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2008 Death - Arthur C. Clarke, dies in Sri Lanka, at 90 2007 Death - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., dies of caridac arrest at 89, newspapers remembered him as a historian of power 2004 Death - Arthur Lydiard, New Zealander Athlete 2004 Death - Arthur Hailey, writer, Airport, dies at 84 2003 Death - Arthur Berger, American Composer 2002 Death - "Arthur ""Spud"" Melin", entreprenuer, co-founded Wham-o, dies at 76 2002 Death - Dudley Moore, actor, Arthur, dies at 66 2000 Death - Leslie Arthur Sirkin, geologist, dies at 65 2000 Death - Sir John Gielgud, British actor, Arthur, dies at 96 1999 Death - Arthur Schawlow, physicist, co-inventer of the laser, dies at 77 1999 Death - Arthur Boyd, Australian Artist 1998 Death - Philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74 1997 Death - Arthur Tracy, radio personality (Street Singer), dies at 98 1997 Death - Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician, dies at 55 1997 Death - Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro, medical journalist, dies at 73 1996 Death - Arthur Jacobs, musicologist, dies at 74 1996 Death - Arthur Axmann, head of Hitler Youths in (1940-45), dies at 83 1996 Death - Arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer, dies at 80 1996 Death - Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot, dies at 93 1996 Death - Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon, dies at 85 1996 Death - Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, civil servant, dies at 97 1996 Event - Martin Bryant shoots and kills 35 in Port Arthur Tasmania 1996 Death - Arthur Sydney Martin, spycatcher, dies at 81 1996 Death - Arthur Rudolph, rocket Engineer, dies at 89 1995 Death - Arthur Mullard, comedian, dies at 82 1995 Death - Arthur George Bottomley, politician, dies at 88 1995 Death - Arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant, dies at 82 1995 Death - Arthur Benfield, formed head of Cheshire CID, dies at 82 1995 Death - Arthur Holt, politician, dies at 81 1995 Death - Arthur John Howard, actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso), dies at 85 1995 Death - Arthur Lubin, film director, dies at 95 1995 Death - Arthur Lubin, director (Francis The Talking Mule, Mr. Ed), dies at 96 1995 Death - Arthur English, comedian, dies at 75 1995 Death - Julius Arthur Hemphill, saxophonist, dies at 57 1995 Death - John Arthur Neill Lambert, composer teacher organist, dies at 69 1995 Death - Arthur S Taylor, Jr., U.S. drummer/author (Notes on notes), dies at 65 1995 Death - Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock, English agronomist (Rhodesia), dies at 88 1995 Death - Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, bishop, dies at 81 1995 Death - Arthur Leavins, violinist, dies at 77 1994 Death - Arthur Frank "Peter" Shore, egyptologist, dies at 70 1994 Death - Arthur Ballard, artist, dies at 79 1994 Death - Arthur Krim, U.S. director (United Artists, Orion Pictures), dies 1994 Death - Arthur Rex Alston, British sports commentator, dies at 93 1994 Death - Arthur Ernest Mourant, haematologist, dies at 90 1994 Death - Arthur Berry, playwright, artist, teacher, poet, studied, then taught at Burslem School of Art, absorbed by Stoke-on-Trent College of Art, which in 1971 became North Staffordshire Polytechnic, where he taught painting until 1985, dies at 69 1994 Death - Arthur Basil Cotle, medievalist, dies at 77 1994 Death - Arthur Gordon Clough, journalist, dies at 59 1994 Death - Arthur Altman, songwriter, dies at 83 1993 Death - Arthur Dreifuss, director/producer (Murder in Amsterdam), dies at 85 1993 Death - Arthur Staal, Dutch architect (Shell Tower Amsterdam), dies at 86 1993 Death - Arthur Alexander, singer/songwriter (You Better Move On), dies at 53 1993 Death - Arthur P Smith, U.S. founder of Miami Planetarium, dies at 76 1993 Death - Arthur Ashe, tennis star (Wimbledon 1975), dies of AIDS at 49 1992 Event - Arthur Ashe is named Sports Illustrated Sportman of Year 1992 Death - Arthur Lang, U.S. boxer/businessman, dies at 115 1992 Event - Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill 1992 Death - Arthur Babbitt, animator (Mr Magoo, Goofy), die at 84 of heart failure 1991 Death - Jean Arthur [Gladys Greene], U.S. actress (Shane), dies 1991 Death - Arthur Murray, dance instructor, dies at 95 of pneumonia 1990 Death - Arthur Joseph Goldberg, American Statesman died at age 81 1990 Death - Arthur Kennedy, actor (Air Force), dies of a brain tumor at 76 1988 Death - Arthur Michael, Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies 1987 Death - James Arthur Baldwin, writer (Another Country), dies at 63 1987 Death - Arthur H Dean, lawyer/advisor to FDR, dies at 89 1987 Death - Arthur Frank Burns, Ukrainian Economist 1987 Death - Arthur Lake, actor (Dagwood-Blondie), dies at 81 1986 Death - Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist, dies at 65 1986 Death - Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer, dies at 89 1985 Event - Arthur Ashe is named to International Tennis Hall of Fame 1984 Death - Arthur Schwartz, producer (Inside USA with Chevrolet), dies at 83 1984 Death - Peter Charles Arthur Wishart, composer, dies at 