1987 Event New Zealand beat WI by 5 wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket 1969 Death Charles Winninger, actor (Cafe Metropole, Coney Island), dies at 84 1954 Birthday Jeremy Coney, cricketer, New Zealand captain turned them into world-beaters 1932 Birthday Michael G[reatrex] Coney, Canada, sci-fi author, Cat Karina 1919 Birthday Lawrence Ferlinghetti, author, Coney Island of the Mind 1919 Birthday Lawrence Ferlinghetti, U.S., beat poet, Coney Island of the Mind 1884 Event On Coney Island, the 1st roller coaster begins operating
