1987 Event In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 2, later bodies of 14 of his relatives are found at his home near Dover Ark 1987 Birthday Joss Stone, born in Dover, England, singer, actress, multi-platinum album, 'The Soul Sessions', top ten hit song, 'You Had Me', sold over 10 million albums worldwide 1975 Event 8.5" (21.6 cm) of rainfall, Dover, Delaware (state record) 1968 Birthday Jennifer Horton, Dover, New Jersey, team handball goalie, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1957 Event President Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Del, restaurant 1956 Birthday Robert Dover, equestrian dressage 1996 Olympics bronze 1953 Birthday Peter Isacksen, Dover, New Hampshire, actor, CPO Sharkey, Jessie 1948 Event 1st U.S. house completely sunheated is occupied (Dover Massachusetts) 1920 Birthday Kenneth Dover, chancellor, St. Andrews University 1918 Event Dover Patrol overthrows Germany U-boat in East Sea 1916 Birthday Francis Cockfield, born in Horsham, England, born Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield of Dover in the County of Kent, politician, Conservative Party, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1914 Event German plane drops bombs on Dover England 1914 Event British fleet leaves Portland/passes Straits of Dover 1909 Birthday Alan Marshal, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia 1822 Birthday Matthew Arnold, England, poet and critic, Dover Beach 1660 Event English King Charles II lands in Dover 1657 Death Robert Blake, English Admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57