63 1984 Birthday - Emil Coleman, orchestra leader, Arthur Murray Party 1984 Death - Arthur T "Bomber" Harris, bombed nazi-Germany, dies 1984 Death - Arthur Travors Harris, marshal of British RAF, dies 1983 Event - Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery 1983 Death - Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79 1983 Death - Arthur Koestler, Hungarian/British writer (Dialogue With Death), dies at 77 1983 Death - Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74 1982 Death - Arthur Askey, British comedian, dies at 82 1982 Event - Arthur Kopit's musical "Nine," premieres in New York City 1982 Death - Arthur Lowe, Brits actor (Captain Mainwaring in Dad's army), dies at 66 1981 Event - Nicolaas Bloembergen and Arthur Schawlow win Nobel for physics (laser) 1981 Death - Arthur C. Nielsen, American Businessman 1981 Death - Arthur O'Connell, actor (Mr Peepers, 2nd Hundred Years), dies at 73 1980 Event - Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis 1979 Death - Arthur Hunnicutt, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising), dies at 68 1979 Death - Arthur Fiedler, orchestra leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84 1979 Death - Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian, dies at 68 1979 Event - Arthur Kopit's "Wings," premieres in New York City 1977 Event - 29th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Carroll O'Conner and Bea Arthur 1976 Death - Chester Arthur Burnett, U.S. blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65 1975 Death - Arthur Treacher, TV announcer (Merv Griffin Show), dies at 81 1975 Event - 89th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats J Connors 1975 Death - Richard Conte, actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at 65 1975 Death - Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor (Checkmate), dies at 83 1975 Death - Arthur Pierson, actor and director (Hat Check Girl), dies at 73 1974 Death - Arthur K Watson, U.S. businessman (IBM), dies at 55 1973 Death - Arthur Calwell, Australian Politician 1973 Birthday - Jennifer Darst, Dallas Texas, pairs skater, & Arthur Reid 1973 Death - Arthur Wood, cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39), dies 1972 Event - 92nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Ilie Nastase beats Arthur Ashe 1972 Birthday - Arthur Reid, born in Nashville, Tennessee, pairs skater, & Jennifer Darst 1972 Event - Arthur Bremer jailed for 63 years for shooting Alabama Governor Wallace 1972 Event - George Wallace shot and left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Maryland 1972 Event - "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio 1972 Death - J Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, industrialist/film magnate 1971 Death - Arthur B Springarn, U.S. NAACP chairman (1940-65), dies at 93 1970 Event - Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily 1970 Death - Arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73 1970 Death - Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61 1969 Birthday - Arthur Numan, born in Heemskerk, Netherlands, professional soccer player, played for FC Twente, Rangers, played left back, team manager for Netherlands B squad 1969 Birthday - Arthur Rhodes, Waco Texas, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles 1969 Birthday - Arthur Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh, son of Arthur Benjamin Guinness, member of the Guinness family, founders of the Guinness brewery 1969 Event - Charles Philip Arthur George invested as Prince of Wales 1969 Birthday - Arthur Marshall, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants 1969 Death - Arthur Walter Kramer, composer, dies at 78 1968 Death - Weegee, also known as Arthur Fellig, American Photographer 1968 Event - Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to be ranked #1 in tennis 1968 Death - Robert Arthur Ley, sci-fi author (Telepath, Power of X), dies at 47 1968 Event - 1st U.S. Open, held as an "open" (Arthur Ashe-wins) 1968 Event - Arthur Ashe defeats Tom Okker to win U.S. Tennis Open 1968 Event - 88th U.S. Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats Tom Okker 1968 Event - Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to win U.S. singles championship 1968 Event - Arthur Kopit's "Indians," premieres in London 1968 Birthday - Stacy Leigh Arthur, born in Naperville, Illinois, playmate, Jan, 1991 1968 Event - Arthur Miller's "Price," premieres in New York City 1967 Event - Arthur Allyn says White Sox will play 9 games in Milwaukee in 1968 1967 Death - Arthur Mitchell Ransome, critic/children's book author, dies 1967 Death - Arthur W. Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal (WW II), dies at 76 1967 Death - Arthur Ransome, Writer 1966 Death - Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74 1966 Death - Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer, dies at 82 1966 Death - Arthur D Waley, Schloss, British sinology/poet (Monkey), dies 1966 Event - Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger, Jr. (Thousand Days) 1965 Birthday - Xavier Hernandez, Port Arthur, Texas, pitcher for the Houston Astros 1964 Death - Harpo [Arthur] Marx, comedian (Marx Bros), dies at 75 1964 Event - Arthur Miller's "After the Fall," premieres in New York City 1963 Birthday - Rebeca Arthur, actress, Mary Anne-Perf Strangers, Opposites Attract 1963 Death - Arthur D Nock, English/Americans historian (St. Paul), dies at 60 1962 Event - Sumner Arthur Long's "Never Too Late," premieres in New York City 1962 Death - Arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami 1962 Death - Arthur Harmat, composer, dies at 76 1962 Death - Arthur H. Compton, American Scientist 1962 Death - Arthur Holly Compton, American Scientist 1962 Event - Arthur Kopit's "Oh, Dad, Poor Dad..." premieres in New York City 1961 Event - An ailing Bill Veeck sells his interest in White Sox to Arthur Allyn 1961 Event - Arthur M Ramsay becomes archbishop of Canterbury 1960 Death - Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66 1960 Event - 1st patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes 1959 Death - Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies 1959 Birthday - John Arthur Wilson, Ceres California, PGA golfer, 1994 Anheuser-Busch-4th 1958 Birthday - James McDaniel, born in Washington D.C., actor, Arthur Fancy-NYPD Blue 1958 Death - Arthur Shepherd, composer, dies at 77 1957 Death - Arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87 1956 Death - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack 1955 Death - Arthur Oscar Honegger, Swiss composer (Cantate Noel), dies at 63 1955 Death - Arthur Honegger, Swiss Composer 1955 Event - Arthur Millers "View From The Bridge," premieres in New York City 1955 Death - Arthur Donaldson, dies 1955 Birthday - Arthur Baker, rock producer, Afrika Banbaataa-Planet Rock 1954 Event - Arthur Murray flies X-1A rocket plane to record 27,000 m 1954 Death - Arthur Fickenscher, composer, dies at 82 1953 Birthday - Arthur Kent, newscaster [Scud Stud], NBC-Gulf War coverage 1953 Event - Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey 1953 Event - Arthur Miller's "Crucible," premieres in New York City 1953 Death - Arthur Hoyt, actor (Gold Rush Gertie, Lost World), dies at 78 1952 Event - Arthur Laurent's "Time of the Cuckoo," premieres in New York City 1952 Death - Arthur Farwell, composer, dies at 74 1951 Birthday - Randy T Odle, Port Arthur Texas, astronaut 1951 Event - 1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from New York City to 4 cities 1950 Event - Arthur Dorrington is 1st black man in organized hockey, Atlantic City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League 1950 Event - "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC) 1950 Birthday - Ken Arthur, Australian softball asst coach 1996 Olympics bronze 1949 Birthday - Arthur Lee Washington, Jr., Neptune, New Jersey, murderer, FBI Most Wanted 1949 Birthday - Arthur "Pooch" Tavares, rocker 1949 Birthday - Owen Arthur, born in Barbados, statesman, politician, Barbados Labor Party, Prime Minister of Barbados 1994 - 2008 1949 Death - Arthur Fielder, England cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), dies 1949 Death - Arthur Chesney, actor (Lodger, Chelsea Life), dies at 67 1949 Birthday - John Arthur Casken, composer 1949 Event - Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for "Death of a Salesman" 1949 Event - Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" opens at Morosco Theater, New York City 1949 Event - "Arthur Godfrey and His Friends" premieres on CBS TV 1947 Death - Arthur Machen, Welsh Author, dies 1947 Event - 1st Tony Awards: Arthur Miller, David Wayne and Patricia Neal win 1947 Event - Compton and Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket 1947 Event - Arthur Miller's "All My Sons," premieres in New York City 1947 Event - Arthur Honegger's 4th Symphony premieres in Basel 1946 Death - Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor (1930s), hanged at 54 1946 Death - Arthur van Schendel, writer (Holland Drama), dies at 72) 1946 Event - Arthur Honegger's 3rd Symphony "Liturgique," premieres 1946 Event - Pulitzer prize awarded to Arthur M. Schlesinger (Age of Jackson) 1946 Birthday - Arthur Conley, U.S. soul singer, Sweet Soul Music 1946 Death - Arthur Ponsonby, British Politician 1945 Event - Arthur Laurent's "Home of the Brave," premieres in New York City 1945 Birthday - G. W. Bailey, Port Arthur, Texas, actor, Dr. Beale-St. Elsewhere 1945 Event - Arthur C. Clark proposes relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit 1945 Birthday - Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, jurist, Holland's secret service 1945 Event - "Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio 1945 Event - Cleveland Browns organization formed by Arthur "Mickey" McBride 1945 Birthday - Arthur Lee, rocker, Vindicator 1945 Death - Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61 1944 Death - Arthur Stanley Eddington, dies 1944 Death - Arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71 1944 Death - Arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q], British author/critic, dies at 80 1944 Birthday - Carole Bayer Sager, born in New York, aka Mrs. Burt Bachrach, singer, Arthur 1943 Birthday - Arthur Ashe, tennis pro, 1968 U.S. Open, 1975 Wimbledon 1943 Death - Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer, dies at 72 1943 Event - U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Arthur Vaughn 1943 Birthday - Janis Joplin, Port Arthur, Texas, bluesy rock singer, Down on Me 1943 Death - Arthur Guiterman, American Comedian 1943 Death - J Arthur S Berson, Austrian meteorologist, dies at 83 1942 Birthday - Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician 1942 Death - Arthur Willard Pryor, composer, dies at 71 1942 Birthday - Edda Barends, actress, Arthur and Eva 1942 Birthday - Arthur Barrett, cricketer, WI leggie early 70's 1942 Birthday - Jon Arthur English, composer 1941 Event - Arthur T "Bomber" Harris becomes British Air Marshal 1940 Event - Arthur Morris scores 111 in 2nd innings of 1st game after 148 1940 Event - 1st-class debut of Arthur Morris, who scores 148 1940 Death - Arthur Neville Chamberlain, British premier (1937-40), dies at 71 1940 Death - Arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77 1940 Birthday - Phyllis Davis, born in Port Arthur, Texas, actress, Love American Style, Vega$ 1940 Death - Arthur Zimmermann, German Statesman 1940 Event - Arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich commissar of Hague, Netherlands 1940 Birthday - Paul Rudd, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' 1940 Birthday - Arthur Alexander, U.S. singer and songwriter, Lonely Just Like Me 1939 Death - Arthur Rackham, artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales), dies at 71 1939 Birthday - Marion Marlowe, born in St. Louis, Missouri, singer, Arthur Godfrey and Friends 1938 Event - Arthur Fagg completes 244 and 202 in the same cricket game for Kent 1938 Death - Arthur Koestler, writer, dies at 32 1938 Birthday - Julius Arthur Hemphill, saxophonist 1938 Birthday - Arthur Scargill, British Politician 1938 Death - Arthur Boon, Flemish priest/philologist, dies at 54 1937 Birthday - Brian Blessed, English actor, King Arthur, High Road to China 1937 Birthday - Arthur Kopit, U.S., playwright, Day Whores Came Out to Play Tennis 1937 Death - Arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73 1937 Death - Arthur William Foote, U.S. organist/composer, dies at 84 1936 Death - Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer, dies at 75 1936 Birthday - Jean Boht, actress, Arthur's Hallowed Ground 1935 Death - Dutch Schultz [Arthur Flegenheimer], U.S. gangster, murdered at 33 1935 Death - Arthur Henderson, British Labour minister (Nobel 1934), dies at 72 1935 Birthday - Dudley Moore, born in London, England, actor, 10, Arthur, Bedazzled, 6 Weeks 1935 Birthday - Arthur Hay, born in Scotland, Arthur William Patrick Hay, 15th Earl of Kinnouli, family seat is Dupplin Castle, located outside of Perth, Scotland 1934 Event - Arthur L Mitchell, becomes 1st black Democratic congressman (Ill) 1934 Birthday - Arthur Gordon Clough, journalist 1934 Birthday - Arthur Miller, legal reporter 1934 Birthday - Arthur Mitchell, choreographer, Dance Theater of Harlem 1933 Death - Arthur Collins, singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet), dies at 69 1932 Birthday - Arthur L Liman, New York City, trial lawyer, Oliver North 1932 Death - Arthur Friedheim, composer, dies at 72 1932 Birthday - Arthur Jones, principal, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester 1932 Birthday - Gordon Jump, born in Dayton, Ohio, actor, Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains 1931 Death - Arthur James Cook, union leader (coal miners), dies at 47 1931 Death - Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian Playwright 1930 Birthday - Johnny Preston, Port Arthur, Texas, rocker, Feel So Fine 1930 Birthday - Arthur U Spronken, sculptor 1930 Death - Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 71 1930 Death - Arthur J Balfour, British theologist/premier (1902-05), dies at 81 1930 Birthday - Julius LaRosa, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air 1929 Death - Arthur H Mann, English composer (Church of England Hymnal), dies 1929 Birthday - Arthur Hill, born in Brompton Square, London, Arthur Robin Ian Hill, 8th Marquess of Downshire, the Hereditary Constable of Hillsborough Fort. Conservative Party, House of Lords 1929 Birthday - Arthur S. Taylor, Jr., U.S. drummer and band leader, Taylor's Wailers 1929 Death - Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Silver King), dies at 77 1928 Birthday - Arthur Cunningham, composer 1928 Birthday - Arthur Milton, cricketer, England opening batsman late 50's 1927 Death - Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (New-Guinea), dies 1927 Birthday - Arthur Ravenel, Jr., born in Charleston, South Carolina, Representative-R-South Carolina 1987 - 1995 1926 Event - Arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) NSW vs. Vic 1926 Event - Arthur Goodrich's "Caponsacchi," premieres in New York City 1926 Birthday - Arthur Wills, born in England, composer, professor at Royal Academy of Music in London, Director of Music at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire, England, composed music for the organ and secular music based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four 1926 Birthday - Arthur William Oldham, composer 1926 Birthday - Arthur Rock, American Businessman 1926 Birthday - John Arthur Neill Lambert, composer 1926 Birthday - Arthur