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1996 Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, bBC Executive, dies at 88

1995 J Peter Grace Jr, CEO (W R Grace), dies at 81

1995 Joseph Peter Grace, businessman, dies at 61

1994 Singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop

1993 "Grace Under Fire," starring Brett Butler debuts on ABC-TV

1992 Grace Stafford Lantz, cartoon voice (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 87

1992 Grace Hopper, computer scientist, dies at 85

1987 Madeline Zima, born in New Haven, Connecticut, actress, Grace Sheffield-Nanny

1984 J. P. Steur, actor, Grace Under Fire

1982 Grace Kelly, princess of Monaco, dies in a car crash at 52

1982 Grace, Princess of Monaco, dies at 52 in a car crash

1978 Topher Grace, American Actor

1978 Grace Murray Tubbs, Miss Montana Teen USA 1996

1977 Grace Mary Williams, composer, dies at 70

1975 Jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81

1972 Grace Slick maced by police when a band official called cops, pigs

1971 Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident

1971 China Slick, rocker, daughter of Grace Slick

1968 Grace Kim, Korea, tennis star

1967 Grace Cunard, actress (Untamed, Ressurection), dies at 73

1964 Billy Ripken, Havre de Grace, Maryland, 2nd baseman, Bal Orioles, Texas Rangers

1964 Julie Peterson, Havre de Grace, Maryland, playmate, Feb, 1987

1963 Grace Darmond, silent screen actress (Below the Surface), dies at 69

1961 Grace Jackson, born in St. Ann, Jamaica, 200m runner 1988 Olympics silver

1960 Cal Ripken, Havre de Grace, Maryland, shortstop, Baltimore Orioles, game streak

1958 Mark Miller, Dayton Ohio, actor, Search for Grace, Love Field

1958 Gary Oldman, actor, Sid and Nancy, Criminal Law, State of Grace

1957 Grace Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29), dies at 78

1957 Brett Butler, comedian, Grace Under Fire

1956 U.S. actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III

1956 Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco (civil ceremony)

1955 27th Academy Awards - "On the Waterfront," Brando and Grace Kelly win

1953 Grace Jones, born in Kingston, Jamacia, she claims but actually 5/19/48

1951 Montagu Odd, cricket bat-maker (W G Grace), dies

1950 Murphy Cross, born in Harve de Grace, Maryland, actor, Phyl and Mikhy, Perfect

1950 Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run

1949 Nickolas Grace, Cheshire England, actor, Diamond's Edge

1948 Dave Thomas, St. Catherines Ontario, comedian, SCTV, Grace Under Fire

1948 Grace Jones, [Mendoza], Spanishtown Jamacia, singer and actress, Vamp

1947 Grace Moore, U.S. soprano/actress (1 Night of Life), dies at 45

1947 Grace Moore, soprano/actress (One Night of Love), dies at 45

1946 Alfred Jones, born in Grace, Mississippi, middleweight boxer 1968 Olympics bronze

1945 1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweasers from a relay and taped into the log

1943 Simone Weil, French philosopher (Le pesanteur et la grace), dies at 34

1943 Mike Newell, director, Bad Blood, Awakening, Amazing Grace and Chuck

1943 Sherian Grace Cadoria, brigadier general

1939 Grace Slick, Chicago, rock vocalist, Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit

1939 Grace Abbott, social worker (US Children Bureau), dies at 60

1937 Gordon Crosse, Bury Lancashire England, composer, Grace of Todd

1937 Grace Bumbry, St. Louis, mezzo-soprano, Venus in Tannhauser

1932 Earl Grace, ends NL catcher record streak of 110 cons errorless games

1930 Grace Lee Whitney, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, actress, Yeoman Rand-Star Trek

1928 Grace Kelly, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actress, Rear Window, Princess, Monaco

1928 Noel Coward's musical "This Year of Grace," premieres in London

1927 John Kelly, Jr., U.S., sculls, Oly-bronze-1956, /brother of Grace Kelly

1924 Grace Metalious, American Novelist

1922 Grace Paley, writer, 1970 Arts and Letters Award

1922 Charles Evers, civil rights leader, Amazing Grace

1915 W G Grace, British cricketer, dies

1914 Last day of club cricket for W G Grace at age 66 He made 69

1913 Joseph Peter Grace, businessman

1909 Grace Mitchell, educator

1907 Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive, BBC

1907 Grace Hamilton, 1st black member of Georgia state legislature

1906 Grace Murray Hopper, computer innovator

1906 Grace Mary Williams, composer

1901 Grace Moore, U.S., soprano, One Night to Live

1901 J Pat O'Malley, born in England, actor, Touch of Grace, Gunn, Star!

1899 W G Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 years 320 days

1899 Cricket test debut of Wilfred Rhodes and Victor Trumper in Grace's last

1895 W. G. Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days

1895 W G Grace completes his 100th 100 vs. Somerset at Bristol

1893 Grace Cunard, born in Columbus, Ohio, silent screen actress, Resurrection

1889 John B Kelly, Olympic champion rower/father of Grace Kelly

1886 W G Grace made his highest Test Cricket score, vs. Aust, The Oval

1880 W G Grace scores 152 in debut Test Cricket innings, vs. Aust The Oval

1879 Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady, 1923-29

1878 Grace Abbott, Grand Island, Nebraska, social worker, US Children Bureau

1870 Official proclamation sets April 15 as last day of grace for U.S. silver coins to circulate in Canada

1866 1st-class debut of G F Grace aged 15 years 159 days

1865 1st class cricket debut of Dr. W. G. Grace

1860 11-year-old Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard

1850 G. F. Grace, cricketer, brother of W G

1848 William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer

1842 Grace Darling, English Celebrity

1841 E. M. Grace, cricketer, brother of W G

1815 Grace Darling, English Celebrity

1690 England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II



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