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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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