Bell, royal botanic gardens director, Kew Gardens 1926 Birthday - Beatrice Arthur, Frankel, New York, actress, Maude, Dorothy-Golden Girls 1926 Birthday - Arthur Hockaday, director-Gen, Commonwealth War Graves Commission 1926 Birthday - Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, New York City, publisher, New York Times 1926 Birthday - Arthur Arfons, auto racer/designer, Green Monster 1964-536.71 MPH 1925 Event - Arthur Heinman coins term "motel," opens Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo 1925 Birthday - Robert Arthur, born in Aberdeen, Washington, actor, 12 O'Clock High, Just For You 1925 Birthday - Arthur D. Larsen, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1950 1925 Birthday - Arthur Berry, born in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, England, playwright, artist, teacher, poet, studied, then taught at Burslem School of Art, absorbed by Stoke-on-Trent College of Art, which in 1971 became North Staffordshire Polytechnic, where he taught painting until 1985 1924 Birthday - Arthur Frank "Peter" Shore, egyptologist 1924 Birthday - Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect 1924 Event - Arthur Honegger's "Pacifica 231," premieres 1924 Birthday - Arthur Frackenpohl, born in Irving, New Jersey, composer, Natural Superiority of Music 1923 Death - Arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67 1923 Birthday - Arthur Hiller, director, Love Story 1923 Birthday - Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro, medical journalist 1923 Birthday - Arthur C Nielsen, market researcher, TV's Nielsen's Ratings 1923 Birthday - Arthur Butterworth, composer 1923 Birthday - Bea Arthur, American Actress 1923 Birthday - Philip Abbott, born in Lincoln, Nebraska, actor, Arthur Ward-The FBI 1922 Birthday - Arthur R Hawkins, U.S. pilot/captain, WW II, downed 14 Japanese planes 1922 Birthday - Arthur Penn, Philadelphia, director, Miracle Worker, Bonnie and Clyde 1922 Birthday - Arthur Ferrante, pianist/composer, Ferrante and Tachere-Exodus 1922 Death - Arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies 1922 Birthday - Arthur Hill, born in Saskatchewan, Canada, actor, Owen Marshall, Glitter 1922 Birthday - Arthur Jacobs, musicologist 1922 Death - Arthur Hervey, composer, dies at 67 1922 Event - Arthur Honegger's ballet "Skating Rink" premieres, Paris 1922 Birthday - Arthur Morris, cricketer, great Australian lefty opening batsman 1921 Event - William Lyon Mackenzie King succeeded Arthur Meighen as Canadian PM 1921 Birthday - John Arthur Giles Gere, English art historian, Pre-Raphaelite painter 1921 Birthday - Peter Charles Arthur Wishart, composer 1921 Birthday - Robert Arthur Ley, UK, sci-fi author, Telepath, Power of X 1921 Death - Arthur Mold, British cricket bowler (1893, banished for throwing), dies 1921 Birthday - Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist 1921 Event - Arthur Honegger's "Pastorale D'ete," premieres 1921 Event - Arthur Mailey completes 9-121 vs. England, Australian Test Cricket rec 1920 Birthday - Arthur Boyd, Australian Artist 1920 Birthday - Arthur Hailey, Luton England, novelist, Hotel, Airport 1920 Birthday - Arthur Franz, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, actor, Invaders From Mars, Young Lions 1920 Event - Arthur Honegger's "Chant de Nigamon," premieres 1919 Birthday - Evelyn Keyes, Port Arthur, Texas, actress, Adventure of Martin Eden 1919 Event - Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington 1919 Birthday - Arthur English, comedian/actor, Malachi's Cove 1918 Birthday - Arthur Laurents, born in New York City, playwright, West Side Story, Gypsy 1918 Birthday - Arthur McIntyre, cricket wicket-keeper, England 3 times early 50's 1918 Birthday - Arthur Kornberg, U.S. biochemist won Nobel 1959 1917 Birthday - Arthur C. Clarke, sci-fi author, 2001, 2010, Childhood's End 1917 Birthday - Arthur C. Clarke, born in Somerset, England, science fiction author, inventor, wrote '2001: A Space Odyssey' 1917 Birthday - Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Ohio, historian, 1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson 1917 Birthday - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., born in Ohio, American historian, author, democratic activist, Pulitzer prize recipient 1917 Birthday - Arthur Leavins, violinist 1917 Birthday - Arthur Lydiard, New Zealander Athlete 1917 Birthday - Arthur Knight, CEO, Courtaulds 1917 Birthday - Arthur Basil Cotle, medievalist 1917 Birthday - Arthur Gold, Toronto, Canada, pianist 1916 Birthday - Francis Cockfield, born in Horsham, England, born Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield of Dover in the County of Kent, politician, Conservative Party, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1916 Birthday - Arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer 1916 Event - 20th Boston Marathon won by Arthur Roth of Mass in 2:27:16.4 1915 Birthday - Arthur Miller, New York City, playwright, Death of a Salesman, Crucible 1915 Birthday - Arthur Lowe, born in Hayfield, England, actor, Captain Mainwaring-Dad's Army 1915 Birthday - Arthur Fagg, cricketer, dual double-centuries in a game for Kent 1938 1915 Birthday - Arthur Gilson, Belgian attorney/minister of Defense, 1958-.. 