2000 Death Gwendolyn Brooks, poet, first black American to win a Pulitzer Prize, dies at 83 2000 Death Gwendolyn Brooks, American Poet 1972 Birthday Gwendolyn Wentland, born in Flint, Michigan, high jumper 1966 Birthday Gwendolyn Hajek, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, playmate, September, 1987 1950 Event Gwendolyn Brooks, is 1st Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her poetry 1939 Birthday Carol Shelley, London, actress, Gwendolyn Pidgeon-Odd Couple 1917 Birthday Gwendolyn Brooks, U.S. poet, Bean Eaters, Annie Allen, Pulitzer 1950
