2013 Event Macy's loses its dispute with JC Penney; JC Penney wins the right to sell unbranded housewares designed by Martha Stewart in its stores 2003 Death Martha Scott, actress, Our Town, dies at 86 1999 Death Martha Rountree, journalist, Meet the Press, dies at 87 1998 Death Martha Gellhorn, war reporter (Reuthers), dies at 89 1998 Death Martha Gelhorn, female war correspondents, dies at 89 1998 Death Martha Gellhorn, journalist, dies at 89 1995 Death Martha Hill, modern dancer/teacher, dies at 94 1994 Death Erick Frederick Hawkins, U.S. dancer/wed to Martha Graham, dies at 85 1994 Death Martha Raye, actress (Pin Up Girl), dies after illness at 78 1994 Event 22nd du Maurier Golf Classic: Martha Nause 1993 Event MTV hostess Martha Quinn marries longtime boyfriend Jordan Tarlow 1992 Death Barbara Morgan, photographer (Martha Graham), dies at 92 1992 Death Martha Blackburn, Canada newspaper publisher (London Free Press), dies 1991 Event Martha Nause wins LPGA Chicago Sun-Times Shoot-Out Golf Tournament 1991 Death Martha Graham, U.S., choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96 1988 Event Martha Nause wins Planters Pat Bradley International Golf Tournament 1983 Event Martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's 1st female governor 1983 Event Martha Layne Collins (D) elected 1st female governor of Kentucky 1983 Death Martha Sleeper, actress (Spitfire), dies of a heart attack at 72 1976 Death Martha Mitchell wife of former Attorney General John Mitchell, dies in New York at 57 1976 Death Martha Saalfeldt, writer, dies 1971 Death Martha Vickers, actress (Alimony), dies after long illness at 46 1970 Birthday Martha Byrne, actress, Lily Grimaldi-As the World Turns 1970 Birthday Martha Plimpton, New York City, actress, Goonies, Mosquito Coast 1969 Birthday Martha Byrne, actress, Lily-As the World Turns 1969 Birthday Martha Richards, Hudson WI, LPGA golfer, 1995 Safeco Classic-21st 1969 Birthday Kristina Farrar Stookey, born in Martha Vineyard, Massachusetts, 470 yachter, 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Martha O'Kelley, U.S. softball infielder, 1996 Olympics gold 1967 Birthday Martha Nix, Orange County California, actress, Serena-Waltons 1966 Event Claus Von Bulow and Martha (Sunny) Crawford wed 1964 Birthday Martha Faulconer, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, golfer, 1993 ShopRite LPGA-5th 1964 Event Rep Martha Griffiths address gets civil rights protection for women being added to the 1964 Civil Rights Act 1962 Death Dewi Angrenie, Martha AP Giese, Flemish/Dutch actress, dies at 85 1959 Birthday Martha Quinn, born in Albany, New York, MTV VJ, Tracey-Bradys 1957 Death Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Martha og Maria), dies at 82 1957 Birthday Martha Elizabeth Thomsen, Moses Lake Wash, playmate, May, 1980 1954 Birthday Martha Nause, Sheboygan WI, LPGA golfer, 1994 du Maurier Ltd Classic 1953 Birthday Martha Smith, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Animal House, playmate, July 1973 1951 Birthday Martha Davis, California, vocalist/guitar, Motels-Only the Lonely, Shame 1950 Birthday Martha Johnson, born in Toronto, Canada, rocker, M+M 1944 Birthday Betty Kelly, Detroit, rocker, Martha Reeves and Vandellas 1944 Birthday Martha Rockwell, born in Providence, Rhode Island, skier, Mount Washington 1943 Birthday Rosalind Ashford, Detroit, rock vocalist, Martha Reeve and Vandellas 1941 Birthday Martha Stewart, publisher, producer and celebrity 1941 Birthday Martha Reeves, born in Detroit, Michigan, singer, & Vandellas-Dancing in St 1941 Birthday Martha Argerich, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, pianist, debut 1949 1939 Birthday Martha Hudson, born in Eastman, Georgia, 4X100m relayer, 1960 Olympics gold 1937 Event Martha Raye divorces Bud Westmore 1936 Birthday Martha Layne Collins, Baghdad, Kentucky, Gov-D-Kentucky 1926 Birthday Martha Wright, born in Seattle, singer, Let's Dance, Martha Wright Show 1925 Birthday Martha Vickers, Ann Arbor, Michigan, actress, Alimony, Man I Love, Ruthless 1924 Birthday Martha Hyer, Texas, actress, Day of the Wolves, Night of the Grizzly 1918 Birthday Martha Mitchell, wife of Attorney General John Mitchell 1916 Birthday Martha Raye, Margaret Reed, Butte Mont, actress, Martha Raye Show 1914 Birthday Martha Scott, born in Jamesport, Missouri, actress, Dallas, Bionic Woman, Our Town 1914 Death Martha, last known passenger pigeon, dies at Cincinnati Zoo 1913 Birthday Martha Modl, German singer/soprano, Wagner 1910 Birthday Martha van Och-Scholl, German/Dutch resistance fighter, WW II 1908 Birthday Martha Gellhorn, American Journalist 1903 Death Martha Jane Cannary, Calamity Jane, U.S. desperado, dies 1903 Event Martha Washington Hotel, catering to women only, opens in New York City 1899 Death Martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to die by electrocution 1896 Event Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female senator 1896 Event Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah becomes 1st female senator 1894 Birthday Martha Graham, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, choreographer, Appalachian Spring 1876 Birthday Dewi Angrenie, Martha CA Giese, Flemish/Dutch actress, Champagne 1866 Birthday Martha McChesney Berry, U.S., founded Berry School for Children 1857 Birthday Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president, Bryn Mawr College 1852 Birthday Calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter 1808 Birthday Martha Finley, children's book author 1759 Event George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis 1732 Birthday Martha Washington, born in the Province of Virginia, 1st American First Lady, 1789 - 1797 1731 Birthday Martha Washington, American First Lady 1602 Event Martha's Vineyard 1st sighted (Captain Bartholomew Gosnold)
