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2012 Event - Following severe floods in southern France, hundreds of pilgrims are evacuated from the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes

2011 Event - The music video for the single, 'Marry the Night' is released by pop singer Lady Gaga; the song is from her 2011 album 'Born This Way'

2011 Event - At the 53rd Grammy Awards, Lady Antebellum wins the Song of the Year and Record of the Year award for the song, 'Need You Now'

2000 Event - Hilary Clinton is the first former First Lady elected to the Senate

1998 Event - First Lady Hilary Clinton blames charges that President Clinton had affairs part of a vast right-wing conspiracy

1997 Death - Ellen Clara Pollock, actress (Wicked Lady, Fake), dies at 94

1997 Death - David Waller, actor (Lady Jane, Perfect Friday, Hannay), dies at 76

1996 Event - Couples, Davies, Sheehan and Sorenstam win Wendy's Lady's 3 Tour Golf

1996 Death - John Abbott, British actor (Lady Jane, Quest), dies at 90

1996 Death - Maggie Donnelly, bag lady, dies at 46

1995 Death - Kathleen Harrison, actress (Fast Lady, Big Money), dies at 103

1995 Death - Joan A C Ramsey nee Hamilton, lady Ramsey of Canterbury, dies at 84

1994 Death - Juliette Lady Huxley Baillot, author, dies at 96

1994 Event - Elaine Crosby wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1994 Death - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 1st lady (1961-63), dies of cancer at 64

1994 Death - Jackie Kennedy, First Lady

1994 Event - "My Fair Lady" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 165 performances

1994 Death - Lady Caithness, wife of British undersecretary, commits suicide

1993 Death - Alexander Mackendrick, British/US director (Lady Killers), dies at 81

1993 Event - "My Fair Lady" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 165 performances

1993 Event - Sally Gunnell runs lady world record 400m hurdles (52.74")

1993 Death - Ruth Lady Fermoy, maternal grandmother of Princess Diane, dies at 84

1993 Death - Pat Nixon, 1st lady (1969-75), dies of lung cancer at 81

1993 Event - Val Skinner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1992 Death - Lady Rothermere, Bubbles, wife of British newspaper magnate, dies

1992 Event - Danielle Ammaccapan wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1992 Death - Earl Spencer, father of Lady Diana, dies at 68

1991 Event - Colleen Walker wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1991 Death - Margot Fonteyn, ballerina (1st lady of British Ballet), dies at 71

1990 Event - "Millie's Book" written by 1st Lady Barbara Bush for president's dog is a best-selling non-fiction book

1990 Death - Margaret Mary Lockwood, actress (Man in Grey, Wicked Lady), dies at 73

1990 Event - Cathy Gerring wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1990 Death - Rex Harrison, actor (My Fair Lady), dies of cancer at 82

1989 Event - Laura Davies wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1988 Event - Shirley Furlong wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1988 Death - Frederick Loewe, U.S. composer (My Fair Lady), dies at 84

1987 Death - Irene Wicker, singer and actress (Singing Lady), dies at 81

1987 Event - 1st lady Nancy Reagan undergoes a modified radical mastectomy

1987 Event - Japanese bank buys "Lady McGill" stamp for $1,100,000

1987 Event - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1987 Event - Sir Rudolph Bing (of New York Met Opera) marries Lady Carroll Douglass

1986 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Brave Raj, Capote, Lady's Secret, Last Tycoon, Manila, Skywalker, Smile at Santa Anita

1986 Event - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1985 Event - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1984 Event - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1984 Event - 4th Golden Raspberry Awards: Lonely Lady wins

1983 Death - George Cukor, director (My Fair Lady), dies on 84th birthday

1983 Event - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1983 Event - Janet Coles wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament

1983 Death - Jacqueline Logan, silent film leading lady, dies at 78

1982 Death - Bess Truman, 1st lady (1945-53), dies in Independence, Mo at 97

1982 Event - "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" closes at Nederlander New York City after 333 performances

