2003 Death Madame Chiang Kai-shek, more-than-just-a-political-widow, dies at 105 1996 Death Ross Hunter, U.S. producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk), dies at 75 1995 Death Lana Turner, actress (Madame X), dies of cancer at 75 1994 Death Michel Vitold, Russian/French actor (Madame et le Mort), dies at 78 1994 Event Mayflower Madame Sydney Biddle Barrows (42) weds Darnay Hoffman (46) 1994 Death Jarmila Novotna, Czechoslovakian/U.S. soprano, 'Madame Butterfly', dies at 86 1993 Death Germaine Emilie Madame Gres Krebs, haute Couturist, dies at 89 1988 Death Wayland Flowers, ventriloquist (Madame), dies of AIDS at 48 1980 Death Richard Bonnelli, actor (Enter Madame), dies 1977 Death John Breeden, actor (Madame Racketeer, Salute), dies at 73 1971 Death Madame Spivy [LeVoe], actress (All Fall Down), dies at 64 1965 Death Constance Bennett, actress (Madame X, Topper), dies at 59 1961 Birthday Judy Landers, Philadelphia, actress, Vega$, BJ and the Bear, Madame's Place 1959 Death Madame Sul-To-Wan, Conley, actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 85 1958 Event Britain's 1st planetarium opens at Madame Tussaud's in London 1952 Death Albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84 1951 Death Robert Walker, actor and writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32 1948 Death Warren William, actor (Fear, Wolf Man, Madame X), dies at 53 1944 Birthday Francesca Annis, born in London, England, actress, Madame Bovary, Dune 1943 Birthday Susan Tolsky, born in Houston, actress, Madame's Place, Here Comes the Brides 1935 Birthday Mirella Freni, Modena Italy, lyric soprano, Madame Butterfly 1934 Death "Madame" Marie Curie-Sklodovska, Polish/French chemist, dies 1934 Death Eugenie Besserer, actress (Anna Christie, Madame X), dies at 65 1930 Death William Courtleigh, actor (Madame X, Eyes of Youth), dies at 63 1928 Event Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition opens in London 1921 Birthday Ross Hunter, born in Cleveland, Ohio, producer, Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk 1919 Birthday Louis Jourdan, Marseilles France, actor, Gigi, Can-Can, Madame Bovary 1919 Death Madame C J Walker, wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51 1918 Birthday Karen Verne, born in Berlin, Germany, actress, Madame X 1915 Birthday Johannes J "Joop" Klant, Netherlands/South Africa economist, Madame Sans Gane 1915 Event Giordano, Sardou and Moreau's opera "Madame Sans Gane" premieres in New York City 1910 Birthday Van Heflin, born in Walters, Oklahoma, actor, Great Adventure, Madame Bovary 1908 Death Victorien Sardou, French opera author (Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77 1904 Birthday Eve Denise Curie, French pianist/author/daughter of Madame Curie 1904 Birthday John Breeden, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Salute, Madame Racketeer, Joy Street 1903 Birthday Germaine Emilie Madame Gres Krebs, haute Couturist 1897 Birthday Walter Pidgeon, New Brunswick Can, actor, Mrs Miniver, Madame Curie 1897 Birthday Mei-ling Soong, Madame Chiang Kai-shek 1897 Birthday Pola Negri, Barbara A Chalupec, Polish/US actress, Madame Bovary 1894 Birthday Pola Negri, Barbara A Chalupiec, Polish/U.S. actress, Madame Dubarry 1894 Birthday Jean Renoir, French director, Madame Bovary, Nana, Grand Illusion 1893 Birthday Ruth Chatterton, U.S. actress, Madame X, Sarah and Son 1874 Birthday Sidney Toler, Warrensburg, Missouri, actor, Madame X, Meeting at Midnight 1867 Birthday Madame C J Walker, Louisiana, cosmetic mogul 1867 Birthday William Courtleigh, born in Guelph, Ontario, actor, Eyes of Youth, Madame X 1857 Event Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published 1831 Birthday Victorien Sardou, French stage writer, Madame Sans-Gane 1821 Birthday Gustave Flaubert, France, novelist, Madame Bovary 1816 Death Madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies 1769 Event Madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress 1766 Birthday Madame de Stael, Swiss-French belle-lettrist, An Extraordinary Woman 1761 Birthday Madame [Marie Grosholtz] Tussaud, created wax museum 1750 Birthday M Laetitia Bonaparte-Ramolino, Madame Mere, mother of Napoleon I 1721 Birthday Madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th 1702 Birthday Jean E Liotard, Turk, Swiss painter, Madame d'Epinay 1696 Death Madame de Sevigne, French Writer 1684 Event French king Louis XIV marries Madame Maintenon 1626 Birthday Madame de Sevigne, French Writer
