1997 Event Wimbledon Women's Doubles Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva beat Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf 1987 Death Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, actress (Gigi, Music Man), dies at 89 1986 Death Vincente Minnelli, director (Gigi, Goodbye Charlie), dies in LA at 76 1974 Event "Gigi" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 103 performances 1973 Event "Gigi" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 103 performances 1972 Birthday GiGi Gordon, Butler, Pennsylvania, Miss America-Pennsylvania 1997 1972 Death Maurice A Chevalier, French actor (Can Can, Gigi), dies at 83 1964 Birthday Gigi Fernandez, Beatriz, San Juan PR, U.S. tennis star, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1959 Event 31st Academy Awards - "Gigi," Susan Hayward and David Niven win 1954 Death Colette, writer, best-known for novel 'Gigi', which became a stage musical, dies at 81 in Paris, France 1941 Birthday Gigi Perreau, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Journey to Center of Time 1940 Birthday Gigi Proletti, Italian entertainer 1927 Birthday Gigi Durston, born in Baltimore, Maryland, singer, Sonny Kendis Show 1927 Birthday Jacques Bergerac, France, actor, Gigi, Les Girls, Thunder in Sun 1921 Birthday Eva Gabor, born in Budapest, Hungary, actress, Lisa-Green Acres, Gigi 1919 Birthday Louis Jourdan, Marseilles France, actor, Gigi, Can-Can, Madame Bovary 1910 Birthday Vincente Minnelli, born in Chicago, Illinois, director, American in Paris, Gigi 1897 Birthday Hermione Gingold, born in London, England, actress, Gigi, Music Man 1888 Birthday Maurice Chevalier, Paris, thanked heaven for little girls, Gigi 1873 Birthday Colette, born in Yonee, France, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, writer, best-known for novel 'Gigi', which became a stage musical 1873 Birthday Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, Burgundy France, novelist, Cheri, Gigi