Births
1017 - Henry III, Roman Catholic German emperor (1046-56)
1510 - Francisco Borgia, great grandson of pope Alexander VI/theologist/sain
1585 - Cornelius Otto Jansen, France, Roman Catholic reform leader
1689 - Michel Mathieu, composer
1733 - Ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer
1746 - John V clav Stich, [Giovanni Punto], Bohemian horn player/composer
1789 - Johann Schneider, composer
1793 - Eliphalet Remington, US gun maker
1795 - Leonardus A Lightenvelt, minister of RC Worship (1848 . .53)
1798 - Henri-Jerome Bertini, composer
1801 - Karl Georg Lickl, composer
1804 - Pierre F Verhulst, Belgium, mathematician (logistic curve)
1805 - John Thomson, composer
1810 - Adley Hogan Gladden, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1818 - Ivan Turgenev, Russia, novelist/poet/playwright (Fathers & Sons) [OS]
1834 - Dudley McIver DuBose, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883
1842 - Charles Boissevain, editor Dutch Algemeen Handelsblad (1885-1908)
1842 - Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, orator (Joan of Arc of the Civil War)
1846 - Auguste Escoffier, king of chefs & chef of kings
1855 - Ivan V Mitshurin, Russian botanist (new types of fruit)
1856 - Franz Xavier Arens, composer
1869 - Ram˘n M del Valle-Incl n, Spanish playwright (Corte de Amor)
1876 - Albert E Michotte van den Berck, Belgian psychologist
1879 - Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, composer
1884 - Miloje Milojevic, composer
1885 - V Chlebnikov, writer
1886 - Grigory K Ordzhonikidze, [Sergo], Russian revolutionary politician
1890 - Andres Isasi, composer
1892 - Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Night Watch)
1892 - Eduard J Dijksterhuis, Dutch mathematician/historian (Fall & Throw)
1893 - Christopher K Ingold, English chemist
1893 - Otto E Huiswoud, [Frank Billings], editor-in-chief (Negro Worker)
1896 - Howard Hanson, Wahoo Nebraska, composer/conductor (Nordic)
1897 - Hans Speidel, nazi chief-staff/NATO-supreme commander
1902 - Elsa Lanchester, Lewisham London, actress (Bride of Frankenstien)
1903 - Evelyn A Waugh, London, author (Brideshead Revisited, Scoop)
1904 - Louis de Meester, composer
1905 - Harry Broadhurst, airman
1907 - Edith Head, fashion designer (MGM)
1907 - Lew Parker, actor (Lou Marie-That Girl)
1909 - Francis Bacon, Ireland, painter (Study for a Pope)
1909 - Claude Bourdet, human rights activist/journalist
1909 - Adolfs Skulte, composer
1910 - Marie Dollinger, Germany, dropped bataan in 1936 Olympic sprint
1910 - Arthur Altman, songwriter
1913 - Peter Glenville, actor stage/screen director (Hotel Paradiso, Becket)
1914 - Jonas Salk
1914 - Richard Lawrence Millington Synge, British bio-chemist (Nobel 1952)
1914 - Jonas Salk, NYC, medical reseacher (polio vaccine)
1915 - Dody Goodman, Columbus Ohio, comedienne (Mary Hartman!, Max Duggan)
1915 - Richard Michael Fraser, political Administrator
1916 - Jessie Kesson, author
1918 - Harold Sheperdson, soccer trainer
1919 - Bernhard Wicki, St Polten Austria, director/actor (Crime & Passion)
1921 - Peggy Kirk Bell, LPGA golfer
1924 - Alfonso Montalva Montecino, composer
1925 - Leonard Starr, comic strip cartoonist (Little Orphan Annie)
1925 - Wim Keja, Dutch MP (VVD)
1926 - Bowie Kuhn, baseball commissioner (1969-1984)
1927 - Cleo Laine
1927 - Cleo Laine, Middlesex England, actress/singer (Flesh to a Tiger)
1928 - Wim van Heumen, coach of Dutch field hockey team
1929 - ?, 1st child born in aircraft, Miami, Fl
1929 - Joan Plowright, Brigg England, actress (Brimstone & Treacle)
1929 - Narotam Puna, cricketer (Bombay NZ off-spinner v England 1966)
1930 - John Henry Mayer, composer
1930 - Harry Gilbert Trythall, composer
1934 - Jim Beatty, track runner (1st sub 4 minute indoor mile)
1935 - Folke Rabe, composer
1936 - Ted Hawkins, singer/guitarist
1936 - Charlie Daniels
1936 - Horst Antes, German painter
1936 - Charlie Daniels, Wilmington NC, singer (Devil Went Down to Georgia)
1937 - Lenny Wilkins, NBA player/coach (Seattle, Cleveland, Atlanta)
1938 - Peter Carlstein, cricketer (South African Test batsman 1958-64)
1939 - Jane Alexander, [Quigley], Boston, actress (Betsy, Kramer vs Kramer)
1940 - Gennadi Mikhailovich Strekalov, cosmo (Soyuz T-3, T-8, T-11, TM-21)
1941 - Glenn Moore, rocker
1941 - Hank Marvin, England, [Brian Rankin], rocker
1941 - Curtis Lee, rocker
1942 - Kees Verkerk, skater World Champion (1967)/(Olympics-gold-68)
1942 - Sharron Moran, LPGA golfer
1943 - Randy Newman, rock vocalitst (Short People)
1944 - Dennis Franz
1944 - Dennis Franz, Maywood Ill, actor (Buntz-Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue)
1944 - Coluche, [Michel Colucci] France, comedian (My Best Friend's Girl)
1945 - Wayne Fontana, Manchester England, rocker (Groovy Kind of Love)
1945 - Dennis Lillie [sic], cricketer (Queensland leg-spinner 1965-66/80-82)
1947 - Tom Fitzsimmons, SF Calif, actor (Franklin-Paper Chase)
1948 - Valeri Viktorovich Baberdin, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
1948 - Ricki Lee Reynolds, country singer (Black Oak Arkansas)
1948 - Telma Hopkins, Louisville, singer (Tony Orlando, Family Matters)
1949 - Bruce Jenner
1949 - Bruce Jenner, Mt Kisco NY, decathalete (Olympic-gold-1976)
1949 - Robert Mellors, gay activist
1951 - Ron & Don Gaylon, midwest US, siamese twins (Jerry Springer Show)
1952 - Flavian Aponso, cricketer (rebel Sri Lankan 1982, Neth World Cup 1996
1952 - Annie Potts, Nashville TN, actress (Mary Jo-Designing Women)
1952 - Tommy Dobeck, rock drummer (Michael Stanley Band)
1953 - Lauren Tewes, Trafford Pa, actress (Julie McCoy-Love Boat)
1955 - Bill [William Henry] Gates, Seattle Wash, billionaire CEO (Microsoft)
1955 - Bill Gates
1957 - Stephen Morris, English pop drummer (Joy Division-Atmosphere)
1958 - Jay Don Blake, St George UT, PGA golfer (1991 Shearson Lehman Open)
1959 - Neville Henry, rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways)
1960 - Robert Pukalovic, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
1960 - Mark Derwin, Park Forest Ill, actor (AC Mallet-Guiding Light)
1962 - Bobby Tate, fictional character on Soap
1962 - Daphne Zuniga, SF CA, actress (Jo Reynolds-Melrose Place, Spaceballs)
1962 - Peter Cantrell, cricketer (Queensland opening bat, Neth WC 1996)
1963 - Eros Ramazotti, Italian pop musician/songwriter (Adesso Te)
1963 - Kevin Dineen, Quebec City, NHL right wing (Hartford Whalers)
1963 - Lauren Holly, Bristol PA, actress (Picket Fences)
1963 - Lisa Bettio, Cleveland, WPVA volleyballer (Ft Myers Beach-17th-1992)
1963 - Robert Bailey, cricketer (England batsman in four Tests 1988-90)
1963 - Veronica Gamba, Buenos Aires Arg, playmate (November, 1983)
1964 - Lenny Harris, Miami FL, infielder (Cin Reds)
1964 - Paul Wylie, figure skater (Olympic-silver)
1965 - Eric Floyd, NFL guard (Arizona Cardinals)
1965 - Mark Carrier, NFL wide receiver (Carolina Panthers)
1965 - Jami Gertz, Chicago, actress (Less the Zero, Crossroads, Solarbabies)
1966 - Lauren Holly, actress (All My Children, Maxine-Picket Febces)
1966 - Andy Richter, Yorkville IL, writer/sidekick (Conan O'Brien)
1966 - Benoit Hogue, Repentigny, NHL center (Dallas Stars)
1966 - Tim Bogar, Indianapolis IN, infielder (NY Mets)
1966 - Steve Atwater, NFL safety (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1966 - Juan Guzman, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
1966 - Kaylynn Hick, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1967 - Julia Roberts
1967 - Julia Roberts, Smyrna Georgia, actress (Mystic Pizza, Pretty Woman)
1967 - James Joseph, NFL running back (Cin Bengals)
1968 - Ernie Mills, NFL wide receiver (Pitts Steelers, Carolina Panthers)
1968 - Stan Thomas, NFL tackle (Houston Oilers)
1968 - Glenn Clear, soccer player (Vitesse)
1968 - Aleksandr Koreshkov, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1968 - Chris Oldham, cornerback (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1968 - Rodney Thomas, NFL running back (Houston Oilers)
1968 - Shawna Molcak, Cardston Alberta, basketball guard (Olympics-96)
1969 - Denny Fercho, Ventura Calif, team handball circle (Olympics-1996)
1969 - Pete Shufelt , WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1969 - Troy Ridgley, WLAF defensive tackle (Amsterdam Admirals)
1970 - Rob Hitchcock, CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1970 - Bracey Walker, NFL safety (Cin Bengals, Miami Dolphins)
1971 - Tracy Hanson, Coeur D'Alene ID, LPGA golfer (1995 GHP Heartland-4th)
1971 - Nicole Green, Springfield Ohio, 400m runner
1971 - John Coker, NBA center (Phoenix Suns)
1972 - Calvin Jackson, NFL cornerback (Miami Dolphins)
1972 - Chad Folk, CFL cornerback (Toronto Argonauts)
1972 - Terrell Davis, NFL running back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1973 - Frank Juric, Australian soccer goalie (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1974 - Henri Crockett, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
1974 - Braden Looper, Weatherford OK, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1974 - Leaf Phoenix, PR, actor (Russkies, Space Camp)
1974 - Joaquin Leaf Phoenix, PR, actor (Russkies, Space Camp)
1977 - Lara Antunes, Miss Portugal Universe (1997)
Events
306 - Mark Aurelius Valerius Maxentius proclaimed emperor of Rome
312 - Emperor Constantine the Great beats rivaal Maxentius
969 - Byzantines troops occupy Antioch Syria
1061 - Emperor disposes of bishop Cadalus & Pope Honorius II
1422 - Charles V's son succeeds him as king Charles VII of France
1467 - Battle at Brustem: Charles the Stoute beats the Luikenaars
1574 - Prince Willem van Orange installs university
1595 - Battle at Giurgevo: Zsigmond Báthory of Transylvania beats Turks
1610 - Thomas West baron De La Mar appointed as 1st gov of Virginia colony
1612 - Robert Dowland appointed court luitist of King James I
1628 - Hugenot bulwark La Rochelle surrenders to Cardinal Richelieu
1636 - Harvard University (Cambridge Mass) founded
1646 - 1st Protestant church assembly for indians (Massachusetts)
1740 - Ivan VI becomes czar of Russia [OS=Oct 17]
1746 - Peruvian cities of Lima & Callao demolished by earthquake, 18,000 die
1776 - Battle of White Plains; Washington retreats to NJ
1790 - NY gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000
1793 - Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin
1846 - Pioneers suffer blizzard in Sierra Nevada; 42 die
1858 - Macy's Dept store opens in NYC
1863 - Battle at Wauhatchie Georgia: 865 killed or injured
1864 - Battle of Wauhatchie, TN
1864 - Battle at Fair Oaks, Virginia, ends after 1554 casualties
1867 - Maimonides College in Penns is 1st Jewish college in the US
1882 - Athletics reveal $22,000 profit in their 1st season in the Amer Assn
1886 - Statue of Liberty dedicated by Pres Grover Cleveland, it is celebrated by 1st confetti (ticker
1890 - Last NL-AA World Series game Bkln ties Louisville 3 games & 1 tie
1891 - Quake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan kills 7,300
1893 - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducted 1st performance of "Symphony Number Six in B minor, "Pathet
1894 - German emperor Wilhelm II fires chancellor Leo von Caprivi & premier Botho zu Eulenburg
1900 - After over 5 months 2nd Olympic games in Paris France, close
1904 - St Louis police try a new investigation method-fingerprints
1906 - Belgian-British "Union Minstry of Haut-Katanga" begins
1911 - Bill Dobbie of Calgary Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game
1914 - Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, founded at Howard University, incorporates
1914 - German battle cruiser Goeben enters Black Sea
1915 - Richard Strauss' Alpensymfonie, premieres in Berlin
1918 - Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up
1919 - Volstead Act passed by Congress, start prohibition over Wilson's veto
1921 - Amsterdam's Tuschinski movie theater opens
1922 - 1st coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a football game
1922 - Benito Mussolini takes control of Italy's government
1924 - French-Russian trade agreement signed
1924 - White Sox beat NY Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend
1927 - Josip Broz (Tito) begins 7 months jail sentence in Croatia
1927 - KLM-plane "Homing Pigeon" leaves Neth-Indies after 1st regular flight
1928 - Bradman scores 131 NSW v Queensland, 212 mins, 14 fours
1928 - Indonesian child laws enfoced in Bahasa Indonesia
1929 - Dow Jones plummets 38.33 pts (13%) to 260.64
1934 - Brooklyn & Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game
1935 - Sidney Kingsley's "Dead End," premieres in NYC
1936 - FDR rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary
1938 - Farewell parade of International Brigade (Barcelona)
1939 - Spitfire shoots German Heinkel-111 down above Scotland
1939 - Anti-German demonstrations/strikes in Czechoslovakia
1940 - Greece successfully resists Italy's attack
1940 - Meeting between Hitler & Mussolini in Florence
1942 - Train crashes into bus, killing 16 & injuring 20 (Detroit Michigan)
1942 - 6th day battle at El Alamein: British offensive under Montgomery
1943 - U-220 sinks
1944 - Russia & Bulgaria sign weapon pact
1946 - German rocket engineers begin work in USSR
1948 - Flag of Israel is adopted
1949 - Eugenie Anderson is 1st woman US ambassador (to Denmark)
1949 - Georges Bidault elected president of France
1951 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1952 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Women's Texas Golf Open
1953 - Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees
1953 - Bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record)
1954 - N Richard Nash' "Rainmaker," premieres in NYC
1954 - Major league owners vote down sale of A's to a Phila syndicate
1954 - Nobel prize for literature awarded to Ernest Hemingway
1954 - Ernest Hemingway wins Nobel prize for literature
1955 - Egypt & Saudi-Arabia sign defense treaty
1956 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Luctuosissimi eventus
1957 - WMVS TV channel 10 in Milwaukee, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1958 - Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected Pope, taking name John XXIII
1958 - Pete Runnels wins Comeback Player of Year (avg went from .230 to .322)
1959 - Buffalo Bills enter AFL
1959 - Jean Genet's "Les Nigres," premieres in Paris
1961 - Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for NY Mets
1961 - "Fiorello!" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 796 performances
1962 - Radio Moscow reports nuclear missiles in Cuba deactivated
1962 - NY Giant YA Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs Wash Redskins (49-34)
1962 - Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis
1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1965 - Pope Paul VI proclaims Jews not collectively guilty for crucifixion
1965 - Gateway Arch (630' (190m) high) completed in St Louis, Missouri
1966 - Belgium's Gaston Roelants runs 12-4/5 miles in 1 hour
1970 - US/USSR sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts
1970 - NBA Cleve Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99
1971 - England becomes 6th nation to have a satellite (Prospero) in orbit
1971 - John & Yoko record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in NYC
1972 - "Mother Earth" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 12 performances
1973 - Elmore Smith of Lakers blocks 17 shots in a game (NBA record)
1973 - Sharon Miller wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
1974 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 - Luna 23 launched (landing on Moon)
1974 - 1st time 2 Islanders hat trick in same game-MacMillian & Westfall
1975 - Cleveland Metroparks assume operating responsibilities for Zoo
1975 - Calvin Murphy (Houston) begins NBA free throw streak of 58 games
1976 - Train collision at Goes Neth, 7 die
1976 - Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (NY Yankees)
1977 - TV's Rhoda gets married
1978 - Don Ritchie runs world record 100k (6:10:20)
1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1979 - Dick Howser (best Yank mngr win-lost pct .636) replaces Billy Martin
1981 - NY Yankee George Frazier loses 3 World Series games
1981 - Edward M McIntrye elected 1st black mayor of Augusta Georgia
1982 - Spain's socialists win/communists lose elections
1982 - NASA launches RCA-E
1984 - 15th NYC Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:14:53
1984 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Nichirei Cup Team Match Golf Tournament
1984 - 14th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:29:30
1985 - Ravi Ratnayeke takes 8-83 for Sri Lanka v Pakistan
1986 - KOB-AM in Albuquerque NM changes call letters to KKOB
1986 - KOB-TV in Albuquerque NM's final transmission
1988 - Jurors award $147,000 to Tacoma parishioner seduced by her minister
1988 - Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen gives $10 million to U Wash library
1989 - Oakland A's sweep SF Giants in earthquake/BART series
1992 - Lee Jang Rim predicts that today would be the end of the world!
1993 - Cleveland Metroparks lease Brookside Park from Cleveland for 99-years
1993 - Dutch Antilles govt of Liberia-Peters resigns
1994 - Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth for 3rd time
1995 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Norther
1995 - Atlanta Braves beat Cleveland Indians in 6 games in World Series
1996 - Goa upset Karnataka to win their 1st Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever
1997 - NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner & Violet Palmer as 1st women to officiate a major-league a
Deaths
900 - Alfred the Great, English monarch, dies
1138 - Boleslaw III Kryzwousty, [scheefmond], duke of Poland, dies
1520 - Great Worm, [Worm Gerlefs Donia?], Fries boer/rebel leader, dies
1589 - Jean-Antoine de Baf, French poet (Carminum Liber I), dies at 57
1627 - Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India, dies
1637 - Foppe van Aitzema, diplomat, dies at about 57
1703 - John Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (wig of W), dies
1704 - John Locke, English philosopher (2 treatises of govt), dies at 72
1740 - Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40), dies at 47
1754 - Friedrich von Hagedorn, poet (Fabeln und Erzhlungen), dies at 46
1755 - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer, dies at 65
1768 - Michel Blavet, French court flautist/composer, dies at 68
1779 - Raphael Weiss, composer, dies at 66
1818 - Abigail Adams, 2nd first lady (1797-1801), dies at 73
1841 - S ndor Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Boldog Szerelem), dies at 69
1852 - Gerhard M Roentgen, founder Fijenoord dockyard, dies at 57
1854 - James P Carrell, composer, dies at 67
1875 - William Howard Glover, composer, dies at 56
1877 - Johann Herbeck, composer, dies at 45
1897 - Hercules Robinson, S Africa Commissioner (1880-89,1895-97), dies at 7
1899 - C Grant B Allen, Canada, British writer (Woman Who Did), dies
1905 - Alphonse Allais, French humorist/writer (Le chat noir), dies
1912 - Edgar Tinel, Flemish composer (Le chant Grgorien), dies at 58
1914 - Richard Heuberger, composer, dies at 64
1919 - Ted Wainwright, cricketer (Yorks stalwart, 5 Tests 1893-98), dies
1922 - Hugo Verriest, Flemish writer/poet (Flemish Motion), dies
1927 - Eaton Faning, composer, dies at 77
1929 - Hermann Ungar, writer, dies at 36
1929 - Frst Bernhard von Blow, PM Prussia (1900-09), dies at 80
1936 - E G Winkler, writer, dies
1939 - Alice Brady, actress (My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee), dies at 46
1940 - Andrea d' Angeli, composer, dies at 71
1957 - Anthony J Morabito, co-owner of SF '49ers, dies while watching a game
1959 - Abe Waddington, cricketer (Yorks left-arm quick, Test avg 119), dies
1959 - Egon Kornauth, composer, dies at 68
1962 - Pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48
1963 - Mart Saar, composer, dies at 81
1964 - Reginald Horace Blyth, Zen teacher/scholar, dies in Japan at 66
1965 - Ben Barka, Moroccan opposition leader, kidnapped & murdered in Paris
1968 - Henricus WJM Keuls, lawyer/poet, dies at 85
1969 - Constance Dowling, actress (Blind Spot), dies of cardiac arrest at 49
1970 - Baby Huey, [James Ramey], vocalist (Baby Huey & Babysitters), dies
1970 - Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri y Marco, composer, dies at 99
1971 - Yves de La Casiniere, composer, dies at 74
1980 - Leon Janney, actor (Jim Matthews-Another World, Hawk), dies at 63
1986 - Margaretha "Marga" Klomp, Dutch 1st female minister (CRM), dies at 7
1987 - Andr Masson, France, surrealist artist (Labyrinth), dies at 91
1987 - Woody Herman, US jazz clarinetist/composer, dies at 74
1991 - Dudley McConnell, headed NASA's Earth Science Division, dies
1991 - John Korbal, film historian (Marlene Dietrich), dies at 51
1991 - Lydia Hodson Copeland, America's Jr Miss (1972), dies at 37
1991 - Sylvia Fine Kaye, US lyricist/composer, dies at 78
1991 - G L Vitto entertainer, dies at 69
1992 - Joan Maloney Rio, dancer, dies of cancer at 57
1993 - Doris Duke, heiress (American Tobacco Co), dies at 80
1993 - Carmino Baelen, Belgian sleder, dies at 22
1994 - Sjlomo Goren, Polish/Israeli supreme rabbi, dies
1995 - Katsumasu Roy Sakioka, propery owner, dies at 96
1995 - Allan Leslie Merson, historian, dies at 79
1996 - Jack Tinker, drama critic, dies at 58
1996 - Morey Amsterdam, comedian (Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 87
1996 - William Downie Forrest, journalist, dies at 94
1997 - Toni Carabillo, writer (Feminist Chronicles), dies of lymphoma at 71
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