2013 Event In Sri Lanka, a researcher discovered Poecilotheria rajaei, a new species of tarantula slightly smaller than a dinner plate, with a leg span of eight inches 2000 Death Beah Richards, actress, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, dies at 74 2000 Death Marguerite Churchill, actress, in Broadway's Dinner at Eight, dies at 90 1993 Death Aben Kandel, screenwriter (Dinner at 8), dies of heart failure at 96 1992 Event Sarah Ferguson attends dinner of Everglades club (club excludes Jews) 1992 Death Mike Frankovich, U.S. producer (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies 1991 Event Marc Camoletti's "Don't Dress for Dinner," premieres in London 1984 Death William Keighley, dir (Man who came to Dinner), dies of a stroke at 94 1976 Death Romney Brent, actor and writer (Dinner at the Ritz), dies at 74 1973 Death Cecil Kellaway, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 78 1969 Event Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself at Dinner Key Auditorium 1963 Death Monty Wooley, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 74 1963 Event Hindemith and Wilder's opera "Long Christmas Dinner," premieres in New York City 1957 Event John Lennon (16) and Paul McCartney (15) meet for 1st time as Lennon's rock group The Quarry Men perform at a church dinner 1954 Event TV Dinner was 1st put on sale by Swanson and Sons 1953 Event Swanson sells it's 1st "TV dinner" 1945 Death George Barbier, actor (Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 80 1945 Birthday Katharine Houghton, born in Hartford, actress, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1943 Birthday Wallace Shawn, New York City, actor, My Dinner with Andre, Princess Bride 1942 Death John Barrymore, U.S. actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60 1939 Event George Kaufman/Moss Hart's "Man Who Came to Dinner," premieres in New York City 1939 Birthday Judy Chicago, Cohen, Chicago, artist, Dinner Party 1934 Death Marie Dressler, actress (Dinner at 8, Anna Christie), dies at 64 1932 Event During King George V Christmas dinner speech, his chair collapes 1932 Event George Kaufman and Edna Ferbers "Dinner at 8," premieres in New York City 1911 Birthday Jean Harlow, aka Harlean Carpentier, born in Kansas, 30s' sex goddess, in Dinner at 8 1909 Birthday Suzanne G Charpentier, born in Paris, actress, Dinner at Ritz 1907 Birthday Marie Dressler, actress, Anna Christie, Dinner at 8 1902 Birthday Nora Swinburne, born in England, actress, Quo Vardis, Dinner at Ritz, River 1902 Birthday Romney Brent, Saltillo Mexico, actor and writer, Dinner at the Ritz 1888 Birthday Monty Wooley, New York City, actor, Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner 1887 Birthday Alexander Woollcott, New Jersey, short story writer, Man Who Came to Dinner 1886 Event 1st dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, New York (tuxedo) 1886 Birthday Wallace Beery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Alias a Gentleman, Dinner at 8 1885 Birthday Frances Parkinson Keyes, novelist, Dinner at Antoine 1874 Birthday Grant Mitchell, Columbus, Ohio, actor, Man Who Came to Dinner
