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1998 Death - John Hopkins, writer for film, television, edited screenplay 'Thunderball', television show 'Play for Today', dies in Woodland Hills, California

1997 Death - Anthony Hopkins, clinical Neurologist, dies at 59

1994 Death - Harold Horace Hopkins, inventor (Endoscope), dies at 75

1994 Death - Nicky Hopkins, rock pianist (Rolling Stones), dies at 50

1993 Death - Douglas Hopkins, guitarist (Gin Blossoms), dies of gun shot at 32

1992 Death - Bruce Hopkins, performer/director, dies at 44

1992 Event - 64th Academy Awards - "Silence of Lamb," A Hopkins and Jodie Foster win

1987 Event - Benjamin and Patrick Binder separated at John Hopkins Hospital

1982 Death - Lightning Hopkins, rocker, dies of cancer at 69

1981 Death - Bill Hopkins, British composer, music critic, teacher, pianist, studied at Oxford University with Egon Wellesz and Edmund Rubbra, taught at Birmingham University and University of Newcastle upon Tyne

1972 Death - Miriam Hopkins, actress (Carrie, Barbary Coast), dies at 69

1970 Birthday - Brad Hopkins, NFL tackle for the Houston Oilers

1969 Event - Nicky Hopkins quits rock and rolls, Jeff Beck Group

1964 Birthday - Kaitlin Hopkins, New York City, actress, Kelsey-Another World

1960 Birthday - Helen Hopkins, born in Donneybrook, Australia, golfer, Australian International 1983

1955 Birthday - Roderick Hopkins Davis, Auckland New Zealand, yachting Star class 1996 Olympics

1951 Birthday - Bonnie Tyler, Gaynor Hopkins, rocker, Total Eclipse of the Heart

1948 Birthday - Telma Hopkins, Louisville, singer, Tony Orlando, Family Matters

1946 Death - Harry L Hopkins, U.S. Minister of Business (Loan and Lease law), dies at 55

1946 Death - Harry Hopkins, American Diplomat

1944 Event - John Hopkins hospital performs 1st open heart surgery

1944 Birthday - Nicky Hopkins, rock pianist, Stones-Ruby Tuesday, Quicksilver

1943 Birthday - Bill Hopkins, born in Prestbury, Cheshire, England, British composer, music critic, teacher, pianist, studied at Oxford University with Egon Wellesz and Edmund Rubbra, taught at Birmingham University and University of Newcastle upon Tyne

1942 Birthday - Bo Hopkins, Greenville, South Carolina, actor, Dynasty, Doc Elliot, Rockford Files

1940 Death - Florence Scovel Shinn, artist, book illustrator, metaphysical writer, wrote, 'The Game of Life and how to Play it", 1925, writings follow thought principles of Emma Curtis Hopkins, Myrtle Fillmore, Phineas Quimby, Charles Fillmore, dies

1937 Birthday - Anthony Hopkins, born in Wales, actor, Elephant Man, QB VII, Magic, Bounty

1937 Birthday - Anthony Hopkins, clinical neurologist

1936 Birthday - Thelma Hopkins, born in England, high jumper, 1956 Olympics silver

1933 Birthday - Larry J. Hopkins, Representative-R-Kentucky 1979 - 1993

1931 Birthday - John Hopkins, born in London, England, writer for film, television, edited screenplay 'Thunderball', television show 'Play for Today'

1923 Birthday - John Hale, born in Ashford, Kent, linguist, historian, professor, editor, attended Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University, served as a Fellow of the British Academy

1921 Birthday - Antony Hopkins, composer

1918 Birthday - Harold Horace Hopkins, inventor, Endoscope

1912 Birthday - Lightnin' [Sam] Hopkins, born in Texas, blues stylist, Ball of Twine

1911 Birthday - Anne Aitken, nee Hopkins, Chicago, co-found, Diamond Sangha

1902 Birthday - Miriam Hopkins, Bainbridge Georgia, actress, Becky Sharp, These Three

1901 Death - Edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82

1898 Death - Jerome Hopkins, composer, dies at 62

1890 Birthday - Harry L Hopkins, U.S. politician, Loan and Lease law

1890 Birthday - Harry Hopkins, American Diplomat

1889 Death - Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, dies at 54

1885 Event - Moses Hopkins, named minister to Liberia

1876 Birthday - Bert Hopkins, cricketer, Australian pace bowler of the 1900's

1876 Event - Johns Hopkins University opens

1871 Birthday - Florence Sabin, scientist/1st woman to graduate from Johns Hopkins

1871 Birthday - Florence Scovel Shinn, born in New Jersey, artist, book illustrator, metaphysical writer, wrote, 'The Game of Life and how to Play it", 1925, writings follow thought principles of Emma Curtis Hopkins, Myrtle Fillmore, Phineas Quimby, Charles Fillmore

1850 Birthday - William Henry Welch, U.S., pathologist, founded John Hopkins

1844 Birthday - Gerard Manley Hopkins, England, poet, Windhover

1838 Event - Hopkins Observatory, dedicated in Williamstown, Massachusetts

1836 Birthday - Jerome Hopkins, composer

1827 Birthday - William Hopkins Morris, Major General Union volunteers

1826 Birthday - Robert Hopkins Hatton, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1818 Birthday - Edward John Hopkins, composer

1816 Birthday - Henry Hopkins Sibley, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1803 Death - Samuel Hopkins, American Clergyman

1802 Birthday - Mark Hopkins, U.S., educator/philosopher, Williams College

1795 Birthday - Johns Hopkins, philanthropist, founded Johns Hopkins University

1790 Event - 1st U.S. patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process

1787 Birthday - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Philadelphia, pioneer of educating the deaf

1785 Death - Stephen Hopkins, U.S. judge/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 78

1776 Event - U.S. commodore Esek Hopkins occupies Nassau Bahamas

1721 Birthday - Samuel Hopkins, American Clergyman

1718 Birthday - Esek Hopkins, U.S., 1st commander-in-chief, U.S. Navy

1707 Birthday - Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island signed Declaration of Independence

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