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2004 Edward B. Lewis, American Scientist
2003 Edward Teller, scientist/professor, The father of the H-bomb, dies at 95 2003 John Edward Christopher Hill, English Historian 2001 Edward Boland, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1953 - 1989, died at the age of 90 from natural causes 2001 Edward Winter, actor, TV's M*A*S*H, dies at 63 2000 Edward Craven Walker, gadfly, invented the lava lamp, dies at 82 2000 Edward L. Bernds, director, The Three Stooges shorts, dies at 94 2000 Edward Gorey, author, Amphigorey, dies at 75 1997 Edward Mulhare, actor, TV's The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, dies of lung cancer at 74 1997 Edward Barker, cartoonist, dies at 46 1997 Edward M. Purcell, American Scientist 1997 Edward Osobka-Morawski, prime minister of Poland (1945-47), dies 1996 Edward Leadbitter, politician, dies at 77 1996 Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster, dies at 76 1996 Edward George Edwards, chenist, dies at 82 1996 Edward Kassner, music publisher, dies at 76 1996 Edward Albert Radice, economist, dies at 89 1996 Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant, aristocrat, dies at 39 1996 Edward Greenall, businessman/sportsman, dies at 67 1996 Edward Digby Baltzell, Ivy League sociologist, dies at 80 1996 Thomas Edward Montgomery, drummer, dies at 73 1996 Edward Morris Bernstein, economist, dies at 91 1996 Edward McInnes, German scholar, dies at 60 1996 Prince Edward and girl-friend Sophie visited Graystoke Castle 1996 Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist, dies at 78 1996 Terence Edward Armstrong, polar geographer, dies at 75 1996 Edward Adamson, art therapist/collector, dies at 84 1996 Edward Frederick Weston Goodman, property Developer, dies at 81 1996 Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert, dies at 77 1995 Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng, dies at 66 1995 Alun Edward Islwyn Pask, rugby International, dies at 58 1995 Wallace Edward Rowling, Prime Minister of New Zealand 1974 - 1975, dies at 68 1995 Edward Gill, baseball player, dies at 100 1995 Edward Firth Henderson, arabist, dies at 77 1995 Hugh Edward R O'Connor, actor (In the Heat of the Night), ODs at 32 1995 Edward Bernays, Businessman 1995 Edward Sutcliffe, judge (British Central Criminal Court), dies at 77 1994 John Edward Caulwell Hearne, writer, dies at 68 1994 Edward Moss Hutchinson, educationalist, dies at 85 1994 Karl Edward Wagner, writer, dies at 48 1994 John Edward Teddy Buckner, trumpeter, dies at 85 1994 Edward Kienholz, U.S. sculptor (Back seat of a '38 Dodge), dies at 66 1994 Edward James "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player 1994 Frederick Edward Nicklin, architect, dies at 68 1994 Actress Lorraine Bracco (39) weds actor Edward James Olmos (46) 1994 Edward Duke, actor (Decadence, Silver Bears), dies of cancer at 40 1993 Edward B A M Raczynski, Polish president-in-exile 1979 - 1986, dies at 97 1993 Edward S "Ted" Haworth, U.S. set designer (Sayonara, Marty), dies at 76 1993 Edward P. Morgan, American Journalist 1992 Marina CAK Windsor, granddaughter of English prince Edward 1992 Helen Windsor (daughter of English prince Edward) weds Timothy Taylor 1992 Edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies 1991 Edward M Love, choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43 1991 Shite Moslems release U.S. hostage Edward Tracy 1991 John Edward Craven, dies 1991 Leueen McGrath, actress (Edward My Son, Saint's Vacation), dies at 77 1991 Edward A Blatt, director (Between 2 Worlds), dies at 88 1990 Edward Binns, U.S. actor (12 Angry One), dies of heart attack at 74 1989 George W. Bush and Edward W. Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers 1989 Edward Abbey (environmental author), dies after surgery at 62 1988 Edward EMG baron Downpatrick, grandson of English prince Edward 1988 Edward Chodorov, playwright/director (Louis Pasteur), dies at 84 1987 Edward Zorinsky, Senator-D-Nebraska, 1976 - 1987, died of a heart attack 1987 Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training 1986 Edward A Doisy Sr, discoverer of vitamin K (Nobel 1943), dies at 92 1986 U.S. writer Edward A. Tracy kidnap in Beirut 1986 Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, (Edward abdicated for her), dies at 89 1985 Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack 1982 Edward H Carr, British historian, dies at 90 1981 Edward M McIntrye elected 1st black mayor of Augusta Georgia 1981 Poland Communist Party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek 1980 Poland party leader Edward Gierek resigns 1980 Edward Albee's "Lady from Dubuque," premieres in New York City 1979 Edward Bennett Williams buys Orioles from Hoffberger for $12.3 million 1978 Edward D Wood, Jr., director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54 1978 Edward Durrell Stone, U.S. architect, dies at 76 1977 Edward Chapman, actor (Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75 1977 Edward Furlong, born in Pasedina, California, actor, John Connor-Terminator 2 1977 Edward W Stack replaces Paul Kerr president of Hall of Fame 1976 Edward Ellis, tackle for the New England Patriots 1976 Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies 1976 Darius McCrary, actor, Edward Winslow-Family Matters 1976 Edward Benjamin Britten, composer, dies at 62 1975 Edward Lawrie Tatum, American Scientist 1975 Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership 1975 Edward Albee's "Seascape," premieres in New York City 1974 Edward Thomas, CFL linebacker, Montreal Alouettes 1974 Edward Platt, actor (Chief-Get Smart), dies at 58 1973 Edward Hervey, NFL wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys 1973 Edward Steichen, pioneer of U.S. photography, dies at 93 1973 Edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67 1973 Edward G Robinson, Goldenberg, actor (Little Caesar), dies at 79 1973 Edward Jasper, defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles 1972 Edward Earle, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90 1972 Edward Reevey, St. John NB, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 South Carolina Intercol 1972 Edward VIII, King of Great Britian/Northern Ireland/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77 1972 King Edward VIII, English Royalty 1971 Edward Sedgwick, director, dies of barbiturate overdose at 28 1971 Edward "Ted" Murphy, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rower, Olympics-5th-1996 1971 Winona Ryder, born in Minnesota, actress, Heathers, Edward Scissorhand 1971 Edward Ballantine, composer, dies at 84 1971 Tricia Nixon and Edward F Cox marry at White House 1971 Edward Fryatt, born in Rochdale, England, Nike golfer, 1994 NCAA West Regional 1971 Edward van der Merwe, cricket keeper (South Africa in 2 Tests in 30's), dies 1971 Apollo 14, 3rd U.S. manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro Alan Shepard and Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hours 1970 Edward Gierek succeeds Wladyslaw Gomulka as Poland's party leader 1970 Edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84 1970 Nicholas CEJ Windsor, son of English prince Edward, duke of Kent 1970 British government of Edward Heath forms, with Margaret Thatcher 1970 Edward M Forster, British writer (Maurice, passage to India), dies at 91 1970 Ralph Edward Flanders, (Sen-VT), dies at 89 1969 John Edward, American Entertainer 1969 Edward Norton, American Actor 1969 Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne 1969 Peter Stone and Sherman Edward's "1776," premieres in New York City 1968 Edward Linskens, soccer player, PSV 1968 Edward Kilenyi, composer, dies at 84 1968 Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant U.S. Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86 1968 Edward Kaminski, born in Kansas City, Kansas, javelin thrower 1968 Edward Burns, American Actor 1967 Harold Edward Holt, Australian Politician 1967 Edward Brooke, born in Washington, D.C, Senator-R-Massachusetts 1967 - 1979, first African American to be elected to the Senate 1967 Edward Eagan, boxer, bobsledder, Gold Medal 1920, 1932 Olympics, dies at 69 1967 Edward G Givens, Jr., Major USAF/astronaut, dies in an car crash at 47 1967 Edward Hopper, U.S. painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84 1967 1st British ombudsman sir Edward Compton begins work 1967 Edward M. Fincke, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Captain USAF/astronaut 1967 Edward Higgins White II, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), dies at 36 1966 Edward Brooke, Representative-R-Massachusetts 1967 - 1979, becomes 1st African American elected to Senate 1966 Edward Albee's "Delicate Balance," premieres in New York City 1966 Edward G Craig, English actor/dir (On Art of Theatre), dies at 94 1966 Edward Gordon Craig, British Actor 1966 [Edward] Montgomery Clift, actor (From Here to Eternity), dies at 45 1965 Scott Edward Gump, Rockledge, Florida, PGA golfer, 1991 International-2nd 1965 Glen Edward Day, Mobile AL, PGA golfer, 1994 Anheuser-Busch-2nd 1965 Edward E "Doc" Smith, U.S., sci-fi writer (Subspace encounter), dies 1965 Edward Heath succeeds Alec Douglas-Hume as leader of British Cons party 1965 Edward Hartman, born in Skalica, Czechoslovakia, hockey goalie, Team Slovakia 1965 Edward Odumbe, cricketer, Kenyan pace bowler 1996 World Cup 1965 Edward R Murrow, newscaster (Person to Person), dies at 57 1965 Edward R. Murrow, American Journalist 1965 Edward V Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72 1965 Edward Appleton, English Scientist 1964 Edward Albee's "Tiny Alice," premieres in New York City 1964 Edward Steuermann, composer, dies at 72 1964 Helen Marina Lucy Windsor, England, daughter of Prince Edward 1964 Edward Anthony Richard Louis, Prince of Britain/Elizabeth II grandson 1963 William Edward Burghardt du Bois, educational editor/author, dies 1963 Edward Tsang Lu, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, astronaut, STS-84 1963 Edward Sturing, soccer player, Vitesse 1963 Brett Edward Garsed, born in Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist, Nelson 1962 Edward M. Kennedy 1st elected Senator 1962 Edward W Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts 1962 Edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies 1962 George P N earl of St. Andrews, under English prince Edward 1962 Hugh Edward Ralph O'Connor, actor, In the Heat of the Night 1961 English prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley 1961 Edward J. Hart, Representative-D-New Jersey 1935 - 1955 1961 James Edward Murray, Senator-D-Montana 1934 - 1961, dies 1961 Edward Albee's "American Dream," premieres in New York City 1960 Edward Burlingame Hill, composer, dies at 86 1960 Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at 65 1960 Prince Andrew, Albert Christian Edward, of Britain/Duke of York 1959 Edward FLW Halifax, English viscount/viceroy of India, dies at 78 1959 Edward Metgod, Dutch soccer goalie, Haarlem, Sparta 1959 Edward C Tolman, U.S. psychologist (behaviorism), dies 1959 Edward Franklin Albee's "zoo story," premieres in Berlin 1959 Edward Liddie, born in Union, Georgia, Judo fighter 1984 Olympics bronze 1959 Edward F. Humenik, born in