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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 1977 Shaun Alexander, born in Florence, Kentucky, football, running back, played college football at University of Alabama, drafted by Seattle Seahawks, placed 19th overall in 2000 National Football League Draft 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 Bolmer 1963 Dave Brantley, born in Florence, Alabama, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds 1961 Fiorentina wins 1st Europe Cup II in Florence 1961 Mike Francis, born in Florence, Italy, Michele Francesco Puccioni, singer, composer, known for Survivor, a 1982 disco hit, recorded ten studio albums during his career, last album, 'The Very Best of Mike Francis' 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 1940 Florence Scovel Shinn, artist, book illustrator, metaphysical writer, wrote, 'The Game of Life and how to Play it", 1925, writings follow thought principles of Emma Curtis Hopkins, Myrtle Fillmore, Phineas Quimby, Charles Fillmore, dies 1938 Florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48 1937 Ronnie Flippo, born in Florence, Alabama, Representative-D-New York 1977 - 1991 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 1871 Florence Scovel Shinn, born in New Jersey, artist, book illustrator, metaphysical writer, wrote, 'The Game of Life and how to Play it", 1925, writings follow thought principles of Emma Curtis Hopkins, Myrtle Fillmore, Phineas Quimby, Charles Fillmore 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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