- 1909
| Jun 22 | Michael Todd (Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen) producer: OK!, Around the World in 80 Days; developed [w/American Optical Company] Todd-AO system using 65mm cine cameras at 30 fps and wide angle photgraphy [approx 150 degrees]; 3rd husband of Elizabeth Taylor; is born. | Ref: 68 |
- 1925
| Nov 10 | Richard Burton (Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.) actor: Camelot, Hamlet, Anne of the Thousand Days, Becket, The Desert Rats, The Longest Day, Look Back in Anger, The Night of the Iguana, The Robe, The Sandpiper, The Taming of the Shrew, Who?s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; TV narrator: Winston Churchill-The Valiant Years, Ellis Island; one of Elizabeth Taylor?s ex-husbands; is born in South Wales. | Ref: 4 |
- 1927
| Feb 18 | John W Warner (Senator-R-VA, 1979- ), married Liz Taylor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1932
| Feb 27 | Elizabeth Taylor, actress (Cleopatra, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), is born in London England. | Ref: 68 |
- 1950
| May 06 | Elizabeth Taylor marries her first husband Conrad 'Nicky' Hilton Jr. | Ref: 24 |
- 1951
| Jan 29 | Liz Taylor's first divorce (Conrad Hilton Jr). | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 01 | Elizabeth Taylor divorces her first husband Conrad 'Nicky' Hilton Jr. | Ref: 24 |
- 1952
| Jan 17 | Larry Fortensky former husband (8th) of Liz Taylor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | Elizabeth Taylor marries her second husband Michael Wilding. | Ref: 24 |
- 1957
| Jan 31 | Liz Taylor's 2nd divorce (Michael Wilding). | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 02 | Elizabeth Taylor marries her third husband Michael Todd. | Ref: 24 |
- 1958
| Mar 22 | Michael Todd producer (Around the World in 80 Days), 1st husband of Elizabeth Taylor, is killed in a plane crash at age 56. | Ref: 68 |
| May 09 | Richard Burton made his network television debut in The Dupont Show of the Month presentation of Wuthering Heights on CBS-TV. | Ref: 4 |
- 1959
| May 12 | Elizabeth Taylor marries her fourth husband Eddie Fisher. | Ref: 24 |
- 1963
| Jun 09 | "Cleopatra"starring Elizabeth Taylor opens in New York; film cost $40 million. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 12 | Elizabeth Taylor starred in the $40,000,000 film epic, Cleopatra. The movie certainly gave ticket buyers their money’s worth. It lasted for four hours, three minutes. Cleopatra opened at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City on this day. Richard Burton starred as Marc Antony, Rex Harrison played Julius Caesar, Hume Cronyn played Sosigines, Carroll O’Connor was Casa and Roddy McDowell appeared as Octavian. We were at a loss, however, to find the name of the asp that bit Cleopatra. | Ref: 4 |
- 1964
| Mar 06 | Liz Taylor's 4th divorce (Eddie Fisher). | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 15 | Actress Elizabeth Taylor marries actor Richard Burton in Montreal; it was her fifth marriage, his second. | Ref: 70 |
- 1974
| Jun 26 | Elizabeth Taylor divorces her fifth husband Richard Burton the first time. | Ref: 24 |
- 1975
| Oct 10 | Elizabeth Taylor marries her sixth husband Richard Burton the second time. | Ref: 5 |
- 1976
| Aug 01 | Elizabeth Taylor divorces her sixth husband Richard Burton the second time. | Ref: 24 |
| Dec 04 | Liz Taylor's 7th marriage (John Warner). | Ref: 5 |
- 1982
| Nov 07 | Liz Taylor's 7th divorce (John Warner). | Ref: 5 |
- 1984
| Aug 05 | Actor Richard Burton (Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.) dies of a stroke at the age of 58 in Geneva Switzerland. | Ref: 24 |
| Sep 26 | Liz Taylor starred in the season opener of the TV soap, Hotel. Despite incredibly biting bits from John Belushi on NBC’s Saturday Night Live regarding her plumpness at the time, viewers were quite amazed when Ms. Taylor appeared in a gown -- with a 24-inch waistline. Definitely no more, “I followed Liz Taylor to McDonald’s to watch the numbers change,” from Joan Rivers. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 29 | The lovely Elizabeth Taylor, undergoing rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Clinic and overcoming a nagging weight problem, was voted as the world’s most beautiful woman in a Louis Harris poll released this day. | Ref: 4 |
- 1985
| Mar 17 | Elizabeth Taylor arrived in Charleston, SC to be greeted by large crowds as she stepped off a private jet to begin filming of the Civil War-era movie, North and South. | Ref: 4 |
- 1991
| Oct 06 | Elizabeth Taylor was married -- for the 8th time -- to construction worker Larry Fortensky. The wedding took place at Michael Jackson’s estate in CA amidst a flurry of paparazzi. | Ref: 4 |
- 1994
| Jan 17 | Liz Taylor released from the hospital after hip treatment. | Ref: 5 |
- 1999
| Dec 31 | (date approximate) Elizabeth Taylor is designated a Dame of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. | Ref: 9 |
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Elizabeth Taylor Chronology