2014 Event Tobacco company R. J. Reynolds must pay over $23 billion in resolution of a lawsuit filed by the widow of a man who died from lung cancer at age 36; the suit accused the company of hiding the health risks and habit-forming nature of cigarettes 2010 Event The widow of Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, Agathe Habyarimana, is arrested in France - accused of helping plan the 1994 genocide 1997 Death Lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98 1997 Death Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, suffering from burns, dies at 63 1997 Event Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set afire by 12 year old grandson 1991 Death Joop H Zwart, Spanish fighter/publicist (Black Widow), dies 1991 Death Lenore Strunsky Gershwin, widow of Ira Gershwin, dies at 90 1991 Death Jiang Qing, widow of Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung, commits suicide 1981 Event Mao's widow Jiang Qing sentenced to death 1976 Event Mao Tse-Tung's widow Jiang Qing and "Gang of Four," arrested and charged with plotting a coup 1976 Event Beijing reports arrest of Mao Tse Tung's widow 1969 Death Itih Walracen, Sudanese widow of author William Walraven, dies 1965 Death Milton B Babbitt, U.S. composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49 1957 Birthday Theresa Russell, Paup, San Diego, California, actress, Black Widow, Razor's Edge 1955 Birthday Connie Palmen, Dutch author/widow of Ischa Meoer 1951 Birthday 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 Birthday Stephanie Beacham, England, Devil's Widow, Schizo, Dallas, Colbys 1944 Death George Ade, U.S. novelist/playwright (Counsel Widow), dies at 78 1940 Birthday Betty Shabazz, educator/talk show hostess/widow, Malcolm X 1927 Event Major Bernard Montgomery (29) marries widow Betty Carver 1918 Event Paris bombs "Thick Bertha's Dike" (nickname for the widow Krupp) 1916 Birthday Milton Babbitt, U.S. mathematician/composer, Widow's Lament 1914 Birthday Florentine Rost van Tonningen-Heubel, Dutch black widow/Nazi 1912 Birthday Stefan Schnabel, German actor, Anna, Dracula's Widow, Firefox 1908 Birthday Anthony Warde, Pennsylvania, actor, Black Widow 1904 Event George Ade's "College Widow," premieres in New York City 1900 Birthday Elsie Evelyn Laye, English singer and actress, Bitter Sweet, Merry Widow 1829 Event Britain abolished "suttee" in India, widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre 1816 Death Madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies 1645 Death lady Alice Lisle, English widow of John Lisle, beheaded 1630 Event Composer Pier Cavalli marries rich widow Maria Sosomeno 1093 Death Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies
