1981 Death Torin Thatcher, actor (Houdini, Isranbul, Lady Godiva), dies 1964 Death Robert Warwick, actor (Konga, Zorro, Lady Godiva), dies at 85 1678 Event Lady Godiva rode naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes 1057 Death Leofric, count of Mercia/husband of Lady Godiva, dies 1040 Event Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes
