1997 Death Edith Fore, pitchwoman, I've fallen and I can't get up!, dies at 81 1997 Death Edith Haisman, the oldest survivor of Titanic, dies at 100 1996 Death Edith Tilton Penrose, economist, dies at 81 1996 Death Edith Fowke, folklorist, dies at 82 1995 Death Edith Pargeter, author (Brother Cadfael), dies of a stroke at 82 1994 Death Edith Porada, art historian/archaeologist, dies at 81 1992 Death Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist, dies at 42 1992 Event Edith Cresson, France's 1st female premier, resigns 1991 Event Edith Cresson becomes France's 1st female premier 1987 Event Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun 1987 Death Edith S. Green, Representative-D-Oregon, dies at 77 1986 Death Edith Atwater, actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop), dies at 74 1984 Death Edith Massey, actress (Polyester, Pink Flamingos), dies at 66 1982 Death Edith Heerdegen, dies at 69 1982 Death Edith Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand detective writer/producer, dies at 82 1979 Death Edith Craig, actress (Harmony Lane, Smashing Rackets), dies at 71 1977 Death Edith Barrett, actress (Molly and Me, Ghost Ship), dies at 64 1976 Death Edith Evans, actress (Tom Jones, Scrooge, Chalk Garden), dies at 88 1971 Death Edith Day, actress (Romance of Air), dies at 75 1964 Death Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77 1964 Death Edith Sitwell, British Poet 1963 Death Edith Piaf, French singer (No, I don't regret anything), dies at 47 1962 Event Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st U.S. black female judge 1961 Death Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1st lady (1915-21), dies at 89 1960 Death Edith Rogers, American Politician 1960 Death Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52 1950 Event Edith Sampson named 1st black U.S. delegate to U.N. 1949 Birthday Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist 1948 Birthday Margaret [Edith] Weis, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragons of Spring Dawning 1944 Birthday Edith McGuire, U.S. 200m sprinter 1964 Olympic gold 1942 Death Edith Stein, German philosopher, dies 1940 Birthday Edith Clever, Wuppertal Germany, actress, Parsifal, L'Adolescente 1937 Death Edith Wharton, American Author 1937 Birthday Victoria Glendinning, author, Edith Sitwell A Unicorn Among Lions 1923 Birthday Edith Fellows, Boston, actress, Pennies From Heaven, City Streets 1915 Birthday Edith Piaf, E Giovanna Gassion, Paris, chanteuse, Little Sparrow 1915 Event President Wilson, widowed the year before, marries Edith Bolling Galt 1915 Event President Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Galt 1915 Death Edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II) 1915 Death Edith Cavell, American Public Servant 1914 Birthday Edith Tilton Penrose, economist 1913 Birthday Edith Mary Ellis Peters Pargeter, author 1913 Birthday Edith Heerdegen, born in Dresden, Germany, actress, Serpent's Egg, Monpti 1913 Birthday Edith Fowke, folklorist 1912 Birthday Edith Porada, art historian/archaeologist 1911 Birthday Edith Atwater, Chic, actress, Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop 1910 Birthday Edith Abbo, daughter of Mien Wenneker/Dutch Prince Henry 1910 Birthday Edith S. Green, born in Trent, South Dakota, Representative-D-Oregon 1955 - 1974 1907 Birthday Edith Head, fashion designer, MGM 1904 Birthday Anna Neagle, London England, actress, London Melody, Nurse Edith Cavell 1899 Birthday Edith Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand, Kiwi mystery writer, Black Beech and Honeydew 1896 Birthday Edith Haisman, Titanic survivor 1896 Birthday Edith Day, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1891 Birthday Edith Stein, German philosopher 1888 Event Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby place in an incubator 1887 Birthday Edith Sitwell, English poet and author, Wheels 1885 Birthday Edith Evans, born in London, England, actress, Tom Jones, David Copperfield 1881 Birthday Edith Rogers, American Politician 1876 Birthday Edith Abbott, dean, University of Chicago Social Sciences 1867 Birthday Edith Hamilton, U.S., writer, Mythology 1865 Birthday Edith Louisa Cavell, England, nurse, WW I 1865 Birthday Edith Cavell, American Public Servant 1863 Birthday Henry Constant Gabriel Pierne, Metz France, composer, Edith 1862 Birthday Edith Wharton, American Author 1861 Birthday Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt 1858 Birthday Edith Nesbit, England, children books author, Railway Children
