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2004 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Finals, Cara Black and her brother Wayne Black beat Todd Woodbridge and Alicia Molik
2003 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Serena Williams beat her sister Venus Williams 2002 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Venus Williams and her sister Serena Williams Paola Suarez and Virginia Ruano 2002 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Serena Williams beat her sister Venus Williams 1999 Hazel Frederick, face in a crowd, faced the camera when Mary Tyler Moore tossed her hat in the opening credits of her show, dies at 91 1998 After months of wrangling, Lewinsky and Starr announce a full immunity agreement for Lewinsky and her parents 1998 Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby, sentenced to 7 years 1997 New York Ranger Wayne Gretsky wife Janet is knocked unconcious and gets 2 stitches while watching the game as a plexiglass falls on her 1997 Oprah Winfrey announces she will continue her show through 2000 1997 Jamaica issues a warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop 1997 Melissa Drexler, 18, charged with killing her baby during her prom 1997 Diane Blood, 32, in England, won right to use her dead husbands sperm 1997 Secretary of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish 1996 Alanis Morissette ends her 1st U.S. tour (Houston Texas) 1996 Heidi Fleiss scheduled to begin her 7 year jail sentence 1995 Martina Ertl of Germany wins her 3rd giant slalom world cup 1995 Ice Skater Nancy Kerrigan (25) weds her agent Jerry Solomon (41) 1995 Monica Seles beats Martina Naratilova in her return to tennis 1995 Susan Smith found guilty of drowning her 2 children in South Carolina 1995 Camilla Parker Bowles and her husband Andrew divorce 1994 Susan Smith who claimed her 2 kids were carjacked arrested for murder 1994 Susan Smith claims her 2 kids were carjack (she actually killed them) 1994 "Sally Marrand Her Escorts" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 50 performances 1994 Sharon Stone files $12m suit against her jeweler 1994 "Sally Marrand Her Escorts" opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 50 performances 1994 Queen Elizabeth falls off her horse and breaks her left wrist 1993 Barbra Striesand does her 1st live public concert in 20 years 1993 Courtney Love sues doctors for leaking news of her methadone treatment 1992 Tipper Gore (wife of future Vice President) admits to covering clock on her VCR with black tape so she wouldn't have to watch it blink 1992 Madonna premieres her "Erotica" video on MTV 1992 Lucy in Peanuts comics raises her Pyschiatric Help from 5 cents to 47 cents 1992 England honors her dead soldiers in the Falkland Is war 1992 Joan Lunden ordered to pay her ex-husband $18,000 a month support 1992 Joan Lunden, breaks her left shoulder after being thrown from a horse 1992 Ruth Hammond, dies in her sleep at 96 1992 Jane Fonda undergoes arthroscopic surgery on her right knee 1992 President candidate Bill Clinton (D) and Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair 1992 Sarah Ferguson wears paper bag over her head on airline ride 1991 News anchor Bree Walker Lampley files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFI-AM personally attacked her by discuss her having a disformed baby 1991 Anita Hill testifies Clarence Thomas sexually harrased her 1991 Law Professor Anita Hill accuses Supreme nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriat comments to her 1991 Pamela Smart (High School teacher) found guilty in New Hampshire of manipulating her student-lover to kill her husband 1990 Right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed, she dies 12 days later 1990 Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as British Prime Minister 1990 Sandra Miller awarded $100 for Mike Tyson fondling her breasts 1990 8 KS and OK radio stations boycott k d lang, due to her anti-meat ad 1990 Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her accident 1990 Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident 1990 On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children and no man can stand her for long 1989 Chris Evert defeats 15-year-old Monica Seles for her 101st and last U.S. Tennis Open singles victory 1989 Ernest Morrison, actor (Peggy Does Her Darndest), dies 1989 Country singer Rebe McEntire weds her manager Narvel Blackstone 1988 Lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks 1988 Jurors award $147,000 to Tacoma parishioner seduced by her minister 1988 Judith Barsi, child actress, shot dead with mother by her father at 11 1988 Margo Adams alleges Red Sox Wade Bogg's had an affair with her 1988 Woman sues Chuck Berry for $5,000,000 alleges he hit her 1987 Lisa Steinberg, battered into coma by her adoptive father Joel 1986 Jane Dornnacker, WNBC-AM New York City helicopter traffic reporter, dies doing a live traffic report as her copter crashes 1986 Madonna's "True Blue," album goes #1 for 5 weeks and her single 1986 Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, (Edward abdicated for her), dies at 89 1985 Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88 1985 Madonna weds Sean Penn on her 27th birthday 1984 Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, assassinated by 2 of her bodyguards at age 66 1984 Steffi Graf plays her 1st pro tennis match 1984 Kathy Whitworth wins Rochester Golf International (her 85th win) 1984 Flora Robson, actress (Great Day, Frieda), dies in her sleep at 82 1984 Ethel Merman, singer and actress (Kid Million), dies in her sleep at 76 1984 TV anchor Christine Craft wins $325,000 in her case against KMBC-TV 1982 Cindy Nicholas of Canada makes her 19th swim of English Channel 1982 Chris Evert wins her 6th and final U.S. Open Tennis match at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills NY 1982 Margaret Thatcher begins her 2nd term as British prime minster 1982 Tracy Caulkins, 19, wins her 36th U.S. swimming title 1981 Neva Rockefeller is 1st woman ordered to pay her husband alimony 1981 Janet Cooke says her Pulitzer award 8-year-old heroin addict story is a lie, Washington Post relinquishes Pulitzer Prize on fabricated story 1980 Gabriella Brum, 18, of W Germany crowned 30th Miss World, she resigns the next day, because she wants to marry her 52 year old boyfriend 1980 Barbra Streisand's "Guilty," album goes #1 for 3 weeks and her single "Woman In Love," goes #1 for 3 weeks 1980 Turner's painting "Juliet and Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million 1980 J Turners "Juliet and Her Nurse" sold for $6,400,000 in New York City 1980 Joy Adamson, author (Born Free), killed by her servant at 69 1979 Ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67 1979 Jackie Mercer wins her 4th golf title 31 years after her 1st 1978 Ayumi Hamasaki, also known as "Ayu" by her fans, Japanese Musician 1977 Princess Anne announces she's expecting her 1st child (Peter) 1976 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by President Carter 1976 90th U.S. Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats E Goolagong Cawley (63 60) Evonne Goolagong loses her 4th straight U.S. Open Final (Evert wins) 1976 Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consec national figure skating champions 1974 Joan Jett forms her rock group Runaways 1974 Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly and dies 14 months later 1973 Constance Talmadge, U.S. comedienne (Her Primitive Lover), dies at 75 1973 Bernice Fekete skips her curling rink to 2nd straight 8-ender, Edm 1973 Max Adrian, actor (Boy Friend, Her Favorite Husband), dies at 69 1972 Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire 1970 Mairiam Hargrave of Yorkshire, passes her driving test on 40th try 1970 Miriam Hargrave of England passes her drivers test on 40th try 1970 Dolle Mina's burns her bra in Amsterdam 1968 "Her First Roman" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 17 performances 1968 "Her 1st Roman" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 17 performances 1968 Jane Asher breaks her engagement with Paul McCartney on live TV 1967 Lorraine Pearson, born in Romfod, United Kingdom, born Lorraine Samantha Jean Pearson, singer, rocker, writer, member of pop group Five Star, published novel 'Her, Me and Reality", 1989 1967 Bobby Gentry releases her only hit "Ode to Billy Joe" 1966 Bobby Fuller, rocker, singer, guitarist, most famous single titled, I Fought the Law, written by Sonny Curtis, first top 40 hit, Let Her Dance, influences include The Beatles, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, found dead at 22 1966 Janis Joplin plays her 1st