2004 Margaret Hassan, humanitarian, director of Care in Iraq who was murdered by terrorists, dies at 59
2002 Princess Margaret of England, royalty, dies at 71
2002 Princess Margaret, British Royalty
1998 Margaret Walker, American Poet
1997 Margaret Farrer, midwife, dies at 83
1997 Secretary of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish
1997 Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/the Rhine, dies at 83
1996 Peggy (Margaret McCrorie) Herbison, politician, dies at 89
1996 Margaret E Rey, author of children's books, dies at 90
1996 Margaret Rawlings, actress (Roman Holiday), dies at 89
1996 Margaret McKay, politician, dies at 85
1996 Margaret Courtenay, actress (Royal Flash, Duet for One), dies at 72
1995 Margaret Annie Nan Macdonald, broadcaster, dies at 87
1995 Margaret Gorman Cahill, 1st Miss America (1921), dies at 90
1995 Margaret Chase Smith, 1st woman Rep and Sen (R-Me), dies at 97
1995 Margaret Barbara Lambert, British historian (Saar), dies at 88
1994 Margaret Skeete, oldest American, dies at 115
1993 Margaret Landon, U.S. author (Anna and the King of Siam), dies at 90
1993 Margaret MacDonald, maid to Queen Elizabeth, dies at 89
1992 Margaret Barker, actress (Fathers and Son), dies of lung cancer at 83
1991 Margaret Ramsay, vocalist, dies
1991 Margaret Tallichet, actress (Stranger on the 3rd Floor), dies
1990 Margaret Thatcher resigns as Britain's PM, replaced by John Majors
1990 Britain's conservatives chose John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher
1990 Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as British Prime Minister
1990 Last of Margaret Thatcher's original government resigns, Deputy PM Howe
1990 Margaret Mary Lockwood, actress (Man in Grey, Wicked Lady), dies at 73
1989 Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house
1989 Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house
1989 Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife
1988 Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British Prime Minister this century
1987 Margaret Thatcher is 1st British Prime Minister in 160 years to win 3rd term
1987 Margaret Laurence, Canadian author, dies at 60
1986 Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British Prime Minister to visit Israel
1985 Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wizard of Oz), dies
1985 Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz), dies at 82
1984 China PR Premier Zhao Ziyang and Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty
1984 IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die
1983 Margaret Thatchers Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election
1983 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits Falkland Islands
1982 Margaret Thatcher begins her 2nd term as British prime minster
1981 Margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies
1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes the 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain
1978 Margaret Mead, anthropologist (Thoughts and Female), dies in New York at 76
1978 Margaret Gardiner, of South Africa, crowned 27th Miss Universe
1978 Margaret A. Brewer is 1st female general in the U.S. Marine Corps
1978 Theodore Bundy kills Florida State University coeds Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman
1978 Margaret Bowman and Janet Levy, Chi Omega, FSU, killed by Ted Bundy
1977 Margaret Hayes, actress (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 61
1976 Margaret Bannerman, actress (Great Defender), dies at 79
1976 Mary Margaret McBride, TV hostess (Mary Margaret McBride), dies at 76
1976 Princess Margaret separates from the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years
1976 Margaret Leighton, actress (Best Man, Go-Between), dies at 53
1976 Margaret Leighton, British actress (Much ado about nothing), dies at 53
1975 Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party
1975 Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership
1973 43rd French Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beats C Evert (67 76 64)
1973 Bobby Riggs beat Margaret Smith Court in Mother's Day match in California
1973 Margaret Anderson, American Editor
1973 47th Australian Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Goolagong (64 75)
1972 Margaret Ruthven Lang, composer, dies at 104
1972 Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80
1972 Margaret A R Bonds, U.S. pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59
1972 Jane Morgan, actress (Mrs Margaret Davis-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 91
1971 Peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke found 10 days later
1971 Margaret Bourke-White, U.S. photographer, dies at 67
1970 Margaret Langford, Vancouver BC, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1970 77th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats King (14-12 11-9)
1970 British government of Edward Heath forms, with Margaret Thatcher
1969 83rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Nancy Richey (62 62)
1969 U.S. amateur Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beat Virginia Wade (46 63 60)
1968 Margaret Cho, actress/comedienne, Face/Off
1968 Margaret Young, American Musician
1968 Margaret Seddon, dies at 95
1967 Margaret Platt, New York City, New York, golfer, 1995 Healthsouth-9th
1967 Margaret Crowley, Australian 800m/1500m runner 1996 Olympics
1966 Margaret Sanger, U.S. feminist/birth control pioneer, dies at 86
1965 79th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats Billie Jean King (86 75)
1965 72nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats M Fraiser (64 75)
1965 Margaret Dumont [Daisy Baker], actress (Animal Crackers), dies at 75
1964 Sarah FE Armstrong-Jones, daughter of princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon
1964 Margaret Haddix, American Author
1964 Margaret Chase Smith (Sen-R-Maine) tries for Republican President bid
1963 77th U.S. Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Margaret Smith Court (75 64)
1962 76th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Darlene Hard (97 64)
1961 David AC viscount Linley, son of English princess Margaret/mystic
1960 English prince Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon)
1960 Meg Tilly, [Margaret], born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Big Chill, Impulse
1960 34th Australian Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats J Lehane (75 62)
1960 Margaret Sullavan, actress (Back Street), overdose at 48
1958 Margaret Ward, LPGA golfer
1957 Margaret Colin, actress, Independence Day, Three Men and a Baby
1957 Margaret Spellings, American Public Servant
1956 Margaret Wycherly, actress (Claudia), dies at 74
1953 Margaret L. Augustine, born in Buffalo, New York, project manager, Biosphere 2
1951 Future British Prime Minister Margaret Roberts Thatcher marries Denis Thatcher
1951 Margaret Lindsay, actress (Take a Guess), dies at 40
1951 Margaret Johnson Bailes, born in Bronx, New York, 4X100 runner, 1968 Olympics gold
1950 Margaret Whitton, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Good and Evil, Major League
1950 64th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne duPont beats D Hart (63 63)
1949 Margaret Mitchell, U.S. writer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 48
1948 Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of Congress
1948 Margaret Trudeau, Vancouver BC, former Canadian 1st lady
1948 Eleanor Margaret Burbridge, astronomer/educator
1948 Margaret [Edith] Weis, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragons of Spring Dawning
1948 Margaret Weis, American Writer
1948 Little Peggy March, [Margaret Battavio], vocalist, I Will Follow Him
1947 Margaret Rhea Seddon, Murfreesboro Tennessee, MD/astro, STS 51D, 40, SK:58
1947 President Truman's daughter, Margaret's 1st public singing concert
1947 54th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne beat Doris Hart (62 64)
1945 Margaret Impert, Horseheads, New York, actress, Maggie, Spencer's Pilots
1945 Margaret Deland, American Novelist
1944 58th U.S. Womens Tennis: P Betz beats Margaret Osborne duPont (63 86)
1944 Alison Margaret Bauld, composer
1942 Margaret L Thompson Murdock, U.S., small bore rifle, Olympic-silver-76
1942 Margaret Smith Court, born in Australia, tennis pro, 1970 Grand Slam
1942 Margaret Wright, chief commissioner, Guide Assn
1941 Margaret Price, Tredegar Wales, soprano, Pamlina-Die Zauberflote
1939 Margaret E Atwood, author and poet
1939 Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist
1939 Margaret Drabble, British author, Needle's Eye
1938 Margaret Hamilton's costume catches fire in filming of "Wizard of Oz"
1938 Margaret Forster, British Author
1938 Margaret Howard, British broadcaster
1938 Margaret Daly, British MEP
1937 Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for "Gone With the Wind"
1937 Margaret O'Brien, San Diego, actress, Jane Eyre, Meet Me in St. Louis
1936 Margaret Boden, philosopher
1936 "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell, published
1936 Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind" published
1936 Margaret Mahy, New Zealander Author
1934 Margaret Douglas, chief political adviser, BBC
1933 Margaret Talmadge, dies
1933 Margaret Laird, Commissioner, Third Church Estates
1932 Bernard Ingham, press secretary, Margaret Thatcher
1931 Margaret Heckler, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1983-85
1930 Princess Margaret, British Royalty
1930 Duncan Montgomery Stewart, principal, Lady Margaret Hall-Oxford
1929 Margaret S Roukema, Rep-R-New Jersey, 1981-
1929 Margaret Bondfield becomes 1st Dutch female minister (of Labor)
1929 Margaret Pereira, forensic scientist
1928 Margaret Rule, consultant, Mary Rose Trust
1928 Margaret Pereira, forensic scientist
1926 Margaret Laurence, Canadian Novelist
1925 Margaret Thatcher, Grantham England, Tory, British Prime Minister, 1979-90
1924 Margaret Whiting, born in Detroit, singer, Kreisler Bandstand, Strauss Family
1924 Margaret Truman, born in Missouri, President daughter/writer, Murder at FBI, /pianist
1924 Margaret Beda Nicholson, author, No Medals for the Major
1924 Margaret Whiting, big band singer
1923 Margaret Courtenay, actress, Royal Flash, Duet for One
1923 Margaret Bondfield, 1st woman chairman, Trades Union Congress
1922 Margaret Scott, founder, Australian Ballet School
1922 Margaret Stacey, sociologist
1922 Margaret Leighton, Birmingham England, actress, Astonished Heart
1921 1st Miss America crowned (Margaret Gorman of Washington D.C.)
1921 Margaret Gowing, professor, history, science
1918 Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min
1918 Margaret Dupont, tennis champion
1918 Margaret Osborne DuPont, born in Joseph, Oregon, tennis pro, U.S. Open 1948-50
1917 Margaret Taylor Burroughs, U.S. author/house painter, Black Queen
1916 Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)
1916 Margaret Sanger opens 1st birth control clinic (46 Amboy St, Bkln)
1916 Margaret Lockwood, Karachi India, actress, Lady Vanishes
1916 Martha Raye, [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress, Martha Raye Show
1916 Margaret Hayden Rector, playwright, living legacy award 1995
1915 Margaret Hayes, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Robert Montgomery Presents
1915 Margaret Walker Alexander, poet and novelist, For My People
1915 Margaret Walker, American Poet
1915 Denis Thatcher, husband of British Prime Minister Margaret, 1979-90
1914 Margaret Farrer, CEO, Central Midwives Board
1913 Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/Rhine
1913 Margaret A. R. Bonds, U.S. pianist, composer and arranger
1911 Margaret Sullavan, born in Norfolk, Virginia, actress, Back Street
1911 Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate, composer
1910 Margaret Lindsay, Dubuque Iowa, actress, Take a Guess
1907 Margaret Peggy McCrorie Herbison, politician
1907 Margaret Herbison, British minister, Lab
1906 Margaret Barbara Lambert, British historian, Saar
1906 Margaret Bourke-White, photographer, innovator and correspondent
1906 Margaret Rawlings, actress, Roman Holiday
1902 Margaret Hamilton, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz
1902 Margaret Hamilton, born in Ohio, wicked witch of the west, Wizard of Oz
1901 Margaret Mead, born in Philadelphia, anthropologist, Coming of Age in Samoa
1901 James A Herne, [J Aherne], U.S. playwright (Margaret Fleming), dies
1900 Margaret Mitchell, author, Gone With the Wind
1899 Mary Margaret McBride, Paris, Missouri, radio personality, WOR-AM, New York City
1897 Margaret Chase Smith, Rep/Sen-R-Maine
1897 Margaret Sutherland, composer
1896 Margaret Bannerman, born in Toronto, Ontario, actress, Elopement
1896 Margaret Kennedy, novelist
1892 Margaret Rutherford, England, actress, Murder Most Foul
1889 Margaret Dumont, actress-Marx Brothers' foil, Day at the Races
1886 Margaret A. Barnes, writer
1886 Margaret Anderson, American Editor
1881 Margaret Wycherly, born in London, England, actress, Keeper of the Flame
1881 Margaret MJ "Daisy" Ashford, English author, Young Sisters
1879 Margaret Sanger, feminist/nurse/birth control proponent
1879 Julia Margaret Cameron, British Photographer
1873 Margaret Bondfield, British Labour leader/1st woman cabinet member
1867 Margaret Ruthven Lang, composer
1865 Margaret Murray Washington, wife of Booker T/head, NACW 1896..1918
1864 Margaret E Breckinridge, U.S. nurse/daughter of VP John, dies
1860 James Matthew Barrie, Scotland, novelist, Margaret Ogilvy, Peter Pan
1857 Margaret Deland, American Novelist
1850 [Sarah] Margaret Fuller Ossoli, U.S. feminist/revolutionary, dies
1838 Margaret Knight, inventor, "the female Thomas Edison"
1828 Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist and biographer, Beleaguered City
1815 Julia Margaret Cameron, British Photographer
1810 [Sarah] Margaret Fuller Ossoli, U.S. feminist/revolutionary, New York Tribune
1810 Margaret Fuller, American Critic
1788 Margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady, 1849-50
1649 Margaret Coventry, 1st English earl of Shaftesbury, dies
1482 Margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies
1093 Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies
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