1998 Robert Merrill, songwriter (Funny Girl), commits suicide at 76
1998 Bob Merrill, songwriter, Funny Girl, dies at 76
1998 Ricky Sanderson, stabbed 16-year old girl in NC, executed at 38
1998 Spice Girl Victoria Adams, aka Posh Spice, and soccer David Beckham gets engaged
1997 Christina Corrigan, obese girl (680 lbs), dies at 13
1996 Ted Bessell, director/actor (That Girl), dies of an aneurism at 61
1996 Celeste and Johnny Edison, Assyria and Pele's twins, boy and girl
1996 Ken Dibbs, actor (Suddenly, Party Girl, High Society), dies at 78
1995 David Farrar, actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse, Watusi), dies at 87
1995 DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia: 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives
1994 Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazil composer (Girl From Ipanema), dies at 67
1994 Jury finds Heidi Fleiss guilty of running a call girl ring
1994 Martha Raye, actress (Pin Up Girl), dies after illness at 78
1994 Jule Styne, Broadway composer (Gypsy, Funny Girl), dies at 88
1993 "Goodbye Girl" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 188 performances
1993 Ineke Shutter, choreography (Black Girl Goes to School), dies at 61
1993 South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl
1993 Don Randolph, actor (Harem Girl), dies of pneumonia at 87
1993 "Goodbye Girl" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 188 performances
1992 Regina Carrol, actress (Jessi's Girl), dies of cancer at 49
1992 Laurence Naismith, actor (Scrooge, Gypsy Girl), dies at 83
1992 Avonne Taylor, actress (My Best Girl, Honor Among Lovers), dies at 93
1992 Virginia Field, actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at 74
1991 Walter Chiari, actor (Girl Under Sheet), dies of heart attack at 67
1991 Ralph Bellamy, actor (Rosemary's Baby, His Girl Friday), dies at 87
1991 Klaus Kinski, actor (Android, Little Drummer Girl), dies at 65
1991 Mark Robinson, British actor (The Girl), dies at 30
1991 Stan Getz, jazz saxophonist (Girl from Impanima), dies at 64
1990 Fabia Drake, actress (Nice Girl Like Me), dies at 86
1989 "Me and My Girl" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 1420 performances
1989 Madoline Thomas, actress (Girl in the Canal), dies
1989 George Harrison releases "Cheer Down" and "Poor Little Girl"
1989 Congressman Lukins found guilty of having sex with a 16 year old girl
1989 George O'Hanlon, actor and director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71
1989 46th Golden Globes: Rainman, Working Girl
1988 Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl
1988 Beatrice E M, Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl
1988 Ross Ford, actor (Reform School Girl, Jungle Patrol), dies
1988 Louise Wood, director of Girl Scouts of USA (1961-72), dies at 78
1987 Madonna's "Who's That Girl," single goes #1
1986 Susan Cabot-Roman, actress (Sorority Girl, Carnival Rock), dies
1986 "Me and My Girl" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 1420 performances
1984 Baboon heart transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl
1983 Vicki Morgan, mistress (Beautiful Bad Girl), murdered at 30
1982 Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson release "Girl is Mine"
1981 Deborah Baltzell, actress (Karen-I'm a Big Girl Now), dies at 25
1981 Jessie Matthews, actress (Gangway, First a Girl), dies at 74
1981 Billy [William] Wyler, U.S. director (Ben Hur, Funny Girl), dies
1981 Austin O'Brien, actor, Apollo 13, My Girl 2, Lawnmower Man
1981 "5 O'Clock Girl" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 12 performances
1981 "5 O'Clock Girl" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 12 performances
1980 Anna Chlumsky, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, My Girl
1980 Macaulay Culkin, New York City, actor, Home Alone, My Girl, Richie Rich
1980 Gale Robbins, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Mr. Hex), dies at 58
1979 Sean Fox, actor, 3 Ninjas Kick Back, Calendar Girl
1978 Marzena Godecki, actress, Ocean Girl
1978 Astrid Allwyn, actress (Love Affair, Girl for Calgary), dies at 68
1978 Director Roman Polanski skips bail and fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl
1977 Wings release "Mull of Kintyre" and "Girl's School"
1977 Ralph Graves, actor (Extra Girl), dies at 77
1976 Fritz Rasp, actor (Diary of a Lost Girl), dies at 85
1976 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic
1975 Ian Hunter, actor and writer (Rockets Galore, Ziegfield Girl), dies at 75
1975 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic
1975 Arthur Pierson, actor and director (Hat Check Girl), dies at 73
1974 Raymond Largay, actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl), dies at 88
1974 Barbara Jo Allen, actress (Girl Rush, Melody Ranch), dies at 66
1974 Ernest Milton, actor (Julius Caesar, Cat Girl), dies at 84
1974 "My Girl Bill" by Jim Stafford hits #12
1974 Paul Page, actor (Girl from Havanna, Moth), dies at 70
1974 Florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at 63
1974 Devon Odessa, actor, Sharon-My So Called Life, Girl of Limberlost
1973 Ernest Truex, actor (Fluffy, Scared, His Girl Friday), dies at 82
1972 Lew Parker, actor (Lou Marie-That Girl), dies a day before turning 65
1970 British newspaper Sun puts 1st pinup girl on pg 3 (Stephanie Rahn)
1970 Peter Yarrow arrested for taking "immoral liberties" with girl, 14
1970 Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul and Mary) plead guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14 year old girl
1968 Wendell Corey, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl), dies at 54
1968 "Funny Girl" with Barbra Striesand premieres
1968 Kay Francis, actress (Charley's Aunt, Play Girl), dies of cancer at 65
1967 Ronnie Devoe, Boston, vocals, New Edition, Bell Div Devoe-Candy Girl
1967 Moon Unit Zappa, rocker, Valley Girl, Frank's daughter
1967 Quinn Cummings, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Annie-Family, Goodbye Girl
1967 Debee Ashby, born in Coventry, England, topless model, There's Girl in My Soup
1967 "Funny Girl" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 1348 performances
1967 Jobyna Ralston, actress (Wings, Girl Shy, Freshman), dies at 66
1966 Sean Kanan, actor, AJ-Gen Hospital, Rich Girl, Karate Kid Part 3
1966 "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premieres on ABC-TV
1966 David Hallyday, Boulougne France, actor, He's My Girl
1966 William Harrigan, actor (Invisible Man, Girl in 419), dies at 71
1965 "Funny Girl" with Barbra Streisand closes on Broadway
1965 D Heneker and J Taylor's musical "Charlie Girl," premieres in London
1965 Sylvia Likens tortured by teen girl gang
1965 Gareth Hughes, actor (Midnight Girl), dies at 71
1965 Temptations' "My Girl" reaches #1
1964 "Funny Girl" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 1,348 performances
1964 "Girl Who Came to Supper" closes at Broadway New York City after 112 performances
1963 "Girl Who Came to Supper" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 112 performances
1963 Johnny Marr, rocker, Smiths-Ask, Girl Afraid
1963 Darren "Dizzy" Reed, U.S. musician, Guns n' Roses-Sweet Girl of Mine
1963 Beatles record "From Me to You" and "Thank You Girl"
1963 "Go Away Little Girl" by Steve Lawrence peaks at #1
1962 Dylan McDermott, Waterbury CT, actor, Jersey Girl, Steel Magnolias
1962 Tracey Thorn, rock vocalist, Everything But The Girl
1962 Myron McCormick, actor (China Girl, Jigsaw), dies of cancer at 54
1961 "Happiest Girl in the World" closes at Martin Beck New York City after 97 performances
1961 "Show Girl" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 100 performances
1961 "Happiest Girl in the World" opens at Martin Beck New York City for 97 performances
1961 "Show Girl" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 100 performances
1960 Mahlon Hamilton, actor (Peg O'My Heart, High School Girl), dies at 80
1960 Loretta Lynn records "Honky Tonk Girl"
1960 "Got A Girl" by The Four Preps hits #24
1959 Dianne Brill, born in Tampa, fashion designer and party girl, Queen of the Night
1959 Kathryn Adams, actress (Meet the Chump, 5th Avenue Girl), dies
1958 "New Girl in Town" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 432 performances
