2014 Event A bird flu outbreak has been identified on three poultry farms in the Netherlands; though current tests show the virus strain to pose a low risk to humans, infected birds will be slaughtered 2012 Event More than 1,000 birds, mostly pelicans and hundreds of dolphins die off the coast in the north of Paru, under unexplained circumstances 2011 Event Over half a million people participate in the world's largest wildlife survey after extreme cold drives exotic birds into Britain's back gardens 2010 Event At auction, John James Audubon's 'Birds of America' sells for a record price of $10.3 million 1996 Death Roger Tory Peterson, born in Jamestown, New York, ornithologist/writer 'How to Know Birds', dies at 87 1994 Death Bill Quinn, U.S. actor (Quinn Brothers, Birds, Lucky Stiff), dies at 81 1980 Death Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, British director (Psycho, Birds), dies at 80 1975 Death Ethel Griffies, actress (Billy Liar, Birds), dies at 97 1971 Birthday Sydney Penny, actress, Danni-New Gidget, Thorn Birds, All My Children 1957 Birthday Rachel Ward, born in Cornwell Manor, England, actress, Thorn Birds 1953 Birthday Philip Anglim, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Dane-Thorn Birds 1950 Birthday Holly Palance, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Thorn Birds, Ripley's Believe It 1947 Birthday Laurie Anderson, performance artist, O Superman, Excellent Birds 1937 Birthday Suzanne Pleshette, New York City, actress, Birds, Emily-Bob Newhart Show 1935 Birthday Tippi Hedren, born in Minnesota, actress, The Birds, Marnie, Bold and Beautiful 1933 Birthday Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch choreographer/ballet dancer, Painted Birds 1926 Birthday Allyn Ann McLerie, Quebec, actress, Tony Randall Show, Thorn Birds 1926 Birthday Jean Simmons, born in London, England, actress, Thorn Birds, Guys and Dolls 1913 Event 1st U.S. law regulating the shooting of migratory birds passed 1909 Birthday Jessica Tandy, London, actress, Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included 1909 Event U.S. prohibits interstate transportation of game birds 1908 Birthday Roger Tory Peterson, born in Jamestown, New York, ornithologist/writer 'How to Know Birds' 1907 Birthday Barbara Stanwyck, born in Brooklyn, actress, Dynasty II, Big Valley, Thorn Birds 1905 Birthday Kenneth Rexroth, U.S., poet, critic and translator Birds in the Bush 1899 Birthday Alfred Hitchcock, born in London, director, Psycho, Birds, Rear Window 1878 Birthday Ethel Griffies, actress, Billy Liar, Birds, We Live Again 1871 Event Millions of birds fly over western SF, darkens sky 1852 Birthday William Scarborough, Macon, Georgia, linguist/author, Birds of Aristophanes 1839 Birthday Henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet, Bell Birds 1753 Birthday Thomas Bewick, England, artist, British Birds, Aesop's Fables
