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2004 Danny Dark, voice, Superman in the '70s and '80s, dies at 63
2001 Louis Edmonds, actor, Dark Shadows, dies at 77 1997 Richard Jaeckel, actor, Starman, The Dark, dies of cancer at 70 1996 Barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft), dies at 70 1994 Elizabeth Lefanu Maconchy, English composer (My Dark Heart), dies at 87 1993 Phyllis Hill, actress (Singing in the Dark), dies of lung cancer at 72 1992 Jacquelyn Hyde, actress (Dark, House of Terror), dies at 61 1991 Angelo Rossitto, dwarf known as "Little Moe"/actor (Dark), dies at 83 1991 Marie Madeline Sullivan, actress (Elvira Mistress of Dark), dies at 80 1989 George Harrison releases "Best of Dark Horse 1976 - 1989" album 1987 Alfred Bester, sci-fi author (Dark Side of Earth), dies at 73 1985 Grayson Hall, actor (Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 58 1982 Dark Side of the Moon, is on charts for 402nd week 1979 Shirley Mason, actress (Let it Rain, Dark Skies), dies at 79 1979 George Brent, actor (Baby Face, Dark Victory, 42nd St), dies at 75 1978 Carleton Percy Hobbs, actor (I Claudius, Dark Places), dies at 80 1978 Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training) 1975 Bob Considine, newscaster (Tonight! America After Dark), dies at 68 1974 George Harrison releases his "Dark Horse" album in the United Kingdom 1971 Christopher Dark, actor (Man Behind the Badge), dies at 51 1971 Sci-fi soap opera "Dark Shadows" concludes an almost 5 year run 1970 Natasha Gregson Wagner, actress, Dark Horse, SFW, Robert's daughter 1969 Lonnie Elder's "Ceremonies in Dark Old Men," premieres in New York City 1968 Franchot Tone, actor (Advise and Consent, Dark Waters), dies at 63 1967 Alvin Dark (52-69) is fired, rehired, and fired again as manager of A's 1966 1st sci-fi soap opera, "Dark Shadows," premieres on ABC-TV 1966 Herbert Marshall, actor (Dark Angel, Duel in the Sun), dies at 75 1964 John Leguizamo, born in Columbia, actor, Mambo Mouth, Whispers in the Dark 1961 Fabio [Lanzoni], born in Italy, romance novels model, Fabio After Dark 1958 Greg Chaisson, heavy metal rocker, Badlands-Dreams in the Dark 1958 Henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42 1957 William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," premieres in New York City 1957 Jake E Lee, rocker, Badlands-Dreams in the Dark 1957 "Tonight! America After Dark" premieres, with Jack Lescoulie and Al (Jazzbo) Collins on NBC (between Steve Allen and Jack Paar) 1957 Frank Miller, U.S., comicbook writer, Batman-The Dark Knight Returns 1953 79th Kentucky Derby: Hank Moreno aboard Dark Star wins in 2:02 1952 Dutch minister Dark sentences war criminal W Lages to death 1948 Nicholas Broomfield, director/editor, Dark Obsession, Heidi Fleiss 1947 Sidney Toler, actor (Charlie Chan, Dark Alibi), dies at 72 1946 Jane Birkin, born in London, England, actress, Mrs Don Juan, Dark Places, Dust 1946 Tom Monteleone, U.S. writer, Dark Star and Illumination 1946 Jerry Lacy, actor, 'Reverend Trask', 'Dark Shadows' 1945 Nikita Mikhalkov, director, Dark Eyes, Slave of Love 1944 Pulitzer prize awarded to Martin Flavin (Journey in the dark) 1939 George William Reed, astronomy writer/cartoonist, Dark Sky Legacy 1934 Jean Marsh, born in London, England, actress, Dark Places, Eagle has Landed 1934 Alan Arkin, born in New York City, actor, Catch 22, In-Laws, Simon, Wait Until Dark 1933 Susan Sontag, born in New York City, Susan Rosenblatt, New York, writer, author, filmmaker, philosopher, political activist, 'Against Interpretation' established reputation as 'the Dark Lady of American Letters' 1931 Barbara Steele, England, actress, Castle of Blood, Dark Shadows 1930 Frank Page, British broadcaster/actor, Hudson Hawk, Dark Dancer 1927 [Herman] Junior Parker, rocker, Driving Wheel, In the Dark 1926 Jayne Meadows, Wu Chang China, Mrs. Steve Allen, actress, Dark Delusion 1926 Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street 1925 Barry Linehan, actor, Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft 1924 Lauren Bacall, born in New York City, actress, Dark Passage, Key Largo 1924 Victor Herbert, Irish/US composer, Kiss in Dark 1923 Betty Page, born in Kingsport, Tennessee, playmate, Jan, 1955, model, Dark Angel 1922 Adele Jergens, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Dark Past, Fuller Brush Man 1922 Robert Urquhart, actor, Dunkirk, Bulldog Breed, Dark Avenger 1922 Lizabeth Scott, Scranton, Pennsylvania, actress, Dark City, Desert Fury 1922 Sheila Burrell, actress, Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark 1922 Lou Stein, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pianist, Tonight! America After Dark 1921 Paul Coates, born in New York City, columnist, Tonight! America After Dark 1920 Christopher Dark, born in New York, actor, Suddenly, Tenderfoot 1920 Hayes Gordon, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Sky Pirates, Dark Room 1920 Daniel F[rancis] Galouye, U.S., sci-fi author, Dark Universe, Last Leap 1919 Al "Jazbo" Collins, New York City, DJ, Tonight! America After Dark 1917 1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball) 1917 1st jazz record recorded (Dark Town Strutters Ball) 1915 Brenda Marshall, Philippines, actress, Sea Hawk, Paris After Dark 1915 Henry Kuttner, U.S., sci-fi author, Dark World, As You Were 1914 Kenneth B Clark, Canal Zone, civil rights activist, Dark Ghetto 1914 Rose Hill, singer and actress, Nicholas Nickleby, Shot in the Dark 1914 David Ignatow, U.S. poet, Tread the Dark, Rescue the Dead 1912 Irv Kupcinet, born in Chicago, Illinois, TV host, Tonight! America After Dark 1907 Ben Carter, born in New York City, actor, Dark Alibi, Dressed to Kill 1905 Eric Frank Russell, UK, sci-fi author, Hugo, Deep Space, Dark Tides 1903 Manly Wade Wellman, Angola, sci-fi author, After Dark, Devil's Planet 1894 Jean Rhys, Ella Williams, Dominica, writer, Voyage in the Dark 1883 E E Clive, Monmouthshire Wales, actor, Night Must Fall, Dark Hour 1883 Shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist, Road Through Dark Night 1871 Jules Janssen discovers dark lines in solar corona spectrum 1864 Dirk Dark Curtius, attorney/liberal minister of Justice, dies at 71 |
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