2015 Event Helen Mirren wins best leading actress for her role in 'The Audience,' and Alex Sharp wins best leading actor for 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' at the 69th annual Tony Awards 2013 Death Helen Thomas, an American Journalist who reported on the White House for nearly fifty years, dies at the age of 92 2012 Event The editor-in-chief of 'Cosmopolitan' magazine and leader of the 1960's sexual revolution, Helen Gurley Brown, dies at age 90 in New York City 2009 Death Helen Suzman, dies in Johannesburg, South Africa, at 91 2000 Death Helen Martin, actress, Bulworth, dies at 90 1999 Death Helen Aberson, writer, Dumbo, dies at 92 1998 Event 70th Academy Awards - Oscar Ceremony Billy Crystal hosts, Titanic wins eleven Oscars, including Best Picture, Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt win lead acting awards 1998 Event Helen Alfredsson wins Office Depot LPGA tournament 1998 Death Helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92 1997 Death Audra Lindley, actress (Helen Roper-3's Company, Ropers), dies at 79 1997 Event "Defending the Caveman," closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 671 performances 1997 Event "Last Night of Ballyhoo" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City 1997 Event Singer Sade (Helen Folasade), arrest in Jamaica for disobeying a cop 1997 Death Helen Foster Snow, writer, dies at 89 1996 Death Helen Rosenthal, Teacher/health administrator, dies at 47 1996 Death Helen Sinclair Glatz, musician, dies at 88 1996 Death Helen Chadwick, born in Britain, conceptual artist, feminist perspective, dies at 42 1995 Death Roxie Roker, actress (Helen Willis-Jeffersons), dies at 66 1995 Death Helen Vlachos, journalist, dies at 83 1995 Event "Defending the Caveman," opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 671 perf 1995 Death Helen Wallis, cartographer/Librarian, dies at 70 1994 Event "Flying Karamzov Brothers..." opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 50 performances 1994 Event Helen Alfredss wins LPGA Ping Welch's Golf Championship 1994 Event "Sally Marrand Her Escorts" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 50 performances 1994 Death Helen Lee Mai, Hong Kong actress, dies at 63 1994 Event "Sally Marrand Her Escorts" opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 50 performances 1994 Event "Shakespeare after My Father" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 266 perf 1994 Event "Flying Karamzov Brothers" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 50 performances 1993 Death Helen O'Connell, singer (Green Eyes), dies of cancer at 74 1993 Event Helen Dobson wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic 1993 Event "Shakespeare for My Father" opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 266 performances 1993 Event 22nd Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Helen Alfredsson 1993 Death Helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at 92 1992 Event "3 From Brooklyn" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 45 performances 1992 Death Helen B M Fennell Joseph, English/South Afr anti-apartheid, dies at 87 1992 Event "3 From Brooklyn" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 45 performances 1992 Death Dorothy Helen Baker, mother of Diane Baker, dies at 78 1992 Event Helen Windsor (daughter of English prince Edward) weds Timothy Taylor 1992 Event "High Rollers" opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway 1992 Death Helen Deutsch, screenwriter, dies of natural causes 1991 Death Helen Page Camp, 1990 Event Helen Hudson sings national anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego) 1990 Event "Prelude to a Kiss" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City 1990 Death Helen Jerome Eddy, actress (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 92 1989 Death Helen le Clerq, Dutch dancer, dies 1989 Death Harry Andrews, actor (Equus, Helen of Troy, Hill), dies at 77 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 1987 Event "Oh Coward!" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 56 performances 1986 Event "Oh Coward!" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 56 performances 1986 Death Helen Mack, actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies 1986 Death Helen Craig, actress (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 74 1986 Death Helen B. Taussig, American Scientist 1985 Event "News" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 4 performances 1985 Death Helen Rose, costume designer, dies at 81 1985 Event "News" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 4 performances 1981 Event "5 O'Clock Girl" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 12 performances 1981 Event "5 O'Clock Girl" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 12 performances 1980 Event "Perfectly Frank" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 16 performances 1980 Event "Perfectly Frank" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 16 performances 1980 Event "Charlie and Algernon" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 17 performances 1980 Event "Charlie and Algernon" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 17 performances 1980 Death Helen Gahagan, American Actress 1980 Death Helen Gahagan, Representative-D-California 1945 - 1951 died of cancer 1979 Birthday Kate Hudson, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Academy-Award nominee for movie, 'Almost Famous', other films include 'Raising Helen', 'Nine' 1977 Birthday Helen Mahmastol, Miss Universe-Estonia 1996 1976 Birthday Helen Denman, born in Perth, Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1975 Event "Rodgers and Hart" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 108 performances 1975 Event "Rodgers and Hart" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 108 performances 1973 Event Wings release "Helen Wheels" 1973 Event "Nash at Nine" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 21 performances 1973 Event "Nash at Nine" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 21 performances 1972 Event "To Live Another Summer" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 173 performances 1971 Event "Me Nobody Knows" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 587 performances 1971 Event "To Live Another Summer" opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 173 performances 1971 Birthday Helen Dobson, Skegness England, golfer, 1993 State Farm Rail Classic 1970 Event "Me Nobody Knows" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 587 performances 1970 Birthday Helen Louise Goldsby, born in Brooklyn, New York, Miss America, NY-Top 10-1996 1969 Birthday Helen Kelesi, born in Victoria, Canada, professional tennis player, dubbed 'Hurricane Helen', ranked 13th in the World, November 1989 1969 Birthday Helen Labdan, born in Bracknell, England, model, page 3 1968 Death Helen Gardner, silent film actress (Sandra), dies 1968 Death Helen Keller, blind and deaf/author (Let us Have Faith), dies at 87 1968 Death Helen Walker, actress (Brewster's Million), dies of cancer at 47 1967 Death Helen Flint, actress (Sea Devils), dies after being hit by a car at 69 1967 Event Helen Weston of Detroit rolls a record 4,585 in 24 games 1966 Death Helen Kane, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels), dies of cancer at 62 1965 Death Helen Chandler, actress (Dracula, Salute, Last Flight), dies at 56 1965 Birthday Helen Alfredsson, born in Goteborg, Sweden, LPGA golfer, 1993 Dinah Shore 1964 Birthday Helen Marina Lucy Windsor, England, daughter of Prince Edward 1964 Birthday Helen Wadsworth, born in Wales, golfer, Curtis Cup 1990 1963 Birthday Helen Slater, New York City, actress, Supergirl, Billie Jean, Ruthless People 1963 Birthday Helen Reale, New York City, WPVA volleyballer, Manhattan Beach-7th-1994 1963 Birthday Helen Hunt, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Jamie-Mad About You, Twister 1963 Birthday Helen Patricia Sharman, Great Britain, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-12 1963 Event Helen Shapiro begins tour (Beatles are part of undercard) 1960 Birthday Helen Rees, director, Design Museum 1960 Birthday Helen Hopkins, born in Donneybrook, Australia, golfer, Australian International 1983 1960 Birthday Sade, Helen Ady, Nigeria, rocker, Taboo; Grammy 1986-Best new singer 1959 Event Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley (37) and David Brown (43) wed 1959 Death Helen Broderick, comedienne/actress (Swing Time, Top Hat), dies 1959 Death Helen Parrish, actress (Hour Glass), dies of cancer at 36 1957 Death Helen Haye, actress (Girl in the Taxi, Spy in Black), dies at 83 1956 Event Helen O'Connell joins Today Show panel 1956 Birthday Helen Terry, rocker, Now You're Mine 1953 Birthday Helen Chadwick, born in Britain, conceptual artist, feminist perspective 1953 Event 5th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Thomas Mitchell and Helen Hayes wins 1951 Birthday Helen Shaver, Ontario Canada, actress, WIOU, Praise of Older Women 1950 Birthday Helen Clark, New Zealander Statesman 1949 Birthday Helen Rosenthal, British teacher/health administrator 1948 Death Helen Ernst, German poster artist/resistance fighter, dies at about 43 1946 Birthday Helen Shapiro, Bethnal Green London, rock vocalist, Culture Club 1945 Birthday Helen Mirren, born in England, actress, Cook Thief Wife 1944 Birthday Olga Maitland, born in England, born Lady Helen Olga Hay, known as Lady Olga Maitland, politician, Conservative Party 1942 Birthday Helen Garner, Australian Novelist 1941 Birthday Helen Cornelius, Hannibal, Missouri, country singer, Nashville on the Road 1941 Birthday Jennifer Helen McLeod, composer 1941 Birthday Helen Reddy, born in Melbourne, Australia, rock vocalist, I Am Woman 1940 Event Gestapo arrest German resistance fighter/poster artist Helen Ernst 1940 Event 54th U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (62 63) 1939 Event 53rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (60 810 64) 1938 Birthday Helen Caldicott, born in Melbourne, Australia, physician/anti-war activist 1938 Event 51st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (64 60) 1938 Birthday Helen Ryan, actress, Hannah 1936 Event 50th U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (46 63 62) 1936 Event Tennis champs Helen Moody and Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m) 1935 Event 48th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats H Jacobs (63 36 75) 1934 Event Helen Richey becomes 1st woman to pilot an airmail transport 1934 Event 48th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H P Fabyan (61 64) 1934 Event 48th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H Cooke (61 64) 1934 Birthday Rosanna Podesta, born in Tripoli, actress, Helen of Troy 1933 Birthday Aneta Corsaut, Jutchinson, Kansas, actress, Helen Crump-Andy Griffith 1933 Event 47th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Helen Moody (86 36 30 ret) 1933 Event 46th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats D Round (64 68 63) 1933 Birthday Helen Paling, British circuit judge 1932 Event 46th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Carolin A Babcock (62 62) 1932 Event 45th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (63 61) 1931 Event 45th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen B Whitingstall (64 61) 1931 Event 45th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen Whitingstall (64 61) 1931 Death Nellie Melba, Helen Mitchell, Australian soprano, dies 1930 Event 43rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Elizabeth Ryan (62 62) 1930 Event 6th French Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (62 61) 1929 Event 43rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Phoebe H Watson (64 62) 1929 Event 42nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (61 62) 1929 Birthday Terry Moore, Helen Luella Koford, LA Cal, actress, Little Sheba 1928 Birthday Helen Frankenthaler, New York, abstract expressionist artist, Arden 1928 Event 42nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen W Moody beats Helen Hull Jacobs (62 61) 1928 Event 41st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats L de Alvarez (62 63) 1927 Event 41st U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Betty Nuthall (61 64) 1927 Event 40th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats L de Alvarez (62 64) 1926 Birthday Helen Gallagher, born in Brooklyn, actress, Ryan's Hope, Strangers When We Meet 1926 Event Tennis star Suzanne Lenglen beats Helen Wills in their only match 1926 Event Suzanne Lenglen defeats Helen Wills in Tennis at Cannes France 1925 Event 39th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats K McKane (36 60 62) 1925 Birthday Jacques Sernas, born in Lithuania, actor, La Dolce Vita, Helen of Troy 1924 Birthday Helen Wallis, cartographer/librarian 1924 Event 38th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (61 63) 1924 Birthday Helen Wedemeyer, Hilo Hawaii, actress, Hawaii Five-O 1923 Birthday Helen Delich Bentley, born in Ruth, Nevada, Representative-R-Maryland 1985 - 1995 1923 Birthday Helena Carter, Helen Rickerts, U.S. model/actress, River Lady 1923 Event 37th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (62 61) 1922 Birthday Helen Kinney Copley, newspaper publisher 1922 Event 36th U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Helen Wills Moody (63 61) 1922 Birthday Helen Parrish, born in Columbus Georgia, actress, Hour Glass, Show Business 1922 Birthday Helen Gurley Brown, Portland Me, author/publisher, Cosmopolitan 1920 Birthday Helen Thomas, UPI journalist, starts press conferences 1920 Birthday Helen Walker, Worcester, Massachusetts, actress, Brewster's Million 1920 Birthday Helen Cattanach, British Army Nursing Service, QARANC 1920 Birthday Helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer, Green Eyes, Anapola 1920 Event 1st woman U.S. Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed 1918 Birthday Audra Lindley, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Helen Roper-3's Company, Ropers 1918 Birthday Helen Wagner, Lubbock, Texas, actress, Nancy-As The World Turns 1918 Birthday Helen Stephens, Fulton, Missouri, 100m runner 1936 Olympics gold 1917 Birthday Helen Gurley Brown, editor-in-chief, Cosmopolitan 1917 Birthday Helen Suzman, born in South Africa, politician and anti-apartheid activist, served 36 years in parliament 1917 Birthday Robert Cornthwaite, born in St. Helen, Oregon, actor, Thing, War of the Worlds 1916 Birthday Helen Willis Moody Roark, tennis player, U.S. Open 1923-25, 27-29, 31 1912 Birthday Helen Craig, born in San Antonio, Texas, actress, Snake Pit, They Live by Night 1912 Event Helen Hayes Theater opens at 238 W 44th St. New York City 1911 Birthday Helen Vlachos, journalist 1911 Event Helen Hayes Theater (Folies Bergere) opens at 210 W 46th St. New York City 1910 Death Catherine Helen Spence, Australian Author 1909 Birthday Helen Giuliani, mother of Rudy, Mayor-R-NYC, 1994-2002 1909 Birthday Helen Fielding, British Author 1909 Birthday Helen O Dickens, Henderson, U.S. physician/gynaecologist 1909 Birthday Helen Chandler, Charleston, South Carolina, actress, Christopher Strong, Dracula 1908 Birthday Helen Twelvetrees, actress, State's Attorney, Painted Desert 1908 Birthday Helen Hull Jacobs, born in Berkley, California, U.S. tennis champ, 1932-35 1908 Birthday Helen Sinclair Glatz, musician 1907 Birthday Helen Foster Snow, writer 1907 Birthday Helen Vinson, born in Texas, actress, Transatlantic Tunnel, In Name Only 1905 Birthday Helen N Willis Moody, tennis pro, 8 Wimbledon titles 1927-1938 1905 Birthday Helen B M Fennell Joseph, anti-apartheid writer, Side by Side 1903 Birthday Helen Kane, Schroeder, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Heads Up, Pointed Heels 1900 Birthday Helen Gahagan, born in Boonton, New Jersey, Representative-D-California 1945 - 1951, Nixon's 1st opponent 1900 Birthday Helen Gahagan, American Actress 1900 Birthday Helen Hayes, Washington D.C., actress, Caesar and Cleopatra, Happy Birthday 1900 Birthday Helen Morgan, Riggins, U.S., singer and actress, Applause 1900 Birthday Helen Morgan, singer and actress, Applause, Frankie and Johnny 1899 Birthday Helen Traubel, born in St. Louis, Missouri, soprano, Sieglinde in Walkure, Nightclubs 1898 Birthday Helen B. Taussig, American Scientist 1898 Birthday Helen Flint, Chicago, actress, Sea Devils, Married Before Breakfast 1891 Birthday Helen Broderick, U.S., comedienne/actress/singer, Swing Time 1890 Birthday Alan Herbert, England, journalist and writer, Punch, Helen 1887 Event Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller 1887 Event Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller 1887 Birthday Helen Parkhurst, U.S. educator, Education on the Dalton plan 1885 Death Helen Hunt Jackson, American Writer 1885 Death Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61 1884 Birthday Laurette Taylor, Helen LM Cooney, U.S. actress, Broadway 1880 Birthday Helen Keller, blind-deaf author/lecturer had more sense than many 1879 Birthday John Erskine, U.S., poet/pianist, Private Life of Helen of Troy 1868 Birthday Helen Miller Shepard, philanthropist/established Hall of Fame 1866 Birthday Anne Mansfield Sullivan, U.S., educated Helen Keller 1861 Birthday Lillian Russell, Helen Leonard, U.S., singer and actress, Great Mogul 1861 Birthday Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady, 1909-12 1831 Birthday Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author, Ramona 1830 Birthday Helen Hunt Jackson, American Writer 1825 Birthday Catherine Helen Spence, Australian Author 1823 Birthday Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer
