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2012 Event - Following a landslide victory, Campbell Newman is sworn in as Australia's new Premier of Queensland

2010 Event - Model Naomi Campbell confirms former President of Liberia Charles Taylor gave her diamonds she described as 'dirty looking stones'

2005 Death - Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., Representative-R-South Carolina, 1979 - 1986, Governor of South Carolina 1987 - 1995

1998 Event - New York Rangers fire head coach Colin Campbell

1997 Death - Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician, dies at 55

1997 Event - British model Naomi Campbell, hospitalized on drug overdose

1996 Death - Robert Lewis Campbell Lorimer, publisher, dies at 77

1996 Death - Colin Campbell Mitchell, soldier, dies at 70

1996 Death - John Lorne Campbell, folklorist, dies at 90

1994 Death - William Donald Campbell, diarist/Ornithologist, dies at 89

1993 Event - 44th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 16-6 at Montreal

1992 Event - 43rd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 10-6 at Philadelphia

1991 Death - Irene Campbell, British actress/dancer (Wicker Man, St. Justice), dies

1991 Event - 42nd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 11-5 at Chicago

1990 Event - 41st NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 12-7 at Pittsburgh

1989 Event - 40th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-5 at Edmonton

1988 Event - 39th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-5 (OT) at St. Louis

1987 Death - Joseph Campbell, mythologist (Mythic Image), dies at 83

1987 Event - Houston Oiler Earl Campbell, retires from NFL

1986 Event - 38th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 (OT) at Hartford

1985 Death - Kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at 80

1985 Event - 37th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-4 at Calgary

1984 Event - 36th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-6 at New Jersey

1983 Event - 35th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-3 at New York Islander

1982 Event - 34th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-2 at Washington

1981 Event - 33rd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 4-1 at LA

1980 Event - 32nd NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-3 at Detroit

1978 Death - Flora Campbell, actress (Faraway Hill, Date With Judy), dies at 67

1978 Event - 31st NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 3-2 (OT) at Buffalo

1977 Event - 43rd Heisman Trophy Award: Earl Campbell, Texas (RB)

1977 Birthday - Patricia Campbell, Pennsylvania, Miss Teen USA, 1996-2nd place

1977 Event - 30th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 at Vancouver

1976 Event - Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox for $1 million over 4 years

1976 Event - 29th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-5 at Philadelphia

1975 Birthday - Tevin Jermod Campbell, born in Dallas, Texas, rapper

1975 Event - Heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in SF

1975 Event - 28th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-1 at Montreal

1973 Birthday - Cassie Campbell, ice hockey defenseman, Canada, 1998 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Neve Campbell, actress, Party of 5, Scream

1973 Birthday - Jim Campbell, born in Worchester, Massachusetts, U.S. hockey forward 1994 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Jim Campbell, Worcester, NHL center, Anaheim Mighty Ducks

1972 Birthday - Denny Vaughn, orchestra leader, Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

1972 Birthday - Matthew Campbell, NFL tight end for the Carolina Panthers

1971 Death - John W. Campbell, U.S., sci-fi writer (Space Beyond), dies at 61

1970 Birthday - Sherwin Campbell, cricketer, WI opening batsman 1995

1970 Birthday - Steve Campbell, Buffalo, New York, tennis star

1970 Birthday - Beck, born in Los Angeles, California, born Bek David Campbell, guitarist, singer, multi-instrumentalist, popular recordings include 'Odelay', 'Sea Change'

1970 Birthday - Naomi Campbell, born in London, England, model/actress, Cool as Ice, Unzipped

1969 Birthday - Jesse Campbell, NFL safety, New York Giants, Washington Redskins

1969 Birthday - Michael Campbell, Hawera New Zealand, Australasia golfer

1968 Birthday - Tisha Campbell, Newark, New Jersey, actress, Gina-Martin, House Party

1968 Birthday - Elden Campbell, NBA forward and center, Los Angeles Lakers

1968 Birthday - Alastair Campbell Mackintosh, Hamilton New Zealand, coxless rower 1996 Olympics

1968 Birthday - Lisa Campbell, Victoria, Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics

1967 Birthday - Andrew Shue, born in Wilmington, Delaware, actor, played Billy Campbell on Melrose Place television series, co-founder of social networking site, CafeMom

