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1905 - Fitzhugh Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1835)
1925 - Louis F J Bouwmeester, actor (Shakespeare), dies
1926 - Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
1933 - Robin Irvine, actor (Easy Virtue), dies at 31
1944 - Frank Knox, U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate (b. 1874)
1945 - Bernito Mussolini, Fascist leader (Italy), tried & shot
1945 - Claretta Petacci, mistress of Mussolini, executed
1966 - Ralph Bunker, actor (Ghost Goes West), dies of a stroke at 77
1970 - Ed Begley, actor (Mr Koppel-Leave it to Larry), dies at 69
1973 - Pat Henning, actor (Goodyear TV Playhouse), dies at 62
1974 - Paul Page, actor (Girl from Havanna, Moth), dies at 70
1979 - Feliks Roderyk Labunski, composer, dies at 86
1980 - Dee Carroll, [Betty Jean Marsh], actress (Mad Bomber, Split), dies
1980 - Tommy Caldwell, rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies
1981 - Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker, welterweight champ (1922-26) dies at 79
1984 - Glen H Taylor, US senator/VP candidate (1948] dies at 80
1984 - Silvia A Warner, writer, dies
1988 - B. W. Stevenson, American country singer (b. 1949)
1990 - Jean Blazer Baney, entertainer, dies
1991 - Floyd B McKissick, US founder (CORE), dies
1991 - Ken Curtis, actor (Festus-Gunsmoke), dies at 74
1991 - Steve Broidy, American motion picture executive (b. 1905)
1992 - Iceberg Slim, American writer (b. 1918]
1993 - Jim Valvano, basketball coach (NC State), dies of cancer at 47
1995 - Andrew Salkey, author editor/broadcaster, dies at 67
1995 - Henry C Rogers, press Agent, dies at 81
1995 - Peaches Roy Davis, baseball pitcher, dies at 89
1996 - Giles Grangier, film director, dies at 84
1996 - Henry Clarke, fashion photographer, dies at 75
1996 - William E Colby, director of CIA (1973-76), dies
1997 - Susan Seddon Boulet, artist, dies of cancer at 45
1999 - Rory Calhoun, American actor (b. 1922)
1999 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1921)
2002 - Lou Thesz, American wrestler (b. 1916)
2005 - Chris Candido, American wrestler (b. 1972)
2005 - Percy Heath, American jazz bassist (Modern Jazz Quartet) (b. 1923)
2007 - Dabbs Greer, American actor (b. 1917)
2007 - Tommy Newsom, American bandleader (b. 1929)
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1915 - Alfred G Vanderbilt, US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania
1915 - Alfred Scott Witherbee Jr, US Lusitania officer, dies
1915 - Charles Frohman, dies aboard Lusitania
1929 - Albert Anselmi, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1929 - John Scalise, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1929 - Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1934 - Edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67
1967 - Judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54
1967 - Lorenzo Bandini, Italian Formula One driver (b. 1935)
1968 - Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41
1977 - Irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73
1982 - Alfred Adam, dies at 72
1983 - Peter Edel, writer, dies
1985 - Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54
1986 - Jeffrey Mylett, American actor (b. 1949
1987 - Colin Blakely, dies at 56
1988 - Harris Glenn Divine, dies of natural causes at 42
1989 - Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at 65
1990 - Jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at 60
1993 - Mary Philbin, actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 89
1994 - Clement Greenberg, US art critic (Art & Culture), dies at 85
1994 - Margaret Skeete, oldest American, dies at 115
1995 - Ernest H Martin, impressario, dies at 75
1995 - Lawrence Josset, engraver, dies at 84
1995 - Ray McKinley, drummer, dies at 84
1998 - Eddie Rabbitt, American musician (b. 1941)
2000 - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor (b. 1909)
2002 - Seattle Slew, American racehorse (b. 1974)
2002 - Kevyn Aucoin, Makeup Artist and Photographer (b. 1962)
2005 - Tristan Egolf, American writer (b. 1971)
2005 - Peter W. Rodino, American politician (b. 1909)
2006 - Joan C. Edwards, American philanthropist (b. 191
2007 - Diego Corrales, American boxer (b. 1977)
2007 - Octavian Paler, Romanian writer and journalist (b. 1926)
2007 - Yahweh ben Yahweh, American cult leader (b. 1935)
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« Reply #2 on: May 9th, 2011, 10:40pm » |
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MAY 9...
1914 - C.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854)
scientist, and engineer (b. 1883)
1958 - Bill Goodwin, TV announcer (Burns & Allen), dies at 47
1968 - Harold Gray, US comic strip artist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 74
1968 - Marion Lorne, actress (Aunt Clara-Bewitched), dies at 81
1968 - Phil Arnold, actor (Skidoo, Errand Boy, Damn Yankees), dies at 58
1968 - Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (b. 1893)
1970 - Percy Brier, composer, dies at 84
1970 - Walter P Reuther, US worker's union leader/president (CIO), dies
1976 - Raymond Chevreuille, Belgian composer, dies at 74
1977 - James Jones, US writer (Bad Blood, From Here to Eternity), dies at 55
1977 - Walter Kraft, composer, dies at 71
1981 - C E "Nip" Pellew, cricketer (10 Tests 484 runs at 37), dies
1981 - Nelson Algren, US writer (Man with the Golden Arm), dies at 72
1985 - Edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69
1986 - Herschel Bernardi, actor (Lt Jacoby-Peter Gunn, Arnie), dies at 62
1989 - Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33
1989 - Paul J Steenbergen, actor (Ciske de Rat), dies at 82
1990 - Pauline Frederick, 1st women to moderate Pres debate, dies at 84
1995 - Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher, dies at 74
1998 - Alice Faye, American actress (b. 1915)
2001 - James E. Myers, American songwriter (Rock Around the Clock) and producer (b. 1919)
2002 - Dan Devine, American football coach (b. 1924)
2003 - Russell B. Long, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (b. 191
2004 - Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen president (b. 1951)
2004 - Alan King, American comedian (b. 1927)
2009 - Chuck Daly, American basketball coach (b. 1930)
2010 - Lena Horne, American singer and actress (b. 1917)
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Re: On This Date In History...
« Reply #3 on: May 13th, 2011, 11:21pm » |
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MAY 13...
1916 - Sholem Aleichem, yiddish writer (Fiddler on the Roof), dies
1933 - Paul Ernst, writer, dies at 67
1945 - Tubby Hall, American musician (b. 1895)
1961 - Gary Cooper, 2 time Acad award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60
1962 - Frank Jenks, actor (Colonel Flack), dies of cancer at 60
1962 - H Trendley Dean, doctor (introduced fluoridation into water)
1963 - Alois Hudal, bishop, helped Nazi war criminals escape (b. 1885)
1967 - Frank McGrath, actor (Wagon Train), dies at 64
1971 - Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky, composer, dies 67
1972 - Dan Blocker, American actor (Hoss-Bonanza), dies at 43
1975 - Bob Wills, actor (Lone Prairie), dies at 69
1975 - Bob Wills, American musician (b. 1905)
1982 - Renzo Rossellini, Italian composer, dies at 74
1985 - Leatrice Joy, silent screen star, dies in Riverdale (Bronx) NYC at 91
1985 - Selma Diamond, comedienne (Selma-Night Court), dies of cancer at 64
1988 - Chet Baker, jazz trumpeter, fell to death out of a hotel window at 59
1991 - Jimmy McPartland, jazz cornetist, dies of cancer at 83
1993 - Evert "Eef" Dolman, Dutch cyclist (Olympic-gold-1964), dies at 47
1993 - Joaquin Garcia, Mexican comic actor, dies of heart attack at 71
1994 - Duncan Hamilton, driver, dies at 74
1994 - Ruth Gillette, actress (Wild Gold), dies of cancer at 88
1996 - John "Jack" Baines, mountaineering publisher, dies at 57
1999 - Gene Sarazen, American golfer (b. 1902)
2000 - Paul Bartel, American actor (b. 193
2001 - Jason Miller, American playwright (b. 1939)
2002 - Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress (b. 1925)
2005 - George Dantzig, American mathematician (b. 1914)
2005 - Michael Ross, American serial killer (b. 1959)
2006 - Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian (b. 1923)
2006 - Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (b. 1949)
2008 - Ron Stone, American television reporter (b. 1936)
2009 - Frank Aletter, American character actor (b. 1926)
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Re: On This Date In History...
« Reply #4 on: May 15th, 2011, 11:22pm » |
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MAY 15...