Detroit, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1994 Kmart Greater-2nd 1959 Thomas Edward Lehman, born in Austin, Minnesota, PGA golfer, 1994 Memorial Tournament 1959 Fidel Castro is interviewed by Edward R. Murrow 1958 George Edward Moore, English Philosopher 1958 Edward Weston, American Photographer 1957 Lord Dunsany, Edward J M D Plunkett, author (Jorkens), dies at 79 1957 Melvin Edward Mays, one of FBI's most wanted 1957 Albert Edward Sammons, composer, dies at 71 1957 Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant, aristocrat 1956 Edward Arnold, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 66 1956 Howard Edward Davis, Jr., Glen Cove, New York, lw boxer 1976 Olympics silver 1954 George Edward Robey, English comic/actor (Henry IV), dies at 85 1954 Charles Edward Ives, U.S. composer (Unanswered Question), dies at 79 1954 Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow 1954 Edward R. Murrow criticizes Senator Joseph McCarthy on 'See it Now' 1954 Edward Ka-spel, English singer and songwriter, Legendary Pink Dots 1953 Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, British composer (Coronation March), dies at 69 1953 John Edward Stevens, New York City, bank robber, FBI Most Wanted List 1953 Edward B B Shanks, British poet/critic, dies at 60 1953 Edward Ray Fiori, born in Lynwood, California, PGA golfer, 1979 Southern Open 1953 Edward Marsh, British Editor 1952 Thomas Edward Henderson, South Carolina, basketballer 1972 Olympics silver 1951 J Edward Bromberg, dies at 47 1951 Edward Witten, American Mathematician 1951 Edward Rigby, dies at 72 1951 Edward Collins, Hall of Fame infielder (White Sox, A's), dies at 63 1951 Edward Albert, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Jeff-Falcon Crest, Butterflies are Free 1950 Coronation Stone, taken from Scone in Scotland by Edward I in 1296, stolen from Westminster Abbey and smuggled back to Scotland 1950 Edward Faber Schneider, composer, dies at 77 1950 Edward Barker, cartoonist 1949 Edward R Stettinius, U.S. foreign minister (1944-45)/diplomat, dies 1949 Edward Thorndike, American Psychologist 1949 Walter Sweeney, born in Ireland, born Walter Edward Sweeney, politician, lawyer, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for the Vale of Glamorgan 1949 Edward Hardin, New York City, rock guitarist, Spencer Davis Group 1948 William Hastings-Bass, born in England, William Edward Robin Hood Hastings-Bass, 17th Earl of Huntington, member of the Seventh Creation, Earls of Huntington 1947 Aleister Edward S Crowley, British occultist, dies at 72 1947 Edward Yang, director, Tewrrorizers 1947 Edward Matt Dougherty, Chester, Pennsylvania, PGA golfer, 1995 Deposit Guaranty 1947 Edward F. Feighan, born in Lakewood, Ohio, Representative-D-Ohio 1983 - 1993 1947 Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Vonte begins 1947 Lee Edward Evans, Madera California, 400m runner, Olympic-2 gold-1968 1947 Edward James Olmos, Cal, actor, Miami Vice, Stand and Deliver, Triumph 1946 Marc Edward Neikrug, composer 1946 Edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71 1946 Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer, dies at 71 1945 Karl Edward Wagner, U.S., sci-fi author, Bloodstone, Night Winds 1945 Edward J. Caruthers, Jr., Troy Ala, high jumper, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 1944 King Edward VI visits Montgomery's HQ in Normandy 1944 Charles Edward Greene, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 4x100m runner, 1968 Olympics gold 1944 Edward Chodorov's "Decision," premieres in New York City 1944 Edward G. Rendell, American Politician 1943 Edward H "Butch" O'hare, U.S. pilot/lt-comdr, dies in battle 1943 James Edward Sellars, composer 1943 Edward Cowie, born in Birmingham, England, composer, orchestral, chamber, choral works, conductor, painter, author 1943 Edward Herrmann, born in Washington D.C., actor, Day of the Dolphin, Reds 1943 Edward Skorek, Poland, volleyball player 1976 Olympics gold 1943 Lord Mountevans, born in England, born Edward Patrick Broke Evans, 3rd Baron Mountevans of Chelsea in the County of London 1942 Derek Jarman, actor and director, Angelic Conversation, Edward II 1942 Edward "Sonny" Bivins, U.S. singer, Manhattans-Kiss and Say Goodbye 1941 Count Desmond, Edward Benjamin, Binghamton, New York, sword swallower 1941 Richard Edward Wilson, composer 1940 Edward Boguslawski, composer 1940 Edward Frederic Benson, novelist, dies 1939 Edward Patten, U.S. soul singer, Gladys Knight and the Pips 1939 Edward Pattern, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, Gladys Knight and the Pips 1939 Edward Sapir, U.S. linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55 1938 Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail, dies at 81 1937 Peter Edward Cook, Torquay England, actor/comedian, Bedazzled 1937 Edward Applebaum, composer 1937 Alun Edward Islwyn Pask, rugby International 1937 Duke of Windsor (Edward 8) weds Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson in France 1937 Edward Fox, born in London, England, actor, M-Never Say Never Again 1936 King Edward VIII marries Mrs. Wallis Simpson; abdicates throne Duke of York becomes King George VI 1936 King Edward VIII abdicates throne to marry Mrs. Wallis Simpson 1936 England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI 1936 Edward Bach, English Scientist 1936 Edward German, composer, dies at 74 1936 Edward George Gibson, Buffalo, New York, astronaut, Skylab 4 1936 Edward Villella, Bayside Queens, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet 1936 Edward Jones, U.K. military rep to NATO 1936 Anthony Edward Payne, composer 1936 