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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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