2012 Event Japan's car sales soar significantly after last year's earthquake and tsunami, coming in at a 92% rise year-over-year 2010 Event Planes across the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia are grounded as a result of the volcanic ash coming from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano 2009 Event 30,000 Phillipine people remain in temporary shelter as scientists predict the Mount Mayon volcano will erupt in the coming weeks 2000 Death Beah Richards, actress, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, dies at 74 1996 Event New York Yankees set record by coming back from 6-0 in World Series game to beat Atlanta Braves 8-6, also set record of 7th straight road win 1992 Death Mike Frankovich, U.S. producer (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies 1990 Death Hope Sansberry, actress (Rats are Coming), dies at 94 1987 Death James Burnham, philosopher (Coming Defeat of Communism), dies at 81 1980 Event Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up" 1973 Death Cecil Kellaway, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 78 1972 Birthday Busta Rhymes, born in Brooklyn, New York, born Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., rapper, songwriter, actor, albums include, 'The Coming', 'When Disaster Strikes' 1971 Event Stevie Wonder releases "Where I'm Coming From" 1966 Event Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!" 1965 Death Sidney Marion, actor (Outlaws is Coming, Quicksand), dies at 64 1955 Birthday Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, born in Hokkaido, Japan, sumo wrestler, 58th yokozuna, greatest, highest ranked sumo in recent times, won 31 tournament championships, coming in second to Taiho, noted as lightest yokozuna since Tochinoumi in the 1960's, head coach for Kokonoe stable 1955 Birthday Arsenio Hall, comedian, Alan Thicke, Arsenio, Coming to America 1947 Birthday Laura Nyro, Bronx, singer and songwriter, Eli's Coming, Stoney End 1945 Birthday Katharine Houghton, born in Hartford, actress, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1941 Event Ump Jocko Conlan ejects Pirate manager Frankie Frisch for coming out on field holding an umbrella to get a rainout 1939 Birthday John Amos, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Good Times, Coming to America 1939 Birthday Luther Allison, Mayflower, Arkansas, rock guitarist, Bad News is Coming 1938 Event Dutch Premier Colijn sends radio message "No war coming" 1936 Birthday Bruce Dern, Winnetka, Illinois, actor, Coming Home, Silent Running, Tatoo 1935 Birthday Phyllis Newman, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actress, Coming of Age, TW3 1935 Birthday Tony Campolo, born in America, pastor, speaker, author, promotes evangelical reform, leader, 'Red Letter Christian' movement, focusing on Christ's teachings, wrote, 'A Reasonable Faith', known for famous sermon, 'It's Friday, But Sunday's Coming!' 1932 Event Charlie Conacher becomes 1st Toronto Maple Leaf to score 5 goals in a game, 1st coming at 7 seconds of game 1924 Birthday Theodore Bikel, Austrian/US folk singer and actor, Russians Are Coming 1920 Birthday Hubert Lampo, Flemish writer/essayist, Coming of Joachim Stiller 1912 Event Socialist International rejects that world war is coming 1905 Birthday James Burnham, philosopher, Coming Defeat of Communism 1901 Birthday Margaret Mead, born in Philadelphia, anthropologist, Coming of Age in Samoa 1775 Event Paul Revere and William Dawes warn "British are coming!" 1735 Birthday Paul Revere, silversmith and U.S. patriot, 'The British are coming'
