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2003 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Serena Williams beat her sister Venus Williams

2002 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Venus Williams and her sister Serena Williams Paola Suarez and Virginia Ruano

2002 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Serena Williams beat her sister Venus Williams

1996 Rose Isabel Williams, sister of Tennessee Williams, dies at 86

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

1995 Maxene Andrews, vocalist (Andrews Sister), dies of heart attack at 79

1995 Krissy Taylor, born in Miami, Florida, model, sister of supermodel, Niki Taylor, dies of respitory problems at 17

1993 Emile Ardolino, director (Sister Act), dies of AIDS at 50

1993 June Smaney, actress (Sainted Sister), dies of apparent suicide at 71

1992 Record producer Lou Adler weds Paige Hannah (Daryl's sister)

1990 Gloria Carter Spann, President Carter's sister, dies at 63 of cancer

1989 Rebecca Schaeffer, actress (My Sister Sam), is shot by a fan at 21

1987 Joan Greenwood, English actress (Gentle Sex, Bad Sister), dies at 65

1986 Beatrice Kay, singer and actress (Sister Sue-Calvin and the Col), dies at 78

1986 Brian Aherne, actor (Juarez, My Sister Eileen, Rosie), dies at 83

1981 Adele Marie Astaire, sister of Fred Astaire, dies at 82

1978 Krissy Taylor, born in Miami, Florida, model, sister of supermodel, Niki Taylor

1971 Dannii Minogue, born in Melbourne, Australia, singer, sister of Kylie Minogue

1967 Rebecca Schaeffer, Eugene Oregon, actress, Patti-My Sister Sam

1967 Eva McKenzie, sister of Ida Mae/actress (Virtuous Husband), dies at 78

1967 Laverne Andrews, vocalist (Andrews Sister), dies

1967 FCC requires AM-FM sister stations to be at least 50% different

1966 Janet Jackson, born in Gary, Indiana, singer, Michael's sister, Control

1966 Gail Kane, actress (White Sister, Arizona), dies at 81

1962 1st appearance of a Gabor sister on Merv Griffin Show

1959 Kathy Sledge, Philadelphia, vocalist, Sister Sledge-We are Family

1957 Jeanne Evert, tennis player, Chris' sister

1957 Siobhan Fahey, born in Dublin, rocker, Bananarama-Venus, Shakespear's Sister

1957 Kim Sledge, Philadelphia, vocalist, Sister Sledge-We are Family

1957 Kathy Najimy, actress, Sister Act, Veronica's Closet

1957 Jenifer Lewis, actress, Girl 6, Meteor Man, Sister Act

1956 [Joan] Joni Sledge, born in Philadelphia, vocalist, Sister Sledge-We are Family

1956 Mark Mendoza, born in Long Island, New York, born Mark Glickman, known as Mark 'The Animal' Mendoza, bassist, songwriter, musician, member of band, Twisted Sister, also performed with The Dictators, Blackfoot, genres include hard rock, shank rock

1956 Pamela Cossey, England, model/sister of transsexual Tula

1954 Debbie Sledge, Philadelphia, vocalist, Sister Sledge-We are Family

1951 Pam Dawber, Detroit, actress, Mindy-Mork and Mindy, My Sister Sam

1951 David Naughton, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, My Sister Sam, Separate Vacations

1951 Rosalyn Kind, Brooklyn, singer, sister of Barbra Streisand

1949 Kate Taylor, born in Boston, Massachusetts, singer, songwriter, musical family members include Alex, Livingston, Hugh and James, albums include Sister Kate, Kate Taylor, famous hit 'It's In His Kiss'

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

1947 Graham Faulkner, London, actor, Brother Sun Sister Moon

1943 Stella Parton, sister of Dolly Parton/singer, A Woman's Touch

1941 Sister Elizabeth Kenny new treatment for infantile paralysis approved

1941 Martine Beswicke, Jamacia, actress, Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde

1940 JA Fields/J Chodorov's "My Sister Eileen," premieres in New York City

1935 Sam Moore, born in Miami, Florida, rock vocalist, Sam and Dave-Soul Sister

1935 Sister Bernard Ncube, South African nun

1933 Lee Radziwell Ross, born in New York City, princess, Jackie O's sister

1932 Carlene Polite, U.S. dancer/activist/author, Sister X

1932 Sister Vince Otto, mental health activist

1929 Ruth Carter-Stapleton, Plains, Georgia, 1st sister/evangelist

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

1926 Elaine Stritch, born in Detroit, Michigan, actress, My Sister Eileen, Company

1919 Dorian Leigh, born in San Antonio, Texas, model, sister of Suzy Parker

1918 Ann Landers, born in Sioux City, Iowa, twin sister/advice columnist

1916 Adriaan van der Veen, Dutch writer, Sister at Sea

1916 Mary Wickes, character actress, Sister Act

1915 William Goyen, born in Trinity, Texas, writer, storyteller, married actress Doris Roberts, wrote The House of Breath, The Fair Sister, Wonderful Plant

1909 Rose Isabel Williams, sister of Tennessee Williams

1907 Beatrice Kay, born in New York City, singer/actress, Sister Sue-Calvin and Col

1902 Leon Belasco, Odessa Russia, actor, Lucky Partners, My Sister Eileen

1900 Theodore Dreiser's novel "Sister Carrie" is published

1898 Adele Marie Astaire, born in Omaha, Nebraska, sister of Fred Astaire, entertainer

1892 Minna Gombell, Baltimore, actress, Bad Girl, Thin Man, Hello Sister

1871 Theodore Dreiser, U.S., novelist, Sister Carie, American Tragedy

1855 Dorothy Wordsworth, author, diarist, poet, sister of William Wordsworth, romantic poet, dies at 83

1800 Napoleon I's sister Carolina marries King Joachim Murat of Naples

1797 Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi

1782 Carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte, countess Lipona, sister of Napoleon

1771 Dorothy Wordsworth, born in Cumberland, England, author, diarist, poet, sister of William Wordsworth, romantic poet

1751 Maria A. [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist/Wolfgang's sister

1729 Sister St. Stanislas Hachard, 1st U.S. nun, takes her vows, N Orleans

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

414 King Ataulf of Narbonne marries emperor Honorius sister Galle Placidia


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