2013 Event In California, NASA launches a space probe to observe the Sun; the probe is referred to as the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS 2004 Death Iris Chang, Chinese Historian 1999 Death Iris Murdoch, writer, Jackson's Dilemma, dies at 79 1982 Death Iris Korn, actress (Widder-Palmerstown USA), dies at 60 1980 Death Iris Meredith, actress (Lawless Land, Gambling Terror), dies at 64 1968 Birthday Iris Chang, Chinese Historian 1961 Birthday Iris DeMent, Paragould Ar, country singer, Our Town 1943 Birthday Donnie Iris, born in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, musician, guitarist, performed with The Jaggerz, Cellarful of Noise, The Cruisers, famous for Wild Cherry's hit 'Play That Funky Music' 1919 Birthday Iris Murdoch, born in Dublin, Ireland, novelist, Severed Head, Unicorn 1915 Birthday Iris Meredith, born in Sioux City, Iowa, actress, Son of Davy Crockett 1913 Birthday Iris Adrian, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Blue Hawaii, Bluebeard 1898 Event Opera "Iris" premieres (Rome) 1881 Death Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22 1859 Birthday Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet, Iris, Wood Song
