1994 Death Helena Manson, Venezuela/French actress (Nude in a White Car), dies at 94 1993 Event 107th U.S. Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Helena Sukova (63 63) 1989 Event 63rd Australian Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Helena Sukova (64 64) 1986 Event 100th U.S. Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Helena Sukova (63 62) 1977 Birthday Maria Helena Selin, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1970 Birthday Marja Helena Paluila, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1969 Death Helena Rubinstein, U.S. cosmetic manufacturer, dies at about 89 1968 Birthday Helena Christensen, Copenhagen Denmark, model/actress, Inferno 1967 Event St. Helena adopts constitution 1966 Birthday Helena Bonham Carter, British Actress 1966 Birthday Helena Bonham Carter, London, actress, Ft. Worth, Howards End 1965 Birthday Helena Sukova, Prague, Czech Republic, tennis star, 1985 U.S. Open's Double 1964 Birthday Rebecca Michelle Ferratti, Helena MT, playmate, Jun, 1986 1956 Event South African politician "Kobie" Coetsee marries Helena E Malan 1951 Birthday Helena Antonaccio, playmate, June, 1969 1949 Birthday Helena Fibingerova, born in Czechoslovakia, shot putter 1976 Olympics bronze 1944 Birthday Dirk Benedict, born in Helena, Montana, actor on A-Team, Battlestar Galactica 1941 Birthday Max Baucus, born in Helena, Montana, Representative-R-Montana 1975 - 1978, Senator-D-Montana 1978 - 1939 Birthday Helena Dupont, U.S., equestrian 3-day even, Olympic-33rd place-1964 1937 Birthday John Patrick Williams, born in Helena, Montana, Representative-D-Montana 1979 - 1997 1933 Event U.S. Assay Offices in Helena Mon, Boise, Idaho and Salt Lake City, Utah closes 1930 Death Helena Lange, German feminist, dies 1923 Birthday Helena Carter, Helen Rickerts, U.S. model/actress, River Lady 1906 Death [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, actress (Small Lord), dies at 55 1905 Birthday Myrna Loy, Helena, Montana, actress, Jazz Singer, Thin Man, Vanity Fair 1902 Birthday Magda [Helena] Lupescu, wife of King Carol II of Romania 1900 Birthday Helena Konopacka, Poland, discus thrower 1928 Olympics gold 1899 Birthday Howard Freeman, Helena MT, actor, Double Dynamite 1892 Birthday Helena Rubinstein, cosmetics CEO/founder, Helena Rubinstein 1892 Birthday Esther Howard, born in Helena, Montana 1891 Death Helena Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true, dies, date of death celebrated by Theosophists, who call it, Whilte Lotus Day 1882 Birthday Helena Rubinstein, U.S. cosmetic manufacturer 1877 Event U.S. Assay Office in Helena, Montana opens 1874 Event U.S. Assay Office in Helena, Montana authorized 1872 Death Helena Beeloo, Hague's maid, murdered by Henry Jut 1864 Event Helena, Montana's capital, founded 1864 Event Gold is discovered in Helena, Montana 1863 Event Failed Confederate assault on Helena Arkansas (640 casualties) 1863 Event Battle of Helena, AK 1862 Event Federal troops occupy Helena, Arkansas 1862 Event Battle of Helena, AK 1851 Birthday [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress, Scapegoat 1848 Birthday Helena Lange, German feminist 1840 Birthday Helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress, Juliet, anti-Russian 1838 Death Francesco Antommarchi, Napoleon's physician on St. Helena, dies at 57 1831 Birthday Helena Blavatsky, born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true 1821 Death Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor France, dies in St. Helena 1815 Event Napoleon arrives in St. Helena 1815 Event Napoleon Bonaparte exiled on Island of St. Helena 1815 Event Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for exile on St. Helena 1815 Event Napoleon surrendered and is later exiled on St. Helena 1502 Event Portuguese Admiral Da Nova discovers St. Helena