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2005 Rose Mary Woods, American Celebrity

2004 Mary McGrory, writer, The Washington Post, dies at 85

2002 Mary Stuart, long-time soap star, Search for Tomorrow, dies at 76

2002 Mary Hansen, Australian Musician

2001 Mary Kay Ash, businesswoman, started a major cosmetics company, dies at 83

2001 Mary Whitehouse, British Activist

2000 David Tomlinson, actor, Mary Poppins, dies at 83

2000 Mary Jenkins Langston, cook, cooked peanut butter and banana sandwiches for Elvis, dies at 77

1999 Hazel Frederick, face in a crowd, faced the camera when Mary Tyler Moore tossed her hat in the opening credits of her show, dies at 91

1999 Mary Kay Bergman, cartoon voice, South Park, dies at 38

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

1998 Mary Millar, actress, Keeping Up Appearances, dies at 62

1998 Dr. Mary Calderone, doctor/writer, Talking With Your Child About Sex, dies at 94

1998 Mary Frann, actress, Newhart, dies at 55

1998 Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby, sentenced to 7 years

1997 Jana Novotna (Czech) beats Mary Pierce (France) in Chase Tennis Champ

1997 Mary Louise Smith, first woman to chair the Republican National Committee, dies at 82

1997 71st Australian Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (62 62)

1996 Mary Douglas Nichol Leakey, archaeologist/anthropologist, dies at 83

1996 Mary Leakey, British Scientist

1996 Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, philanthropist, dies at 95

1996 Mary Tuck, social researcher/civil servant, dies at 68

1996 Catherine Mary Hall, nurse, dies at 73

1996 Mary Perot Nichols, journalist, dies at 79

1996 Pamela Lyndon Travers, writer (Mary Poppins), dies at 96

1996 Fearless Mary Nadia Wadia, actress, dies at 88

1995 Mary Bruce, dance Teacher, dies at 95

1995 Mary Madge Lascelles, literary critic/poet, dies at 95

1995 Mary Wickes, actress (Sister Act), dies at 79

1995 Mary Tyler Moore returns to series TV in "NY News," on CBS

1995 Molly Mary Hyde, cricketer, dies at 81

1995 Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic

1995 Mary Adshead, muralist/painter, dies at 91

1995 Patricia Highsmith, [Mary Patricia Plangman], US/Swiss, dies at 74

1995 69th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Mary Pierce beats Vicario (63 62)

1995 69th Australian Womens Tennis: Mary Pierce beats A S Vicario (63 62)

1994 Mary Durack, poet, dies at 81

1994 Mary Ann McCall, singer, dies at 75

1994 Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropist/mother of Bill Gates, dies at 64

1994 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (21 days after his divorce) weds Mary Richardson

1994 Sally Mary Caroline Belfrage, writer, dies at 57

1993 Political campaigners James Carville (49) and Mary Matalin wed

1993 Mary C Lawton, jurist (CIA's Agency Seal Medallion), dies at 58

1993 Mary Duncan Sanford, dies at 98

1993 Mary Philbin, actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 89

1992 Amy Fisher sentenced 5-15 years for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco

1992 Mary Smithuysen, Dutch dancer/actress (Bridge Too Far), dies

1992 Mary Norton, children book author (Borrowers), dies at 88

1992 Mary Wells, U.S. soul singer (My Guy), dies at 49

1992 Gary Dell'Abate (Howard Stern Show) marries Mary

1992 Amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco in Massapequa LI

1992 Balki and Mary Ann wed on "Perfect Strangers"

1992 Alice Mary Riley, entertainer, dies of cancer at 51

1992 Mary Osborne, jazz guitarist, dies at 70 of liver cancer

1991 Mary Lawrence, actress (Best Man), dies of respiratory failure at 73

1991 Mary Bacon, jockey, dying of cancer, commits suicide by gun at 43

1991 Designer Mary McFadden (52) announces divorce of Kohie Yohannan (23)

1990 Olympic gymnist Mary Lou Retton weds Shannon Kelley

1990 Mary Robinson elected as 1st female president of Ireland

1990 Mary Martin, actress (Peter Pan), dies of cancer at 76

1990 Margaret Mary Lockwood, actress (Man in Grey, Wicked Lady), dies at 73

1990 Mary Ward, [Myra Syrier], actress (Playing for Keeps), dies

1990 Mary Victor Bruce, who flew around empire state bldg in 1930, dies

1990 Mary Jane Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, Second Wife), dies

1989 Mary McCarthy, author (Group), dies, at 77

1989 Mary Treen, actress (Career, Rock-a-bye Baby), dies at 71

1989 Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart marries producer Burt Sugarman

1989 Mary Martin in "Peter Pan," 1st seen on TV since 1973

1988 Mary Morris, actress (Agitator, Double Door), dies

1987 Mary Astor, actress (Cynthia, Meet Me in St. Louis, Fiesta), dies at 81

1987 Mary Beth wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic

1987 Nurse Mary R. Stout chosen chairperson of Vietnam Veterans of America

1987 Mary Spinell, actress (Last Horror Film), dies

1987 Cathryn Damon, actress (Mary Campbell-Soap), dies at 56

1986 Mary Lou Retton retires as a gymnast

1986 Ted Knight, [Tadeus Konopka], actor (Mary Tyler Moore), dies at 62

1986 Mary Beth Whitehead christens surrogate Baby M, Sara

1986 Mary Kate Olsen, twin actress, Michelle-Full House

1986 Ashley Slaney, daughter of Olympians Mary Decker and Richard Slaney

1986 Mary Beth Whitehead, American Celebrity

1986 Mary Beth Zimmerman wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational

1986 Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA Standard Register/Samaritan Golf Classic

1986 Mary Lund of Minn, is 1st female recipient of an artificial heart

1985 Mary Lund is 1st woman to receive a Jarvik VII artificial heart

1985 Mary MacLaren, actress (Black Swan), dies at 85 of respiratory probs

1985 Mary Decker Tabb Slaney runs U.S. 3K female record (8:25.83)

1985 Mary Joe Fernandez, 14 years and 8 days old is youngest to win a U.S. Tennis Open match (beats Sara Gomer in 1st round)

1985 Mary Decker Slaney runs mile in world record 4:16.71

1984 Boston College QB Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard TD (Hail Mary Pass) to end game and beat Miami 47-45

1984 Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run

1984 Mary Miles Minter, actress (Drums of Fate), die at 82 of heart failure

1984 Pulitzer prize awarded to Mary Oliver for "American Primitive"

1984 Mary Zeldenrust-Noordanus, Dutch sexuologist (NVSH), dies at 55

1983 Mary Renault [Challans], British author (Funeral games), dies at 78

1983 Mary Livingstone, [Sadye Marks] Comedienne, (Jack Benny), dies at 77

1982 English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England

1982 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic

1982 Mary Hart joins Entertainment Tonight

1981 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic

1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 100m butterfly (57.93)

1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 200m butterfly (2:05.96)

1981 Mary Beth Arnold, born in Reno, Nevada, gymnast, World-bronze-95

1981 Mary Lou Williams, black musician, dies at 71 in Durham NC

1981 Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Mary, My Child), dies at 83

1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 100 m butterfly (58.91)

1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 200 m butterfly (2:05.65)

1980 Mary Michael, actress (Biridie-Wonderful John Acton), dies at 77

1980 Malcolm McDowell wed Mary Steenburgen

1980 Jerilyn Britz wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic

1980 Mary McCarty, actress (French Line), dies

1980 Mary Decker became 1st woman to run a mile in under 4 minutes

1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic

1979 Mary Marquet, actress (Landru, Paris Canaille), dies at 84

1979 Mary Pickford, actress (Coquette, Suds, Secrets), dies at 86

1979 Mary Therese Friel, New York, crowned 28th Miss USA

1978 Gerald Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Elizabeth Colvin

1977 29th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Carroll O'Conner and Bea Arthur

1977 Last broadcast of "Mary Tyler Moore Show" on NBC-TV

1977 Grace Mary Williams, composer, dies at 70

1977 Mary Shane hired by Chicago White Sox as 1st woman TV play-by-play

1976 Mary Nash, actress (Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies at 91

1976 Battle East Sussex: Mary Langdon becomes 1st British firewoman

1976 28th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson and M Learned

1976 Mary Margaret McBride, TV hostess (Mary Margaret McBride), dies at 76

1975 "Hail Mary Pass"-Cowboys beat Vikings 17-14 on last second pass

1975 Mary Bea Porter wins LPGA Golf Inns of America

1975 27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake and Jean Marsh

1975 Mary Philips, actress (Farewell to Arms), dies at 75

1975 Mary Ure, actress (Sons and Lovers, Where Eagles Dare), dies at 42

1975 Mary Pierce, born in Montreal, Canada, tennis star, 1995 Australian Open

1974 Amy Fisher, born in Long Island, New York, shot Mary Jo Buttafucco

1974 Mary Forbes, actress (Nun-Les Miserables, Ivy), dies at 90

1974 26th Emmy Awards: MASH, Alan Alda and Mary Tyler Moore win

1974 Pope Paul VI encyclical "To Honor Mary"

1973 Nixon's personal sec, Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court she accidentally caused part of 18 -minute gap in a key Watergate tape

1973 John Ford, U.S. director (Mary of Scotland, Stagecoach), dies at 78

1973 10-year-old Mary Boitano is 1st woman to win 6.8-mile Dipsea Race in Marin County, California, beating a field of 1,500 runners

