2014 Event Reality star Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West are married in Florence, Italy, about 7 months after the birth of their daughter, North West; the celebrities have been together since early 2012 2012 Event Florence Green, the last known veteran from World War I, dies in the United Kingdom at the age of 110 2010 Death Florence Green, the last known female First World War veteran who served with the Women's RAF in 1918, dies at 108 2003 Death Florence Stanley, actress, Barney Miller, dies at 79 1998 Death Florence Griffith Joyner, Olympic runner, dies at 38 1995 Death Florence Greenberg, record company founder, dies at 82 1993 Event Mafia bombs Uffizi-museum in Florence, kills 6 1993 Death Florence Desmond, Dawson, actress (Sally in Our Alley), dies at 87 1992 Event Florence Descampe wins McCall's LPGA Golf Classic at Stratton Mt. 1992 Death Florence Randall, model/designer (Bill Blass), dies at 54 of cancer 1992 Death Florence Tarlow, dies of cancer at 70 1991 Death Florence B Seibert, bio-chemist (TB), dies at 93 1988 Event Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 200m woman's record (21.34) 1988 Event Florence Griffith Joyner runs Olympic record 100m in 10.54s 1988 Death Florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86 1988 Event Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 100m woman's record (10.49) 1988 Event Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds 1986 Death Florence Halop, actress (Florence-Night Court), dies at 63 1984 Death Florence Rinard, TV panelist (20 Questions), dies at 82 1982 Death Giovanni Benelli, archbishop of Florence/Pope candidate, dies 1981 Event Sebastian Coe of England sets 800m record (1:41.73) in Florence 1980 Death Florence Lake, dies 1979 Event Peter Jenkins finishes "A Walk Across America," Florence Oregon 1977 Death Florence Vidor, actress (Jack Knife Man), dies at 82 1977 Birthday Shaun Alexander, born in Florence, Kentucky, football, running back, played college football at University of Alabama, drafted by Seattle Seahawks, placed 19th overall in 2000 National Football League Draft 1976 Death Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies of a heart attack at 32 1976 Death Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies at 32 1974 Birthday Alison McCreary, Florence Alabama, Miss America, Alabama-4th-1997 1974 Death Florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at 63 1969 Birthday Florence Descampe, Brussels Belgium, LPGA golfer, 1992 McCall 1969 Birthday Florence Descampe, born in Brussels, Belgium, LPGA golfer, 1992 McCall 1968 Birthday Christine Schaefer, Florence, Kentucky, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-5th-1994 1967 Birthday Reggie Sanders, Florence, South Carolina, outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds 1967 Death Florence Reed, actress (Black Panther Club), dies after illness at 84 1967 Event WJPM TV channel 33 in Florence, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WFIQ TV channel 36 in Florence, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Birthday Florence Gopi, Suriname radio-broadcaster, KBC-Metro Bolmer 1964 Birthday Marco Masini, born in Florence, Italy, entertainer, singer, songwriter 1963 Birthday Dave Brantley, born in Florence, Alabama, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds 1961 Event Fiorentina wins 1st Europe Cup II in Florence 1961 Birthday Mike Francis, born in Florence, Italy, Michele Francesco Puccioni, singer, composer, known for Survivor, a 1982 disco hit, recorded ten studio albums during his career, last album, 'The Very Best of Mike Francis' 1959 Birthday Florence Griffith Joyner, born in Los Angeles, California, runner, Olympic-3 gold-1988 1959 Event Florence Henderson joins Today Show panel 1957 Event WOWL TV channel 15 in Florence, AL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WBTW TV channel 13 in Florence, South Carolina (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Death Florence Bates, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama), dies at 65 1951 Event Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours and 19 minutes 1951 Birthday Daria Nicolodi, Florence Italy, actress, Terror, Shock 1950 Event Florence Chadwick swims English Canal (13:23) 1950 Death Florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78 1944 Event British 8th army occupies Florence 1944 Event British 8th army reaches suburbs of Florence Italy 1944 Birthday Florence LaRue Gordon, Penn, rocker, 5th Dimension-One Less Bell 1943 Birthday Florence Ballard, born in Detroit, Michigan, rocker, Supremes 1940 Event Meeting between Hitler and Mussolini in Florence 1940 Death Florence Scovel Shinn, artist, book illustrator, metaphysical writer, wrote, 'The Game of Life and how to Play it", 1925, writings follow thought principles of Emma Curtis Hopkins, Myrtle Fillmore, Phineas Quimby, Charles Fillmore, dies 1938 Death Florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48 1937 Birthday Ronnie Flippo, born in Florence, Alabama, Representative-D-New York 1977 - 1991 1934 Birthday Florence Henderson, Dale, Indiana, actress