1937 - Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)
1945 - Major Courtney, US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf
1948 - Edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886)
1952 - Albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84
1954 - William March, American writer (b. 1893)
1967 - Edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84
1972 - Nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47
1982 - Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)
1984 - Francis Schaeffer, American theologian, philosopher, and pastor (b. 1912)
1985 - Jackie Curtis, actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38
1986 - Theodore H White, US journalist (Making of Pres, Pulitzer), dies at 71
1987 - Wynne Gibson, actor (Night After Night, Aggie Appleby), dies
1988 - Andrew Duggan, actor (Jigsaw, Firehouse), dies of cancer at 64
1988 - Greta Nissen, actress (Ambassador Bill), dies
1989 - John Waldo Green, composer, dies at 80
1989 - Johnny Green, American songwriter (b. 190
1991 - Bud Freeman, jazz tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 84
1991 - Freddie Paris, dies
1991 - Reno Brown, dies
1991 - Ronald Lacey, actor (Raiders of Lost Ark, Next Victim), dies at 55
1992 - Bruce Hopkins, performer/director, dies at 44
1992 - Robert Morris Page, US physicist (radar), dies at 88
1994 - Royal Dano, actor (Ghoulies 2), dies of a heart attack at 71
1994 - [Henry] John Baker, resistance fighter/journalist (Slogan), dies at 79
1995 - Edouard Dermit, actor (Testament of Orpheus), dies at 69
1995 - Eric Richard Porter, actor (Crucible, Hennessy), dies at 67
1995 - Johnny Van Derrick, jazz violinist, dies at 68
1995 - Perry Lederman, folk singer, dies at 52
1996 - George M Tindley, songwriter/vocalist, dies at 57
1996 - Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (b. 1910)
1998 - Earl Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)
2003 - June Carter Cash, American musician and singer (b. 1929
2005 - Alan B. Gold, Quebec Chief Justice (b. 1917)
2007 - Jerry Falwell, American evangelist (b. 1933)
2007 - Yolanda King, American actress and activist, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1955)
2008 - Alexander Courage, composer of original Star Trek theme (b. 1919
2009 - Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player (b. 1964)
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« Reply #5 on: May 26th, 2011, 10:31pm » |
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MAY 26...
1902 - Almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839)
1904 - Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857)
1907 - Ida McKinley, First Lady of the United States (b. 1847)
1933 - Jimmie Rodgers, country singer, dies at 35
1939 - Charles H Mayo, US surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74
1939 - Cornelis J Cutters, supreme commander of Navy (1910-1, dies
1943 - Edsel Ford, owner (Ford Motor Company), dies at 49
1948 - Theodore Morell, Hitler's personal physician (b. 1886)
1951 - Lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71
1952 - Damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55
1956 - Al Simmons, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334, dies at 54
1959 - Ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78
1959 - Joe Kelly, TV host (Quiz Kids), dies at 57
1963 - Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53
1966 - Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47
1966 - Neal Dodd, actor (Only Women, You Belong to Me), dies at 86
1967 - George E Stone, actor (5 Star Final, Front Page), dies at 64
1968 - William E "Little Willie" John, US R&B-singer (Fever), dies at 30)
1969 - Kathryn Minner, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 77
1969 - Allan H. Loughead, American aviation pioneer (Lockheed Corporation; b. 1889)
1971 - John Longden, actor (Man From Interpol), dies at 70
1974 - Kitty Gordon, entertainer, dies at 96
1977 - Jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at 63
1977 - William Powell, rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35
1978 - Cybele, Greek actress (b. 1887)
1979 - George Brent, actor (Baby Face, Dark Victory, 42nd St), dies at 75
1991 - Tom Cassidy, anchor (CNN), dies of AIDs at 41
1991 - Tom Eyen, playwright (Dreamgirls), dies of cardiac arrest at 50
1992 - Danny Biasone, basketball innovator (24-second clock), dies at 83
1993 - Carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91
1993 - Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78
1993 - Marvin Young, producer/child actor (Player), dies at 90
1994 - George Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84
1994 - Sonny Sharrock, US free-jazz guitarist, dies at 53
1994 - Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, jazz Guitarist, dies at 53
1995 - Isadore "Friz" Freling, cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at 88
1995 - Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist, dies at 61
1995 - Severn Darden, comedian (Second City), dies at 65
1999 - Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (b. 1906)
1999 - Waldo Semon, American inventor (b. 189
2001 - Anne Haney, American actress (b. 1934)
2003 - Kathleen Winsor, American writer (b. 1919)
2005 - Eddie Albert, American actor (b. 1906)
2005 - Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1928
2007 - J Edward Oliver, cartoonist and composer (b. 1942)
2008 - Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2009 - Peter Zezel, Canadian professional hockey player (b. 1965)
2010 - Jean Constantin, Romanian actor (b. 192
2010 - Michael H. Jordan, businessman and former CEO PepsiCo and CBS Corporation (b. 1936)
2010 - Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television personality (b. 1912)
2010 - Christopher Moran, British Air Chief Marshal (b. 1956)
2010 - Jarvis Williams, American football player (b. 1965)
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« Reply #6 on: Jun 7th, 2011, 10:58pm » |
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1957 - Elizabeth S Kingsley, double-Crostic puzzle creator, dies
1961 - Robert Griffith, producer of Pajama Game, dies
1963 - Zasu Pitts, actress (Wedding March, Life With Father), dies at 65
1965 - Judy Holliday, comedienne (Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib), dies at 42
1967 - Dorothy Parker, US writer (Enough Rope), dies at 73
1967 - Pauline Brooks, actress (Make a Million), dies of cancer at 54
1968 - Dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer at at 60
1969 - Leo Gorcey, actor (Bowery Boys), dies at 53
1973 - Lane Bradford, actor (Dead Man's Gold, Gun Hawk), dies at 50
1976 - Bobby Hackett, jazz cornetist/orch leader (Air time '57), dies at 61
dies at 73
1988 - Vernon Washington, American actor (b. 1927)
1990 - Barbara Baxley, actress (Norma Rae), dies at 63 of a heart attack
1992 - William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82
1993 - Drazen Petrovic, NBA player (NJ Nets), dies in auto-accident at 28
1994 - Barry Sullivan, actor (Streets of SF, Oh, God!), dies at 81
1996 - [Francis] Max Factor Jr, makeup inventor, dies at 91
2001 - Carole Fredericks, American singer (Fredericks Goldman Jones) (b. 1952)
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2008 - Jim McKay, American sportscaster (b. 1921)
2009 - Kenny Rankin, American singer (b. 1940)
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« Reply #7 on: Jun 11th, 2011, 11:28pm » |
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JUNE 11...
1930 - Henry Clay Folger Jr, CEO (Folger Shakespeare Library), dies at 72
1936 - Robert E. Howard, American author (b. 1906)
1941 - Daniel Carter Beard, founder of the Boy Scouts of America (b. 1850)
1955 - Walter Hampden, actor (Sabrina, 5 Fingers, Vagabond King), dies at 75
1956 - Ralph Morgan, actor (Creeper, Imposter, Jack London), dies at 73
1966 - Ethel Clayton, actress (Warning Shadows), dies at 82
1966 - Wallace Ford, actor (Deputy), dies of heart attack at 68
1967 - Billy Wells, Gong striker for Rank Films, dies at 79
1969 - John L Lewis, formed (Congress of Industrial Org), dies at 89
1970 - Frank Laubach, Benton Pa, taught reading through phonetics, dies
1970 - Frank Silvera, Jamaican actor (High Chaparral), dies at 55
1970 - Earl Grant, American musician and singer (b. 1931)
1970 - William 'Billy Batts' Devino, American crime figure (b. 1921)
1976 - Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (b. 1917)
1979 - John Wayne, actor (Green Berets, True Grit), dies at 72
1985 - Karen Ann Quinlan, comatose patient, dies in Morris Plains NJ at 31
1986 - Robert E Howard, sci-fi author (Conan the Conqueror), dies at 80
1986 - Chesley Bonestell, American-born engineer, architect, and artist (b. 188
1988 - Nathan Cook, actor (White Night), dies of an allergic reaction at 38
1990 - Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpeter (wah wah sound), dies at 86
1992 - Marjorie Newell Robb, oldest living survivor of Titantic, dies at 103
1992 - Marlene Hazlett, entertainer, dies of cancer
1992 - Scotty Sachs, actor (Hanoi Hilton), dies of gunshot wounds at 39
1993 - Ray Sharkey, actor (Wiseguy, No Mercy, Body Rock), dies of AIDs at 40
1994 - Christopher Collins, actor (True Identity), dies after illness at 44
1994 - Herbert Anderson, actor (Henry-Dennis The Menace), dies at 77
1994 - Jack Hannah, animator, dies at 90
1994 - Kitty Rosalind Muggeridge, author, dies at 90
1995 - Lovelace Watkins, singer, dies at 58
1996 - Kevin Meadows, gay rights activist, dies at 21
1996 - Lonne Elder, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 69
1996 - Ulysses Dove, dancer/choreographer, dies at 49
1997 - Thalassa Cruso, gardening expert (PBS), dies of Alzheimer's at 87
1999 - DeForest Kelley, American actor (b. 1920)
2001 - Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (by execution; b. 196
2003 - David Brinkley, American television reporter (b. 1920)
2004 - Xenophon Zolotas, Greek politician (b. 1904)
2005 - Vasco Gonçalves, Portuguese general (b. 1922)
2006 - Bruce Shand, father of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (b. 1917)
2006 - Michael Bartosh, computer expert and author (b. 1977)
2007 - Imre Friedmann, American scientist (b. 1921)
2010 - Zenani Mandela, Nelson Mandela's great granddaughter (b. 1997)
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Re: On This Date In History...