Edward Ravenscroft patents screw-on bottle cap with a pour lip 1936 Edward Cazalet, British High Court Judge 1936 Edward VIII succeeds British king George V 1936 Edward Rell Madigan, born in Lincoln, Illinois, Representative-R-Illinois 1973 - 1983 1936 Edward Rell Madigan, Representative-R-Illinois 1973 - 1983 1935 Edward Benes becomes president of Czechoslovakia 1935 Edward GNPP, English prince/duke of Kent 1935 Edward McInnes, German scholar 1935 Edward H Thompson, U.S. archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78 1935 Edward Arlington Robinson, U.S. poet, dies 1934 Edward Bond, English playwright/director, Blow-up 1934 Warden Uncle, Edward Vermeulen, Flemish landlord/writer, dies at 73 1934 Edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67 1934 Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode), dies at 76 1934 Edward Elgar, British Composer 1933 Edward Julius Biedermann, composer, dies at 84 1933 Greer Garson wed Edward Snelson 1933 Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/Foreign minister, dies 1933 Edward de Bono, physician, inventor, consultant, author, invented term lateral thinking, promoted deliberate teaching of thinking as a subject in public schools, advanced applied psychology, making theories about creativity, perception into usable tools 1933 Edward Lucie-Smith, poetry critic 1932 Edward Kennedy, American Politician 1931 Martin Boykan, composer, professor, studied at Harvard, Yale, awarded Fulbright Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, studied with Edward Steuermann, Aaron Copeland 1931 Edward Kellett-Bowman, British MEP 1930 Edward H White II, born in San Antonio, Texas, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, Gemini 4 1930 Edward H. White II, Astronaut 1930 Edward Woodward, Croydon England, actor, Breaker Morant, Wickerman 1930 Edward Seaga, PM, Jamaica 1930 Edward V "Ned" Regan, Planfield, New Jersey, Controller-R-NY, 1978- 1930 Esteban Edward Torres, born in Miami, Arizona, Representative-D-California 1983 - 1999 1930 Edward W. Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66 1930 Edward Galven Givens, Jr., Quanah Texas, Major USAF/astronaut 1929 Edward Asner, Kansas City Kansas, actor, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant 1929 Edward Carpenter, English Activist 1929 Edward O. Wilson, American Scientist 1929 Edward Anson, British Vice-Admiral 1929 Edward Levy Irving, composer 1929 Edward Crook, born in Detroit, Michigan, middleweight boxer 1960 Olympics gold 1929 Amedee Turner, born in England, Amedee Edward Turner, politician, barrister, Conservative Party, Member of the European Parliament, patent lawyer 1928 Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng 1928 Edward Greenall, businessman/sportsman 1928 Edward Zorinsky, born in Omaha, Nebraska, Senator-D-Nebraska, 1976 - 1987 1928 James Edward Bradford, HW weightlifer, Silver Medals 1952, 1956 Olympics 1928 Edward "Whitey" Ford, hall of fame pitcher, New York Yankees 1928 Edward Hamm of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 11" 1928 John Ingle, actor, Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital 1928 Edward Albee, born in Washington, D.C., playwright, Virgina Woolfe, Zoo Story 1928 Edward Gerard Schurmann, composer 1927 Edward Ralph Keinholz, sculptor 1927 Edward Kienholz, U.S. sculptor, Roxy 1927 Edward Abbey, U.S. author, Desert Solitaire 1926 John Edward Caulwell Hearne, writer 1925 Frederick Edward Nicklin, architect 1925 Edward Fursdon, British Major-General, defense council 1925 Edward Gorey, Chicago, author/artist, Curious Sofa 1924 Edward I Koch, New York City, Mayor-D-NYC, 1977 - 1989, judge, People's Court 1924 Edward Koch, Politician 1924 Edward Everett Rice, composer, dies at 75 1924 Edward D Wood, Jr., Poughkeepsie, New York, director, Plan 9 from Outer Space 1924 Edward du Cann, CEO, Lonrho 1923 Edward A de Jongh, Antillian author, The Arch 1923 Edward Mulhare, Cork, Ireland, actor, Daniel Gregg-Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1923 George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, egyptologist, dies at 56 1923 Edward E Barnard, U.S. astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65 1923 Edward E. Barnard, American Scientist 1922 Edward Gailliard, Flemish language/archaeologist, dies at 81 1921 Edward Gourdin of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 2 3/4" 1920 Edward Bennett Williams, lawyer/team owner, Redskins, Baltimore Orioles 1920 Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster 1920 Terence Edward Armstrong, polar geographer 1920 Neal Edward Smith, born in Hedrick, Iowa, Representative-D-Iowa 1959 - 1995 1920 Edward Kassner, music publisher 1919 Edward L Feightner, U.S. rear-admiral, WW II-Santa Cruz Islands 1919 Edward Leadbitter, politician 1918 Edward B. Lewis, American Scientist 1918 Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert 1917 Reverend Edward Flanagan forms Boys Town outside Omaha, Neb 1917 Edward Firth Henderson, arabist 1917 Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Neb 1917 Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist 1917 Edward Toner Cone, composer 1917 Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I 1917 Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 1916 David Lewis, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital 1916 Edward D Pain, English journalist (New York World), dies in battle at 36 1916 Edward Heath, British Prime Minister, 1970-74 1916 Edward H J Keurvels, Flemish conductor and composer (Parisina), dies at 62 1916 Edward Platt, Staten Island, New York, actor, Chief-Get Smart 1916 Edward R. Roybal, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Representative-D-California 1963 - 1993 1916 Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62 1915 Edward Digby Baltzell, Ivy League sociologist 1915 British transport Royal Edward sank by German U boat kills 1000 1915 Edward Miller, Master, Fitzwilliam College Cambridge 1915 Edward Stone, 1st U.S. combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded 1915 Edward Frederick Weston Goodman, property developer 1914 Edward "Henricus" Schillebeeckx, Dutch theologist 1914 Edward J Day, U.S. Postmaster General, 1961 1914 Edward Andrews, Griffin Georgia, actor, Tea and Sympathy, Glass Bottom Boat 1914 Edward T. Hall, American Scientist 1914 Edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87 1914 Edward George Edwards, chemist 1913 Edward Dowden, Irish Critic 1913 Edward Fiennes-Clinton, born in Australia, born Edward Horace Fiennes-Clinton, 18th Earl of Lincoln, engineer, landowner, inherited Earldom but formally did not prove his right to the title 1913 Edward Sheldons "Romance," premieres in New York City 1913 Edward Gierek, party leader, Polish CP 1912 Edward M Purcell, U.S. physicist, Nobel 1952 1912 Edward M. Purcell, American Scientist 1912 Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals 1912 Edward Gardner, Queen's Court/MP 1912 Edward Blake, Canadian Politician 1912 John Edward Christopher Hill, English Historian 1911 Edward Knoblock's "Kismet," premieres in New York City 1911 Edward Boland, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1953 - 1989 1911 Edward Whymper, English mountaineer (Ascent of Matterhorn), dies 1911 Edward Levi, professor, Intro to Legal Reasoning 1911 Edward Adamson, art therapist/collector 1911 Edward Warner, diplomat 1910 Edward Forster publishes "Howards End" 1910 Edward Ford, registrat Order of Merit 1910 Edward P. Morgan, American Journalist 1910 Funeral for Britain's King Edward VII 1910 Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), dies at 68 1909 Edward L Tatum, U.S., molecular geneticist, Nobel 1958 1909 Edward Lawrie Tatum, American Scientist 1909 Edward H. Harriman, American Businessman 1909 English King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill 1909 John Edward "Teddy" Buckner, trumpeter 1909 Edward Moss Hutchinson, educationalist 1909 Edward Playfair, British senior civil servant 1908 Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A, premieres 1908 Edward Dmytryk, director, Carpetbaggers, Young Lions, Caine Mutiny 1908 Harold Edward Holt, Australian Politician 1908 Edward R. Murrow, Pole Creek, North Carolina, newscaster, Person to Person 1908 Edward Roberts, bishop, Ely 1908 Edward Lansdale, general/model, Quiet American, Ugly American 1908 Edward Staempfli, composer 1908 Edward Alexander MacDowell, U.S. composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47 1908 Edward Teller, born in Budapest, Hungary, fathered H-bomb, Manhattan Project 1907 Edward Albert Radice, economist 1906 Edward Lansing Gordon, Jr., Jackson, Mississippi, long jumper, Olympics gold 32 1906 English Minister of Foreign affairs Edward Grey's wife Dorothy fatally injured 1905 Edward Milton Royle's "Squaw Man," premieres in New York City 1905 Edward Lockspeiser, composer 1904 Edward Morris Bernstein, economist 1904 Edward Chodorov, playwright/director, Story of Louis Pasteur 1904 1st performance of Edward Elgar's "In the South (Alassio)" 1903 J Edward Bromberg, Hungary, actor, Mark of Zorro, Under 2 Flags 1902 Edward VII of England crowned after death of his mother Victoria 1902 Order of Merit instituted by King Edward VII 1902 Edward Wayne, physician, Queen of Scotland 1902 Edward Durell Stone, U.S., architect, U.S. Embassy, New Delhi 1902 Edward Uhler Condon, atomic scientist, Manhattan Project 1901 Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica), dies at 86 1901 Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance March," premieres in Liverpool 1901 Edward Chapman, Harrogate England, actor, Promoter, Rembrandt 1901 Edward Lambert, British diplomat 1901 Edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82 1901 Benjamin Edward Woolf, composer, dies at 64 1901 After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series and begins King Edward VII series 1900 Edward R. Stettinius, U.S., foreign minister, 1944 - 1945, diplomat 1900 Edward Elgar/Cardinal Newmans oratorium premieres in Birmingham 1900 Edward J "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player, 1st witnessed 147 break 1900 Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII 1900 Edward VII, King, assassinated 1899 Edward Pollock, saxophone/clarinet 1899 Duke Ellington, Washington D.C., Edward Kennedy, bandleader, Take A Train 1899 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Concerto in D 1898 Edward Bellamy, U.S. author (Looking Backward), dies 1898 Edward Bellamy, writer, dies at 48 1898 Edward Noyes Westcott, U.S. attorney/writer (David Harum), dies 1897 Thomas Edward Brown, British Poet 1897 Edward Orval Gourdin, Jacksonville, long jumper 1924 Olympics silver 1897 Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator 1896 Edward Macdowell's 2nd Suite in E, premieres 1895 King Edward VII says "We are all Socialists nowadays" 1895 Edward Gill, baseball player 1895 Harry F V Edward, born in British Guiana, 100m/200m runner, Olympic-bronze-1920 1895 Edward Brophy, actor, Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, Cameraman, Doughboys 1895 Edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39 1894 Yakima Canutt, Enos Edward, Colfax, Washington, actor/dir, Texas Terror 1894 Edward VIII, King of Great Britian/Northern Ireland/empero of India, 1936 1894 King Edward VIII, English Royalty 1893 Edward G Robinson, Goldenberg, Romania, actor, 10 Commandments 1893 Edward A Doisy Sr, U.S. bio-chemist, Vitamin K1, Nobel 1943 1893 Edward J. Hart, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Representative-D-New Jersey 1935 - 1955, 1st chairman of Committee on Un-American Activities 1893 Edward Acheson, Penn, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum" 1893 Edward Mcdowell's "Hamlet and Ophelia," premieres in Boston 1892 Edward V Appleton, English physicist, Appleton-layer 1892 Edward H Carr, born in England, historian, History of Soviet Russia 1892 Edward Steuermann, composer 1892 Edward B B Shanks, British poet and critic 1891 Edward L Bernays, Vienna Austria, 1st public relations agent 1891 Edward Bernard Andre Maria Raczynski, Poland, president-in-exile, 1979 - 1986 1891 Edward Bernays, public relations expert 1891 Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, London, composer, Olympians 1890 Edward Arnold, New York City, actor, Mr Smith Goes to Washington 1890 Edward Macdowell's "Lancelot and Elaine," premieres 1889 Edward Ciannelli, Ischia Italy, actor, You Can't Escape Forever 1889 Edward Sydney Smith, composer, dies at 49 1888 Edward Lear, poet/author, dies at 75 1887 Edward Collins, New York, Hall of Fame infielder, White Sox, A's 1886 Edward MacDowell's "Ophelia," premieres 1886 Edward Bach, English Scientist 1886 Edward Ballantine, composer 1886 Ned Buntline, Edward Zane Carroll Judson, author, dies 1886 Edward C. Tolman, U.S. psychologist, behaviorism 1886 Edward Weston, American Photographer 1886 Edward Everett Horton, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor/narrator, Bulwinkle Show 1886 Edward Kendall, chemist, isolated cortisone, Nobel 1950 1886 Albert Edward Sammons, composer 1885 Edward Stephen, composer, dies at 62 1884 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Piano suite 1884 Edward Sapir, Germany, linguist/antropologist, indians 1884 Edward Kilenyi, composer 1883 Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, born in London, England, composer, Farewell My Youth 1882 Edward Hopper, U.S. painter, House by the Railroad 1882 Edward Earle, born in Toronto, Ontario, actor, Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight 1881 Edward Leveaux patents automatic player piano 1881 William Edward Boeing, founded aircraft co, Boeing 1881 Edward Frederick Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to U.S., 1940-46 1880 Edward Wolff, composer, dies at 64 1880 Ralph Edward Flanders, Barnet VT, Sen-VT 1879 Edward Steichen, pioneered American photography 1879 Edward Rigby, England, actor, Star Look Down, Young and Innocent 1879 Edward M Forster, England, novelist, Howards End, Passage to India 1879 Edward M. Forster, English Novelist 1878 Edward Scripps and John Sweeney found Penny Press (Cleveland Press) 1878 Edward Pooley completes record 8 stumpings in a cricket match 1878 Lord Dunsany, Edward JMD Plunkett, Irish sci-fi writer, Time and Gods 1878 Edward Thomas, English Poet 1876 Edward Bouchet, is 1st black to recieve a PhD in U.S. college (Yale) 1876 James Edward Murray, born in St. Thomas, Canada, Senator-D-Montana 1934 - 1961 1876 Charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53 1875 Aleister [Edward S] Crowley, 75 pseudonames, British occultist 1874 Charles Edward Ives, Danbury, Connecticut, composer, Holiday Quick Step 1874 Edward Thorndike, American Psychologist 1874 Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer 1874 Edward Bowes, radio host, Major Bowes Amateur Hour 1873 George Edward Moore, English Philosopher 1873 Edward Burlingame Hill, composer 1873 Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province 1873 Prince Edward Island joins Canada 1872 Edward Marsh, British Editor 1872 Edward Faber Schneider, composer 1872 Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer, dies at 63 1872 Edward G Craig, actor and director, On the art of theatre 1872 Edward Gordon Craig, British Actor 1867 Edward Hodges, composer, dies at 71 1867 Edward Naylor, composer 1867 Charles Edward Montague, English author/critic, Fiery Particles 1865 Mary Edward Walker, 1st Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor 1863 Edward Needle Kirk, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 35 1863 Edward Payson Chapin, Union Brigadier General, dies at 31 1863 Edward Dorr Tracy, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 29 1862 James Edward Rains, lawyer/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 29 1862 Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/minister of Foreign affairs 1862 Edward German, Jones, Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer 1861 Edward Dickinson Baker, U.S. attorney/senator, dies in battle at 50 1861 Warden Oncle, Edward Vermeulen, Flemish farmer/writer 1861 On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration 1860 Edward Alexander MacDowell, U.S., composer, Indian Suite 1860 1st British royalty to visit U.S., Prince of Wales (King Edward VII) 1860 Edward Albert Filene, merchant, established U.S. credit union movement 1859 Edward Bradley, horse owner, 1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners 1859 Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet, A Buried Life 1857 Edward Emerson Barnard, born in Tennessee, astronomer, Jupiter's 5th satellite 1857 Edward E. Barnard, American Scientist 1857 Edward William Elgar, born in Broadheath, England, composer, Pomp and Circumstance 1857 Edward Elgar, British Composer 1857 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 1856 Edward Herbert