1993 Death Lily van Lugt Melsert, actress (Tomorrow will be better), dies at 91 1976 Death Lily Pons, French/U.S. soprano/opera diva (Met Opera), dies at 71 1973 Death Peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46 1971 Death Spring Byington, actress (Lily Ruskin-December Bride), dies at 84 1970 Birthday Martha Byrne, actress, Lily Grimaldi-As the World Turns 1969 Birthday Candy Dulfer, Amsterdam Holland, saxophonist, Lily Was Here 1968 Birthday Paula Irvine, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Lily Blake-Santa Barbara 1963 Birthday Lily Yip, Canton China, U.S. table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1958 Death Lily Theresa Strickland, composer, dies at 71 1939 Birthday Lily Tomlin, born in Detroit, comedienne/actress, 9 to 5, Laugh-in, All of Me 1937 Event World's largest flower blooms in New York Botanical Garden, 12' calla lily 1926 Birthday Peggy Castle, Appalachia, Virginia, actress, Lily Merrill-Lawman 1919 Birthday Leon Kirchner, born in Brooklyn, New York, opera composer, Lily 1908 Birthday Elliott Cook Carter, Jr., New York City, composer, Tom and Lily 1904 Birthday Lily Pons, opera singer and actress, That Girl From Paris 1904 Birthday Lily Pons, born in Draguignan, France, soprano diva, Hitting a New High 1903 Birthday Claudette Colbert, Lily Chauchoin, Paris, actress, Texas Lady 1901 Birthday Lily Bouwmeester, Dutch actress/comedienne, Pygmalion 1887 Birthday Lily Theresa Strickland, composer 1886 Birthday Spring Byington, Colorado Springs, actress, Lily Ruskin-December Bride 1862 Event Opera "Lily of Killarney," premieres in London 1853 Birthday Lillie Langtry, Jersey Lily, vaudevillian actress, Lillie