1914 Birthday - [Arthur] Wilson "Bob" Tucker, U.S., sci-fi author, Time Masters 1914 Birthday - Arthur Holt, politician 1914 Birthday - Arthur Kennedy, Worcester Massachusetts, actor, Fantastic Voyage, Peyton Place 1914 Birthday - Arthur Sydney Martin, spy catcher 1913 Birthday - Arthur Mullard, comedian 1913 Birthday - Arthur Benfield, head of Cheshire CID 1913 Birthday - Babe [Mildred Ella] Didrikson, born in Port Arthur, Texas, hurdler, Gold Medal 1932 Olympics 1913 Birthday - Bert Farber, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone 1913 Birthday - Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, bishop 1913 Birthday - Arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant 1912 Birthday - Jimmy Jewel, born in Sheffield, England, James Arthur Thomas J. Marsh, comedian, television, film actor, appeared in film 'The Krays', musical drama 'Casualty' 1912 Birthday - Arthur Peterson, Mandan ND, actor, Major-Soap, Crisis 1912 Birthday - Arthur Victor Berger, New York City, composer, Ideas of Order 1912 Birthday - Arthur Berger, American Composer 1912 Birthday - Arthur Beaumont C. Langton, cricketer, South Africa pace bowler of 1930's 1912 Birthday - Arthur Crook, British editor, Times Literary Supplement 1911 Birthday - Arthur Vick, vice chancelor, Queens University, Belfast 1911 Event - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ont) 13-4 1911 Birthday - Arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor, Big Sky, Apache Uprising 1911 Death - Edwin Arthur Jones, composer, dies at 57 1910 Birthday - Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon 1910 Event - Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs 1910 Birthday - Arthur Altman, songwriter 1910 Death - Arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64 1910 Birthday - Howlin' Wolf, Chester Arthur Burnett, harmonica, Big City Blues 1910 Birthday - Artie Shaw, Arthur Arshawsky, New York City, bandleader, Come'on my House 1910 Birthday - Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian 1910 Birthday - Arthur Hazlerigg, born in England, Lord Hazlerigg, 2nd Baron Hazlerigg, awarded Military Cross, judge, Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire, soldier, served during World War II, life peer 1910 Birthday - Arthur John Howard, actor, Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso, Glass Cage 1909 Birthday - Archie Bleyer, born in Corona, New York, orchestra leader, Arthur Godfrey 1908 Birthday - Ray Carter, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Arthur Murray Dance Party 1908 Birthday - Bernie Green, born in New York City, orchestra leader, Arthur Godfrey Show, Garry Moore Show 1908 Birthday - Arthur Adamov, Kislovodsk Russia, playwright, Paolo Paoli 1908 Birthday - Arthur J. Goldberg, born in Illinois, United Nations ambassador and Supreme Court justice, 1962 - 1965 1908 Event - 34th Kentucky Derby: Arthur Pickens on Stone Street wins in 2:15.2 1908 Birthday - Arthur O'Connell, born in New York City, actor, Mr Peepers, Second Hundred Years 1907 Birthday - Jack Gilford, New York City, actor, Save the Tiger, Cocoon, Arthur 2 1907 Birthday - Arthur Steel, Dutch architect, Group '32 1907 Birthday - Arthur George Bottomley, politician 1906 Birthday - Arthur Rudolph, rocket engineer 1906 Birthday - Kathryn Murray, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, dancer, Arthur Murray Dance Party 1906 Birthday - Arthur James Bramwell Hutchings, composer 1906 Birthday - Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock, English agronomist 1905 Event - Arthur Griffith forms Sinn Fein in Dublin 1905 Birthday - Jean Arthur, New York City, actress, Shane, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1905 Birthday - Arthur Koestler, Hungary, British writer, Arrow in Blue 1905 Birthday - Arthur Lake, born in Corbin, Kentucky, actor, Dagwood-Blondie 1905 Event - Japanese troops capture Port Arthur 1904 Event - Russian Baltic fleet departs to Port Arthur 1904 Event - General Nogi's assault on Port Arthur: 16,000 Japanese casualties 1904 Event - Japanese fleet defeat Russians off Port Arthur 1904 Birthday - Arthur Daley, sportswriter, New York Times-Pulitzer 1956 1904 Birthday - Arthur F. Burns, economist/chairman, Federal Reserve Board 1904 Birthday - Arthur Frank Burns, Ukrainian Economist 1904 Birthday - John Gielgud, born in London, England, actor, Arthur, Ages of Man 1904 Birthday - Arthur Ernest Mourant, haematologist 1904 Event - Japan and Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships 1903 Birthday - Arthur Godfrey, New York City, radio/TV host, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout 1903 Birthday - Arthur Tracy, born in Russia, street singer, Vincent Lopez Show, Limelight 1903 Birthday - Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot 1903 Birthday - Frank Parker, born in New York City, singer, Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party 1902 Birthday - Arthur Wellard, cricketer, big hitting Somerset and England batsman 1902 Birthday - Arthur D Nock, English/U.S. historian, St. Paul 1901 Birthday - Arthur Rex Alston, sports commentator 1901 Birthday - Arthur Pierson, born in Oslo, Norway, actor and director, Hat Check Girl 1900 Event - Arthur