Thompson, Massachusetts, archaeologist, Mayan civilization 1856 Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT 1855 James Edward Kelly, U.S., sculptor "Sculptor of American History" 1855 Edward Solomon, composer 1854 Edward Forbes, British Scientist 1854 Edward Wyllis Scripps, publisher/journalist 1854 Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader, Irish Unionist Party 1853 Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer, Parisina 1852 Edward Austin Abbey, U.S., painter, Quest of the Holy Grail 1850 Scottish explorer Edward Eyre reaches Albany, W-Australia 1850 Edward John Gregory, painter/engraver 1850 Edward Bellamy, author, Looking Backward 1849 Edward Julius Biedermann, composer 1848 Edward Everett Rice, composer 1848 Edward H. Harriman, American Businessman 1846 Charles Edward Pickering, pioneered American spectroscopist 1844 Edward Carpenter, English Activist 1843 Edward Dowden, Irish Critic 1843 1st Catholic governor in U.S., Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office 1841 Edward VII, king of England, 1901 - 1910 1841 Edward John Armstrong, poet 1841 Edward Gailliard, Flemish linguist/archaeologicalist 1840 Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn, 1865 1839 Edward Sydney Smith, composer 1836 Edward Livingston, American Judge 1836 Benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer 1835 Edward Porter Alexander, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1834 Edward Irving, Scottish Clergyman 1834 Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom, Major General Union volunteers 1833 Edward Dorr Tracy, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1833 Edward Blake, Canadian Politician 1833 Edward Burne-Jones, England, Pre-Raphaelite painter/designer 1833 Edward Moody McCook, Major General Union volunteers 1833 James Edward Rains, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1832 Edward Hatch, Major General Union volunteers 1832 Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist 1832 Edward Harland, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1832 Alfred Pollard Edward, Civil War journalist 1831 Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India 1831 Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Statesman 1831 Edward Payson Chapin, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1831 David Edward Hughes, inventor, microphone, teleprinter 1831 Edward Cary Walthall, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1831 Edward Aylesworth Perry, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1831 Edward Ferrero, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Edward Winslow Hinks, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Thomas Edward Brown, British Poet 1828 Edward Saloman, Gov, Union 1828 Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st professor of physical education, Amherst College 1828 Calvin Edward Pratt, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1827 Charles Edward Hovey, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Edward Mollenhauer, composer 1827 Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1825 Edward Augustus Wild, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1825 Raleigh Edward Colston, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1825 Edward Henry Hobson, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1825 Edward Lloyd Thomas, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1825 George Edward Pickett, Major General Confederate Army 1824 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer 1824 Edward Jones, composer, dies at 72 1824 Edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies 1823 Edward Elmer Potter, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Charles Edward Horsley, composer 1822 Edward Stephen, composer 1822 Edward Everett Hale, U.S., clergyman/author, Man without a Country 1821 Edward Winston Pettus, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1820 Patrick Edward Connor, Major General Union volunteers 1820 Edward Bransfield aboard Williams discovers Antarctica (UK claim) 1818 Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Edward John Hopkins, composer 1817 Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, Major General Union volunteers 1816 Edward Wolff, composer 1816 Edward "Old Allegheny" Johnson, Major General Confederate Army 1815 Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor, Jamaica 1815 Martin Edward Green, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1815 James Edward Harrison, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1815 Edward Forbes, British Scientist 1815 Edward Pakenham, English general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle 1812 Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, Complete Nonsense Book 1811 Edward Dickinson Baker, Major General Union volunteers 1809 Edward FitzGerald, born in England, writer, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 1808 Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer 1808 Henry Edward Manning, cardinal and archbishop, Westminster 1807 Edward Miller, composer, dies at 71 1807 Robert Edward Lee, Stratford, Virginia, General-in-Chief, Confederacy 1803 Edward Despard, last person drawn and quartered in England 1801 Edward William Lane, translator, Thousand and 1 Nights 1800 Edward Rutledge, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 50 1799 Edward Stanley, Earl Derby, C, British Prime Minister, 1852, 1858-59, 1866-68 1799 Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination is introduced 1796 Edward Hodges, composer 1796 1st smallpox inoculation administered, by Edward Jenner 1794 Edward