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2003 Martha Scott, actress, Our Town, dies at 86

1999 Martha Rountree, journalist, Meet the Press, dies at 87

1998 Martha Gellhorn, war reporter (Reuthers), dies at 89

1998 Martha Gelhorn, female war correspondents, dies at 89

1998 Martha Gellhorn, journalist, dies at 89

1995 Martha Hill, modern dancer/teacher, dies at 94

1994 Erick Frederick Hawkins, U.S. dancer/wed to Martha Graham, dies at 85

1994 Martha Raye, actress (Pin Up Girl), dies after illness at 78

1994 22nd du Maurier Golf Classic: Martha Nause

1993 MTV hostess Martha Quinn marries longtime boyfriend Jordan Tarlow

1992 Barbara Morgan, photographer (Martha Graham), dies at 92

1992 Martha Blackburn, Canada newspaper publisher (London Free Press), dies

1991 Martha Nause wins LPGA Chicago Sun-Times Shoot-Out Golf Tournament

1991 Martha Graham, U.S., choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96

1988 Martha Nause wins Planters Pat Bradley International Golf Tournament

1983 Martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's 1st female governor

1983 Martha Layne Collins (D) elected 1st female governor of Kentucky

1983 Martha Sleeper, actress (Spitfire), dies of a heart attack at 72

1976 Martha Mitchell wife of former Att Gen John Mitchell, dies in New York at 57

1976 Martha Saalfeldt, writer, dies

1971 Martha Vickers, actress (Alimony), dies after long illness at 46

1970 Martha Byrne, actress, Lily Grimaldi-As the World Turns

1970 Martha Plimpton, New York City, actress, Goonies, Mosquito Coast

1969 Martha Byrne, actress, Lily-As the World Turns

1969 Martha Richards, Hudson WI, LPGA golfer, 1995 Safeco Classic-21st

1969 Kristina Farrar Stookey, born in Martha Vineyard, Massachusetts, 470 yachter, Oly-4th-96

1967 Martha O'Kelley, U.S. softball infielder, 1996 Olympics gold

1967 Martha Nix, Orange County California, actress, Serena-Waltons

1966 Claus Von Bulow and Martha (Sunny) Crawford wed

1964 Martha Faulconer, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, golfer, 1993 ShopRite LPGA-5th

1964 Rep Martha Griffiths address gets civil rights protection for women being added to the 1964 Civil Rights Act

1962 Dewi Angrenie, [Martha AP Giese], Flemish/Dutch actress, dies at 85

1959 Martha Quinn, born in Albany, New York, MTV VJ, Tracey-Bradys

1957 Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Martha og Maria), dies at 82

1957 Martha Elizabeth Thomsen, Moses Lake Wash, playmate, May, 1980

1954 Martha Nause, Sheboygan WI, LPGA golfer, 1994 du Maurier Ltd Classic

1953 Martha Smith, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Animal House, /playmate, July 1973

1951 Martha Davis, California, vocalist/guitar, Motels-Only the Lonely, Shame

1950 Martha Johnson, born in Toronto, Canada, rocker, M+M

1944 Betty Kelly, Detroit, rocker, Martha Reeves and Vandellas

1944 Martha Rockwell, born in Providence, Rhode Island, skier, Mount Washington

1943 Rosalind Ashford, Detroit, rock vocalist, Martha Reeve and Vandellas

1941 Martha Stewart, publisher, producer and celebrity

1941 Martha Reeves, born in Detroit, Michigan, singer, & Vandellas-Dancing in St

1941 Martha Argerich, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, pianist, debut 1949

1939 Martha Hudson, born in Eastman, Georgia, 4X100m relayer, 1960 Olympics gold

1937 Martha Raye divorces Bud Westmore

1936 Martha Layne Collins, Baghdad, Kentucky, Gov-D-Ky

1926 Martha Wright, born in Seattle, singer, Let's Dance, Martha Wright Show

1925 Martha Vickers, Ann Arbor, Michigan, actress, Alimony, Man I Love, Ruthless

1924 Martha Hyer, Texas, actress, Day of the Wolves, Night of the Grizzly

1918 Martha Mitchell, wife of Attorney General John Mitchell

1916 Martha Raye, [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress, Martha Raye Show

1914 Martha Scott, born in Jamesport, Missouri, actress, Dallas, Bionic Woman, Our Town

1914 Martha, last known passenger pigeon, dies at Cincinnati Zoo

1913 Martha Modl, German singer/soprano, Wagner

1910 Martha van Och-Scholl, German/Dutch resistance fighter, WW II

1908 Martha Gellhorn, American Journalist

1903 Martha Jane Cannary, [Calamity Jane], U.S. desperado, dies

1903 Martha Washington Hotel, catering to women only, opens in New York City

1899 Martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to die by electrocution

1896 Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female senator

1896 Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah becomes 1st female senator

1894 Martha Graham, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, choreographer, Appalachian Spring

1876 Dewi Angrenie, [Martha CA Giese], Flemish/Dutch actress, Champagne

1866 Martha McChesney Berry, U.S., founded Berry School for Children

1857 Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president, Bryn Mawr College

1852 Calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter

1808 Martha Finley, children's book author

1759 George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis

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

1731 Martha Washington, American First Lady

1602 Martha's Vineyard 1st sighted (Captain Bartholomew Gosnold)



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