1973 Mary Frasca, singer/actress, dies in New York City

1973 Mary Lou Crocker wins LPGA MARC Equity Golf Classic Crocker

1973 Mary Mills wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic

1973 Mary Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, 2nd Wife), dies at 99

1973 19th LPGA Championship won by Mary Mills

1973 Mary Kornman, actress (Desert Trail, Swing it Professor), dies at 57

1973 25th Emmy Awards: Waltons, All in the Family and Mary Tyler Moore

1973 Mary Finney, actress (Honestly Celeste), dies at 68

1972 Paul McCartney and Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb"

1972 Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, Australian Royalty

1971 Mary Joe Fernandez, Dominican Republic, U.S. tennis star, 1996 Olympics gold

1971 Mary Joe Fernandez, Dominican Republic, tennis player, U.S. National 16s

1971 Mary Lynn Rajskub, American Actress

1971 Mike Craig, St. Mary's, NHL right wing for the Toronto Maple Leafs

1971 Mary Dorna, Dutch author, dies at 79

1971 Mary J Blige, singer

1971 Mary J. Blige, American Musician

1970 Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970 "Mary Tyler Moore" show premieres

1970 Mary Clare, dies at 76

1970 Mary Mills wins LPGA Len Immke Buick Golf Open

1970 Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul and Mary) plead guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14 year old girl

1969 Peter, Paul and Mary's "Leaving on a Jet Plane" reaches #1

1969 Mary Mills wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic

1969 Mary McCartney, daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney

1969 Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne

1969 Mary Jo Kopechne, in Ted Kennedy's car, drowns at 28

1969 Mary Hopkin's Postcard album on Apple is released

1969 Mary Stoker, Miss Wisconsin USA 1996

1969 Mary McCormack, actress, Murder One, Private Parts

1968 Enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70

1968 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old

1968 Mary Lou Retton, Fairmont, West Virginia, gymnist, Oly-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-84

1967 Mary McCagg, born in Seattle, Washington rower, Olympics-4th-92, 96

1967 Mary Garden, opera star, dies at 92

1966 Mary Stuart Masterson, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Some Kind of Wonderful

1966 18th Emmy Awards: Fugitive, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore

1966 Mary Hansen, Australian Musician

1965 Mary Waddell Gainey, Hartsville, South Carolina, Miss SC-America, 1991-2nd

1965 Henry Travers, actor (Bells of St. Mary, High Sierra), dies at 91

1965 Mary Mills wins LPGA Eugene Golf Open

1965 Mary Mills wins LPGA St. Louis Golf Open

1965 Mary Boland, actress (Boy Trouble, New Moon), dies at 83

1965 Jacqueline Mary Nelson, Upper Hutt NZ, points race cyclist 1996 Olympics

1965 VAA Mary, English princess, dies at 67

1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational

1964 Mary Meagher-Plant, 100m butterfly swimmer, Oly-3 gold/silv/br-84, 88

1964 10th LPGA Championship won by Mary Mills

1964 Susan Walters, Georgia, actress, Lorna-Loving, Mary Beth-Dear John

1964 Mary Howe, composer, dies at 82

1964 Mary Mills wins LPGA Eugene Ladies' Golf Open

1964 Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released

1964 Mark H. Lascells, grandson of English princess Mary

1964 16th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore

1964 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open

1964 Frank Conroy, actor (Midnight Mary, Threat), dies at 73

1963 Mary Ramsey, singer, 10,000 Maniacs

1963 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational

1963 Mary Ann Fischer, Aberdeen, South Dakota, gave birth to America's 1st surviving quintuplets, 4 girls and a boy

1963 18th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mary Mills

1963 Peter, Paul and Mary win their 1st Grammy (If I Had a Hammer)

1963 "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul and Mary hits #2

1963 Rebeca Arthur, actress, Mary Anne-Perf Strangers, Opposites Attract

1963 1st round-trip swim of Strait of Messina, Italy (Mary Revell of U.S.)

