2013 Event Britain's former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, dies of a stroke at age 87 in London 2012 Event Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leaves the hospital after undergoing minor surgery to remove a tumor 2008 Death Margaret Truman, dies in Chicago, at 83 2004 Death Margaret Hassan, humanitarian, director of Care in Iraq who was murdered by terrorists, dies at 59 2002 Death Princess Margaret of England, royalty, dies at 71 2002 Death Princess Margaret, British Royalty 1998 Death Margaret Walker, American Poet 1997 Death Margaret Farrer, midwife, dies at 83 1997 Event Secretary of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish 1997 Death Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/the Rhine, dies at 83 1996 Death Peggy (Margaret McCrorie) Herbison, politician, dies at 89 1996 Death Margaret E Rey, author of children's books, dies at 90 1996 Death Margaret Rawlings, actress (Roman Holiday), dies at 89 1996 Death Margaret McKay, politician, dies at 85 1996 Death Margaret Courtenay, actress (Royal Flash, Duet for One), dies at 72 1995 Death Margaret Annie Nan Macdonald, broadcaster, dies at 87 1995 Death Margaret Gorman Cahill, 1st Miss America (1921), dies at 90 1995 Death Margaret Chase Smith, 1st woman Representative and Senator R-Maine, dies at 97 1995 Death Margaret Barbara Lambert, British historian (Saar), dies at 88 1994 Death Margaret Skeete, oldest American, dies at 115 1993 Death Margaret Landon, U.S. author (Anna and the King of Siam), dies at 90 1993 Death Margaret MacDonald, maid to Queen Elizabeth, dies at 89 1992 Death Margaret Barker, actress (Fathers and Son), dies of lung cancer at 83 1991 Death Margaret Ramsay, vocalist, dies 1991 Death Margaret Tallichet, actress (Stranger on the 3rd Floor), dies 1990 Event Margaret Thatcher resigns as Britain's PM, replaced by John Majors 1990 Event Britain's conservatives chose John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher 1990 Event Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as British Prime Minister 1990 Event Last of Margaret Thatcher's original government resigns, Deputy Prime Minister Howe 1990 Death Margaret Mary Lockwood, actress (Man in Grey, Wicked Lady), dies at 73 1989 Event Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house 1989 Event Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house 1989 Event Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife 1988 Event Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British Prime Minister this century 1987 Event Margaret Thatcher is 1st British Prime Minister in 160 years to win 3rd term 1987 Death Margaret Laurence, Canadian author, dies at 60 1986 Event Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British Prime Minister to visit Israel 1985 Death Margaret Hamilton, actress, played the Wicked Witch in the 'Wizard of Oz', dies at 82 1984 Event China Premier Zhao Ziyang and Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty 1984 Event IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die 1983 Event Margaret Thatchers Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election 1983 Event British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits Falkland Islands 1982 Event Margaret Thatcher begins her 2nd term as British prime minster 1981 Death Margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies 1979 Event Margaret Thatcher becomes the 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain 1978 Death Margaret Mead, anthropologist (Thoughts and Female), dies in New York at 76 1978 Event Margaret Gardiner, of South Africa, crowned 27th Miss Universe 1978 Event Margaret A. Brewer is 1st female general in the U.S. Marine Corps 1978 Event Theodore Bundy kills Florida State University coeds Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman 1978 Death Margaret Bowman and Janet Levy, Chi Omega, FSU, killed by Ted Bundy 1977 Death Margaret Hayes, actress (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 61 1976 Death Margaret Bannerman, actress (Great Defender), dies at 79 1976 Death Mary Margaret McBride, TV hostess (Mary Margaret McBride), dies at 76 1976 Event Princess Margaret separates from the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years 1976 Death Margaret Leighton, actress (Best Man, Go-Between), dies at 53 1976 Death Margaret Leighton, British actress (Much ado about nothing), dies at 53 1975 Event Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party 1975 Event Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership 1973 Death Margaret Anderson, American Editor 1973 Event 43rd French Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beats C Evert (67 76 64) 1973 Event Bobby Riggs beat Margaret Smith Court in Mother's Day match in California 1973 Event 47th Australian Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Goolagong (64 75) 1972 Death Margaret Ruthven Lang, composer, dies at 104 1972 Death Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80 1972 Death Margaret A R Bonds, U.S. pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59 1972 Death Jane Morgan, actress (Mrs Margaret Davis-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 91 1971 Event Peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke found 10 days later 1971 Death Margaret Bourke-White, U.S. photographer, dies at 67 1970 Birthday Margaret Langford, Vancouver BC, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1970 Event 77th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats King (14-12 11-9) 1970 Event British government of Edward Heath forms, with Margaret Thatcher 1969 Event 83rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Nancy Richey (62 62) 1969 Event U.S. amateur Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beat Virginia Wade (46 63 60) 1968 Birthday Margaret Cho, actress/comedienne, Face/Off 1968 Death Margaret Young, American Musician 1968 Death Margaret Seddon, dies at 95 1967 Birthday Margaret Platt, New York City, New York, golfer, 1995 Healthsouth-9th 1967 Birthday Margaret Crowley, Australian 800m/1500m runner 1996 Olympics 1966 Death Margaret Sanger, U.S. feminist/birth control pioneer, dies at 86 1965 Event 79th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats Billie Jean King (86 75) 1965 Event 72nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats M Fraiser (64 75) 1965 Death Margaret Dumont [Daisy Baker], actress (Animal Crackers), dies at 75 1964 Birthday Sarah FE Armstrong-Jones, daughter of princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon 1964 Birthday Margaret Haddix, American Author 1964 Event Margaret Chase Smith, Senator-R-Maine, tries for Republican President bid 1963 Event 77th U.S. Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Margaret Smith Court (75 64) 1962 Event 76th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Darlene Hard (97 64) 1961 Birthday David AC viscount Linley, son of English princess Margaret/mystic 1960 Event English prince Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon) 1960 Birthday Meg Tilly, Margaret, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Big Chill, Impulse 1960 Event 34th Australian Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats J Lehane (75 62) 1960 Death Margaret Sullavan, actress (Back Street), overdose at 48 1957 Birthday Margaret Spellings, American Public Servant 1957 Birthday Margaret Colin, actress, Independence Day, Three Men and a Baby 1956 Death Margaret Wycherly, actress (Claudia), dies at 74 1953 Birthday Margaret L. Augustine, born in Buffalo, New York, project manager, Biosphere 2 1951 Event Future British Prime Minister Margaret Roberts Thatcher marries Denis Thatcher 1951 Death Margaret Lindsay, actress (Take a Guess), dies at 40 1951 Birthday Margaret Johnson Bailes, born in Bronx, New York, 4X100 runner, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1950 Birthday Margaret Whitton, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Good and Evil, Major League 1950 Event 64th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne duPont beats D Hart (63 63) 1949 Death Margaret Mitchell, U.S. writer, 'Gone With the Wind', dies at 48 1948 