1987 Death Ruth Attaway, actress (Porgy and Bess, Conrack, Being There), dies 1984 Death Bess Flowers, actress (View from Pompey's Head), dies at 85 1982 Death Bess Truman, 1st lady (1945-53), dies in Independence, Mo at 97 1977 Event "Porgy and Bess" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 122 performances 1976 Event "Porgy and Bess" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 122 performances 1968 Birthday Bess Singh, Lennart Bes, Dutch pop drummer, Burma Shop-Hippies 1953 Birthday Bess Armstrong, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Julia-On Our Own, 4 Seasons, Jaws 1943 Event "Porgy and Bess" opens on Broadway with Anne Brown and Todd Duncan 1942 Birthday Rex Thompson, New York City, actor, Young Bess, King and I, Her 12 Men 1935 Event "Porgy and Bess," by George Gershwin, New York premiere 1935 Event George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" opens on Broadway 1935 Event Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" premieres in Boston 1927 Birthday Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel Mississippi, opera soprano, Porgy and Bess 1924 Birthday Bess Myerson, born in Bronx, New York, 1st Jewish Miss America, 1945 1924 Birthday Sidney Poitier, actor, Porgy and Bess, A Raisin in the Sun, or 1927 1924 Birthday Margaret Truman, born in Missouri, singer, writer, only daughter of President Harry and Bess Truman 1923 Birthday Dorothy Dandridge, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress/singer/dancer, Porgy and Bess 1885 Birthday Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman, 1st lady, 1945-52 1875 Birthday Lumsden Hare, Ireland, actor, Oregon Trail, Desert Fox, Young Bess
