2004 Janet Leigh, actress, Psycho, dies at 76
2004 Janet Frame, New Zealander Novelist
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 Janet Leach, potter, dies at 79
1995 Janet Wilder, stuntwoman, dies at 29
1995 Attorney General Janet Reno announces she has Parkinson disease
1994 Janet Ahlberg, illustrator, dies at 50
1993 Janet Margolin, U.S. actress (Annie Hall), dies at 50 of ovarian cancer
1993 Janet Margolin, actress (David and Lisa), dies of ovarian cancer at 50
1993 Janet Reno selected by Clinton as U.S. Attorney General
1991 Janet Jackson signs $40M 3 album deal with Virgin records
1991 18th American Music Award: M C Hammer and Janet Jackson
1990 1st Billboard Music Awards: Janet Jackson wins
1990 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson
1989 Janet B Evans swims female world record 800m freestyle (8:16.22)
1988 Janet Ertel, crooner, dies
1988 Wayne Gretzky (NHL) and Janet Jones (Police Acad 5) wed in Edmonton
1988 Janet B. Evans swims 1500m freestyle female world record (15:52.10)
1987 Janet B Evans swims female world record 400m freestyle (4:03.85)
1987 1st Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross
1985 "Janet" by Commodores peaks at #87
1984 Janet Gaynor, actress (Sunrise), dies at 77 from a traffic accident
1983 Janet Coles wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
1982 37th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Janet Anderson
1981 Janet Cooke says her Pulitzer award 8-year-old heroin addict story is a lie, Washington Post relinquishes Pulitzer Prize on fabricated story
1981 Washington Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax)
1978 Janet Flanner, writer, dies at 86
1978 Janet Coles wins LPGA Natural Light Lady Tara Golf Classic
1978 Margaret Bowman and Janet Levy, Chi Omega, FSU, killed by Ted Bundy
1977 Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in Indy 500
1974 Janet Reasons, Port Orchard, Washington, Miss America-Washington 1997
1973 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
1972 Janet Munro, actress (Crawling Eye, Swiss Family Robinson), dies at 38
1972 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
1971 Janet Evans, swimmer, Olympics
1971 Janet Evans, Fullerton California, 400m/800m swimmer, Oly-4 gold-88, 92, 96
1971 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
1970 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
1969 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
1966 Janet Jackson, born in Gary, Indiana, singer, Michael's sister, Control
1964 Janet Soulsby, Corbridge Australia, golfer, Curtis Cup 1982
1962 Janet Patricia Gardner, born in Juneau, Alaska, rocker, Vixen-Rev It Up
1961 Janet Jones, Bridgeton, Missouri, actress, American Anthem, Flamingo Kid
1959 Janet Lynn Kavandi, born in Springfield, Missouri, PhD/astronaut, sk:STS 91
1957 Janet Napolitano, American Politician
1956 Robin Mattson, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Janet Green-All My Children
1956 Janet Anderson, born in West Sunbury, Pennsylvania, LPGA golfer, 1982 U.S. Women's Open
1956 Janet Hubert-Whitten, actress, Vivian Banks-Fresh Prince of Bel Air
1955 Hurricane Janet, kills 500 in Caribbean
1955 Janet Quist Austin, Texas, playmate, Dec, 1978
1954 Janet Coles, LPGA golfer
1954 Janet Maw, actress, Sparrow, King John, Mayor of Casterbridge
1954 Janet Dykman, Monterey Park California, archer 1996 Olympics
1953 Janet Lynn, ice skater, 1972 Olympics bronze
1951 Janet Collins, ballerina, 1st Black dancer with Opera Co, Aida
1951 Janet Eilber, born in Detroit, Michigan, actress, Hard to Hold, Romantic Comedy
1949 Joyce DeWitt, born in Wheeling, West Virginia, actress, Janet Wood-Three's Company
1949 Janet Issaca Ashford, writer
1948 Janet Fay, hammered to death by Honeymoon Killers
1947 Janet LePera, LPGA golfer
1946 Janet Street-Porter, British TV personality, Youth
1946 Janet Lennon, Culver City California, singer, Lennon Sisters
1946 Janet Lennon, vocalist, Lennon Sisters
1946 Janet E[llen] Morris, U.S., sci-fi author, Golden Sword, Tempus
1944 Janet Ahlberg, illustrator
1944 Janet Dailey, U.S., author
1943 Janet Margolin, born in New York City, actress, Take the Money and Run, David and Lisa
1942 Janet Vogel, rocker, Skyliners
1939 Janet Suzman, South Africa, actress, Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run
1938 Janet Hough Bryant, author/performing artist/educator
1938 Janet Reno, U.S. attorney general, 1993-
1938 Janet Guthrie, race car driver, 1st woman to race in Indianapolis 500
1936 Janet Allen, Headmistress, Benenden School
1934 Janet Pilgrim, playmate, July 1955, Dec 1955, Oct 1956
1933 Janet Baker, York England, mezzo-soprano, Owen Wingrave
1932 Janet Bately, Prof of English Language, King's College London
1929 1st Academy Awards - "Wings," Emil Jennings and Janet Gaynor wins
1927 Janet Leigh, born in Merced, California, actress, Psycho
1926 J[anet] O[pal] Jeppson, [nee Janet Asimov], author, 2nd Experiment
1924 Janet Frame, NZ, novelist, Intensive Care, Owls Do Cry
1922 Kim Hunter, [Janet Cole], Det, Michigan, actress, Planet of the Apes, Lilith
1921 Janet Blair, born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, actress, Leave it to the Girls, Smith Family
1918 Janet Leach, potter
1917 Janet Collins, ballerina
1907 Janet Harmon Bragg, U.S. pilot/columnist, Chicago Defender
1906 Janet Gaynor, Philadelphia, actress, Sunrise, A Star Is Born
1900 "Janet" Taylor Caldwell, England, novelist, Melissa
1892 Janet Flanner, journalist, New Yorker
1859 Pierre Marie Felix Janet, France, psychologist/neurologist
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