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2007 Mary Douglas, dies in London, from complications of cancer, at 86
2005 Rose Mary Woods, American Celebrity 2004 Mary McGrory, writer, The Washington Post, dies at 85 2002 Mary Hansen, Australian Musician 2002 Barry Took, comedian, writer, television presenter on BBC program Points of View and BBC Radio 4 program The News Quiz, wrote comedy with Mary Feldman 2002 Mary Stuart, long-time soap star, Search for Tomorrow, dies at 76 2001 Mary Whitehouse, British Activist 2001 Mary Kay Ash, businesswoman, started a major cosmetics company, dies at 83 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 (Czechoslovakia) 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 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, author, historian, 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 gymnast 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 building 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 quarterback Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard touchdown (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, born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, also known as Brook-Lynn, singer, songwriter, record producer, rhythm and blues, soul, hip hop genres, 26-time Grammy Award nominee, has sold over 48 million albums worldwide 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, gymnast, Olympic-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 Hansen, Australian Musician 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 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 New Zealand, 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, 1984, 1988 Olympics 1964 10th LPGA Championship won by Mary Mills 1964 Susan Walters, Georgia, actress, Lorna-Loving, Mary Beth-Dear John 1964 Mary Howe, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock', 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, 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-General Hospital 1961 Mary Charleson, actress (Upstairs and Downstairs), dies at 76 1961 Mary Bono, American Politician 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 1960 Mary Beth Zimmerman, Mount 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, actress, 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 and comedian, SNL, Club Paradise, Feds 1953 Mary, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, dies at 85 1953 Mary Steenburgen, Newport, Arkansas, actress, Parenthood, Time After Time 1953 Lucinda Williams, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, wrote Grammy-Award-winning song, 'Passionate Kisses', recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter, successful album, 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road', combined country, blues, rock, Americana genres 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 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 Meyer, U.S., 500m speed skater, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 1945 Stu Cook, rock bassist, Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary 1945 Doug Clifford, rock drummer, Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary 1944 Mary Archer, British Scientist 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 Shelley Fabares, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, singer, television debut 'Letter to Loretta', played role of Mary Stone in sitcom 'The Donna Reed Show', Primetime Emmy Award nominee for ABC sitcom 'Coach' 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, orchestra 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, born in Cleveland, Ohio, politician, first Democratic woman elected to U.S. Congress, member, U.S. House of Representatives 1940 Mary Rand-Bignal-Toomey, England, long jumper 1964 Olympic gold 1940 Mary Mills, born in Laurel, Mississippi, professional golfer, member, LPGA Tour, won 9 LPGA Tour victories 1939 Denise Alexander, actress, Mary McKinnon-Another World 1939 Mary Parkinson, British broadcaster 1939 Mary Peters, born in England, pentathlete, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 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/actress, Diff'rent Strokes 1939 Mary Ellen McAnally, Illinois, poet, Dance of the Zygotes 1938 Tina Turner, 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 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 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 MacLane, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month, dies at age 48, in Chicago, Illinois 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 Barry Took, born in Muswell Hill, North London, England, comedian, writer, television presenter on BBC program Points of View and BBC Radio 4 program The News Quiz, wrote comedy with Mary Feldman 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 1924 Mary Catherine Small Long, born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Representative-D-Louisiana, 1985 - 1987 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 1921 Mary Douglas, born in San Remo, Italy, British anthropologist, wrote about symbolism, human culture 1920 Amy Clampitt, born in New Providence, Iowa, poet, author, professor at Amherst College, College of William and Mary, Smith College, received Guggenheim, MacArthur Fellowship 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 Rose Mary Woods, American Celebrity 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 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. Colorado 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, born in Adelaide, Australia, poet, author, historian, wrote Kings in Grass Castles and Keep Him My Country 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 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, Netherlands/England 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, born in Richmond, Virginia, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock' 1881 Ethel Mary Dell, English author, Storm Drift 1881 Mary MacLane, born in Winnipeg, Canada, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month 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 1868 Mary Austin, Illinois, feminist/nature writer, Land of Little Rain 1867 Mary, queen of Great Britain and 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, born in Melbourne, Australia, actress, Apple Annie 1858 1st apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France 1855 Mary Russell Mitford, English 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, Illinois 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, activist 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, Mount Holyoke, Hall of Fame 1789 Mary Ball Washington, mother of George Washington, 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, New Hampshire 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 1731 Mary Astell, English writer and feminist, wrote 'Some Reflections upon Marriage', dies soon after having breast cancer 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 1666 Mary Astell, born in Newcastle, England, English writer and feminist, wrote 'Some Reflections upon Marriage' 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, Netherlands 1641 Prince Willem II (14) marries English 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 Queen of Scots, Scottish Royalty 1542 Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, 1560-1587 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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