2000 Death Barbara Cartland, romance writer, dies at 98 1989 Event "Romance/Romance" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 297 performances 1988 Event "Romance/Romance" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 297 performances 1983 Death Gavin Gordon, television actor (Romance, Lone Cowboy), dies at 82 1980 Death Elliott Nugent, actor (Romance), dies 1976 Death Nino Martini, actor (Here's to Romance), dies at 71 1971 Death Edith Day, actress (Romance of Air), dies at 75 1962 Death Henry Kendall, actor (Shadow, Romance and Riches), dies at 65 1961 Birthday Fabio [Lanzoni], born in Italy, romance novels model, Fabio After Dark 1950 Birthday Nora Roberts, born in Silver Spring, Maryland, author, wrote 165 romance novels, Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame inductee, sold over 280 million books 1949 Event "My Romance" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 95 performances 1948 Event "My Romance" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 95 performances 1945 Death Jorgen Nielsen, Danish writer (romance), dies at 42 1941 Death Ruth Stonehouse, film director, silent era film actress, directed films 'The Winning Pair', 'Tacky Sue's Romance', dies in Hollywood, California, at age 48 1932 Birthday Fernando Arrabal, Spanish song/romance writer, Baal Babilonia 1922 Birthday George Roy Hill, dir, Slap Shot, Little Drummer Girl, Little Romance 1914 Event "Tillie's Punctured Romance," 1st six-reel feature comedy debuts 1914 Event 1st feature-length silent film comedy, "Tillie's Punctured Romance" released. (Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin) 1913 Event Edward Sheldons "Romance," premieres in New York City 1905 Birthday Nino Martini, Verona Italy, actor, Here's to Romance 1901 Birthday Barbara Cartland, romance author, Camfield #69 1892 Birthday Ruth Stonehouse, born in Denver, Colorado, film director, silent era film actress, directed films 'The Winning Pair', 'Tacky Sue's Romance' 1881 Birthday Clara Blandick, actress, Huckleberry Finn, Romance, Tom Sawyer
