2015 Event Nigerian troops rescue 93 women and 200 girls from Boko Haram encampments in the Sambisa Forest; the 'Chibok girls', kidnapped by the militants last year and taken into the forest, were not among those rescued 2014 Event The Nigerian government announces that it has located the 270-plus girls abducted by terrorist group Boko Haram, but it cannot rescue the girls yet due to fears that the abductors will kill them if the military attempts a direct confrontation 2010 Event President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejects Iran's successful family planning program and urges young Iranian girls to marry at age 16 2010 Event The Taliban blow up a girls' school in Huwaid, Pakistan, no one is killed 2002 Death Ted Demme, director, Beautiful Girls, dies at 38 1998 Event 25th American Music Award: Spice Girls and Babyface win 1997 Event 8th Billboard Music Awards: LeAnn Rimes and Spice Girls win 1995 Death Lorraine Macleod, dancer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun), dies at 65 1993 Death Ken England, U.S. screenwriter (Good Girls Go to Paris), dies at 82 1992 Event Final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV 1990 Death Mike Mazurski, wrestler/actor (Centerfold Girls), dies at 80 1988 Death Marjorie Bonner Lowry, actress (Reno, Poor Girls), dies at 83 1988 Death Jeff Donnell, actor (Hoedown, 9 Girls), dies at 66 of a heart attack 1988 Death Colleen Moore, actress (These Girls Won't Talk), dies at 87 1986 Event 38th Emmy Awards: Golden Girls, Cagney and Lacey and Michael J Fox win 1986 Event "Jerry's Girls" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 139 performances 1985 Event "Jerry's Girls" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 139 performances 1985 Death Ina Claire, actress/comedienne (3 Bdwy Girls), dies of stroke at 89 1985 Death Charles Briggs, actor (13 Frightened Girls, Captain Newman), dies at 53 1983 Birthday Kim Smith, born in Houston, Texas, model, featured in Victoria's Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch, Guess ad campaigns, appeared in 'Girls of Summer' Aerosmith video 1982 Event Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls," premieres in London 1982 Birthday Lizzy Caplan, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, appeared in films, 'Mean Girls', 'Cloverfield' and television show 'True Blood' and 'Party Down' 1981 Birthday Alexis Bledel, born in Houston, Texas, actress, fashion model, appeared on television show, 'Gilmore Girls', films include, 'The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants' 1981 Event Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions 1980 Birthday Aubrie Rippner, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1995 USTA National Girls 18 1979 Birthday Adam Brody, born in San Diego, California, actor, musician, appeared on television shows, 'The O.C.', 'Gilmore Girls', films include, 'Cop Out', 'Thank You for Smoking' 1979 Event "Girls Talk" by Dave Edmunds peaks at #65 1979 Death James T Farrell, U.S. writer (French Girls are Vicious), dies 1979 Event 2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period 1978 Event Mick Jagger apologizes for racist lyrics in "Some Girls" 1978 Event In girls' High School basketball, Chicago Latin beats Harvard St. George 1977 Event 2 girls are killed by a runaway car outside of Graceland 1977 Death Jack Gardner, actor (Wild Bill Hickok, 3 Russian Girls), dies at 77 1976 Event Ntozake Shange's "For Colored Girls Who ...," premieres in New York City 1976 Birthday Keri Russell, actress, Mickey Mouse Club, Lottery, Daddy Girls 1976 Birthday Emma Bunton, born in Barnet, England, singer, songwriter, member of Spice Girls girl band, which sold over 35 million albums, nicknamed, 'Baby Spice' 1975 Birthday Melanie Janine Brown, "Scary Spice", Leeds, vocalist, Spice Girls 1975 Birthday Victoria Adams, "Posh Spice", Hertfordshire, vocalist, Spice Girls 1975 Event Penn is 1st state to allow girls to compete with boys in HS sports 1974 Birthday Melanie Jayne Chisholm, "Sporty Spice", Widnes, vocalist, Spice Girls 1973 Event New Jersey becomes 1st state to allow girls into little league 1973 Event Lawsuit in Detroit challenges Little League's "no girls" rule 1972 Birthday Geri Halliwell, born in Watford, England, author, philanthropist, known as 'Ginger Spice' from band, the Spice Girls, representative for the United Nations Population Fund 1972 Birthday Claire Forlani, born in Twickenham, London, actress, appeared in 'Meet Joe Black', 'Boys and Girls', 'The Pentagon Papers' 1971 Death Raymond Hatton, actor (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 84 1971 Birthday Amy Poehler, born in Newton, Massachusetts, actress, comedienne, appeared in 'Saturday Night Live' 2001 - 2008, appeared in films, 'Bay Mama', 'Mean Girls' 1971 Event "70, Girls, 70" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 35 performances 1971 Event "70, Girls, 70" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 35 performances 1968 Birthday Ashley Judd, born in Granada Hills, California, actress, films include, 'Kiss the Girls', 'High Crimes', 'Double Jeopardy' 1967 Death Jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87 1967 Birthday Ana Gasteyer, born in Washington, D.C., actress, comedienne, appeared in 'Saturday Night Live' television show, appeared in 'Mean Girls' film and 'Wicked' musical 1967 Birthday Lauren Graham, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actress, producer, appeared on 'Gilmore Girls' television series, films include, 'Bad Santa', 'Evan Almighty' 1966 Death Ronald Shiner, actor (Aunt Clara, Forbidden, Girls at Sea), dies at 63 1963 Event Mary Ann Fischer, Aberdeen, South Dakota, gave birth to America's 1st surviving quintuplets, 4 girls and a boy 1963 Birthday Michelle