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl 1988 Birthday Beatrice E M, Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl Jordy, born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, French singer, guitarist, achieved Guinness Book of World Records as youngest singer with number one chart-topping hit, 'Dur dur d'etre bebe!', or, 'It's Tough to be a Baby', founded, tours, records with Jordy and the Dixies 1987 Death Jimmy Holiday, U.S. singer (Baby I Love You), dies at 42 1987 Event Surrogate Baby M case begins in Hackensack, New Jersey 1986 Event Mary Beth Whitehead christens surrogate Baby M, Sara 1986 Birthday Melissa Stern, Baby M]/[Sara Whitehead, surrogate baby Jessica McClure, baby trapped in Texas well in 1988 1984 Death Baby Fae, who received a baboon's heart, dies at 3 weeks 1984 Event "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days Baboon heart transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl "Baby" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 241 performances 1983 Event "Baby" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 241 performances David Shire and R Maltby Jr's musical "Baby," premieres in New York City Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death in Roanoke, Virginia 1983 Death Dick Emery, actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love), dies at 65 1982 Event Prince Chuck and Lady Di name their baby "William" 1981 Birthday Elizabeth Jordan Carr, 1st American test tube baby Britney Spears, born in McComb, Mississippi, singer, songwriter, dancer, entertainer, number one Billboard Hot 100 hit 'Baby One More Time' 1980 Death Ray Walker, actor (Baby Take a Bow), dies 1979 Event Wings release "Getting Closer" and "Baby's Request" 1979 Death George Brent, actor (Baby Face, Dark Victory, 42nd St), dies at 75 1978 Birthday Louise Joy Brown, born in Oldham, England, world's 1st "test tube baby" 1976 Event Ringo releases "Hey Baby" single 1976 Birthday Emma Bunton, born in Barnet, England, singer, songwriter, member of Spice Girls girl band, which sold over 35 million albums, nicknamed, 'Baby Spice' 1975 Birthday Andre Gower, actor, Baby Makes 5, Fathers and Sons, Mr. President 1972 Birthday Brigitta Boccoli, Milan, Italy, actress, Manhattan Baby Christian Oliver, actor in Baby Sitters Club, Brian-Saved by the Bell 1970 Death Baby Huey, James Ramey, vocalist (Baby Huey and Babysitters), dies 1968 Birthday Vanilla Ice, Robert Van Winkle, rapper, Ice Ice Baby 1968 Event Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon's baby 22nd Tony Awards: Rosencranz and Guilderstern and Hallelujah Baby! win "Hallelujah, Baby!" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 293 performances 1967 Birthday Vanilla Ice, rap singer, Ice Ice Baby, actor, Cool as Ice 1967 Event "Hallelujah, Baby!" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 293 performances 1966 Birthday Stacy Lattisaw, Washington D.C., disco singer, Million Dollar Baby Bai Ling, born in Chengdu, China, American actress, appeared in films, 'The Crow', 'The Beautiful Country', 'Shanghai Baby' 1965 Birthday Cindy Lee Berryhill, U.S. singer and songwriter, Baby 1964 Event Supremes release "Baby Love" 1963 Event Tony Sheridan and Beat Brothers record "What'd I Say" and "Ruby Baby" 1962 Event Beatles, with Pete Best, TV debut (perform "Dream Baby" on BBC) 1961 Event Beatles record "If You Love Me Baby" 1961 Birthday Mary Page Keller, actress in Duet, Scared Stiff, Baby Talk 1960 Birthday Amy Grant, Augusta Georgia, gospel/rock singer, 'Glory of Love', 'Baby Baby' 1959 Birthday Nick Cassavetes, actor, Rosemary's Baby, Quiet Cool 1959 Death Gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies 1958 Birthday Kevin Bacon, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actor, Diner, Footloose, She's Having a Baby 1957 Birthday Margaret Colin, actress, Independence Day, Three Men and a Baby 1956 Event Douglas Moore/John Latouche' opera "Ballad of Baby Doe," premieres 1952 Birthday Elayne Boosler, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedienne, Broadway Baby, Party of One Joey Ramone, Jeffrey Hyman, rock drummer, Ramones - Baby I Love You 1951 Death Fanny Brice, Zeigfield Girl (Baby Snooks Show), dies at 59 1951 Birthday Russell Thompkins, Jr., U.S. soul singer, Stylistics-Sing Baby Sing 1950 Birthday Julia Duffy, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, actress, Stephanie-Newhart, Baby Talk 1949 Birthday Keith Carradine, San Mateo California, actor, Young Guns, Pretty Baby 1948 Birthday Donna Summer, Boston, singer, Love to Love You Baby, On the Radio Raffi, children's singer, Baby Beluga 1947 Birthday Ted Danson, born in San Diego California, actor, Sam Malone-Cheers, 3 Men and a Baby Nedra Telley, New York City, vocalist, Ronettes-Be My Little Baby Jane Elliot, New York City, actress, Baby Boom, General Hospital, Knots Landing 1946 Birthday Demond Wilson, Valdosta