1962 Mary Ellen Clark, Abington, Pennsylvania, diver, Olympics-2 bronze-92, 96

1962 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Visalia Golf Open

1962 Mary Ellen Weber, born in Cleveland, Ohio, PhD/astronaut, STS 70

1962 Peter, Paul and Mary release their 1st hit "If I Had a Hammer"

1962 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament

1962 Ged Grimes, [Danny Wilson], rocker, Mary's Prayer

1962 Martin D Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary

1961 Venice Kong, St. Mary Jamaica, playmate, September, 1985

1961 Mary Beth Evans, born in Pasadena, California, actress, Katherine Ashton-Gen Hospital

1961 Mary Charleson, actress (Upstairs and Downstairs), dies at 76

1961 Mary Ellen Stuart, actress, Frannie Crawford-As the World Turns

1961 Mary Lou, Daniels Chicago lL, tennis star

1961 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open

1961 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament

1961 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Western Golf Open

1961 Mary Elizabeth McDonough, born in Van Nuys, California, actress, Erin-Waltons

1961 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open

1961 Philippine "Pine" Belder, [Mary de Klerk], actress, dies at 93

1961 Jean Kerr's "Mary, Mary," premieres in New York City

1961 Mary Beth Evans, born in Pasadena, California, actress, Katherine-General Hospital

1961 Mary Page Keller, actress in Duet, Scared Stiff, Baby Talk

1961 Mary Docter, U.S., 3000m speed skater, Olympics-1980, 84, 88, 92

1961 Mary Bono, American Politician

1960 Mary Beth Zimmerman, Mt Vernon, Illinois, LPGA golfer, 1987 Henredon Classic

1960 Mary Ostergren, St. Paul, Minnesota, biathelete 1994 Olympics

1960 Typhoon Mary in China killed at least 1,600

1959 Mary Holland, born in San Diego, California, WPVA volleyballer

1959 Mary Crosby, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Kristin-Dallas, Ice Pirates

1959 Mary Murphy, Birmingham, Michigan, LPGA golfer, 1990 U.S. Women's Open-5th

1958 Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actress, Color of Money

1958 Mary Ann Mobley (Miss), 21, crowned 31st Miss America 1959

1958 Mary Ritter Beard, American historian, dies at 82

1958 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Macktown Golf Open

1958 Mary Decker Tabb Slaney, New Jersey, olympic track star, mile record 4:16.71

1958 Betty Jameson/Mary Lena Faulk wins Homestead 4-Ball Golf Tournament

1958 Mary Ann Pascal, actress, Samantha-Brothers

1958 Judy Norton-Taylor, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Mary Ellen-Waltons

1957 Maria "Mary" Beekman, actress (Modern Landhaaien), dies at 73

1957 Mary Cadorette, born in East Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Vicky-3's a Crowd

1957 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open

1957 Mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83

1956 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Open

1956 Catherine Mary Stewart, born in Edmonton, actress, Passion and Paradise

1955 Mary Landrieu, American Politician

1955 Bo Derek, [Mary Collins], born in Long Beach, California, actr, 10, Tarzan the Ape Man

1955 Betty Jameson/Mary Faulk wins Virg Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament

1955 Mary McLeod Bethune, educator and civil rights leader, dies at 79

1955 Mary Martin as "Peter Pan" televised

1955 R Jeremy H Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary

1954 David Paymer, actor, Love Mary, Mr. Saturday Night

1954 Mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90

1954 Mary Jane Smith, born in Van Nuys, California, WPVA volleyballer, National-9th-1993

1953 James E Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary

1953 Mary Matalin, American Celebrity

1953 Mary Terrell wins struggle to end segregation in Washington D.C. restaurants

1953 Henry Lascelles, English grandson of princess Mary

1953 Mary Gross, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress/comedian, SNL, Club Paradise, Feds

1953 Mary, queen of Great-Britain/North-Ireland, dies at 85

1953 Mary Steenburgen, Newport, Arkansas, actress, Parenthood, Time After Time

1952 Annie Potts, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actress, Mary Jo-Designing Women

1952 Mary Collinson, born in Malta, twin playmate, Oct, 1970

1952 Gerald D. Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Angela Dowding

1952 Catherine Watkins, Hartford, Connecticut, actress, It's Not Easy, Mary

1952 Mary McDonnell, born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, actress, Sneakers, Independence Day

1951 Mary Hart, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, TV hostess, Entertainment Tonight

1951 Mary McAleese, born in Irish Statesman

1950 David H G viscount Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary

1950 Merry Martin, Camden, Michigan, actress, Leslie-Peter Loves Mary

1950 Mary Hopkin, South Wales, singer, Those Were the Days

1950 University of Miami ends William and Mary straight tennis match victories at 82

1950 Mary Tamm, British actress, Odessa File

1949 Claudia Jennings, [Mary Ellen Chestrerton], Minnesota, playmate, Nov, 1969

1949 Mary Gordon, U.S., author

1949 Mary Bea Porter-King, Everett, Washington, LPGA golfer, 1975 Golf Inns Classic

1949 [Mary] Kathleen Turner, born in Springfield, Missouri, actress, Romancing The Stone

