2011 Event Over 45,000 runners participate in the New York City marathon; Geoffrey Mutai and Firehiwot Dado win the mens and women's races 1997 Event 69th Academy Awards - Oscar Ceremony Billy Crystal hosts, The English Patient wins Best Picture, Geoffrey Rush and Frances McDormand win lead acting awards 1997 Death William Geoffrey Biddle, bomb disposal expert, dies at 79 1997 Event 54th Golden Globes: English Patient, Brenda Blethyn and Geoffrey Rush 1996 Death Michael Geoffrey Corcos, medical researcher, dies at 77 1996 Death Bert Geoffrey Achong, electron microscopist, dies at 67 1996 Death Geoffrey Finsberg, politician, dies at 70 1996 Death Geoffrey Wilkinson, chemist, dies at 75 1996 Death Geoffrey Bryan Bentley, moral theologian, dies at 87 1996 Death Geoffrey Dearmer, poet, dies at 103 1996 Death Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect, dies at 95 1996 Death Geoffrey Dawes, physiologist, dies at 78 1996 Death Geoffrey Hodges, bomb disposal expert, dies at 87 1996 Death Geoffrey Pardoe, engineer, dies at 67 1995 Death Geoffrey Pinnington, journalist, dies at 76 1995 Death James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist, dies at 88 1995 Death Geoffrey Stokes, rock and roll writer, dies at 55 1995 Death Geoffrey Freeman Allen, railway writer, dies at 73 1995 Death Geoffrey Parsons, Australian/British pianist, dies at 65 1995 Death Geoffrey Penwill Parsons, piano accompnaist, dies at 65 1994 Death Leonard Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/musician, dies at 80 1994 Death Geoffrey McQueen, TV writer, dies at 46 1972 Death Geoffrey Fisher, Clergyman 1955 Event Actor Geoffrey Holder marries Carmen de Lavallade 1953 Birthday Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, born in Cambridge, England, politician, landowner, Conservative party, Member of Parliament for Cotswold 1951 Birthday Geoffrey Rush, Australian Actor 1947 Birthday Geoffrey McQueen, TV Writer 1947 Birthday Geoffrey Hunt, Australia, world-champion squash player 1945 Event Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg 1945 Birthday Richard Ottaway, born in Bristol, England, Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway, politician, Conservative Party, attended Brittania Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Member of Parliament for Croydon South 1944 Birthday Mick Ralphs, born in Hereford, England, born Michael Geoffrey Ralphs, guitarist, songwriter, founding member of music bands Mott the Hopple and Bad Company 1943 Death Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer, dies at 63 1941 Birthday Geoffrey Davies, English actor, Doctor at Sea, Doctor on the Go 1941 Birthday Geoffrey Burgon, composer 1940 Birthday Geoffrey Boycott, cricketer, stoic England opener 1964-82 1938 Birthday Geoffrey Holland, civil servant 1935 Birthday Geoffrey Lewis, Plainsfield, New Jersey, actor, Earl-Flo, Gun Shy 1934 Birthday Geoffrey Owen, British editor, Financial Times 1933 Birthday Geoffrey Leigh, CEO, Allied London Properties 1933 Birthday Geoffrey Maitland Smith, CEO, Sears 1932 Birthday Geoffrey Cass, CEO, Cambridge University Press 1931 Birthday Geoffrey de Bellaigue, director, Royal Collection 1931 Birthday Geoffrey Wragg, British reorganizer 1930 Birthday Geoffrey Holder, Trinidad, dancer/actor, Annie, The Wiz 1930 Birthday Geoffrey Littler, CEO, County NatWest Group 1929 Birthday Geoffrey Penwill Parsons, piano accompnaist 1929 Birthday Geoffrey Marshall, Provost, Queen's College, Oxford 1928 Birthday Bert Geoffrey Achong, inventor, electron microscopist 1928 Birthday Geoffrey Pardoe, engineer 1927 Birthday Geoffrey Beene, Louisiana, dress designer, 8 Coty Awards 1927 Birthday Geoffrey Palmer, British actor, Smacks and Thistle 1927 Birthday Geoffrey WT Atkins, British World Champion racket player, 1954-72 1926 Birthday Geoffrey Finsberg, politician 1926 Birthday Geoffrey Caston, vice chancellor, University of South Pacific 1925 Birthday Geoffrey Tucker, British political consultant 1924 Birthday Geoffrey Sammons, senior partner, Allen and Overy 1924 Birthday Geoffrey Johnson Smith, actor, Norman Loves Rose, Drinking Games 1922 Birthday Geoffrey Freeman Allen, railway writer 1921 Birthday Geoffrey Wilkinson, chemist 1920 Birthday Geoffrey Bush, composer 1919 Birthday Michael Geoffrey Corcos, medical researcher 1919 Birthday Geoffrey Luttrell, Lord-Lt of Somerset 1919 Birthday Geoffrey Pinnington, journalist 1918 Event Geoffrey O'Hara's "K-K-K-Katy" song published 1918 Birthday Geoffrey Dawes, physiologist 1917 Birthday William Geoffrey Biddle, bomb disposal expert 1916 Birthday Geoffrey Goodwin, British professor of international relations 1914 Birthday Leonard Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/musician 1910 Birthday Geoffrey Musson, British General 1909 Birthday Geoffrey Bryan Bentley, moral theologian 1908 Birthday Geoffrey Hodges, bomb disposal expert 1907 Birthday James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist 1903 Birthday Geoffrey Worthington, Air vice-marshall 1902 Birthday Geoffrey W. Lloyd, British minister of Brandstoffen/Energy, 1951-55 1900 Birthday Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect 1893 Birthday Geoffrey Dearmer, poet 1887 Birthday Lord Geoffrey Fisher of Lambeth, archbishop of Canterbury 1887 Birthday Geoffrey Fisher, Clergyman 1879 Birthday Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer 1859 Death Washington Irving, U.S. author (Geoffrey Crayon, gent), dies 1400 Death Geoffrey Chaucer, English Poet 1151 Death Geoffrey Plantagenet, earl of Anjou/duke of Normandy, dies at 38 1113 Birthday Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy