2003 Florence Stanley, actress, Barney Miller, dies at 79
1998 Florence Griffith Joyner, Olympic runner, dies at 38
1995 Florence Greenberg, record company founder, dies at 82
1993 Mafia bombs Uffizi-museum in Florence, kills 6
1993 Florence Desmond, [Dawson], actress (Sally in Our Alley), dies at 87
1992 Florence Descampe wins McCall's LPGA Golf Classic at Stratton Mt
1992 Florence Randall, model/designer (Bill Blass), dies at 54 of cancer
1992 Florence Tarlow, dies of cancer at 70
1991 Florence B Seibert, bio-chemist (TB), dies at 93
1988 Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 200m woman's record (21.34)
1988 Florence Griffith Joyner runs Olympic record 100m in 10.54s
1988 Florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86
1988 Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 100m woman's record (10.49)
1988 Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds
1986 Florence Halop, actress (Florence-Night Court), dies at 63
1984 Florence Rinard, TV panelist (20 Questions), dies at 82
1982 Giovanni Benelli, archbishop of Florence/Pope candidate, dies
1981 Sebastian Coe of England sets 800m record (1:41.73) in Florence
1980 Florence Lake, dies
1979 Peter Jenkins finishes "A Walk Across America," Florence Oregon
1977 Florence Vidor, actress (Jack Knife Man), dies at 82
1976 Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies of a heart attack at 32
1976 Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies at 32
1974 Alison McCreary, Florence Alabama, Miss America, Alabama-4th-1997
1974 Florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at 63
1969 Florence Descampe, Brussels Belgium, LPGA golfer, 1992 McCall
1969 Florence Descampe, born in Brussels, Belgium, LPGA golfer, 1992 McCall
1968 Christine Schaefer, Florence, Kentucky, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-5th-1994
1967 Reggie Sanders, Florence, South Carolina, outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds
1967 Florence Reed, actress (Black Panther Club), dies after illness at 84
1967 WJPM TV channel 33 in Florence, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 WFIQ TV channel 36 in Florence, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 Florence Gopi, Suriname radio-broadcaster, KBC-Metro B˜lmer
1963 Dave Brantley, born in Florence, Alabama, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
1961 Fiorentina wins 1st Europe Cup II in Florence
1959 Florence Griffith Joyner, born in Los Angeles, California, runner, Olympic-3 gold-1988
1959 Florence Henderson joins Today Show panel
1957 WOWL TV channel 15 in Florence, AL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 WBTW TV channel 13 in Florence, South Carolina (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 Florence Bates, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama), dies at 65
1951 Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours and 19 minutes
1951 Daria Nicolodi, Florence Italy, actress, Terror, Shock
1950 Florence Chadwick swims English Canal (13:23)
1950 Florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78
1944 British 8th army occupies Florence
1944 British 8th army reaches suburbs of Florence Italy
1944 Florence LaRue Gordon, Penn, rocker, 5th Dimension-One Less Bell
1943 Florence Ballard, born in Detroit, Michigan, rocker, Supremes
1940 Meeting between Hitler and Mussolini in Florence
1938 Florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48
1934 Florence Henderson, Dale, Indiana, actress and singer, Carol-Brady Bunch
1932 Florence Kelley, American Activist
1931 Florence Sharples, director, British YWCA
1931 Kenny Price, Florence, Kentucky, country singer, Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw
1928 Buff Cobb, Florence Italy, actress, Masquerade Party
1927 Florence Mills, dancer/singer, dies in New York City at 32
1924 Florence Harding, American First Lady
1923 Franco Zeffirelli, Florence Italy, director, Romeo and Juliet
1923 Florence Halop, Queens, actress, Florence-Night Court, St. Elsewhere
1921 Florence Allen is 1st woman judge to sentence a man to death
1921 Giovanni Benelli, archbishop, Florence, /Papal candidate
1918 Florence Chadwick, born in San Diego, California, swimmer, Hall of Fame 1970
1918 Florence Chadwick, swimmer, 1st to swim English Channel both ways
1916 Mary [Florence Elinor] Stewart, UK, sci-fi author, Crystal Cave
1911 Florence Rice, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Double Wedding, Riding on Air
1910 Florence Nightingale, English nurse, dies at 90
1901 Florence Elridge, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Long Days Journey into the Night
1895 Florence Vidor, [Arto], born in Houston, Texas, actress, Jack Knife Man
1895 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Firenze, Florence, Italy, composer
1892 Francesca Bertini, Florence Italy, actress, Odette, Assunta Spina
1891 Future president Harding marries Florence K DeWolfe in Marion Ohio
1890 Florence Lawrence, Hamilton Ont, silent screen actress, Confidence
1888 Florence Bates, born in San Antonio, Texas, actress, Kismet, I Remember Mama
1888 Florence Smith Price, U.S. composer, Wanamaker Prize 1932
1888 Florence Bates, Texas, actress, Moon and Sixpence, Love Crazy, San Antonio
1887 G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence
1883 Florence Reed, Philadelphia, silent film actress, Dancing Girl
1877 Florence Dahl Walrath, humanitarian, founded Cradle society
1876 1st free kindergarten in U.S. opens in Florence, Mass
1871 Florence Sabin, scientist/1st woman to graduate from Johns Hopkins
1862 Florence Bascom, U.S., 1st American woman PhD
1860 Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady, 1921-23
1860 Florence Harding, American First Lady
1859 Florence Kelley, American Activist
1847 "Macbeth" opera premieres in Florence
1820 Florence Nightingale, Florence, Italy, nurse, Crimean War
1768 Francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor, 1792-1806
1737 Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy
1723 Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723), dies at 81
1642 Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence, 1670-1723
1632 Jean-Baptiste Lully, Florence Italy, composer, Bellerophen
1632 Jean-Baptiste Lully, Florence Italy, composer
1602 Giulio Caccini's "Euridice," premieres in Florence
1599 Florence Estienne Meric Casaubon, classical scholar
1537 Alessandro de' Medici, Italian monarch of Florence, assassinated
1530 Florence surrenders for emperor Karel I
1527 Florence becomes a republic
1526 Pope Clemens VII, France, Genoa, Venice, Florence and Milan form Anti-French League of Cognac
1516 Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence, dies at 37
1512 Medici's discharge Niccolo Machiavelli from Florence
1511 Ponte Santa Trinita, Florence
1498 Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45
1498 Crowd storms Savonarola's convent San Marco Florence, Italy
1494 French king Charles VIII occupies Florence
1494 Family de' Medici become rulers of Florence
1494 Uprising against Piero de' Medici in Florence Italy
1492 Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies
1479 Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence
1478 Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24
1469 Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53
1459 Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, chancellor of Florence, dies
1459 Pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies
1452 Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence, 1494-98
1449 Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence
1435 Andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca
1431 G Cesarini opens Counsel of Basel (Ferrara/Florence)
1419 Heretic Nicolaas Serrurier exiled from Florence
1382 Conservative "Popolo Grasso" regain power in Florence Italy
406 Battle at Florence: Stilicho's Roman army beats Radagaisus' Barbarians
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