2003 Death Abel Ehrlich, composer, won the Israel Prize for Music and the Prime Minister's Prize for Israeli Composers 1997 Death Michael Dorris, writer, scholar, first unmarried man to adopt child, Raynold Abel, wrote about Reynold in 'The Broken Cord', commits suicide in Concord, New Hampshire, at age 52 1991 Death Reynold Abel Dorris, (Broken Cord), dies at 23 in car crash 1991 Death Abel Kivlat, U.S. 1500m runner. Silver Medal 1912 Olympics, dies at 99 1987 Death Walter Abel, actor (Suspicion), dies at 88 1982 Death Ab [Albert] Visser, poet and writer (Kain sloeg Abel), dies 1981 Death Abel Gance, french movie director (J'accuse), dies at 92 1979 Event Bishop Abel Muzorewa is sworn in as Zimbabwe's 1st black PM 1978 Birthday Abel Talamantez, Texas, singer, Menudo-Cannonball 1962 Event U.S.S.R. swaps spy Francis Gary Power to U.S. for Rudolph Abel 1957 Event U.S. sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years and $3,000 1953 Death Felix M Abel, French dominican/biblical scholar, dies at 74 1947 Birthday Joe Morton, New York City, actor, Hal-Grady, Abel Marsh-Another World 1945 Birthday Michael Dorris, born in Louisville, Kentucky, writer, scholar, first unmarried man to adopt child, Raynold Abel, wrote about Reynold in 'The Broken Cord' 1937 Death Alfred Abel, actor (Dr. Mabuse, Metropolis), dies at 57 1927 Event 53rd Preakness: Whitey Abel aboard Bostonian wins in 2:01.6 1925 Birthday Abel Muzorewa, bishop/premier, Rhodesia 1918 Birthday Sid Abel, NHLer, 1948-49 Hart Trophy 1916 Birthday George Abel, Canada, ice hockey player, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1915 Birthday Abel Ehrlich, born in Cranz, East Prussia, composer, won the Israel Prize for Music and the Prime Minister's Prize for Israeli Composers 1898 Birthday Walter Abel, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, actor, Suspicion, Dream Girl 1893 Birthday Abel J Herzberg, Russian/Dutch writer, Persecution of Jews 1892 Event Bobby Abel carries his bat for 132* for England in SCG Test 1889 Birthday Abel Gance, French film pioneer/actor, Napoleon, J'accuse 1878 Birthday Felix M Abel, French bible scholar, Jerusalem Nouvelle 1857 Birthday Robert Abel, cricketer, The Guv'nor Surrey and England batsman 1844 Death Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton 1818 Birthday Joseph Abel Haskin, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1802 Birthday Niels H Abel, Norwegian mathematician, Abel's Comparisons 1787 Death Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63 1723 Birthday Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer 1642 Event New Zealand discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman 1642 Event Abel Janzoon Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) 1642 Event Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand
