2007 Death Tillie Olsen, dies at 94, in Oakland, California 1914 Event "Tillie's Punctured Romance," 1st six-reel feature comedy debuts 1914 Event 1st feature-length silent film comedy, "Tillie's Punctured Romance" released. (Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin) 1913 Birthday Tillie Olsen, born in Nebraska, writer, considered the first generation of American feminists 1901 Birthday Tillie Ehrlich Lewin, leading industrialist, tomato queen 1889 Death Matilde "Tillie" Ziegler, killed by husband William Kemmler