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2003 Death - Edwin Starr, American Musician 1997 Death - Paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54 1997 Death - Edwin Haig Alberian, TV celebrity, played Clarabell 1996 Death - Charles Edwin Molnar, computer pioneer, dies at 61 1996 Death - Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman, dies at 35 1996 Death - Edwin Clarke, historian/neurologist, dies at 76 1996 Death - Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher, dies at 89 1995 Death - Edwin "Russell" House, saxophonist, dies at 65 1995 Death - Donald Edwin White, ad copywriter/opera administrator, dies at 59 1993 Death - Edwin A Walker, U.S. Major-General, dies of lung cancer at 84 1993 Death - Edwin "Rick" Bakker, author (Rick's Report/AIDS Diary), dies at 31 1993 Death - Edwin Louis Battle, actor (Almost Blue, Chase), dies of stroke at 33 1991 Death - Edwin M McMillan, U.S., chemist (neptunium, plutonium, Nobel 1951), dies 1991 Death - Edwin H Land, inventor (Polaroid Camera), dies at 81 1991 Event - Edwin Jongejans of Netherlands wins 1-meter springboard diving title 1987 Event - Danny Harris beats Edwin Moses, ends streak of 122 cons hurdle wins 1987 Event - "Mystery of Edwin Drood" closes at Imperial New York City after 608 performances 1986 Event - Caroline Kennedy (28) marries Edwin Schlossberg (41) 1986 Event - 40th Tony Awards: I'm Not Rappaport and Mystery of Edwin Drood win 1985 Event - "Mystery of Edwin Drood" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 608 performances 1985 Event - Rupert Holmes' musical "Mystery of Edwin Drood," premieres in New York City 1985 Event - Edwin Meese III becomes U.S. Attorney General 1985 Event - U.S. Senate confirms Edwin Meese III as attorney general 1984 Event - Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race 1984 Event - Edwin Newman retires from NBC News after 35 years with the network 1983 Event - Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "because food is free and that's easier than paying for it" 1983 Event - Edwin Moses of USA sets 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz 1971 Birthday - Edwin van Holten, soccer player, FC Volendam 1970 Birthday - Edwin Huizinga, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Emmen 1970 Birthday - Edwin van der Sar, Dutch soccer goalkeeper, Ajax 1970 Event - Edwin Land patents Polaroid camera 1970 Birthday - Edwin Zoetebier, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam 1970 Birthday - Edwin de Kruyf/Kruijff, soccer player, FC Utrecht, FC Groningen 1969 Event - 1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11 1968 Birthday - Edwin Vurens, Dutch soccer player, FC Twente 1968 Death - Edwin O'Connor, U.S. writer, dies at 49 1964 Death - Edwin John Pratt, Canadian poet (Towards the Last Spike), dies at 81 1963 Birthday - Edwin Gorter, soccer player, Lommel/FC Utrecht 1961 Birthday - Edwin "Rick" Bakker, Dutch author: Rick's Report, AIDS Diary 1961 Event - Edwin Newman becomes news anchor of Today Show 1961 Birthday - Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman 1959 Death - Edwin Muir, Scottish Poet 1956 Death - Edwin Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 78 1955 Birthday - Edwin Corley Moses, Dayton, 400m hurdler, Gold Medals 1976, 1984 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1988 Olympics 1955 Death - Edwin Scharff, German painter/sculptor (Rossebandiger), dies at 68 1954 Death - Edwin Armstrong, U.S. radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63 1953 Death - Edwin P Hubble, astronomer, designer of telescopes, dies at 63 1953 Death - Edwin Powell Hubble, American Scientist 1951 Birthday - Robert Edwin Wadkins, Richmond, Virginia, PGA golfer, 1994 Kemper Open-2nd 1949 Event - Brigadier General Edwin K. Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1948 Death - Edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62 1947 Event - Brigadier General Edwin K Wright, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA 1946 Birthday - Fighting Mack, Edwin Alberto, Antillian welterweight boxer 1945 Event - Edwin Schlossberg, husband of Carolyn Kennedy 1943 Event - 1st president of a black country to visit U.S. (Edwin Barclay, Liberia) 1942 Birthday - Edwin Starr, U.S. singer, War 1940 Death - Edwin Markham, American Poet 1938 Birthday - Edwin Elliason, Washington, U.S. archer 1992 Olympics 1937 Birthday - Edwin Roxburgh, born in England, composer, principal oboist, Sadler's Wells Opera, wrote, Manuhin Music Guide 1935 Birthday - Donald Edwin White, advertising copywriter/opera administrator 1935 Death - Edwin Cannan, economist, dies 1934 Death - Edwin Lehare, composer, dies at 69 1934 Event - Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars 1931 Birthday - Edwin Meese III, prude, U.S. attorney General, 1985-88 1930 Event - Edwin Justus Mayer's "Children of Darkness," premieres in New York City 1929 Event - BINGO invented by Edwin S Lowe 1929 Event - Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe 1929 Birthday - Edwin London, composer 1927 Birthday - Edwin W. Edwards, born in Marksville, Louisiana, Governor