January

4.1.1989
The film The Man in the Brown Suit was released in the United States.

12.1.1976
Agatha Christie died in Wallingford, Oxfordshire at the age of 85.

February

28.2.1932
The Fatal Alibi (an American production of Alibi, based on The Murder of Roger Ackroyd) opened in New York with Charles Laughton directing and playing Poirot, closing after 24 performances.

March

6.3.1997
And Then There Were None, starring Nanna Ingvarsson and Caren Anton, opened at the Washington Shakespeare Company.

23.3.1960
Go Back for Murder opened at the Duchess Theatre London starring Robert Urquhart and Ann Firbank.

25.3.1974
The Mousetrap moved from the 453-seat Ambassadors Theatre to the larger St. Martin's Theatre.

31.3.1936
Love from a Stranger (Frank Vosper's adaptation of Christie's short story
Philomel Cottage) opened at the New Theatre, St. Martin's Lane. The play
ran for 149 performances in London.

31.3.1945
Appointment with Death opened at the Piccadilly Theatre in London. The cast included Joan Hickson.

April

2.4.1950
Agatha Christie started writing her autobiography, in Nimrud, Iraq.

16.4.1921
Peter Ustinov, who has played Hercule Poirot in several films, was born.

14.4.1958
Party at Savoy Hotel to celebrate 2239 perfromances of The Mousetrap, which
made it London's longest running show.

May

9.5.1936
Albert Finney was born. He played Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express.

11.5.1892
Margaret Rutherford, who played Miss Marple in a few movies in the sixties, was born.

14.5.1982
Special matinee performance of The Mousetrap interpreted into sign language
for a deaf audience.'

15.5.1928
Alibi (based on The Murder of Roger Ackroyd) opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre with Charles Laughton as Poirot and J H Roberts as Dr. Sheppard. The play ran for 250 performances in London.

22.5.1958
Verdict opened at the Strand Thetre. The play failed to please and closed down June 21st. It was booed by the gallery on its first night due to a ligthening-cue misunderstanding which caues the curtain to come down on the final scene about 40 seconds too soon.'

June

7.6.1951
The Hollow opened at the Fortune Theatre in London starring Beryl Baxter and George Thorpe. The play was later transferred to the Ambassador Theatre.

27.6.1944
Ten Little Indians opened at the Broadhurst Theatre, New York, starring Michael Whalen, Halliwell Hobbes and Harry Worth.

August

5.8.1906
Joan Hickson was born. She has played Miss Marple many times.

5.8.1919
Rosalind Hicks, Agatha Christie's daughter, was born.

11.8.1938
The first Icelandic translation of an Agatha Christie book was published in the newspaper Þjóðviljinn. It was the first part of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and was called Hver er sá seki? (Who is the guilty one?)

12.8.1958
The Unexpected Guest opened in London at the Duchess Theatre. It played 604 performances. Originally it played for a week at the Hippodrome, Bristol, before coming to London.

28.8.1919
In a news report it was announced that Agatha Christie had been granted a provisional divorce from Col. Archibald Christie. She got custody of their child.

September

4.9.1956
Towards Zero opened at the James's Theatre in London starring William Kendall as Superintendent Battle.

11.9.1930
Agatha Christie married Max Mallowan.

15.9.1890
Agatha Christie was born.

15.9.1970
Agatha Christie was appointed DBE (Dame of the British Empire) on her 80th birthday.

29.9.1936
Love from a Stranger (Frank Vosper's adaptation of Christie's Philomel Cottage) opened in New York where it ran for 31 performances.

October

10.10.1900
Helen Hayes was born. She played Miss Marple in A Caribbean Mystery and Murder with Mirrors.

11.10.1965
Agatha Christie signed the epilogue of her autobiography, at Wallingford.

16.10.1925
Angela Lansbury, who played Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack'd, was born.

28.10.1953
Witness for the Prosecution opened at The Winter Garden Theatre in London starring David Horne as Sir Wilfrid Robarts and Derek Blomfield as Leonard Vole.

30.10.1945
The film And Then There Were None was released in the United States.

November

25.11.1952
The Mousetrap opened at the Ambassador Theatre, starring Sheila Sim as Mollie, John Paul as Giles, Allan McClelland as Christopher Wren, Mignon O'Doherty as Mrs. Boyle, Aubrey Dexter as Major Metcalf, Jessica Spencer as Miss Casewell, Martin Miller as Mr. Paravicini and Richard Attenborough as Detective Sergeant Trotter.

December

3.12.1926
Agatha Christie disappeared from her home.

4.12.1926
Agatha Christie's car was found abandoned after her disappearence. During the next days the police conducted a search for her.

9.12.1981
Cards on the Table opened at the Vaudeville Theatre with Gordon Jackson as
Superintendent Battle and Margaret Courtenay as Mrs Oliver.

14.12.1926
Agatha Christie was discovered staying under an assumed name at the Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate, after being missing since December 3rd.

14.12.1954
A re-written version of Spider's Web opened in London at the Savoy Theatre,
after the original had opened at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham and then toured for a while.

16.12.1954
Witness for the Prosecution opened in New York, with Francis L Sullivan as
Sir Wilfrid and Patricia Jessel as Romaine.

24.12.1914
Agatha Christie married Archibald Christie.