1967 Death - Donald Campbell, boat racer, dies trying to break 300 mph on water

1966 Birthday - Michael Campbell, CFL defensive tackle for the Hamilton Tiger Cats

1964 Event - Donald Campbell (UK) sets world water speed record (276.33 mph)

1964 Event - Don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph)

1964 Birthday - Jackie Campbell, born in Los Angeles, California, WPVA volleyballer, Nationals-5th-1993

1964 Birthday - Greg Campbell, cricketer, Aussie pace-bowler 1989-90

1964 Birthday - Mike Campbell, born in Seattle, Washington, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs

1963 Event - Dr. James Campbell performed the 1st human nerve transplant

1963 Birthday - Julia Campbell, born in Huntsville, Alabama, actress, Opportunity Knocks

1962 Birthday - Vivian Campbell, heavy metal rocker, White Snake-Here I Go Again

1962 Birthday - Campbell Scott, born in New York City, actor, Singles, Dying Young, Sheltering Sky

1960 Birthday - Dawn Coe-Jones, Campbell River BC, LPGA golfer, 1992 Kemper Open

1960 Birthday - Julianna Young, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, playmate, Nov, 1993

1960 Birthday - Tonie Campbell, born in Los Angeles, California, 100m hurdler 1988 Olympics bronze

1959 Birthday - Bill Campbell, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Rocketeer

1959 Birthday - Ali Campbell, British reggae vocalist and guitarist, UB40-Red Red Wine

1958 Birthday - Bruse Campbell, actor, Army of Darkness

1958 Birthday - Bruce Campbell, American Actor

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

1957 Death - Ignatius Roy D Campbell, British poet (Garcia Lorca), dies at 54

1955 Event - 1st speed-boat to exceed 200 mph (322 kph) (D M Campbell)

1955 Birthday - Eddie Campbell, Scottish Artist

1955 Birthday - John Campbell, harness racer, 3-time winner of Hambletonian

1955 Birthday - Earl Campbell, NFL running back, Houston, New Orleans, 1977 Heisman

1954 Birthday - Robin Campbell, British reggae vocalist and guitarist, UB40-Red Red Wine

1954 Birthday - Mike Campbell, guitarist, Tom Petty and Heartbreakers-Breakdown

1953 Birthday - Nell Campbell, Laura, Sydney Australia, actress, Rocky Horror

1952 Birthday - Nicholas Campbell, born in Toronto, Canada, actor, Nick-Insiders

1951 Birthday - Thomas Warren Purtzer, Des Moines, Iowa, PGA golfer, 1977 Glen Campbell

1949 Death - Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63

1948 Death - Malcolm Campbell, English race driver, dies at 63

1948 Birthday - Larry McNeeley, Lafayette, Indiana, banjo player, Glen Campbell Hour

1947 Birthday - William H Campbell, Jr., rocker

1947 Birthday - Avril "Kim" Campbell, Canada's 1st female premier, 1993-

1947 Birthday - Kim Campbell, Canadian Statesman

1946 Birthday - William "Junior" Campbell, singer/guitarist, Marmalade

1943 Birthday - Ronald Campbell, born in Tynemouth, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Blyth Valley

1942 Birthday - Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician

1940 Birthday - Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., born in Greenville, South Carolina, Representative-R-South Carolina, 1979 - 1986, Governor of South Carolina 1987 - 1995

1940 Death - Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (Outcast Lady, Riptide), dies

1940 Birthday - Anne Campbell, born in England, politician, Labor Member of Parliament for Cambridge, portrayed by Harriet Walter in 10 Days to War, a BBC drama on events leading up to the Iraq War

