2015 Event Venture capital company Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has successfully defended itself in a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by former junior partner Ellen Pao; the case was monitored by Silicon Valley firms, which tend to be male-dominated 2014 Event The 86th Academy Awards is hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. 'Gravity,' '12 Years a Slave,' and 'Dallas Buyers Club' win the most awards. The broadcast received the highest views of any Oscars ceremony since the year 2000 2007 Event 79th Academy Awards hosted by Ellen DeGeneres in Hollywood 1999 Death Ellen Corby, actress, The Waltons, dies at 87 1998 Event 100th episode of "Ellen," airs 1997 Event 42 million watch "Ellen" admit she is gay 1997 Death Ellen Clara Pollock, actress (Wicked Lady, Fake), dies at 94 1989 Event Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas 1983 Death Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66 1981 Birthday Ellen Muth, American Actress 1975 Event 47th Academy Awards - "Godfather II," Ellen Burstyn and Art Carney win 1972 Birthday Ellen Coleen Pasturzak, born in Portsmouth, Ohio, Miss America-Ohio 1996 1966 Birthday Ellen Minzner, born in Lawrence Massachusetts, rower in 1996 Olympics 1965 Birthday Ellen Cleghorne, comedienne, Saturday Night Live 1964 Birthday Joy Ellen Kitzmiller, born in Los Angeles, California, U.S. badminton player 1992 Olympics 1962 Birthday Mary Ellen Clark, Abington, Pennsylvania, diver, Olympics-2 bronze-92, 96 1962 Birthday Mary Ellen Weber, born in Cleveland, Ohio, PhD/astronaut, STS-70 1961 Birthday Mary Ellen Stuart, actress, Frannie Crawford-As the World Turns 1958 Birthday Ellen Ochoa, born in Los Angeles, California, PhD/Astronaut, STS-56, 66 1958 Birthday Ellen DeGeneres, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, comediene, Ellen Morgan-Ellen 1955 Birthday Ellen Dolan, Monticello IO, actress, Guiding Light, Margo Hughes-ATWT 1955 Birthday Ellen Barkin, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Big Easy, Sea of Love 1953 Birthday Ellen L. Shulman Baker, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, MD/astronaut, STS-34, 50, 71 1950 Birthday Ellen Brusse, Elizabeth Wenmakers, Dutch TV hostess 1950 Birthday Ellen Greene, born in Brooklyn, New York, vocalist/actress, Little Shoppe of Horrors 1949 Birthday Claudia Jennings, Mary Ellen Chestrerton, Minnesota, playmate, Nov, 1969 1949 Birthday Norah Ellen O'Neill, airline pilot, Flying Tigers 1948 Birthday Ellen McIlwaine, born in Nashville, blues singer, Honky Tonky Angel 1948 Birthday Ellen Goodman, syndicated columnist, or 1941 1947 Death Ellen Wilkinson, English Politician 1946 Birthday Naomi Judd, Diana Ellen, Ashland, Kentucky, singer, Judds-Why Not Me 1945 Death Ellen Glasgow, American Novelist 1942 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life) 1940 Birthday Pat Finley, Asheville, North Carolina, actress, Ellen Hartley-Bob Newhart Show 1940 Birthday Ellen Travolta, Englewood, New Jersey, actress, Grease, Charles in Charge 1940 Birthday Linda Gray, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Sue Ellen Ewing-Dallas 1940 Birthday Mary Ellen Mark, American Photographer 1939 Birthday Ellen Taafe Zwilich, born in Miami, Florida, 1st woman composer Pulitzer 1982 1939 Birthday Ellen Weston, born in New York City, actress, Betty-SWAT 1939 Birthday Mary Ellen McAnally, Illinois, poet, Dance of the Zygotes 1932 Birthday Ellen Burstyn, born in Detroit, actress, Exorcist, Alice Doesn't Live Here 1931 Birthday Ellen Blazer, Dutch TV director, Sonja 1930 Event Ellen Church becomes 1st airline stewardess, United (San Francisco to Cheyenne) 1930 Birthday Heather Harper, born in Belfast, Ireland, soprano, known for role of Elsa in Lohengrin, by Wagner, Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes, by Britten 1928 Death Ellen A Terry, Brits actress/dir (Imperial Theatre), dies at 81 1928 Death Ellen Terry, English Actress 1928 Death Jane Ellen Harrison, scholar/archaeologist, dies 1926 Death Ellen K S Key, Swed author/feminist (Century of the Child), dies at 76 1923 Birthday Ellen Malcolm, painter 1919 Birthday Ellen Stewart, actress/founder, La Mama Theatre Group 1917 Birthday Jan Clayton, Tularosa, New Mexico, actress, Ellen Miller-Lassie 1915 Birthday Ellen Drew, Terry Ray, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Isle of Dead 1915 Death Ellen G. White, American Writer 1915 Death Ellen White, American Writer 1914 Death Ellen Wilson, 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54 1911 Birthday Ellen Corby, born in Racine, Wisconsin, actress, Grandma Walton-Waltons 1902 Birthday Ellen Clara Pollock, actress, Wicked Lady, Horror Hospital 1891 Birthday Ellen Wilkinson, English Politician 1887 Birthday Mary Ellen Chase, U.S. linguistic/author, White Gate 1887 Birthday Mary Ellen Chase, educator/author, Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award 1887 Death Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 1874 Birthday Ellen Glasgow, novelist 1873 Birthday Ellen Anderson Glasgow, U.S., novelist, Ancient Law, Pulitzer-1942 1862 Event Ellen Price Wood's "East Lynne, premieres in Boston 1860 Birthday Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson 1849 Birthday Ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist, Courageous Woman 1848 Event William and Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia 1847 Birthday Ellen Alice Terry, Coventry Engl, actress/director, Imperial Theatre 1847 Birthday Ellen Terry, English Actress 1842 Birthday Ellen Henrietta Richards, U.S., chemist, American Home Economics Association - 1st President 1837 Birthday Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady, 1881-85 1827 Birthday Ellen G. White, American Writer 1827 Birthday Ellen White, American Writer 1814 Birthday Ellen Wood, English author, East Lynne, Pomeroy Abbey