1949 Mary Antin, Russian Activist

1949 Mary Maples Dunn, college president, Smith College

1949 Mary Alice Williams, news reporter, NBC-TV

1949 Christopher Durang, Montclair, New Jersey, playwright/actor, Sister Mary

1948 Graham Zellick, principal, Queen Mary and Westfield College London

1948 Mary Dwyer, LPGA golfer

1948 Mary Gordon-Watson, born in England, equestrian 3 day event, 1972 Olympics gold

1947 Mary Kay Place, Tulsa Oklahoma, actress/country singer, Mary Hartman!

1947 Alice Playton, New York City, actress, Who Killed Mary Whats 'er Name

1947 Dodie Stevens, actress, Mary Hartman!

1947 Mary Louise Cleave, Southampton, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS 61-B, STS 30

1946 Mary Beth Hurt, [Mary Supinger], Iowa, actress, Garp, Interiors

1946 Mary Bryan, LPGA golfer

1946 Mary Meyer, U.S., 500m speed skater, 1968 Olympics silver

1945 Stu Cook, rock bassist, Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary

1945 Doug Clifford, rock drummer, Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary

1944 Mary Coyle Chase' "Harvey," premieres in New York City

1944 Mary Lou Crocker, LPGA golfer

1944 Mary Robinson, President of Republic of Ireland, Labour, 1990-

1944 Ethel Mary Smyth, composer, dies at 86

1944 Mary Wilson, born in Detroit, Michigan, vocalist, Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go

1944 Mary Archer, British Scientist

1943 Mary Woronov, Brooklyn Hgts, New York, actress, Eating Raoul, Terror Vision

1943 Lauren Hutton, [Mary], Charleston, South Carolina, model/actress, American Gigolo

1943 British premier Churchill travels on the Queen Mary to Canada

1943 Mary Wells, Detroit, singer, My Guy

1943 Mary Frann, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Joanna-Newhart, Days of Our Live

1942 "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338

1942 Carlos Monzon, boxer/actor, La Mary, Sonar Sonar

1941 Mary Alice, Indianola MS, newscaster, CBS, Lettie-Different World

1941 Alf Clausen, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, orch leader, Mary, Simpsons

1940 James Burrows, TV producer/director, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Cheers

1940 Valerie Harper, born in Sufferin, New York, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Valerie

1940 Mary Jo Kopechne, Ted Kennedy's driving buddy

1940 Ricky Nelson, New Jersey, rock star, Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party

1940 Mary Ellen Mark, American Photographer

1940 Mary Rose Oakar, Rep

1940 Mary Rand-Bignal-Toomey, England, long jumper 1964 Olympic gold

1940 Mary Mills, LPGA golfer

1939 Denise Alexander, actress, Mary McKinnon-Another World

1939 Mary Parkinson, British broadcaster

1939 Mary Peters, born in England, pentathlete, Olympics gold 1972

1939 Dusty Springfield, [Mary O'Brien], London, vocalist, Growing Pains

1939 Louise Lasser, New York City, actress, Mary Hartman! Mary Hartman!

1939 Mary Ann Mobley, Biloxi Ms, Miss America-1959/actr, Diff'rent Strokes

1939 Mary Ellen McAnally, Illinois, poet, Dance of the Zygotes

1938 Tina Turner, [Anna Mae Bullock], Brownsville, Texas, singer, Proud Mary

1938 Mary Frances Berry, educator/head, US Commission on Civil Rights

1937 Paul Stookey, singer/musician, Peter, Paul, and Mary

1937 Mary Tyler Moore, born in Brooklyn, actress, Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People

1936 Mary Travers, born in Louisville, Kentucky, folk singer, Peter Paul and Mary

1936 Sally Mary Caroline Belfrage, writer

1936 Mary McLeod Bethune named director of Negro Affairs in National Youth Adm

1936 Queen Mary completes its maiden voyage, arriving in New York

1936 RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for New York on maiden voyage

1936 Mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska

1935 National Council of Negro Women forms by Mary McLeod Bethune (New York City)

1935 Julie Andrews, England, actress and singer, Sound of Music, Mary Poppins

1935 Mary Oliver, American Poet

1935 British King George and Queen Mary celebrates silver jubilee

1935 Mary Hirsch, becomes 1st woman licensed as a horse trainer

1935 Renee Taylor, born in New York City, actress, Jack Paar Show, Mary Hartman, Nanny

1935 Actress Mary Pickford marries actor Douglas Fairbanks

1934 British liner Queen Mary is launched

1934 Mary Quant, Kent England, fashion designer, Chelsea Look, Mod Look

1933 Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley, England, Duchess of Kent

1933 Mary Ure, England, model/actress, Reflection of Fear, Windom's Way

1933 Sheree North, [Dawn Bethel], Louisiana, actress, Mary Tyler Moore Show

1932 Mary Moon, Headmistress, Manchester High School for Girls

1932 Antonia Fraser, biographer, Mary Queen of Scots

1932 Dabney Coleman, Austin Texas, That Girl, Mary Hartman, Buffalo Bill

1931 Skeeter Davis, [Mary Penick], Dry Ridge, Kentucky, singer, End of World

1931 A M F, Sandy, Ross, managing-director, Mary Quant

1931 Mary Murphy, Washington D.C., actress, A Man Alone, Maggie-Investigators

1930 Jean-Luc Godard, French director, Alphaville, Hail Mary, Breathless

1930 Mary Moore, principal, St. Hilda's College, Oxford

1930 Mary E. W. Freeman, U.S. writer (Pembroke), dies at 77

1929 Mary Higgins Clark, born in Bronx, New York, author, Cry in the Night, Stillwatch

1929 Edward Asner, Kansas City Kansas, actor, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant

1929 Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropist/mother of Bill Gates