« Reply #8 on: Jul 6th, 2011, 11:46pm » |
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JULY 6...
1950 - Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1923)
1954 - Dirk Verbeek, actor/director (Hofstad Stage), dies at 70
1961 - Scott LaFaro, American musician (b. 1936)
1961 - Woodall Rodgers, American politician (b. 1890)
1962 - William [Harrison] Faulkner, US writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64
1966 - Anne Nagel, dies of cancer at 50
1966 - Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1892)
1970 - Marjorie Rambeau, dies at 80
1971 - Horst Lange, writer, dies at 66
1971 - Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, jazz musician (Hello Dolly), dies at 71
1971 - Thomas C Heart, US admiral/commander (Asiatic fleet), dies
1972 - Brandon De Wilde, actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash
1972 - Sam de Grasse, dies at 97
1973 - Joe E Brown, comedian, dies after long illness at 80
1973 - Patrick McVey, actor (Manhunt, Big Town), dies at 63
1974 - Carlos Isamitt, composer, dies at 87
1975 - Ruffian, American racehorse (b. 1972)
1979 - Van McCoy, singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle), dies at 35
1980 - Gail Patrick, actress (My Man Godfrey), dies of leukemia at 69
1982 - Russell Thorson, actor (One Man's Family), dies at 72
1982 - Bob Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1905)
1990 - Jim Samuels, comedian, dies of spinal meningitis at 41
1990 - Paul Wynne, KGO-TV SF reporter, dies of AIDS at 46
1991 - Thorley Walters, actor (Trog, Edwardians, Daisy), dies at 78
1993 - Ruth Lady Fermoy, maternal grandmother of Princess Diane, dies at 84
1994 - Cameron Mitchell, actor (High Chapparral), dies of lung cancer at 75
1994 - Geoffrey McQueen, TV writer, dies at 46
1995 - Helene Johnson, poet, dies at 87
1995 - Ivor Keys, musician/teacher, dies at 76
1996 - John Sturdy, scholar, dies at 62
1996 - Kathy Ahern, American golfer (b. 1949)
1998 - Roy Rogers, American actor (b. 1911)
1999 - Carl Gunter Jr, American politician (b. 193
1999 - Barry Winchell, American soldier (b. 1977)
2002 - John Frankenheimer, American film director (b. 1930)
2003 - Buddy Ebsen, American actor (b. 190
2004 - Syreeta Wright, American singer (b. 1946)
2005 - L. Patrick Gray III, American FBI director (b. 1916)
2005 - Evan Hunter, American novelist (b. 1926)
2006 - Kasey Rogers, American actress (b. 1926)
2008 - Bobby Durham, American jazz drummer (b. 1937)
2009 - Robert McNamara, United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1916)
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Re: On This Date In History...
« Reply #9 on: Jul 9th, 2011, 11:38pm » |
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JULY 9...