Schnitzlers "Leutnant Gustl" forbidden in Germany 1900 Birthday - Arthur Schwartz, composer, Girl from Paris, Excuse my Dust 1900 Death - Arthur S Sullivan, England, composer (Mikado, Ivanhoe), dies at 58 1900 Death - Arthur Sullivan, British Composer 1900 Birthday - Arthur Porritt, New Zealand, 100m sprinter, Olympic-bronze-1924 1900 Birthday - Arthur Askey, Liverpool, actor, Bees in Paradise, Ghost Train 1900 Birthday - Richard Arthur Warren Hughes, English writer, Fiction as Truth 1900 Event - Sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus 1899 Birthday - Arthur Lubin, film director 1899 Birthday - Arthur Fellig, American Photographer 1899 Birthday - Arthur Bryant, English historian, King Charles II 1898 Birthday - Arthur H Dean, lawyer/advisor to FDR 1898 Birthday - Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, politician/trade unionist 1898 Event - Arthur Pinero's "Trelawney of the 'Wells'," premieres in London 1897 Birthday - Arthur C. Nielsen, American Businessman 1897 Birthday - Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer 1896 Birthday - Arthur Calwell, Australian Politician 1896 Birthday - Arthur Shields, Dublin Ireland, actor, River, Enchanted Island 1896 Event - Henry Arthur Jones' "Michael and his Lost Angel," premieres in London 1895 Birthday - Arthur Murray, born in New York City, dancer, Arthur Murray Dance Party 1895 Birthday - Arthur Murray, dancer, Arthur Murray's Dance Party 1895 Death - Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies 1894 Birthday - Arthur Gilligan, cricketer, England captain in 1920's 1894 Birthday - Arthur Fiedler, born in Boston, Massachusetts, conductor, Boston Pops 1894 Birthday - Arthur Freed, American Producer 1894 Birthday - Arthur Treacher, born in Brighton, England, announcer, Merv Griffin Show 1893 Birthday - Arthur Benjamin, Sydney Australia, composer, Jamaican Rumba 1893 Event - Arthur Shrewsbury is 1st to score 1,000 runs in Test Cricket 1893 Birthday - Arthur Carr, cricket captain, England vs. Australia 1926 1892 Birthday - Arthur H Compton, U.S. physicist, X-rays 1892 Birthday - Arthur H. Compton, American Scientist 1892 Birthday - Arthur Holly Compton, American Scientist 1892 Birthday - Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor, 1930s, war criminal 1892 Death - Arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered 1892 Birthday - Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer 1892 Birthday - Arthur Harris, Cheltenham, Marshal of the RAF 1892 Birthday - Arthur Oscar Honnegger, born in Le Havre, France, composer, King David 1892 Birthday - Arthur Honegger, Swiss Composer 1891 Death - JN Arthur Rimbaud, poet/arms merchant (Saison en Enfer), dies at 37 1891 Death - Arthur Rimbaud, French Poet 1891 Birthday - Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, London, composer, Olympians 1890 Birthday - Arthur Walter Kramer, composer 1890 Birthday - Arthur W. Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal, WW II 1889 Birthday - Arthur Waley, sinologist, translator from Chinese and Japanese 1889 Birthday - Arthur Morison, typographer 1888 Birthday - Joseph Arthur Rank, English film magnate/baron 1888 Birthday - Arthur Richardson, Australian cricket batsman, 20's 1888 Event - Arthur Pinero's "Sweet Lavender," premieres in London 1887 Birthday - Arthur Rubinstein, American Musician 1886 Death - Chester A. Arthur, 21st President (1881-85), dies in New York at 56 1886 Birthday - Arthur Whitten Brown, aviator 1886 Birthday - Arthur Mailey, cricketer, great Aussie leg-spinner and cartoonist 1885 Birthday - Arthur Dolphin, cricketer, Yorkshire and England keeper, later Test ump 1885 Birthday - Arthur Harmat, composer 1884 Birthday - Frank Arthur Swinnerton, England, novelist, Summer Storm, Sanctuary 1884 Birthday - Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer, Adriaan Brouwer, or 5/10 1884 Birthday - Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs, 1940 1884 Birthday - Arthur Ransome, English author, Swallows and Amazons 1883 Birthday - Arthur James Cook, England, union leader, coal miners 1883 Event - Brooklyn Bridge opened by President Arthur and Governor Cleveland 1882 Birthday - Arthur Eddington, born in England, astrophysicist, cosmologist, and mathematician 1881 Event - Chester A. Arthur sworn in as 21st president 1881 Death - Arthur O'Shaughnessy, British Poet 1880 Birthday - Arthur Shepherd, composer 1878 Birthday - Arthur B Spingarn, U.S. NAACP-chairman, 1940-65 1877 Birthday - Arthur C Pigou, English economist, Wealth and welfare 1877 Birthday - Arthur Lang, U.S., boxer/businessman, Died Aug 8, 1992 at 115 1877 Birthday - Arthur Farwell, composer 1875 Death - Arthur Helps, British Historian 1874 Birthday - Arthur Meighen, Canada, Prime Minister of Canada, 1920 - 1921, 1926 1874 Birthday - Arthur Meighen, C, 9th Prime Minister of Canada, 1920 - 1921, 1926 1874 Birthday - Arthur Hoyt, born in Georgetown CO, actor, Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along 1874 Birthday - Arthur van Schendel, Dutch writer, The World a Dancing Party 1874 Birthday - Arthur Shomburg, famous African 1873 Event - French poet Paul Verlaine wounds Arthur Rimbaud with pistol 1872 Birthday - Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist, founder