2001 Death Roy Brocksmith, character actor, Picket Fences, dies at 56 1994 Event 46th Emmy Awards: Fraiser, Picket Fences and Kelsey Grammer wins 1993 Event 45th Emmy Awards: Seinfeld, Picket Fences and Ted Danson wins 1987 Event 41st Tony Awards: Fences and Les Miserables win 1987 Event August Wilson's "Fences" wins 1987 Pulitzer Prize for drama 1987 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to August Wilson for "Fences" 1987 Event August Wilson's "Fences," premieres in New York City 1963 Birthday Lauren Holly, born in Bristol, Pennsylvania, actress 'Picket Fences' and 'NCIS' 1962 Birthday Garth Brooks, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, country vocalist, No Fences 1945 Birthday August Wilson, U.S., playwright, Fences, Pulitzer 1987 1922 Birthday Fyvush Finkel, actor, Middle Ages, Picket Fences