2013 Event Scientists discover that bumblebees have the ability to sense electric fields around flowers, enabling them to identify specific flowers for pollination 1992 Event President candidate Bill Clinton (D) and Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair 1989 Event Paul McCartney releases "Flowers in the Dirt" 1988 Death Wayland Flowers, ventriloquist (Madame), dies of AIDS at 48 1986 Death Georgia O'Keefe, U.S. painter (Flowers), dies at 98 1984 Death Bess Flowers, actress (View from Pompey's Head), dies at 85 1978 Event Neil Diamond and Barbra Striesand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" hits #1 1978 Event Streisand and Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," goes #1 1973 Birthday Lethon Flowers, NFL defensive back for the Pittsburgh Steelers 1971 Event T McNally's "Where has Tommy Flowers gone?," premieres in New York City 1959 Death Billy Mayerl, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees, dies at 56 1955 Event "House of Flowers" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 165 performances 1954 Event "House of Flowers" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 165 performances 1953 Event Red Sox Ben Flowers sets then record of 8 consecutive games in relief 1950 Birthday Gennifer Flowers, American Celebrity 1941 Death Stephanie H (Lapidoth-)Swarth, author (Lonely flowers, dies 1932 Event "Flowers and Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon 1902 Birthday Billy Mayerl, born in London, England, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees 1868 Event Memorial Day 1st observed when 2 women in Columbus Mississippi placed flowers on both Confederate and Union graves 1859 Birthday Stephanie H [Lapidoth-]Swarth, Dutch author, Lonely Flowers 1821 Birthday Charles Baudelaire, born in France, symbolist poet, Flowers of Evil 1720 Death Pieter van Flowers, Flemish painter, buried at 63 1682 Birthday John van Huysum, Dutch painter, flowers/fruit 1670 Birthday Norbert van Flowers, Flemish painter
