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2002 Barbara Rowell, photographer, National Geographic, dies at 54

2002 Barbara Castle, British Politician

2002 Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, American Writer

2001 Barbara Olson, "political commentator, writer", Politically Incorrect, dies at 45 - a 9/11 terrorist murder

2000 Barbara Cartland, romance writer, dies at 98

1996 Barbara McLean, film Editor, dies at 86

1996 Barbara Lewis, British obituarist, dies at 55

1996 Barbara Skelton, writer, dies at 79

1996 Barbara Charline Jordan, politician, dies at 59

1995 Margaret Barbara Lambert, British historian (Saar), dies at 88

1994 Joan Barbara Grigor, artist, dies at 50

1994 Barbara Hammer Avedon, scriptwriter, dies at 69

1993 Tennis star Boris Becker (26) weds Barbara Feltus (27)

1993 California state senator Tom Hayden (54) weds actress Barbara Williams (40)

1993 Soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV

1992 Barbara McClintock, U.S., geneticist (Nobel 1983), dies at 90

1992 Barbara Morgan, photographer (Martha Graham), dies at 92

1992 Actress Barbara Hershey weds artist Stephen Douglas

1992 Barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure at 84

1992 Barbara Couper, British actress (Last Days of Dolwyn), dies at 89

1991 "Barbara DeAngelis Show" premieres on CBS-TV

1990 "Millie's Book" written by 1st Lady Barbara Bush for president's dog is a best-selling non-fiction book

1990 Barbara Baxley, actress (Norma Rae), dies at 63 of a heart attack

1990 Barbara Ann Miller, dies

1990 Barbara Stanwyck, [Ruby Stevens], actress (Big Valley), dies at 82

1989 Barbara Harris becomes 1st female bishop of a U.S. Episcopal church

1989 Barbara Clementine Harris consecrated 1st female bishop (Episcopalian)

1989 Barbara Tuchman, historian (Guns of August-Pulitzer), dies at 77

1988 Robin Givens and Mike Tyson appear on Barbara Walter's Show

1988 Barbara C Harris of Massachusetts, elected 1st woman Episcopal bishop

1988 Barbara Woodhouse, dog trainer, dies at 78 of a stroke

1988 In Santa Barbara, California, a team of 32 divers begin cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hours 20 mins

1987 "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." closes at Ambassador New York City after 13 performances

1987 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Santa Barbara Golf Open

1987 "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." opens at Ambassador New York City for 13 performances

1986 Barbara Palacios Teyde, 22, of Venezuela, crowned 35th Miss Universe

1985 Barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema

1984 Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident

1984 Soap Opera "Santa Barbara" premieres on NBC TV

1982 16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell

1982 17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Barbara Mandrell

1982 Agatha Barbara elected as 1st female president of Malta

1981 Barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be

1981 16th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell and George Jones

1981 Beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach [Goldbach]

1981 Barbara Sonntag, Colo, crochets record 147 stitches/min for 1/2 hour

1980 32nd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Lou Grant, Ed Asner and Barbara Bel Geddes

1980 Barbara Loden, actress (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at 48

1980 Barbara O'Neil, actress (Tower of London, Stella Dallas)

1980 Ringo and Barbara Bach are involved in a car crash

1980 15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins

1980 Barbara Barrow wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic

1980 Aaron Metchnik, born in Santa Barbara California, actor, Stephen-Torkelsons

1980 Barbara Britton, actress (Pamela-Mr and Mrs. North), dies at 59

1980 54th Australian Womens Tennis: Barbara Jordan beats S Walsh (63 63)

1979 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers and Barbara Mandrell

1979 Barbara Mullen, actress (Talk of a Million), dies at 64

1976 Barbara Nichols, actress (Pajama Game, Loved One), dies at 46

1976 Sybil Thorndike, actress (Melba, Major Barbara), dies at 93

1976 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor

1976 Barbara Schett, born in Innsbruck, Austria, tennis star

1975 Barbara Brown,

1975 Barbara Hepworth, sculptor, dies

1975 Dame Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor, dies in fire at 72

1974 Barbara Jo Allen, actress (Girl Rush, Melody Ranch), dies at 66

1974 Vera Vague, [Barbara Jo Allen], actr (Follow the Leader), dies at 70

1974 Barbara Mulej, Kranj Slovenia, tennis star, 1992 Futures Germ

1974 Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of Today Show

1974 Barbara Ruick, actress (Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at 43

1974 Barbara Ruick, actress and singer (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 41

1973 Barbara Rittner, Krefeld German FR, tennis star, 1992 Schenectady

1971 Barbara Failey-Herbert, South Africa, golfer, 1989 winner SA Champ

1970 Victoria Fuller, born in Santa Barbara, California, playmate, Jan, 1996

1970 Barbara Paulus, born in Vienna, Austria, tennis star

1969 KAPN-AM in Santa Barbara, California changes call letters to KDB-AM

1969 KDB-AM in Santa Barbara, California changes call letters to KAPN

1969 Barbara Pepper, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57

1969 Lori Hallier, Victoria BC Canada, actress, Shannon-Santa Barbara

1969 Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43

1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win at Aqueduct

1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at a major U.S. track

1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win in North America

1968 Suzy Cote, born in Santa Barbara, California, actress, Samantha-Guiding Light

1968 Barbara Ann Moore, Spokane, Washington, playmate, Dec, 1992

1968 Paula Irvine, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Lily Blake-Santa Barbara

1968 Brent Geiberger, Santa Barbara, California, Nike golfer, 1994 Queen Mary-2nd

1968 20th Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Mission Impossible and Barbara Bain

1968 Barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at 77

1967 Brett Winslow, born in Santa Barbara, California, volleyball middle blocker 1996 Olympics

1967 Barbara Anne Kendall, Auckland NZ, mistral yachter, Oly-g/s-92, 96

1967 Barbara Payton, actress (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde), dies at 39

1967 Timothy Gibbs, born in Burbank, California, actor, Father Murphy, Santa Barbara

1967 Barbara Garson's "MacBird," premieres in New York City

1967 Barbara Byrne, Princeton, New Jersey, rower 1996 Olympics

1967 Carrington Garland, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Kelly Capwell-Santa Barbara

1966 Joseph Barbara, New Symrna, Florida, actor, Joe Carlino-Another World

1966 Barbara Jordan, U.S. softball outfielder, 1996 Olympics gold

1966 Robin Wright Penn, born in Dallas, Texas, actress, Santa Barbara, Princess Bride

1966 Tamlyn Tomita, Okinawa, actress, Karate Kid 2, Ming Li-Santa Barbara

1966 Rawley Valberde, Oceanside California, actor, Amado-Santa Barbara

1965 Michael Brainard, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Ted-Santa Barbara

1965 Barbara Lufthansa Herzog, born during Lufthansa Frankfurt-NY flight

1965 Stacy Edwards, Glasgow, Montana, actress, Santa Barbara

1965 Barbara Belding, San Diego Cal, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-17th-1994

1964 Barbara Chiu, born in Canton, China, Canada table tennis player, Oly-33-92, 96

1964 Sam Randolph, born in Santa Barbara, California, Nike golfer, 1993 New England-2nd

1964 Maria Ellingsen, Reykjavik Iceland, actress, Katrina-Santa Barbara

1963 Barbara Palacios, Carcas Venz, Miss Universe, 1986

1963 Barbara Weathers, vocalist, Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover

1963 Todd McKee, actor, Ted-Santa Barbara, Bold and Beautiful

1963 Barbara Romack wins LPGA Rock City Ladies Golf Open

1963 Pulitzer prize awarded to Barbara Tuchman (Guns of August)

1962 Barbara Crampton, Levittown, New York, actr, Body Double, Young and Restless

1962 Anthony Edwards, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, It Takes Two, Dr. Greene-ER

1962 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles

1962 James F Doehring, born in Santa Barbara, California, shot putter, Olympics-silver-1992

1962 Anthony Edwards, Santa Barbara, actor, Mike Monroe-Northern Exposure

1961 Heather Hafner, born in Santa Barbara, California, WPVA volleyballer, National-7th-90

1961 Marcy Walker, Paducah, Kentucky, actress, Liza-All My Child, Santa Barbara

1961 Barbara Potter, Connecticut, tennis player, changed shirt on Wimbledon Court

1961 13rd Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr and Barbara Stanwyck

1960 Miranda Wilson, Nebraska, actress, Sandra-Santa Barbara

1960 Barbara Romack wins LPGA Leesburg Pro-Am Golf Tournament

1960 Barbara Bierman, born in Miami, Florida, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-13th-1994

1960 Dr. Barbara Moore completes a 3,207 mile walk from Los Angeles to New York City

1960 Barbara Edwards, born in Albuqueque, New Mexico, playmate of year, Sept, 1983, actress

1959 Vincent Irizarry, Queens, New York, actor, Guiding Light, Santa Barbara

1958 Barbara MacDonald, rocker, Timbuk 3

1958 Nancy Lee Grahn, actress, Santa Barbara

1958 Brad Hall, born in Santa Barbara, California, comedian, SNL

1958 Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Barbara Wagner/Rob Paul of CAN

1957 Kimberly Herrin, born in Santa Barbara, California, playmate, March, 1981

1957 Jesse Orosco, born in Santa Barbara, California, pitcher, New York Mets, Orioles, Dodgers

1957 Kristen Meadows, actress, Santa Barbara

1956 Michael S Brainard, Louisiana, actor, Joey-All My Children, Santa Barbara

1956 Richard Eden, actor, Brick-Santa Barbara, Solar Crisis, Robocop

1955 Sam Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Prime Risk, Savages

1955 Barbara Barrow, LPGA golfer

1955 Barbara Kingsolver, American Novelist

1954 Clayton Norcross, actor, Bold and Beautiful, Colbys, Santa Barbara

1954 Joseph Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Surfacing, Blind Date

1954 Barbara Roche, MP

1953 John Callahan, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Craig-Santa Barbara, Falcon Crest

1953 KEYT TV channel 3 in Santa Barbara, California (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Barbara Moxness, LPGA golfer