and singer, Carol-Brady Bunch 1932 Death Florence Kelley, American Activist 1931 Birthday Florence Sharples, director, British YWCA 1931 Birthday Kenny Price, Florence, Kentucky, country singer, Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw 1928 Birthday Buff Cobb, Florence Italy, actress, Masquerade Party 1927 Death Florence Mills, dancer/singer, dies in New York City at 32 1924 Death Florence Harding, American First Lady 1923 Birthday Franco Zeffirelli, Florence Italy, director, Romeo and Juliet 1923 Birthday Florence Halop, Queens, actress, Florence-Night Court, St. Elsewhere 1921 Event Florence Allen is 1st woman judge to sentence a man to death 1921 Birthday Giovanni Benelli, archbishop, Florence, Papal candidate 1918 Birthday Florence Chadwick, born in San Diego, California, swimmer, Hall of Fame 1970 1918 Birthday Florence Chadwick, swimmer, 1st to swim English Channel both ways 1916 Birthday Mary [Florence Elinor] Stewart, UK, sci-fi author, Crystal Cave 1911 Birthday Florence Rice, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Double Wedding, Riding on Air 1910 Death Florence Nightingale, English nurse, dies at 90 1901 Birthday Florence Elridge, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Long Days Journey into the Night 1895 Birthday Florence Vidor, Arto, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Jack Knife Man 1895 Birthday Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Firenze, Florence, Italy, composer 1892 Birthday Francesca Bertini, Florence Italy, actress, Odette, Assunta Spina 1891 Event Future president Harding marries Florence K DeWolfe in Marion Ohio 1890 Birthday Florence Lawrence, Hamilton Ont, silent screen actress, Confidence 1888 Birthday Florence Bates, born in San Antonio, Texas, actress, Kismet, I Remember Mama 1888 Birthday Florence Smith Price, U.S. composer, Wanamaker Prize 1932 1887 Event G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence 1883 Birthday Florence Reed, Philadelphia, silent film actress, Dancing Girl 1877 Birthday Florence Dahl Walrath, humanitarian, founded Cradle society 1876 Event 1st free kindergarten in U.S. opens in Florence, Mass 1871 Birthday Florence Sabin, scientist/1st woman to graduate from Johns Hopkins 1871 Birthday Florence Scovel Shinn, born in New Jersey, artist, book illustrator, metaphysical writer, wrote, 'The Game of Life and how to Play it", 1925, writings follow thought principles of Emma Curtis Hopkins, Myrtle Fillmore, Phineas Quimby, Charles Fillmore 1862 Birthday Florence Bascom, U.S., 1st American woman PhD 1860 Birthday Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady, 1921-23 1860 Birthday Florence Harding, American First Lady 1859 Birthday Florence Kelley, American Activist 1847 Event "Macbeth" opera premieres in Florence 1820 Birthday Florence Nightingale, Florence, Italy, nurse, Crimean War 1768 Birthday Francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor, 1792-1806 1737 Event Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy 1723 Death Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723), dies at 81 1642 Birthday Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence, 1670-1723 1632 Birthday Jean-Baptiste Lully, Florence Italy, composer, Bellerophen 1632 Birthday Jean-Baptiste Lully, Florence Italy, composer 1602 Event Giulio Caccini's "Euridice," premieres in Florence 1599 Birthday Florence Estienne Meric Casaubon, classical scholar 1537 Death Alessandro de' Medici, Italian monarch of Florence, assassinated 1530 Event Florence surrenders for emperor Karel I 1527 Event Florence becomes a republic 1526 Event Pope Clemens VII, France, Genoa, Venice, Florence and Milan form Anti-French League of Cognac 1516 Death Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence, dies at 37 1512 Event Medici's discharge Niccolo Machiavelli from Florence 1511 Birthday Ponte Santa Trinita, Florence 1498 Death Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 1498 Event Crowd storms Savonarola's convent San Marco Florence, Italy 1494 Event French king Charles VIII occupies Florence 1494 Event Family de' Medici become rulers of Florence 1494 Event Uprising against Piero de' Medici in Florence Italy 1492 Death Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies 1479 Birthday Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence 1478 Death Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24 1469 Death Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53 1459 Death Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, chancellor of Florence, dies 1459 Death Pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies 1452 Birthday Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence, 1494-98 1449 Birthday Lorenzo de'Medici, The Magnificent of Florence 1435 Birthday Andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca 1431 Event G Cesarini opens Counsel of Basel (Ferrara/Florence) 1419 Event Heretic Nicolaas Serrurier exiled from Florence 1382 Event Conservative "Popolo Grasso" regain power in Florence Italy 406 Event Battle at Florence: Stilicho's Roman army beats Radagaisus' Barbarians