1927 - John Drew Jr., American actor (b. 1853)
1932 - King C. Gillette, American inventor (b. 1885)
1937 - Oliver Law, first African-American commander of U.S. troops (b. 1899)
1938 - Benjamin Cardozo, American jurist (b. 1870)
1951 - Harry Heilmann, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Det), dies at 56
1951 - Jorgen Bentzon, composer, dies at 54
1960 - Edward Burlingame Hill, composer, dies at 86
1960 - Vallance Jupp, cricketer (28 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1921-2, dies
1961 - Alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52
1963 - Frank Mayo, actor (Santa Fe Trail), dies of heart attack at 74
1967 - Douglas MacLean, silent film comedian turned producer, dies at 77
1968 - Allyn Edwards, host (One Minute Please, Mr Citizen), dies at 53
1968 - John Indrisano, actor (OK Crackerby), dies at 62
1968 - Vardis A Fisher, US writer (Passion Spin the Plot), dies at 73
1969 - Gertrude Dixon, compiler of Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, dies
1969 - Gladys Swarthout, US mezzo-soprano/alt (La Gioconda), dies at 64
1969 - Rob de Vries, actor/director (Ciske de Rat, Silent Raid), dies at 51
1972 - Robert Weede, American baritone (b. 1903)
1977 - Loren C Eiseley, US anthropologist/writer (Animal Secrets), dies at 69
1979 - Betty Evans Grayson, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959), dies at 53
1979 - Cornelia Otis Skinner, dies at 78
1979 - Janardhan Gnanoba Navle, cricketer (2 Tests for India), dies
1981 - Allen Ludden, TV show host (Password), dies at 61
1981 - Oscar van Hemel, composer, dies at 88
1981 - Wilhelm H C Tenhaeff, para-psychologist, dies at 87
1984 - Randall Thompson, US composer (Trip to Nahant), dies at 85
1988 - Anthony Holland, AIDS sufferer committed suicide at 60
1988 - Barbara Woodhouse, dog trainer, dies at 78 of a stroke
1990 - Howard Duff, actor (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 76 of a heart attack
1992 - Eric Savareid, News correspondent (CBS), dies at 79
1993 - Will Rogers Jr, (Rep-D)/actor (Boy from Okla), commits suicide at 81
1994 - Cornelius Boyson, bassist, dies at 57
1994 - William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz Pianist/Arranger, dies at 79
(Guardian), dies at 67
1995 - Julian Graham Theodore Hough, actor (Deathwatch, Shout), dies at 47
1995 - W Fenton Morley, preacher, dies at 83
1996 - Christopher Casson, actor (Educating Rita, Zardoz), dies at 84
1996 - Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician, dies at 76
1996 - Melvin Mouron Belli, attorney/actor (Star Trek), dies at 88
2002 - Laurence Janifer, American writer (b. 1933)
2002 - Rod Steiger, American actor (b. 1925)
2004 - Paul Klebnikov, American journalist (b. 1963)
2005 - Yevgenij Grishin, Russian speed skater (b. 1931)
2004 - Isabel Sanford, American actress (b. 1917)
2005 - Kevin Hagen, American actor (b.192
2006 - Milan Williams, American musician (The Commodores) (b. 194
2007 - Charles Lane, American actor (b. 1905)
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1922 - Martin Dies, American politician (b. 1870)
1946 - Alfred Stieglitz, US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work), dies at 82
1951 - Arnold Schoenberg, Austria/US composer (Verklärte Nacht), dies at 76
1955 - Beulah Ecton Woodard, US sculptor, dies at 59
1955 - Ruth Ellis, last English woman (murderess), executed by hanging
1960 - Joy Gresham, American writer (b. 1915)
1973 - Lon Chaney Jr, actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 67
1973 - Martian Negrea, composer, dies at 80
1976 - Max Butting, composer, dies at 87
1976 - Frederick Hawksworth, GWR Chief mechanical engineer. (b. 1884)
1979 - Corine Griffith, dies at 84
1980 - Seretse Khama, 1st president of Botswana, dies
1982 - Edith Heerdegen, dies at 69
1982 - John Alexander, actor (Alien PI), dies at 85
1988 - Huub Bals, Dutch film promotor, dies at 51
1988 - Samuel L Mendel, oldest US war veteran, dies at 104
1990 - Lois Moran Young, dies of cancer at 81
1991 - Cor Ria Leeman, Flemish (youth)writer, dies
1992 - Alex Wojciechowicz, NFLer (Philadelphia Eagles), dies at 76
1993 - Davey Allisson, race car drive, dies in a plane crash at 32
1993 - Edwin "Rick" Bakker, author (Rick's Report/AIDS Diary), dies at 31
1994 - Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist, dies at 79
1994 - Robert Michael Payton, pizza magnate, dies at 50
1995 - Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish toy manufacturer (Lego Group) (b. 1920)
1996 - Joyce Buck, actress/interior designer, dies at 71
1996 - Pandro S Berman, film producer, dies at 91
1996 - Walter Hassan, engineer, dies at 91
2003 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (b. 1907)
2004 - Arthur Kane, American musician (b. 1949)
2006 - Red Buttons, American comedian (b. 1919)
2010 - George Steinbrenner, American businessman and owner of the New York Yankees (b. 1930)
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1908 - William Mason, composer, dies at 79
1954 - Jackie Saunders, American silent screen actress (b. 1892)
1965 - Adlai Stevenson, US amb to UN/pres candidate (D, 1952, 56), dies
at 76
1970 - Preston S Foster, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at 69
1973 - Clarence White, guitarist (Byrds), killed by a car
1974 - Carl A Spaats, 1st chief of staff of USAF, dies at 83
1974 - Carl Spaatz, American Air Force general (b. 1891)
1975 - Zutty Singleton, US jazz drummer, dies at 77
1979 - George De Witt, TV host (Name that Tune), dies at 56
1982 - George Amadee Tremblay, composer, dies at 71
1984 - Al Schacht, [Clown prince of baseball], baseball player, dies at 91
1984 - Kenny Delmar, comedian (School House), dies at 74
1984 - Philippe Wynne, US soul singer (I'll Be Around), dies at 43
1984 - Ernest Tidyman, American writer (b. 192
1986 - Raymond Loewy, US industrial designer, dies at 92
1995 - Michael Naylor, insurance broker, dies at 59
1996 - Frederick Angus Armstrong, journalist, dies at 82
1996 - Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge, physicist, dies at 91
1996 - Kim Besly, activist, dies at 69
1996 - Jeff Krosnoff, CART driver (b. 1964)
1998 - Richard McDonald, American fast food pioneer (b. 1909)
2000 - William Roscoe Estep, American Baptist historian (b. 1920)
2000 - Meredith MacRae, American actress (b. 1944)
2005 - Joe Harnell, American musician, composer and arranger (b. 1924)
2010 - Gene Ludwig, American jazz organist (b. 1937)
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JULY 15...
Bert Convy – Actor/Game Show Host
Dana Hill – Actress (European Vacation)
Rudolph Schildkraut – Actor (A Ship Comes In)
Bobby Day – Singer
Florence Halop – Actress (St. Elsewhere)
Henry Kolker – Actor (Bluebeard)
Benny Rubin – Actor (Here Comes Mr. Jordan)
William Selig – Producer (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
Lawrence Tibbett – Actor (New Moon)
Guy Wilkerson – Actor (Death Valley Days)
Eunice Woodruff – Silent Film Actress (Virtuous Sinners)
David Brian – Actor (Intruder in the Dust)
Margaret Lockwood – Actress (Justice)
Elizabeth Welch – Actress (Song of Freedom)
1933 - Irving Babbitt, US writer (Democracy & Leadership), dies at 67
1933 - Freddie Keppard, American musician (b. 1890)
1937 - Walter Gay, artist, dies
1939 - Johon Mellanby, physiologist, dies
1939 - Percy Scott Worthington, architect, dies
1940 - Donald Calthrop, dies at 52
1940 - Robert Wadlow, world's tallest man (8'11.1"), dies at 32
1947 - Henry Kolker, dies at 76
1947 - Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (b. 1893)
1948 - John J Pershing, [Black Jack], US general (Mexico, WW I), dies at 87
1957 - George Cleveland, actor (Grampa-Lassie), dies at 74
1957 - James M. Cox, American politician (b. 1870)
1957 - Vasily Maklakov, Russian orator and liberal politician (b. 1869)
1958 - Julia Lennon, John Lennon's mother dies in a car accident
1959 - Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78
1965 - Francis Cherry, American politician (b. 190
1969 - Peter Van Eyck, dies after long illness at 56
1971 - Guy Wilkerson, dies of cancer at 71
1974 - Christine Chubbuck, television news reporter (b.1944)
1975 - Charles Weidman, US dancer/choreographer (Fables for Our Time), dies
1976 - Paul William Gallico, writer, dies at 78
1980 - Eddie Jackson, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 84
1980 - Henri Martelli, composer, dies at 85
1982 - Wendy Caulfield, 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle
1982 - Bill Justis, American musician and producer (b. 1926)
1983 - Eddie Foy Jr, actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78
1986 - Benny Rubin, actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show), dies at 87
1986 - Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (b. 1923)
1987 - Alfie Bass, actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served), dies at 66
1988 - Eleanor Estes, author (Ginger Pye, Moffats), dies at 82
1990 - Alison Leggatt, actress (Day of Triffids, Cows), dies at 86
1990 - Margaret Mary Lockwood, actress (Man in Grey, Wicked Lady), dies at 73
1990 - Troy Dixon, rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 of a fall
1993 - David Brian, US actor (Damned Don't Cry, Fort Worth), dies at 78
1993 - Bobby Kent, alleged Florida bully murdered by his friends (b. 1973)
1995 - Eddie J Bush, golf professional, dies at 83
1995 - Willie George "Bill" Woodruff Sr, vocalist, dies at 6
1997 - Alan Chaig, paleontologist (Carl Sagan of BBC), dies at 70
1997 - Gianni Versace, designer, shot to death by Andrew Cunanan at 50
2003 - Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (b. 1920)
2006 - Robert H. Brooks, founder of Hooters of America (b. 1937)
2008 - Gyorgy Kolonics, Hungarian canoeist, Olympics medalist. (b. 1972)
2010 - James E. Akins, American diplomat and advisor to Richard Nixon (b. 1926)
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JULY 16...
1915 - Ellen White, American co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1827)
1917 - Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, Ger composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70
1923 - Louis M A Couperus, poet/writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60
1979 - James F Mcintyre, archbishop of Los Angeles, dies at 93
1981 - Harry Chapin, folk vocalist (Taxi), dies in car crash at 38
1982 - Patrick Dewaere, actor (Catherine & Co), shoots self at 35
1984 - Billy Williams, singer (Your Show of Shows), dies at 73
1985 - Wayne King, orch leader (Wayne King Show), dies at 84
1991 - Dwight Weist, Radio actor/film narrator (Radio Days), dies at 81
1991 - Frank Rizzo, (Mayor-D-Phila, 1972-80), dies of a heart attack at 70
1991 - Robert Motherwell, US painter (Elegies to Spanish Rep), dies at 76
1992 - "Gorgeous" George, [Arena], wrestler, dies at 84
1992 - Buck Buchanan, NFL defensive lineman (KC Chiefs), dies at 51
1995 - Eleanore M "May" Sarton, Belg/US writer (Land of Silence), dies at 83
1995 - Max Factor Jr, makeup inventor, dies
1995 - Patsy Ruth Miller, actress (Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds), dies at 91
1995 - Stephen Harold Spender, writer, dies at 86
1995 - Travis Kemp, dancer/teacher, dies at 91
1996 - John Panozzo, drummer, dies at 48
1996 - Adolf von Thadden, German politician, (b. 1921)
1999 - Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr. (b. 1966)
1999 - John F. Kennedy, Jr., American publisher (b. 1960)
1999-Lauren Gail Bessette, sister of Carolyn (b. 1964)
2001 - Terry Gordy, American professional wrestler (b. 1961)
2002 - John Cocke, American computer scientist (b. 1925)
2003 - Celia Cruz, Cuban musician (b. 1924)
2004 - George Busbee, Governor of Georgia (b. 1927)
2006 - Bob Orton, Sr., American professional wrestler (b. 1929)
2006 - Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas (b. 194
2008 - Jo Stafford, American singer of traditional pop music (b. 1917)
2010 - James Gammon, American actor (b. 1940)
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JULY 17...
James McNeil Whistler American painter, 1903, United States(USA)
Luise Adolpha Le Beau German composer, 1927, Germany
William James Sidis American genius, 1944, United States(USA)
Eugene Meyer American businessman and newspaper publisher, 1959, United States(USA)
Billie Holiday American singer, 1959, United States(USA)
Ty Cobb American baseball player, 1961, United States(USA)
John Coltrane American jazz saxophonist and composer, 1967, United States(USA)
Dizzy Dean American pitcher in Major League Baseball, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, 1974, United States(USA)
Billy Gonsalves American soccer player, 1977, United States(USA)
Thayer David Film and television actor, 1978, United States(USA)
Katherine Graham American publisher, 2001, United States(USA)
Rosalyn Tureck American pianist and harpsichordist, 2003, United States(USA)
Mickey Spillane American writer, 2006, United States(USA)
Sam Myers American blues musician and songwriter, 2006, United States(USA)
Larry Haines American actor, 2008, United States(USA)
Walter Cronkite American news broadcaster, 2009, United States(USA)
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