2012 Event Ballerina Natalia Makarova, blues legend Buddy Guy, actor Dustin Hoffman, American television host David Letterman, and surviving members of Led Zeppelin, receive 2012 Kennedy Center Honors for their contributions to American culture 1994 Death Kaleria Fadicheva, ballerina, dies at 58 1993 Death Diana Adams, ballerina, dies 1992 Death Kelvin Coe, Australian ballerina (A'sch Ballet/Bolshoi Ballet), dies 1991 Death Margot Fonteyn, ballerina (1st lady of British Ballet), dies at 71 1982 Death Marie Rambert, Cyviam Ramberg, Polish/British ballerina, dies at 94 1978 Death Olga de Haas, Dutch ballerina, dies at 33 1970 Event Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova gets political asylum 1968 Death Ruth St. Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91 1967 Death Albertina Rasch, ballerina/choreographer, dies at 76 1965 Birthday Sylvie Guillem, France, ballerina, Royal Ballet 1963 Birthday Alessandra Ferri, British ballerina, American Ballet Theater 1958 Birthday Leslie Browne, born in New York City, ballerina, Turning Point 1956 Birthday Evelyn Hart, prima ballerina, Royal Winnipeg Ballet 1953 Birthday Heather Watts, born in Los Angeles, California, ballerina, Dancing on My Grave 1952 Birthday Gelsey Kirkland, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, ballerina/druggie, Nutcracker 1951 Birthday Janet Collins, ballerina, 1st Black dancer with Opera Co, Aida 1950 Birthday Merrill Ashley, St. Paul, Minnesota, ballerina, New York City Ballet 1949 Birthday Starr Danias, born in New York City, ballerina, Turning Point 1948 Birthday Yoko Morishita, prima ballerina, Baterina No Habataki 1946 Birthday Cynthia Gregory, born in Louisiana, ballerina, New York Ballet Co 1946 Birthday Jennifer Penney, ballerina 1945 Birthday Martine van Hamel, Brussels Belgium, ballerina, New York City Ballet Co 1945 Birthday Suzanne Farrell, Cincinnati, ballerina, Don Quioxote 1944 Birthday Olga de Haas, Dutch ballerina 1942 Birthday Patricia McBride, Teaneck, New Jersey, ballerina, New York City Ballet Co 1942 Birthday Marian Sarstadt, dancer/ballerina 1941 Birthday Monica Mason, England, ballerina 1940 Birthday Natalia Makarova, Leningrad, ballerina, Kirov, defected 1970 1939 Birthday Antoinette Sibley, ballerina, Turning Point 1938 Birthday Allegra Kent, born in Santa Monica, California, ballerina 1937 Birthday Galina Samsova, ballerina 1937 Birthday Galina Samsova, ballerina 1936 Birthday Carla Fracci, Milan Italy, ballerina 1936 Birthday Kaleria Fadicheva, ballerina 1932 Birthday Svetlana Beriozova, ballerina 1931 Death Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (Diaghilew, Dying Swan), dies 1927 Birthday Nadine Judd, Nadia Moore/Nerina, South African/British ballerina 1927 Birthday Marjorie Tallchief, U.S. ballerina, Harkness Ballet 1927 Birthday Beryl Grey, prima ballerina 1926 Birthday Moira Shearer, Dunfermline Scotland, ballerina, Red Shoes 1925 Birthday Maya Plisetskaya, prima ballerina, Bolshoi Ballet 1925 Birthday Maria Tallchief, Fairfax, Oklahoma, ballerina 1924 Birthday Janine Charrat, French ballerina/choreographer 1923 Birthday Melissa Hayden, born in Toronto, Canada, ballerina, 1961 Silver Bowl 1922 Birthday Marina Svetlova, ballerina/choreographer, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 1921 Birthday Alica Alonso, Havana, ballerina 1921 Birthday Nina Vyroubova, Russian/French ballerina, Pavlova-prize 1957 1920 Birthday Nora Kaye, New York City, prima ballerina 1919 Birthday Margot Fonteyn, Surrey England, prima ballerina, Giselle 1917 Birthday Alicia Alonso, Havana Cuba, ballerina, American Ballet Theatre 1917 Death Edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies 1917 Birthday Mile Yvette Chauvire, born in France, ballerina assoluta, Sleeping Beauty 1917 Birthday Janet Collins, ballerina 1914 Birthday Dame Alicia Markova, ballerina, Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1925-32 1910 Birthday Dame Markova, Alicia Lilian Alice Marks, London, ballerina 1910 Birthday Galina Ulanova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina, Bolshoi 1907 Birthday Lucia Chase, U.S. ballerina/co-founder, American Ballet Theater 1904 Birthday Alexandra Danilova, Peterhof Russia, ballerina, Turning Point 1902 Birthday Willemina J H "Mascha" ter Weene, dancer/ballerina 1898 Birthday Ninette de Valois, Edris Stannus, Engl, ballerina, Royal Ballet 1890 Birthday Lubov Tchernicheva, Russian ballerina 1884 Death Franziska "Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina/choreography, dies at 74 1882 Birthday Anna Pavlova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer 1877 Birthday Ruth St. Denis, Newark, New Jersey, ballerina, Dances of the 5 Senses 1834 Birthday Edgar Degas, French painter, ballerina 1810 Birthday Franziska"Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina 1808 Death Gaetano B Vestris, ballerina, dies at 79 1802 Death Marie Allard, French ballerina, dies at 59 1742 Birthday Marie Allard, French ballerina, Auguste Vestris
