1995 Death Lionel Alexander Bethune Pilkington, engineer, dies at 75 1955 Death Mary McLeod Bethune, educator and civil rights leader, dies at 79 1951 Birthday Kate Nelligan, born in London, Ontario, actress, Bethune, Eye of the Needle 1946 Birthday Zina Bethune, New York City, actress, Nurses, Who's That Knocking at My Door 1920 Birthday Denver Pyle, Bethune, Colorado, actor, Dukes of Hazzard, Tammy, Doris Day 1920 Birthday Lionel Alexander Bethune [Alastair] Pilkington, engineer/Industrialist 1904 Event Mary McLeod Bethune opens Daytona Normal and Industrial School 1890 Birthday Norman Bethune, Canada, Doctor in Spain and China 1875 Birthday Mary McLeod Bethune, South Carolina, slave/educator, Bethune-Cookman College 1856 Birthday Louise Blanchard Bethune, 1st U.S. woman architect 1849 Birthday "Blind" Tom Bethune, pianist/composer 1641 Death Maximilien de Bethune duke of Sully, Prime Minister of France, dies at 81 1560 Birthday Maximilien de Bethune, duke of Sully/baron of Rosny/Prime Minister of France 1322 Death Robrecht III, of Bethune, Count of Flanders, dies
