2004 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs beat Ai Sugiyama and Liezel Huber
2004 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Maria Sharapova beat Serena Williams
2004 Frances Dee, actress, Little Women, dies at 96
2003 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama beat Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suarez
2003 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Serena Williams beat her sister Venus Williams
2003 Lana Clarkson, actress, Amazon Women on the Moon, dies at 40
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
2002 21st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Antonio
2001 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs beat Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama
2001 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Venus Williams beat Justine Henin
2001 20th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at St. Louis
2000 55th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
2000 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama beat Venus Williams and Serena Williams
2000 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Venus Williams beat Lindsay Davenport
2000 19th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Corel State Spectrum
1999 Ashley Montagu, anthropologist, The Natural Superiority of Women, dies at 94
1999 54th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
1999 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Lindsay Davenport beat Steffi Graf
1999 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu beat Mariaan de Swardt and Elena Tatarkova
1999 18th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Jose
1998 Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
1998 Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open
1998 Weetabix Women's British Golf Open
1998 53rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship at Blackwolf Run GC, Kohler WI
1998 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Martina Hingis and Jana Novotna beat Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva
1998 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Jana Novotna beat Nathalie Tauziat
1998 17th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Kemper Arena KC
1998 USA Women's Hockey Team beats Canada for 1st Olympic Gold medal
1998 Dale Eggeling wins Los Angeles Women's Golf Championship
1997 Willem de Kooning painting, "Two Standing Women," sold for $4,182,500
1997 27th New York City Women Marathon won by Franziska Rochat-Moser of Switz 2:28:43
1997 NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner and Violet Palmer as 1st women to officiate a major-league all-male sports league
1997 Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open
1997 Weetabix Women's British LPGA Open
1997 Karrie Webb wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Open
1997 52nd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Alison Nicholas
1997 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva beat Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf
1997 Women's National Basketball Association begins as New York Liberty beats LA Sparks
1997 1st New York Women Film Festival opens
1997 1st all female (20 British women) team reaches North Pole
1997 26th Boston Women's Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23
1997 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tenn beats Old Dominion 68-59
1997 Brazil Senate allows women to wear slacks
1997 Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Los Angeles Women's Championship
1997 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin New York City
1997 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," opens at Gershwin New York City
1996 4 women ordained priests in Jamaica, 1st in 330-year Anglican history
1996 26th New York City Women's Marathon won by Anuta Catuna of Romania in 2:28:18
1996 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
1996 Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
1996 BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Liz Johnson
1996 Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open
1996 Emilee Klein wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Golf Open
1996 51st U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Annika Sorenstam
1996 25th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:27:12.6
1996 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tenn beats Georgia 83-65
1995 Rosemary West, found guilty in England, of killing 10 women
1995 25th New York City Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06
1995 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf
1995 BPAA U.S. Women's Open won by Cheryl Daniels
1995 Kerrie Webb wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Golf Open
1995 50th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Annika Sorenstam
1995 24th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11
1995 Rosie Jones wins LPGA Pinewild Women's Golf Championship
1995 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: University of Ct Huskies beats Tennessee 70-64
1995 69th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Mary Pierce beats Vicario (63 62)
1994 24th New York City Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:27:37
1994 Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Championships of Women's Golf
1994 BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Aleta Sill
1994 Jingyi Le swims world record 100m women's freestyle (54.01 sec)
1994 Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Golf Open
1994 49th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan
1994 23rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:21:45
1994 Val Skinner wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship
1994 13th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Louisiana Tech 60-59
1994 Church of England ordains 1st 33 women priests
1994 U.S. Navy issues 1st permanent order assigning women on combat ship
1994 68th Australian Women's Tennis Open: S Graf beats A S Vicario (60 62)
1993 23rd New York City Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig in 2:26:24
1993 Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf
1993 48th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Lauri Merten
1993 Nazi's kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany
1993 22nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:25:27
1993 Trish Johnson wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship
1993 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Texas Tech beats OH State 84-82
1993 67th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Monica Seles beat Graf (46 63 62)
1993 NY Newsday reports Ore Sen Bob Packwood sexually harassed 23 women
1992 Washington Post reports Ore Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 10 women
1992 22nd New York City Women's Marathon won by Lisa Ondieki in 2:24:40
1992 "Jake's Women" closes at Neil Simon Theater New York City after 245 performances
1992 Ruth Nelson, actress (Awakenings, 3 Women), dies at 87
1992 Alison L Gertz, U.S. aids-activist/Esquire women of year, dies of aids
1992 47th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan
1992 Albert Pierrepont, last British executioner (433 men/17 women), dies
1992 21st Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:23:43
1992 Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Sega Women's Golf Championship
1992 11th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62
1992 NCAA Basketball Women's Championship at Kemper Arena, KC
1992 "Jake's Women" opens at Neil Simon Theater New York City for 245 performances
1992 Ida Oosterbaan, Dutch founder (Women Action Committee), dies
1992 Dawn Coe wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1992 Kristi Yamaguchi of U.S. wins Olympic gold medal in women's figure skating
1992 "Dangerous Women" final episode on WWOR-TV
1991 1st world championship of women's soccer, U.S. defeats Norway 2-1
1991 21st New York City Women's Marathon won by Liz McColgan of Scotland in 2:27
1991 Dr. Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women
1991 Carol White, actress (Prehistoric Women, Dulcima), dies at 47
1991 U.S. women's gymnastics team win 1st World Championships medal (silver)
1991 Billy James, comedian/singer (Women at Play, Lusty Business), dies
1991 Debbie Doom (U.S.) pitches 2nd consecutive perfect game in women's softball at the Pan American Games, beats Nicaragua, 8-0
1991 Senate votes to allow women to fly combat aircraft
1991 46th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Meg Mallon
1991 Paul Andor, actor (Mad Lover, Enemy of Women), dies
1991 20th Boston Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil of Poland in 2:24:18
1991 10th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67
1991 Supreme Court rules unanimously employers can't exclude women from jobs where exposure to toxic chemicals could potentially damage fetus
1991 Deb Richard wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1990 20th New York City Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil in 2:30:45
1990 Jill Esmond, actress (13 Women, My Pal Wolfe, FP 1), dies at 82
1990 45th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy King
1990 New York City police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts)
1990 BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Dana Miller-Mackie
1990 European court rules pension rights for both men and women
1990 Pauline Frederick, 1st women to moderate President debate, dies at 84
1990 Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10
1990 19th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:23
1990 9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Auburn 88-81
1990 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa)
1990 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1990 64th Australian Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats MJ Fernandez (63 64)
1990 Mitsuko Nishiwaki beats Nakano to become Japan Women wrestling champ
1989 Worst Canadian mass murder: Marc Lepine kills 14 women at U Montreal
1989 19th New York City Women's Marathon won by Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:25:30
1989 44th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy King
1989 Delta Burke (Designing Women) weds Gerald McRaney (Major Dad)
1989 18th Boston Women's Marath won by Ingrid Kristiansen of Nor in 2:24:33
1989 8th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Auburn 76-60
1989 Bernard Blier, actor (Les Miserables, Women and War), dies at 73
1989 Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open/Helene Curtis Pro-Am
1989 Steve Garvey marries Candace Thomas while at same time being accused of fathering children by 2 other women
1989 Ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida at 42
1989 Murden and Metz are 1st women to reach South Pole overland (on skis)
1988 18th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:07
1988 Steve Jones wins New York men's marathon; Grete Waitz 9th women's title
1988 43rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Liselotte Neumann
1988 Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds
1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's heptathlete record of 7,215 pts
1988 Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women and minorities
1988 Women sentenced to 90 years in 1st product tampering murder case
1988 Renato Salvatori, actor (Burn, Luna, 2 Women), dies
1988 Women are allowed to compete in Little 500 bicycle race (Indiana)
1988 17th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:24:30
1988 7th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Louisiana Tec beat Auburn 56-54
1988 Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open/Helene Curtis Pro-Am
1987 17th New York City Women's Marathon won by Priscilla Welch in 2:30:17
1987 42nd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Laura Davies
1987 Petra Felke (E Ger) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record)
1987 Molly Yard elected new President of National Org for Women
1987 Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women
1987 16th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:21
1987 Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed record, 124.9 mph
1987 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44
1987 Supreme Court rules women/minorities may get jobs if less qualified
1987 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1986 16th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:06
1986 "Designing Women," TV Comedy, debuts on CBS
1986 Virginia Gregg, actress (Little Women), dies at 69
1986 Heike Drechsler of E Germany ties world women's 200 m mark (21.71s)
1986 41st U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jane Geddes
1986 Maricica Puica of Romania runs 2,000 m in 5:28.69 (record for women)
1986 Heike Drechsler of East Germany long jumps 7.45 m (women's record)
1986 15th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55
1986 5th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: Texas beats Southern California 97-81
1986 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1985 15th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:34
1985 Alayson Gibbons sets 24 hr women swim record of 42.05 mi in 25 m pool
1985 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Nestle World Championship of Women's Golf
1985 40th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Kathy Baker
1985 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Moss Creek Women's Golf Invitational
1985 14th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 2:34:06
1985 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Georgia 70-65
1985 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1984 Willem de Kooning's "Two Women" sells for $1,980,000
1984 14th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:29:30
1984 Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record)
1984 Evelyn Ashford of U.S. ties world women's mark for 100 m, 10.76 sec
1984 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf
1984 Joan Benoit (U.S.) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52)
1984 Marita Koch of E Germany sets world women's mark for 200m, 21.71s
1984 39th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy
1984 Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members
1984 Southern Baptist convention decide on no women clergy members
1984 13th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lorraine Moller of NZ in 2:29:28
1984 Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1984 Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 pts
1983 13th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:00
1983 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf
1983 38th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jan Stephenson
1983 Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less
1983 12th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:22:43
1983 WIBC Championship Tournament in Las Vegas, attracts 75,480 women bowlers for 83-day event
1983 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1982 12th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:14
1982 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf
1982 37th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Janet Anderson
1982 11th Boston Women's Marathon won by Charlotte Teske of Ger in 2:29:33
1982 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA CPC Women's Golf International
1982 1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: LA Tech beats Cheney 76-62
1982 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1982 Sharie Langford, California, sets women's bowling series record of 853
1982 Old Dominion ends La Tech's women's basketball rec 54-game win streak
1981 56th Australian Women Tennis: Navratilova beats Chris Evert (67 64 75)
1981 11th New York City Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe in 2:25:29
1981 April Moon sets women's handbow distance record of 1,039 yds and 13"
1981 Fiona Brothers sets women's propeller boat speed record (116.279 MPH)
1981 Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf
1981 36th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley
1981 Sally Little wins LPGA CPC Women's Golf International
1981 Peter Sutcliffe admits he is the Yorkshire Ripper (murdered 13 women)
1981 10th Boston Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe of NZ in 2:26:46
1981 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1981 "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe, murderer of 13 women, captured
1981 British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, a truck driver later convicted of "Yorkshire Ripper" murders of 13 women
1980 Sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75
1980 10th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:25:41.3
1980 Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Series of Women's Golf
1980 Chantal Langlace sets women's record for fastest 100K run (7h27m22s)
1980 Federal court voids Selective Service Act as it doesn't include women
1980 35th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott
1980 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC Women's Internationalional Golf Tournament
1980 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Can in 2:34:28 Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women's champ she hadn't run entire course
