1946 Lesley Ann Warren - Actress (Cinderella, Victor/Victoria, Clue, Colour of Night, Portrait of a Showgirl)

I loved her silly character in Victor/Victoria.

1949 Margaret Mitchell, age 48 – US author (Gone With The Wind) She died after being knocked down by a car, two days previously

I know this has always been on the "dailies" every year, but I've never paid much attention. Now that I've read GWTW and admire her for this historical masterpiece (yes, I believe so) I finally know how she died. How tragic and sad. She was so young.

1861 President Lincoln prohibited the states of the Union from trading with the seceding states of the Confederacy

GWTW tells of how the South was starving. Remember in the movie how Scarlett holds up that carrot and swears she'll never go hungry again?