1958 Ice-T, rap singer and actor, New Jack City, Tank Girl, Crazy Six
1957 Helen Haye, actress (Girl in the Taxi, Spy in Black), dies at 83
1957 Melanie Griffith, actress, Working Girl, Milk Money, Now and Then
1957 Bob Merrill's musical "New Girl in Town," premieres in New York City
1957 Jenifer Lewis, actress, Girl 6, Meteor Man, Sister Act
1956 Kristine Arnold, Torrance, singer, Sweethearts of Rodeo-Midnight Girl
1956 Renee Erdos, Hungarian literary (Leanyalmok [Dream Girl]), dies
1955 Lloyd Bacon, director (Fuller Brush Girl, 42nd Street), dies at 65
1955 Griffin Dunne, actor, American Werewolf in London, Who's That Girl
1955 Mark Hollis, English pop musician, Talk Talk, Dum Dum Girl
1954 Steve Wariner, Noblesville Indiana, country singer, Small Town Girl
1954 Fay Baker, actress (Sorority Girl), dies at 60
1954 "Girl in Pink Tights" closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 115 performances
1954 "Girl in Pink Tights" opens at Mark Hellinger New York City for 115 performances
1954 Janis Gill, born in Torrance, California, singer, Sweethearts of Rodeo-Midnight Girl
1953 James Russo, born in New York City, actor, My Own Private Idaho, China Girl
1952 Vicki Morgan, Colorado Springs Colo, mistress, Beautiful Bad Girl
1952 Nora Dunn, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedienne, SNL, Miami Blues, Working Girl
1951 Johnny Rodriquez, U.S., actor, Nashville Girl, La Bamba Party
1951 Fanny Brice, Zeigfield Girl (Baby Snooks Show), dies at 59
1951 Norma Jean Almodovar, Binghampton, auto-biographer, Cop to Call Girl
1950 Clifford Odet's "Country Girl," premieres in New York City
1950 Susan Anton, Oak Glen California, actress, Golden Girl, Spring Fever
1950 Damon Harris, born in Baltimore, Maryland, rocker, Temptations-My Girl
1950 "Arms and the Girl" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 134 performances
1950 "Arms and the Girl" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 134 performances
1949 Sigourney [Susan Alexandra] Weaver, Louisiana, actress, Alien, Working Girl
1949 Rick Springfield, Australia, General Hospital, Jessie's Girl
1949 John Oates, born in New York City, rock guitarist and vocalist, Hall and Oates-Rich Girl
1947 Sandi Shaw, [Sandra Goodrich], Essex, rocker, Girl Don't Come
1946 Ronnie "Plonk" Lane, born in London, rock bassist, Small Faces-Hey Girl
1946 Paul Wheatbread, rocker, Gary Puckett and Union Gap-Young Girl
1946 Diane Keaton, born in Louisiana, actress, Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl
1945 Dwight Bement, rocker, Gary Puckett and Union Gap-Young Girl
1945 Elmer Rice' "Dream Girl," premieres in New York City
1945 "Girl from Nantucket" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 12 performances
1945 Donna Fargo, North Carolina, country singer, Happiest Girl in Whole USA
1945 "Girl from Nantucket" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 12 performances
1945 Neil Frances Tennant, rocker, Pet Shop Boy-West End Girl
1945 Patty McCormack, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Mama, Peck's Bad Girl, Ropers
1945 Kerry Chater, rocker, Gary Puckett and Union Gap-Young Girl
1945 Michelle Angelo, born in Kingsville, Texas, actress, Funny Girl
1945 Hannie Schaft, "Girl with red hair," executed
1945 Michael Cristofer, actor and writer, Little Drummer Girl
1944 Coluche, [Michel Colucci] France, comedian, My Best Friend's Girl
1944 Jim Stafford, Eloise, Florida, singer, Spiders and Snakes, My Girl Bill
1943 Last Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney movie released (Girl Crazy)
1943 Spencer Charters, actor (Big Town Girl, St. Louis Kid), dies at 68
1943 Lynn Redgrave, born in London, actress, Georgie Girl, Weight-Watcher
1943 Dennis Edwards, rocker, Temptations-Aint Too Proud To Beg, My Girl
1942 Stefanie Powers, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Girl From UNCLE, Hart to Hart
1942 Gary Puckett, vocalist, & Union Gap-Woman Woman, Young Girl
1942 Walter Williams, U.S., rock vocalist, O'Jays-Use to Be My Girl
1942 Barbara Ferris, born in London, England, actress, Nice Girl Like Me
1941 Major Lance, U.S. boxer, dancer and singer, Hey Little Girl
1940 Astrud Gilberto, born in Brazil, singer, Girl From Ipanema
1940 Rod Lauren, rocker, If I Had a Girl
1939 Eddie Kendricks, Alabama, rocker, Temptations-My Girl, Boogie Down
1939 Paul Williams, rocker, Temptations-My Girl
1939 Gene Cox becomes 1st girl page in U.S. House of Representatives
1937 Marlo Thomas, [Mrs Phil Donahue], Detroit Mich, That Girl!, Jenny
1936 Charles Pope, U.S. soul singer, Tams-Hey Girl Don't Bother Me
1936 Ruth Buzzi, Westerly, Rhode Island, comedienne, Laugh-In, Margie-That Girl
1936 Zohra Lampert, actress, Doctors' Hospital, Girl With Something Extra
1935 Thelma Todd, actress (Horse Feathers, Bohemian Girl), dies of 30
1935 Steve Lawrence, born in Brooklyn, singer and actor, Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy
1935 Eddie Floyd, born in Montgomery, Alabama, singer/composer, California Girl, Falcons
1935 Diana Van Der Vlis, actress, Lovespell, Girl in Black Stockings
1933 Joseph Pope, U.S. singer, Hey Girl Don't Bother Me
1933 Bernie Kopell, born in New York City, actor, Love Boat, Get Smart, That Girl
1932 Terence Frisby, poet/screenwriter, There's a Girl in My Soup
1932 Dabney Coleman, Austin Texas, That Girl, Mary Hartman, Buffalo Bill
1931 John LeCarre, [Cornwell], England, spy novelist, Little Drummer Girl
1931 Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee
1930 Ethel Mermans debuts on Broadway in "Girl Crazy"
1930 Mabel Normand, actress/director (Extra Girl), dies at 35
1928 George and Ira Gershwin's musical "Treasure Girl," premieres in New York City
1927 Olga San Juan, born in New York City, actress, Variety Girl, 1 Touch of Venus
1926 Klaus Kinski, [Nikolas Naksynski], Poland, actor, Little Drummer Girl
1926 June Haver, Rock Island, actress, Dolly Sisters, Girl Next Door
1926 Ted Bessell, born in Flushing, New York, actor, Don-That Girl, Frankie-Gomer Pyle
1926 Richard Rodgers and L Hart's musical "Girl Friend," premieres in New York City
1924 Tony Britton, born in Birmingham, England, actor, Day of Jackal, Girl in my Soup
1924 Doris Day, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, girl next door actress, Pillow Talk
1924 Gloria Vanderbilt, don't my jeans look great, poor little rich girl
1924 Lionel Monckton, English composer (Country Girl), dies at 62
1923 Betsy Drake, fitness expert/actress, Every Girl Should be Married
1922 George Roy Hill, dir, Slap Shot, Little Drummer Girl, Little Romance
1922 Wolfhart U Pannenberg, German theologist, Gingham Girl
1921 Deanna Durbin, Winnipeg Manitoba, actress/vocalist, 100 Men and a Girl
1921 Loren Tindall, Oklahoma, actor, Meet Me on Broadway, Girl of Limberlost
1921 Gale Robbins, Chic, actress, Fuller Brush Girl, Mr. Hex
1920 Hannie [Jannetje J] Schaft, "Girl with red hair"
1920 Louise Wood, director of Girl Scouts of USA, 1961-72
1919 Lois Collier, born in South Carolina, actress, Mary-Boston Blackie, Slave Girl
1919 Sylvia Syms, U.S. singer, Hello Dolly, Dream Girl, Them There Eyes
1918 Nan Grey, [Eschal Miller], actress, 3 Grief Girl, Dracula's Daughters
1917 Marsha Hunt, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw
1916 Dutch Girl Guides form
1915 Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life
1915 Girl Scouts founded
1914 V Herbert and H Blossoms "Only Girl," premieres in New York City
1914 Wendell Corey, born in Dracut, Massachusetts, actor, 11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl
1914 IWW-leader/songwriter Joe Hill arrested "Girl from Utah" East-Prussia
1913 MacDonald Carey, born in Sioux City, Iowa, actor, One Life to Live, Dream Girl
1913 Golden/Cawthorne's musical "Sunshine Girl," premieres in New York City
1912 Virginia Graham, born in Chicago, Illinois, TV personality, Girl Talk, Where Was I
1912 Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) forms in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low
1911 Sonny Tufts, Bost, actor, Variety Girl
1910 Rosemary DeCamp, Prescott, Arizona, actress, Love That Bob, That Girl
1910 Gertruida EW "Truss" van Aalten, actress, Girl in Blue Hat
1908 Alan Baxter, East born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Big Town Girl, Rags to Riches
1908 David Farrar, Forest Gate England, actor, Beat Girl, I Accuse
1907 Lew Parker, actor, Lou Marie-That Girl
1907 Jessie Matthews, born in London, England, actress, Gangway, First a Girl
1906 Warren Hymer, New York City, actor, Girl From Havana, Meet the Mob
1905 David Belasco's "Girl of Golden West," premieres in New York City
1905 Clara Bow, silent screen actress, Wings, "it" girl of 1920's films
1905 Lila Lee, Union City, New Jersey, actress, Midnight Girl, Blood and Sand
1904 Wally Brown, Malden, Massachusetts, actor, Zombies on Broadway, Girl Rush
1904 Anton Dolin, [Patrick Healey-Kay], dancer, Girl From Petrovka
1904 Lily Pons, opera singer and actress, That Girl From Paris
1904 Fifi D'Orsay, born in Montreal, actress, Life Jimmy Dolan, Girl from Calgary
1903 Paul Page, Birmingham, Alabama, actor, Girl From Havana, Moth
1903 Countee Cullen, U.S. poet, Color, Ballad of the Brown Girl
1902 Clyde Fitch' "Girl with Green Eyes," premieres in New York City
1902 Erin O'Brien-Moore, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Peyton Place, Our Little Girl
1902 Stella Adler, New York, actress, My Girl Tisa
1901 Anne Russell's "Girl and the judge," premieres in New York City
1901 Arthur Pierson, born in Oslo, Norway, actor and director, Hat Check Girl
1901 Carmelita Geraghty, born in Rushville, Indiana, actress, My Best Girl, Texas Ranger
1900 Arthur Schwartz, composer, Girl from Paris, Excuse my Dust
1900 Charles Vidor, born in Budapest, Hungary, direct, Rhapsody, Gilda, Cover Girl
1900 Allen Jenkins, born in Staten Island, actor, Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit
1898 Walter Abel, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, actor, Suspicion, Dream Girl
1898 Hazel Dawn, [LaTout], Utah, actress, Niobe, Under Cover, Feud Girl
1897 1800-1900 year old fossil of "girl of Yde" found in Drente Neth
1895 Jeanne G van Schaik-Willing, Dutch author, Sinner and the Girl
1894 Gareth Hughes, Llanelly Wales, actor, Midnight Girl
1893 George Edwardes "Gaiety Girl" premieres in London
1893 Mary Pickford, actress, Poor Little Rich Girl
1893 Walter Donaldson, U.S. pianist/composer, Girl Crazy, Whoopee
1892 Minna Gombell, Baltimore, actress, Bad Girl, Thin Man, Hello Sister
1892 Paul Gauguin marries a 13-year-old Tahitian girl
1891 Robertson Hare, born in London, England, actor, Our Girl Friday, Banana Ridge
1891 Harry Seymour, New York, actor, Boy Meets Girl, Tenderfoot
1891 Fritz Rasp, Bayreuth Germany, actor, Diary of a Lost Girl
1891 8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumor spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews
1890 Chicago Mainbocher, uniform designer, Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Waves
1890 Ernest Milton, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Cat Girl, Fiddler's Three
1889 Isabel Randolph, Illinois, actress, Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks
1888 Marion Lorne, Philadelphia, actress, Strangers on a Train, Girl Rush
1888 Louisa May Alcott, U.S. author (Old-fashioned Girl), dies at 55
1887 Walter Connolly, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl
1886 Raymond Largay, born in Wisconsin, actor, April in Paris, Variety Girl
1885 Mae Murray, [Girl with bee-stung lips], Virginia, actress, High Stakes
1884 Torben Myer, Copenhagen Denmark, actor, Girl Who Came Back
1883 Florence Reed, Philadelphia, silent film actress, Dancing Girl
1880 Mahlon Hamilton, born in Virginia, actor, Honky Tonk, High School Girl, Mississippi
1876 Battle of Rosebud/Battle Where Girl Saved Her Brother
1870 Michael William Balfe, composer (Bohemian Girl), dies at 62
1867 Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator, drew "Gibson Girl"
1867 1st Girl School opens in Haarlem Neth
1860 Juliette Gordon Low, activist/founder, Girl Scouts of America
1857 Robert Baden-Powell, founder, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides
1855 George Edwardes, British composer, Gaiety Girl
1843 Opera "Bohemian Girl" is produced (London)
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