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2013 Event - Britain's Prime Minister, David Cameron, lays out his intention to renegotiate terms with the EU, and subsequent plan to offer a referendum on his country's withdrawal from the EU if a new deal is agreed 2012 Event - Ballerina Natalia Makarova, blues legend Buddy Guy, actor Dustin Hoffman, American television host David Letterman, and surviving members of Led Zeppelin, receive 2012 Kennedy Center Honors for their contributions to American culture 2012 Event - British Prime Minister David Cameron announces Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland as the location for the 39th G8 summit in June 2013 2012 Event - Under intense media scrutiny for an extramarital affair, U.S. CIA Director David Petraeus submits his resignation to President Barack Obama 2012 Event - The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to Serge Haroche and David Wineland for their work on quantum optics 2012 Event - David Rudisha of Kenya becomes the first athlete at the 2012 Summer Olympics to set a new world track record and secures the 800m gold medal 2012 Event - David Cameron, Britain's Prime Minister, suggests government spending cuts will be required until the end of the decade 2012 Event - Queen Elizabeth II appoints John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia, and artist David Hockney, to the Order of Merit 2011 Event - After negotiations in Brussels, David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, rejects the invitation to join a European Union financial crisis accord 2011 Event - Riots in England continue; Prime Minister David Cameron hires U.S. law enforcement officer Bill Bratton to advise on dealing with gang-related violence 2011 Event - Command of the NATO forces in Afghanistan transfers from U.S. General David Petraeus to U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Genreal John R. Allen 2011 Event - U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron announces an inquiry into News of the World, allegedly involved in a phone hacking scandal 2011 Event - U.K. Prime Minister, David Cameron, confirms the United Kingdom is sending Apache attack helicopters to assist the 2011 Libyan uprising 2011 Event - Speaking in Cardiff, Wales, David Cameron, Prime Minister of the U.K., declares war on 'enemies of enterprise' 2010 Event - David Cameron, Prime Minister of Britain, embarks on an official visit aimed at building closer economic ties to the People's Republic of China 2008 Death - David Foster Wallace, dies in California, of suicide, at 46 2007 Death - David Halberstam, dies in California, in a traffic crash, at 73 2005 Death - David Hackworth, American Soldier 2005 Death - Mitch Hedberg, comedian, appeared on television show, 'The Late Show with David Letterman' and film, 'Lords of Dogtown', dies at age 37, in Livingston, New Jersey 2004 Death - David Bailey, actor, Passions, dies at 71 2004 Death - Carl Wayne, Colin David Tooley, actor, lead vocalist 'The Move', 1960's Birmingham rock group, dies of esophageal cancer, at age 61 2004 Death - David Raksin, composer, Laura, dies at 92 2003 Death - David Hemmings, actor/durectir, Blow Up, dies at 62 2003 Death - David Brinkley, TV journalist, dies at 82 2003 Death - David Lavender, American Historian 2003 Death - David Bloom, TV journalist, died in Iraq of non-war-related causes, dies at 39 2003 Death - David Brown, astronaut, mission specialist on the Columbia, STS-107, 2002 Event - Wimbledon Men's Finals, Lleyton Hewitt beat David Nalbandian 2002 Death - David Riesman, American Sociologist 2001 Death - David Angell, producer, Frasier, dies at 55 - a 9/11 terrorist murder 2001 Event - Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer beat Jiri Novak and David Rikl 2001 Death - David Graf, actor, Police Academy, movies, dies at 50 2000 Death - David Brower, ecological activist, executive director of the Sierra Club for nearly 20 years, dies at 88 2000 Death - David R. Brower, American Environmentalist 2000 Death - David Dukes, actor, Gods and Monsters, dies at 55 2000 Death - David Tomlinson, actor, Mary Poppins, dies at 83 2000 Death - David B. Guralnik, Webster's lexicographer, dies at 79 1999 Death - David Strickland, actor, Suddenly Susan, dies at 29 1998 Death - David F. Powers, American Politician 1998 Event - New England Patriot David Meggett arrested in Toronto on sex assault charges 1998 Event - Spice Girl Victoria Adams, aka Posh Spice, and soccer David Beckham gets engaged 1998 Death - David "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67 1997 Death - David Norman Schramm, physicist, dies at 52 1997 Death - David Abell Wood, priest, dies at 72 1997 Event - David Duval wins Championship at the Champions Golf Club 1997 Event - David Duval wins Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Golf Classic 1997 Event - David Duval wins Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Golf Club 1997 Event - Newscaster David Brinkley, 74, retires after 54 years in broadcasting 1997 Event - David Toms wins Quad City Golf Classic at 265 1997 Event - David Frost wins Golf's Colonial Final in Ft. Worth Texas 1997 Event - "King David," closes at New Amsterdam Theater New York City 1997 Event - "King David," opens at New Amsterdam Theater New York City 1997 Event - Tea Leoni and David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village 1997 Death - David Doyle, TV actor (Charlie's Angels) 1997 Death - David Waller, actor (Lady Jane, Perfect Friday, Hannay), dies at 76 1996 Death - David Sinclair, actor (Love and Hate), dies at 62 1996 Death - David Herbert, publisher, dies at 69 1996 Death - David Gilroy Bevan, politician, dies at 86 1996 Death - David Viscott, American Psychologist 1996 Death - David Donaldson, painter, dies at 80 1996 Death - David Tudor, composer, dies at 70 1996 Event - David Sales makes 210 on 1st class cricket debut for Northants vs. Worcs 1996 Death - David Lancaster Nicolson, businessman/politician, dies at 73 1996 Death - David Schine, businessman, dies at 70 1996 Death - David Mourao-Ferreira, poet/politician, dies at 69 1996 Death - David Nicholls, priest/theologian/political theorist, dies at 60 1996 Death - David W. Howe, test pilot, dies at 77 1996 Death - David Michael Ifshin, British political campaign organiser, dies at 46 1996 Death - David Opatoshu, actor (Torn Curtian, Raid on Entebbe), dies at 78 1996 Death - David William Eric Davis, broadcaster, dies at 87 1996 Death - David Shipman, film historian, dies at 63 1996 Death - David Keylsey, actor and director, dies at 63 1996 Death - David Whitton, politician, Labor party, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, dies at 44 1996 Death - David Packard, electronic engineer and businessman, dies at 83 1996 Death - David Bowman, trade unionist, dies at 82 1996 Event - Actress Halle Berry files for divorce from David Justice 1996 Event - Last day of Test cricket for David Boon 1996 Death - David Schultz, wrestler, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics, killed by John Du Pont 1996 Death - David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Duke of Warwick, dies at 61 1995 Death - David Land, impressario, dies at 77 1995 Event - David Cone signs $19.5 million 3 year contract with New York Yankees 1995 Death - David Lincoln Lightbown, politician, dies at 63 1995 Death - David Saul Marshall, diplomat lawyer/politician, dies at 97 1995 Death - Adrianne Jones, killed by David Graham and Diane Zamora, at 16 1995 Death - David Briggs, record producer, dies at 51 1995 Death - David Healy, actor (Supergirl, Doomsday Gun, Patton), dies at 64 1995 Death - David Farrar, actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse, Watusi), dies at 87 1995 Death - David Richard Holloway, literary Editor, dies at 71 1995 Death - Frank Perry, U.S. dir (Diary of Mad Housewife, David and Lisa), dies at 65 1995 Death - David James Moore, educationalist, dies at 62 1995 Death - David Warrilow, actor (Simon, Radio Days, Barton Fink), dies at 60 1995 Death - David Begelman, film producer, dies at 73 1995 Death - Alan David Marks, pianist/composer, dies at 49 1995 Death - David Parry, guitarist, dies 53 1995 Death - David Avidan, poet and writer, dies at 62 1995 Event - David Bell debuts for the Indians (3rd generation player, Gus and Buddy) 1995 Death - David Alexander Reginald Herbert, writer, dies at 86 1995 Death - Davie Cooper, David 'Davie' Cooper, professional soccer player, signed by Ranger for 100,000 pounds, won Scottish Cup with Motherwell in 1991, dies at 39 1995 Death - David Melvin English Franklin, singer, dies at 52 1995 Death - David Wayne, Wayne Mcmeekan, U.S. actor 'Dallas', dies at 81 1995 Death - David Kindersley, alphabet Designer/Cutter, dies at 79 1994 Death - David Dean Rusk, American Politician 1994 Death - David Bache, son of footballer Joe Bache, car designer, worked with Rover, dies at 69 1994 Death - David Rayner, cyclist, dies 1994 Death - David Feinberg, AIDS activist/author, dies at 37 1994 Death - Anthony David Machell Cox, medievalist, dies at 81 1994 Death - David Buchan, ethno-Musicologist, dies at 55 1994 Death - David Napley, solicitor, dies at 79 1994 Death - David van Cup, sculptor/painter, dies at 57 1994 Death - David Wright, poet, dies at 74 1994 Death - David Malcolm Lewis, expert in Greek Epigraphy, dies at 56 1994 Death - Alan David Melville, polymath, dies at 82 1994 Death - David Lawson, executed in North Carolina (wanted execution shown on Donahue) 1994 Death - David Brooks, psychologist, dies at 91 1994 Death - David Langton, dies of a heart at 81 1994 Death - David Langton, British actor (Upstairs Downstairs), dies at 82 1994 Event - David Robinson scores ties 7th highest total in the NBA - 71 1994 Event - Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender after completion of his Seven Seals manuscript 1994 Death - David Miles Bensuan Economist-Butt, dies at 79 1994 Event - David Platt appointed captain of English football team 1994 Event - PBA National Championship won by David Traber 1994 Event - Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender if taped statement is broadcasted, it is, but he doesn't 1993 Death - Mack David, U.S. songwriter (Bachelor in Paradise), dies at 81 1993 Death - Janet Margolin, actress (David and Lisa), dies of ovarian cancer at 50 1993 Death - Absolutely Nobody, David Powers, Washington lieutenant governor candidate, dies at 37 1993 Death - David Tendlar, animator (Betty Boop), dies 1993 Event - Fred McGriff and David Justice are 6th to hit back-to-back home runs twice in same game 1993 Death - David Brian, U.S. actor (Damned Don't Cry, Fort Worth), dies at 78 1993 Event - "Late Night with David Letterman" airs for last time on NBC-TV 1993 Death - David Waymer, NFLer (Saints, 49'ers, Raiders), dies at 34 1993 Event - NBC announces Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman 1993 Event - David Lee Roth arrested in New York City for purchasing marijuana for 1993 Death - David Gunn, abortion doctor, killed by Michael Griffin at 47 1993 Death - Michael David Morrison, actor (Caleb-As the World Turns), dies at 33 1993 Death - David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54 1993 Event - David Letterman announces his show is moving from NBC to CBS 1993 Event - NBC offers "Tonight Show" to David Letterman 1992 Event - David Boon's 14th Test Cricket century, 111 vs. WI at Brisbane 1992 Death - David Oliver, actor (Perry Hutchins-Another World), dies of AIDS at 30 1992 Event - David Houghton gets Zimbabwe's 1st Test ton (121 vs. India, debut) 1992 Event - 1,700th David Letterman Show 1992 Event - Actress Ally Sheedy weds actor David Lansbury 1992 Death - David Jones, actor, commits suicide (had terminal cancer) at 76 1992 Event - David Lewett and Jane Luu discovers comet: "1992 QB1" 64 mil km from Sun 1992 Event - Mets trade David Cone to Toronto for Jeff Kent and Ryan Thompson 1992 Death - David Kaplan, news director (ABC), killed in Sarajevo Yugoslavia 1992 Event - Last day of Test Cricket for David Gower 1992 Death - David Wojuarowicz, artist (U2 album cover), dies of AIDs at 37 1992 Event - U.S. actress Bobbie Eakes marries author David Stone 1992 Death - Elizabeth David, British cookbook writer, dies 1992 Event - New York Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent 1992 Event - David Bowie marries model Iman in Switzerland 1992 Death - David Miller, dies of cancer at 82 1992 Death - David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41 1992 Event - David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 vs. India at Perth 1991 Death - David "Sonny" Werblin, AFL owner for the New York Jets, dies at 81 1991 Event - New York Met David Cone ties NL record by striking out 19 Phillies 1991 Event - Houston quarterback David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter as the Cougars clobbered Louisiana Tech 73-3 1991 Death - David Ruffin, rock vocalist (Temptations), dies of drug overdose at 50 1991 Event - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by David Ozio 1991 Death - David Lean, director (28 academy awards), dies of pneumonia at 83 1990 Death - David White, actor (Larry Tate-Bewitched), dies at 74 1990 Death - David White, actor (Bewitched), dies of heart attack at 74 1990 Event - David Hackett Souter, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1990 Event - U.S. Senate votes 90-9 to confirm David Souter to Supreme Court 1990 Event - Senate Judiciary Com opens hearing on confirmation of David Souter 1990 Death - David Acer, Florida dentist, dies of AIDs after infecting 5 patients 1990 Death - David Rose, composer (Holiday for Strings, Stripper), dies at 80 1990 Event - Longest wheelie (David Robilliard with 5h12m33s (Channel Islands) 1990 Death - David Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38 1990 Event - As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score 1990 Death - Ralph David Abernathy, U.S. civil rights leader, dies 1990 Event - David Hares "Racing Demon," premieres in London 1990 Death - David Arkin, actor (I Love You Alice B Toklas), dies 1990 Event - David Dinkins sworn in as 1st black mayor of New York City 1989 Event - David Boon scores 200 vs. New Zealand at cricket WACA 1989 Event - David Dinkins elected 1st black mayor of New York City 1989 Death - Stanley David Griggs, astronaut (STS-51-D), dies plane crash at 59 1989 Event - Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house 1989 Event - Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house 1989 Death - David Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered 1989 Event - David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo 1989 Death - Norman Woolard, actor (Guilty, Saul and David, Medeleine), dies at 79 1989 Event - Harold E. Ballard sells CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats to David Braley 1989 Event - Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife 1989 Event - Whitesnake's rocker David Coverdale weds actress Tawny Kitaen 1988 Death - Arwel Hughes, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn, dies at 79 1988 Death - David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73 1988 Event - David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow," premieres in New York City 1988 Death - David Prater, U.S. singer (Sam and Dave-Soul Man), dies in car crash at 50 1988 Event - David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly," premieres in New York City 1988 Event - David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184* vs. England at Sydney 1987 Event - David Boon's 5th Test Cricket century, 143 vs. New Zealand at Brisbane 1987 Event - Rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles 1987 Event - David Robinson scores 50 points in a NCAA basketball game 1987 Event - David Hookes (306*) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for South Australia 1987 Death - David Susskind, TV host (Open End, David Susskind Show), dies at 66 1987 Event - David Hartman quits ABC's "Good Morning America," after 11 years 1987 Death - David Savoy, Jr., rock manager (Husker Du), commits suicide at 24 1986 Event - David Boon's fourth Test century, 103 vs. England at Adelaide 1986 Event - Armand Hammer returns to U.S. with Jewish refusenik David Goldfarb 1986 Event - David Boon's 3rd Test cricket century, 122 vs. India at Madras 1986 Event - Cher called David Letterman an asshole on Late Night on NBC 1986 Event - David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool 1986 Event - David Boon's second Test century, 131 vs. India at Adelaide 1986 Event - NCAA basketball's David Robinson blocks a record 14 shots 1986 Death - David Cecil, English Writer 1985 Event - David Boon's 1st Test century, 123 vs. India at Adelaide 1985 Event - "Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" by David Lee Roth hits #12 1985 Event - David Jacobsen taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon 1985 Event - Larry Holmes TKOs David Bey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title 1985 Death - David Huffman, actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), dies 1984 Event - Test Cricket debut of David Boon age 23 and Bob Holland age 38 (v WI) 1984 Event - David Levy finds his 1st comet 1984 Death - David Gorcey, actor (Angel's Alley), dies at 63 in a diabetic coma 1984 Birthday - Henry Charles Albert David, Prince of Wales, 3rd in British succession 1984 Event - David Rabe's "Hurlyburly," premieres in New York City 1984 Event - Montreal Expo David Palmer no-hits St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0 in a perfect 5 inn game 1984 Death - David, spent most of his life in a plastic bubble, dies at 12 1983 Death - David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53 1983 Event - David Shire and R Maltby Jr's musical "Baby," premieres in New York City 1983 Death - David Alexandrovich Toradze, composer, dies at 61 1983 Death - Ralph [David] Richardson, English actor (Richard III), dies at 80 1983 Event - David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross," premieres in London 1983 Death - David Niven, actor (Rugues), dies in Switzerland at 73 1983 Event - U.S. announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge 1983 Event - David Bowie's 'Let's "Dance' single goes #1 1983 Event - David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143* vs. Sri Lanka 1982 Death - David Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41 1982 Event - David Hookes scores Cricket century in 34 balls 43 minutes, SA vs. Victoria 1982 Event - David S. Dodge becomes 1st American hostage in Lebanon 1982 Event - David Moorcroft of U.K. sets record for 5000 m, 13:00.41 1982 Event - In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawal 1982 Event - "Late Night with David Letterman" premieres on NBC 1982 Event - "Late Night With David Letterman," debuts on NBC-TV 1981 Death - David Guion, composer, dies at 88 1981 Event - Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC 1981 Event - Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years 1981 Event - Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life for Lennon's murder 1981 Event - Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon 1981 Event - 81st U.S. Golf Open: David Graham shoots 273 at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania 1981 Death - David Lynch, singer (Platters-My Prayer), dies at 51 1980 Death - John Lennon, assassinated in New York by Mark David Chapman at 40 1980 Event - David Bowie appears in role of 'Elephant Man' in Denver 1980 Event - "David Letterman Show," debuts on NBC-TV daytime 1980 Death - David Janssen, Meyer, actor (Fugitive, Harry O), dies at 49 1980 Death - David Newell, actor (Dangerous Curves, White Heat), dies at 75 1979 Birthday - Michael Faustino, actor, brother of David 1979 Event - Coup in Central African Rep: David Dacko overthrows emperor Bokassa I 1979 Event - Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000 1979 Event - 61st PGA Championship: David Graham shoots a 272 at Oakland Hills, Michigan 1979 Event - David Gower 200* in England score of 5-633 vs. India at Edgbaston 1979 Event - Camp David peace treaty between Israel and Egypt 1979 Birthday - David Lopez, Queens, New York, actor, and God Created Women, Ghostwriter 1978 Event - Israeli Knesset endorses Camp David accord 1978 Event - 100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome Sadat home from Camp David summit 1978 Event - Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit 1978 Event - Begin, Sadat and Carter sign Camp David accord 1978 Event - Begin and Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss peace 1978 Event - Sadat, Begin and Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md 1978 Death - Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51 1978 Event - David Berkowitz sentenced in New York Supreme Court to 25 years to life 1978 Event - Cricket Test debut of David Gower, vs. Pakistan, Edgbaston, scores 58 1978 Birthday - David Krumholtz, New York City, actor, Billy Kulchak-Chicago Sons 1978 Event - David Hare's "Plenty," premieres in London 1978 Event - David Thompson scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA - 73 1978 Event - Denver's David Thompson scores 73 points and San Antonio's George Gervin scores 63 points in separate NBA games (33 in 1 quarter) 1978 Death - David McKinley Williams, composer, dies at 91 1977 Death - Johann Nepomuk David, composer, dies at 82 1977 Birthday - David Sales, cricketer, Northampton batsman, 210 on fc debut 1996 1977 Event - David Steed balanced stationary on a bike for 9 hours 15 minutes 1977 Event - David Mamet's "Life in the Theater," premieres in New York City 1977 Event - Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers, New York, accused of being "Son of Sam" 44 caliber killer 1977 Event - David Berkowitz pleads guilty in "Son of Sam" 44-caliber shootings 1977 Event - Bollingen Prize awarded to David Ignatow 1976 Birthday - David Nemirovsky, Toronto, NHL right wing for the Florida Panthers 1976 Event - NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley, premieres 1976 Birthday - David Diaz, born in Chicago, Illinois, light welterweight boxer 1996 Olympics 1976 Death - David Bruce, dies at 62 1976 Event - David Mamet's "American Buffalo," premieres in New York City 1975 Event - David Bowie's 'Fame' single goes #1 for 2 weeks 1975 Event - David Frost purchases exclusive rights to interview Nixon 1975 Event - David Bowie releases 'Fame' 1975 Death - David Frederick Barlow, composer, dies at 48 1975 Birthday - David Beckham, English Actor 1975 Birthday - David Faustino, born in California, actor in I Had 3 Wives,Married With Children 1975 Death - Heintje Davids, Hendrika David, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 87 1975 Birthday - David Ortiz, Dominican Republican Athlete 1974 Birthday - David Barnard, WLAF defensive tackle for the Scotland Claymores 1974 Birthday - David Moscow, born in New York City, New York, actor, played role of young Josh in film 'Big' 1974 Death - David Oistrach, Russian violinist, dies at 65 1974 Event - David Bowie's 'Diamond Dog' tour ends in New York City 1974 Birthday - David Wilkie, Ellensburg, NHL defenseman, Montreal Canadiens 1974 Event - During a David Cassidy concert in London a 14 year old is trampled 1974 Death - David C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at 87 1974 Birthday - David Cameron, Australian rower, 1996 Olympics 1974 Event - David Hares' "Knuckle," premieres in London 1974 Death - David Monrad Johansen, composer, dies at 85 1974 Birthday - David Buck, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday - David LaFleur, tight end for the Dallas Cowboys 1974 Death - David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican sculptor/muralist, dies at 77 1973 Death - David Ben-Gurion, founding father of Israel, dies in Tel Aviv at 87 1973 Death - David Ben Gurion, Israeli Statesman 1973 Death - Stringbean, David Akeman, banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw), dies at 58 1973 Event - Good Morning America premieres on ABC (David Hartman and Nancy Dussault) 1973 Birthday - David Richie, NFL nost tackle, Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32 1973 Birthday - David Reid, Philadelphia, light middleweight boxer, 1996 Olympics gold 1973 Event - David Eisenhower writes his last sports column 1973 Event - David Storey's "Cromwell," premieres in London 1973 Birthday - David Friedman, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Jason-Little House on the Prairie 1973 Event - Rangers draft Texas high school pitcher David Clyde #1 1973 Birthday - David Bailey, WLAF tackle for the Frankfurt Galaxy 1973 Birthday - David Blaine, born in Brooklyn, New York, illusionist, endurance artist, considered a modern-day Houdini, first television special titled, 'David Blaine; Street Magic' 1973 Birthday - David Moravec, hockey forward, Team Czechoslovakia, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1973 Birthday - David Vaughn, NBA forward, Orlando Magic, San Francisco Warriors 1973 Birthday - David Prinosil, born in Olmutz, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 ATP Newport 1972 Birthday - David Palmer, NFL wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings 1972 Event - David Bowie sells out his 1st show in New York's Carnegie Hall 1972 Birthday - David Tamburrino, Saratoga Springs, New York, speed skater 1994 Olympics 1972 Birthday - David Bell, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals 1972 Birthday - David Arquette, actor, Scream, Scream 2, Kiss and Tell 1972 Event - Republican convention (Miami Beach, Florida) renominates Vice President Agnew but not unanimous - 1 vote went to NBC newsman David Brinkley 1972 Death - David Lichine, Lichtenstein, Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61 1972 Death - Saul David Alinsky, radical writer (John L Lewis), dies at 63 1972 Birthday - David Dunn, NFL wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals 1972 Birthday - David Sloan, NFL tight end, Detroit Lions 1972 Event - David Bowie releases 'Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust' 1972 Birthday - David Hendrix, NFL strong safety for the San Diego Chargers 1972 Birthday - David Charvet, actor, Melrose Place 1972 Death - Reverend Gary David, vocalist, dies at 76 1972 Birthday - David Lascher, born in New York City, actor, Josh-Clueless, Kidz in the Wood 1972 Birthday - David Williams, born in Bedford, Pennsylvania, outfielder for the San Francisco Giants 1972 Birthday - David Rhodes, WLAF wide receiver, Rhein Fire 1972 Event - David Rabe's "Sticks and Bones," premieres in New York City 1972 Birthday - David Binn, NFL safety for the San Diego Chargers 1972 Death - David Seville, singer (Alvin and Chipmunks), dies at 52 1971 Death - David Sarnoff, U.S. TV pioneer (RCA), dies at 80 1971 Birthday - David Defiagbon, Sapele Nigeria, Canadian boxer, 1996 Olympics silver 1971 Event - David Storey's "Changing Room," premieres in London 1971 Birthday - David Robert Duval, born in Jacksonville, Florida, PGA golfer, 1995 Bob Hope 1971 Birthday - David Weightman, Australian rower 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday - David Hynes, Australian baseball outfielder 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday - David Merritt, NFL outside linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals 1971 Birthday - David Walliams, born in Surrey, England, actor, appeared on 'Little Britain', 'Neighbours', 'Capturing Mary', television shows 1971 Birthday - Jonathan David Winter, Wellington, New Zealand, 100m backstroker 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday - David Merritt, WLAF linebacker for the Rhein Fire 1971 Birthday - David Mendenhall, actor, Over the Top, Space Raiders, Witchfire 1971 Birthday - David Oliver, Sechelt, NHL right wing for the Edmonton Oilers 1971 Birthday - David Fox, U.S., 50m freestyle, Olympics-6th-96 1970 Birthday - David Wesley, NBA guard, Charlotte Hornets, Boston Celtics 1970 Birthday - David Doster, Fort Wayne, Indiana, infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies 1970 Birthday - David Sacco, born in Malden, Massachusetts, NHL left wing, Anaheim Mighty Ducks, 1994 Olympics 1970 Birthday - Beck, born in Los Angeles, California, born Bek David Campbell, guitarist, singer, multi-instrumentalist, popular recordings include 'Odelay', 'Sea Change' 1970 Birthday - David Frisch, NFL tight end for the New England Patriots 1970 Birthday - David Wilson, WLAF safety for the Scottish Claymores 1970 Birthday - David Roberts, Alameda, California, U.S. hockey forward 1994 Olympics 1970 Birthday - David White, NFL linebacker for the Buffalo Bills 1970 Birthday - David Podlich, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer 1970 Birthday - Brian Gaskill, actor, David Michaels-Models Inc, Bob-All My Children 1970 Death - David O McKay, 9th Mormon president, dies at 96 1970 Death - David O. McKay, American Clergyman 1969 Birthday - David Webb, WLAF defensive end for the Scottish Claymores 1969 Birthday - David Collins, Bethpage, New York, rower, Olympics-bronze-1996 1969 Birthday - David Weathers, Lawrencburg, Tennessee, pitcher, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees 1969 Birthday - David Hollander, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Lewis and Clark, What's Happenings? 1969 Birthday - David Wain, American Writer 1969 Birthday - David Goldsmith, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, actor, Eric-Models Inc 1969 Event - David Bowie releases 'Space Oddity' 1969 Birthday - David Wittman Buffalo, New York, 1.5k runner 1969 Event - John and Yoko appear on David Frost's British TV Show 1969 Death - Frank Lawton, actor (David Copperfield, Skin Game), dies at 64 1969 Birthday - David Wheaton, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, tennis star, 1987 U.S. junior boys 1969 Birthday - David Wharton, born in Warminster, Pennsylvania, U.S. Olympic swimmer, Silver Medal 1988 Olympics 1969 Birthday - David Boreanaz, American Actor 1969 Birthday - David William Wood, Boston, rocker, New Kids-Lovin' You Forever 1969 Birthday - David Archibald, born in Chilliwack, NHL center, Ottawa Senators 1969 Birthday - David Morland, born in North Bay, Ontario, golfer, 1992 Trafalgar Rookie of Year 1969 Birthday - David Klingler, NFL quarterback, Oakland Raiders, Cincinnati Bengals 1969 Birthday - David Webb, WLAF linebacker for the Frankfurt Galaxy 1969 Birthday - David Dixon, NFL guard for the Minnesota Vikings 1968 Event - Julie Nixon weds Dwight David Eisenhower 1968 Event - David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash premiere together in California 1968 Event - Burt Bacharach/Hal David's musical premieres in New York City 1968 Birthday - David Jones, WLAF tight end for the Amsterdam Admirals 1968 Birthday - David Alcoriza, Lodi California, double trap 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday - David Jude Jolicoeur, born in Brooklyn, New York, rapper, producer, member of De La Soul hip hop trio, known by stage name Trugoy the Dove 1968 Birthday - David Pichler, born in Butler, Pennsylvania, diver, Olympics-6th-96 1968 Birthday - David Bradley Stockton, Jr., born in Redlands, California, PGA golfer, 1994 Canon-3rd 1968 Birthday - David Benoit, NBA forward, Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets 1968 Birthday - Robert David Burns, Mission Hills, California, PGA golfer, 1994 Buick-5th 1968 Birthday - David Maeva, CFL linebacker for the BC Lions 1968 Birthday - David Hulse, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Texas Rangers 1968 Birthday - Mitch Hedberg, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, comedian, appeared on television show, 'The Late Show with David Letterman' and film, 'Lords of Dogtown' 1968 Event - David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd 1968 Birthday - Junior Murray, cricketer, WI keeper, no relation to Derryck or David 1968 Birthday - David Chokachi, born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, actor, known for roles in television series Baywatch, Witchblade, Beyond the Break 1967 Birthday - David Szott, NFL guard for the Kansas City Chiefs 1967 Birthday - David Diaz, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer 1967 Event - Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower announce their engagement 1967 Death - David Cohen, historian/chairman (Jewish Council), dies at 84 1967 Birthday - David McKenzie, Footscray VIC, Australasia golfer 1967 Birthday - David Whitmore, NFL strong safety for the Philadelphia Eagles 1967 Birthday - David Lang, NFL running back for the Dallas Cowboys 1967 Birthday - David Ford, born in Edmonton, Alberta, kayaker, Olympics-15-92, 96 1967 Birthday - David Howard, Sarasota, Florida, infielder for the Kansas City Royals 1967 Death - Winifred Kingston, silent screen actress (David Garrick), dies at 72 1967 Birthday - David Pitcher, CFL fullback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1967 Birthday - David Belcher, Australian rower 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday - David Wayne Toms, Monroe, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1992 Northern Telecom-3rd 1966 Birthday - Craig David Parry, Sunshine Victoria, PGA golfer, 1994 Honda-2nd 1966 Birthday - David Schwimmer, Queens, New York, actor, Ross-Friends 1966 Birthday - David Miley, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Nike golfer, 1992 Cleveland Open 1966 Birthday - David Bennent, Lausanne, actor, Tin Drum, Legend 1966 Birthday - David Hallyday, Boulougne France, actor, He's My Girl 1966 Birthday - David Segui, born in Kansas City, Kansas, infielder for the Montreal Expos 1966 Birthday - David Williams, NFL tackle, Houston Oilers, New York Jets 1966 Birthday - David Meggett, NFL running back, New York Giants, New England Patriots 1966 Birthday - David Justice, baseball player, Atlanta Braves, husband of Halle Barry 1966 Birthday - David Hohl, born in Winnipeg Manitoba, freestyle wrestler, Olympics 1992, 1996 1966 Event - Man From Uncle star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London 1966 Birthday - David Nascimento, soccer player, Roda JC/FC Utrecht 1966 Birthday - John David Cullum, actor in 1776, Sweet Country, Day After 1966 Event - David Bowie releases his 1st record 'Can't Help Thinking About Me' 1965 Birthday - David Baker, Sheffield England, U.K. cyclist 1965 Birthday - David Delfino, hockey goaltender, Team Italy 1998 1965 Event - Director David Lean's "Dr. Zhivago," premieres 1965 Event - David Levy begins his search for comets 1965 Birthday - David Ecob, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer 1965 Birthday - David Spaulding, born in Newport Beach, California, canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics 1965 Birthday - David Wenham, born in Marrickville, Australia, appeared in films, 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Van Helsing', '300' 1965 Birthday - David Robinson, born in Florida, NBA center, San Antonio Spurs, Olympics gold 92 1965 Event - Israeli Mapai-party nominates David Ben-Gurion 1965 Death - David O. Selznick, producer, 'Gone With the Wind', dies at 63 1965 Death - David O. Selznick, American Producer 1965 Birthday - David Bolton, born in Guyana, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Lando Mem Amateur 1965 Birthday - David Whyte, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret 1965 Death - David Smith, sculptor, dies 1965 Birthday - Kevin James, born in Stony Brook, New York, actor, comedian, appeared on ''The Late Show with David Letterman', films include, 'Hitch', 'Grown Ups', '50 First Dates' 1965 Event - David Attenbrough became the new controller of BBC2 1965 Birthday - David Brandon, NFL linebacker, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Falcons 1965 Birthday - James David McGovern, Teaneck, New Jersey, PGA golfer, 1993 Shell Houston Open 1965 Birthday - David Callaghan, cricketer, South African all-rounder in one-dayers 1992 1965 Birthday - David Glasper, rocker, Breathe-All I Need 1964 Birthday - David Tikolo, Kenyan cricket batsman, 1996 World Cup 1964 Birthday - David Wood, NBA forward, Dallas Mavericks 1964 Birthday - David Giles, Australian star yachter, Olympics-84, 88, 92, 96 1964 Birthday - David Tate, NFL defensive back for the Indianapolis Colts 1964 Event - Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda becomes president of Zaire 1964 Birthday - David Brain, cricketer, Zimbabwe lefty seamer 1993- 1964 Birthday - David Michael Sabo, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, rocker, Skid Row-Psycho Love 1964 Birthday - David Spade, comedian, SNL, Tommy Boy, Black Sheep 1964 Birthday - Joe Magrane, born in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph David Magrane, baseball player, pitcher, MLB Network broadcaster, played for Major League Baseball teams, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, NBC sports analyst at 2008 Summer Olympics 1964 Birthday - Trent Bushey, born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, actor, David Rampal-All My Children 1964 Birthday - Paul David Goydos, born in Long Beach, California, PGA golfer, 1994 BC Open-7th 1964 Birthday - David Freedman, cricketer, NSW left-arm Chinese bowler since 1990 1964 Event - Davie Jones and King Bees debut "I Can't Help Thinking About Me," group disbands but Davie Jones goes on to success as David Bowie 1964 Birthday - David Shaw, St. Thomas, NHL defenseman, Tampa Bay Lightning 1964 Event - David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on BBC 1964 Birthday - David Cross, American Actor 1964 Birthday - David Diaz-Infante, NFL guard, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32 1964 Birthday - Felicia Collins, born in Albany, New York, guitarist, David Letterman 1963 Birthday - David Wingate, NBA guard and forward, Seattle Supersonics 1963 Birthday - David Williams, WI cricket wicket-keeper, 3 Tests 1992 1963 Birthday - David Bedard, Montreal QUE, 3m springboard diver, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1963 Birthday - David Titlow, rocker, Blue Mercedes-Rich and Famous 1963 Birthday - David Zhuang, born in China, U.S. table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1963 Birthday - David Byas, cricketer, left-handed Yorkshire batsman 1963 Event - Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM 1963 Event - Israeli premier David Ben-Gurion resigns 1963 Birthday - Steven David Rintoul, born in Bowral, Australia, PGA golfer, 1994 Buick-2nd 1963 Birthday - David Wells, Torrance, California, pitcher, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees 1963 Birthday - David Gavurin, English pop guitarist/composer, Sundays, Blind 1963 Birthday - Dave Koz, born in Encino, California, saxophonist, compared to David Sanborn, musician, radio host, played on CBS' The Pat Sajak Show, host of Dave Koz Morning Show with Pat Prescott, on a smooth jazz station in Los Angeles 1963 Death - David Moore, U.S. feather weight boxer, dies at 29 1963 Event - David Hendon and Douglas Cross' musical premieres in London 1963 Birthday - David Thewlis, English Actor 1963 Birthday - David Capel, cricketer, England all-rounder in 15 Tests 1987-90 1963 Birthday - David Cone, born in Kansas City, Missouri, baseball pitcher, New York Mets/Tor Blue Jays/New York Yankees 1962 Event - David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres 1962 Birthday - Rob Burnett, born in North Caldwell, New Jersey, head writer, David Letterman 1962 Birthday - Meg Parsont, personality, David Letterman Show 1962 Birthday - David Fincher, American Director 1962 Birthday - David Wettlaufer, born in Kitchener, Ontario, golfer, Ontario Beefeater-1986, 87 1962 Birthday - David Pate, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star 1962 Birthday - David Foster Wallace, born in New York, author, novelist, short story and literary fiction writer 1962 Birthday - David McComb, Australia, vocalist/songwriter, Triffids 1962 Birthday - David Bryan, rock keyboardist, Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name 1962 Event - David Diamond's 7th Symphony, premieres in Philadelphia 1962 Birthday - David O'Connor, equestrian 3-day, 1996 Olympics silver 1961 Birthday - David AC viscount Linley, son of English princess Margaret/mystic 1961 Birthday - David Kirk, New Zealander Athlete 1961 Birthday - David W. Harper, Abilene, Texas, actor, Jim Bob-Waltons 1961 Birthday - Antonia De Sancha, born in London, England, lover of British MP David Mellor 1961 Birthday - David Chastain, heavy metal rocker, Chastain-Rule of Wasteland 1961 Birthday - David Huff, born in America, David Lyndon Huff, drummer, songwriter, producer, session musician, founder, Giant, 1980's hard rock band, member of White Heart, a Christian rock band 1961 Birthday - David Leavitt, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, writer, gay literature, professor at Princeton, author of, 'The Lost Language of Cranes', 'The Body of Jonah Boyd', 'The Indian Clerk' 1961 Birthday - David Palmer, heavy metal drummer, ABC, AC/DC 1961 Birthday - David Vitter, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, politician, Republican party, member, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Louisiana 1961 Birthday - Mark David Brooks, born in Ft. Worth, Texas, PGA golfer, 1994 Kemper Open 1961 Birthday - David "Tinker" Juarez, born in Los Angeles, California, cyclist,Olympics 19th in 1996 1961 Birthday - Wendy Liebman, born in Manhasset, New York, comedian, performs stand up comedy, American Comedy Award for Female Stand-up Comedian of the Year, 1997, appeared on HBO, The Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show 1961 Birthday - David Ward, cricketer, prolific Surrey batsman 1961 Event - David Ben-Gurion resigns as premier of Israel 1960 Birthday - David Boon, cricketer, short backward square from Tasmania 1960 Birthday - David Valle, Bayside, New York, catcher for the Texas Rangers 1960 Birthday - David James Elliott, Toronto, actor, Seinfeld, Lt Harmon Rabb-Jag 1960 Birthday - David Steele, Birmingham, rock keyboardist, Fine Young Cannibals 1960 Birthday - David Duchovny, born in New York City, actor, Fox Mulder-X Files 1960 Birthday - Steve Vai, guitarist, Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth Band, Whitesnake 1960 Birthday - Chris Elliott, actor/comedian, Get a Life, David Letterman Show 1960 Birthday - Bono, born in Dublin, Ireland, born Paul David Hewson, Irish musician, activist, lead vocalist for rock band U2, 54th most successful songwriter in U.K. singles chart history, activism includes Product Red and the ONE campaign 1960 Event - USA's David Jenkins wins Olympic Gold for men's figure skating 1960 Event - U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins 1960 Birthday - David Peoples, Augusta ME, Nike golfer, 1991 Buick Southern Open 1960 Birthday - David Marciano, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Det Ray Vecchio-Due South 1960 Birthday - Michael David Morrison, actor, Caleb Snyder-As the World Turns 1959 Birthday - David Lutz, NFL guard and tackle, Detroit Lions 1959 Birthday - David Iwasaki-Smith, Warragul VIC, Australasia golfer 1959 Event - Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley (37) and David Brown (43) wed 1959 Birthday - David Coulier, Detroit, actor, Joey Gladstone-Full House 1959 Birthday - David Laurence Frost, Cape Town South Africa, PGA golfer, 1988 Southern Open 1959 Event - "Judy" by David Seville hits #86 1959 Birthday - David Ball, Blackpool, rock keyboardist, Soft Cell 1959 Birthday - David Hearn, born in Washington D.C., slalom single canoe, Olympics-9th-96 1959 Event - 31st Academy Awards - "Gigi," Susan Hayward and David Niven win 1959 Birthday - David Hyde Pierce, born in New York, actor, Niles Crane-Fraiser 1959 Birthday - David Delong, born in Portland, Oregon, Canadian Tour golfer, 1988 BC Open 1959 Birthday - Terry Hall, born in Coventry, England, singer, The Specials, member of Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, collaborated with Sinead O'Connor, David A Stewart and others 1959 Event - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins USA 1959 Event - U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins 1958 Event - Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon and Theodore with David Seville) hit #1 1958 Birthday - David Van Day, rocker, Dollar-Loves Gotta Hold on Me 1958 Birthday - David Wallace, Miami, actor, General Hospital, Babysitter, Humongus 1958 Birthday - David Lewis, guitarist, Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover 1958 Birthday - David H Mattheisen, Blue Island, Illinois, PhD/astronaut, STS-73 alt 1958 Birthday - David W. Feherty, Bangor N Ireland, PGA golfer, 1994 New England-2nd 1958 Birthday - Brian David Willis, rock drummer, Quarterflash 1958 Event - U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins 1958 Birthday - David Sylvian, vocal/guitar, Sylvian Sylvian, Japan-Adolescent Sex 1958 Event - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by David Jenkins USA 1958 Death - David Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55 1957 Birthday - David Allen Ogrin, Waukegan, Illinois, PGA golfer, 1994 Byron Nelson-2nd 1957 Birthday - David Moyse, Adelaide Australia, rock vocalist, Air Supply 1957 Birthday - David Bintley, born in Huddersfield, England, choreographer, artistic director, The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet 1957 Event - U.S. Major David Simons reaches 30,933m in a balloon 1957 Event - David Simons reaches 30,942 m in Man High 2 balloon 1957 Birthday - David Houghton, cricketer, Zimbabwe batsman, 266 vs. Sri Lanka 1994 1957 Birthday - David Gleeson, Norfolk England, U.S., rower 1996 Olympics 1957 Birthday - David Gower, cricketer, elegant England left-handed batsman 1978 - 1992 1957 Event - 1st performance of David Diamond's 6th Symphony in Boston 1957 Event - Men's Figure Skating Champ in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins (USA) 1956 Birthday - David Sedaris, born in London, England, writer, comedian, published, 'Barrel Fever', 'Naked', 'Me Talk Pretty One Day' 1956 Birthday - Sinbad, David Adkins, Benton Harbor, Michigan, actor, 1st Kid, Vibe 1956 Event - Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, NBC News, team up 1956 Birthday - David Copperfield, born in Metuchen, New Jersey, illusionist, history's most successful commercial magician, sold over 40 million tickets, grossed over $1 billion 1956 Birthday - David A. Wolf, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, MD/astronaut, STS-58, sk: 89/91 1956 Birthday - David Grant, Jamaica, singer and songwriter, Stop and Go, Heaven Knows 1956 Birthday - David Alan Grier, comedian, In Living Color, Boomerang 1956 Event - 88th Belmont: David Erb aboard Needles wins in 2:29.8 1956 Birthday - Keith David, American Actor 1956 Event - 82nd Kentucky Derby: David Erb aboard Needles wins in 2:03.4 1956 Birthday - David Guterson, American Author 1956 Birthday - David Wayne Edwards, born in Neosho, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1980 Walt Disney 1956 Birthday - David M. Brown, Arlington, Virginia, Comander USN/astronaut 1956 Birthday - David E. Kelley, American Producer 1956 Birthday - Davie Cooper, born in Hamilton, Scotland, David 'Davie' Cooper, professional soccer player, signed by Ranger for 100,000 pounds, won Scottish Cup with Motherwell in 1991 1956 Birthday - George David Low, born in Cleveland, Ohio, astronaut, STS-32, STS-43 1956 Birthday - David Smith, cricketer, England lefty batsman in 2 Tests vs. WI 1986 1956 Birthday - David Caruso, born in Forest Hills, New York, actor, producer, known for television series, 'CSI: Miami', appeared in films, 'First Blood', 'China Girl', 'An Officer and a Gentleman' 1955 Event - David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government 1955 Birthday - David Lee Roth, Bloomington, rock singer, Van Halen-Jump 1955 Birthday - David Jasper, British principal, St. Chad's College Durham England 1955 Birthday - David Marshall Grant, born in Westport CT, actor, Legs, French Postcards 1955 Birthday - Mark David Chapman, assassin, John Lennon 1955 Birthday - David Hookes, cricketer, dashing Australian LHB, S Aussie stalwart 1955 Event - Ruth Ellis shoots jilting lover David Blakely 1955 Birthday - David Wu, American Politician 1955 Birthday - Thomas David Jones, born in Baltimore, Maryland, PhD/Astronaut, STS-59, 68, 80, sk: 98 1955 Birthday - David Pratt, Canadian Politician 1954 Birthday - Jeffrey Sachs, born in Detroit, Michigan, Jeffrey David Sachs, economist, founder, co-President of the Millennium Promise Alliance to end extreme poverty and hunger, Senior Advisor to the Global Poverty Project 1954 Birthday - David Paymer, actor, Love Mary, Mr. Saturday Night 1954 Birthday - David Thompson, NBA guard, Phoenix Suns, Seattle Supersonics 1954 Birthday - David Paich, rock keyboardist, Toto-Africa 1954 Birthday - David Keith, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, actor, Back Roads, Firestarter 1954 Birthday - David Wilkie, England, 200m backstroke swimmer, 1996 Olympic gold 1954 Birthday - F. R. David, born in Menzel Bourguiba, Tunisia, singer, band member of French rock band, Les Variations, hit 'Words', 1982, sold eight million records worldwide 1953 Birthday - David Leisner, born in America, teacher, classical guitarist, composer, taught at Manhattan School of Music, expert in focal dystonia 1953 Birthday - Joe Toplyn, Boston, comedic writer, Late Night with David Letterman 1953 Event - David Ben-Gurion, resigns as premier of Israel 1953 Birthday - David Morse, Beverly Massachusetts, actor, St. Elsewhere, House, Inside Moves 1953 Event - Future New York City mayor David Dinkins marries Joyce Burrows in New York City 1953 Birthday - David Thomas, U.S. singer and songwriter, Pere Ubu 1953 Death - Roland Young, actor (David Copperfield, Irene, Dulcy), dies at 65 1953 Birthday - David Maclean, British minister of state 1953 Birthday - David Moorcroft, born in Coventry, England, British athlete, long distance runner, 5,000 meters record holder, Chief Executive of UK Athletics from 1997 to 2007 1952 Birthday - David Knopfler, British Musician 1952 Birthday - David Stewart, rock guitarist, Eurtyhmics-Here Comes the Rain Again 1952 Birthday - Paul David Crews, South Carolina, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1952 Birthday - Scott David Cook, born in Glendale California, CEO, Intuit-Quicken 1952 Birthday - Dominic Muldowney, born in Southampton, England, composer, created television, film scores for Loose Connections, King Lear, radio work, theater music, created large-scale oboe concerto, versatile has created music for David Bowie, Royal Academy of Music teacher 1952 Birthday - David Hasselhoff, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Night Rider, Mitch-Baywatch 1952 Birthday - David Pack, born in Los Angeles, California, musician, producer, Grammy-Award winning record producer for Wynnona, Aretha Franklin, Kenny Loggins, Phil Collins, Music Director for President Bill Clinton's Inaugurations, 1992 and 1996, cofounder, lead vocalist for band, Ambrosia 1952 Birthday - David Dreier, born in Kansas City, Missouri, Representative-R-California 1981 - 1952 Birthday - David Byrne, Dumbarton Scotland, rock guitarist/singer, Talking Heads 1952 Birthday - David Icke, English Athlete 1952 Birthday - David Amess, born in London, England, British politician, Conservative, Member of Parliament for Southend West 1952 Birthday - David Byrne, guitarist and vocalist, Talking Heads-Burning Down the House 1952 Birthday - David Allen Barr, born in Kelowna BC, PGA golfer, Atlanta Golf Classic 1952 Birthday - David Puilum Choi, Hong Kong, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1952 Birthday - Andrew Smith, born in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, Andrew David Smith, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Oxford East 1951 Birthday - David Rappaport, born in London, England, 3'11" actor, Wizard, Time Bandits 1951 Event - David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government 1951 Birthday - David Murray, cricketer, WI wicket-keeper 1951 Birthday - David Clayton-Thomas, singer, Blood, Sweat and Tears 1951 Event - David Ben-Gurion's Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election 1951 Birthday - David Jasper, British principal, St. Chad's College Durham England 1951 Event - 83rd Belmont: David Gorman aboard Counterpoint wins in 2:29 1951 Birthday - David Yip, born in Liverpool, England, of Chinese descent, English actor, played Johnny Ho in The Chinese Detective, played CIA liason agent Chuck Lee in 'A View to a Kill', a 1985 James Bond film 1951 Birthday - David Ogilvie, cricketer, 5 Tests for Australia 1977-78 1951 Death - Karl Heinrich David, composer, dies at 66 1951 Birthday - David Whitton, born in Scotland, politician, Labor party, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden 1951 Birthday - David Naughton, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, My Sister Sam, Separate Vacations 1951 Birthday - David Briggs, rock guitarist, Little River Band-Help is on it's Way 1950 Birthday - David Leisure, actor, Joe Isuzu, Airplane, Charley-Empty Nest 1950 Event - David Diamond's 3rd Symphony, premieres 1950 Birthday - David H G viscount Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary 1950 Birthday - David Brin, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Sundiver, Postman 1950 Birthday - David Bellamy, born in Darby, Florida, singer, Bellamy Bros-Let Your Love Flow, 1950 Birthday - Will Lee, rock guitarist, Late Show with David Letterman 1950 Birthday - David James Wottle, 800m runner, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1950 Birthday - David Jensen, born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, David 'Kid' Jensen, popular British radio DJ, played progressive music, hosted BBC pop network, Radio 1, Top of the Pops presenter, interviewed Duran Duran, promoted The Police before they were commercially successful 1950 Birthday - David Graff, Lancaster Ohio, actor, Police Academy 2, 3, 4, 6 1950 Birthday - David Cassidy, New York City, singer and actor, Keith-Partridge Family 1950 Birthday - David Carl Hilmers, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-51-J, 26, 36, 42 1950 Birthday - David Strathairn, actor, LA Confidential, Eight Men Out 1950 Birthday - David Lynn Jones, Bexar, Arkansas, country singer, Bonnie Jean 1950 Birthday - David Johansen, New York, singer, Hot! Hot! Hot! 1949 Death - David Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72 1949 Birthday - Paul Shaffer, Thunder Bay Ont, orchestra leader, SNL, David Letterman 1949 Birthday - David Green, Melbourne Australia, rock bassist, Air Supply 1949 Birthday - David Coverdale, England, rock vocalist, Whitesnake, Deep Purple 1949 Birthday - David "Clem" Clempson, rocker, Humble Pie 1949 Birthday - David Muse, rocker, Firefall 1949 Death - Louis Davids, Simon David, cabaret artist, dies at 65 1949 Birthday - David Evenett, MP, Conservative 1949 Birthday - David Cornell Leestma, Muskegon, Michigan, USN/astronaut, STS-41-G, 28, 45 1949 Birthday - David Robinson, born in Woburn, Massachusetts, drummer, musician, played with various rock bands including The Cars, The Modern Lovers and DMZ 1949 Birthday - David Mellor, secretary of the British treasury and MP 1949 Birthday - David Sullivan, English softporno/newspaper publisher, Sunday Sport 1948 Birthday - David Davis, British Politician 1948 Birthday - David Gwillim, Plymouth England, actor, Island at Top of the World 1948 Birthday - Charles David Walker, astronaut, STS-12 STS-16 STS-23 1948 Death - David John de Lloyd, composer, dies at 65 1948 Birthday - David Concepcion, born in Venezuela, all star shortstop, Cincinnati Reds 1948 Birthday - David Eisenhower, Eisenhower's grandson, married Julie Nixon 1948 Birthday - David Denny, rock guitarist, Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra 1947 Birthday - David Mamet, Chicago, playwright/dir, Speed the Plow, House of Games 1947 Birthday - David Anthony Ahern, composer 1947 Birthday - David Zucker, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, director, Airplane, Naked Gun, Top Secret 1947 Birthday - David Rosenboom, composer 1947 Birthday - David Essex, Cook, London, rock vocalist/actor, That'll be the Day 1947 Birthday - Larry David, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, writer, Seinfeld 1947 Birthday - David L. Lander, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Squiggy-Laverne and Shirley 1947 Birthday - David French, British director, Deep Sleep, Bingo 1947 Birthday - David Blunkett, British Politician 1947 Birthday - David Hare, playwright, Strapless, Plenty, Wetherby, Fatale 1947 Birthday - David Hughes, born in Newton-le-Willows, England, cricketer, right batsman, made 10,419 first-class runs in 20 years for Lancashire 1947 Birthday - David Leland, born in Cambridge, England, actor and director, Nothing But Trouble 1947 Birthday - David Gee, director, Friends of the Earth 1947 Birthday - David Letterman, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, comedian, Late Night 1947 Event - 1st Tony Awards: Arthur Miller, David Wayne and Patricia Neal win 1947 Birthday - David Eisenhower, grandson of President Dwight, married Julie Nixon 1947 Birthday - David Lloyd, cricketer, England opener, 214 vs. India 1974 1947 Birthday - David Colley, cricketer, NSW quickie, 3 Tests for Australia 1972 1947 Birthday - David Ladd, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Raymie, Catlow, Misty, Deathline 1947 Birthday - David Byron, vocalist, Uriah Heep 1947 Birthday - David Bowie, born in London, England, singer and actor, Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust, also known as David Robert Hayward-Jones 1947 Birthday - David Porcelijn, Dutch composer and conductor 1946 Birthday - David Stockman, Reagan's ex-budget director 1946 Birthday - David A. Stockman, American Playwright 1946 Birthday - Billy Preston, Texas, singer and pianist, 5th Beatle, David Brenner Show 1946 Birthday - David Liebman, born in Brooklyn, New York, musician, rocker, saxaphonist, flautist, worked with Steve Swallow, Pete La Roca, played with Elvin Jones, Miles Davis's group, appeared on 'Big Fun' album, among others 1946 Birthday - John Klemmer, born in Chicago, Illinois, musician, songwriter, arranger, saxophonist, plays jazz, pop, cross over jazz, co-written music with David Batteau 1946 Event - Menachem Begins opposition group bombs King David Hotel 1946 Event - Menachen Begin's opposition group surprise attack on King David hotel 1946 Birthday - David Hill, Australian TV-reporter/owner, Fox Sports 1946 Birthday - Alan David Marks, pianist/composer 1946 Birthday - David Wall, English ballet dancers/director, Royal Academy of Dancing 1946 Birthday - David Jon Gilmour, rock guitarist, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall 1946 Birthday - David Gilmour, British Musician 1946 Birthday - David Green, English TV/video producer 1946 Birthday - David Lynch, born in Missoula, Montana, actor and director, Dune, Eraserhead 1945 Birthday - David Jessel, British TV-reporter 1945 Birthday - David Norman Schramm, physicist 1945 Birthday - David A[llen] Drake, U.S., sci-fi author, Cross the Stars, Rolling Hot 1945 Birthday - David Bromberg, Philadelphia, musician, Demon in Disguise 1945 Birthday - Omukama Patrick David Matthew Olimi Kaboyo II, king of Toro 1945 Birthday - David Sanborn, jazz saxophonist, David Letterman Show 1945 Birthday - David Heyn, cricketer, Sri Lankan batsman 1975 World Cup 1945 Birthday - David Smith Monson, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Representative-R-Utah 1985 - 1987 1945 Birthday - David Dukes, actor, Beacon Hill, 79 Park Avenue, Winds of War 1945 Birthday - David E. Bonior, born in Detroit, Michigan, Representative-D-Michigan 1977 - 2003 1945 Death - David Lloyd George, British (L) premier (1916-22), dies at 82 1945 Birthday - David Brenner, born in Philadelphia, comedian/TV talk show host, Nightlife 1945 Birthday - David Pleat, English Athlete 1944 Birthday - David Ashley White, composer 1944 Birthday - David O'Sullivan, New Zealand cricket left-arm spinner, in 11 Tests 1973-76 1944 Event - U.S. Captain David Mccampbell shoots down 9-11 Japanese planes in Gulf of Leyte 1944 Birthday - David Trimble, Irish Politician 1944 Death - David Lord, British lieutenant/Dakota-pilot DFC/VC, dies in battle 1944 Birthday - David Pearl, British judge 1944 Birthday - David Rasche, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Sledge Hammer 1944 Birthday - David M. Walker, Columbus, Georgia, Captain USN/astron, STS-51-A 30, 53, 69 1944 Birthday - David O'Brien Martin, born in New York, Representative-R-New York 1981 - 1983 and 1983 - 1993 1944 Birthday - David Melville, professor and director, Middlesex Polytechnic 1944 Birthday - David Costell, born in Pittsburg, rocker, Gary Lewis and the Playboys-Diamond Ring 1944 Death - David Vogel, Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52 1944 Birthday - David Gilmore, born in Cambridge, England, guitarist, Pink Floyd 1944 Birthday - David Briggs, record producer 1944 Birthday - David Gerrold, Jerrold David Friedman, author, World of Star Trek 1943 Birthday - David Peterson, Toronto, premier of Ontario Canada, L, 1982- 1943 Birthday - David Munden, born in England, played for the Tremeloes, a 50 year old band, Europe's longest playing rock and roll band 1943 Birthday - David Wilshire, British MP, C 1943 Birthday - David Henry Maslanka, composer 1943 Birthday - David Soul, Solberg, Chicago, actor, Starsky and Hutch 1943 Birthday - Carl Wayne, born in Birmingham, England, Colin David Tooley, actor, lead vocalist 'The Move', 1960's Birmingham rock group 1943 Birthday - David Carr, rock keyboardist, Fortunes Leyton, London 1943 Birthday - Janet Margolin, born in New York City, actress, Take the Money and Run, David and Lisa 1943 Birthday - David Downing, born in New York City, actor, Backstairs at the White House 1943 Birthday - David Walker, rock keyboardist, Gary Lewis and Playboys-Diamond Ring 1943 Birthday - David Clennon, American Actor 1943 Birthday - David Cronenberg, Toronto, Ontario, director, Shivers, Fly, Brood 1943 Birthday - David Skaggs, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Representative-D-Colorado 1987 - 1999 1943 Birthday - David Geffin, born in Brooklyn, New York, record producer, Geffin, Asylum 1943 Birthday - David Geffen, American Businessman 1943 Death - David Hilbert, German mathematician (Hilbert Space), dies at 81 1942 Event - Jews in Free Zone of France ordered to wear yellow star of David 1942 Birthday - David Ogden Stiers, Peoria, Illinois, actor, Winchester-M*A*S*H, Doc 1942 Birthday - Gus Dudgeon, British pop producer, Joan Armatrading, David Bowie 1942 Birthday - David J Stern, NBA commissioner, 1984- 1942 Birthday - David Steinberg, Winnipeg Canada, comedian/director, End 1942 Birthday - Jay David, rocker, Dr. Hook and Medicine Show 1942 Birthday - David Russell Lange, PM, L, New Zealand, 1984-89 1942 Birthday - David Hunt, Wales Secretary of State 1942 Event - David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine 1942 Birthday - David Minge, born in Clarkfield, Minnesota, Representative-D-Minnesota 1993 - 2001 1942 Birthday - David K Williamson, Australian screenplay/playwright, Removalists 1942 Birthday - David O'Dowd, Chief Constable, Northamptonshire 1941 Event - David Diamond's 1st Symphony, premieres 1941 Birthday - David Wilson, English contractor/multi-millionaire 1941 Birthday - David Porter, U.S. songwriter, Soul Man 1941 Birthday - David Hemmings, Guilford England, actor, Blow-up, Barbarella 1941 Birthday - David Knapp Stockton, San Bernardino California, PGA golfer, 1970 PGA 1941 Birthday - Derek David Bourgeois, composer 1941 Birthday - David Steele, cricketer, England batsman, courageous vs. Lillee 1975 1941 Birthday - David Crosby, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, Crosby, Stills and Nash-Southern Cross 1941 Birthday - David Warner, born in Manchester, New Hampshire, actor, Star Trek VI, Time Bandits 1941 Birthday - David Howell Cope, composer 1941 Death - David Wijnkoop, revolutionary socialist, dies 1941 Birthday - David L. Boren, born in Washington, D.C., Senator-D-Oklahoma 1979 - 1994, Oklahoma Governor 1975 - 1979 1941 Birthday - David LaFlamme, born in Utah, electric violinist, It's a Beautiful Day 1941 Birthday - David Boies, American Lawyer 1941 Birthday - David Puttnam, London, film producer/CEO, Columbia Pictures 1941 Birthday - David Blue, Cohen, born in Providence, Rhode Island, rocker, Cupid's Arrow 1941 Birthday - David Selby, born in Morgantown, West Virginia, actor, 'Falcon Crest' and 'Flamingo Road' 1941 Birthday - David Ruffin, Mississippi, vocalist, Temptations-Papa Was a Rolling Stone 1940 Birthday - David Sainsbury, English billionaire/founder, Dutch Soc-Dem 1940 Birthday - David McFadden, Canadian Poet 1940 Birthday - David Hart, General-Secretary, National Association of Head Teachers 1940 Birthday - David Price, born in Erwin, Tennessee, Representative-D-North Carolina 1987 - 1995 1940 Birthday - David E. Price, American Politician 1940 Birthday - David Ackroyd, Orange, New Jersey, actor, I Come in Peace, Memories of Me 1940 Birthday - David Larter, cricketer, two-metre tall England pace bowler 1940 Birthday - David Holford, cricketer, cousin of G S Sobers WI leg-spin all-rounder 1940 Birthday - David Rabe, born in Dubuque Iowa, playwright, Streamers 1940 Birthday - David Broome, Show Jumper, world champion 1970 1940 Birthday - David C. Johnson, born in Batavia, New York, composer, flutist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, performed live-electronic music 1939 Birthday - David Gates, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, rock vocalist, Bread-Baby I'm A Want You 1939 Event - Jews in Lodz Poland ordered to wear yellow star of David 1939 Event - Nazi require wearing of star of David 1939 Birthday - David S. Mann, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Representative-D-Ohio 1993 - 1995 1939 Birthday - David H Souter, Weir, New Hampshire, 107th Supreme Court Justice, 1990- 1939 Birthday - David H. Souter, American Judge 1939 Birthday - Stanley David Griggs, born in Portland, Oregon, astronaut, STS-51-D, STS-33 1939 Birthday - David Allan Coe, country musician, Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy 1939 Birthday - William David Hellerman, composer 1939 Death - Louis Davids [Simon David], cabaret performer/chorus performer, dies 1939 Birthday - David Hobbs, born in Royal Leamington Spa, England, auto racer, commentator for Speed, raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans twenty times 1939 Birthday - David Frederick Stock, composer 1939 Birthday - Jonathan David Harvey, English composer, Bhakti, Music of Stockhausen 1939 Birthday - David Birney, born in Washington D.C., actor, Brigette Loves Bernie, St. Elsewhere 1939 Birthday - David Frost, born in Tenterdon, England, TV host, That Was the Week That Was 1939 Birthday - David Winters, born in London, England, choreographer, Steve Allen Comedy Hour 1939 Birthday - David Mlinaric, British interior director 1939 Birthday - David Spielberg, born in Weslaco, Texas, actor, Jessica Novak, The Practice 1939 Birthday - David Griffiths, portrait painter 1939 Birthday - David Horowitz, American Writer 1939 Birthday - David Buchan, ethno-musicologist 1938 Birthday - David Borden, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, minimalist music, jazz pianist, founded Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company, the world's first synthesizer ensemble, wrote vocal, chamber ensemble, music, style similar to Phillip Glass, Terry Riley 1938 Birthday - [David] Deacon Jones, NFL defensive end, LA, South Dakota, Washington 1938 Birthday - David Ossman, comedian, Firesign Theater 1938 Event - Kristallnacht; Jews forced to wear Star of David 1938 Birthday - David Willis, British journalist, BBC World Service 1938 Birthday - David Obey, American Politician 1938 Birthday - David Freiberg, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock bassist, Quicksilver Messenger 1938 Birthday - David Groh, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Joe-Rhoda, Don-Another Day 1938 Birthday - David Dilks, vice-chancellor, Hull U 1938 Birthday - David Steel, British Politician 1938 Birthday - David Irving, British Author 1938 Birthday - David Baltimore, American Scientist 1937 Death - David C Salas, Antillian writer (Josephina), dies 1937 Birthday - David Behrman, born in Salzburg, Austria, composer, producer, Music of Our Time series, Columbia Records, founding member, Sonic Arts Union 1937 Birthday - David Vickerman Bedford, composer 1937 Birthday - David Hockney, born in Bradford, England, artist, Pop Art 1937 Birthday - David Allan, cricketer, West Indian wicketkeeper 1962-66 1937 Birthday - David Summerscale, head master, Westminster School England 1937 Birthday - David Del Tredici, born in Cloverdale, California, composer, 1980 Pulitzer 1937 Birthday - David Ward, president, Law Society 1937 Birthday - David Ackles, Illinois, vocalist/songwriter, American Gothic 1936 Birthday - David Carradine, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Kung Fu, Mean Streets 1936 Birthday - David Ward-Steinman, composer 1936 Birthday - David Nelson, New York City, actor, Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 1936 Birthday - David Carradine, Hollywood, actor, Kung-Fu, Boxcar Bertha, Young Guns 1936 Birthday - David Pithey, cricketer, bro of Tony, South Africa all-rounder in 8 Tests 1936 Birthday - David Leonard Blake, composer 1936 Birthday - David Joel Zinman, born in New York City, composer and conductor, Baltimore Symphony 1983 1936 Birthday - Tony Musante, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor, David Toma-Toma, Nowhere to Hide 1936 Birthday - David Jenkins, U.S., figure skater 1960 Olympics gold 1936 Birthday - David Nicholls, priest/theologian/political theorist 1936 Birthday - Keir Dullea, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, 2001, 2010, David and Lisa 1936 Birthday - David Suzuki, Canadian Scientist 1936 Birthday - David Thompson, British food magnate and multi-millionaire 1936 Birthday - David Vine, British sport commentator 1935 Birthday - David White, cricketer, England opening attack Brown and White vs. Pak 1961 1935 Birthday - David Houston, born in Bossier City, Louisiana, singer, country music, recorded hit 'Almost Pursuaded', and 'With One Exception', 'My Elusive Dreams' with Tammy Wynette 1935 Birthday - David Allen, cricketer, England off-spinner of 60's 1935 Birthday - David Canary, Elwood, Indiana, actor, Peyton Place, Candy-Bonanza 1935 Birthday - John David Crow, football player, Heisman Trophy 1957 1935 Birthday - David Prowse, British Actor 1935 Birthday - David Hartman, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, TV personality, Good Morning America 1935 Birthday - David Evans, born in England, footballer, cricketer for Aston Villa, Conservative Member of Parliament for Welwyn Hatfield 1935 Birthday - David Wilson, British governor, Hong Kong 1935 Birthday - David John Lodge, English writer, Soul and Bodies 1935 Birthday - David Lodge, British Author 1934 Birthday - David Warrilow, actor, Simon, Radio Days, Dakota Road, Barton Fink 1934 Birthday - David Lloyd-Jones, conductor 1934 Birthday - David Barclay, British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire 1934 Birthday - David Guard, rocker, Kingston Trio 1934 Birthday - David Smith, cricketer, England opening bowler vs. India 1961-62 1934 Death - David Vaughan Thomas, composer, dies at 61 1934 Birthday - David H Pryor, Sen-D Arkansas, 1979- 1934 Birthday - David Durenberger, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Senator-R-Minnesota 1978 - 1995 1934 Birthday - David J Burke, Liverpool England, writer 1934 Birthday - David Sinclair, actor, Love and Hate 1934 Birthday - David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Duke of Warwick 1934 Birthday - David de Peyer, cancer research campaigner 1934 Birthday - David Halberstam, born in New York City, journalist, author, Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote about the Vietnam War 1934 Birthday - David Jones, British reverend and headmaster, Bryanston School 1934 Birthday - David Hancock, secretary, British Department of Education and Science 1934 Birthday - David Hugh Jones, Poole Dorset England, director, Betrayal 1933 Birthday - David Reuben, author, Everything You Wanted to Know about Sex 1933 Birthday - David McCallum, Glasgow Scot, actor, Ilyla Kuryakin-Man From UNCLE 1933 Birthday - David Rowland, English real estate developer/broker/multi-millionaire 1933 Birthday - David Rowland, chairman, Lloyd's 1933 Birthday - Tony Pithey, cricketer, brother of David, South African batsman in 17 Tests 1933 Birthday - David M Storey, British rugby player/playwright, Home 1933 Birthday - David McCullough, actor, Huey Long 1933 Birthday - David Benjamin Lewin, composer 1933 Birthday - David Winnick, British MP 1933 Birthday - David Harries, composer 1933 Birthday - David James Moore, educationalist 1933 Birthday - David Bellamy, English botanist/tv-program maker 1932 Birthday - David Lincoln Lightbown, politician 1932 Birthday - David Shipman, film historian 1932 Birthday - Marvin David Levy, composer 1932 Birthday - David McTaggart, co-founder, Greenpeace 1932 Birthday - David Keylsey, actor and director 1932 Birthday - David R. Scott, born in San Antonio, Texas, Col USAF/astronaut, Gemini 8, Apollo 9, 15 1932 Birthday - David Scott, born in San Antonio, Texas, astronaut, commander of Apollo 15 mission, seventh person to walk on the Moon, first person to drive on the Moon 1932 Birthday - David Plastow, CEO, Medical Research Council 1932 Birthday - David Bolton, director, British Royal United Service for Defense 1932 Birthday - David Alliance, Iran/British textile factory/multi-millionaire 1932 Birthday - David Antin, American Poet 1932 Birthday - David Thompson, CEO, Gestetner Holdings 1931 Birthday - David Baker, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, composer, Reflections 1931 Birthday - David Lumsdaine, composer 1931 Birthday - David Wilson, director of British Museum, 1977-92 1931 Birthday - David Bryant, English world champion bowler/tv-host 1931 Birthday - David Eddings, U.S., sci-fi author, Belgariad, Malloreon 1931 Birthday - David Healy, actor, Supergirl, Doomsday Gun, Patton, Be My Guest 1931 Death - David Belasco, American Playwright 1931 Birthday - Igor Oistrach, Russian violinist and son of David Oistrach 1931 Birthday - David Shepherd, born in Britain, painter, artist, considered world's most famous conservationists, famous for paintings of wildlife 1931 Birthday - David Montgomery, chairman, British Forestry Commission 1931 Birthday - David Haddon Whitaker, British publisher, Whitaker's Almanack 1930 Death - Eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67 1930 Birthday - David Werner Amram, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, composer, Splendor in the Grass 1930 Birthday - David Amram, American Composer 1930 Birthday - David Hackworth, American Soldier 1930 Birthday - David Rounds, Bronxville, New York, actor, Terence-Beacon Hill 1930 Birthday - David Mayer Epstein, composer 1930 Birthday - David Huddleston, Vinton, Virginia, actor, How the West Was Won 1930 Birthday - David M G Curry, South African Labour Party parliament leader 1930 Birthday - David Konstant, bishop, Leeds 1930 Birthday - David Smith, principal/vice chancellor, Edinburgh University 1930 Death - Herbert David Croly, U.S. founder (New Republic), dies at 61 1930 Birthday - David Evatt Tunley, composer 1930 Birthday - David Sexton, soccer manager 1930 Birthday - David Staple, joint President, Council of Churches for British and Ireland 1930 