of Sinn Fein 1871 Birthday - Arthur Guiterman, American Comedian 1871 Birthday - Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer 1871 Birthday - Arthur Fickenscher, composer 1871 Birthday - Arthur Ponsonby, British Politician 1870 Birthday - Arthur Willard Pryor, composer 1870 Death - Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer, dies at 48 1867 Birthday - Arthur Rackham, England, artist/illustrator, Grimm's Fairy Tales 1867 Birthday - Arthur Vining Davis, Sharon Massachusetts, CEO, Alcoa-1910-57 1866 Birthday - Arthur Frederick Augustus "Dick" Lilley, cricket keeper, England 1866 Birthday - Arthur Pearson, Wookey Somerset England, newspaper proprietor 1866 Birthday - Arthur Keith, Scottish anthropologist 1865 Birthday - Arthur Symons, Welsh poet, critic and co-founder Savoy 1864 Birthday - Arthur Zimmermann, German Statesman 1864 Birthday - Arthur Collins, singer/comedian, Peerless Quartet 1863 Birthday - Arthur D Little, U.S., chemist, patented rayon 1863 Birthday - Arthur Quiller-Couch, Q, editor, Oxford Book of English Verse 1863 Birthday - Arthur Henderson, Britain, socialist/disarmament worker, Nobel 1934 1863 Birthday - Arthur Somervell, composer 1863 Birthday - Arthur Machen, Welsh Author 1862 Birthday - Arthur De Greef, composer 1862 Birthday - Arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist, La Ronde 1861 Birthday - Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer 1860 Death - Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher 1859 Birthday - Arthur Friedheim, composer 1859 Birthday - J Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist, Balloon flights, Amazon 1859 Birthday - Arthur Conan Doyle, UK, author brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice 1856 Birthday - Arthur H Bird, composer 1856 Birthday - Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer, dominant England bat late 19th cent 1855 Birthday - Arthur Nikisch, Szent-Miklos Hungary, conductor, Berlin Philharmonic 1855 Birthday - Arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright 1855 Birthday - Arthur Hervey, composer 1854 Birthday - Arthur Rimbaud, France, poet/adventurer, Illuminations 1853 Birthday - Edwin Arthur Jones, composer 1853 Birthday - Arthur W. Foote, born in Salem, Massachusetts, organist and composer, Suite for Strings in E 1852 Death - Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington, dies at 83 1851 Birthday - Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright, Judah 1851 Birthday - Arthur J Evans, English archaeologist, Crete 1851 Birthday - C E Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist, Netherlands Indies 1850 Birthday - Arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer 1850 Birthday - J C Arthur, Lowville, New York, botanist, studied rusts 1848 Birthday - Arthur Earl Balfour, C, British Prime Minister, 1902-05, Balfour Declaration 1847 Birthday - Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader 1846 Birthday - Arthur Coquard, composer 1844 Birthday - Arthur O'Shaughnessy, British Poet 1842 Birthday - Arthur Seymour Sullivan, born in London, England, composer, Gilbert and Sullivan 1842 Birthday - Arthur Sullivan, British Composer 1837 Birthday - Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady, 1881-85 1833 Event - American Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Philadelphia 1830 Birthday - Chester Alan Arthur, Fairfield Vt, R, 21st President, 1881-85 1830 Birthday - Chester A. Arthur, American President 1825 Birthday - Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer 1825 Birthday - Arthur Haygarth, cricketer, Middlesex and Surrey bat, famous biographer 1824 Birthday - Arthur Middleton Manigault, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1821 Birthday - Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer 1820 Death - Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies 1819 Birthday - Arthur Hugh Clough, poet, friend of Matthew Arnold 1815 Birthday - Eleazer Arthur Paine, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1813 Birthday - Arthur Helps, British Historian 1805 Death - Arthur Murphy, Irish Writer 1803 Death - Arthur Wolfe, 1st viscount Kilwarden/Chief Justice of Ireld, murdered 1788 Birthday - Arthur Schopenhauer, Germany, philosopher, Great Pessimist 1788 Event - Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay NSW 1788 Event - Captain Arthur Phillip hoists English flag on Port Jackson, New South Wales 1787 Event - Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay 1787 Death - Arthur Middleton, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 44 1769 Birthday - Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British Prime Minister, C, 1828-30 1769 Birthday - Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington 1742 Birthday - Arthur Middleton, signer, Declaration of Independence 1738 Birthday - Arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales 1727 Birthday - Arthur Murphy, Irish Writer 1502 Death - Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies 1501 Event - English crown prince Arthur marries Catharina of Aragon 1471 Death - Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 |
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