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

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

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

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

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

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

1996 Maggie Donnelly, bag lady, dies at 46

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

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

1994 Juliette Lady Huxley Baillot, author, dies at 96

1994 Elaine Crosby wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

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

1994 Jackie Kennedy, First Lady

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

1994 Lady Caithness, wife of British undersecretary, commits suicide

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

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

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

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

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

1993 Val Skinner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

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

1992 Danielle Ammaccapan wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

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

1991 Colleen Walker wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

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

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

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

1990 Cathy Gerring wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

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

1989 Laura Davies wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1988 Shirley Furlong wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

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

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

1987 1st lady Nancy Reagan undergoes a modified radical mastectomy

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

1987 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

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

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

1986 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1985 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1984 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1984 4th Golden Raspberry Awards: Lonely Lady wins

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

1983 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1983 Janet Coles wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament

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

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

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

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

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

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

1982 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1982 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament

1982 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Orlando Lady Golf Classic

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

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

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

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

1981 Prince Charles of England weds Lady Diane Spencer

1981 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf

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

1981 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament

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

1981 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf

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

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

1980 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1980 Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament

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

1979 Vicki Fergon wins LPGA Lady Stroh's Golf Open

1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1979 Sandra Post wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament

1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf Tournament

1978 Sandra Post wins LPGA Lady Stroh's Golf Open

1978 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1978 Janet Coles wins LPGA Natural Light Lady Tara Golf Classic

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

1977 Lady Davina EAB Windsor, daughter of English prince Richard

1977 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1977 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic

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

1976 Susie Berning wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

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

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

1976 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic

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

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

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

1975 Susie Berning wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

1975 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic

1974 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic

1974 1st Lady Betty Ford undergoes a radical mastectomy

1974 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic

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

1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic

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

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

1973 Mary Mills wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic

1973 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

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

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

1972 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic

1972 Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Lady Pepsi Golf Open

1972 Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1972 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Eve Golf Open

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

1971 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Pepsi Golf Open

1971 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

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

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

1970 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1970 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

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

1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Danbury Lady Carling Golf Open

1969 Susie Berning wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

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

1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1968 Beatles release "Lady Madonna" in the UK

1967 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1967 Mickey Wright wins Lady Carling Golf Open

1967 Stien Kaiser becomes world champion lady's skater

1966 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1966 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Midwest Golf Open

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

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

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

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

1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Lady Carling Eastern Golf Open

1964 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

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

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

1964 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 Laurie Brower, born in Long Beach, California, LPGA golfer, 1994 Lady Keystone-9th

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

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

1963 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Eastern Golf Open

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

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

1962 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Tournament

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

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

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

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

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

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

1960 Penguin Books publishes "Lady Chatterley's Lover"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1949 Maggie Donnelly, bag lady

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

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

1949 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 Margaret Trudeau, Vancouver BC, former Canadian 1st lady

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1946 Laura Bush, American First Lady

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

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

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

1943 Anna Gael, Gyarmarthy, Budapest Hungary, Lady Weymouth

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1936 Pravda criticizes Sjostakovitsj' "Lady Macbeth" opera

1935 Stalin views Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady Macbeth"

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

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

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

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

1933 Jehan Sadat, 1st lady of Egypt

1933 Butler-Sloss, British Lady Justice

1933 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 Lady Littler, CEO, Gaming Board for Great Britain

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

1932 Lady Gregory, Irish Dramatist

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1929 Jackie Kennedy, First Lady

1929 Katie Boyle, Lady Sander Saunders, British broadcaster

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

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

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

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

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

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

1927 Rosalynn Carter, American First Lady

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

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

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

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

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

1924 Florence Harding, American First Lady

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1921 Lady Fisher, founder, British Women Caring Trust

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1916 Margaret Lockwood, Karachi India, actress, Lady Vanishes

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

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

1912 Claudia Johnson, American First Lady

1912 Pat Nixon, 1st lady, 1968-74

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

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

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

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

1910 Lady Mosley, biographer, dies

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

1908 Lady Jean Swaythling, chief controller, ATS

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

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

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

1907 Henriette Wyeth, 1st lady of american art

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

1905 Irene Wicker, singer and actress, Singing Lady

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1896 , Lady Huxley, Juliette Baillot, author

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1876 Eliza Johnson, American First Lady

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

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

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

1865 Annie Jones, Virginia, bearded lady

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

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

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

1860 Loss of steamer, "Lady Elgin"

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

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

1860 Florence Harding, American First Lady

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

1852 Louisa Catherine Adams, American First Lady

1852 Lady Gregory, Irish Dramatist

1849 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 Octave Mirbeau, France, writer, Journal of a Lady's Maid

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

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

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

1832 Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, 1st lady, 1881

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

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

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

1828 Lady Caroline Lamb, British Celebrity

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

1826 Varina Howell Davis, 1st lady, Confederacy

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

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

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

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

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

1810 Eliza Johnson, American First Lady

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

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

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

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

1785 Lady Caroline Lamb, British Celebrity

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

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

1775 Louisa Catherine Adams, American First Lady

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

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

1768 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 Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, Dutch actress, Phaedra, Lady Macbeth

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

1732 Martha Washington, 1st, 1st lady, 1789-97

1731 Martha Washington, American First Lady

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1553 Lady Jane Grey becomes queen of England

1553 English Lady Jane Grey marries Guildford Dudley

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

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


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