1952 Barbara Loomis, rocker, BT Express

1952 Judith McConnell, actress, Sophia Capwell-Santa Barbara

1952 Ronn Moss, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Ridge-Bold and Beautiful, Santa Barbara

1951 Franchot Tone wed Barbara Payton

1951 Timothy Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Paper Chase, East of Eden

1951 Barbara DeAngelis, talk show hostess, Barbara DeAngelis Show

1951 Barbara Ann Cochran, Claremont NH, slalom skier, Olympics gold 1972

1950 Lane Davies, actor, Mason-Santa Barbara, Impure Thoughts

1950 Barbara Sukowa, Germany, actress, Zentropia, Sicilian, Voyager, Lola

1949 Timothy Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Adam-East of Eden

1949 Barbara Bach, [Goldbach], Queens, New York, actress, Spy Who Loved Me

1948 Barbara Mandrell, born in Houston, Texas, singer/TV host, Mandrell Sisters

1948 Barbara Dickson, singer

1948 Barbara Hershey, [Herzstein], Atlanta, Stuntman, Shy People

1947 A Martinez, born in Glendale California, actor, Whiz Kids, LA Law, Santa Barbara

1947 Barbara Mason, U.S. singer, Yes, I'm Ready

1947 Barbara Ann Ferrell Edmondson, born in Mississippi, 4x100m runner, 1968 Olympics gold

1947 Joan La Barbara, composer

1947 Barbara Lee, U.S. singer, Chiffons, He's So Fine

1947 Barbara Rhodes, born in Poughkeepsie, New York, actress, Don't Just Stand There

1946 Barbara Carrera, Managua Nicaragua, actress, Angelica-Dallas

1946 Barbara Leigh, Ringgold, Georgia, actress, Vampirella

1946 Sian Barbara Allen, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, actress, Scream Pretty Peggy

1946 Barbara Benary, composer

1946 Barbara Cubin, American Politician

1945 Barbara Anderson, Brooklyn, actress, Eve-Ironside, Mission Impossible

1945 Barbara Harris, U.S. singer, Toys-A Lover's Concerto

1945 Future president George Bush marries Barbara Pierce in Rye NY

1944 Barbara Parritt, U.S. soul singer, Toys-Lover's Concerto

1944 Barbara Thompson, jazz musician/composer/bandleader

1944 Joan Barbara Grigor, artist

1944 Barbara Moore, Wardell, Missouri, actress, Lisa Rogers-Man From UNCLE

1943 Barbara Bouchet, born in Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia, actress, Casino Royale

1943 Edie Sedgwick, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Ciao Manhattan

1943 Barbara Acklin, [Allen], Chicago, R&B singer, Love Makes a Woman

1943 Barbara Lewis, U.S. vocalist, Hello Stranger

1943 John Beck, Chic, actor, Mark-Dallas, Flamingo Road, Santa Barbara

1942 Barbara Ferris, born in London, England, actress, Nice Girl Like Me

1942 Barbara Parkins, Vancouver BC, actress, Betty-Peyton Place, Asylum

1942 Barbara Lynn, rocker

1942 Barbara Lynn Alexander, producer

1941 Barbara Ehrenreich, American Writer

1941 Barbara Love, rocker

1941 Barbara Frischmuth, writer

1941 Barbara Barendrecht, [BHM Wurfbain], actress, Dirty Picture

1940 Barbara Boxer, Rep-D-CA, 1983-92/Sen-D-CA, 1993-

1940 Barbara Allbut, Orange, New Jersey, rock vocalist, Angels

1940 Barbara Mills, QC, British Director of Public Prosecutions

1940 Christopher Bernau, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Guiding Light

1940 Barbara Kelly, CEO, Scottish Consumer Council

1940 Barbara Laine Ellis, singer

1940 Barbara Buczek, composer

1940 Barbara Amiel, British Journalist

1939 Barbara Bosson, Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, actr, Fay-Hill St. Blues, Hooperman

1939 Barbara Feldon, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actress, Agent 99-Get Smart

1939 Barbara Luna, born in New York City, actress, 5 Weeks in a Balloon, Gentle Savage

1939 Barbara Ellis, Olympia, Washington, rocker, Fleetwoods

1939 Barbara Kolb, Hartford, Connecticut, composer, Trobar Jus

1937 Barbara Windsor, actress, Study in Terror

1937 Barbara Ann Loden, actress, Ernie Kovac's Show

1937 Barbara Pearl Jones, born in Chicago, Illinois, 4X100m relayer, Olympics gold 1952, 1960

1937 Jed Allan, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Days of our Lives, CC-Santa Barbara

1937 Barbara Babcock, born in Pasadena, California, actr, Dr. Quinn, Dallas, Hill St. Blues

1936 Barbara Mikulski, Rep-D-MD, 1977-86/Sen-D-MD, 1986-

1936 Barbara B Kennelly, Rep-D-Connecticut, 1982-

1936 Barbara Jordan, born in Houston, Texas, Rep-D-Tx, 1972-78

1936 Barbara Hanley became Canada's 1st woman mayor (Webbwood, Ontario)

1935 Barbara J Jacket, U.S. athletic coach, Olympics 1972

1935 Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Bath England, actress, Search for the Nile