Georgia, actor, Sanford and Son, Baby I'm Back 1946 Event Dr. Ben Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" published "Billion Dollar Baby" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 219 performances Robbie Kreiger, born in Los Angeles, California, guitarist, Doors-Come on Baby Light My Fire 1945 Event "Billion Dollar Baby" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 219 performances Gould/Comden/Green's "Billion Dollar Baby," premieres in New York City 1944 Birthday George McCrae, U.S. singer, Lead Me On, Rock Your Baby Estelle Bennett, born in New York City, vocalist, Ronettes-Be My Baby Denise Nicholas, born in Detroit, Michigan, actress, Room 222, Baby I'm Back Carolyn Franklin, U.S. singer and songwriter, Baby Baby Baby, Angel 1943 Birthday Ronnie Spector, born in New York City, New York, singer, 'Be My Little Baby' 1943 Death Frieda Reiss, French 11 month old baby, murdered in Auschwitz 1942 Birthday Mel McDaniel, born in Checotah, Oklahoma, singer, Baby's got her Blue Jeans On Anjanette Comer, born in Dawson, Texas, actress, Baby, Lepke Barbara Lynn, born in Beaumont, Texas, American guitarist, singer, rhythm and blues, toured with soul music greats like Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, recorded the song Oh Baby (We've Got A Good Thing Goin') with The Rolling Stones Stephen Hawking, English physicist, Black Holes and Baby Universes 1941 Birthday Lonnie Mack, born in Aurora, Indiana, rocker, Baby What's Wrong 1940 Birthday Bruce Channel, born in Jacksonville, Bruce McMeans, Texas, singer, rocker, known for hit song, 'Hey! Baby', rock and roll, pop music, recorded with Smash Records, Mercury Records Clem Curtis, born in Trinidad, singer, lead vocalist for The Foundations, a British soul group, including hits, 'Baby Now That I've Found You', 'Back On My Feet Again', 'Any Old Time' Justine "Baby" Washington, U.S. singer, Only Those in Love Dick Vitale, U.S., sportscaster, ESPN, ABC "Oh Baby!" 1938 Birthday Marion Chapman, smallest known premature baby to survive, 280 g 1936 Birthday Keith Barron, born in Mexborough, England, actor, At Earth's Core, Baby Love 1936 Death Bruno Hauptmann, convicted Lindbergh baby killer, executed 1935 Event 1st premature baby health law in U.S. (Chicago) Bruno Hauptmann trial begins for kidnap and murder of Lindbergh baby 1934 Death "Baby Face" Nelson, Lester Gillis, gangster, shot by FBI at 26 Herman Hollis, FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson Sam Cowley, FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson 1934 Event Bruno Hauptmann arrested for kidnapping Lindbergh baby 1934 Birthday Johnny Carter, U.S. singer, Give your baby a standing ovation 1933 Birthday Garrett "Garnet" Mimms, U.S. singer, Enchanters-Cry Baby Roman Polanski, born in Paris, France, director, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown Roman Polanski, Poland, director, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Pirates 1932 Birthday Dottie West, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Here Comes My Baby 1932 Death Lindbergh baby, found dead 1931 Birthday Toni Morrison, born in Ohio, novelist, Tar Baby, Beloved, Song of Solomon 1930 Birthday Cathryn Damon, born in Seattle, Washington actress, Mary-Soap, She's Having a Baby Polly Bergen, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, actress, Rhoda-Winds of War, Baby Talk 1929 Birthday John Cassavetes, New York City, actor, Dirty Dozen, Rosemary's Baby Ira Levin, author, Rosemary Baby, Boys From Brazil, This Perfect Day 1926 Birthday Oscar Brown, Jr., U.S. songwriter, Brown Baby, Forbidden Fruit 1924 Event Judy Garland, 2, billed as Baby Frances, show business debut 1923 Birthday Pat Hingle, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Baby Boom, Norma Rae, Bloody Mama 1922 Event St. Louis Brown "Baby Doll" Jacobson hits 3 triples beating Tigers 16-0 1920 Event 1 Acre Park also known as Baby Park in the Bronx renamed Melrose Park 1917 Birthday Dick Emery, born in London, England, actor, Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love 1915 Birthday Lona Andre, actress, Case of Baby Sitter 1914 Death Felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks 1912 Event 1st unofficial gold record (Al Jolson's "Ragging The Baby To Sleep") 1910 Birthday Patsy Kelly, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Rosemary's Baby, North Ave Irregulars 1903 Birthday Benjamin Spock, CT, pediatrician, Common Sense Book of Baby Care 1900 Birthday Salvatore Baccaloni, born in Rome, actor, Merry Andrew, Rock-a-Bye Baby Mildred Dunnock, Balt, actress, Baby Doll, Nun's Story 1896 Birthday Ruth Gordon, Massachusetts, actress, Rosemary's Baby, Harold and Maude 1891 Birthday Fanny Brice, born in New York City, singing comedienne, Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks 1888 Event Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby place in an incubator
