2013 Event Joan Fontaine, a British and American actress and sister of Olivia de Havilland, dies at the age of 96; Fontaine is famous for roles in Alfred Hitchcock thrillers Suspicion and Rebecca 1994 Death Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81 1977 Birthday Larissa Fontaine, born in Chicago, Illinois, gymnast alternate for 1996 Olympics 1975 Death Lillian Fontaine, actress (Suddenly it's Spring), dies at 88 1943 Death Henri La Fontaine, Belgian Lawyer 1942 Event 14th Academy Awards - "How Green was My Valley," Cooper and Fontaine win 1933 Birthday Just Fontaine, French Athlete 1920 Birthday Frank Fontaine, Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian, Crazy Guggenheim 1917 Birthday Joan Fontaine, Tokyo, Japan, actress, Gunga Din, Ivanhoe, Rebecca 1886 Birthday Lillian Fontaine, Reading England, actress, Suddenly it's Spring 1854 Birthday Henri La Fontaine, Belgian Lawyer 1806 Birthday Matthew Fontaine Maury, Naval Commander, Confederacy 1720 Birthday Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, Contes de La Fontaine 1695 Death Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables), dies at 73 1695 Death Jean de La Fontaine, poet, dies 1621 Birthday Jean de la Fontaine, French poet, Fables