Event Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of Congress 1948 Birthday Margaret Trudeau, Vancouver BC, former Canadian 1st lady 1948 Birthday Eleanor Margaret Burbridge, astronomer and educator 1948 Birthday Margaret [Edith] Weis, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragons of Spring Dawning 1948 Birthday Margaret Weis, American Writer 1948 Birthday Little Peggy March, Margaret Battavio, vocalist, I Will Follow Him 1947 Birthday Margaret Rhea Seddon, born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, MD/astronaut, STS-51D, 40, SK:58 1947 Event President Truman's daughter, Margaret's 1st public singing concert 1947 Event 54th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne beat Doris Hart (62 64) 1945 Birthday Margaret Impert, Horseheads, New York, actress, Maggie, Spencer's Pilots 1945 Death Margaret Deland, American Novelist 1944 Event 58th U.S. Womens Tennis: P Betz beats Margaret Osborne duPont (63 86) 1944 Birthday Alison Margaret Bauld, composer 1942 Birthday Margaret Murdock, U.S., small bore rifle, Silver Medal 1976 Olympics 1942 Birthday Margaret Smith Court, born in Australia, tennis pro, 1970 Grand Slam 1942 Birthday Margaret Wright, chief commissioner, Guide Association 1941 Birthday Margaret Price, Tredegar Wales, soprano, Pamlina-Die Zauberflote 1939 Birthday Margaret E Atwood, author and poet 1939 Birthday Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist 1939 Birthday Margaret Drabble, British author, Needle's Eye 1938 Event Margaret Hamilton's costume catches fire in filming of "Wizard of Oz" 1938 Birthday Margaret Forster, British Author 1938 Birthday Margaret Howard, British broadcaster 1938 Birthday Margaret Daly, British MEP 1937 Event Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for 'Gone With the Wind' 1937 Birthday Margaret O'Brien, San Diego, actress, Jane Eyre, Meet Me in St. Louis 1936 Birthday Margaret Boden, philosopher 1936 Event 'Gone With the Wind' by Margaret Mitchell, published 1936 Event Margaret Mitchell's novel 'Gone with the Wind' published 1936 Birthday Margaret Mahy, New Zealander Author 1934 Birthday Margaret Douglas, chief political adviser, BBC 1933 Death Margaret Talmadge, dies 1933 Birthday Margaret Laird, Commissioner, Third Church Estates 1932 Birthday Bernard Ingham, press secretary, Margaret Thatcher 1932 Birthday Timothy Renton, born in England, born Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, politician, Conservative Party, Minister of State, Margaret Thatcher's Chief Whip, Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex 1931 Birthday Margaret Heckler, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1983-85 1930 Birthday Princess Margaret, British Royalty 1930 Birthday Duncan Montgomery Stewart, principal, Lady Margaret Hall-Oxford 1929 Event Margaret Bondfield becomes 1st Dutch female minister (of Labor) 1929 Birthday Margaret Pereira, forensic scientist 1928 Birthday Margaret Rule, consultant, Mary Rose Trust 1928 Birthday Margaret Pereira, forensic scientist 1926 Birthday Margaret Laurence, Canadian Novelist 1925 Birthday Margaret Thatcher, born in Grantham, England, Tory, British Prime Minister, 1979 - 1990 1924 Birthday Margaret Whiting, born in Detroit, singer, Kreisler Bandstand, Strauss Family 1924 Birthday Margaret Truman, born in Missouri, singer, writer, only daughter of President Harry and Bess Truman 1924 Birthday Margaret Beda Nicholson, author, No Medals for the Major 1924 Birthday Margaret Whiting, big band singer 1923 Birthday Margaret Courtenay, actress, Royal Flash, Duet for One 1923 Birthday Margaret Bondfield, 1st woman chairman, Trades Union Congress 1922 Birthday Margaret Scott, founder, Australian Ballet School 1922 Birthday Margaret Stacey, sociologist 1922 Birthday Margaret Leighton, Birmingham England, actress, Astonished Heart 1921 Event 1st Miss America crowned (Margaret Gorman of Washington D.C.) 1921 Birthday Margaret Gowing, professor, history, science 1918 Event Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min 1918 Birthday Margaret Dupont, tennis champion 1918 Birthday Margaret Osborne DuPont, born in Joseph, Oregon, tennis pro, U.S. Open 1948-50 1917 Birthday Margaret Taylor Burroughs, U.S. author/house painter, Black Queen 1916 Event Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control) 1916 Event Margaret Sanger opens 1st birth control clinic (46 Amboy St, Bkln) 1916 Birthday Margaret Lockwood, Karachi India, actress, Lady Vanishes 1916 Birthday Martha Raye, Margaret Reed, Butte Mont, actress, Martha Raye Show 1916 Birthday Margaret Hayden Rector, playwright, living legacy award 1995 1915 Birthday Margaret Hayes, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Robert Montgomery Presents 1915 Birthday Margaret Walker Alexander, poet and novelist, For My People 1915 Birthday Margaret Walker, American Poet 1915 Birthday Denis Thatcher, husband of British Prime Minister Margaret, 1979 - 1990 1914 Birthday Margaret Farrer, CEO, Central Midwives Board 1913 Birthday Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/Rhine 1913 Birthday Margaret A. R. Bonds, U.S. pianist, composer and arranger 1911 Birthday Margaret Sullavan, born in Norfolk, Virginia, actress, Back Street 1911 Birthday Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate, composer 1911 Birthday Margot Grahame, born in Canterbury, England, born Margaret Clark, actress, compared to Jean Harlow, dubbed the 'Aluminum Blonde', performed with Bebe Daniels in The Fabulous Joe 1910 Birthday Margaret Lindsay, Dubuque Iowa, actress, Take a Guess 1907 Birthday Margaret Peggy McCrorie Herbison, politician 1907 Birthday Margaret Herbison, British minister, Lab 1906 Birthday Margaret Barbara Lambert, British historian, Saar 1906 Birthday Margaret Bourke-White, photographer, innovator and correspondent 1906 Birthday Margaret Rawlings, actress, Roman Holiday 1902 Birthday Margaret Hamilton, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Wicked Witch in the 'Wizard of Oz' 1901 Birthday Margaret Mead, born in Philadelphia, anthropologist, Coming of Age in Samoa 1901 Death James A Herne, J Aherne, U.S. playwright (Margaret Fleming), dies 1900 Birthday Margaret Mitchell, author, 'Gone With the Wind' 1899 Birthday Mary Margaret McBride, Paris, Missouri, radio personality, WOR-AM, New York City 1897 Birthday Margaret Chase Smith, born in Skowhegan, Maine, Representative-R-Maine 1940 - 1949 and Senator-R-Maine 1949 - 1973 1897 Birthday Margaret Sutherland, composer 1896 Birthday Margaret Bannerman, born in Toronto, Ontario, actress, Elopement 1896 Birthday Margaret Kennedy, novelist 1892 Birthday Margaret Rutherford, England, actress, Murder Most Foul 1889 Birthday Margaret Dumont, actress-Marx Brothers' foil, Day at the Races 1886 Birthday Margaret Anderson, American Editor 1886 Birthday Margaret A. Barnes, writer 1881 Birthday Margaret Wycherly, born in London, England, actress, Keeper of the Flame 1879 Birthday Margaret Sanger, feminist/nurse/birth control proponent 1879 Death Julia Margaret Cameron, British Photographer 1873 Birthday Margaret Bondfield, British Labour leader/1st woman cabinet member 1867 Birthday Margaret Ruthven Lang, composer 1865 Birthday Margaret Murray Washington, wife of Booker T/head, NACW 1896..1918 1864 Death Margaret E Breckinridge, U.S. nurse/daughter of Vice President John, dies 1860 Birthday James Matthew Barrie, Scotland, novelist, Margaret Ogilvy, Peter Pan 1857 Birthday Margaret Deland, American Novelist 1850 Death [Sarah] Margaret Fuller Ossoli, U.S. feminist/revolutionary, dies 1838 Birthday Margaret Knight, inventor, "the female Thomas Edison" 1828 Birthday Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist and biographer, Beleaguered City 1815 Birthday Julia Margaret Cameron, British Photographer 1810 Birthday [Sarah] Margaret Fuller Ossoli, U.S. feminist/revolutionary, New York Tribune 1810 Birthday Margaret Fuller, American Critic 1788 Birthday Margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady, 1849-50 1649 Death Margaret Coventry, 1st English earl of Shaftesbury, dies 1482 Death Margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies 1093 Death Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies
