2013 Event Citing frail health, Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation effective February 28, 2013; he is the first Pope to resign since Pope Gregory XII in 1415 2003 Death John Gregory Dunne, writer, True Confessions, dies at 71 2003 Death Gregory Hines, dancer/actor, White Nights, dies at 57 2003 Death Gregory Peck, actor, To Kill a Mockingbird, dies at 87 2002 Death James Gregory, actor, Barney Miller, dies at 90 2001 Death Gregory Corso, American Poet 1996 Death John Gregory, dancer, dies at 82 1993 Death Dennis Gregory, actor (Village of the Damn), dies of pneumonia at 40 1992 Death Gregory Markopoulos, German/U.S. director (Iliac Passion, Bliss), dies 1992 Event Gregory Kingsley, 12, wins right to divorce his parents and live with his foster parents, he takes name Shawn Russ 1988 Event Thomas Gregory (11) swims English Canal 1988 Death Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, ace WW II pilot, dies at 75 of cancer 1987 Event Gregory Robertson does 200-mph free fall to save unconscious skydiver 1983 Event Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, vs. Pakistan MCG 1980 Death Gregory Bateson, British Scientist 1979 Birthday [Gregory] Chad Petree, Shawne, Oklahoma, rocker, PC Quest-Can You See 1979 Birthday Jessica Gregory, Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 1997 1976 Birthday Gregory Robert Henderson, Dunedin New Zealand, 4k pursuit cyclist 1996 Olympics 1976 Birthday Benji Gregory, born in Encino, California, actor, Brian Tanner-Alf 1975 Birthday Gregory DuBois, hockey defenseman, Team France 1998 1975 Birthday Gregory Maddalone, Schenectady, New York, dance skater, & Demkowski 1974 Birthday Gregory Playfair, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, PSV 1972 Birthday Cheryl Demkowski, Syracuse, New York, dance skater, & Gregory Maddalone 1971 Birthday Gregory Zaun, born in Glendale, California, catcher for the Baltimore Orioles 1970 Event Test Cricket debut of Gregory Stephen Chappell 1969 Birthday Gregory Metcalf, Ellensburg Wash, 3k steeplechase 1967 Birthday Gregory Caccia, Bayshore, New York, team handball right back 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Stephen Gregory, New York City, actor, Chase-Young and Restless 1965 Birthday Gregory Scott [Koenig], Dearborn, Michigan, guitarist, Signs of Life 1965 Event Bollingen prize for poetry awarded to Horace Gregory 1964 Birthday Gregory Thomas Kraft, born in Detroit, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1993 Walt Disney-2nd 1964 Birthday Clinton Gregory, born in Martinsville, Virginia, singer, songwriter, recording artist, fiddler, country and bluegrass genres, recorded seven studio albums, chartered 11 Billboard Hot country Singles and Tracks, including Play, Ruby, Play, which reached no. 25 on the charts 1960 Death Gregory Ratoff, actor (Skyscraper Souls), dies of leukemia at 63 1960 Birthday Gregory Efthimos Louganis, born in San Diego, California, diver, Gold Medals 1984, 1988 Olympics 1959 Birthday Hugh Laurie, born in Oxford, England, James Hugh Calum Laurie, actor, writer, musician, comedian, comedy partner, Stephen Fry, known for the Fry and Laurie double act, appears in successful Fox television drama House, playing role of Dr. Gregory House 1958 Birthday Glenn Gregory, rock vocalist, Heeaven 17-Electric Dreams 1957 Birthday Gregory T Linteris, Demarest, New Jersey, PhD/astronaut, STS-83, 94 1957 Birthday Gregory T Linteris, Demarest, New Jersey, astronaut, sk: STS-83 1957 Birthday William G. Gregory, born in Lockport, New York, Major USAF/Astronaut, STS-67 1956 Birthday Phillip Gregory Hubbard, born in Canton, Ohio, basketball 1976 Olympics gold 1956 Birthday Gregory J Harbaugh, born in Cleveland, Ohio, astronaut, STS-39, 54, 71, 82 1953 Death Daniel Gregory Mason, composer, dies at 80 1953 Birthday Gregory Beecroft, Chorpus Christi, Texas, actor, Guiding Light 1950 Birthday Gregory Harrison, Catalina California, actor, Trapper John, Logan's Run 1947 Birthday Tommy James, born in Dayton, Ohio, born Thomas Gregory Jackson, musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, led rock band Tommy James and the Shondells 1946 Birthday Cynthia Gregory, born in Louisiana, ballerina, New York Ballet Co 1946 Birthday Bettina Gregory, correspondent/journalist, ABC-TV 1945 Birthday Gregory Hines, born in New York City, actor/dancer, White Nights, Taps 1944 Birthday Gregory Bruce Jarvis, born in Detroit, Michigan, astronaut, STS-25 1943 Birthday Julia Cumberlege, born in England, Julia Frances Cumberlege, Baroness Cumberlege, politician, businesswoman, British Conservative Party, member of Dames of the Order of St. Gregory the Great 1941 Birthday Frederick Drew Gregory, Washington D.C., Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-B, 33, 44 1938 Birthday Kenneth J. Gregory, warden, Goldsmiths' College 1932 Birthday Dick Gregory, comedian/political activist/dietician, Bahamian Diet 1932 Death Lady Augusta, Isabella Gregory, playwright (Gold Apple), dies at 80 1932 Death Lady Gregory, Irish Dramatist 1932 Birthday F Gregory Neubeck, USAF pilot 1930 Birthday Gregory C Bell, born in Terre Haute, Indiana, long jumper 1956 Olympics gold 1930 Birthday Gregory Corso, beat poet, Happy Birthday of Death, Long Live Man 1929 Birthday Leonard Gregory Kastle, composer 1928 Birthday Gregory Walcott, Wilson, North Carolina, actor, 87th Precinct 1916 Birthday Gregory Peck, born in La Jolla, California, actor, To Kill a Mockingbird, MacArthur 1916 Birthday Ross Gregory, cricketer, Australian batsman 1936 - 1937 1914 Birthday John Gregory, dancer 1912 Death Pope Gregory IX, dies 1911 Birthday James Gregory, Bronx New York City, actor, My Favorite Martian, Barney Miller 1907 Event Lady Gregory's "Rising of the Moon," premieres in Dublin 1906 Event C W Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 vs. Queensland 1906 Event C W Gregory (NSW vs. Qld) starts day at 48*, is 366* at stumps 1904 Event W B Yeats/Lady Gregory's "On Baile's Strand," premieres in Dublin 1904 Birthday Gregory Bateson, British Scientist 1903 Event WB Yeats and Lady Gregory's "Hour-glass," premieres in Dublin 1897 Birthday Gregory Ratoff, Petrograd Russia, actor and director, Corsican Brothers 1895 Birthday Jack Gregory, cricketer, Australian all-rounder of post-WWI years 1873 Birthday Daniel Gregory Mason, Brookline Massachusetts, composer, Chanticker 1871 Birthday Gregory Efimovich Rasputin, mad Russian monk 1870 Birthday Syd Gregory, cricketer, Australian batsman in 58 Tests 1890-1912 1852 Birthday Augusta Gregory, born in Ireland, playwright and poet, Yates mistress 1852 Birthday Lady Gregory, Irish Dramatist 1852 Birthday Isabella Gregory, born in Ireland, writer and playwright, Golden Apple 1850 Birthday Edward John Gregory, painter/engraver 1846 Death Gregory XVI, Bartolomeo A Cappellari]/Mauro, Pope dies at 80 1845 Birthday Dave Gregory, cricketer, Australia's 1st Test captain 1839 Birthday Ned Gregory, cricketer, bro of Dave, father of Syd Played 1st Test 1834 Event Pope Gregory XVI's encyclical "Singulari nos" published 1832 Event Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism and religious indifferentism 1824 Birthday Hiram Gregory Berry, Major General Union volunteers 1789 Birthday Francis Hoyt Gregory, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1765 Birthday Gregory XVI, Bartolomeo A Cappellari/Mauro, Italy, Pope 1712 Death Gregory King, English statistician (law of King), dies at 63 1648 Birthday Gregory King, English statistician, Natural and Political Observations 1623 Death Gregory XV, Alessandro Ludovisi, bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69 1622 Event Pope Gregory XV forms Congregatio the Propagande Fide 1621 Event Alexander Ludovisi is elected Pope Gregory XV (-1623) 1591 Death Gregory XIV, Niccolo Sfondrati, Italian Pope, dies at 56 1591 Event Pope Gregory XIV threatens to excommunicate French king Henri IV 1590 Event Noccolo Sfondrato chosen Pope Gregory XIV 1585 Death Gregory XIII, Ugo Buoncampagni, Italian Pope (1572-85), dies 1582 Event Pope Gregory XIII announces New Style (Gregorian) calendar 1577 Event Pope Gregory XIII asks renewal of ecclesiastical hymns 1554 Birthday Gregory XV, Alessandro Ludovisi, pope, 1621 - 1623 1535 Birthday Gregory XIV, Niccolo Sfondrati, Roman Catholic pope, 1590-91 1502 Birthday Gregory XIII, Pope, introduced Gregorian calendar in 1582 1415 Event Angelo Correr becomes Pope Gregory XII 1406 Event Angelo Correr elected Pope Gregory XII 1378 Death Gregory XI, Pierre R the Beaufort, last French Pope (1370-78), dies 1371 Event Pope Gregory XI names Arnold II of Horne as bishop of Utrecht 1241 Death Gregory IX, Ugolino di Segni, Italian Pope, dies 1230 Event Treaty of San-Germano between Emperor Frederik II and Pope Gregory IX 1227 Event Pope Gregory IX excommunicate German emperor Frederik II 1227 Event Count Ugolino of Segna elected Pope Gregory IX 1187 Death Gregory VIII, Alberto de Morra, Italian Pope (1187), dies 1085 Death Gregory VII, Ildebrando, Pope (1073-85), dies 1085 Death Pope Gregory VII, Pope 1077 Event Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Henry IV 1077 Event German king Henry IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness 1077 Event Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Heinrich IV 1077 Event German King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness 1076 Event Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV 1076 Event Synod of Worms: German King Henry IV fires Pope Gregory VII 1073 Event Pope Alexander II buried/Ildebrando chosen as Pope Gregory VII 1046 Event Synod of Sutri: German king Henry III removes Popes Gregory VI, 999 Death Gregory V, Bruno, 1st German Pope, dies 996 Event Pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas 996 Event Pope Gregory V crowns his cousin Otto III German emperor 844 Event Gregory IV begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope 741 Event St. Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III 741 Event St. Gregory III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 741 Death Gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies 731 Event St. Gregory III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 731 Death Gregory II, Greek-Syrian Pope, dies 722 Event Pope Gregory II names Boniface as missionary bishop 715 Event St. Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 604 Event Sabinian begins his reign as Pope replacing Pope Gregory the Great 604 Death Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64 600 Event Pope Gregory the Great decreea saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze 590 Event St. Gregory I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 573 Event Gregory of Tours selected bishop of Tours 538 Birthday St. Gregory of Tours, chronicler/bishop