gig in San Francisco 1964 Queen Elizabeth orders Beatles to her birthday party, they attend 1963 Beatles release "I Want To Hold Your Hand"/"I Saw Her Standing There" 1963 Princess Marijke changes her name to Christina 1962 Barbra Streisand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia) 1961 Susan Boyle, born in Blackburn, Scotland, Scottish singer, gained international attention, audience ovation, on television contest, Britain's Got Talent with Les Miserables song, 'I Dreamed a Dream', and 'Cry Me a River', plain appearance contrasts with her powerful voice 1961 Vasa, which sunk on her maiden voyage in 1628, is raised 1961 Jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads" 1960 "Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ricky Valance peaks at #1 in UK 1960 Wilma Rudolph wins her 2nd gold medal 1960 Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66 1959 Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse 1959 Gary Springer, born in New York City, actor, Bernice Bobs Her Hair 1957 Carole Bouquest, Paris, actress, On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1957 Richie Ashburn, fouls hit fan Alice Roth twice in same at bat 1st one breaks her nose, 2nd one hits her while she is on the stretcher 1957 Leah Neuberger wins her 8th women's singles ping pong championship 1956 Golda Meir begins her term as Israel's foreign minister 1956 Darius Rucker, lead vocalist, Hootie and the Blowfish-Let Her Cry 1956 Spain relinquishes her protectorate in Morocco 1955 Jill Kinmont hits a tree and breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race 1951 Chris Smith, born in Barnet, London, Christopher Robert 'Chris' Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, politician, Labor Party, Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury, Cabinet minister, first openly gay MP member, HIV positive 1951 Sonia Braga, born in Maringa, Brazil, actress, Dona Flor and Her 2 Husbands 1950 Mother Teresa found her Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India 1950 Gwendolyn Brooks, is 1st Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her poetry 1948 Charles D Brown, actor (Eve Knew Her Apples), dies at 61 1948 Dianne Wiest, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Hannah and Her Sisters, Footloose 1946 Sally Field, born in Pasadena, California, we really like her, Gidget, Flying Nun 1946 Sammy Johns, rocker, Politics, Religion and Her 1943 France transfers most of her powers in Lebanon to Lebanese government 1942 Rex Thompson, New York City, actor, Young Bess, King and I, Her 12 Men 1942 Bobby Fuller, born in Baytown, Texas, rocker, singer, guitarist, most famous single titled, I Fought the Law, written by Sonny Curtis, first top 40 hit, Let Her Dance, influences include The Beatles, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran 1942 Mel McDaniel, born in Checotah, Oklahoma, singer, Baby's got her Blue Jeans On 1942 Anne Frank, 13, goes into hiding with her family and 4 other Jews 1942 Anne Frank begins her diary 1942 Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present, Amsterdam 1942 Willy Bogner, Jr., Munich, director, On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1939 Ray Peterson, born in Denton, Texas, singer, Tell Laura I Love Her 1938 Alice Marble wins her 2nd singles U.S. tennis title 1938 Jeff Barry, born in Brooklyn, New York, rock writer, Tell Laura I Love Her 1938 Jock Slater, born in the United Kingdom, admiral, Royal Navy, served 1958 - 1998, Equerry to Her Majesty The Queen, 1968 1971 1937 Mae West performs Adam and Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC radio 1937 Maribel Vinson wins her 9th U.S. figure skating championship 1935 Paul J M Beers, Dutch actor, Mother Courage and Her Children 1935 Renata Scotto, born in Savona, Italy, singer, soprano, performed La Traviata at age 18, received 15 curtain calls performing Walter in La Wally at La Scala, 1953, directs opera and teaches at her opera academy in Italy, New York 1934 Elizabeth Ryan wins her 12th Wimbledon doubles championship 1934 Eileen Atkins, born in London, England, actress, Equus, Devil Within Her 1934 Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, "Stand Up and Cheer" 1933 Alfred Her, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 47 1932 Anna Dickinson, dies just a week shy of her 90th birthday 1932 Sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title 1931 Operetta "Victoria and Her Husband," premieres in London 1931 Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running radio program on CBS 1930 Nathaniel Branden, born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, psychotherapist, known for work in psychology of self-esteem, writer, associate of novelist Ayn Rand, promoted her philosophy, idea of Objectivism, profiled in movie, 'The Passion of Ayn Rand' 1927 Isadora Duncan, dies as her scarf became entangled in her car's wheel 1927 Cecil Bodker, born in Fredericia, Denmark, writer, won Mildred L. Batchelder Award for her book titled, The Leopard, considered the most outstanding book originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, then published in the United States 1920 Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, Dutch author, Anna and her Father 1917 Rosemary Woods, Nixon's secretary, keep her away from your tapes 1917 James Barries' "Old Lady Shows Her," premieres in London 1912 Ann Dvorak, McKim, New York City, actress, G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface 1911 Marie Curie receives her 2nd Nobel Prize 1907 Eleni Gatzoyiannis, heroine, saved her kids 1907 Maria Montessori opens her 1st (Montessori) school (Rome) 1906 Belle Stewart, born near Bloirgowrie, Scotland, Scottish traditional singer, led life of a Scottish Traveler, daughter Sheila Stewart wrote her biography 'Queen Amang the Heather; the Life of Belle Stewart' 1905 Mistaking her husband for a burglar, Ty Cobb's mother kills him 1904 GB Shaw's "How He Lied to Her Husband," premieres in New York City 1902 Jan Kiepura, Sosnowiec Poland, vocalist/actor, Her Wonderful Lie 1901 Clara Maass, army nurse sacrificied her life at 25 to prove that the mosquito carries yellow fever 1901 Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast 1896 Fanny Farmer publishes her 1st cookbook 1894 Amelia Jenks Bloomer, suffragist (Bloomers named for her), dies at 76 1892 Mae West, Brooklyn, actress, Go Up and See Her Sometime, Klondike Annie 1892 Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning use of "400" to describe socially elite 1889 New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, by finishing trip following January in 72 days, 6 1880 Grantland Rice, sportswriter, New York Her Trib 1914-30, Colliers 1925-37 1876 Battle of Rosebud/Battle Where Girl Saved Her Brother 1866 Mary Baker Eddy cures her injuries by opening a bible 1866 Harry Davenport, New York City, actor and director, Her Unborn Child, My Sin 1853 Harriet Tubman began her Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape 1843 Sojourner Truth leaves New York to begin her career as antislavery activist 1842 Princess Sophia weds her cousin duke Charles Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach 1841 Catherine McAuley, founder, the Sisters of Mercy, established 12 foundations in Ireland, 2 in England, inherited fortune from father, used money to care for, educate, homeless women and children, dies at her House of Mercy 1840 British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg 1838 Alice Cunningham Fletcher, ethnologist, Stranger in Her Native Land 1829 Britain abolished "suttee" in India, widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre 1818 Amelia Jenks Bloomer, suffragette known for her pantaloons 1803 Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France 1777 Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from New York to Ct rallying her fathers militia 1729 Sister St. Stanislas Hachard, 1st U.S. nun, takes her vows, N Orleans 1656 All female jury hears case of woman who killed her child (acquit her) 1631 Mumtax Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan of India, her tomb (Taj Mahal) 1570 Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth, absolves her subjects from allegiance 1565 Mary Queen of Scots marries her cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley 1504 Queen Isabella I of Spain signs her testament 1503 Il Bronzino, Florentine painter, Eleanor de Toledo and her Son 1418 Jacoba van Bayern marries her cousin John IV van Brabant 1349 Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V earl of Holland/Zealand 1040 Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes |
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