Louisiana 1972 - 1980 1984 - 1988 and 1992 - 1996, Democrat 1927 Birthday - Edwin W. Edwards, Politician 1927 Birthday - Edwin Edwards, American Politician 1926 Birthday - Edwin "Duke" Snider, Brooklyn Dodger centerfielder, 406 home runs 1926 Birthday - Edwin James Nairn Carr, composer 1925 Birthday - Edwin Gordon, New York City, VOA correspondant 1924 Event - Edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems 1923 Event - Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star 1919 Birthday - Edwin C Tubb, Brits sci-fi writer, Earth is Heaven, Earthfall 1919 Birthday - Edwin Clarke, historian and neurologist 1919 Birthday - Edwin Newman, New York City, newscaster/journalist/author, NBC-TV, Comment 1918 Birthday - Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher, Brooklyn Dodgers 1914 Birthday - Edwin Mirvish, owner, Old Vic 1911 Event - Edwin Boaler Alletson hits 189 in 90 minutes Notts vs. Sussex 1911 Death - Edwin Arthur Jones, composer, dies at 57 1909 Birthday - Edwin Gerschefski, composer 1909 Birthday - Edwin Arrowsmith, diplomat 1909 Birthday - Edwin H Land, inventor, instant photography, Polaroid, 1909 Birthday - Edwin H. Land, American Inventor 1907 Birthday - Edwin M McMillan, U.S., physicist/discoverer plutonium, Nobel prize 1906 Birthday - Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher 1903 Birthday - Edwin Denby, Tientsin China, U.S. dance critic/poet, Snoring in N 1900 Birthday - Edwin McLeod, cricketer, played in New Zealand's 2nd-ever Test 1930 1900 Event - Edwin S Votey patents pneumatic piano player 1900 Death - Edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80 1898 Event - Edwin Prescott patents roller coaster 1898 Birthday - Edwin E. Dwinger, German writer, General Vlassov 1893 Death - Edwin Booth, American Actor 1893 Birthday - Royal Butler, Edwin Richey, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor 1890 Birthday - Edwin Armstrong, born in New York City, radio pioneer inventor, FM 1889 Birthday - Edwin Hubble, astronomer, discoverer of galaxies, red shift 1889 Birthday - Edwin Powell Hubble, American Scientist 1889 Death - Edwin Hatch, English Theologian 1887 Birthday - Edwin Muir, Scottish Poet 1887 Birthday - Edwin Scharff, German "entartet" painter/sculptor 1886 Birthday - Ed Wynn, Isaiah Edwin Leopold, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, comedian, Ed Wynn Show 1885 Death - General Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, mayor (Elzas-Lothar'n), dies 1878 Birthday - Edwin Franko Goldman, composer 1877 Event - Edwin T. Holmes installs 1st telephone switchboard burglar alarm 1869 Death - Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, U.S. Secretary of War 1861 - 1865, dies at 55 1869 Death - Edwin M. Stanton, American Lawyer 1869 Birthday - Edwin Arlington Robinson, U.S., poet, Richard Corey 1869 Birthday - Edwin Lutyens, architect, London 1867 Event - President A Johnson defies Congress suspending Secretary of War Edwin Stanton 1865 Birthday - Edwin Lehare, composer 1864 Death - William Edwin Baldwin, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies 1863 Death - Edwin Vose Sumner, U.S. Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66 1862 Death - William Edwin Starke, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 48 1859 Event - 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn by Edwin Drake 1858 Event - Edwin T. Holmes installs 1st electric burglar alarm (Boston, Massachusetts) 1856 Birthday - Robert Edwin Peary, U.S., arctic explorer, North Pole-Apr 6 1909 1855 Birthday - Edwin H Hall, U.S. physicist, Hall effect 1853 Birthday - Edwin Arthur Jones, composer 1852 Birthday - Edwin Markham, U.S., poet, 1st winner of American Academy of Poets Award 1937 1849 Event - 1st performance by U.S. actor Edwin Booth (Richard III) 1848 Birthday - Edwin Howland Blashfield, decorated the dome of Library of Congress 1838 Birthday - Edwin Henry Stoughton, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1836 Birthday - Edwin Gray Lee, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1835 Birthday - Edwin Hatch, English Theologian 1833 Birthday - Edwin Thomas Booth, U.S., U.S. Hall of Fame/actor, Hamlet 1833 Birthday - Edwin Booth, American Actor 1832 Birthday - Edwin Arnold, English writer, Light of India 1830 Event - Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever 1819 Birthday - Edwin George Monk, composer 1819 Birthday - Edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive U.S. oil well 1814 Birthday - Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, Ohio, U.S. Secretary of War, 1861 - 1865 1814 Birthday - Edwin M. Stanton, American Lawyer 1811 Birthday - Edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War, Confederacy 1809 Birthday - Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, governor/viceroy, Elzas-Lutherian 1800 Birthday - Edwin Chadwick, British social reformer 1797 Birthday - Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General Union volunteers 1561 Birthday - Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony |
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