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1999 Betty Lou Gerson, voice, 101 Dalmations, dies at 84

1998 Adelaide Hawley Cumming, Betty Crocker, dies at 93

1998 Betty Carter, American Musician

1998 Mae Questel, actress, voice of Betty Boop, dies at 89

1997 Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, suffering from burns, dies at 63

1997 Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set afire by 12 year old grandson

1996 Betty Phyllis Gathergood, curator, dies at 80

1996 After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin

1995 Betty Davis, British dance teacher of Dame Margot Fonteyn, dies

1994 Pieter de Cort, Belgian rock guitarist (Betty Goes Green), dies at 25

1994 Doc Gooden leaves Betty Ford Center

1994 Doc Gooden admitted to Betty Ford Center

1994 Darryl Strawberry enters Betty Ford clinic

1994 Betty Furness, actress/news consumer reporter (WNBC), dies at 78

1993 David Tendlar, animator (Betty Boop), dies

1991 Betty Bowden, British dancer/actress (Vote for Nigel), dies at 86

1990 Betty Warren actress (Passport to Pimlico), dies

1986 Betty Kean, actress (Amy Tucker-Leave it to Larry), dies at 69

1985 Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center

1984 Elizabeth Taylor, undergoing rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Clinic

1982 Betty Walker, actress (Steve Lawrence Show), dies at 54

1982 24th Grammy Awards: Betty Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy wins

1980 Dee Carroll, [Betty Jean Marsh], actress (Mad Bomber, Split), dies

1979 Betty Evans Grayson, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959), dies at 53

1976 22nd LPGA Championship won by Betty Burfeindt

1975 Betty Okino, born in Uganda, U.S. gymnist 1992 Olympics

1974 1st Lady Betty Ford undergoes a radical mastectomy

1974 Betty Compson, actress (Barker, Weary River, Drag Net), dies at 77

1973 Betty Field, actress (Kings Row), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 60

1973 Betty Burfeindt wins LPGA Child and Family Service Golf Opens

1973 WPBA National Championship won by Betty Morris

1973 Betty Grable, U.S. actress (How to Marry a Millionaire), dies at 56

1972 Betty Burfeindt wins Sealy LPGA Golf Classic

1972 Betty Burfeind wins LPGA Birmingham Centennital Golf Classic

1971 Betty Bronson, actress (Naked Kiss), dies after brief illness at 64

1967 Tom Conway, actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show), dies at 62

1965 Betty Harte, entertainer, dies at 82

1964 Beatrice Dalle, Breast France, actress, Betty Blue, Sabbath

1961 Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies

1960 Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard, Apopka, Florida, country singer, Betty's Bein' Bad

1958 Betty Jameson/Mary Lena Faulk wins Homestead 4-Ball Golf Tournament

1957 "Curley" Joe Smyth, country singer, Betty's Bein' Bad

1957 Betty Dodd wins LPGA Colonial Golf Open

1956 Betty Dodd wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open

1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open

1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA White Mountain Golf Open

1955 Betty Jameson/Mary Faulk wins Virg Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament

1955 Betty Ann Davies, dies at 44

1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open

1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open

1954 Betty McCollum, American Politician

1954 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Western Golf Open

1953 Betty Wright, U.S. gospel/singer/TV hostess, Little Miss Broadway

1953 Betty Wright, rocker

1953 Betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash

1953 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open

1952 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betty Jameson Golf Tournament

1952 Betty Jameson wins LPGA World Golf Championship

1952 Jim Scholten, Midland, Michigan, country singer, Betty's Bein' Bad

1952 Betty MacKinnon and Sam Snead wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament

1950 Michael Ford, son of President Gerald and Betty Ford

1947 Betty Thomas, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Lucy Baines-Hill Street Blues

1947 Betty Buckley, born in Big Springs, Texas, actress, Abby-8 is Enough, 1776, Cats

1947 2nd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betty Jameson

1946 Jean-Jacques Beineix, director, Betty Blue, Diva

1945 Betty Burfeindt, LPGA golfer

1945 Betty Stove, born in Netherlands, tennis player, U.S. Doubles 1972

1944 Betty Kelly, Detroit, rocker, Martha Reeves and Vandellas

1944 Linda Kaye Henning, Cal, actress, Betty Joe-Petticoat Junction

1940 Betty Shabazz, educator/talk show hostess/widow, Malcolm X

1939 Betty Everett, U.S. singer, Getting Mighty Crowded

1938 Betty Cuthbert, Australia 100m/200m/400m dash, Olympics gold 1956, 64

1937 Betty Carver, wife of Bernard Montgomery, buried

1937 Betty Carver, wife of English fieldmarshal Bernard Montgomery, dies

1936 Betty Rollin, actress, Crossing Delancey, /author, Last Wish

1932 "Betty and Bob" premieres on radio

1931 Betty Johnson, born in Guilford County, North Carolina, singer, Jack Paar Show, I Dreamed

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

1930 Betty Boop debuts in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes

1930 Betty Boop, animation

1930 Betty Carter, American Musician

1930 Betty Clooney, born in Maysville, Kentucky, singer, Jack Paar Show

1929 Betty Dodson, American Educator

1928 Betty Callaway, figure skating trainer

1927 41st U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Betty Nuthall (61 64)

1927 Major Bernard Montgomery (29) marries widow Betty Carver

1925 Betty Evans Grayson, born in Portland, Oregon, softball pitcher, Hall of Fame 1959

1924 Betty Driver, actress, Coronation St, Pardon the Expression

1923 Betty Page, born in Kingsport, Tennessee, playmate, Jan, 1955, /model, Dark Angel

1922 Betty White, Oak Park, actress, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls

1921 Betty Ford, 1st lady, 1975-76, and namesake for Betty Ford Clinic

1921 Betty Hutton, born in Battle Creek, Michigan, actress, Greatest Show on Earth

1921 Betty Friedan, born in Peoria, Illinois, feminist writer, Feminine Mystique

1920 Betty Hicks, LPGA golfer

1920 Betty Driver, actress, Penny Paradise

1919 Betty Garrett, St. Joseph, Missouri, actress, Irene-All in the Family

1919 Betty Jameson, Norman, Oklahoma, LPGA golfer, 1947 U.S. Women's Open

1919 Betty Comden, Brooklyn, song writer, Comden and Green-Bells are Ringing

1916 Betty Grable, St. Louis, great legs/actress, Gay Divorcee

1916 Betty Furness, actress, journalist/consumer advisor, NYC, WNBC

1916 Harry James, born in Albany, Georgia, trumpeter, married to Betty Grable

1916 Betty Phyllis Gathergood, curator

1916 Betty Furness, New York City, actress/consumer activist, Studio 1

1913 Betty Field, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Kings Row, Bus Stop

1911 Elizabeth "Betty" Robinson, U.S. 100m sprinter 1928 Olympics gold

1910 Betty Ann Davies, born in London, England, actress, Tough Guy

1909 Betty Askwith, author

1908 Betty MacDonald, [Anne E Campbell Bard], U.S. writer, Egg and I

1907 Eleanor L "Betty" Compton, U.S. actress, Here Comes Trouble

1906 Betty Smith, novelist, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1906 Betty Bronson, Trenton, New Jersey, actress, Evel Knievel, One Stolen Night

1905 Betty Garde, Philadelphia, actress, Aggie-Real McCoys

1904 Tom Conway, Russia, actor, Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show

1897 Betty Compson, Beaver, Utah, actress, Millionaire Kid, Mad Youth

1897 Betty Compson, actress, Big City, Docks Of New York

1894 Betty Paoli, writer, dies



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