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1999 Mary Jane Croft, actress, The Lucy Show, dies at 83

1997 Eliot Daniel, composer (I Love Lucy theme), dies at 89

1997 Clare Lucy Madeleine Evans, historian, dies at 37

1996 Jessica Lucy Mitford, author, dies at 78

1996 Lucy Faithfull, children's campaigner, dies at 85

1995 Gail Gordon, actor (Our Miss Brooks, Lucy Show), dies of cancer at 89

1995 Gale Gordon, comedian (Our Miss Brooks, Here's Lucy), dies at 89

1992 Lucy in Peanuts comics raises her Pyschiatric Help from 5 cents to 47 cents

1991 Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman's musical premieres in New York City

1989 "I Love Lucy" Christmas episode, shown for 1st time in over 30 years

1989 Lucille Ball, comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78

1986 Desi Arnaz, actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies at 69 of cancer

1986 Frank Nelson, actor (Ralph-I Love Lucy, Jack Benny Show), dies at 75

1979 Vivian Vance, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy), diesof cancer at 67

1976 Jenny Lewis, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, actress, Becky-Life With Lucy

1975 Roy Roberts, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), dies at 75

1970 Lucy Nusrala, born in St. Louis, Missouri, 5k runner

1968 Lucy Liu, American Actress

1968 Lucy Lawless, New Zealander Actress

1967 19th Emmy Awards: Mission Impossible, Monkees, Don Knotts and Lucy Ball

1966 William Frawley, actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy), dies at 89

1965 Lucy Han, born in Hartford, Conn, WPVA volleyballer, Nationals-7th-1994

1964 Helen Marina Lucy Windsor, England, daughter of Prince Edward

1962 Lucy Show premieres

1960 Clare Lucy Madeleine Evans, historian

1958 Charlene Tilton, born in San Diego, California, actress, Lucy Ewing-Dallas

1957 Lynn Herring, Enid Oklahoma, actress, Lucy Coe-General Hospital

1957 "I Love Lucy," last airs on CBS-TV

1957 Last broadcast of "I Love Lucy" on CBS-TV

1956 "I Love Lucy" Christmas show airs, never put in syndication

1956 Lucy Gutteridge, actress, Top Secret, Trouble With Spies

1956 8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show and Lucy Ball

1956 Autherine Lucy, 1st black admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled

1956 University of Alabama refuses admission to Autherine Lucy (because he's black)

1956 Autherine J Lucy admitted to University of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot

1954 6th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Donald O'Connor and Eve Arden wins

1953 5th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Thomas Mitchell and Helen Hayes wins

1953 Desi Arnaz, Jr., born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Craig-Here's Lucy, Fakeout, Joyride

1952 1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy)

1951 "I Love Lucy" debuts on CBS TV

1951 Lucie Arnaz, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Kim-Here's Lucy, Jazz Singer

1950 Richard Keith, Lafayette, Louisiana, actor, Little Ricky-I Love Lucy

1947 Betty Thomas, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Lucy Baines-Hill Street Blues

1933 Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley, England, Duchess of Kent

1929 Autherine Lucy, 1st black to enroll in University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa

1922 Lucy Killea, assemblywoman-Calif

1917 Desi Arnaz, born in Santiago Cuba, actor, I Love Lucy

1911 Lucille Ball, born in Jamestown, New York, comedienne/actress, I Love Lucy, Mame

1910 Lucy Faithfull, children's campaigner

1909 Lucy Kroll, entertainment agent

1907 Vivian Vance, born in Cherryvale, Kansas, actress, Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy

1906 Gale Gordon, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Conklin-Our Miss Brooks, Here's Lucy

1905 Charles Lane, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Homer-Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show

1900 Roy Roberts, born in Tampa, Florida, actor, Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show

1893 Lucy [Blackwell-]Stone, U.S. abolitionist/feminist, dies

1893 William Frawley, Iowa, actor, Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy, Bub-My 3 Sons

1893 Lucy Stone, American Activist

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

1874 Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian Educator

1866 Lucy B Hobbs (Taylor) becomes 1st U.S. woman to earn a DDS degree

1833 Lucy Hobbs Taylor, 1st U.S. woman dentist, 1866

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

1824 Lucy Larcom, American Poet

1818 Lucy Blackwell-Stone, U.S. abolitionist, US Woman's Suffrage Assn

1818 Lucy Stone, American Activist



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