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 Me˜er
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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