1935 Barbara Brilliant, TV host/producer

1935 Barbara Harris, [Sandra Mankwitz], actress, Plaza Suite, Family Plot

1934 Victor French, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Highway to Heaven

1934 Barbara Howar, Nashville, reporter, Washington Post, Entertainment Tonight

1934 Barbara Eden, [Huffman], born in Tucson, Arizona, actress, Dream of Jeannie

1934 Barbara McNair, born in Racine, Wisconsin, singer and actress, Barbara McNair Show

1933 Barbara Carson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Comedy Tonight, Carter Country

1933 Barbara Taylor Bradford, author

1933 Barbara Taylor Bradford, English Novelist

1933 Joseph Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Blind Date, Braker

1932 Barbara Romack, LPGA golfer

1931 Barbara Steele, England, actress, Castle of Blood, Dark Shadows

1931 Barbara Walters, born in Boston, Massachusetts, newscaster, Today, 20/20, ABC-TV

1931 Barbara Bain, Chic, actress, Cinnamon-Mission Impossible, Space 1999

1931 Barbara Barrie, Chicago, actress, Breaking Away, Barney Miller

1930 Barbara Ruick, born in Pasadena, California, actress, Apache War Smoke, Tu Para Mi

1930 Cherry Barbara Grimm, [Lockett], NZ, sci-fi author, Nearest Fire

1930 Barbara Harris, 1st U.S. Episcopal female bishop

1930 Barbara Goldsmith, New Rochelle, author, Little Gloria Happy At Last

1930 Barbara Lawrence, Carnegie, Oklahoma, actress, Joe Dakota

1929 Barbara Nichols, Jamaica, New York, actress, Dear Heart, Disorderly Orderly

1929 Sid Kroft, born in Athens, Greece, puppeteer, Barbara Mandrell Show

1929 KDB-AM in Santa Barbara, California begins radio transmissions

1928 Barbara Ann Scott, Ottawa, Ontario, figure skater 1948 Olympics gold

1927 Barbara Payton, Cloquet, Minnesota, actress, Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde

1927 Barbara Cook, born in Atlanta, Georgia, stage singer and actress, Music Man

1927 Barbara Rush, born in Denver, Colorado, actress, Marsha-Peyton Place, Flamingo Road

1927 Barbara Baxley, Stockton California, actress, Norma Rae, Countdown

1926 Barbara Jefford, actress, Saint, Reunion, Ulysses

1926 Barbara Tizzard, British educator

1925 Barbara Bates, born in Denver, Colorado, actress, Kathy-It's a Great Life

1925 Barbara Hammer Avedon, scriptwriter

1925 Barbara Bush, Rye, New York, 1st lady, 1989-93

1922 Barbara Billingsley, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, June-Leave it to Beaver

1922 Barbara Bel Geddes, New York City, actress, Vertigo, Miss Ellie-Dallas, Caught

1921 Barbara F Vucanovich, Rep-R-NV, 1983-

1921 Barbara Hale, born in Dekalb, Illinois, actress, Della Street-Perry Mason

1921 Barbara Hale, actress, Della Street-Perry Mason

1919 Barbara Britton, born in Long Beach, California, actress, Young and Willing

1916 Barbara Skelton, writer

1914 Barbara Mullen, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Thunder Rock, Innocent Sinners

1914 Barbara Ward, economist/writer, Only One Earth

1913 Barbara Pym, romantic author, Very Private Eye

1912 Barbara Hutton, heiress, Woolworth

1912 Wendy Hiller, England, actress, Major Barbara, David Copperfield

1912 Barbara Pepper, New York City, actress, Doris Ziffel-Green Acres, Rogue Tavern

1912 Barbara Tuchman, U.S., historian/author, Pulitzer, Guns of August

1912 Barbara Pentland, Winnipeg Canada, composer

1910 Barbara Woodhouse, dog training expert

1910 Barbara Castle, British Politician

1908 Barbara Jo Allen, New York City, actress, Ice Capades Revue, Rosie the Riveter

1907 Barbara Morrison, Weston-Super-Mare England, actress, Project Moonbase

1907 Barbara Stanwyck, born in Brooklyn, actress, Dynasty II, Big Valley, Thorn Birds

1906 Margaret Barbara Lambert, British historian, Saar

1905 George Bernard Shaws "Major Barbara," premieres in London

1904 Vera Vague, [Barbara Jo Allen], New York City, actress, Follow the Leader

1903 Barbara Moore, doctor, walked across U.S. in 86 days in 1960

1903 Barbara Hepworth, English abstract sculptor/actress, Rescued by Rover

1902 Barbara Giuranna, composer

1902 Barbara McClintock, U.S., cytogeneticist, Jumping Genes, Nobel 1983

1901 Barbara Cartland, romance author, Camfield #69

1900 Barbara Gooden, novelist

1897 Barbara baroness Wootton of Abinger, English Lower house leader

1897 Pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress, Madame Bovary

1894 Pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupiec], Polish/US actress, Madame Dubarry

1890 Barbara Everest, born in London, England, actress, Fatal Witness, Inquest

1884 Romulo Gallegos, Venezuela, novelist, Dona Barbara, /President, 1947-48

1824 Barbara Krudener, mystic visionary who renounced nobility, dies at 60

1804 Barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in U.S., dies

1764 Barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility

1619 Barbara Strozzi, composer

1597 Barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67



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