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1997 Edith Fore, pitchwoman, I've fallen and I can't get up!, dies at 81

1997 Edith Haisman, the oldest survivor of Titanic, dies at 100

1996 Edith Tilton Penrose, economist, dies at 81

1996 Edith Fowke, folklorist, dies at 82

1995 Edith Pargeter, author (Brother Cadfael), dies of a stroke at 82

1994 Edith Porada, art historian/archaeologist, dies at 81

1992 Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist, dies at 42

1992 Edith Cresson, France's 1st female premier, resigns

1991 Edith Cresson becomes France's 1st female premier

1987 Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun

1987 Edith S. Green, Representative-D-Oregon, dies at 77

1986 Edith Atwater, actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop), dies at 74

1984 Edith Massey, actress (Polyester, Pink Flamingos), dies at 66

1982 Edith Heerdegen, dies at 69

1982 Edith Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand detective writer/producer, dies at 82

1979 Edith Craig, actress (Harmony Lane, Smashing Rackets), dies at 71

1977 Edith Barrett, actress (Molly and Me, Ghost Ship), dies at 64

1976 Edith Evans, actress (Tom Jones, Scrooge, Chalk Garden), dies at 88

1971 Edith Day, actress (Romance of Air), dies at 75

1964 Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77

1964 Edith Sitwell, British Poet

1963 Edith Piaf, French singer (No, I don't regret anything), dies at 47

1962 Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st U.S. black female judge

1961 Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1st lady (1915-21), dies at 89

1960 Edith Rogers, American Politician

1960 Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52

1950 Edith Sampson named 1st black U.S. delegate to U.N.

1949 Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist

1948 Margaret [Edith] Weis, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragons of Spring Dawning

1944 Edith McGuire, U.S. 200m sprinter 1964 Olympic gold

1942 Edith Stein, German philosopher, dies

1940 Edith Clever, Wuppertal Germany, actress, Parsifal, L'Adolescente

1937 Edith Wharton, American Author

1937 Victoria Glendinning, author, Edith Sitwell A Unicorn Among Lions

1923 Edith Fellows, Boston, actress, Pennies From Heaven, City Streets

1915 Edith Piaf, E Giovanna Gassion, Paris, chanteuse, Little Sparrow

1915 President Wilson, widowed the year before, marries Edith Bolling Galt

1915 President Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Galt

1915 Edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II)

1915 Edith Cavell, American Public Servant

1914 Edith Tilton Penrose, economist

1913 Edith Mary Ellis Peters Pargeter, author

1913 Edith Heerdegen, born in Dresden, Germany, actress, Serpent's Egg, Monpti

1913 Edith Fowke, folklorist

1912 Edith Porada, art historian/archaeologist

1911 Edith Atwater, Chic, actress, Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop

1910 Edith Abbo, daughter of Mien Wenneker/Dutch Prince Henry

1910 Edith S. Green, born in Trent, South Dakota, Representative-D-Oregon 1955 - 1974

1907 Edith Head, fashion designer, MGM

1904 Anna Neagle, London England, actress, London Melody, Nurse Edith Cavell

1899 Edith Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand, Kiwi mystery writer, Black Beech and Honeydew

1896 Edith Haisman, Titanic survivor

1896 Edith Day, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1891 Edith Stein, German philosopher

1888 Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby place in an incubator

1887 Edith Sitwell, English poet and author, Wheels

1885 Edith Evans, born in London, England, actress, Tom Jones, David Copperfield

1881 Edith Rogers, American Politician

1876 Edith Abbott, dean, University of Chicago Social Sciences

1867 Edith Hamilton, U.S., writer, Mythology

1865 Edith Louisa Cavell, England, nurse, WW I

1865 Edith Cavell, American Public Servant

1863 Henry Constant Gabriel Pierne, Metz France, composer, Edith

1862 Edith Wharton, American Author

1861 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt

1858 Edith Nesbit, England, children books author, Railway Children


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