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1997 Lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98
1997 Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, suffering from burns, dies at 63 1997 Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set afire by 12 year old grandson 1991 Joop H Zwart, Spanish fighter/publicist (Black Widow), dies 1991 Lenore Strunsky Gershwin, widow of Ira Gershwin, dies at 90 1991 Jiang Qing, widow of Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung, commits suicide 1981 Mao's widow Jiang Qing sentenced to death 1976 Mao Tse-Tung's widow Jiang Qing and "Gang of Four," arrested and charged with plotting a coup 1976 Beijing reports arrest of Mao Tse Tung's widow 1969 Itih Walracen, Sudanese widow of author William Walraven, dies 1965 Milton B Babbitt, U.S. composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49 1957 Theresa Russell, Paup, San Diego, California, actress, Black Widow, Razor's Edge 1955 Connie Palmen, Dutch author/widow of Ischa Meoer 1951 Queen Noor of Jordan, born in Washington, D.C., Lisa Najeeb Halaby, president of United World Colleges movement, fourth wife and widow to King Hussein of Jordan 1947 Stephanie Beacham, England, Devil's Widow, Schizo, Dallas, Colbys 1944 George Ade, U.S. novelist/playwright (Counsel Widow), dies at 78 1940 Betty Shabazz, educator/talk show hostess/widow, Malcolm X 1927 Major Bernard Montgomery (29) marries widow Betty Carver 1918 Paris bombs "Thick Bertha's Dike" (nickname for the widow Krupp) 1916 Milton Babbitt, U.S. mathematician/composer, Widow's Lament 1914 Florentine Rost van Tonningen-Heubel, Dutch black widow/Nazi 1912 Stefan Schnabel, German actor, Anna, Dracula's Widow, Firefox 1908 Anthony Warde, Pennsylvania, actor, Black Widow 1904 George Ade's "College Widow," premieres in New York City 1900 Elsie Evelyn Laye, English singer and actress, Bitter Sweet, Merry Widow 1829 Britain abolished "suttee" in India, widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre 1816 Madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies 1645 lady Alice Lisle, English widow of John Lisle, beheaded 1630 Composer Pier Cavalli marries rich widow Maria Sosomeno 1093 Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies |
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