1982 Event - Prince Chuck and Lady Di name their baby "William"

1982 Event - Prince Chuck and Lady Di take Prince William home from hospital

1982 Birthday - William of Wales, son of Prince Chuck and Lady Di

1982 Event - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1982 Event - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament

1982 Event - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Orlando Lady Golf Classic

1982 Death - Victor Jory, actor (Adv of Tom Sawyer, 1st Lady, Jigsaw), dies at 79

1982 Death - Stanley Holloway, comedian (My Fair Lady, Our Man Higgins), dies at 91

1981 Event - "My Fair Lady" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 119 performances

1981 Event - "My Fair Lady" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 119 performances

1981 Event - Prince Charles of England weds Lady Diane Spencer

1981 Event - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf

1981 Event - "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" opens at Nederlander New York City for 333 performances

1981 Event - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament

1981 Death - Margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies

1981 Event - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf

1981 Death - Torin Thatcher, actor (Houdini, Isranbul, Lady Godiva), dies

1981 Event - Britain's Prince Charles announces engagement to Lady Diana Spencer

1980 Event - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1980 Event - Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament

1980 Event - Edward Albee's "Lady from Dubuque," premieres in New York City

1979 Event - Vicki Fergon wins LPGA Lady Stroh's Golf Open

1979 Event - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1979 Event - Sandra Post wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament

1979 Event - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf Tournament

1978 Event - Sandra Post wins LPGA Lady Stroh's Golf Open

1978 Event - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1978 Event - Janet Coles wins LPGA Natural Light Lady Tara Golf Classic

1978 Death - Leo Genn, actor (Lady Chatterley's Lover, Henry V), dies at 72

1977 Birthday - Lady Davina EAB Windsor, daughter of English prince Richard

1977 Event - Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1977 Event - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic

1977 Event - "My Fair Lady" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 384 performances

1976 Event - Susie Berning wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1976 Birthday - Lukas Hass, actor, Mars Attacks, Lady in White, Witness, Music Box

1976 Death - Victor Varconi, actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings), dies at 85

1976 Event - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic

1976 Event - "My Fair Lady" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 384 performances

1976 Death - Johan[nes A] Card, actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady), dies at 78

1976 Death - Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor (My Fair Lady), dies at 78

1975 Event - Susie Berning wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1975 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic

1974 Event - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic

1974 Event - 1st Lady Betty Ford undergoes a radical mastectomy

1974 Event - Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic

1974 Death - Roger Pryor, actor (Lady by Choice), dies at 72

1973 Event - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic

1973 Death - Marc Allegret, French director (Lady Chatterley), dies at 72

1973 Event - Jane Blalock/Sandra Palmer wins Lady Angelo's 4-Ball Golf Tournament

1973 Event - Mary Mills wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic

1973 Event - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1972 Death - Mark A Van Doren, U.S. literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78

1972 Event - Philippine's 1st lady Imelda Marcos stabbed and wounded by an assailant

1972 Event - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic

1972 Event - Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Lady Pepsi Golf Open

1972 Event - Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1972 Event - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Eve Golf Open

1972 Event - Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes European all-round lady skating champ

1971 Event - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Pepsi Golf Open

1971 Event - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1971 Event - Tom Jones, "She's a Lady," goes gold

1970 Event - Neil Simon's "Gingerbread Lady," premieres in New York City

1970 Event - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1970 Event - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1969 Event - Sharon Sites Adams, 39, becomes 1st lady to solo sail the Pacific

1969 Event - Carol Mann wins LPGA Danbury Lady Carling Golf Open

1969 Event - Susie Berning wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1969 Event - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1968 Event - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1968 Event - Gary Puckett and Union Gap release "Lady Will Power"

1968 Event - Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1968 Event - Beatles release "Lady Madonna" in the UK

1967 Event - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1967 Event - Mickey Wright wins Lady Carling Golf Open

1967 Event - Stien Kaiser becomes world champion lady's skater

1966 Event - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1966 Event - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1965 Event - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Midwest Golf Open

1965 Event - 37th Academy Awards - "My Fair Lady," Rex Harrison and J Andrews win

1965 Birthday - Diane Lane, New York City, actress, Streets of Fire, Lady Beware, Lonesome Dove

1964 Death - Jack Pennick, actor (Lady From Louisiana), dies at 68

1964 Event - Jan and Dean release "Little Old Lady From Pasadena"

1964 Event - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Lady Carling Eastern Golf Open

1964 Event - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1964 Death - Robert Warwick, actor (Konga, Zorro, Lady Godiva), dies at 85

1964 Death - Nicholas Joy, actor (Boss Lady), dies at 80

1964 Birthday - Michelle Obama, born in Chicago, Illinois, maiden name, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, first African-American First Lady of the United States, husband to Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, employed by Sidley Austin law firm and University of Chicago Medical Center

1963 Birthday - Laurie Brower, born in Long Beach, California, LPGA golfer, 1994 Lady Keystone-9th

1963 Birthday - Laura Davies, Coventry England, LPGA golfer, 1989 Lady Keystone Open

1963 Event - Jacqueline Kennedy becomes 1st, 1st lady to give birth since Mrs. Cleveland

1963 Event - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Eastern Golf Open

1962 Death - Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady (1933-1945), dies at 78 in New York City

1962 Birthday - Cary Elwes, born in Westminster, London, actor, films include, 'The Princess Bride', 'Liar Liar', 'Twister', 'Lady Jane', 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights'

1962 Event - "My Fair Lady" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 2,715 performances

1962 Event - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Tournament

1962 Event - 1st lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV

1961 Death - Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1st lady (1915-21), dies at 89

1961 Death - Henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies

1961 Birthday - Cathy Gerring, born in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, LPGA golfer, 1990 Lady Keystone Open

1961 Birthday - Marci Bozarth, Lampasas, Texas, LPGA golfer, 1994 Lady Keystone Open-37th

1960 Birthday - "Lovely" Elizabeth, Frankfurt, Kentucky, WWF's 1st lady of wrestling

1960 Event - Penguin Books publishes "Lady Chatterley's Lover"

1960 Event - DH Lawrence' "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (New York City)

1960 Event - U.S. appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene

1959 Birthday - Shirley Furlong, born in San Antonio, Texas, LPGA golfer, 1988 Lady Keystone Open

1959 Event - Postmaster General bans D H Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover (overruled by U.S. Court of Appeals in Mar 1960)

1958 Event - Our Lady of Angels School burns, killing 92 students and 3 nuns (Chic)

1957 Death - Grace Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29), dies at 78

1957 Event - 11th Tony Awards: Long Days Journey into the Night and My Fair Lady win

1957 Birthday - Cynthia Rothrock, born in Wilmington, Delaware, actress, Lady Dragon, Honor and Glory

1956 Event - "My Fair Lady" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 2,715 performances

1955 Birthday - Vicki Fergon, Palo Alto California, LPGA golfer, 1979 Lady Stroh's

1955 Event - Walt Disney's "Lady and the Tramp" released

1952 Birthday - Rudy Gatlin, Olney, Texas, country singer, Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady

1952 Death - Maria Eva "Evita" Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33

1951 Birthday - Judith Ivey, born in El Paso, Texas, actress, Lady in Red, Hello Again

1951 Birthday - Jeff Altman, comedian/actor, Nurses, Pink Lady, Soul Man

1951 Birthday - Steve Gatlin, born in Olney, Texas, country singer, Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady

1950 Birthday - Chris De Burgh, Davidson, Argent/Irish rock vocalist, Lady in Red

1949 Birthday - Maggie Donnelly, bag lady

1949 Death - Harry Davenport, actor (Cowboy and Lady, Enchanted Forest), dies at 83

1949 Birthday - Milan Williams, U.S. keyboardist, Commodores-Three Times a Lady

1949 Event - Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop round- the-world flight at Fort Worth, Texas, covering 23,452 miles in 94 hours

1948 Birthday - Margaret Trudeau, Vancouver BC, former Canadian 1st lady

1948 Birthday - Enrique Basilio, hurler, 1st lady to light Olympic flame, Mexico-1968

1948 Birthday - Larry Gatlin, Seminole, Texas, country singer, Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady

1947 Death - Frances Cleveland Preston, former 1st lady (1885-89 93-97), dies at 83

1947 Birthday - Hillary Clinton, born in Chicago, lawyer/1st lady, 1993-2001

1947 Event - "Louisiana Lady" closes at Century Theater New York City after 4 performances

1947 Event - "Louisiana Lady" opens at Century Theater New York City for 4 performances

1946 Event - "Gypsy Lady" closes at Century Theater New York City after 79 performances

1946 Birthday - Laura Bush, American First Lady

1946 Event - "Gypsy Lady," opens at Century Theater New York City for 79 performances

1944 Birthday - Olga Maitland, born in England, born Lady Helen Olga Hay, known as Lady Olga Maitland, politician, Conservative Party

1944 Birthday - Diana Ross, born in Detroit, Supremes, Lady Sings Blues, Mahogany

1943 Birthday - Anna Gael, Gyarmarthy, Budapest Hungary, Lady Weymouth

1941 Birthday - Robert Forster, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Lady in Red, Alligator

1940 Birthday - Lonnie Liston Smith, U.S. jazz performer, Cosmic Echoes, Magic Lady

1940 Birthday - Richard Pryor, Illinois, comedian/actor, Lady Sings the Blues, Stir Crazy

1940 Death - Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (Outcast Lady, Riptide), dies

1940 Birthday - Dean Torrence, born in Los Angeles, California, surf music singer, Jan and Dean-Little Old Lady

1939 Event - Cole Porter's musical "Du Barry was a Lady," premieres in New York City

1938 Birthday - Jo Ann Campbell, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Lawrence Welk's champagne lady

1936 Event - Pravda criticizes Sjostakovitsj' "Lady Macbeth" opera

1935 Event - Stalin views Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady Macbeth"

1935 Event - Frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years

1934 Event - Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady MacBeth," premieres in Leningrad

1933 Event - Fred Astaire's 1st film, "Dancing Lady," released

1933 Birthday - Jeremy Brett, actor, Sherlock Holmes, Freddie-My Fair Lady

1933 Birthday - Jehan Sadat, 1st lady of Egypt

1933 Birthday - Butler-Sloss, British Lady Justice

1933 Birthday - Susan Sontag, born in New York City, Susan Rosenblatt, New York, writer, author, filmmaker, philosopher, political activist, 'Against Interpretation' established reputation as 'the Dark Lady of American Letters'

1932 Birthday - Lady Littler, CEO, Gaming Board for Great Britain

1932 Death - Lady Augusta, Isabella Gregory, playwright (Gold Apple), dies at 80

1932 Death - Lady Gregory, Irish Dramatist

1932 Birthday - Raisa Maximovna Titorenko Gorbachev, Russia's 1st lady, 1982-1991

1931 Birthday - Jill Bennett, Penang Malay, actress, Lady Jane, Concrete Jungle

1931 Event - Sibelius/Ashton's ballet "Lady of Shalott," premieres in London

1931 Birthday - Dick Motta, NBA coach, 856 wins, Its not over 'til the fat lady sings

1931 Birthday - Imelda Marcos, politician/shoe collector/1st lady of Philippines

1930 Death - David H Lawrence, poet and writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover), dies at 44

1930 Birthday - Duncan Montgomery Stewart, principal, Lady Margaret Hall-Oxford

1929 Birthday - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, New York, 1st lady, 1961-63

1929 Birthday - Jackie Kennedy, First Lady

1929 Birthday - Katie Boyle, Lady Sander Saunders, British broadcaster

1929 Birthday - Audrey Hepburn, Brussels Belg, Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady

1929 Birthday - Lady, James, Mellon, CEO, Volunteer Development Scotland

1929 Birthday - Elspet Gray, Lady Rix, actress, 4 Weddings and a Funeral, Solo, Tenko

1928 Birthday - Eddie Fisher, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, singer, Oh My Papa, Lady of Spain

1928 Birthday - Stanley Baxter, British comedian, Joey Boy, Fast Lady

1927 Birthday - Rosalynn Smith Carter, Georgia, 1st lady, 1977-1981, Jimmy's lust

1927 Birthday - Rosalynn Carter, American First Lady

1927 Birthday - Elis Juliana, Antillian writer/poet, Lady of the Night: A flower

1927 Birthday - John Harold Kander, composer, Cabaret, Funny Lady, Kramer vs. Kramer

1926 Birthday - Gudrun Ure, British actress, Lady MacBeth, BBC Sorcerer

1925 Birthday - Barbara Bush, Rye, New York, 1st lady, 1989-93

1924 Event - George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Lady Be Good," premieres in New York City

1924 Death - Florence Harding, American First Lady

1924 Birthday - Lloyd Bochner, Toronto, Cecil-Dynasty, Lonely Lady, Naked Gun 2

1923 Birthday - Helena Carter, Helen Rickerts, U.S. model/actress, River Lady

1923 Birthday - Nancy Reagan, New York City, 1st Lady, 1981-89

1923 Event - English prince Albert (George VI) marries lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

1922 Birthday - Raymond Baxter, British TV host/author, Fast Lady

1921 Death - Ivan Caryll, composer (Pink Lady), dies at 60

1921 Birthday - Betty Ford, 1st lady, 1975-76, and namesake for Betty Ford Clinic

1921 Birthday - Lady Fisher, founder, British Women Caring Trust

1921 Birthday - Diana Barrymore, born in New York City, actress in Nightmare, Lady Courageous, Fired Wife

1919 Event - Lady Nancy Astor sworn-in as 1st female member of British Parliament

1919 Event - US-born Lady Astor elected 1st female member of British Parliament

1919 Birthday - Evita Peron, Peron-Duarte, Argentina, 1st lady/actress

1919 Birthday - Lady Ricketts, CEO, National Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux

1919 Event - Herbert/Blossom's musical "Velvet Lady," premieres in New York City

1918 Birthday - Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist composer, Lerner and Loewe-My Fair Lady

1918 Death - Demidova, lady in waiting of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death

1918 Birthday - Katherine Grant, born in Scotland, Countess of Dysart, Lady Katherine Grant of Rothiemurchus, now 12th Countess of Dysart, a Scottish peeress, referenced as Baroness Huntingtower

1918 Birthday - Willem N "Pim" Koot, pianist of Concert building, Oh, Lady! Lady!

1917 Birthday - Heinrich Boll, Germ, writer, Group Portrait with Lady, Nobel '72,

1917 Birthday - Heinrich Boll, Germ, writer, Group Portrait with Lady, Nobel '72,

1917 Birthday - Willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch singer and actor, My Fair Lady

1917 Event - James Barries' "Old Lady Shows Her," premieres in London

1916 Birthday - Margaret Lockwood, Karachi India, actress, Lady Vanishes

1914 Death - Ellen Wilson, 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54

1912 Birthday - Lady Bird Johnson, born in Texas, First Lady of the United States, called "Lady Bird", beautified Washington, D.C.

1912 Birthday - Claudia Johnson, American First Lady

1912 Birthday - Pat Nixon, 1st lady, 1968-74

1911 Birthday - Ethel Lois Payne, journalist, Chicago Defender, 1st Lady of Black Press

1911 Birthday - Karel G. Bakker, Dutch actor, Lady Windermere's Fan

1911 Event - Ivan Caryll's musical "Pink Lady," premieres in New York City

1910 Birthday - Joan Alice Chetwode Ramsey nee Hamilton, lady Ramsey of Canterbury

1910 Death - Lady Mosley, biographer, dies

1909 Birthday - Ann Sothern, Harriette Lake, ND, actress, Lady in a Cage

1908 Birthday - Lady Jean Swaythling, chief controller, ATS

1908 Birthday - Rex Harrison, Reginald Carey, England, actor, My Fair Lady, Cleopatra

1908 Birthday - Michael Redgrave, Bristol Eng, actor, Browning Version, Lady Vanishes

1908 Birthday - Rex Harrison, born in England, actor, My Fair Lady, Dr. Doolittle

1907 Birthday - Henriette Wyeth, 1st lady of american art

1907 Event - Lady Gregory's "Rising of the Moon," premieres in Dublin

1905 Birthday - Irene Wicker, singer and actress, Singing Lady

1904 Event - W B Yeats/Lady Gregory's "On Baile's Strand," premieres in Dublin

1904 Birthday - Selena Royale, New York City, actress, Date With Judy, Misleading Lady

1903 Birthday - Claudette Colbert, Lily Chauchoin, Paris, actress, Texas Lady

1903 Birthday - Wilfrid Hyde-White, England, actor, My Fair Lady, Peyton Place

1903 Event - WB Yeats and Lady Gregory's "Hour-glass," premieres in Dublin

1902 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax"

1902 Birthday - Ellen Clara Pollock, actress, Wicked Lady, Horror Hospital

1901 Birthday - Genevieve Tobin, actress, Zaza, Great Gambini, Uncertain Lady

1901 Birthday - Fuzzy Knight, Fairmont, West Virginia, actor, Oklahoma Annie, Cowby and the Lady

1899 Birthday - Evelyn Brent, born in Tampa, Florida, actress, Panama Lady, Last Coomand

1897 Birthday - Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager, My Fair Lady

1897 Birthday - Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer, Lady Fanny, Bel Ami

1896 Birthday - , Lady Huxley, Juliette Baillot, author

1896 Birthday - Mamie G Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady, 1953-61

1895 Birthday - Jack Pennick, born in Portland, Oregon, actor, Lady From Louisiana

1895 Birthday - Law Pendleton, U.S., wrestler/actor, Laughing Lady

1893 Birthday - Isobel Elsom, actress, My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger

1892 Birthday - A "Shon Nene" Morales, Antillean/Netherlands very old lady

1892 Death - Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison, 1st lady (1889-1892), dies at 60

1892 Birthday - David Garnett, England, novelist and editor, Lady into Fox

1892 Birthday - Kathleen Harrison, actress, Fast Lady, Big Money, West 11

1892 Event - "Lady Windermere's Fan" by Oscar Wilde premieres at St. James (London)

1891 Birthday - Leslie Lincoln Henson, actor, Lady Luck, Funny Face, Harvey

1891 Birthday - Henry O'Neill, Orange, New Jersey, actor, Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble

1891 Birthday - Donald Kerr, born in Eagle Grove, Iowa, actor, Carnival Lady, Devil Bat

1891 Birthday - Victor Varconi, born in Hungary, actor, Divine Lady, King of Kings, Big City

1890 Birthday - Marjory Stoneman Douglas, environmentalist, 1st Lady of Everglades

1888 Birthday - Gladys Cooper, Lewisham England, actress, My Fair Lady

1887 Birthday - Gertrude Astor, Lakewood, Ohio, actress, Carnival Lady

1887 Birthday - Raymond Hatton, born in Red Oak, Iowa, actor, Girls in Prison, Lady Killer

1885 Birthday - David Herbert "DH" Lawrence, England, writer, Lady Chatterly's Lover

1885 Birthday - Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman, 1st lady, 1945-52

1884 Birthday - Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st lady, 1933-1945, crusader, Nobel 1931

1884 Birthday - Nicholas Joy, Paris, France, actor, Boss Lady

1883 Birthday - Leah Baird, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Lady Gangster

1882 Birthday - Thurston Hall, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Roaming Lady, In Society

1879 Birthday - Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady, 1923-29

1878 Event - 1st Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn

1876 Death - Eliza Johnson, American First Lady

1875 Birthday - Lou Henry Hoover, 1st lady, 1929-33

1869 Birthday - Charley Grapewin, Xenia, Ohio, actor, Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady

1867 Event - Amstel Hotel, "the dignified old lady" opens in Amsterdam

1865 Birthday - Annie Jones, Virginia, bearded lady

1864 Birthday - Frances Folsom Cleveland, 1st lady, 1885-89, 93-97

1861 Birthday - Ivan Caryll, U.S., composer, Pink Lady

1861 Birthday - Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady, 1909-12

1860 Event - Loss of steamer, "Lady Elgin"

1860 Event - Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan

1860 Birthday - Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady, 1921-23

1860 Birthday - Florence Harding, American First Lady

1858 Birthday - Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison, 1st lady, 1889-1893

1852 Death - Louisa Catherine Adams, American First Lady

1852 Birthday - Lady Gregory, Irish Dramatist

1849 Death - Dolley Madison, wife of the 4th President of the United States, James Madison, First Lady of the United States, 1809 - 1817, acted as First Lady for Thomas Jefferson, portrait appears on United States Mint 1/2 ounce $10 gold coins, died at age 81 in Washington, D.C.

1848 Birthday - Octave Mirbeau, France, writer, Journal of a Lady's Maid

1847 Birthday - Ida Sazton McKinley, 1st lady, 1897-1901

1843 Death - Caroline Herschel, "1st lady of astronomy", dies at 98 in Germany

1837 Birthday - Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady, 1881-85

1832 Birthday - Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, 1st lady, 1881

1831 Birthday - Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, 1st lady, 1877-81

1831 Death - Sarah Kemble Siddons, English actress (Lady Macbeth), dies at 75

1830 Birthday - Belva Bennett Lockwood, attorney, 1st lady to argue in Supreme Court

1828 Death - Lady Caroline Lamb, British Celebrity

1827 Death - Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65

1826 Birthday - Varina Howell Davis, 1st lady, Confederacy

1826 Birthday - Julia Dent Grant, 1st lady, 1862-76

1821 Death - Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68

1818 Birthday - Mary Todd Lincoln, 1st lady, 1861-65

1818 Death - Abigail Adams, 2nd first lady (1797-1801), dies at 73

1816 Birthday - Charlotte Sanders Cushman, U.S., actress, Lady MacBeth

1810 Birthday - Eliza Johnson, American First Lady

1806 Birthday - Jane Means Appleton Pierce, 1st lady, 1853-57

1803 Birthday - Sarah Childress Polk, 1st lady, 1845-1849

1798 Birthday - Abigail Powers Fillmore, 1st lady, 1850-53

1788 Birthday - Margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady, 1849-50

1785 Birthday - Lady Caroline Lamb, British Celebrity

1775 Birthday - Anna Symmes Harrison, Ohio, 9th 1st lady, 1841

1775 Birthday - Louise Catherine Johnson Adams, 1st lady, 1825 - 1829

1775 Birthday - Louisa Catherine Adams, American First Lady

1771 Birthday - Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet, Lady of Lake

1768 Birthday - Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, 1st lady, 1817-25

1768 Birthday - Dolley Madison, born in New Garden, North Carolina, wife of the 4th President of the United States, James Madison, First Lady of the United States, 1809 - 1817, acted as First Lady for Thomas Jefferson, portrait appears on United States Mint 1/2 ounce $10 gold coins

1762 Birthday - Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, Dutch actress, Phaedra, Lady Macbeth

1744 Birthday - Abigail Adams, born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, 2nd first lady, 1797-1801

1732 Birthday - Martha Washington, born in the Province of Virginia, 1st American First Lady, 1789 - 1797

1731 Birthday - Martha Washington, American First Lady

1715 Event - Nicholas Rowe's "Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray," premieres in London

1678 Event - Lady Godiva rode naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes

1673 Death - Moliare, Jean Baptiste Poquelin, French author (Learned Lady), dies

1645 Death - lady Alice Lisle, English widow of John Lisle, beheaded

1554 Death - Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed

1554 Death - Lady Jane Grey, deposed Queen of England, beheaded after 9 day rule

1553 Event - English Lady Jane Grey/bishop Cranmer accused of high treason

1553 Event - 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey deposed as England's Queen after 9 days

1553 Event - Lady Jane Grey becomes queen of England

1553 Event - English Lady Jane Grey marries Guildford Dudley

1057 Death - Leofric, count of Mercia/husband of Lady Godiva, dies

1040 Event - Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes













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