1929 Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary)

1929 Mary Joan Nielubowicz, rear admiral/nurse

1928 Margaret Rule, consultant, Mary Rose Trust

1928 Richard Sherman, composer/lyricist, Mary Poppins

1928 Thea Musgrave, Barnton Midlothian Scot, composer, Mary Queen of Scots

1928 Mary Tuck, social researcher/civil servant

1928 Mary Zeldenrust-Noordanus, CEO, NVSH

1927 Mary Perot Nichols, journalist

1927 Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel Mississippi, opera soprano, Porgy and Bess

1926 Mary Stuart, born in Miami, Florida, actress, Jo-Search for Tomorrow

1926 2nd French Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats Mary K Browne (61 60)

1926 Elizabeth, Alexandra Mary Windsor II, Queen of England, 1952-

1925 Mary Kay Steans, born in Glendale California, actress, Mary Kay and Johnny

1925 Nina [Mary] Bawden, English author, Afternoon of a Good Woman

1924 Gerald D Lascelles, son of English princess Mary

1924 Mary Ford, [Colleen Summer], vocalist/actress, Queen of Outer Space

1924 Mary Carver, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Cecilia-Simon and Simon

1924 Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Vinton, Louisiana, blues singer, Mary is Fine

1924 Mary Tregear, Oriental art historian

1923 Ted Knight, born in Terryville, Connecticut, Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort

1923 Glynis Johns, Pretoria South Africa, actress, Mary Poppins

1923 Mary McCarty, Winfield, Kansas, actress and singer, Starch-Trapper John MD

1923 Mary Katherine Campbell (Ohio), 16, crowned 2nd Miss America 1922-23

1923 Mary Jane Odell, Iowa, Secretary of State

1923 Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith, Texas, journlist/author, WNBC, New York Daily News

1922 Catherine Mary Hall, nurse

1922 English princess Mary marries viscount Lascelles

1922 Betty White, Oak Park, actress, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls

1921 James Menter, principal, Queen Mary College

1920 Actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford

1920 Film stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks wed

1919 Mary Ann McCall, singer

1918 Liza Nina Mary Frederica Lehmann, composer, dies at 56

1918 Mary Healy, New Orleans, actress, 2nd Fiddle, He Married his Wife

1917 Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of Fatima, Portugal

1917 1st appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal

1917 David Tomlinson, Scotland, actor, Mary Poppins, Helter Skelter

1917 Rose Mary Woods, American Celebrity

1916 Mary [Florence Elinor] Stewart, UK, sci-fi author, Crystal Cave

1916 Mary Ward, [Myra Syrier], actress, Jenny Kissed Me, Playing for Keeps

1916 Dwight Eisenhower marries Mary 'Mamie' Geneva Doud in Denver Colo

1916 Mary Wickes, character actress, Sister Act

1915 Mary Kornman, Idaho Falls ID, actress, Queen of the Jungle

1915 Dody Goodman, Columbus Ohio, comedienne, Mary Hartman!, Max Duggan

1914 Dorothy Lamour, [Mary Kaumeyer], New Orleans, actress, Road to Bali

1914 28th U.S. Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Marie Wagner (62 16 61)

1913 Mary Martin, Weatherford, Texas, actress, Peter Pan, Larry Hagman's mom

1913 1st modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob

1913 Molly Mary Hyde, cricketer

1913 Edith Mary Ellis Peters Pargeter, author

1913 27th U.S. Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Dorothy Green (62 75)

1913 Mary Green, headmistress, Kidbrooke School

1913 Mary Durack, poet

1913 Mary Leakey, British Scientist

1912 Mary Frances Allitsen, composer, dies at 63

1912 Mary McCarthy, U.S., novelist, Group

1912 26th U.S. Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Eleonora Sears (64 62)