1980 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1980 Ford Motor Company found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto
1980 NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in 5 sports
1979 9th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:33
1979 National Women's Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, New York) dedicated
1979 34th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jerilyn Britz
1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
1979 8th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:35:15
1979 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1979 Dolores Costello, actress (Noah's Ark, Expensive Women), dies at 73
1979 David Lopez, Queens, New York, actor, and God Created Women, Ghostwriter
1978 1st game of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL), Chicago Hustle vs Milwaukee Does
1978 8th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:32:30
1978 NY District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms
1978 Dutch women hockey team wins world championship
1978 33rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy
1978 33rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy
1978 1st 6 teams of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, NJ, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota and Dayton
1978 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
1978 Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more
1978 7th Boston Women's Marathon won by Gayle Barron of Georgia in 2:44:52
1977 7th New York City Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman in 2:43:10
1977 Army shoots on market vendor women in Conakry Guinee
1977 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate European Women's Golf Open
1977 32nd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy
1977 Shany Kedmy, born in Israel, Women's 470 yachter, Oly-14th-1996
1977 6th Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:48:33
1977 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
1977 Beverly Klass wins LPGA Women's International Golf Satellite
1976 6th New York City Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman in 2:39:11
1976 Playboy releases Jimmy Carter's interview that he lusts for women
1976 Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests and bishop
1976 10,000 Northern Ireland women demonstrate for peace in Belfast
1976 31st U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by JoAnne Carner
1976 5th Boston Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt of Wis in 2:47:10
1975 Coast Guard Academy 1st allows women to enroll
1975 Jacqueline Hansen runs women's world record marathon (2:38:19)
1975 5th New York City Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt in 2:46:14
1975 Bill authorizes admission of women to military academies
1975 30th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Palmer
1975 Worst motor vehicle disaster in U.K.; bus full of elderly women plunges Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38
1975 4th Boston Women's Marathon won by Liane Winter of W Germ in 2:42:24
1975 Delta State beats Immaculata for the women's AIAW championship
1975 Vivien Kellems, TV hostess (The Power of Women), dies at 78
1975 Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m
1975 International Women's Year begins
1974 Ayelet Ohayon, Israel, Women's foil fencer, Oly-1996
1974 4th New York City Women's Marathon won by Katherine Switzer in 3:07:29
1974 29th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Haynie
1974 Dutch women hockey team becomes world champion
1974 3rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:47:11
1974 Andrea Checci, actress (2 Women, Assassin, Black Sunday), dies at 57
1974 Francoise Rosay, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison), dies at 82
1974 Gail Denenber wins LPGA Sears Women's Golf Classic
1974 Judy Ikenberry wins 1st Us women's marathon (2:55:17)
1974 Christian Bale, Wales, actor, Empire of the Sun, Little Women
1974 1st edition of women's magazine "Story"
1973 3rd New York City Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 2:57:07
1973 28th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Susie Maxwell Berning
1973 Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), dies at 72
1973 All women board of directors takes control of ABA's Kentucky Colonels
1973 Glenda Reiser, Canada, sets record women's mile, 4:34.9
1973 1st all - U.S. women's Wimbledon, Billie Jean King beats Chris Evert
1973 BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Millie Martorella
1973 Women's tennis groups end disputes over sanctioning tournaments
1973 2nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Hansen of CA in 3:05:59
1973 Carol Mann wins LPGA Sears Women's Golf Classic
1973 47th Australian Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Goolagong (64 75)
1972 2nd New York City Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 3:08:41
1972 Lilach Parisky, born in Israel, Women's foil fencer, Oly-1996
1972 1st women FBI members sworn in (Susan Lynn Roley and Joanne E Pierce)
1972 27th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Susie Maxwell Berning
1972 Renee Heiken, Peoria, Illinois, LPGA golfer, 1994 Florida Women's Open
1972 1st Boston Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik of New York in 3:10:26
1972 Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic
1971 1st New York City Women's Marathon won by Beth Bonner in 2:55:22
1971 26th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by JoAnne Carner
1971 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic
1971 Charles Manson and 3 women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders
1970 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Women's Golf Charities Open
1970 Annika Sorenstam, Stockholm Sweden, LPGA golfer, 1995 U.S. Women's Open
1970 25th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
1970 Holy Eucharist given by women for 1st time in Roman Catholic service
1969 Joanne Mills, Sydney Aust, golfer, T25 Holden 1994 Women's Aust Open
1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA River Plantation Women's Golf Open
1969 24th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
1969 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA St. Louis Women's Golf Invitational
1969 Leslie Spalding, Billings MT, golfer, Montana Women's Amat-90, 91
1968 23rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Susie Maxwell Berning
1968 BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Dotty Fothergill
1968 Debbi Miho Koyama, LPGA golfer, 1995 U.S. Women's Open-28th
1967 Muriel Siebert is 1st women to own a seat on New York Stock Exchange
1967 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open
1967 22nd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Catherine Lacoste
1967 Catherine Lacoste becomes youngest (22), 1st foreigner (France) and 1st amateur to U.S. Women's open golf tournament
1967 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St. Louis Women's Golf Invitational
1967 Yael Arad, Israel, Women's half middleweight judoka, Oly-1996
1966 National Organization of Women founded
1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open
1966 Gloria Ehret/Judy Kimball wins LPGA Yankee Women's Golf Open
1966 21st U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Spuzich
1966 Carol Mann wins LPGA Waterloo Women's Golf Open Invitational
1966 Neal Dodd, actor (Only Women, You Belong to Me), dies at 86
1966 Liselotte Neumann, Finspang Sweden, LPGA golfer, 1988 U.S. Women's Open
1966 Karen Lunn, born in Cowra, Australia, LPGA golfer, 1993 Women's British Open
1966 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open
1965 Page Dunlap, Harrisonburg, Virginia, LPGA golfer, 1994 Atlanta Women's-8th
1965 O Kommissarova (U.S.S.R.) sets women's longest parachute jump (46,250')
1965 20th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Carol Mann
1965 Tania Abitbol, born in Madrid, Spain, LPGA golfer, 1994 U.S. Women's Open-4th
1964 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Waterloo Women's Golf Open Invitational
1964 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Women's Golf Open
1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Yankee Women's Golf Open
1964 19th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1964 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open
1964 Carol Mann wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open Invitational
1964 April Heinrichs, Littleton Colo, U.S. women's soccer coach 1996 Olympics
1964 Rep Martha Griffiths address gets civil rights protection for women being added to the 1964 Civil Rights Act
1963 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Spokane Women's Golf Open
1963 Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel, Israel, Women's foil fencer, Oly-1996
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waterloo Women's Golf Open Invitational
1963 18th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mary Mills
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open
1963 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Women's Golf Open
1963 John F. Kennedy signs law for equal pay for equal work for men and women
1963 Deb Richard, born in Abbeville, Louisiana, LPGA golfer, 1991 Women's Kemper Open
1963 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sunshine Women's Golf Open
1963 Meg Mallon, born in Natick, Massachusetts, LPGA golfer, 1991 U.S. Women's Open
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
1962 Jill Briles-Hinton, Elmhurst, Illinois, LPGA golfer, 1995 Women's Open-16th
1962 Joseph Allen Jr, actor (All Women Have Secrets), dies at 44
1962 Tina Lehtola, born in Finland, women's ski jumper, world's record holder
1962 17th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Murle Lindstrom
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
1962 Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62
1961 Caroline Gowan, Greenville, South Carolina, LPGA golfer, South Carolina Women's Amat-1981, 83
1961 Frank Fay, actor (God's Gift to Women), dies in Santa Monica CA
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Spokane Women's Golf Open
1961 Judy Kimball wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open
1961 Spain accept equal rights for men and women
1961 16th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1961 Kathy Guadagnino, born in Albany, New York, LPGA golfer, 1985 U.S. Women's Open
1961 Maia Chiburdanidze, Kutaisi U.S.S.R., women's world chess champ
1961 Suggs wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational Open
1960 Patty Berg wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open
1960 15th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls
1960 Lauren Gregg, born in Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. women's soccer coach 1996 Olympics
1960 Lauri Merten, born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, LPGA golfer, 1993 U.S. Women's Open
1960 Alicia Dibos, Lima Peru, LPGA golfer, 1994 U.S. Women's Open-4th
1960 Jane Geddes, Huntington, New York, LPGA golfer, 1987 Women's Kemper Open
1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
1959 Jean Smart, born in Seattle, Washington actress, Charlene-Designing Women
1959 Mary Murphy, Birmingham, Michigan, LPGA golfer, 1990 U.S. Women's Open-5th
1959 14th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1959 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open
1959 Presbyterian church accepts women preachers
1959 Swiss males vote against voting rights for women
1958 Doris Humphrey, U.S. dancer and choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at 63
1958 1st women in English House of Lords
1958 1st 4 women named to peerage in House of Lords
1958 13th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1958 Patty Berg wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open
1958 Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers
1958 House of Lords passes bill allowing women in
1957 12th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls
1957 Jan Hooks, born in Decatur, Georgia, comedienne actress, SNL, Designing Women
1957 Leah Neuberger wins her 8th women's singles ping pong championship
1956 Sheryl Lee Ralph, actress, Moesia, Designing Women
1956 Photography begins on "... and God Created Women"
1956 Patty Sheehan, Middlebury VT, LPGA golfer, 1994 U.S. Women's Open
1956 Marga Klompe becomes 1st Dutch women elected minister
1956 South African women demonstrate against pass laws
1956 Delta Burke, born in Orlando, Florida, actress, Suzanne-Designing Women
1956 11th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Kathy Cornelius
1956 Janet Anderson, born in West Sunbury, Pennsylvania, LPGA golfer, 1982 U.S. Women's Open
1955 Betsy King, Reading, Pennsylvania, LPGA golfer, 1990 U.S. Women's Open
1955 10th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Fay Crocker
1955 Presbyterian Church begins accepting women ministers
1955 Bev Francis, Australia, world women's power-lifting champion
1954 9th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
1954 Captain Sensible, [Ray Burns], UK, rock bassist, Women and Capts 1st
1954 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open
1953 8th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls
1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Women Golf Tournament
1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open
1952 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Women's Texas Golf Open
1952 Annie Potts, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actress, Mary Jo-Designing Women
1952 Louise Suggs wins LPGA All American Women Golf Tournament
1952 7th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs
1952 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open
1952 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Women's Golf Open
1952 Charles L Baars, Dutch actor (Women Tamers), dies at 59
1952 Marilu Henner, born in Chicago, actress, Taxi, Man Who Loved Women, Eve Shade
1952 Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open
1952 Richard Charsworth, Australian women field hockey head coach 1996 Olympics
1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Texas Women's Golf Open
1951 6th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls
1951 Diana Dennis, born in Portland, Oregon, body builder, Women Physique World
1951 Patty Berg wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open
1951 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Women's Golf Invitational Open
1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Richmond Women's Golf Open
1951 Patty Berg wins LPGA Sandhills Women's Golf Open
1951 Pat Bradley, born in Westford, Massachusetts, LPGA golfer, 1981 U.S. Women's Open
1951 Helen Shaver, Ontario Canada, actress, WIOU, Praise of Older Women
1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open
1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Ponte Vedra Beach Women's Golf Open
1950 French women and children leaves Hanoi/Tonkin-delta
1950 Patty Berg wins LPGA Hardscrabble Women's Golf Invitation
1950 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Western Women's Golf Open
1950 Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women
1950 5th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
1950 Gloria Naylor, U.S. author, Women of Brewster Place
1949 4th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs
1949 1st Belgian parliamentary election where women can vote (CVP gains)
1949 Presidential election in Syria (some women allowed to vote)
1949 1st 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School
1949 Wendy Pritchard, Australian women's field hockey team manager 1996 Olympics
1949 Bertha Knox Gilkey, welfare and tenament rights for urban women
1948 3rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen (Neth) is 1st women to win 3 golds at Olympics
1948 Tony DiCicco, Wethersfield, Connecticut, U.S. women's soccer coach 1996 Olympics
1948 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular U.S. Navy
1947 Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, 10 women die in Harrisonburg, Virginia
1947 2nd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betty Jameson
1947 Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win British Women's Amateur Golf Champ
1947 Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, TV producer, Designing Women, Murphy Brown
1946 1st U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Berg
1945 Women in France allowed to vote for 1st time
1945 Patricia Ireland, feminist/president, National Organization of Women
1945 Jewell Jackson McCabe, President, natl coaltion of 100 black women
1945 Catherine Lacoste, born in Paris, France, golfer, U.S. Women's Open 1967
1945 Donna Deitch, director, Sexual Advances, Women of Brewster Place
1945 Laura Lee, [Rundless], singer, Dirty Man, Women's Love Rights
1945 International Women's Day is 1st observed
1944 Navy says black women can join WAVES
1944 2,500 women trample guards and floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago, Illinois department store
1944 Vught Concentration Camp puts 74 women in 1 cell, 10 die
1943 Sandra Haynie, Ft. Worth, Texas, LPGA golfer, 1974 U.S. Women's Open
1943 Women's camp Tamtui on Ambon (Moluccas) hit by allied air raid
1943 Women's Marine Corps created
1943 Jerilyn Britz, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, LPGA golfer, 1979 U.S. Women's Open
1942 1st Japanese women camp (Ambarawa) goes into use
1942 Compulsory work for women, children and old males in Batavia
1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES)
1942 1st detachment of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, begin basic training
1942 Women's Army Auxiliary Corps began basic training at Fort Des Moines
1942 U.S. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) forms
1942 Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed
1941 Juanita Spellini, first women executed in California
1941 Nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania
1941 Susie M Berning, born in Pasadena, California, LPGA golfer, U.S. Women's Open-1972, 73
1941 Nona Gaprindasvili, U.S.S.R., world women's chess champ, 1962-78
1940 Eleanor Fount, English actress, Women in Love, Bedazzled
1939 Eleanor Smeal, leader, National Organization for Women
1939 Alexandra Stewart, born in Montreal, actress, In Praise of Older Women
1939 Dixie Carter, Tennessee, actress, Designing Women, Edge of Night
1939 JoAnne Carner, born in Kirkland, Washington, LPGA golfer, 1976 U.S. Women's Open
1939 Liz Claiborne, Brussels Belgium, fashion designer, women
1938 Marian Ackerman, women's rights advocacy administrator
1938 Susan Strasberg, New York City, actress, In Praise of Older Women, Manitou
1938 New York 1st requires serological blood tests of pregnant women
1937 Dutch Minister Romme proclaims married women are forbidden to work
1937 Beryl Burton, UK, won record, 7, women's cycling titles
1936 Glenda Jackson, Cheshire, England, actress, Women in Love
1935 National Council of Negro Women forms
1935 National Council of Negro Women forms by Mary McLeod Bethune (New York City)
1935 World Congress for Women's Rights concludes in Istanbul
1935 1st election to allow women to vote in Turkey
1934 Brigitte Bardot, born in Paris, France, sex kitten, And God Created Women
1933 Women allowed to vote in Spain (helps right wing)
1933 German nazi regime decides married women shouldn't work
1932 Sylvia Plath, [Victoria Lucas], U.S., poet, Colossus, 3 Women, Bell Jar
1932 Gloria Lane, educator/author/founder, Women's International Center
1932 Elizabeth Southey, British CEO, Natl Fed of Women's Institutes
1932 John Jakes, born in Chicago, writer, Sir Scoundrel, Great Women Reporters
1932 Sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title
1932 Peggy Ann Garner, Canton Ohio, actress, Little Women, Daisy Kenyon
1931 Maxine Dunlap becomes 1st U.S. women to earn a glider pilot license
1929 Marilyn French, U.S. author, The Women's Room
1929 Joan Shawlee, born in Forest Hills, New York, actress, Prehistoric Women
1928 England lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21
1928 Roger Vadim, born in France, director, And God Created Women, Barbarella
1926 Alice Ghostley, Eve Montana, actress, Bewitched, Designing Women
1925 Anne Harris, CEO, Natl Federation of Women's Institutes
1924 Hans Berghuis, Dutch author and poet, 3 Women, Adam
1923 Louise Suggs, born in Atlanta, Georgia, LPGA golfer, U.S. Women's Open-1949, 52
1923 Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere
1922 1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris
1922 Rudi Gernreich, designer, 1st women's topless swimsuit, miniskirt
1922 Women 1st vote in Dutch elections, Christian parties win
1922 Michael Cacoyannis, director, Zorba the Greek, Trojan Women
1922 Dorothy Irene Height, president, national council of negro women
1921 Karel Husa, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, composer, Trojan Women
1921 Brazil adopts women suffrage
1921 1st municipal elections for men and women in Belgium
1921 Lady Fisher, founder, British Women Caring Trust
1921 Police in Sunbury Penn issue an edict requiring Women to wear skirts at least 4 inches below the knee
1920 19th amendment acknowledges women's rights
1920 19th amendment passes - women's suffrage granted
1920 Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right
1920 League of Women Voters forms in Chicago
1920 Swiss men vote against women's suffrage
1919 Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill
1919 Betty Jameson, Norman, Oklahoma, LPGA golfer, 1947 U.S. Women's Open
1918 House of Representatives passes amendment allowing women to vote
1918 Britain grants women (30 and over) vote
1917 New York state allows women to vote
1917 Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of U.S. House of Representatives
1917 1st exclusively women's bowling tournament begins in St. Louis
1917 Bert van Aerschot, Flemish writer, Elevator, Women
1916 Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage
1916 Voters in East Cleveland approves women suffrage
1916 1st U.S. national women's swiming championships held
1916 Women are allowed to attend a boxing match
1916 Raf Vallone, Tropea Italy, actor, El Cid, 2 Women, Greek Tycoon
1915 25,000 women march in New York City, demanding right to vote
1915 House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women right to vote
1914 1st women elected political agent (Grantham, Linconshire UK)
1914 British House of Lords rejects women suffrage
1913 Carlo Ponti, Milan Italy, married to Sophia Loren/director, 2 Women
1913 Vivian Fine, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, Women in the Garden
1913 1000s of women demonstrate for Dutch female suffrage
1912 Jean Parker, Butte Mont, actress, Beyond Tomorrow, Little Women
1912 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break
1910 1st Washington State election in which women could vote
1910 Baroness Phillips, pres/general secretary, Natl Association of Women
1910 Mann Act passed (no women across state lines for immoral purposes)
1910 Joan Bennett, Palasades, New Jersey, actress, Little Women, Disraeli
1909 Nannie Burroughs forms national training School for Women
1908 Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council and announces that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles"
1908 Ruggiero de Rudolpho Columbo, U.S. singer and actor, Miracle of Women
1907 Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote
1907 English suffragettes storm British Parliament and 60 women are arrested
1906 Vera Menchik, Moscow, 1st official women's world chess champ, 1927
1905 Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall
1903 Majestic Theater, New York City, becomes 1st in U.S. to employ women ushers
1903 Martha Washington Hotel, catering to women only, opens in New York City
1902 Vittorio De Sica, Sora Italy, director/actor, 2 Women
1902 Young Women's Hebrew Association organizes in New York City
1901 Belgium's Louise of den Plas begins activities towards women rights
1901 Janina Spychajowa-Kurkowska, Poland, women's world champion archer
1901 Willy Fritsch, German actor, Spies, Women in the Moon
1900 Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Women on University), dies
1897 Frank Fay, born in San Francisco, California, actor, God's Gift to Women, Love Nest
1896 1st bare women breast (Zulu) to appear in National Geographic Mag
1896 National Federation of Afro-American Women and Colored Women's
1896 Vivien Kellems, TV hostess, Power of Women
1896 1st U.S. women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden
1895 Doris Humphrey, born in Oak Park, Illinois, dancer, Dances of Women
1894 Dutch Society for Women Suffrage gets royal charter
1893 New Zealand is 1st country to grant all its women the right to vote
1891 1st motion picture shown to National Federation of Women's Clubs
1891 Francoise Rosay, Paris, actress, Interlude, Women in Prison, Saraband
1889 Belgium rules on women/child labor law
1888 "Jack the Ripper" butchers 2 more women, Liz Stride and Kate Eddowes
1884 Mississippi establishes 1st U.S. state college for women
1883 Sojourner Truth, abolitionist/women's rights advocate, dies at 96
1883 Edna May Oliver, [Nutter], Malden, Massachusetts, actress, Little Women
1879 Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Court
1873 1st women's prison run by women opens at Indiana Reformatory Institute
1870 YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) forms (New York City)
1870 173 Blackfoot (140 women and children) killed in Montana by U.S. Army
1869 Henriette Georgia Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet, Women in Forest
1869 Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (U.S. 1st)
1868 Memorial Day 1st observed when 2 women in Columbus Mississippi placed flowers on both Confederate and Union graves
1868 1st U.S. professional women's club, Sorosis, forms in New York City
1867 Brit parliament rejects John Stuart Mills law on women suffrage
1859 Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader
1859 Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder, League of Women Voters
1858 Emmeline Pankhurst, born in England, found, Women's Social and Political Union
1857 Clara Zetkin, German women's rights advocate/communist
1853 Women's Right's Convention met (New York City)
1853 Alva Vanderbilt Beaumont, women's rights advocate and activist
1852 Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 and women to work more than 10 hours a day
1851 Sojourner Truth attends Women's Rights Convention
1851 Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron)
1850 1st women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens
1850 1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass
1848 1st U.S. women's rights convention (Seneca Falls New York)
1848 Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott open 1st women's rights convention
1847 Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader, English women's movement
1838 Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions
1837 Mount Holyoke Seminary in Mass-1st U.S. college founded for women
1837 Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men)
1832 Louisa May Alcott, Germantown, Pennsylvania, author, Little Women
1832 Mary Edwards Walker, U.S., doctor/women's rights leader
1821 Mary Ashton Livermore, American reformer/women's suffrage leader
1820 Anne Jemima Clough, England, promoted higher education for women
1811 Wendell Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer
1811 1st Women's Golf Tournament held
1805 30 women meet at Mrs. Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset Maine, organizes
1800 Catherine Beecher, educator, championed higher education for women
1798 Catholic women force to do penance for kindling sabbath fire for Jews
1792 Sarah Moore Grimke, American abolitionist/women's rights advocate
1792 Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce
1778 British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pa
1775 9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Pol
1764 John Wilkes thrown out of Engl House of Commons for "Essay on Women"
1747 Dutch State of Zealand declare governorship hereditary for women
1740 Belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer, Three Women
1692 5 women executed for witchcraft in Salem Mass
1666 French Neck, portrait painter (Women Portrait), dies at about 86
1664 Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women and black men
1628 Meiboom in Quincy Mass) degenerates into orgy with indian women
1627 Thomas Middleton, Elizabethan dramatist (Women Beware Women), dies
1531 "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted
1522 Hunger appeal by women of Utrecht
1240 Raymundus Nonnatus, found Mercedariers (protect pregnant women), dies
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