Everett, Dorchester Massachusetts, Gov-Mass, statesman/orator 1794 Edward Gibbon, historian (Decline and Fall), dies in London at 56 1793 Edward Bates, Attorney General, Union 1792 Edward John Trelawney, England, traveler/author, Adv of Younger Son 1792 Edward Irving, Scottish Clergyman 1784 1st U.S. balloon flight, 13 year old Edward Warren 1766 James III Edward, Old Pretender, king of Great Britain and Ireland, dies at 77 1765 Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81 1764 Edward Livingston, American Judge 1757 Edward Moore, English Dramatist 1755 Edward Braddock, British general, dies in battle at Pittsburgh 1752 Edward Jones, composer 1749 Edward Rutledge, Gov-SC, attorney/signer Declaration of Independence 1749 Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination 1737 Edward Gibbon, England, historian, Decline and Fall of Roman Empire 1737 Edward Gibson, England, historian, Decline and Fall of Roman Emp 1737 Edward Gibbon, English Historian 1735 Edward Miller, composer 1722 Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st U.S. divinity professor (Harvard) 1720 [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne 1720 Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie/Young Pretender] 1718 Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, English pirate, killed off Virginia coast 1716 Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France 1715 Pro-James Edward Stuart-rebellion surrenders 1712 Edward Moore, English Dramatist 1692 Edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft 1692 Edward Cave, England, printer, Gentlemen's Magazine 1688 James III Edward, Old Pretender, recognized as King of Britain by Pope 1683 Edward Young, English poet, Revenge, Complaint 1674 Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English Prime Minister 1660 - 1667, dies at 65 1671 Edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68 1648 Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65 1634 Edward Coke, English Chief Justice/politician, dies 1625 Edward Montagu, England 1609 Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM, 1660-67 1583 Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military and philosopher 1553 Edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15 1553 King Edward VI accept archbishop Cranmers "42 Articles" 1552 Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician, defended common law 1552 Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, beheaded for treason 1551 English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested 1550 English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset, freed 1547 English demand Edward VI, 10, wed Mary Queen of Scots, 5 1547 King Edward VI of England was enthroned following death of Henry VIII 1547 9-year-old Edward VI succeeds Henry VIII as king of England 1537 Edward VI, Tudor, King of England, 1547-53 1534 Jacques Cartier discovers Prince Edward Islands Canada 1499 Edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded 1497 "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork 1487 Imposter Lambert Simnel ceremony crowned as King Edward VI of Dublin 1486 King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV 1483 Edward V, king of England (Apr 9-Jun 25, 1483), murdered 1483 Edward I (12) succeeds Edward IV as king of England 1483 Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38 1471 Battle of Tewkesbury - King Edward IV vs Ex-queen Margaretha 1471 Battle of Barnet-King Edward IV vs Earl of Warwick 1471 King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI 1470 Edward V, King of England, Apr 9-Jun 25 1483 1461 Edward IV crowned king of England 1461 Battle at Towton: Duke Edward of York beats English queen Margaretha Edward IV recognized as king of England 1442 Edward IV, King of England, 1461-70, 71-83 1442 Edward IV, King, England, 1461-83 1377 Richard II succeeds Edward III as king of England 1377 Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies 1376 "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46 1356 Scottish king Edward Baliol resigns 1355 English invasion army under king Edward lands at Calais 1355 Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward II, dies at 36 1340 English king Edward III proclaimed king of France 1336 English King Edward III endswool export to Flanders 1330 Edward, the black prince, prince of Wales, 1343-1376 1328 King Edward III of England marries Philippa of Henegouwen 1327 Edward II, king of England (1307-1327), assassinated at 43 1327 King Edward III accedes to British throne 1322 Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence 1307 Edward I, King of England (1272-1307), dies at 68 1301 Edward of Caernarion (later Edward II) becomes 1st prince of Wales 1291 Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I 1290 Last of 16,000 English Jews expelled by King Edward I, leaves 1290 King Edward I of England orders expulsion of Jews 1290 Jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I 1284 Edward II, King of England, 1307-27 1275 King Edward I of England orders cessation of persecution of French Jews 1272 Edward I proclaimed King of England 1265 Battle at Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort 1239 Edward I, King of England, 1272-1307, chased Jews out of England 1093 Edward Macduncan, Scottish crown prince/son of Malcolm II, dies in battle 1066 Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies 1043 Edward the Confessor crowned king of England 978 Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 924 Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies |
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