1912 Mary Wickes, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Dennis the Menace, Julia, Doc

1912 Mary Lavin MacDonald Scott, author

1912 Kathleen Mary Ferrier, born in England, contralto, Orfeo Ed Evridice

1910 Mary Baker Eddy, founder (Christian Science (Monitor)), dies

1910 Mary Whitehouse, British Activist

1910 Mary Lou Williams, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, Zodiac Suite

1910 Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77

1909 Mary Cheney, American Celebrity

1909 Mary Antin, Russian Activist

1908 Mary Hemingway, writer, Ernest Hemmingway Biography

1908 , Fearless, Mary Nadia Wadia, actress

1907 Mary Treen, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Emily-Willy

1907 Mary Coyle Chase, playwright, Harvey-Pulitzer Prize

1906 Mary Ralton, director, British WRAC

1906 Mary Astor, Quincy, Illinois, actress, Maltese Falcon, Dinky

1906 Grace Mary Williams, composer

1905 Mary Renault, [Mary Challens], writer, King Must Die, Funeral Games

1905 Molly Mary Nesta Keane, writer

1904 John Hoyt, Bronxville, New York, actor, Gimme a Break, Tom Dick and Mary

1904 Mary McLeod Bethune opens Daytona Normal and Industrial School

1904 Mary Calderone, physician/founder, planned parenthood

1904 Mary Adshead, muralist/painter

1903 Mary Philbin, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Phantom of the Opera

1903 Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer, dies at 55

1902 Mary Armour, artist

1901 Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, philanthropist

1900 Mary Bruce, dance Teacher

1900 Mary Philips, CT, actress, Farewell to Arms, Incendiary Blonde

1899 Mary Margaret McBride, Paris, Missouri, radio personality, WOR-AM, New York City

1899 Pamela Lyndon Travers, writer, Mary Poppins

1898 Gerard Walschap, Flemish writer/journalist, Mary, Revolt in Congo

1897 VAA Mary, English princess

1895 Mary Marquet, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, actress, Matter of Resistance

1894 Mary Clare, born in London, England, actress, Evil Mind, Young and Innocent

1893 British King George V marries princess Victoria of Teck (Queen Mary)

1893 Mary Pickford, actress, Poor Little Rich Girl

1891 Mary Dorna, Dutch author

1888 Mary Ann Nicholls, a 42-year-old prostitute, was found stabbed to death in London, 1st of at least five murders by Jack the Ripper

1887 Mary Ellen Chase, U.S. linguistic/author, White Gate

1887 Mary Ellen Chase, educator/author, Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award

1885 Mary Nash, Troy, New York, actress, Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By

1885 Lili Green, [Alice Sally Mary], Neth/Eng dancer

1885 Dr. W W Grant of Iowa, performs 1st appendectomy (on Mary Gartside, 22)

1884 Alice Mary Smith, composer, dies at 45

1884 Maria "Mary" Beekman, actress, Genius against Violence

1883 Mary Forbes, Hornsey England, actress, Terror by Night

1882 Mary Howe, composer

1881 Ethel Mary Dell, English author, Storm Drift

1881 Mary Webb, English Novelist

1880 Mary Boland, Philadelphia, U.S., comedienne/actress, Ruggles of Red Gap

1879 Nachman N "Neddy" Bamberg, Dutch actor, Haddock Mary

1879 Bernadette, st/(saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies in Nevers France

1878 James M. Kilroe, priest of St. Mary Star of the Sea, in the Bronx

1876 Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer, Miss Pinkerton

1876 Mary R. Beard, born in Indianapolis, historian, Woman as a Force in History

1875 Mary McLeod Bethune, South Carolina, slave/educator, Bethune-Cookman College

1874 Mary Walsh and Charles Colson are 1st couple to be married in a balloon

1874 Mary Carr, born in Philadelphia, actress, Forbidden Trail, Pack Up Your Troubles

1874 Henry Travers, born in England, actor, Bells of St. Mary, High Sierra

1874 Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star

1873 Mary Carr Moore, composer

1873 Lilian Mary Baylis, manager, Old Vic and Sadler's Wells Theater

1872 U.S. cargo ship Mary Celeste set sail from New York on a journey which ended when it is found mysteriously abandoned the following month

1870 Marie Ault, [Mary Cragg], Wigan England

1868 Mary Austin, Illinois, feminist/nature writer, Land of Little Rain

1867 Mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland

1867 Philippine "Pine" Belder, [Mary de Klerk], actress, Hope of Blessing

1867 Mary, [Victoria MALOPCA of Teck], queen of Gt Brit, dies at 85

1866 Mary Baker Eddy cures her injuries by opening a bible

1865 Mary Edward Walker, 1st Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor

1865 Mary Surratt, and 3 other Lincoln conspirators, hanged

1865 Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination

1863 Mary Church Terrell, civil rights activist

1863 Emma Mary Wooley, educator, Mary Anna Wells

1862 Liza Nina Mary Frederica Lehmann, composer

1858 Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison, 1st lady, 1889-1893

1858 Ethel Mary Smyth, composer

1858 May Robson, [Mary J Robison], Melbourne Aust, actress, Apple Annie

1858 1st apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France

1855 Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright and poet (Julian), dies at 67

1854 Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin

1852 Mary E. W. Freeman, U.S. writer, Revolt of Mother

1851 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53

1850 Mary Mills Patrick, U.S., 1st President of Istanbul Woman's College

1848 Mary Frances Allitsen, composer

1847 Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer

1847 Mary Lamb, writer, dies

1844 Mary Johnson Lincoln, educator, Boston Cooking School

1844 Mary Cassatt, U.S., Impressionist painter, Woman Bathing

1842 Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill

1839 Ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies

1839 Alice Mary Smith, composer

1832 Mary Edwards Walker, U.S., doctor/women's rights leader

1831 Mary Mapes Dodge, New York City, writer, Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates

1830 "Mary Had A Little Lamb," is written

1830 Mary Harris Jones, [Mother Jones], hell-raiser

1829 Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon

1823 Mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black U.S. newspaper publishers

1823 Charlotte Mary Yonge, England, writer, Heir of Redclyffe

1821 Mary Ashton Livermore, American reformer/women's suffrage leader

1821 Mary Baker Eddy, founded Christian Science, Science and Health

1821 Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, 1st U.S. Catholic cathedral, is dedicated in Baltimore

1819 George Eliot, [Mary A Evans], England, author, Silas Marner

1818 Mary Todd Lincoln, 1st lady, 1861-65

1817 Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke, U.S., army nurse, union

1809 Mary Kies is 1st woman issued a U.S. patent (weaving straw)

1804 Mary Bright, British Prime Minister Rockingham, dies

1797 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, born in London, England, author, Frankenstein

1797 Mary Lyon, U.S., educator, Mt Holyoke, Hall of Fame

1789 Mary Ball Washington, mother of George, dies

1788 Sarah Josepha Hale, author, Mary Had a Little Lamb

1784 Mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies

1778 Mary Ludwig Hayes "Molly Pitcher" aids American patriots

1776 1st U.S. fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William and Mary College), forms

1774 Mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft. William and Mary

1774 1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft. William and Mary, NH

1759 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/mother of Mary Shelley

1759 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist, Female Reader

1746 Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68

1734 Prince Willem KHF van Orange marries George II's daughter Mary Anne

1725 French King Louis XV marries Polish princess Mary Lesczynski

1695 Mary II Stuart, queen of England, dies at 32

1694 Mary II, Queen of England, dies after 5 years of rule at 32

1693 College of William and Mary opens

1693 William and Mary college is 2nd college chartered in US

1693 Royal charter granted College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va

1689 Mary Wortley Montagu, English essayist, feminist, eccentric

1689 William III and Mary Stuart proclaimed king and queen of England

1689 William III and Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain

1689 Scotland dismisses Willem III and Mary Stuart as king and queen

1689 English parliament places Mary Stuart/Prince Willem III on the throne

1677 Prince Willem III Henry marries English princess Mary Stuart

1660 Mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29

1656 1st Quakers (Mary Fisher/Ann Austin) arrives in Boston (arrested)

1642 English Queen Henriette Mary arrives in Hellevoetsluis Neth

1641 Prince Willem II (14) marries Engl princess Henriette Mary Stuart (9)

1631 Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England

1587 Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed

1587 Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44

1587 Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44

1587 Mary Queen of Scots, Scottish Royalty

1587 English queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuarts death sentence

1586 Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth

1586 Anthony Babington, page/conspirator to Mary Stuart, executed at 24

1578 Francesco Albana, Italian painter, Mary's Ascension

1568 Conference of York begins: trial against Mary Stuart

1568 English queen Elizabeth I arrests Scottish queen Mary

1568 Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England

1568 Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside

1567 Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate and 1-year-old James VI becomes King of Scotland

1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland

1567 Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell

1567 Lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered

1567 Henry Stuart, earl of Darnley/Consort of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered

1566 David Riccio, Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered

1565 Mary Queen of Scots marries her cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley

1561 Mary Queen of Scots arrives in Leith Scotland to assume throne after spending 13 years in France

1560 Mary of Lorraine, pro-French Regent of Scotland, dies at 44

1560 Mary de Guise, queen-mother of Scotland

1559 Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary

1558 Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary

1558 Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42

1558 Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland marries French crown prince Francois

1554 Sir Thomas Wyatt gathers an army in Kent, rebels against Queen Mary

1548 Mary queen of Scotland (6) arrives in France

1547 English demand Edward VI, 10, wed Mary Queen of Scots, 5

1545 King Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose sinks at Portsmouth; 73 die

1545 Roger Grenville, English captain of Mary Rose, drowns

1543 Cardinal Beaton replaces earl Arran as regent for Mary of Scotland

1542 Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, 1560-1587

1542 Mary Queen of Scots, Scottish Royalty

1518 Henry VIII's daughter Mary marries French crown prince

1516 Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England, 1553-58

1515 Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland

1514 King Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII

1477 Maximilian I, son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, weds Mary of

1251 The Virgin Mary gives Simon Stork a haircut (legend)



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