1938 Birthday - Jo Ann Campbell, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Lawrence Welk's champagne lady

1938 Death - William W. Campbell, U.S. astronomer (Stellar Motions), dies at 76

1938 Death - William Wallace Campbell, American Scientist

1938 Birthday - Glen Campbell, singer, By the Time I get to Phoenix, Galveston

1936 Birthday - Glen Campbell, born in Delight, Arkansas, actor/singer, Time I Get to Phoenix

1935 Event - 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)

1935 Birthday - Juliet Campbell, British ambassador, to Luxembourg

1935 Death - Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scotish composer, dies at 87

1934 Birthday - Milton Gray Campbell, Plainfield, New Jersey, decathelete 1956 Olympics gold

1933 Birthday - Milt Campbell, born in Plainfield, New Jersey, hurdler and decathlete, Gold Medal 1956 Olympics

1933 Birthday - Alex Campbell, Canadian Politician

1933 Birthday - Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Sen-D Colorado

1932 Event - Malcolm Campbell drives record speed (253.96 mph) at Daytona

1928 Birthday - William Campbell, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Jerry-Cannonball, Luke-Dynasty

1925 Birthday - Colin Campbell Mitchell, soldier

1925 Birthday - Marty Paich, born in Oakland California, orchestra leader, Sonny and Cher, Glenn Campbell

1924 Event - Malcolm Campbell sets world auto speed record at 146.16 MPH

1923 Event - Mary Katherine Campbell (Ohio), 16, crowned 2nd Miss America 1922-23

1922 Birthday - Campbell Adamson, CEO, Abbey National Pictures

1921 Birthday - Donald Malcome Campbell, born in Surrey, England, boat racer, 1955 speed records

1919 Death - William W. Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60

1918 Birthday - Robert Lewis Campbell Lorimer, publisher

1918 Event - Douglas Campbell is 1st U.S. ace pilot (shooting down 5th German plane)

1917 Birthday - Lord Campbell of Alloway, QC

1916 Birthday - Judy Campbell, actress, Convoy, Bonnie Prince Charlie

1914 Birthday - Archie Campbell, Bullsgap Tennessee, comedian, Hee Haw

1911 Birthday - Ramon Campbell Batista, composer

1910 Birthday - Angus Campbell, U.S., psychologist, Elections and Political Order

1910 Birthday - John W. Campbell, U.S., sci-fi writer, Moon is Hell

1908 Birthday - Betty MacDonald, Anne E Campbell Bard, U.S. writer, Egg and I

1907 Birthday - Matthew Campbell, British senior civil servant

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

1906 Birthday - John Lorne Campbell, folklorist

1905 Birthday - William Donald Campbell, diarist/ornithologist

1905 Birthday - Clarence Campbell, born in Saskatchewan, 3rd NHL President, 1946-77

1904 Birthday - Kay Campbell, Catherine Hibben, actress, All My Children

1904 Birthday - Joseph Campbell, mythologist, Mythic Image

1901 Birthday - [Ignatius] Roy [D] Campbell, South African poet, Flowering Rifle

1900 Death - George J D Campbell, British Minister of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76

1893 Birthday - William March, Campbell, U.S., writer, Company K

1891 Event - 11th U.S. Mens Tennis: Oliver S Campbell beats C Hobart (26 75 79 61 62)

1890 Event - Oliver S. Campbell wins U.S. Tennis Open

1890 Death - Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliographer, dies at 70

1888 Birthday - Matthew Heywood Campbell Broun, 1st President of American Newspaper Guild

1885 Birthday - Malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min, 8 km/min

1883 Birthday - Colin Campbell, born in Falkirk, Scotland, actress, High Bright Sun, Leather Boys

1882 Birthday - Thomas Campbell, South African cricket wicketkeeper, 5 Tests 1909-12

1871 Birthday - Oliver Samuel Campbell, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1890

1866 Death - Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77

1865 Death - Cleaveland J Campbell, Union Brigadier-General, dies at about 29

1865 Birthday - Patrick Campbell, England, actress, Pygmalion

1864 Death - Archibald Campbell Godwin, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle

1863 Event - Battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 casualities

1863 Death - Colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70

1862 Birthday - William W. Campbell, U.S. astronomer and director Lick Observatory

1862 Birthday - William Wallace Campbell, American Scientist

1858 Birthday - William W. Campbell, Canadian poet, Beyond the Hills of Dream

1847 Birthday - Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, composer

1844 Death - Thomas Campbell, poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66

1828 Birthday - Alexander William Campbell, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1824 Death - Alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60

1823 Birthday - Charles Thomas Campbell, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1823 Birthday - George JD Campbell, Scottish/British Minister to Indies, 1868-74/80-85

1819 Birthday - Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliography/literary

1811 Birthday - John Archibald Campbell, Assistant Secretary War, Confederacy

1807 Birthday - William Bowen Campbell, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1792 Birthday - Colin Campbell/Lord Clyde, British officer, Sepoy-uprising

1788 Birthday - Alexander Campbell, Irish / U.S. founder, Disciples of Christ

1777 Birthday - Thomas Campbell, poet, Hohenlinden, Battle of the Baltic

1764 Birthday - Alexander Campbell, composer

1763 Birthday - Thomas Campbell, founder, Church of Disciples in America

1743 Death - John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/Field Marshal, dies at 64

1704 Event - 1st successful U.S. newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell

1703 Death - Archibald Campbell, Scottish military man (blood bath of Glencoe), dies at 52

1685 Death - Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 55

1678 Birthday - John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/Field Marshal, Union of 1707

1661 Death - Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53













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