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2012 Event - After 70 years, two papers on Alan Turing's theory of code-breaking are released to the U.K.'s National Archives

2007 Death - Alan Coren, English writer, satirist, and humorist, worked with the BBC, died of necrotising fasciitis

2007 Event - BBC journalist Alan Johnston is freed by Palestinian kidnappers

2004 Death - Alan King, comic/producer, Friar's Club roasters, dies at 76

2004 Death - Alan Bullock, British Historian

2003 Death - Alan Bates, actor, King of Hearts, dies at 69

2002 Death - Alan Lomax, American Writer

2000 Death - Alan Cranston, Senator-D-California, 1969 - 1993

2000 Death - Alan Hovhaness, American Composer

1998 Death - Alan J. Pakula, "director, producer", All the President's Men, dies at 70

1998 Death - Alan Shepard, astronaut, first American in space, dies at 74

1998 Death - Alan Shepard, American Astronaut

1997 Death - Alan Fluck, musical educationalist, dies at 69

1997 Death - Alan Mouncer, film director/producer, dies at 68

1997 Death - Alan Charig, paleontologist, BBC science show presenter, dies at 70

1997 Event - 31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and LeAnn Rimes

1996 Death - Alan Hargreaves, climber, dies at 92

1996 Death - Alan Charles Downes, cameraman, dies at 58

1996 Death - Alan Cheales, dominican priest, dies at 83

1996 Death - Alan McGilvray, cricket commentator, dies at 85

1996 Death - Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect, dies at 95

1996 Death - Alan Ande Anderson, opera director, dies at 78

1996 Death - Alan Weeks, British sports commentator, dies at 72

1996 Event - 30th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson

1996 Death - Alan Ridout, composer, teacher, professor Royal College of Music, dies at 61

1996 Death - Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist, dies at 77

1996 Death - George Alan Dawson, jazz drummer/teacher, dies at 66

1995 Death - Alan Hull, singer/composer, dies at 50

1995 Death - Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher, dies at 94

1995 Event - Tigers teammates Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell play in 1,914 game together tying AL record