Birthday - David Janssen, born in Naponee Nebraska, actor, Fugitive, Harry O 1930 Birthday - David Russell Burge, composer 1930 Birthday - David Gentleman, designer and painter 1930 Death - David H Lawrence, poet and writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover), dies at 44 1930 Birthday - David Morris, British MEP 1929 Birthday - David S Broder, born in Chicago Hgts, Illinois, journalist, Pulitzer 1973 1929 Birthday - David S Ruder, 23rd chairman of Security and Exchange Commission 1929 Birthday - David Sheppard, bishop, Liverpool, cricketer, England batsman 1929 Birthday - David Houston, Major-General/Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland 1928 Birthday - David Mitchell, British MP 1928 Birthday - David Malcolm Lewis, expert in Greek Epigraphy 1928 Birthday - David Berriman, CEO, Rose Thomson Young group of Lloyds Trustees 1928 Birthday - David Hedison, actor, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1928 Birthday - David Farquhar Andress, composer 1928 Birthday - David Somerset, born in England, David Robert Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort, British peer, criticized for accepting public funds on riverbed land granted to his dukedom 400 years ago 1928 Birthday - David Sheiner, New York City, actor, Paul-Mr Novak, Norman-Diana 1928 Birthday - David L Wolper, producer, Devil's Brigade 1927 Birthday - David Schine, businessman 1927 Birthday - David Norman Dinkins, 1st black Mayor-D-NYC, 1990-93 1927 Birthday - David Hobman, director, Age Concern England 1927 Birthday - David Frederick Barlow, composer 1927 Birthday - David Ingram, Vice-Chancellor, University of Kent at Canterbury 1927 Birthday - Thayer David, born in Massachusetts, actor, Eiger Sanction, Rocky, Nero Wolfe, Savages 1927 Birthday - David Mourao-Ferreira, poet/politician 1927 Birthday - David Ahlstrom, composer 1927 Birthday - David Herbert, publisher 1926 Birthday - David Levine, U.S. painter 1926 Death - David Lobo, Dutch actor, dies in railway accident 1926 Event - Dutch Communist Party expels David Wijnkoop 1926 Birthday - David Hedison, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actor, Colbys, Voyage to Bottom of Sea 1926 Birthday - David Ogilvy, born in London, England, David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, judge, served as Lord Chamberlain 1926 Birthday - David Young, Lieutenant-General/CEO, Cairn Tech 1926 Birthday - David Attenborough, producer/TV host/scientist 1926 Birthday - David Attenborough, naturalist 1926 Birthday - David Coleman, sports commentator 1926 Birthday - David Oliver Williams, trade unionist, COHSE 1926 Birthday - David Eugene Tudor, Philadelphia Penn, composer 1925 Birthday - Thomas Christian David, composer 1925 Birthday - David Doyle, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actor, John Bosley-Charlie's Angels 1925 Birthday - David Bache, born in Worcestershire, England, David Ernest Bache, son of footballer Joe Bache, car designer, worked with Rover, established design company David Bache Associates, created the Land Rover, Series II Land Rover 1925 Birthday - David Ironside, cricketer, South Africa swing bowler in 3 Tests vs. New Zealand 1953-54 1925 Birthday - David McNee, commissioner, Metropolitan Police 1925 Death - Nina David, Mrs Radcliffe N Salomon, poet/author, dies 1925 Birthday - David Emms, director, London Goodenough Trust for Overseas Graduates 1925 Birthday - David Abell Wood, priest 1925 Event - British Liberals choose David Lloyd George as party leader 1925 Birthday - David Jenkins, Bishop, Durham 1924 Birthday - David Atkinson, British air marshal 1924 Birthday - David Loram, British Vice-Admiral, Supreme Allied Commander 1924 Birthday - David Cox, warden, Nuffield College, Oxford 1924 Birthday - David Richard Holloway, literary Editor 1924 Birthday - Kenneth David Kaunda, founder/president, Zambia, 1964-91 1924 Birthday - Freddie Bartholomew, born in England, actor, Anna Karenina, David Copperfield 1924 Birthday - Bill Wendell, born in New York City, TV announcer, Late Night With David Letterman 1924 Birthday - David Beattie, British governor-general of New Zealand 1924 Birthday - David Craighead, composer 1923 Birthday - David Haslam, British rear Admiral, hydrographer 1922 Birthday - David Lane, CEO, Commission for Racial Equality 1922 Birthday - David Lancaster Nicolson, businessman/politician 1922 Birthday - David Nicolson, businessman/politician 1922 Death - David Mendes Chumaceiro, Curaeaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45 1922 Birthday - David McLean, born in Akron, Ohio, actor, Tate-Tate 1922 Birthday - David Orr, deputy chairman, Inchcape, CEO, British Council, Unilever 1922 Death - David M Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet, dies 1922 Birthday - David Alexandrovich Toradze, composer 1922 Death - John Kirk Barry, Dr/explorer David Livingstone's companion, dies at 89 1921 Birthday - David Begelman, film producer 1921 Birthday - Billy Taylor, born in Greenville, North Carolina, orchestra leader, David Frost Show 1921 Birthday - David Lawmn, CEO, Prestige Group 1921 Birthday - Clifton James, New York City, actor, Buster and Billie, David and Lisa 1921 Birthday - Hal David, lyricist, Promises Promises-Grammy 1969 1920 Birthday - David Susskind, New York City, TV host, Open End, David Susskind Show 1920 Birthday - David Waller, actor, Shadowlands, Work is a 4 Letter Word 1920 Birthday - David Brinkley, born in Wilmington, North Carolina, NBC news anchor, Huntley-Brinkley 1920 Birthday - David Walker, Professor of Law, Glasgow University 1920 Birthday - David Vere Bendall, former diplomat 1920 Birthday - David Wright, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, given name David John Murray Wright, editor of 'X', autobiography 'Deafness. A Personal Account' gives insight into deafness 1919 Birthday - David Valentine Willcocks, composer 1919 Birthday - David Johan Kvandal, composer 1919 Birthday - David Seville, Ross Bagdasarian, born in Fresno California, Alvin and Chipmunks 1918 Birthday - David Land, impressario 1918 Event - American Red Magen David (Jewish Red Cross) forms 1918 Birthday - David Opatoshu, New York City, actor, Bonino, Secret Empire, Masada 1917 Birthday - David Bohm, American Scientist 1917 Birthday - David Tomlinson, Scotland, actor, Mary Poppins, Helter Skelter 1916 Event - David Lloyd George forms British war government 1916 Event - British government of David Lloyd George forms 1916 Event - David Lloyd George replaces resigning H H Asquith as British PM 1916 Birthday - David Lewis, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital 1916 Birthday - David Hollestelle, Dutch baritone, Great-Broadcast chorus 1916 Birthday - David Brown, born in New York City, director, Jaws, Planet of the Apes 1916 Birthday - David Donaldson, painter 1916 Birthday - David Stafford-Clark, psychiatrist 1916 Birthday - David White, actor, Larry Tate-Bewitched 1916 Birthday - David Vassall Cox, composer 1915 Birthday - David Napley, solicitor 1915 Birthday - David Leo Diamond, born in Rochester, New York, composer, Paderewski Prize-1943 1915 Birthday - Stringbean, David Akeman, Kentucky, banjoist/comedian, Hee Haw 1915 Birthday - David Rockefeller, American Businessman 1915 Birthday - David Rockefeller, CEO, Chase Manhattan Bank 1915 Birthday - David Kindersley, font designer/cutter 1915 Birthday - David Jenklins, librarian, National Library of Wales 1915 Birthday - David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head, Washington, Paris 1915 Birthday - David van de Woestijne, Flemish pianist/composer, Les Aeronautes 1914 Birthday - David Brian, New York City, actor, Accussed of Murder, Dawn at Sorocco 1914 Birthday - David Miles Bensuan-Butt, economist 1914 Birthday - David Langdon, cartoonist/illustrator 1914 Birthday - David Ignatow, U.S. poet, Tread the Dark, Rescue the Dead 1914 Birthday - David Wayne, born in Traverse City, Michigan, actor, 'Andromeda Strain', 'Adams Rib' 1914 Death - David Gill, Scottish Scientist 1914 Birthday - David Bruce, born in Kankakee, Illinois, actor, Harry-Beulah 1913 Birthday - David Hunt, British diplomat/quiz winner 1913 Birthday - Allan David, actor, director andproducer, Cry of the Children 1913 Death - David Popper, composer, dies at 70 1913 Birthday - Anthony David Machell Cox, medievalist 1913 Birthday - Gyula David, born in Hungary, composer, violinist, conductor, studied at the Liszt academy, conducted for the National Theatre 1945 - 1949, wrote folk song music and 12 tone serial music 1913 Birthday - David Donald Albritton, born in Danville, Alabama, high jumper 1936 Olympics silver 1913 Birthday - David Bowman, trade unionist 1913 Death - David Emlyn Evans, composer, dies at 69 1912 Birthday - David Merrick, Hong Kong, Broadway producer, Hello Dolly 1912 Birthday - Hugo David Weisgall, Ivancice Moravia, composer, 4 Impressions 1912 Birthday - David Packard, electronic engineer and businessman 1912 Birthday - Wendy Hiller, England, actress, Major Barbara, David Copperfield 1912 Birthday - David Raksin, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, composer, Modern Times 1912 Birthday - David Brower, environmentalist/president, Sierra Club 1912 Birthday - David R. Brower, American Environmentalist 1912 Birthday - David Barran, CEO, Midland Bank, England 1912 Birthday - David F. Powers, American Politician 1912 Birthday - David Townsend, cricketer, 3 Tests England vs. WI 1935 1912 Birthday - David Langton, born in Scotland, actor, Quintet, St. Joan, Abandon Ship 1912 Birthday - Alan David Melville, polymath 1912 Birthday - Francis David Charteris, earl of Wemyss and March/Scottish landowner 1911 Birthday - Sigursveinn David Kristinsson, composer 1911 Death - David Graham Phillips, American Journalist 1910 Birthday - David Lichine, Lichtenstein, Russian/US dancer, Make Mine Music 1910 Birthday - David Rose, born in London, England, orchestra leader, Red Skelton Show, Stripper 1910 Birthday - David Gilroy Bevan, politician 1910 Death - David Duffle Wood, composer, dies at 72 1910 Birthday - David Lavender, American Historian 1910 Birthday - David McCampbell, U.S. pilot/captain, WW II-Pacific-downed 34 Japanese planes 1909 Birthday - Alan Carney, David Boughal, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Zombies on Broadway 1909 Birthday - David Riesman, U.S. sociologist, Lonely Crowd 1909 Birthday - Arwel Hughes, born in Wales, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn 1909 Birthday - David Branson, composer 1909 Event - 1st San Francisco fireboat, David Scannell, launched 1909 Birthday - David Brock, American Author 1909 Birthday - David Niven, born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, actor, Casino Royale 1909 Birthday - David Dean Rusk, American Politician 1909 Birthday - Saul David Alinsky, born in Chicago, Illinois, radical writer, John L Lewis 1909 Event - David, Mawson and Mackay reach south magnetic pole 1908 Birthday - David Alexander Reginald Herbert, writer 1908 Birthday - Herman David Koppel, composer 1908 Birthday - David Oistrakh, born in Odessa, Russia, violinist and professor, Moscow Conservatory 1908 Birthday - David Farrar, Forest Gate England, actor, Beat Girl, I Accuse 1908 Birthday - William Eric David Davis, broadcaster 1908 Birthday - David Lean, British director, Lawrence of Arabia 1908 Birthday - David Lean, born in Croydon, England, director, Dr. Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter 1908 Birthday - David Saul Marshall, diplomat lawyer and politician 1907 Event - David Belasco's "Grand Army Man," premieres in New York City 1906 Birthday - David Sheinfeld, composer 1906 Birthday - David Van Vactor, Plymouth Indiana, composer, Chaconne 1905 Birthday - George Emlyn Williams, Wales, actor and playwright, David Copperfield 1905 Event - David Belasco's "Girl of Golden West," premieres in New York City 1905 Birthday - Carl David Anderson, New York City, physicist, 1936 Nobel Prize for physics 1905 Birthday - David Newell, Missouri, actor, Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves 1904 Birthday - David Brown, CEO, Aston Martin Lagonda 1904 Birthday - Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenber----dorff, Sr, near Hamburg, Germany 1902 Event - Impresario David Belasco opens his 1st Broadway theater 1902 Birthday - David Burns, actor, Music Man, Hello Dolly! 1902 Birthday - David Brooks, psychologist 1902 Birthday - David O Selznick, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, producer, 'Gone With the Wind' 1902 Birthday - David O. Selznick, American Producer 1902 Death - David R Capriles, Curaeaos director of psychiatric, dies at 64 1902 Birthday - David Cecil, English Writer 1900 Birthday - David Wynne, born in Penderyn, Wales, composer, studied at University of Wales, Cardiff, University of Bristol, Head of Music, Lewis School Pengam, professor of composition, Cardiff College of Music and Drama 1900 Birthday - David Croll, QC senator 1899 Birthday - David Eli Lilienthal, U.S. government organizer, Wisconsin 1898 Birthday - David de Jong, Dutch writer, Mutiny on the Canal 1898 Birthday - Martin David, German/Netherlands law historian 1898 Death - Edward Noyes Westcott, U.S. attorney/writer (David Harum), dies 1896 Birthday - David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexico, painter/muralist, Lib of Chile 1896 Death - Henry David Leslie, composer, dies at 73 1895 Birthday - David Butler, born in San Francisco, California, director, April in Paris, Calamity Jane 1895 Birthday - Johann Nepomuk David, composer 1895 Event - David Belasco's "Heart of Maryland," premieres in New York City 1894 Birthday - Winifred Kingston, England, silent screen actress, David Garrick 1892 Birthday - David Guion, composer 1892 Birthday - Arthur Oscar Honnegger, born in Le Havre, France, composer, King David 1892 Birthday - David Garnett, England, novelist and editor, Lady into Fox 1892 Birthday - David Dubinsky, labor leader, Freedom Award, 1969 Medal of Freedom 1891 Birthday - David Vogel, Ukraine, author, Huwelijksleven 1891 Birthday - David Low, British Cartoonist 1891 Birthday - David Sarnoff, U.S., radio/TV pioneer/CEO, RCA 1891 Death - David Dixon Porter, U.S. rear Admiral (Union), dies at 77 1891 Death - David Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies 1888 Birthday - David Monrad Johansen, composer 1887 Birthday - David McKinley Williams, composer 1886 Birthday - David Ben-Gurion, Plonsk Poland, 1st Prime Minister of Israel, 1948 - 1953, 1955 1886 Birthday - David Ben Gurion, Israeli Statesman 1886 Death - David L Yule, 1st Jewish U.S. senator, dies 1886 Birthday - David Steinman, New York City, bridge designer, Hudson, Triborough 1885 Birthday - David Herbert "DH" Lawrence, England, writer, Lady Chatterly's Lover 1885 Event - Samuel David Ferguson becomes 1st U.S. black bishop 1885 Birthday - Edith Evans, born in London, England, actress, Tom Jones, David Copperfield 1884 Birthday - Karl Heinrich David, composer 1883 Birthday - Louis Davids, Simon David, Dutch cabaret performer/chorus performer 1883 Birthday - David John de Lloyd, composer 1882 Birthday - David Cohen, Dutch historian/chairman, Jewish Council 1882 Death - Phiz [Hablot Knight Browne], English artist (David Cupperfield), dies 1882 Event - David Belasco's "La Belle Russe," premieres in New York City 1881 Event - David Houston patents roll film for cameras 1880 Birthday - Una O'Connor, Belfast Ireland, actress, David Copperfield 1879 Death - David van der Kellen, Dutch coin engraver, dies at 74 1877 Birthday - David Stanley Smith, composer 1877 Birthday - David Mendes Chumaceiro, born in Curacao, poet, Crisalidas 1876 Death - Felicien C David, French composer (Lalla-Roukh), dies at 66 1876 Birthday - David Wijnkoop, Dutch revolutionary socialist 1874 Death - David Livingstone, buried in Westminster Abbey 1874 Event - Dr. David Livingstones corpse arrives in Southampton 1874 Event - King David Kalakaua of Sandwich Is Hawaii, is 1st king to visit U.S. 1874 Death - David F Strauss, German theologist, dies at 66 1874 Death - David Friedrich Strauss, German Theologian 1874 Birthday - John David Rockefeller, Jr., born in Cleveland, Ohio, philanthropist 1873 Birthday - David O McKay, Huntsville, Utah, 9th President of Mormon church 1873 Birthday - David O. McKay, American Clergyman 1873 Death - Ferdinand David, Dutch violinist and composer, dies at 63 1873 Death - David Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60 1873 Birthday - David Vaughan Thomas, composer 1872 Birthday - David D Salas, Antillian writer, Josefina 1870 Death - David [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies 1870 Death - Charles Dickens, English writer (David Copperfield), dies at 58 1869 Birthday - David Grandison Fairchild, U.S., botanist and explorer, brought plants to U.S. 1869 Birthday - Herbert David Croly, U.S. author, Promise of American Life 1868 Death - David Wilmot, American Activist 1867 Birthday - David Graham Phillips, American Journalist 1866 Event - David Faragut appointed as 1st Admiral of U.S. Navy 1864 Death - David Bell Birney, U.S. lawyer/Union general-major, dies at 39 1864 Death - David Bullock Harris, U.S. Confederate colonel, dies of yellow fever 1864 Death - David Allen Russell, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 43 1864 Birthday - Roger David Casement, Irish nationalist, Easter uprising 1916 1864 Event - General David Hunter takes command of Department of West Virginia 1863 Event - Confederate sub David damages Union ship Ironsides 1863 Birthday - Eduard David, German undersecretary, constitution of Weimar 1863 Birthday - David Lloyd George, L-PM-Britain, 1916-22 1862 Event - David G Farragut is 1st rear Admiral in U.S. Navy 1862 Death - David Emanuel Twiggs, U.S. Confederate general-major (Monterrey), dies at 72 1862 Death - Henry David Thoreau, U.S. writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44 1862 Event - Union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans 1862 Birthday - David Hilbert, Konigsberg East Prussia, mathematician 1859 Event - Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania and Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone 1856 Death - David Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73 1856 Birthday - David Alfred Thomas, born in Glamorganshire, England, 1st Viscount Rhondda 1856 Death - Pierre J David, David d'Angers, French sculptor, dies at 67 1854 Event - Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden" 1853 Birthday - David Belasco, American Playwright 1851 Birthday - David Starr Jordan, New York, biologist/university President, Leland Stanford 1849 Death - David H Chasse, baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84 1849 Event - U.S. had no president, Polks term ends on a Sunday, Taylor couldn't be sworn-in, Senator David Atchison (President pro tem) term ended March 3rd 1846 Event - Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance 1845 Event - Henry David Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond 1843 Birthday - David Popper, composer 1843 Birthday - David Gill, Scottish Scientist 1840 Death - Caspar David Friedrich, German Artist 1838 Birthday - David Duffle Wood, composer 1837 Birthday - David Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao 1833 Birthday - David McMurtrie Gregg, Major General Union volunteers 1832 Birthday - John Kirk Barry, Scot, Dr/companion to explorer David Livingstone 1831 Birthday - David Edward Hughes, inventor, microphone, teleprinter 1830 Death - David Walker, abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens), dies at 44 1827 Death - Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81 1827 Death - David Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75 1825 Death - Jacques-Louis David, French painter (Death of Marat), dies at 77 1825 Birthday - David Bell Birney, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Birthday - David Rumph "Neighbor" Jones, Major General Confederate Army 1822 Birthday - Henry David Leslie, composer 1820 Birthday - David Allen Russell, Army Major General, Union 1819 Birthday - David Henry Williams, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1818 Birthday - David Addison Weisiger, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1817 Birthday - Henry David Thoreau, born in Concord, Massachusetts, naturalist/pacifist, Walden Pond 1816 Birthday - David Stuart, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1814 Birthday - David Wilmot, American Activist 1813 Birthday - David Dixon Porter, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1813 Birthday - David Livingstone, born in Scotland, explorer, found by Stanley in Africa 1813 Event - David Melville, Newport, Rhode Island, patents apparatus for making coal gas 1810 Birthday - Ferdinand David, violist/compser, Hohe Schule des Violinspiels 1810 Birthday - Felicien C. David, French composer, Perle du Bresil, Desert 1809 Birthday - William David Porter, Commander Union Navy 1808 Birthday - David F Strauss, Germany, theologist, Jesus' Life 1808 Birthday - David Friedrich Strauss, German Theologian 1807 Birthday - David R Atchison, President of USA on March 3rd 1849 1806 Death - David Dale, industrialist and philanthropist, dies 1805 Birthday - David Tod, U.S. diplomat, Gov-R-Ohio, 1861-63 1805 Birthday - David Dudley Field, lawyer/law codifier 1804 Birthday - David Van de Kellen, coin engraver 1802 Birthday - David Hunter, Major General Union volunteers 1801 Birthday - David Glasgow Farragut, Tennessee, Vice Admiral Union Navy 1801 Event - 1st U.S. Jewish governor, David Emanuel, takes office in Georgia 1799 Death - David Traugott Nicolai, composer, dies at 66 1798 Event - David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut and bolt machine 1788 Birthday - Pierre J David, David d'Angers, French sculptor 1785 Birthday - David Walker, Wilmington, North Carolina, abolitionist, Appeal to Colored Citizens 1784 Event - 1st U.S. seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia 1783 Birthday - David Cox, English painter, Treatise on landscape painting 1781 Birthday - David Brewster, Scotland, physicist/inventor, kaleidoscope 1778 Event - David Rittenhouse observes a total solar eclipse in Philadelphia 1776 Event - 1st (failed) submarine attack (David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacks British sailboat "Eagle" in Bay of New York) 1776 Death - David Hume, Scottish Philosopher 1774 Birthday - Caspar David Friedrich, German Artist 1772 Birthday - David Ricardo, economist 1770 Death - David 't Kindt, Flemish architect (Mammelokker, Ghent), dies at 71 1770 Birthday - David Thompson, English/Canadian explorer, Columbia River 1765 Birthday - David H Chasse, Dutch baron/general, fought Napoleon at Waterloo 1751 Birthday - David Moritz Michael, composer 1748 Birthday - Jacques-Louis David, France, Neoclassical painter, Death of Marat 1746 Birthday - Jan David Holland, composer 1744 Birthday - David Allan, Scottish painter 1735 Event - 1st U.S. Moravian bishop, David Nitschmann, consecrated in Germany 1733 Birthday - David Traugott Nicolai, composer 1729 Death - Johann David Heinichen, composer, dies at 46 1717 Birthday - David Garrick, actor/producer/writer, Aboan-Oroonoko 1711 Birthday - David Hume, Scottish Philosopher 1711 Birthday - David Hume, English empiricist/philosopher, Treatise of Human Nature 1710 Birthday - David Wooster, American Soldier 1696 Death - Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 1690 Death - David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79 1685 Death - David Teniers III, Flemish painter, dies at 46 1683 Birthday - Johann David Heinichen, composer 1667 Death - David ben Samuel Halevi, rabbi/author (Shulchan Aruch), dies 1649 Death - David Teniers I, Flemish painter (altaar stukken), dies 1645 Birthday - Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter, King David 1644 Birthday - Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature, David's holy saint graduals 1638 Birthday - David Teniers III, Flemish painter, carpet cartons 1636 Birthday - Johann David Mayer, composer 1617 Death - David Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53 1610 Birthday - David Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter, Theatrum Pictorium 1596 Event - David Fabricius discovers light variation of Mira (1st variable star) 1588 Death - Petrus Dathenus, Flemish minister/physician (Psalms of David), dies 1566 Death - David Riccio, Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered 1564 Birthday - David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer, discoved variable star 1564 Death - Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88 1559 Event - Excavated corpse of heretic David Jorisz burned in Basel 1556 Death - David Jorisz, Flemish glass blower/sect leader, dies at about 54 1496 Death - David van Bourgondie, Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about 69 1475 Birthday - Michelangelo, painter and sculptor, David 1371 Death - David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46 1324 Birthday - David II Bruce, king of Scotland, 1331 - 1371 1272 Death - David of Augsburg, Franciscan minister/author, dies 1153 Death - David I, King of Scotland, dies 1153 Death - David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 |
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