2001 Death Dick Schaap, sportscaster/writer, Flashing Before My Eyes, dies at 67 1999 Death Iron Eyes Cody, actor, dies at 94 1998 Death Henry Hampton, documentary maker, Eyes on the Prize, dies at 48 1993 Death Helen O'Connell, singer (Green Eyes), dies of cancer at 74 1993 Death Jean King, actress (Night Hasa a Thousand Eyes), dies at 76 1991 Death Cassandra Harris, actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at 39 1989 Death Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33 1988 Death Lois Wilson, actress (Crash, Deluge, Bright Eyes), dies 1984 Event "(What) In Name Of Love" by Naked Eyes peaks at #39 1984 Event "When You Close Your Eyes" by Night Ranger peaks at #14 1983 Event "Always Something There To Remind Me" by Naked Eyes peaks at #8 1982 Event 24th Grammy Awards: Betty Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy wins 1981 Event "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes returns to #1 slot 1981 Event "For Your Eyes Only" premieres in U.S. 1981 Event "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks 1981 Event Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks 1980 Birthday Conor Oberst, born in Omaha, Nebraska, singer, songwriter, played with Bright Eyes band, Commander Venus, Park Ave, Monsters of Folk 1974 Event Miguel Pinero's "Short Eyes," premieres in New York City 1969 Death Roy Barcroft, actor (Eyes of Texas, Son of Zorro), dies at 67 1967 Event John Herbert's "Fortune and Men's Eyes," premieres in New York City 1966 Birthday Graeme Clark, bassist, Wet Wet Wet-Angel Eyes, Love is All Around 1965 Death Gaston Glass, actor (Opening Your Eyes), dies after long illness at 65 1960 Birthday Gerard Joling, Dutch singer, Love is in Your Eyes 1956 Birthday Rob Fisher, Bath England, rock keyboardist, Naked Eyes 1955 Birthday Keith Whitley, Sandy Hook, Kentucky, country singer, Don't Close Your Eyes 1954 Birthday Tula, Barry Kenneth Cossey, England, transsexual, For Your Eyes Only 1954 Birthday Pete Byrne Bath England, rocker, Naked Eyes 1951 Birthday Crystal Gayle, born in Kentucky, country singer, Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue 1950 Birthday Darryl Hunt, English pop bassist, Pogues-Pair of Brown Eyes 1950 Birthday Brad Dourif, West Virginia, actor, Ragtime, Eyes of Laura Mars, Fatal Beauty 1950 Birthday Peter Gabriel, born in Surrey, England, rock vocalist, Genesis, In Your Eyes 1949 Birthday Dayle Haddon, Montreal Quebec Canada, actress, Bedroom Eyes 1949 Birthday Mike Batt, born in Southampton, England, singer, composer, arranger, producer, helped created ecologically sensitive fictional creatures, The Wombles, wrote hit 'Bright Eyes' 1947 Birthday Burton Cummings, rock guitarist, Guess Who-These Eyes 1947 Birthday George Grantham, rocker, Poco-Crazy Eyes 1946 Birthday Lacy J Dalton, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, country singer, Crazy Blue Eyes 1946 Birthday Kim Carnes, born in Pasadena, California, rock vocalist, Bette Davis Eyes 1945 Birthday Nikita Mikhalkov, director, Dark Eyes, Slave of Love 1945 Birthday John Lodge, born in Birmingham, England, musician, singer, songwriter, bass guitar player, member of The Moody Blues rock band, created songs 'Candle of Life', 'Eyes of a Child', 'Send Me No Wine' 1943 Birthday Bobby Vee, born in Fargo, North Dakota, Devil or Angel, Night has a Thousand Eyes 1942 Birthday Bill Conti, born in Providence, Rhode Island, composer, For Your Eyes Only, Rocky IV 1941 Birthday Curtis Lee, born in Yuma, Arizona, singer, doo-wop and pop recording artist with Phil Spector, partnered with Tommy Boyce, sang 'Under the Moon of Love', 'Pretty Little Angel Eyes' 1941 Event Jimmy Dorsey and Orchestra record "Green Eyes" and "Maria Elena" 1940 Birthday Rita Tushingham, born in Liverpool, England, actress, Green Eyes, Dr. Zhivago 1940 Birthday George A. Romero, actor and director, Creepshow, Martin, 2 Evil Eyes 1937 Birthday Emile Ford, born in Saint Lucia, West Indies, rocker, singer, guitarist, produced UK chart-topper 'What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?,' recorded for Pye Records 1933 Birthday Zeke Carey, U.S. R&B-singer, Flamingos-I Only Have Eyes For You 1932 Birthday Elizabeth Taylor, born in London, actress, Cleopatra, violet eyes 1930 Death William Courtleigh, actor (Madame X, Eyes of Youth), dies at 63 1926 Event "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" by Gene Austin hits #1 1920 Birthday Helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer, Green Eyes, Anapola 1919 Birthday Sylvia Syms, U.S. singer, Hello Dolly, Dream Girl, Them There Eyes 1915 Birthday Frank Sinatra, born in Hoboken, vocalist/actor, old blue eyes 1908 Birthday Bette Davis, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, famous eyes, Of Human Bondage, Jezebel 1905 Birthday Wazyk, Adam Wagman, Polish poet and author, Eyes and Mouth 1904 Birthday Iron Eyes Cody, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, actor, Black Gold, Ernest Goes to Camp 1902 Event Clyde Fitch' "Girl with Green Eyes," premieres in New York City 1893 Birthday Fern Andra, Watseka, Illinois, actress, Eyes of the World 1873 Birthday Otto Harbach, songwriter, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 1867 Birthday William Courtleigh, born in Guelph, Ontario, actor, Eyes of Youth, Madame X 1327 Event Italian poet Petrarch 1st sets eyes on his beloved Laura