1995 Death - Alan David Marks, pianist/composer, dies at 49

1995 Event - 29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire

1995 Death - Alan Barton, singer (Smokie, Black Lace), dies in a bus crash

1994 Death - Alan Owen, English screenplay/actor (Hard Day's Night), dies at 69

1994 Death - Alan David Melville, polymath, dies at 82

1994 Event - Sally Fields files for divorce from 2nd husband Alan Greisman

1994 Death - Alan Frank, music publisher, dies at 83

1994 Event - 28th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Ray Stevens

1993 Event - 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Vince Gill

1993 Event - Alan Bennett's "Madness of George III," premieres in London

1993 Death - Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, dies in plane crash at 38

1993 Death - Jennifer Raine Bissell, daughter of Alan Napier, dies 60

1992 Death - Alan Balsam, U.S. movie editor (Divine Madness), dies

1992 Event - 26th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks

1991 Event - Muslim Shites release U.S. hostage Alan Steen

1991 Death - Alan Wheatley

1990 Death - Alan J P Taylor, British historian (Origins of WW II), dies

1990 Death - Alan Clarke, director (Elephant, Road, Scum, Firm), dies at 54

1990 Event - Alan Ayckbourn's "Man of the Moment," premieres in London

1990 Death - Alan Perlis, American Scientist

1990 Event - Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director

1990 Death - Alan Hale, Jr., Skipper on Gilligan's Island, dies of cancer at 71

1988 Death - Alan Bible, Senator-D-Nevada, 1954 - 1974, dies at 78

1988 Death - Alan Napier, (Alfred the Butler-Batman), dies at 85

1988 Death - Alan Napier, actor (Alfred-Batman), dies at 85

1988 Death - Alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies

1988 Death - Alan Paton, South African Novelist

1987 Event - Alan and Colin Wells make 303* partnership for Sussex vs. Kent

1986 Death - Alan Hewitt, actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian), dies at 71

1986 Event - Alan Ayckbourn's "Woman in Mind," premieres in London

1986 Death - Alan Jay Lerner, Broadway librettist, dies in New York at 67

1985 Event - Alan Garcia sworn in as president of Peru

1985 Death - Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54

1985 Event - Alan Garcia wins elections in Peru

1982 Event - 34th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Barney Miller, Alan Alda and Carol Kane

1982 Death - Alan Webb, actor (King Lear, Challenge to Lassie), dies at 75

1982 Death - Alan Badel, actor (Shogun), dies of a heart attack at 58

1980 Death - Alan Hoskins, dies

1978 Death - Alan Richardson, composer, dies at 74

1977 Death - Alan Reed, actor (Fred Allen)/voice (Fred Flintstone), dies at 69

1977 Birthday - Danny Gerard, Mount Vernon, New York, actor, Alan Silver-Brooklyn Bridge

1976 Death - Alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52

1976 Death - Alan Baxter, dies at 67

1975 Event - Alan Ayckbourn's "Absent Friends," premieres in London

1975 Event - 1st Annual Comedy Awards of the Year hosted by Alan King

1974 Event - 26th Emmy Awards: MASH, Alan Alda and Mary Tyler Moore win

1973 Death - Alan Watts, writer, speaker, and philosopher, 'The Spirit of Zen' and 'The Art of Contemplation', died of heart failure at the age of 58

1973 Event - Alan Ayckbourne's "Absurd Person Singular," premieres in London

1973 Death - Alan Carney, actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61

1972 Birthday - Alan Henderson, NBA forward for the Atlanta Hawks

1972 Death - Alan Roth, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68

1972 Birthday - Alan Benes, Evansville, Indiana, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals

1971 Birthday - Alan Allen, NFL/WLAF wide receiver, New York Jets, London Monarchs

1971 Death - Alan Rawsthorne, composer, dies at 66

1971 Birthday - Alan Kline, NFL tackle for the New Orleans Saints

1971 Event - Apollo 14, 3rd U.S. manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro Alan Shepard and Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hours

1971 Birthday - Alan Young, NFL defensive end for the New York Jets

1970 Birthday - Alan Shearer, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, professional soccer player, striker, record goal scorer for Newcastle and Premier League, philanthropist

1970 Birthday - Alan Wetmore, CFL fullback, Montreal Alouettes

1970 Birthday - Alan Embree, Vancouver, Washington, pitcher, Cleveland Indians

1969 Birthday - Alan Mullally, cricketer, England left-arm pace bowler 1996

1969 Death - Alan Mowbray, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack), dies at 72

1968 Birthday - Alan Levine, Park Ridge, Illinois, pitcher, Chicago White Sox

1967 Birthday - Alan Nolet, born in Toronto, Ontario, gymnast 1996 Olympics

1966 Birthday - Alan Mills, Lakeland Florida, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles

1966 Birthday - Alan Davies, born in Loughton, England, actor, writer, comedian, star in 'Jonathan Creek' television series

1966 Birthday - Bob Alan Estes, Graham, Texas, PGA golfer, 1994 Texas Open

1966 Birthday - Al Jaworsky, Alan Doughty, pop bassist, Jesus Jones

1965 Death - Alan Bunce, actor (Albert-Ethel and Albert), dies at 61

1965 Birthday - Alan Cumming, born in Aberfeldy, Scotland, actor, director, author, played Boris Ivanovich Grishenko in 'GoldenEye' James Bond film

1965 Death - Alan Freed, DJ (Big Beat), dies at 42

1964 Birthday - Alan "Reni" Wren, English pop drummer, Stone Roses-Fools Gold

1964 Death - Alan Ladd, actor (Shane), dies at 50 in Palm Springs California

1963 Birthday - Brian Tochi, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Dr. Alan Poe-St. Elsewhere, Renegades

1963 Event - End of the Test Cricket careers of Neil Harvey and Alan Davidson

1962 Birthday - Kirk Alan Triplett, born in Moses Lake, Washington, PGA golfer, 1992 Shell Houston-2nd

1962 Birthday - Alan Sippy, cricketer, dashing Bombay lefty batsman of 1980's

1961 Birthday - Alan Wells, cricketer, England Test batsman vs. WI in one Test 1995

1961 Birthday - Beatrice Alda, daughter of Alan Alda, actress, Lisa-Four Seasons

1961 Death - Alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52

1961 Birthday - Kip Winger, born in Denver, Colorado, Charles Frederick Kip Winger, musician, songwriter, bass guitarist, hard rock, heavy metal, classical, experimental genres, lead singer, Alan Parsons Project, played with Alice Cooper, had band called, Winger, released new CD, 2008

1961 Event - Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington

1961 Event - Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space (aboard Freedom 7)

1960 Event - Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner's "Camelot," premieres in New York City

1960 Birthday - Elizabeth Alda, daughter of Alan Alda, actress, Beth-Four Seasons

1960 Birthday - Alan Ruck, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Stuart-Spin City

1960 Event - Alan Freed and eight other DJ accused of taking radio payola

1960 Birthday - Tony O'Dell, born in Pasadena, California, actor, Alan Pinkard-Head of the Class

1959 Event - WABC fires Alan Freed over payola scandal

1959 Birthday - Alan "Wild"er, English rock vocalist/music, Depeche Mode-Wild!

1958 Event - Alan Freed's Christmas Rock and Roll Spectacular opens

1958 Birthday - Alan Jackson, born in Newnan, Georgia, country singer, Here in the Real World

1958 Event - Alan Freed joins WABC (New York City) radio

1958 Event - WINS suspends Alan Freed for causing a riot in Boston, he quits

1958 Birthday - Alan Trammell, Garden Grove California, infielder for the Detroit Tigers

1958 Birthday - Alan Milburn, born in Tow Law, County Durham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Darlington, served in Cabinet as Secretary of State for Health, resigned, rejoined Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

1957 Death - Alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at 66

1957 Birthday - Alan Donnelly, born in England, politician, Labor Party, leader, European Parliamentary Labor Party, 1998 - 2005, founded, serves, as executive chairman of public affairs company, Sovereign Strategy, represents President of Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, at Grand Prix

1957 Event - Alan Freed hosts "Rock n' Roll Show" 1st prime-time network rock show

1957 Birthday - Alan Campbell, born in Homestead, Florida, actor, E Z-3's a Crowd

1956 Birthday - David Alan Grier, comedian, In Living Color, Boomerang

1955 Birthday - Alan Hansen, born in Sauchie, Scotland, professional football player, television pundit, played for Liverpool, Scottish national team, and Patrick Thistle

1955 Birthday - Arsenio Hall, comedian, Alan Thicke, Arsenio, Coming to America

1954 Birthday - Alan Kulwicki, Greenfield Wisconsin, NASCAR racer, Winston Cup

1954 Event - 20th Heisman Trophy Award: Alan Ameche, Wisconsin (FB)

1954 Event - Alan Freed leaves Cleveland to New York City for WINS radio

1954 Event - WINS New York City begins playing rock n roll with Alan Freed Show

1954 Birthday - Alan [Joseph] Lamb, South African/British cricket player, Northampton

1954 Death - Alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41

1954 Event - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins US

1954 Birthday - Alan Butcher, cricketer, one Test England vs. India, scored 14 and 20

1953 Birthday - Alan Moore, born in Northampton, England, author, wrote comic book series, 'Watchmen', 'From Hell' and 'V for Vendetta', wrote novel, 'Voice of Fire'

1953 Birthday - Alan Longmuir, Edinburgh Scotland, rocker, Bay City Rollers

1953 Event - Test Cricket debut of Alan Davidson at Trent Bridge

1953 Birthday - Alan Rubin, music figure, Blues Brothers

1953 Event - Men's Figure Skating Champion in Davos won by Hayes Alan Jenkins USA

1952 Birthday - Alan Collins, rock guitarist, Lynyrd Skynyrd

1952 Birthday - Alan Autry, NFLer for the Green Bay Packers/actor, Heat of the Night

1952 Event - Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock and roll concert ever

1952 Birthday - Alan Clark, keyboardist, Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing

1951 Birthday - Steven Alan Hawley, Ottawa, Kansas, PhD/ast, STS-41-D, 61-C, 31, 82

1951 Birthday - Alan Wheat, born in San Antonio, Texas, Representative-D-Missouri 1983 - 1995

1951 Birthday - Alan Rosenberg, actor, Civil Wars, LA Law, Cybill

1951 Birthday - Alan Minter, England, light-middleweight boxer 1972 Olympics bronze

1951 Birthday - Dean Pitchford, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, prolific songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, novelist, Oscar, Golden Globe award-winner, wrote with composers Alan Menken, Rupert Holmes, collaborated on songs for movie, Fame, wrote screenplay for movie, 'Footloose'

1951 Birthday - Bruce Alan Lietzke, born in Kansas City, Kansas, PGA golfer, 1978 Canadian Open

1951 Birthday - Alan Dysert, born in Danville, Illinois, actor, Sean Cudahy-All My Children

1951 Event - 3rd Emmy Awards: Alan Young Show, Alan Young and Gertrude Berg

1950 Birthday - Alan Colmes, born in New York City, New York, radio and television host, liberal political commentator, host of 'The Alan Colmes Show', runs 'Liberaland' blog

1950 Birthday - Alan Keyes, born in Long Island, New York, politician, Republican party, 16th Assistant Secretary of State for international Organization Affairs

1950 Birthday - Alan Turner, Aussie cricket left-handed opener, World Cup ton 1975

1950 Birthday - Alan Hurst, cricketer, Australian pace bowler 1974-79

1950 Death - Alan Hale, actor (Little John-Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 57

1949 Birthday - Alan "Fitz" Fitzgerald, rock keyboardist/vocalist, Night Ranger

1949 Birthday - Alan Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer, Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie

1949 Birthday - Alan White, English rock drummer, Yes, Ramshackled

1949 Birthday - Alan Garcia Perez, President of Peru, 1985-90

1949 Birthday - Alan Lancaster, bassist, Status Quo-Down Down, On the Level

1948 Birthday - Alan Parsons, British Musician

1948 Birthday - Alan Gratzer, Syracuse, New York, rock drummer, Reo Speedwagon

1948 Birthday - Skip Alan, Alan Skipper, drummer, Them, Pretty Things

1948 Birthday - Richard Alan Litchfield, born in Massachusetts, bank robber, FBI most wanted

1948 Birthday - Alan McKay, rocker, Earth Wind and Fire-Boogie Wonderland

1947 Birthday - Alan Rachins, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor, Douglas-LA Law

1947 Birthday - Alan Greisman, Sally Field's husband/producer, Fletch, Surrender

1947 Birthday - Alan Ward, England cricket pace bowler, 1969 - 1976

1947 Birthday - Alan Warner, rocker, Foundations

1947 Birthday - Alan Sugar, English multi-millionaire/computer manufacturer, Amstrad

1947 Birthday - Alan Thicke, born in Ontario, actor and host, Thicke of the Night, Growing Pains

1946 Birthday - Alan Dean Foster, U.S., sci-fi author, Midworld, Flinx in Flux

1946 Birthday - Alan Jones, Australia, auto racer, 1980 World Champion

1946 Birthday - Alan "Bam" King, born in Kentish Town, London, guitarist, singer with British rock music band, Ace

1946 Birthday - Alan Gorrie, Scotland, rock bassist and singer, Average White Band

1946 Birthday - Alan David Marks, pianist/composer

1946 Birthday - Alan Knott, great English cricket wicketkeeper, 1967-81

1946 Birthday - Alan Rickman, actor, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves

1945 Birthday - Alan "Froggy" Thomson, cricketer, Australian quickie 1970-71

1945 Birthday - Alan Cartwright, rocker, Procul Harum

1945 Birthday - Alan Page, NFL defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings

1945 Birthday - Alan Dukes, Irish president, Fine Gael

1945 Birthday - Alan Opie, baritone, Boughton Bethlehem, Britten 5 Canticles

1945 Birthday - Alan Hull, singer/composer

1944 Birthday - Alan Henderson, Belfast, rock bassist, Them

1944 Birthday - Jeffrey Alan Hoffman, Brooklyn, PhD/astronaut, STS-51-D, 35, 46, 61, 75

1944 Birthday - Jon Hiseman, born in Woolwich, London, musician, drummer, record producer and music publisher, formed bands Colosseum, Coloseeum II with Don Airey, Gary Moore and Tempest with Alan Holdsworth

1944 Birthday - Alan Howarth, born in Britain, born Alan Thomas Howarth, Baron Howarth of Newport, politician, Member of Parliament 1983 - 2005, member of the Privy Council

1944 Birthday - Alan Horwarth, born in Britain, politician, Baron Howarth of Newport, Member of Parliament for Statford-on-Avon and Newport East, educated at King's College, Cambridge, Conservative Party

1944 Birthday - Alan Fudge, Wichita, Kansas, actor, Man From Atlantis, Paper Dolls

1944 Birthday - Alan Parker, English actor, Bugsy Malone, Evita

1943 Birthday - Alan Rudolph, actor, Endangers Species, Love at Large, Made in Heaven

1943 Birthday - Alan Mollohan, born in Fairmont, West Virginia, Representative-D-West Virginia 1983 -

1942 Birthday - Alan Price, Eng, rock keyboardist, Animals-House of the Rising Sun

1942 Birthday - Alan Blakley, rocker, Brian Poole and The Tremeloes

1941 Birthday - Alan Mullery, English soccer player

1941 Birthday - Alan Howard, rock bassist, Brian Poole and The Tremeloes

1941 Birthday - Alan Feinstein, New York City, actor, Max-Berrengers, Family Tree

1941 Birthday - Jeremy Clyde, born in Dorney, England, musician, television actor, appearing in action series, Crossbow, drama series, The Alan Clark Diaries

1940 Birthday - Alan O'Day, born in Hollywood, California, rocker

1940 Birthday - Tim Rose, born in Washington, D.C., born Timothy Alan Patrick Rose, singer, songwriter, guitarist, voice compared to Ray Charles, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker

1940 Birthday - Alan Kay, American Scientist

1940 Birthday - Alan "Tea" Caddy, rock guitarist, Tornados-Globetrotter

1939 Birthday - Alan Connolly, cricketer, Australian pace bowler through 60s

1939 Birthday - Alan Ayckbourn, born in London, playwright

1939 Birthday - Alan Rothenberg, U.S. Soccer President, 1990-

1938 Birthday - Alan Jones, cricketer, England vs. ROW 1970 his only International honour

1938 Birthday - Alan Charles Downes, cameraman

1938 Birthday - Alan Dershowitz, born in New York City, attorney, Claus Von Bulow, OJ Simpson

1938 Birthday - Alan Coren, born in London, England, English writer, satirist, and humorist, worked with the BBC

1938 Birthday - Alan Smithers, British professor

1938 Birthday - Alan Bond, tycoon/yachtsman

1938 Birthday - Alan Lewis, English textile factory/multi-millionaire

1937 Birthday - Alan Grose, British Vice-Admiral

1937 Birthday - Alan Tuffin, trade union leader

1937 Birthday - Stuart Damon, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Alan Quartermaine-General Hospital

1936 Birthday - Robert Alan Ridley Parker, New York City, PhD/astronaut, STS-9, STS-35

1936 Birthday - Alan Smith, cricket wicket-keeper, England1962-63 Aust-New Zealand tour

1936 Birthday - Alan Rayfield, governor, Long Latin Prison

1936 Birthday - Alan Bleasdale, author/playwright, Are You Lonesome Tonight

1936 Birthday - Alan Alda, Alphonso D'Abruzzo, New York City, actor, Hawkeye Pierce-M*A*S*H

1935 Birthday - Alan Brown, cricketer, England opening attack Brown and White vs Pak 1961

1935 Death - Alan Gray, composer, organist, known for descants, hymn tunes, works include, 'Common Praise', dies at 79

1934 Birthday - Alan Ridout, born in West Wickham, England, composer, teacher, professor Royal College of Music, worked with Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, prolific instrumental and choral music composer

1934 Birthday - Lewis Alan "Lew" Hoad, Australia, tennis star, Wimbledon 1953, 56

1934 Birthday - Alan Bennett, England, playwright/actor, Secret Policeman's Other Ball

1934 Birthday - Alan Arkin, born in New York City, actor, Catch 22, In-Laws, Simon, Wait Until Dark

1934 Birthday - Alan Bates, born in Allestree, England, actor, Zorba the Greek, Unmarried Woman

1933 Birthday - Alan Hardcastle, chairman, Lloyds Regulatory Board

1933 Birthday - Alan Tuffin, trade union leader

1933 Birthday - Alan "the Horse" Ameche, Wisconsin, NFL fullback for the Baltimore Colts

1933 Birthday - Alan Devereux, CEO, Scottish Tourist Board

1932 Birthday - Alan Lavern Bean, born in Wheeler, Texas, Captain USN/astronaut, Ap 12, Skylab 3

1931 Birthday - Alan K. Simpson, born in Denver, Colorado, Senator-R-Wyoming 1979 - 1997, minority whip

1931 Birthday - Alan Bailey, British sect, Department of transport

1930 Birthday - Alan Moss, cricket pace bowler, England during 50's

1930 Birthday - Dawn Addams, Felixstown England, actress, Alan Young Show, Star Maidens

1930 Birthday - Alan Oakman, cricketer, England batsman against Australia 1956

1930 Birthday - James Alan Ferman, secretary, British Board of Film Classification

1929 Birthday - Alan Mouncer, film director/producer

1929 Birthday - Alan Wicker, British broadcaster

1929 Birthday - George Alan Dawson, jazz drummer/teacher

1929 Birthday - Alan Davidson, cricketer, mighty Australian lefty quick all-rounder

1928 Birthday - Alan J. Pakula, director, All the President's Men, Klute

1928 Birthday - Alan Sillitoe, born in England, writer, Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

1928 Birthday - Alan Loveday, British violinist

1928 Birthday - Alan Fluck, musical educationalist

1927 Birthday - Alan King, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor, Anderson Tapes, Memories of Me

1927 Birthday - Alan J. Dixon, born in Belleville, Illinois, Senator-D-Illinois 1981 - 1993

1927 Birthday - Alan Betts, emeritus professor, Royal Veterinary College

1926 Birthday - Alan Owen, English author, Maggie May, Ronnie Barker Show

1926 Event - Alan Alexander Milne's book "Winnie-the-Pooh" released

1926 Birthday - Alan Copeland, born in Los Angeles, California, orchestra leader/singer, Your Hit Parade

1926 Birthday - Alan Walters, political economist

1926 Birthday - Alan Greenspan, economist and presidential advisor, Federal Reserve Bank

1925 Birthday - Alan Wicker, British broadcaster

1925 Birthday - Alan Dale, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, Alan Dale Show

1923 Birthday - Alan B. Shepard, Jr., East Derry, New Hampshire, Rear Admiral USN astronaut, Mercury 3, Apollo 14

1923 Birthday - Alan Shepard, American Astronaut

1923 Birthday - Alan Badel, Manchester England, actor, Shogun

1923 Birthday - Alan Weeks, sports commentator

1923 Birthday - Alan Wharton, cricketer, England batsman once vs. New Zealand 1949, scored 7 and 13

1922 Birthday - Alan Freed, Penn, DJ, accepted payola/introduced term "rock-n-roll"

1922 Birthday - Alan Scott, Haddonfield, New Jersey, TV host/songwriter, Spin the Picture

1922 Birthday - Alan Peacock, economist

1922 Birthday - Alan Ross, editor, London Magazine

1922 Birthday - Alan Perlis, American Scientist

1920 Birthday - Christopher R. Milne, son of Alan A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh

1919 Birthday - Alan Young, England, actor, Time Machine, Wilbur Post-Mr Ed

1919 Birthday - Alan Lisette, cricketer, New Zealand slow left-armer vs West Indies 1956

1919 Birthday - Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist

1918 Birthday - Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist composer, Lerner and Loewe-My Fair Lady

1918 Birthday - Alan Hale [MacKahan], Jr., born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Skipper-Gilligan's Island

1918 Birthday - Alan Arbus, New York City, actor, Dr. Sidney Freedman-M*A*S*H

1917 Birthday - Alan Ande Anderson, opera director

1915 Birthday - Alan Lomax, American Writer

1915 Birthday - Alan Hewitt, New York City, actor, Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian

1915 Birthday - Alan Watts, born in Kent, England, writer, speaker, and philosopher, 'The Spirit of Zen' and 'The Art of Contemplation'

1914 Birthday - Alan L Bullock, British historian

1914 Birthday - Alan Bullock, British Historian

1914 Birthday - Alan Cranston, born in Palo Alto, California, Senator-D-California, 1969 - 1993

1914 Birthday - Alan Hodgkin, British physicist, Nobel 1963

1913 Birthday - Alan Ladd, Hot Springs AR, actor, Shane, Carpetbaggers

1913 Birthday - Alan Cheales, dominican priest

1912 Birthday - Alan Turing, mathematician/pioneer in computer theory, Turing Machine

1912 Birthday - Alan David Melville, polymath

1911 Birthday - Alan Gifford, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Time Lock, Up Periscope

1911 Birthday - Alan Hovhaness, born in Somerville, Massachusetts, composer, Lousadzak, Ukiyo

1910 Birthday - Alan McGilvray, cricket commentator

1910 Birthday - Alan Frank, music publisher

1910 Birthday - Alan Melville, cricketer, graceful South African batsman 1938-49

1909 Birthday - Alan Carney, David Boughal, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Zombies on Broadway

1909 Birthday - Alan McGilvray, cricketer, 20 games for NSW mid 30's, comentator, ABC

1909 Birthday - Alan Bible, born in Lovelock, Nevada, Senator-D-Nevada, 1954 - 1974

1909 Birthday - Alan Marshal, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia

1908 Birthday - Alan Baxter, East born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Big Town Girl, Rags to Riches

1907 Birthday - Alan Reed, New York City, actor, Mr Adams and Eve, voice, Fred Flintstone

1907 Birthday - Alan Reed, actor/voice, Fred Allen Show, Fred Flintstone

1907 Birthday - Alan Wheatley, England, actor, Adventure of Robin Hood

1907 Birthday - Alan Strode Campbell Ross, professor, coined the terms U and non-U

1906 Birthday - Alan Webb, actor, King Lear, Taming of Shrew, Challenge of Lassie

1906 Birthday - Alan Fairfax, cricketer, Australian all-rounder late 20's early 30's

1906 Birthday - Alan J P Taylor, British historian, English history 1914-1915

1905 Birthday - Alan Rawsthorne, Haslingden England, composer, Corteges

1904 Birthday - Alan Richardson, composer

1903 Birthday - Alan Bunce, born in Westfield, New Jersey, actor, Albert-Ethel and Albert

1903 Birthday - Alan Paton, South Africa, writer, Cry, the Beloved Country

1903 Birthday - Alan Napier, Birmingham England, actor, Alfred-Batman

1900 Birthday - Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher

1900 Birthday - Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect

1899 Birthday - Alan Washbond, U.S., 2-man bobsled, Gold Medal 1932 Olympics

1897 Birthday - Alan Kippax, cricketer, 22 Tests for Australia 1924-34, brilliant bat

1896 Birthday - Alan Mowbray, born in London, England, actor, Dante, Colonel Flack

1892 Birthday - Alan Hale, Rufus A Mackahan, Washington D.C., actor, Little John-Robin Hood

1891 Birthday - Alan Bridge, Pennsylvania, actor, North of Arizona, Badmen of the Hills

1890 Birthday - Alan Herbert, England, journalist and writer, Punch, Helen

1889 Birthday - Alan M Bateman, Canadian geologist, Yale professor

1887 Birthday - Alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/British general/director of Palestine, 1945-48

1882 Birthday - Alan Alexander Milne, English author, Winnie-the-Pooh

1855 Birthday - Alan Gray, born in York, England, composer, organist, known for descants, hymn tunes, works include, 'Common Praise'

1830 Birthday - Chester Alan Arthur, Fairfield Vt, R, 21st President, 1881-85













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