Bell, Melrose, Massachusetts, LPGA golfer, 1981 Mass School Girls Champ 1962 Event Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Kelly Girls Golf Open 1962 Death Franc S Finzgar, Slovic writer (Service Girls), dies 1961 Birthday Tammy Stephens, Arlington, Texas, singer, Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel 1961 Birthday Vince Neil [Wharton], California, vocalist, Motley Crue-Girls Girls Girls 1961 Birthday Tim Meadows, born in Highland Park, Michigan, actor, comedian, appeared on 'Saturday Night Live', films include, 'Coneheads', Wayne's World 2', 'Mean Girls' 1959 Event "Girls against the Boys" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 16 performances 1959 Event "Girls against the Boys" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 16 performances 1959 Birthday Diane Williams, Hahn AFB Ger, singer, Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel 1959 Event Barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold 1958 Birthday Nicki Sixx, born in San Jose, California, rock guitarist, Motley Crue-Girls Girls 1958 Birthday Julie Brown, born in Van Nuys, California, singer, comedienne, screenwriter, appeared in 'Earth Girls are Easy', songs include, 'The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun' 1958 Birthday Madeleine Stowe, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Tropical Snow, Bad Girls 1958 Birthday Cindy Nixon, born in Nashville, Tennessee, singer, Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel 1957 Birthday Doris King, born in Nashville, Tennessee, vocalist, Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel 1954 Birthday Keven Wade, born in Chappaqua, New York, screen writer, Working Girls 1953 Birthday Ge Reinders, Dutch singer and songwriter, Girls walk by 1953 Birthday Cyndi Lauper, born in Brooklyn, singer, Girls Just Want to Have Fun 1952 Birthday Sylvia Kristel, Netherlands, actress, Emmanuelle, Priv School for Girls 1951 Birthday Judy Rodman, Riverside California, country singer, Girls Ride Horses Too 1950 Birthday Pamela Franklin, Tokyo, Japan, actress, Satan's School for Girls 1950 Birthday Lizzie Borden, director and writer, Love Crimes, Working Girls 1950 Birthday Debbie Allen, born in Houston, Texas, dancer/actress, 3 Girls 3, Lydia-Fame 1950 Event "As the Girls Go" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 420 performances 1949 Birthday Mimi Kennedy, born in Rochester, New York, actress, Spencer, 3 girls 3, Under 1 Roof 1949 Birthday Brenda Sykes, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, actress, Ozzie's Girls, Getting Straight 1948 Event "As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 420 performances 1948 Birthday Jamie Lyn Bauer, born in Phoenix Arizona, actress, Young and Restless, Centerfold Girls 1943 Birthday Julio Iglesias, Spain, singer, Of All the Girls I Loved Before 1943 Event Phil Wrigley and B Rickey charter All-American Girls Softball League 1940 Birthday Frank Zappa, born in Baltimore, rocker, Mothers of Invention, Catholic Girls 1940 Birthday V Payne, British headmistress, Malvern Girls' College 1939 Event R Rodgers and Lorenz Harts "Too Many Girls," premieres in New York City 1939 Birthday Billy Henderson, rocker, Spinners-That's What Girls Are Made For 1936 Birthday Stella Stevens, born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, actress, Girls! Girls!, Manitou 1934 Birthday Dionne Quintuplets, secluded quintuplets, born Annette, Alive Cecile, Alive Emelie, Dead 1954 Marie, Dead 1970 Yvonne, Alive, First known set of surviving quintuplets, these girls were treated as a side show 1934 Birthday Rue McClanahan, Healdton Oklahoma, actress, Maude, Golden Girls 1932 Birthday Mary Moon, Headmistress, Manchester High School for Girls 1931 Birthday Mitzi Gaynor, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress/vocalist, Les Girls, South Pacific 1931 Birthday Taina Elg, born in Helsinki, Finland, actress, Hercules in, New York, Les Girls 1929 Birthday Lorraine Macleod, dancer, Girls Just Want to Have Fun 1929 Birthday Eileen Stamers-Smith, headmistress, Malvern Girls' College 1927 Birthday Jacques Bergerac, France, actor, Gigi, Les Girls, Thunder in Sun 1927 Birthday Kay Kendall, born in Yorkshire, England, actress, Genevieve, Les Girls 1926 Birthday Beatrice Arthur, Frankel, New York, actress, Maude, Dorothy-Golden Girls 1923 Birthday Estelle Getty, born in New York City, actress in film, theater, television, appeared in sitcom 'The Golden Girls' 1922 Birthday Betty White, Oak Park, actress, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls 1921 Birthday Janet Blair, born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, actress, Leave it to the Girls, Smith Family 1920 Birthday Harriet Van Horne, Syracuse, New York, columnist/panelist, Leave it to Girls 1919 Birthday Huntz Hall, New York City, actor, Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game 1917 Birthday Ann Rutherford, born in Toronto, Canada, TV panelist, Leave It To the Girls 1912 Event Camp Fire Girls organization announced by Mrs. Luther Halsey Gulick 1912 Birthday Arline Judge, actress, Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consent 1911 Event Triangle Shirtwaist Factory catches fire 145 die, all but 13 girls 1909 Birthday Mike Mazurki, Tarnopal Austria, actor/wrestler, Centerfold Girls 1907 Birthday Gunter Eich, German literary, Underground Highway, Girls of Viterbo 1906 Birthday Clancy Cooper, actress, Enchanted Forest, Girls in Chains 1888 Birthday Maurice Chevalier, Paris, thanked heaven for little girls, Gigi 1887 Birthday Raymond Hatton, born in Red Oak, Iowa, actor, Girls in Prison, Lady Killer 1880 Birthday Gertrude E Durden Rush, U.S. composer/playwright, Black Girls Burden 1764 Event Smolny-institution forms in St. Petersburg for noble girls
