2014 Event Maya Angelou, American author of 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' and many other works, dies of natural causes at age 86 2012 Event A missing piece of the Mayan calendar is discovered, proving the Maya didn't believe 2012 would be the end of the world 1986 Event Tomb of Tutanchamon's treasurer Maya found in Egypt 1981 Event Maya Yang Lin wins competition to design the Vietnam War Memorial 1972 Birthday Maya Rudolph, American Actress 1959 Birthday Maya Lin, born in Athens, Ohio, artist, architect of Chinese descent, known for Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., sculpture, landscape art 1952 Birthday Jay North, born in North Hollywood, California, actor, Dennis the Menace, Maya 1940 Birthday Kumar Shahani, writer and director, Kasbam Tarang, Maya Darpan 1928 Birthday Maya Angelou, born in St. Louis, poet and actress, Nyo-Roots 1925 Birthday Maya Plisetskaya, prima ballerina, Bolshoi Ballet 1862 Birthday Max Elskamp, Belgian author and poet, Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya
