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2013 Event - U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton steps down from her post; she is succeeded by Senator John Kerry

2013 Event - U.S. Senator John Kerry is confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become the next U.S. Secretary of State

2013 Event - U.S. Republican Chuck Hagel is nominated to be the country's next Secretary of Defense by President Barack Obama; John O. Brennan is nominated to be the next CIA Director

2012 Event - U.S. Governor of Colorado, John Hickenlooper, emboldened by the passage of a voter-approved amendment to the state constitution last month, declared marijuana legal for recreational use

2012 Event - In the U.S., President Obama nominates John R. Allen as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), with General Joseph Dunford positioned to succeed Allen in his previous post of commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan

2012 Event - John Hume, Ireland's former Social Democratic Party Leader, receives the papal knighthood at a special mass at St. Eugene's Cathedral in Derry

2012 Event - Ghana's state funeral, held in Accra for President John Atta Mills, attracts tens of thousands

2012 Event - Vice-President John Dramani Mahama becomes President of Ghana after President John Atta Mills, dies

2012 Event - In Bulgaria, remains believed to be John the Baptist, are scientifically dated to be from the first century AD

2012 Event - Former Democratic Party candidate for the U.S. Presidency, John Edwards, is cleared on one count of corruption, with a mistrial declared on the other five counts

2012 Event - The trial over illegal use of campaign funds by U.S. Presidential candidate John Edwards begins in North Carolina

2012 Event - The movie 'John Carter' becomes one of the biggest losses in film history; Disney takes a $200 million writedown on the film

2012 Event - Queen Elizabeth II appoints John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia, and artist David Hockney, to the Order of Merit

2011 Event - John Corzine, former CEO of MG Global, testifies before a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, stating he doesn't know where hundreds of millions of dollars of his customers' money has gone

2011 Event - John Corzine, former Governor of New Jersey, is issued a subpoena over the collapse of MF Global and disappearance of customer funds

2011 Event - Command of the NATO forces in Afghanistan transfers from U.S. General David Petraeus to U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Genreal John R. Allen

2011 Event - Former North Carolina Senator and U.S. Presidential Candidate John Edwards is indicted on charges of conspiracy and violating campaign finance laws

2011 Event - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Dr.John, Tom Waits, Alice Cooper, Darlene Love and Neil Diamond into its Hall of Fame

2011 Event - U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords is shot, Judge John Roll killed, in a Tucson, Arizona shooting rampage that killed 6 people and injured 14

2011 Event - The 112th United States Congress convened; Republican Representative John Boehner of Ohio assumes his new position as Speaker of the House

2010 Event - At auction, John James Audubon's 'Birds of America' sells for a record price of $10.3 million

2010 Event - John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator announces Niger faces total crop failure worse than that of 2005

2009 Death - John Updike dies of lung cancer, at 76

2008 Death - John Michael Hayes, dies in New Hampshire, of natural causes, at 89

2008 Death - Matthew John Rinaldo, Representative-R-New Jersey 1973 - 1993, died from Parkinson's disease

2008 Death - John F. Seiberling, Representative-D-Ohio, 1971 - 1986, died of respiratory failure

2008 Death - John Archibald Wheeler, dies in New Jersey, at 96

2006 Death - John M. Ford, American Writer

2006 Death - John M. Ford, author, science fiction and fantasy, poet, game designer, wrote, 'The Final Reflection', 'How Much Just for the Planet?', dies of natural causes, at age 49

2006 Death - John Money, New Zealander Psychologist

2005 Event - John G. Roberts is confirmed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

2005 Event - John G. Roberts is nominated for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

2005 Death - John H. Johnson, American Businessman

2005 Event - John G. Roberts, Jr. is nominated to the United States Supreme Court

2005 Death - John T. Walton, American Businessman

2005 Death - John DeLorean, American Businessman

2004 Death - John Peel, DJ, dies at 65

2004 Event - Democrats nominate John Kerry as their Presidential candidate

2004 Death - John Maynard Smith, English Scientist

2004 Death - John Randolph, actor, Prizzi's Honor, dies at 88

2004 Death - John Hench, American Artist

2003 Death - John Gregory Dunne, writer, True Confessions, dies at 71

2003 Death - John Hawkesworth, producer/writer, ", Upstairs, Downstairs, ", dies at 82

2003 Death - John Ritter, actor/comic, Three's Company, dies at 56

2003 Death - John Jacob Rhodes, Representative-R-Arizona 1953 - 1983, died from cancer

2003 Death - John Schlesinger, director, Midnight Cowboy, dies at 77

2003 Event - 45th Grammy Awards, Norah Jones and John Mayer win major awards

2003 Death - John Edward Christopher Hill, English Historian

2002 Death - John Rawls, American Educator

2002 Death - John Wallach, journalist/humanitarian, dies at 59

2002 Death - John Frankenheimer, director, The Manchurian Candidate, dies at 72

2002 Death - John Entwistle, bass player, The Who, dies at 57

2002 Death - John Gotti, American Criminal

2002 Death - John B. Keane, Irish Playwright

2002 Death - John Agar, actor, the original The Thing, dies at 81

2002 Death - John Thaw, actor, Inspector Morse, dies at 60

2002 Death - John W. Gardner, American Educator

2001 Death - John Lilly, American Scientist

2001 Death - John Walters, British Musician

2001 Death - John Lee Hooker, bluesman, dies at 83

2001 Death - John Phillips, singer, the Mamas and the Papas, dies at 65

2001 Death - John G. Schmitz, American Politician

2000 Death - John Lindsay, American Politician

2000 Death - John Milford, actor, dies at 70

2000 Death - John Harsanyi, American Educator

2000 Death - John Tukey, American Scientist

2000 Death - John W. Tukey, professor/computer theorist, The Practice of Data Analysis, dies at 85

2000 Death - John Coolidge, American Celebrity

2000 Death - Sir John Gielgud, British actor, Arthur, dies at 96

2000 Death - John Cardinal O'Connor, American Clergyman

2000 Death - John Sladek, science fiction satirist, dies at 62

2000 Death - John Colicos, actor, in the original Battlestar Gallactica, dies at 71

1999 Death - John Chafee, senator, Rhode Island senator, dies at 77

1999 Death - John F. Kennedy, Jr., publisher and philanthropist, 'George' magazine, dies at 38

1999 Death - John Minor Wisdom, American Judge

1998 Event - John Glenn returns to space at the age of 77 as a payload specialist on the Discovery

1998 Death - John Holliman, CNN journalist, dies at 49

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

1998 Death - John Derek, actor/director, dies at 71

1998 Event - 40th Grammy Awards, Shawn Colvin, Bob Dylan, Sarah McLachlan, and Elton John win major awards

1998 Event - Elton John knighted

1998 Event - Pope John Paul II condemns U.S. embargo against Cuba

1998 Event - Pope John Paul II visits Cuba

1998 Event - NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again

1998 Death - John Gary, singer, dies at 65

1997 Death - John Hinde, photographer/circus promoter, dies at 81

1997 Death - John Whitley, air-Marshal, dies at 92

1997 Death - John Pinkerton, compuer scientist, dies at 78

1997 Event - SWAT team shoots John E Armstrong in Fla, freeing 2 young hostages

1997 Death - William John Elwyn Davies, painter, dies at 80

1997 Event - 28th New York City Marathon won by John Kagwe of Kenya in 2:08:12

1997 Event - Elton John's tribute to Princess Diana breaks world record, 318 million distributed

1997 Death - John Denver, country star (Country Boy), dies in plain crash at 53

1997 Event - Elton John releases Diana tribute 'Candle in the Wind 1997'

1997 Death - John Seldon Whale, theologian, dies at 100

1997 Event - New York Met John Olerud hits for the cycle

1997 Death - John Sengstacke, publisher (Defender), dies at 84

1997 Event - John Bell, 115, recieves new pacemaker

1997 Death - John Curtis, Jr., president/CEO (Luby's Cafe), commits suicide at 58

1997 Death - John Richard Patterson, businessman, dies at 51

1997 Event - Brunswick World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by John Gant

1997 Death - Roger John Tayler, astrophysicist, dies at 67

1997 Death - John Burgess, rugby administrator, dies at 71

1996 Death - Rupert John, Governor-General of Grenadines (1970-76), dies

1996 Death - John Duffey, bluegrass musician, dies at 62

1996 Death - John Vassall, spy/civil servant, dies at 72

1996 Death - Andrew John Fairclough, trade union educator, dies at 45

1996 Death - John Reginald Bevins, politician, dies at 88

1996 Death - John Qace Hardbattle, political activist, dies at 51

1996 Event - Braves John Smoltz wins NL Cy Young Award

1996 Death - John Gorman, printer/socialist historian, dies at 66

1996 Death - John Gregory, dancer, dies at 82

1996 Death - John Bauldie, music journalist/Dylanologist, dies at 47

1996 Death - William John Raff Hooper, cartoonist, dies at 80

1996 Death - John Hillaby, writer/traveller, dies at 79

1996 Death - Ronald John Bilsland Colville, businessman, dies at 79

1996 Event - Baltimore Oriole Roberto Alomar spits in face of umpire John Hirschbeck

1996 Event - John F. Kennedy, Jr. marries Caroline Bisset

1996 Death - John Cheek, Falkland Islands advocate, dies at 56

1996 Death - John Christopherson, artist/collector, dies at 75

1996 Death - Leonard John Coldwell, cricketer, dies at 63

1996 Death - "Jock" John Wallace, soccer player/manager, dies at 60

1996 Death - John Corner, scientist, dies at 80

1996 Death - John Kevin Moorhouse, test pilot, dies at 50

1996 Event - Yank John Weteland blows save after record 24 consecutive saves

1996 Death - John William Fozard, aircraft designer, dies at 68

1996 Death - John Panozzo, drummer, dies at 48

1996 Event - New York Yankee John Weteland sets record of 24 consecutive saves

1996 Death - John Boon, publisher, dies at 79

1996 Death - John Chancellor, news anchor (VOA, NBC), dies at 68

1996 Death - John William Chancellor, journalist, dies at 68

1996 Event - Yankee John Weteland sets record of 20th cons saves en route to 24

1996 Event - New York Yankee John Weteland ties Lee Smith's record of 19 consecutive saves

1996 Death - Angelo John Novarese, record company founder, dies at 72

1996 Death - MacKenzie John, pipe major, dies at 83

1996 Death - John Alton, cinematographer, dies at 94

1996 Event - John Tesh's final day as host of "Entertainment Tonight"

1996 Death - John Kahn, bassist, dies at 47

1996 Death - John "Jack" Layden, local politician, dies at 70

1996 Death - John Morrison, politician/landowner, dies at 89

1996 Death - John Abbott, British actor (Lady Jane, Quest), dies at 90

1996 Death - John Pertwee, actor (Dr. Who), dies at 76

1996 Death - Edqard John Gurney, politician, dies at 82

1996 Death - John "Jack" Baines, mountaineering publisher, dies at 57

1996 Death - Peter John Swales, football club chairman, dies at 63

1996 Death - John Norrie McArthur, malariologist/microscopist, dies at 94

1996 Death - John Eustace Theodore Brancker, lawyer/parliamentarian, dies at 87

1996 Death - John Lorne Campbell, folklorist, dies at 90

1996 Event - "Jack-Night on Town with John Barrymore" opens at Belasco for 12 perf

1996 Event - John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days

1996 Death - Christopher John Seward, aid worker, dies at 45

1996 Death - John Alwyne Kitching, zoologist, dies at 87

1996 Death - John McSheery, dies of heart attack while umpiring a game, at 51

1996 Death - John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, news commentator (BBC), dies at 91

1996 Death - Christopher John Magenis Headington, musician, dies at 65

1996 Death - John Anthony Bowden Cuddon, writer/teacher, dies at 67

1996 Death - John Henry Pyle Pafford, librarian, dies at 96

1996 Death - John Joseph Krol, cardinal, dies at 95

1996 Death - John Grant, rear-admiral, dies at 87

1996 Death - Daniel John Chapman Cunningham, physiologist, dies at 76

1996 Death - John Hartford Worlock, RC Bishop (Liverpool), dies at 76

1996 Death - John Terence Reese, bridge master, dies at 82

1996 Death - John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur, dies at 81

1996 Death - John Patrick Sutton Ludlow, actor (Agatha), dies at 93

1996 Death - David Schultz, wrestler, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics, killed by John Du Pont

1996 Event - 53th Golden Globes: Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, John Travolta

1996 Death - John Adrian Hope, politician/businessman, dies at 83

1996 Death - John Howard Purnell, scientist, dies at 70

1996 Death - John Phillipps Kenyon, historian/teacher, dies at 68

1995 Death - John Powell, campaigner, dies at 75

1995 Death - Jeremy John Beadle, writer/broadcaster, dies at 39

1995 Death - John Henry Jacques, co-operative retailer, dies at 90

1995 Death - James Altgens, John F. Kennedy assassination photographer, dies at 76

1995 Death - Lindsay Oliver John Boynton, furniture historian, dies

1995 Death - John Heawood, actor singer/choreographer (Pleasure Garden), dies at 75

1995 Death - John Francis Boyd, journalist, dies at 85

1995 Death - John Gillett, film researcher, dies at 70

1995 Death - John Trevor Key, photographer, dies at 48

1995 Death - John Prickett, teacher/ecumenist, dies at 88

1995 Death - Peter John Welding, record producer, dies at 60

1995 Death - John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer, dies at 83

1995 Death - John Lee Admiral-Barber, dies at 90

1995 Death - John Patrick, screenwriter, dies at 90

1995 Death - Leonard Ernest John Chant, social Worker, dies at 57

1995 Death - John Gardener, boatbuilder/writer, dies at 90

1995 Death - John Walker, museum director, dies at 88

1995 Event - John Bobbitt has plastic surgery to increase his penis 3 inches

1995 Death - John Rodolph, wheelchair-race world record holder, hit by truck at 31

1995 Death - John Alfred Scali, journalist/diplomat, dies at 77

1995 Death - John Cairncross, linguist (5th Man), dies at 82

1995 Event - "George" magazine premieres, published by John F Kennedy Jr

1995 Death - John Stuart-Jervis, balloonist, dies

1995 Death - John Britten, motorcycle Designer, dies at 45

1995 Death - John Megna, actor (To Kill a Mocking Bird), dies at 42

1995 Death - John Erik Jonsson, businessman/Mayor of Dallas, dies at 93

1995 Death - John Killan Houston Brunner, British sci-fi writer, dies at 60

1995 Death - John E. Gilmore, tenor Saxophonist, dies at 63

1995 Death - John Cameron Swayze, news anchor (NBC), dies at 89

1995 Death - John Priestly McCartjy, detroit DJ, dies at 62

1995 Death - Douglas John Gorman, businessman, dies at 58

1995 Death - Herbert Whitton John Sumsion, organist/composer, dies at 96

1995 Death - John Schofield, journalist, dies at 29

1995 Event - 124th British Golf Open: John Daly shoots a 282 at St. Andrews Scotland

1995 Death - John Cruickshank, French scholar, dies at 70

1995 Death - John Eric Tieman, production Manager (Guardian), dies at 67

1995 Death - John Reginald "Nat" Allen, planning enforcement officer, dies at 66

1995 Death - John Richard Brinsley Norton, landowner, dies at 71

1995 Death - Arthur John Howard, actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso), dies at 85

1995 Event - John Valentin hits 3 home runs

1995 Death - William John Phillips, actor (Nothing but a Man), dies at 80

1995 Event - Kansas City Royal John Nonely is 70th to home run on his 1st at bat

1995 Death - John C. Stennis, Senator-D-Mississippi, dies at 93

1995 Death - John Elliott Terry, film financier, dies at 82

1995 Event - Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years

1995 Death - John Silverlight, journalist, dies at 75

1995 Death - John Arthur Neill Lambert, composer teacher organist, dies at 69

1995 Death - Peter John Norton, naval diplomat/artist, dies at 82

1995 Death - John Humphreys Whitfield, italianist, dies at 88

1995 Death - John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, trumpeter, dies at 83

1995 Death - John Everett Allen, U.S. businessman, dies at 91

1995 Death - John Pinsent, classical scholar, dies at 72

1995 Death - John Smith, CEO (Liverpool FC), dies at 74

1995 Death - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of President John F Kennedy, dies at 104

1995 Death - John Halas, animator, dies at 82

1995 Death - John Halas, Hungarian/US cartoonist (Animal Farm), dies at 81

1995 Event - Pope John Paul II begins visit to Australia

1995 Event - Pope John Paul II begins visit to SE Asia

1995 Death - John AG Gere, English art historian (Raphael and his Circle), dies at 73

1994 Death - John Eastburn Boswell, medievalist, dies at 47

1994 Death - John James Osborne, playwright, dies at 65

1994 Death - John Keith Wright, English Assistant Secretary of State (1971-84), dies at 66

1994 Death - John Osborne, English playwright (Entertainer, Luther), dies at 65

1994 Event - John Bruton becomes Ireland's premier

1994 Death - John Edward Caulwell Hearne, writer, dies at 68

1994 Death - Donald John Urquhart, librarian, dies at 85

1994 Death - Gerard John Toorenaar, Amsterdam police commissar, dies at 69

1994 Death - John Michael Grimes, set Designer, dies at 70

1994 Death - John Lucarotti, scriptwriter, dies at 68

1994 Death - John Boylan, U.S. actor (Twin Peaks, Sleepless in Seattle), dies at 82

1994 Death - John F Hampe, pathologist (Fabric and Stoflongen), dies at 83

1994 Death - John I M Stewart, detective writer (A Comedy of Terrors), dies at 88

1994 Death - Michael John Innes Mackintosh Stewart Innes, writer, dies at 88

1994 Death - John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, English art historian, dies at 80

1994 Death - William John Readings, literary theorist, dies at 34

1994 Death - Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby League Player, dies at 83

1994 Death - Richard John Copeland Atkinson, archaeologist, dies at 74

1994 Death - John the King, CDA-minister of Social Businesses, dies at 68

1994 Death - John Heddle Nash, singer, dies at 68

1994 Death - John Richard Ravensdale, historian, dies at 73

1994 Death - John van Damme, businessman, hanged in Singapore at 59

1994 Death - John Edward Teddy Buckner, trumpeter, dies at 85

1994 Death - John DeLaFose, zydeco musician, dies at 55

1994 Death - John William Stevens, jazz drummer, dies at 54

1994 Death - Eric John Crozier, producer/librettist, dies at 79

1994 Death - John Newman, Australian parlement member (Lab), murdered at 47

1994 Death - John George Hughes, bishop of Kensington, dies at 59

1994 Death - John Beavan, newspaper Editor, dies at 84

1994 Death - John Doucette, actor (Fighting Mad, Gang War), dies of cancer at 73

1994 Death - Mark "Red" Mitchell, actor (John F. Kennedy, 8 Seconds, Want to Live), dies at 33

1994 Death - John Hidalgo Moya, architect, Designer of Skylon, dies at 74

1994 Death - John van Raay, John Oradi, radio-imitator (Paul Flanders)

1994 Death - John Bayard Britton, abortion doctor, killed by Paul Hill

1994 Death - John M Dengler, jazz Bass Sax/Trumpet/Trombone, dies at 67

1994 Death - John Ernest, constructionist Artist, dies at 72

1994 Death - Lex Humphries, born in New York City, New York, drummer, music style mixed world music with jazz, worked with John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef, dies at 57

1994 Event - John Wayne Bobbitt and Kristina Elliot arrested for domestic battery

1994 Event - Mets reliever John Franco sets lefty save mark at 253

1994 Death - John Britton, English Mathematician

1994 Event - Pope John Paul II visits Spain

1994 Death - John Morey Downs, actor/dancer/singer, dies at 80

1994 Death - John Slot, mayor of Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede, dies

1994 Birthday - Prima Sellecchia Tesh, daughter of John Tesh and Connie Sellecca

1994 Death - John Barrington Wain, author, dies at 69

1994 Death - John Wain, English Poet

1994 Death - John Henry Weidner, Dutch/US resistance fighter, dies at 81

1994 Death - John Weidner, war hero, dies at 71

1994 Death - [Henry] John Baker, resistance fighter/journalist (Slogan), dies at 79

1994 Death - John Smith, British Labour Party chairman (1992-94), dies at 55

1994 Death - John Wayne Gacy, mass murderer, executed in Illinois at 52

1994 Death - John Preston, U.S. writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48

1994 Death - Cassidy Clinton Cremer, author (John Cremer), murdered at 30

1994 Death - John McLiam, dies of Parkinson's disease at 75

1994 Death - John Curry, English figure skater, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics, dies of AIDS at 44

1994 Death - Albert Goldman, U.S. biographer (Lives of John Lennon), dies at 66

1994 Death - John Logan Gorlay, journalist, dies at 74

1994 Death - John Harrison, South African correspondent (BBC), dies at 48

1994 Death - John Ewart, Sydney Australia, dies of cancer at 55

1994 Death - John Candy, actor (SCTV, Uncle Buck), dies from a heart attack at 43

1994 Death - "Papa" John Creach, U.S. jazz musician (Papa Blues), dies at 76

1994 Event - Pope John Paul II demands juristic discrimination of homosexuals

1994 Death - John Wesley Funchess Littlejohn, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 62

1994 Death - John Bradley, raised U.S. flag at Iwo Jima, dies at 70

1993 Event - Loveboat actress Jill Whelan (27) weds Brad St. John (33)

1993 Event - John Maclean passes Kirk Muller as all-time New Jersey Devils scorer (521 pts)

1993 Event - Actress Teri Garr weds John O'Neil

1993 Event - John Williams final appearance as conductor of Boston Pops

1993 Event - "Mixed Emotions" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 48 performances

1993 Event - Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 2 days for fractured shoulder

1993 Event - Elton John awarded $518,700 from Sunday Mirror false report his diet

1993 Death - John Bowles, president (Rexall Drugs), dies at 76

1993 Event - "Mixed Emotions" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 48 performances

1993 Event - Pope John Paul II publishes encyclical Veritatis splendor

1993 Death - John Truscott, Australian set designer (Camelot), dies at 57

1993 Death - John/Eoin Higgins, N Ire supreme court justice (1984-93), dies at 66

1993 Event - 93rd U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by John Harris

1993 Event - Pope John Paul II begins visit of U.S.

1993 Event - Pope John Paul II visits Mexico

1993 Event - Pope John Paul II publishes Veritatis splendor encyclical

1993 Death - John Castrios, 1st murder in Washington, New Hampshire in 200 years, killed at 45

1993 Event - Israeli Court of Appeal overturns (5-0) conviction of John Demjaujuk, saying not enough evidence he is Concentration Camp Ivan the Terrible

1993 Death - John Beck, U.S. producer (Harvey, Singing Nun), dies at 83

1993 Event - John F. Kennedy, Jr., gives notice of quitting as ADA in Manhattan

1993 Event - Pope John Paul II hospitalized for Cat Scan test

1993 Event - "Falsettos" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 487 performances

1993 Death - John B Connally, Governor of Texas/shot with John F. Kennedy in 1963, dies at 76

1993 Death - John Connally, (Gov-D/R-Texas), dies at 76

1993 Death - John Granger, actor (Advise and Consent), dies at 69

1993 Death - John Frost, English lt-kol (operation Market Garden 1944), dies at 80

1993 Death - John Holland, actor (They Saved Hitler's Brain), dies at 65

1993 Death - John P. W. Meefout, sculptor (Laying wife), dies at 77

1993 Death - John Hersey, Pulitzer prize author (Hiroshima), dies at 78

1993 Event - Pope John Paul II declares Duns Scotus, a saint

1993 Death - John D Boeke, organist/conductor, dies

1993 Death - John Grossman, Czechoslovakian director (Process, Revisor), dies

1993 Death - John Steadman, actor (Gator, Fade to Black), dies of lung ailment 83

1993 Event - Polish ferry boat John Heweliusz sinks, 52 killed

1993 Birthday - John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg, son of Caroline Kennedy

1993 Death - John B "Dizzy" Gillespe, blues trumpeter, dies of cancer at 75

1992 Death - John G Kemeny, U.S. computer pioneer (BASIC), dies

1992 Death - John Foreman, producer (Prizzi's Honor), dies at 67 of heart attack

1992 Death - John H Davis, actor (Our Gang), dies of respiratory failure at 78

1992 Death - Jim Garrison, Louisiana DA (investigate John F. Kennedy assassination), dies at 70

1992 Death - John Hancock, actor (LA Law, Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51

1992 Death - John Hancock, actor (Ike-Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51

1992 Death - John Hancock, actor (Catch the Heat), dies of a heart attack at 51

1992 Event - Sinead O'Connor rips up a picture of Pope John Paul II on SNL

1992 Event - John Jaha ties record of 11 teammates to steal 10 bases (Brewers)

1992 Death - John van Dreelen, Jacques T van Drielen Gimberg, actor (Topaz), dies

1992 Death - John Stuges, director (Gunfight at OK Corral), dies of emphysema at 82

1992 Death - John J Sirica, U.S., judge (Watergate), dies at 88

1992 Death - John Cage, avante-garde composer, dies of a stroke at 79

1992 Death - John Anderson, actor (MacGyver), dies of heart attack at 69

1992 Event - Kieren John Perkins swims world record/OR 1500m free style (14:43.4)

1992 Event - Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 3 weeks to have tumor removed

1992 Event - John Ellis becomes CEO of Seattle Mariners

1992 Event - John Phillips, rocker (Mamas and Papas), undergoes a liver transplant

1992 Event - John Gotti begins life sentence in jail

1992 Death - Peter John "Ollie" Halsall, guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 43

1992 Death - John Myhers, director/actor (Billion Dollar Hobo), dies at 70

1992 Death - John Lund, actor (Perils of Pauline), dies at 81

1992 Event - "Falsettos" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 487 performances

1992 Event - Lou Conaseca retires as coach of St. John's basketball team

1992 Birthday - Jett Travolta, son of John Travolta and Kelly Preston

1992 Event - John Majors, (C) elected Prime Minister of England

1992 Event - John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca

1992 Event - John Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos

1992 Event - Last defendant in St. John sex assault case sentenced to 3 years prob

1992 Death - John Ireland, actor (Rawhide), dies of leukemia at 78

1992 Death - John E Allen, Jr., actor (1 2 3), dies

1992 Event - Kieren John Perkins swims world record 800m freestyle (7:46.60)

1992 Death - John Dehner, actor (Apache, Cowboy, Boys from Brazil), dies at 76

1992 Death - Jack [John T] Aitken, British anatomist, dies at 78

1992 Death - John Touchstone, actor (Across Five Aprils), dies of cirrhosis at 59

1992 Death - John Bleifer, actor (Highway to Heaven), dies at 90

1992 Death - John Remme, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56

1991 Death - John Morgan Evans, actor, dies after lengthy illness at 49

1991 Death - Dehl Berti, actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise), dies at 70

1991 Death - John Blatnik, (Rep-Minnesota, 1947-75), dies at 80

1991 Event - White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns

1991 Death - John Blatnik, (Rep-Minn, 1947-75), dies at 80

1991 Death - John Kirckpatrick, U.S. musicologist (Charles Ives Archives), dies

1991 Death - John Korbal, film historian (Marlene Dietrich), dies at 51

1991 Event - John Brodie wins Security Pacific Senior Golf Classic

1991 Event - John Hart becomes general manager of Cleveland Indians

1991 Death - John Hoyt, actor (My Favorite Brunette), dies of lung cancer at 87

1991 Death - John Lawrence, doctor, dies

1991 Death - John Crosby, U.S. columnist/detective writer dies at 79

1991 Death - John Lawrence, examined effect of neutron radiation on fabric, dies

1991 Event - Actor John Travolta weds Kelly Preston

1991 Event - John F. Kennedy, Jr. wins his 1st battle as an attorney

1991 Death - Vaughn Shoemaker, U.S. cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies

1991 Event - 73rd PGA Championship: John Daly shoots a 276 at Crooked Stick Ind

1991 Event - Shite Moslems release British hostage John McCarthy

1991 Death - John Brasser, Zaans resistance fighter (White Ko), dies

1991 Event - Pope John Paul II compares abortion with nazi murders

1991 Death - John Edward Craven, dies

1991 Birthday - Emily McEnroe, daughter of Tatum O'Neal and John McEnroe

1991 Event - Pope John Paul II's encyclical on Centesimus annus

1991 Event - John Stockton breaks his own NBA season assist record at 1,136

1991 Death - John Tower, Senator-R-Texas 1961 - 1985, dies in a plane crash at 65

1991 Death - John Heinz III, Senator-R-Pennsylvania 1977 - 1991, dies in a plane crash at age 52

1991 Death - John Carter, U.S. jazz clarinetist (Roots and folklore), dies

1991 Death - John Russell Thomas, NFL general manager (Detroit Lions), dies

1991 Event - John Robin Baitz' "Substance of Fire," premieres in New York City

1991 Event - John Smith, amateur wrestler, wins James E Sullivan Award

1991 Event - Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky and John Candy buy CFL's Toronto Argonauts

1991 Death - John A McCone, Head of CIA (1961-65), dies

1991 Death - John Sloan Dickey, American Diplomat

1991 Death - John McIntire, actor (Virginian, Psycho), dies of emphysema at 83

1991 Death - John Russell, actor and writer (Apache Uprising, Yellow Sky), dies at 70

1991 Death - John Eckhardt, actor born without legs (Freaks), dies at 82

1990 Event - Margaret Thatcher resigns as Britain's PM, replaced by John Majors

1990 Event - Britain's conservatives chose John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher

1990 Event - Radio stations around world play "Imagine" honoring John Lennon

1990 Death - John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer, dies at 84

1990 Death - John Stewart Bell, Irish Physicist

1990 Event - Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for making false statements to Congress

1990 Event - Howard Stern holds a mock funeral for rival John DeBella

1990 Event - John Poindexter (National Security Advisor) found guilty on Iran-Contra scandal

1990 Event - John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 years in a row

1990 Death - John Merivale, actor (Caltiki), dies

1990 Event - John McEnroe becomes 1st ever expelled from Australian Open

1989 Death - John Paine, actor (Miracle on 34th St), dies at 77

1989 Death - John M Pritchard, British conductor, dies at 68

1989 Event - U.S.S.R. President Mikhail Gorbachev meets Pope John Paul II at the Vatican

1989 Death - John Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies

1989 Death - John Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52

1989 Event - John Wayne Bobitt marries Lorena L Gallo

1989 Death - John Matusek, NFLer (Oak Raider)/actor, dies of a heart attack at 38

1989 Death - John R Hicks, English economist (Nobel 1972), dies

1989 Death - John Waldo Green, composer, dies at 80

1989 Event - Pope John Paul II beatifies Victoire Rasoamanarivo of Madagascar

1989 Event - New York Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yankees beat Twins on opening day 4-2

1989 Death - John J. McCloy, American Lawyer

1989 Event - Senate rejects George H. W. Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary

1989 Death - John Cassavetes, actor and director (Husbands, Dirty Dozen), dies at 59

1989 Death - John Cassavetes, U.S. actor (Rosemary's Baby)/director, dies at 59

1989 Event - New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner meets with Pope John Paul II

1989 Event - Big John Studd wins WWF's 1st Royal Rumble

1988 Event - John Tarrant, 1st Australia born Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission

1988 Death - John Loder, actor (Sabotage, Java Head), dies at 90

1988 Death - John Canning, New York Post managing editor, dies at 56

1988 Event - Amy Benz/John Huston wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic

1988 Death - John Carradine, actor (Ten Commandments), dies of kidney failure at 82

1988 Death - [John] Hein Donner, chess grand master, dies at 61

1988 Death - John Mitchell, former Atny Gen, dies of heart attack in Washington

1988 Death - John N. Mitchell, American Politician

1988 Death - John Houseman, actor (Paper Chase, Fog), dies of spinal cancer at 86

1988 Death - John Houseman, actor (Paper Chase), dies at 86

1988 Event - Elton John sells out MSG for a record 26th time

1988 Death - Adela Rogers St. John, journalist (Free Soul, Honeycomb), dies at 94

1988 Death - John Cardinal Dearden, U.S. cardinal, dies at 80

1988 Event - Cincinnati Red pitcher John Franco sets a record of 13 saves in 1 month

1988 Event - John Franco saves record 13th game of July

1988 Event - Yankees' Tommy John makes 3 errors on 1 play yet beats Brewers 16-3

1988 Event - Tommy John commits rec 3 errors on 1 play as Yankees rout Brewers 16-3

1988 Event - Red Sox replace manager John McNamara with Joe Morgan

1988 Death - Errol John, playwright, dies at 63

1988 Death - John Duncan, Sr., Representative-R-Tennessee 1965 - 1988

1988 Event - "Everything Your Heart Desires" by Daryl Hall and John Oates peaks at #3

1988 Event - "Rooty Toot Toot" by John Cougar Mellencamp peaks at #61

1988 Event - John Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute

1988 Event - Howard Stern fans disrupt WMMR's and John DeBella's "Louie Louie" parade

1988 Event - John Demjanjuk (Ivan the Terrible), sentenced to death in Jerusalem

1988 Event - Gerrit John Heijns murderer, arrested

1988 Death - John Clellon Holmes, American Writer

1987 Birthday - Thomas Dekker, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, musician, singer, actor, played Zach on 'Heroes', John Connor in 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'

1987 Death - John M "Joop" de Uyl, Dutch social-dem premier (1973-77), dies at 68

1987 Death - Jaco Pastorius, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine, dies at 35

1987 Death - John Qualen, actor (Patch of Blue, Jungle Book), dies

1987 Death - Gerrit John Heijn, senior executive (Ahold), kidnapped/murdered

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

1987 Event - John McEnroe is fined $17,500 for tirades at U.S. Tennis Open

1987 Death - John Huston, US/Irish actor and director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81

1987 Event - John Demjanjuk, accused Nazi "Ivan the Terrible" testifies in Israel

1987 Event - John Poindexter testifies at Iran-Contra hearings

1987 Death - John Hammond, Jazz reviewer (Melody Maker), dies at 76

1987 Event - Pope John Paul II receives Austrian President Kurt Waldheim

1987 Death - John Blofeld, writer/translator/Zen practitioner, dies at 73

1987 Event - "Twilight Zone" director John Landis found innocent in death of actor

1987 Death - John Baur, museum director, dies at 78

1987 Event - Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun

1987 Event - John Gotti is acquitted of racketeering

1987 Event - John Demjanjuk, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" trial begins

1986 Death - John Antill, studied under Alfred Hill, played in NSW State Orchestra, dies at 82

1986 Event - Wrestler John Tatum charged with possession of marijuana

1986 Death - John E. Grotberg, Representative-R-Illinois 1985 - 1986

1986 Event - John Lennon releases "Menlove Avenue" album

1986 Death - John Braine, British Novelist

1986 Event - Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi

1986 Event - John Tesh's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight

1986 Death - John Hurley, song writer (Son of a Preacher Man), dies at 45

1986 Event - Tennis ace John McEnroe marries actress Tatum O'Neal

1986 Death - John P. East, Senator-R-North Carolina, dies at 55

1986 Death - John Bubbles Sublett, tap dancer (Black and Bubbles), dies at 84

1986 Event - Captain Midnight (John R. MacDougall) interrupts HBO

1986 Event - Pope John Paul II met Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synagogue

1986 Death - John Ciardi, U.S. poet/interpreter (Dante), dies at 69

1986 Event - John N. McMahon, ends term as deputy director of CIA

1986 Death - Sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews-Trapper John MD), dies at 67

1986 Death - Hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy-OK Crackerby), dies at 49

1986 Event - "John Lennon: Live in New York City" album is released

1986 Event - Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India

1985 Event - President Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser

1985 Death - John Sparkman, Senator-D-Alabama 1946 - 1979, dies at 85

1985 Death - John Lodge, actor (Sensation, In Like Flint)/(gov-R-CT), dies at 82

1985 Event - Pope John Paul II declares Titus Brandsma divine

1985 Event - "Every Step Of The Way" by John Waite peaks at #25

1985 Death - John Holt, Australian Statesman

1985 Event - John Williams introduces new Today Show theme

1985 Event - 105th U.S. Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (76 63 64)

1985 Death - John Herbert McDowell, composer, dies at 58

1985 Death - John de Quay, Dutch premier (1959-63), dies at 83

1985 Event - FBI arrests John A Walker, Jr., convicted of spying for U.S.S.R.

1985 Event - Pope John Paul II arrives in Belgium

1985 Event - Pope John Paul II arrives in Netherlands

1985 Death - John B Kelly, Jr., chairman U.S. Olympic Committee, dies at 57

1985 Event - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to John Ashbery and Fred Chapell

1985 Death - Robert H. W. Welch, Jr., U.S. founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85

1984 Death - John Rock, U.S. co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94

1984 Event - John W Mercom, Jr. announces NO Saints are up for sale for $75 million

1984 Event - John Lennon releases "Every Man has a Woman Who Loves Him"

1984 Death - John Woods Duke, composer, dies at 85

1984 Event - John Henry becomes 1st thoroughbred to win $6 million

1984 Death - John Facenda, sportscaster (NFL Action), dies at 72

1984 Event - 36th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Cheers, John Ritter and Tyne Daly

1984 Event - Brian Mulroney sworn in as Canada's 18th Prime Minister succeeding John Turner

1984 Event - 104th U.S. Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Ivan Lendl (63 64 61)

1984 Event - L.A. federal jury acquits auto maker John DeLorean on cocaine charges

1984 Death - John Boynton Priestley, English, stagewriter (Magicians), dies at 89

1984 Event - Yoko Ono releases "I'm Stepping Out", the last single from the John Lennon and Yoko Ono album 'Milk and Honey'

1984 Event - 98th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats J Connors (61 61 62)

1984 Event - John Turner succeeds Pierre Trudeau as premier of Canada

1984 Event - 54th French Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (36 26 64 75 75)

1984 Death - John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery

1984 Death - John Lee Mahin, screenwriter, dies of emphysema at 81

1984 Event - John Long (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games

1984 Event - Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon

1984 Event - John J O'Connor named 8th archbishop of New York

1984 Event - John Lennon releases "Borrowed Time"

1984 Event - John Long (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games

1984 Event - Singer Elton John marries Renate Blauel in Sydney, Australia

1984 Death - John Macvane, newscaster (United or Not), dies at 71

1984 Event - John and Yoko release "Milk and Honey" album

1984 Event - John Lennon releases "Nobody Told Me"

1983 Event - Pope John Paul II pardons man who shot him (Mehmet Ali Agca)

1983 Event - Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, vs. Pakistan MCG

1983 Event - 1st visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome)

1983 Death - John Le Mesurier, British actor (Jabberwocky, Dad's Army), dies at 71

1983 Event - Pope John Paul II names 3 new Dutch bishops

1983 Death - John K M McCaffery, TV host (One Minute Please), dies at 69

1983 Death - Balthasar J "John" Vorster, South African premier (1966-78), dies at 67

1983 Event - John Sain of South Bend, Indiana builds 3.91 m house of cards

1983 Event - 97th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Chris Lewis (62 62 62)

1983 Event - Pope John Paul II visits Poland

1983 Death - John P Strijbos, writer (Called that Bird), dies at 92

1983 Death - John Williams, actor (Family Affair, Dial M for Murder), dies at 80

1983 Death - John Cowles Sr, U.S. publisher, dies at 84

1983 Death - Christina E "Christine" Auwen, singer/wife of John Kelly, dies at 75

1983 Event - Pope John Paul II names 18 new cardinals

1983 Event - Superbowl XVII: Washington Red Skins beat Miami Dolphins, 27-17 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: John Riggins, Washington, RB

1983 Death - John McHugh, actor (Unspeakable), dies of a heart attack at 69

1982 Death - John Leonard Swigert, Jr., astronaut (Apollo 13), dies of cancer at 51

1982 Event - Joanne Carner/John Mahaffey wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic

1982 Death - John Baboeram, Suriname lawyer, murdered

1982 Event - Liz Taylor's 7th divorce (John Warner)

1982 Event - Pope John Paul II becomes 1st pontiff to visit Spain

1982 Event - Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted

1982 Event - Automaker John DeLorean arrested on cocaine charges (Not guilty)

1982 Event - Pope John Paul II canonizes Reverend M Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint

1982 Event - John Palmer becomes news anchor of Today Show

1982 Event - Pope John Paul II receives PLO leader Yasser Arafat

1982 Death - John C Gardner, U.S., writer (Life and Times of Chaucer High), dies at 49

1982 Death - John AM "Hans" van Tongeren, actor (Hunk), commits suicide at 27

1982 Event - KC's John Wathan steals 31st en route to 36 base for catcher's record

1982 Death - John Alexander, actor (Alien PI), dies at 85

1982 Death - John Everett Watts, composer, dies at 51

1982 Event - Washington D.C. jury finds John Hinckley, Jr. innocent by insanity

1982 Event - John Hinckley found not guilty of 1981 attempted assassination of President Reagan by reason of insanity

1982 Death - John Cheever, U.S. writer (Wapshot Chronicle, Pulitzer), dies at 70

1982 Death - John Cheever, Pulitzer prize winning author, dies at 70 in Ossining

1982 Death - John Honeyman-Scott, guitarist (Pretenders), overdoses on drugs

1982 Event - Pope John Paul II visits Argentina

1982 Event - John N McMahon replaces Bobby R Inman becomes deputy director of CIA

1982 Event - President Reagan meets Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth

1982 Event - Pope John Paul II is 1st pope to visit Great Britain

1982 Event - John McMullen buys NHL Colorodo Rockies and gets approval to move to New Jersey

1982 Event - Pope John Paul II declares "Peerke" Donders divine

1982 Event - Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike for 'Rabbit is Rich'

1982 Event - In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II

1982 Event - WABC New York City plays its last record, John Lennon's Imagine

1982 Event - Trial of John W. Hinckley, Jr. attempted assassin of Reagan, begins

1982 Death - John Cody, U.S. cardinal and archbishop of Chicago (1965-82), dies at 74

1982 Event - John Pielmeier's "Agnes of God," premieres in New York City

1982 Death - John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33

1982 Death - John Hay Whitney, U.S. newspaper magnate, dies at 76

1982 Event - John Sharples of England finishes disco dancing 371 hours

1982 Event - Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland

1981 Death - John Kieran, TV host (Information Please), dies at 89

1981 Death - John Warburton, actor (King Rat, Cavalcade), dies at 94

1981 Event - "Day in Hollywood, A Night..," closes at John Golden New York after 588 perf

1981 Event - Rolling Stones begin their 6th U.S. tour at John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia

1981 Event - Pope John Paul II publishes encyclical "Laborem exercens" against capitalism/marxism

1981 Event - 101st U.S. Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg (46 62 64 63)

1981 Event - John Hinckley, Jr. pleads innocent in attempt to kill President Reagan

1981 Event - Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years

1981 Event - 95th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats B Borg (46 76 76 64)

1981 Event - John McEnroe exhibits a disgraceful act of misbehavior at Wimbledon

1981 Event - Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon

1981 Event - Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 55 days for infection

1981 Death - John S Knight, U.S. newspaper magnate, dies at 86

1981 Event - Pope John Paul II released from hospital after assassination attempt

1981 Event - John Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol

1981 Event - Attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehemet Ali Agca

1981 Event - Pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St. Peter's Square

1981 Event - Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession

1981 Event - President Reagan shot and wounded by John W Hinckley III

1981 Event - John Lennon releases "Watching the Wheels" in the United Kingdom

1981 Death - John Gnagy, artist (Learn to Draw), dies at 73

1981 Event - People mag features drug ordeal of Mackenzie and Papa John Phillips

1981 Birthday - John Walker Lindh, American Criminal

1981 Event - Beatles McCartney, Starr and Harrison record a tribute to John Lennon

1981 Event - John Lennon releases "Woman" in the United Kingdom

1981 Event - "Tintypes" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 93 performances

1981 Event - John Severin sets 100-mi unicycle speed record, 9 h 21 m

1981 Event - 50th hat trick in Islander history - John Tonelli scored 5 goals

1980 Event - At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon

1980 Death - John Lennon, assassinated in New York by Mark David Chapman at 40

1980 Event - 2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up

1980 Death - John William McCormack, American Politician

1980 Event - John and Yoko pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum

1980 Event - John Lennon releases "Double Fantasy" album in the United Kingdom

1980 Event - Pope John Paul II began 5 day visit to West Germany,

1980 Death - Mary Michael, actress (Biridie-Wonderful John Acton), dies at 77

1980 Event - Astros owner John McMullen replaces General Manager Tal Smith with Al Rosen

1980 Event - John Lennon releases "(Just Like) Starting Over" in the United Kingdom

1980 Event - "Tintypes" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 93 performances

1980 Event - John Lydon sentenced to 3 months on assault charges

1980 Death - John Bonham, English pop drummer (Led Zeppelin), overdoses at 32

1980 Event - John and Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffin Records

1980 Event - 100th U.S. Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg (76 61 67 57 64)

1980 Event - John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg stage one of the greatest U.S. Open finals as 21 year old McEnroe fends off Borg to win his 2nd straight title

1980 Event - John Arlott calls his last game, England vs. Australia at Lord's

1980 Event - John and Yoko begin recording "Double Fantasy"

1980 Event - John Phillips of Mamas and Papas is arrested on drug charges

1980 Death - John W. Davis, President (WV State college), dies at 92

1980 Death - John Laurie, actor (39 Steps, Jericho, Kidnapped), dies at 83

1980 Event - "Blues Brothers" with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi premieres

1980 Event - Rep John Jenrette, Jr. (D-SC) indicted in "Abscam" investigation

1980 Event - John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg for U.S. Open

1980 Event - Tommy John wins his 200th, 3-0 on a 2-hitter

1980 Event - Bjorn Borg beats John McEnroe for Wimbledon title

1980 Event - Tiger reliever John Hiller, 37, (who had a 1971 heart attack), retires

1980 Event - Pope John Paul II begins African tour

1980 Event - "Day in Hollywood, A Night..." opens at John Golden New York City for 588 perf

1980 Event - Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1980 Event - Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago

1980 Death - John Jacob Niles, composer, dies at 87

1980 Event - "Blues Brothers" movie with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi opens

1980 Event - 68th Australian Men Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62)

1979 Event - Twins John Castino and Jays Alfredo Griffin tie for AL Rookie of Year

1979 Death - John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery

1979 Event - John F. Kennedy Library dedicated in Boston

1979 Event - John Tate beats Gerrie Coetze in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1979 Death - John Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81

1979 Event - Pope John Paul II is 1st Pope to visit White House

1979 Event - Pope John Paul II begins visit of US

1979 Event - John Huston's "Wine Blood" premieres at New York Film Festival

1979 Event - Pope John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit Ireland

1979 Event - Elton John, sick with flu, collapses at the Hollywood Universal Ampitheater

1979 Death - John Cromwell, actor and director (Of Human Bondage), dies at 91

1979 Death - John McQuade, actor (Charlie Wild Private Detective), dies at 73

1979 Event - 99th U.S. Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Vitas Gerulaitis (75 63 63)

1979 Death - John Reed King, TV host (Why?, Let's See), dies at 64

1979 Death - John Wayne, actor (Green Berets, True Grit), dies at 72

1979 Event - Pope John Paul II visits Poland

1979 Event - John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit a communist country (Poland)

1979 Event - Pope John Paul II visits Poland

1979 Event - Pope John Paul ordains John J O'Conner as a bishop

1979 Event - Elton John becomes 1st western rocker to perform live in U.S.S.R.

1979 Event - NL approves Astros sales from Ford Motors to John J McMullen for $19M

1979 Event - John McMullen becomes CEO of Houston Astros

1979 Death - John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Morton, satirist (Beachcomber), dies

1979 Event - Elton John becomes 1st pop star to perform in Israel

1979 Death - John Carroll, actor (Hired Wife, Fiesta, Geraldine), dies at 72

1979 Death - Sid Vicious, John Simon Ritchie, bassist (Sex Pistols), OD's at 31

1979 Event - Pope John Paul II's 1st overseas trip as supreme pontiff

1979 Event - John N Mitchell (former AG) released on parole from federal prison

1978 Birthday - John Legend, American Musician

1978 Event - Police in Des Plaines Ill, arrest John Wayne Gacy, Jr. for murder

1978 Event - Oakland Raider's John Madden becomes 13th coach to win 100 NFL games

1978 Event - 3rd annual reentry free-agent draft, Pete Rose, Tommy John, and Darrell Evans, available

1978 Event - Pope John Paul II installed

1978 Event - John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical "Ballroom," premieres in New York City

1978 Event - Funeral services held for Pope John Paul I

1978 Death - John Paul I, Pope for 34 days, dies at 65

1978 Death - John Paul I, Albino Luciano, Pope (1978), dies after 33 days as pope

1978 Death - Pope John Paul I (Albino Luciani), 263rd Catholic Pope, died

1978 Death - Pope John Paul I, Pope

1978 Event - Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff

1978 Event - John McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston

1978 Event - Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I

1978 Death - Petros John Petridis, composer, dies at 86

1978 Event - 60th PGA Championship: John Mahaffey shoots a 276 at Oakmont CC PA

1978 Death - [John] Willem van Otterloo, conductor and composer (Symphonic), dies at 70

1978 Event - John Lydon forms rock group Public Ltd Image

1978 Event - "Grease" starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John opens

1978 Death - John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, dies at 71

1978 Death - John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies

1978 Death - John Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/poet, dies at 93

1978 Birthday - John Smit, professional rugby player, born in Pietersburg, South Africa, hooker, tight head prop, forward, played for Clermont, Natal Sharks

1978 Death - John Cazale, actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Deer Hunter), dies at 41

1978 Event - Frank C Carlucci succeeds John F Blake as deputy director of CIA

1978 Death - John D Rockefeller III, U.S. billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71

1978 Death - John D MacArthur, U.S. insurance billionaire, dies at 80

1977 Event - "Saturday Night Fever,"starring John Travolta, premieres in New York City

1977 Event - Red Sox trade Fergie Jenkins to Rangers for John Poloni and cash

1977 Death - John Little McClellan, Senator-D-Arkansas 1943 - 1977

1977 Event - Hamilton Deane and John Balderstons "Dracula," premieres in New York City

1977 Birthday - John Mayer, American Musician

1977 Event - Elton John honored by MSG Hall of Fame

1977 Death - John Breeden, actor (Madame Racketeer, Salute), dies at 73

1977 Birthday - Edward Furlong, born in Pasedina, California, actor, John Connor-Terminator 2

1977 Event - John F. Blake promoted from acting to deputy director of CIA

1977 Event - John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in U.S.

1977 Event - Seattle's John Montague pitches 6 2/3 innings of perfect relief tying 2 game record of retiring 33 consecutive batsmen

1977 Death - John R Powers, U.S. director model bureau, dies at 80

1977 Event - John Edrich scores his 100th 100, Surrey vs. Derbyshire at The Oval

1977 Event - Former AG John Mitchell starts 19 months in Alabama prison

1977 Event - Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cen bishop John Neumann 1st U.S. male saint

1977 Event - 50th National Spelling Bee: John Paola wins spelling cambist

1977 Death - "Sleepy" John Estes, rocker (Electric), dies at 74

1977 Event - Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman and John Mitchell

1977 Death - John Marriott, dies at 83

1977 Event - Martin Dihigo John Lloyd elected to Hall of Fame

1977 Death - John Vincent, composer, dies at 74

1976 Birthday - Vanessa Kerry, born in Boston, Massachusetts, medical resident, daughter of John Kerry, campaigned with her father in the 2004 Presidential election

1976 Event - John Lever takes 7-46 in 1st Test Cricket innings, vs. India Delhi

1976 Event - Liz Taylor's 7th marriage to John Warner

1976 Birthday - John Lee, born in Chicago, Illinois, dance skater, & Julia Bikbova

1976 Event - "Going Up" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 49 performances

1976 Event - John Hathaway completes 50,600 mile bicycle tour of every continent

1976 Event - San Francisco Giant John Montefusco no-hits Atlanta Braves, 9-0

1976 Event - "Going Up" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 49 performances

1976 Event - Pitt Pirate John Candelaria no-hits Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-0

1976 Death - John Roselli, hired by CIA to kill Castro, found murdered

1976 Event - White Sox John Odom (5 inn) and Francisco Barrios (4 inn) no-hits A's

1976 Event - John Naber is 1st to swin 200m backstroke under 2 minutes

1976 Event - John Walker of New Zealand sets record for 2000 m, 4:51.4

1976 Event - NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley, premieres

1976 Death - Martha Mitchell wife of former Attorney General John Mitchell, dies in New York at 57

1976 Event - 102nd Preakness: John Lively aboard Elocutionist wins in 1:55

1976 Death - Freddie Lennon, father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63

1976 Event - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by John Curry (GRB)

1976 Event - John Pezzin bowls 33 consecutive strikes at Toledo, Ohio

1975 Event - 1st New York Jet to gain 1,000 yards rushing (John Riggins)

1975 Event - John Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice

1975 Event - Bill Veeck buys 80% of White Sox from John Allyn

1975 Event - Giants pitcher John "the Count of" Montefusco wins NL Rookie of Year

1975 Event - John Bucyk, Boston, became 7th NHLer to score 500 goals

1975 Death - John Scott Trotter, orchestra leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67

1975 Birthday - Emily John Orton, Creswell Oregon, Miss America, Oregon-2nd-1996

1975 Event - Elton John given a star in Hollywood

1975 Event - 9th Country Music Association Award: John Denver wins

1975 Birthday - Sean Ono Lennon, John and Yoko's Son

1975 Event - U.S. decides John Lennon won't be deported due to U.K. pot conviction

1975 Birthday - John Harm Skippers, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen

1975 Death - John McGiver, actor (Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show), dies at 61

1975 Birthday - John Thomas, NBA forward for the Boston Celtics

1975 Death - John Mylong, actor (Robot Monster), dies at 82

1975 Death - John R Dunning, U.S. physicist, dies at 67

1975 Death - John Baragrey, actor (Gamera), dies at 57

1975 Event - All star MVP: Bill Madlock (Pittsburgh Pirates) and John Matlock (New York Mets)

1975 Birthday - John Hargis, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, 100m butterfly 1996 Olympics

1975 Event - Elton John, Eagles and Beach Boys play Wembley

1975 Event - "Thank God I'm a Country Boy," by John Denver hits #1

1975 Birthday - John Higgins, Scottish Celebrity

1975 Birthday - John Macready, born in Los Angeles, California, gymnast, Olympics-5th-96

1975 Death - Michael John Shea, USMC-lt/pilot, 1 of last soldiers killed in Vietnam

1975 Event - John Lennon appears on "Tonight" and Ringo on "Smother Brothers"

1975 Event - John Lennon releases "Stand by Me"

1975 Death - John B McKay, U.S. test pilot (X-15), dies

1975 Event - John Wooden's final game, UCLA, wins 10th NCAA championship in 12 yrs

1975 Death - John A DeMott, dies at 63

1975 Death - Francine Larrimore, actress (John Meade's Woman), dies at 76

1975 Event - John Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album

1975 Event - John Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman sentenced to 2-8 yrs

1975 Death - John Secondari, newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at 55

1975 Event - John Lennon releases "#9 Dream"

1975 Birthday - John Piersma, U.S., 200m/400m freestyle swimmer, Olympics-4th-96

1975 Death - John Slater, actor (Deadlock, 3 on a Spree), dies at 58

1975 Event - Judge Sirica orders release of Watergate's John W Dean III, Herbert W Kalmbach and Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison

1975 Death - John Dierkes, actor (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 69

1975 Death - John Gregson, actor (Rooney, Assassin), dies at 55

1974 Event - John Lennon's last concert appearance (Elton John concert in MSG New York City)

1974 Event - John Lennon's only solo #1 "Whatever Gets You Through the Night"

1974 Event - Canadian John Hathaway begins 2-yr ride of 50,600 miles

1974 Event - John Lennon releases "Walls and Bridges" album

1974 Death - John Smallenbroek, Dutch Internal minister, dies at 72

1974 Event - John Lennon appears as guest dj on WNEW-FM (New York City)

1974 Event - Cards beat Mets, 4-3, in 25 (7h4m), record 202 plate appearances, Felix Milan and John Milner come to bat 12 times each

1974 Event - Giants John Montefusco makes his major league debut

1974 Event - John Lennon reports seeing a UFO in New York City

1974 Event - "Words and Music" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 127 performances

1974 Event - John Lennon is ordered to leave U.S. in 60 days

1974 Event - John Ehrlichman convicted of violating Daniel Ellsberg's rights

1974 Event - Mike Marshall saves Tommy John's 4-1 win

1974 Death - John C Ransom, U.S. poet (World's Body), dies

1974 Death - John Wengraf, actor (Pride and Passion, 12 to the Moon), dies at 77

1974 Event - "Words and Music" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 127 performances

1974 Birthday - John Coppinger, born in El Paso, Texas, pitcher, Baltimore Orioles

1974 Birthday - John Hall, kicker for the New York Jets

1974 Death - Howard St. John, actor (Investigator, Dr. Lewis-Hank), dies at 68

1974 Birthday - John Wallace, NBA forward for the Toronto Raptors

1974 Birthday - John Drew Nichols, born in Oklahoma, rocker, PC Quest-Can You See

1973 Event - 61st Australian Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats O Parun (63 67 75 61)

1973 Birthday - Garth John Da Silva, Auckland New Zealand, heavyweight boxer 1996 Olympics

1973 Event - 39th Heisman Trophy Award: John Cappelletti, Penn State (RB)

1973 Birthday - John Zimmerman, Birmingham, Alabama, pairs skater, & Steigler

1973 Death - John Rostill, born in Kings Norton, England, composer, bass guitarist, member, The Shadows, The Internst, rock and roll, pop genres, dies at 31 in Radlett, Hertfordshire

1973 Event - John Lennon releases "Mind Games" album

1973 Birthday - John Solomon, NFL defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks

1973 Event - John Lennon sues U.S. government to admit FBI is tapping his phone

1973 Birthday - John Baldwin, Jr., born in Dallas, Texas, figure skater, 1996 SW Pacific Sr champ

1973 Birthday - John Mobley, NFL linebacker, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32

1973 Event - 93rd U.S. Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats Jan Kodes (64 16 46 62 62)

1973 Death - John R R Tolkien, British story writer (Hobbitt), dies of ulcer at 81

1973 Death - John Ford, U.S. director (Mary of Scotland, Stagecoach), dies at 78

1973 Event - John Adams and his drum - become a right-field fixture in Cleveland Stadium

1973 Birthday - Gavin Hassett, born in Saint John, New Brunswick, rower 1996 Olympics

1973 Event - John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about Nixon's "enemies list"

1973 Event - John Dean begins testimony before Senate Watergate Committee

1973 Event - Super Fly Meets Shaft by John and Ernest hits #31

1973 Birthday - John Davis, WLAF tight end, Amsterdam Admirals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1973 Event - John and Yoko form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called Nutopia, its national anthem is silence

1973 Birthday - John Oppio, Sparks Nevada, double trap 1996 Olympics

1973 Birthday - John Michels, NFL tackle, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31

1973 Event - "Shelter" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 31 performances

1973 Birthday - John Elmore, guard for the Baltimore Ravens

1973 Event - "Shelter" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 31 performances

1973 Event - Test Cricket debut of Richard John Hadlee, New Zealand vs. Pakistan, Wellington

1973 Death - John Banner, actor (Schultz-Hogan's Heroes), dies on 62nd birthday

1973 Event - John Cleese's final episode on "Monty Python's Flying Circus," on BBC

1972 Birthday - John Walsh, NFL quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals

1972 Birthday - Jude St. John, CFL offensive linebacker for the Hamilton Tiger Cats

1972 Birthday - John Steel, Auckland New Zealand, 100m/200m swimmer 1996 Olympics

1972 Event - Nobel prize for economy awarded to Kenneth J Arrow and John R Hicks

1972 Birthday - John Hyden, Tustin California, volleyball outside hitter alternate for 1996 Olympics

1972 Event - John and Yoko appear on Jerry Lewis' Muscular Dystrophy Telethon

1972 Event - Jerry Lewis' 7th Muscular Dystrophy telethon, John and Yoko appear

1972 Event - John Lennon and Yoko Ono perform at Madison Square Garden

1972 Death - John Barnes Chance, composer, dies at 39

1972 Birthday - John Jones, WLAF guard for the Rhein Fire

1972 Birthday - John Wasdin, Ft. Belvoir, Washington, pitcher for the Oakland A's

1972 Birthday - John Lilley, born in Wakefield, Massachusetts, U.S. hockey forward 1994 Olympics

1972 Birthday - John Paci, WLAF quarterback for the Frankfurt Galaxy

1972 Death - Saul David Alinsky, radical writer (John L Lewis), dies at 63

1972 Birthday - Edward Reevey, St. John NB, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 South Carolina Intercol

1972 Event - John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded

1972 Birthday - John Burrough, NFL defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons

1972 Event - John Lennon says his phone is tapped by FBI on Dick Cavett Show

1972 Birthday - John Holecek, NFL linebacker for the Buffalo Bills

1972 Event - New York City Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported

1972 Event - Apollo astronauts John Young and Charles Duke ride on Moon

1972 Event - John Young and Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)

1972 Death - John A H J S Bruins Slot, co-founder/editor in chief (illegal), dies

1972 Birthday - John Godina, born in Fort Sill Oklahoma, shot putter/discus thrower, 1996 Olympics silver

1972 Birthday - John Rothell, Titusville Florida, 400m hurdler

1972 Birthday - John Farquhar, tight end for the New Orleans Saints

1972 Birthday - John Leach, CFL running back for the Toronto Argonauts

1972 Birthday - Maria Maunder, born in St. John's, New Foundland, rower 1996 Olympics

1972 Event - John and Yoko are served with deportation papers

1972 Event - John and Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show

1972 Event - John and Yoko co-host "Mike Douglas Show" for entire week

1972 Birthday - John Slaney, St. John's, NHL defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings

1972 Event - Senator Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported

1972 Death - John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79

1972 Birthday - Aaron John Mcintosh, Auckland New Zealand, sailboard yachter 1996 Olympics

1972 Death - John Berryman, U.S. poet (Imaginary Jew), dies

1971 Event - John Sinclair (sentence: 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed

1971 Birthday - John Sacca, WLAF quarterback for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Death - John A Emmens, art historian/poet (Dog of Pavlov), dies at 47

1971 Event - Galt MacDermot/John Guare's "2 gentlemen of Verona," premieres in New York City

1971 Event - John and Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US

1971 Birthday - John Anderson, WLAF safety for the Rhein Fire

1971 Birthday - John Francis Zingg, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rocker, 4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys

1971 Event - John List kills family and moves to Colorado

1971 Event - John and Yoko record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in New York City

1971 Birthday - John Coker, NBA center for the Phoenix Suns

1971 Event - William H Rehnquist and Lewis F Powell nominated to U.S. Supreme Court by Nixon, following resignations of Justices Hugo Black and John Harlan

1971 Event - John and Yoko appear on "Dick Cavett Show"

1971 Event - John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine"

1971 Birthday - John Lynch, NFL safety for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1971 Event - John Vermeers painting "The liefdesbrief" stolen

1971 Event - John Lennon and Yoko Ono are Dick Cavett's only guest

1971 Event - John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on Dick Cavett Show (ABC-TV)

1971 Event - John Lennon releases "Imagine" album

1971 Event - John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts opens in Washington D.C.

1971 Birthday - John Burke, NFL tight end for the New England Patriots

1971 Birthday - John Thierry, NFL defensive end for the Chicago Bears

1971 Event - John Lennon leaves U.K. for New York City, never to return

1971 Event - John Newcombe is 1st top-seed man to lose in 1st round of U.S. Open

1971 Birthday - John Raposo, CFL defensive tackle for the Toronto Argonauts

1971 Death - John W. Campbell, U.S., sci-fi writer (Space Beyond), dies at 61

1971 Birthday - John Achterberg, soccer player, NAC

1971 Event - John Lennon and Yoko Ono unannounced appearance at Fillmore East in New York City

1971 Birthday - Noah Wyle, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Dr. John Carter-ER

1971 Death - John Longden, actor (Man From Interpol), dies at 70

1971 Event - Pulitzer prize awarded to John Toland (Rising Sun)

1971 Birthday - John Senden, born in Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer

1971 Birthday - Lara St. John, Canadian Musician

1971 Birthday - Johnny Knoxville, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, born Philip John Clapp, actor, comedian, co-creator of MTV television series, 'Jackass', appeared in film, 'The Ringer'

1971 Birthday - John Buchanan, actor, Sidekicks, Black Stallion, Family Man

1971 Event - Montreal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal

1971 Birthday - John Bock, NFL center, New York Jets, Miami Dolphins

1971 Event - John Guares "House of Blue Leaves," premieres in New York City

1971 Event - U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by John Misha Petkevich

1971 Birthday - John Reece, WLAF/NFL cornerback, Amsterdam Admirals, Dallas Cowboys

1971 Event - John and Yoko record "Power to the People"

1971 Event - John Lennon meets Yoko Ono's parents in Japan

1971 Birthday - John Wozniak, American Musician

1971 Death - John Dall, actor (Corn is Green, Rope), dies of heart attack at 50

1971 Event - John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs

1971 Event - Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, sufferes a heart attack, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves

1970 Death - John de Mol, Dutch accordionist, dies at 58

1970 Birthday - John DeWitt, WLAF defensive end for the Scottish Claymores

1970 Birthday - John Amaechi, NBA center and forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers

1970 Death - John T Scopes, U.S. teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70

1970 Event - John Frazier kills Ohta's declares WW 3 has begun

1970 Birthday - John Mabry, Wilmington, Delaware, outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals

1970 Event - John Creach, joins Jefferson Airplane

1970 Death - John Roderigo Dos Passos, U.S. writer (Manhattan Transfer), dies at 74

1970 Birthday - John Copeland, NFL defensive end for the Cincinnati Bengals

1970 Event - Elton John's 1st U.S. appearance, Los Angeles

1970 Birthday - John Carmack, born in Roeland Park, Kansas, game programmer, co-founder of id Software, lead programmer for computer games, 'Quake', 'Doom', 'Commander Keen' series

1970 Birthday - John Rennie, cricketer, Zimbabwe pace bowler 1993

1970 Death - John G B Barbirolli, English conductor/composer, dies at 70

1970 Death - John Barbirolli, English conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, dies at 70

1970 Birthday - John Kalin, CFL safety for the Calgary Stampeders

1970 Birthday - John Roethlisberger, born in Afton, Minnesota, gymnast, Olympics-5th-96

1970 Event - 102nd Belmont: John Rotz aboard High Echelon wins in 2:34

1970 Death - John Gunther, author/host (John Gunther's High Road), dies at 68

1970 Birthday - John Karelse, born in Wemeldinge, Zeeland, professional soccer player, goalkeeper, goalkeeping coach for NACE, played for NAC Breda, NAC

1970 Death - John Knittel, writer, dies at 79

1970 Event - "Park" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 5 performances

1970 Event - "Park" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 5 performances

1970 Death - John H O'Hara, U.S. journalist (Pal Joey, Rage to Live), dies at 65

1970 Event - 42nd Academy Awards - "Midnight Cowboy," John Wayne and Maggie Smith win

1970 Event - John and Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations

1970 Event - "Blood Red Roses" opens and closes at John Golden Theater New York City

1970 Birthday - John Frusciante, American Musician

1970 Event - John Lennon pays 1,344 pounds fine for 96 protesting South African rugby team playing in Scotland

1970 Event - Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa vs. Australia, Durban

1970 Birthday - John Frascatore, U.S. baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals

1970 Event - John M Burgess installed as bishop of Protestant Episcopals (Mass)

1970 Death - John J "Johnny" Murphy, U.S. baseball pitcher (New York Yankees), dies at 61

1970 Birthday - John Gerak, NFL tight end/guide, Minnesota Vikings, St. Louis Rams

1969 Event - "War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John and Yoko" posters begin appearing

1969 Event - John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar

1969 Event - John Lennon returns OBE to protest UK's support for Vietnam War

1969 Birthday - John Parrella, NFL defensive tackle for the San Diego Chargers

1969 Death - Joseph P. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy/RFK/TMK father, dies in Hyannis Port Massachusetts, at 81

1969 Event - John and Yoko release their 2nd album "Wedding Album" in UK

1969 Birthday - Henry John Mills, NFL tight end for the Houston Oilers

1969 Event - Nobel prize for economy awarded to John Tinbergen

1969 Birthday - John Kasay, NFL kicker for the Carolina Panthers

1969 Birthday - John McMullen, Santa Rosa California, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 NCAA-15th

1969 Birthday - John Edward, American Entertainer

1969 Birthday - Rick Mercer, born in St. John's, Canada, comedian, satirist, television personality, created television show, 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes', trademark routine titled, 'Talking to Americans'

1969 Birthday - John Morton, WLAF WR for the Frankfurt Galaxy

1969 Event - Plastic Ono Band's (John, Yoko and Eric Clapton) 1st live performance

1969 Birthday - Elaine Irwin Mellencamp, Allentown Penn, wife of John Cougar

1969 Birthday - John Crotty, NBA guard, Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trailblazers

1969 Birthday - John Leclair, St. Albans VT, NHL forward, Team USA, Philadelphia

1969 Birthday - John Oostendorp, born in Iowa City, Iowa, 220 lbs greco-roman wrestler 1996 Olympics

1969 Event - John and Yoko are hospitalized after a car crash

1969 Event - John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut vs. WI at Lord's

1969 Event - John Pennel pole vaults world record (5.45 m)

1969 Death - John BMR "John" Hanlo, poet (Oote oote boe), dies at 57

1969 Death - John Scott, rocker with the Pretenders, dies at 25

1969 Event - John and Yoko appear on David Frost's British TV Show

1969 Event - Mick Taylor leaves John Mayall Band and joins Rolling Stones

1969 Event - "The Ballad Of John and Yoko" by The Beatles hit #1 in UK

1969 Death - John L Lewis, formed (Congress of Industrial Org), dies at 89

1969 Death - John L. Lewis, American Leader

1969 Event - Beatles release Ballad Of John and Yoko/Old Brown Shoe, in US

1969 Event - John Lennon and Yoko Ono record "Give Peace a Chance"

1969 Death - John Cipollini, guitarist, dies of ephysema at 45

1969 Event - John and Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal)

1969 Birthday - John van Halst, soccer player, FC Twente

1969 Birthday - John Forest, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles

1969 Event - John and Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam)

1969 Event - John and Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton)

1969 Event - Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar

1969 Death - John Bracken, Canadian Politician

1969 Birthday - John Fina, NFL offensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills

1969 Death - John Wyndham, Parkes Lucas B Harris, author (Chrysalids), dies at 65

1969 Death - John Boles, actor (Stella Dallas, Curly Top), dies at 73

1969 Event - John Madden is named head coach of NFL's Oakland Raiders

1969 Birthday - John Moore, Australian baseball catcher 1996 Olympics

1969 Birthday - John Veenhof, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen

1969 Death - John Zajic, Czechoslovakian student, self incinerates

1969 Birthday - John Flannery, guard/corner for the Dallas Cowboys

1969 Event - Bollingen prize for poetry presented to John Berryman and Karl Shapiro

1969 Birthday - Stephen John Davies, Australia field hockey forward/vice captain, 2 Bronze Medals and 1 Silver Medal 1992, 1996, 2000 Olympics

1968 Death - John Steinbeck, author (Grapes of Wrath, Nobel 1940, 62), dies at 66

1968 Event - John and Yoko release their 1st album "Two Virgins" in UK

1968 Event - John Lennon is fined 150 pounds for unauthorized drug possession

1968 Birthday - John Johnstone, Liverpool, New York, pitcher for the Houston Astros

1968 Birthday - John O'Neill, Detroit, U.S. field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics

1968 Event - John Kander/Fred Ebbs musical "Zorba," premieres in New York City

1968 Event - John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album

1968 Birthday - John Jett, NFL punter, Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions

1968 Event - Cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John

1968 Birthday - Nico John Hoogma, soccer player, FC Twente

1968 Event - Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon's baby

1968 Event - U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving "black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony

1968 Event - During Olympics Tommie Smith and John Carlos give black power salute

1968 Birthday - John Preston, born in Utah, actor, Greg-General Hospital

1968 Event - Private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon and Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on cover

1968 Event - John and Yoko's "One on One" benefit for children at MSG

1968 Death - John Gordon Mein, U.S. ambassador in Guatemala, dies

1968 Death - John George, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu), dies at 70

1968 Event - Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry

1968 Birthday - John Coyle, West Bloomfield, Michigan, short track skater 1994 Olympics

1968 Birthday - John Olerud, born in Seattle, Washington, infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays

1968 Birthday - John P Navin, Jr., Philadelphia, actor, Joey Elliot-Jennifer Slept Here

1968 Birthday - John Maginnes, born in Atlanta, Georgia, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Texarkana Open-5th

1968 Death - John Indrisano, actor (OK Crackerby), dies at 62

1968 Event - John Lennon sells his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce

1968 Event - John Lennon's 1st full art exhibition (You are Here)

1968 Death - John Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73

1968 Birthday - John Lumkes, born in Chicago, Illinois, 3k steeplechase runner

1968 Event - John Lennon and Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral

1968 Birthday - John Connelly, born in Toledo, Ohio, Nike golfer, 1991 New Hampshire Open

1968 Death - Little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30

1968 Death - William E "Little Willie" John, U.S. R&B-singer (Fever), dies at 30)

1968 Event - Paul McCartney and John Lennon appear on Johnny Carson Show to promote Apple records, Joe Garagiola is substitute host

1968 Birthday - John Johnson, NFL linebacker for the New Orleans Saints

1968 Birthday - John Tardy, U.S. heavy metalist, Obituary, Slowly We Rot

1968 Birthday - John Barrowman, actor, Peter Fairchild-Central Park West

1968 Birthday - John Velddman, soccer player, Sparta

1968 Event - John Cleese (Monty Python) marries Connie Booth

1968 Event - Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon and wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

1968 Birthday - John Hudson, NFL center/guard, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles

1968 Death - John Ridgely, actor (Air Force, Possessed, Big Sleep), dies at 58

1968 Death - John Davidson, actor (Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc), dies at 80

1968 Birthday - John de Visser, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen

1967 Birthday - John Randle, NFL defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings

1967 Death - John Nance Garner, (Vice President-D, 1933-41), dies at 98

1967 Birthday - John Romero, born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, game designer, programmer, co-founder of id Software, games include 'Dangerous Dave', 'Quake', Wolfenstein 3D'

1967 Birthday - John Flaherty, New York City, catcher for the San Diego Padres

1967 Birthday - Gary John Anderson, Wanganui New Zealand, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1967 Event - Yoko Plus Me art exhibit opens in London (the me is John Lennon)

1967 Birthday - John Lovell, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, tornado yachter, Olympics-8th-1996

1967 Event - WCAE TV channel 50 in St. John, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting

1967 Event - 87th U.S. Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats Clark Graebner (64 64 86)

1967 Event - Final episode of "What's My Line?," hosted by John Charles Daly

1967 Birthday - John Jurkovic, defensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars

1967 Death - John Francis Larchet, composer, dies at 83

1967 Birthday - Margo Malowney, born in Saint John, New Brunswick, volleyball player 1996 Olympics

1967 Birthday - John Femia, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Square Pegs, Hello Larry

1967 Death - John Macchia, actor (Beach Blanket Bingo), dies of stroke at 35

1967 Birthday - Julian McMahon, actor, Ian Rain-Another World, John Grant-Profiler

1967 Death - John Coltrane, U.S. jazz sax/composer, dies at 40

1967 Event - 81st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats W Bungert (63 61 61)

1967 Death - John Clark, actor (Last Day of the War), dies at 50

1967 Birthday - John Wehner, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates

1967 Event - John Entwistle of rock group Who weds Alison Wise

1967 Birthday - John Doherty, born in the Bronx, New York, John Harold Doherty, pitcher, played for Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball teams

1967 Birthday - John Yoo, American Educator

1967 Event - Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II

1967 Event - John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelic painted Rolls Royce

1967 Birthday - Craig John Monk, Auckland New Zealand, finn class yachter 1996 Olympics

1967 Birthday - John Friesz, NFL quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks

1967 Death - John Wesley Work, composer, dies at 65

1967 Birthday - John Smoltz, born in Detroit, Michigan, pitcher, Atlanta Braves, 1996 Cy Young

1967 Birthday - John Child, East York Ontario, beach volleyballer 1996 Olympics bronze

1967 Death - John Coltrane, American Musician

1967 Event - "Wait A Minim!" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 457 performances

1967 Event - Actress Lynn Redgrave marries John Clark

1967 Birthday - John Mangum, NFL safety for the Chicago Bears

1967 Event - John F. Kennedy's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial

1967 Death - John F Bothwell, actor (Freckles-Our Gang), dies at 46

1967 Death - John Griggs, actor (Joey Bishop Show), dies at 57

1967 Event - John Herbert's "Fortune and Men's Eyes," premieres in New York City

1967 Birthday - John Valentin, Mineola, New York, infielder for the Boston Red Sox

1967 Birthday - John Patterson, U.S. baseball infielder for the San Francisco Giants

1966 Event - John W Mecom, Jr. becomes 1st owner of New Orlean Saints

1966 Event - John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at a London art gallery

1966 Death - Mississippi John Hurt, rocker, dies at 73

1966 Birthday - John van de Brom, soccer player, Ajax

1966 Event - 86th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Stolle beats John Newcombe (46 12-10 63 64)

1966 Birthday - John Terry, CFL tackle for the Saskatchewan Roughriders

1966 Birthday - John Wetteland, San Mateo California, pitcher, New York Yankees, Rangers, Expos

1966 Event - Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark

1966 Birthday - Tylin John, born in Encino, California, playmate, Mar, 1992

1966 Event - John Pennel pole vaults record (5.34 m)

1966 Event - Gemini 10 launched (John Young and Michael Collins)

1966 Birthday - Michael John Bradley, born in Largo, Florida, PGA golfer, 1993 Kemper Open-3rd

1966 Birthday - Kristoff St. John, born in New York City, actor, Adam-Generations, Young and Restless

1966 Birthday - John Cusack, born in Chicago, actor, Stand By Me, Sure Thing, Better Off Dead

1966 Birthday - John Randle, golfer, 1992 Canadian Tour Fall-3rd

1966 Event - Peter Green joins John Mayall's Bluebreakers

1966 Event - "Sloop John B" by The Beach Boys hit #1 in U.K.

1966 Birthday - John Jaha, born in Portland, Oregon, infielder for the Milwaukee Brewers

1966 Birthday - John VanderWal, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, outfielder for the Colorado Rockies

1966 Birthday - John Patrick Daly, born in born in Sacramento, California, PGA golfer, 1995 British Open

1966 Event - "Wait A Minim!" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 457 performances

1966 Event - John Lennon, says "We (the Beatles) are more popular than Jesus"

1966 Birthday - John David Cullum, actor in 1776, Sweet Country, Day After

1966 Birthday - John Druce, Peterborough, NHL right wing, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings

1966 Birthday - John Velyvis, born in North Adams, Massachusetts, rower 1996 Olympics

1966 Birthday - Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, model/wife of John Kennedy Jr

1966 Birthday - John Kropke, CFL defensive tackle for the Saskatchewan Roughriders

1965 Birthday - John Feskens, Dutch soccer player, Willem II

1965 Birthday - John Keller, Jr., Toledo Ohio, team handball back court 1996 Olympics

1965 Birthday - "Stuttering John" Melendez, interviewer, Howard Stern Show

1965 Death - [John] Selwyn (Brooke) Lloyd, British statesman, dies

1965 Death - John Bata, Czechoslovakian shoe manufacturer, dies at 67

1965 Birthday - John Starks, NBA guard for the New York Knicks

1965 Birthday - John Smith, born in Del City, Oklahoma, 62kg freestyle wrestler, Gold Medals 1988, 1992 Olympics

1965 Event - John Edrich completes 310* vs. New Zealand in 532 minutes, 52 fours 5 sixes

1965 Birthday - John Leonard, born in Australia, poet, editor of poetry journal, 'Overland', 'Unlove', 'Braided Lands', 'Jesus in Kashmir'

1965 Birthday - John Frawley, Australia, tennis star

1965 Birthday - John "Chip" McKibben II, born in Balboa Island, California, rower 1996 Olympics

1965 Event - John Lennon's 2nd book "A Spaniard in the Works" is published

1965 Event - 97th Belmont: John Sellers aboard Hail to All wins in 2:28.6

1965 Birthday - John C. Reilly, American Actor

1965 Birthday - John Schofield, born in Barnsley, England, professional soccer player, midfielder, manager of Lincoln City, assistant manager, Cheltenham Town

1965 Birthday - John Jensen, Danish Athlete

1965 Event - William F. Raborn, Jr. replaces John A. McCone as 7th head of CIA

1965 Event - "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" closes at John Golden New York City after 192 performances

1965 Birthday - John "Jumbo" Elliot, NFL tackle, New York Giants, New York Jets

1965 Birthday - John Smiley, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, pitcher, for the Cincinnati Reds

1965 Birthday - John Stephenson, cricketer, England opening bat in one Test vs. Australia 1989

1965 Birthday - John Commins, cricketer, South African Test batsman vs. New Zealand 1994-95

1965 Event - John Lennon passes his driving test

1965 Birthday - John van Loen, Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord, San Frecce

1965 Death - John Larkin, actor (Saints and Sinners, 12 O'Clock High), dies at 52

1965 Death - John Larkin, dir (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at 52

1965 Birthday - John Jackson, NFL offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers

1964 Birthday - John Burkett, New Brighton, Pennsylvania, pitcher for the Florida Marlins

1964 Event - 30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (quarterback)

1964 Death - John Fabricius, playwright, dies at 55

1964 Birthday - John Williams, NFL linebacker/FB for the Pittsburgh Steelers

1964 Birthday - John Maclean, Oshawa, NHL right wing for the New Jersey Devils

1964 Death - John Tasker Howard, composer, dies at 73

1964 Death - John Emery, actor (Ship Ahoy, Kronos, Mademoiselle Fifi), dies at 59

1964 Event - "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" opens at John Golden New York City for 192 performances

1964 Birthday - John Joseph Thomas, Arcadia California, actor, Young Dan'l Boone

1964 Birthday - John Tucker, Windsor, NHL right wing, Tampa Bay Lightning

1964 Birthday - Susan Walters, Georgia, actress, Lorna-Loving, Mary Beth-Dear John

1964 Birthday - John Sununu, born in Boston, Massachusetts, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from New Hampshire 2003 - 2009, sits on Congressional Oversight Panel for TARP

1964 Event - John Osborne's "Inadmissable Evidence," premieres in London

1964 Birthday - John Mooney, born in Seattle, Washington sprint kayak 1996 Olympics

1964 Birthday - John Cullen, Puslinch, NHL center, Tampa Bay Lightning

1964 Birthday - John Leguizamo, born in Columbia, actor, Mambo Mouth, Whispers in the Dark

1964 Event - All star MVP: John Callison, Philadelphia Phillies

1964 Event - "Beyond the Fringe" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 673 performances

1964 Death - John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76

1964 Birthday - John Salley, NBA star, Detroit Pistons

1964 Birthday - John Parrott, born in Liverpool, England, professional snooker player, winner, World Snooker Championship, 1991, won UK Championship title, 1991

1964 Event - John Lennon's "In His Own Write" is published in U.S.

1964 Death - Edwin John Pratt, Canadian poet (Towards the Last Spike), dies at 81

1964 Birthday - John Carney, NFL kicker for the San Diego Chargers

1964 Event - John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years

1964 Birthday - John Morris, cricketer, England right-hand batsman vs. India 1990

1964 Event - Astronaut John Glenn withdraws from Ohio senate race

1964 Event - Britain sets memorial for the late President John F. Kennedy

1964 Birthday - John Norum, born in Vardo, Norway, musician, hard rock guitarist, co-founder of Swedish band Europe

1964 Event - Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, and Miller Huggins are selected to Hall of Fame

1964 Birthday - John Gallagher, rugby league player

1964 Birthday - John Habyan, U.S. baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals

1964 Death - Weldon John "Jack" Teagarden, U.S. jazz trombonist/singer, dies at 58

1964 Birthday - John Erickson, born in Woodland Hills, California, golfer, 1991 Windsor Charity

1963 Event - Official 30-day mourning period for President John F. Kennedy ends

1963 Birthday - John Lammers, Dutch soccer player, NAC

1963 Event - Lyndon Baines Johnson sets up Warren Commission to investigate assassination of John F. Kennedy

1963 Event - John F. Kennedy laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery

1963 Death - Lee Harvey Oswald, John F. Kennedy's assassinator, shot dead by Jack Ruby

1963 Event - John F. Kennedy's body, lay in repose in East Room of White House

1963 Event - Lyndon Baines Johnson proclaims Nov 25 a day of national mourning (for John F. Kennedy)

1963 Death - John F Kennedy, 35th President (1961-63), assassinated in Dallas at 46

1963 Death - John F. Kennedy, Senator-D-Massachusetts 1947 - 1953, 35th President 1961 - 1963, dies at age 46

1963 Event - John F. Kennedy flies to Texas

1963 Birthday - John Barnes, born in Kingston, Jamaica, British professional soccer player, manager for Tranmere Rovers Football Club

1963 Birthday - Tatum O'Neal, LA Cal, Mrs. John McEnroe, Paper Moon, Little Darlings

1963 Event - John Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewelry" line

1963 Event - J. Edgar Hoover last meeting with president John F. Kennedy

1963 Event - John F. Kennedy signs ratification for nuclear test ban treaty

1963 Event - 56th Postmaster General: John A Gronouski of Wis takes office

1963 Event - Houston Colt .45 John Paciorek goes 3 for 3 in his only game

1963 Birthday - John Elliot, Bristol CT, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Miss Gulf Coast

1963 Birthday - John Vanbiesbrouck, born in Detroit, Michigan, NHL goalie, Team USA, Florida

1963 Birthday - John Philipson, pop bassist, Rowwen Heze, Kroenenberg

1963 Event - John Pennel is 1st to pole-vault 17'

1963 Birthday - John Bush, U.S. heavy metal singer, Anthrax-Armed and Dangerous

1963 Birthday - John Stamos, born in Cypress, California, actor, General Hospital, Full House

1963 Death - John Powell, composer, dies at 80

1963 Death - John Sutton, actor (Of Human Bondage), dies of heart attack at 54

1963 Event - John F. Kennedy speaks at Pauls Church in Frankfurt

1963 Event - Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds John XXIII

1963 Death - John Whiting, British dramatist/actor (Devils), dies

1963 Event - John F. Kennedy says segregation is morally wrong and that it is "time to act"

1963 Event - John F. Kennedy signs law for equal pay for equal work for men and women

1963 Event - John F. Kennedy names Winston Churchill U.S. honorary citizen

1963 Birthday - John Restino, born in Westchester, New York, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Tommy Armour

1963 Event - British Minister of War John Profumo resigns due to Christine Keeler

1963 Death - John XXIII, Angelo G Roncalli, Pope (1958-63), dies at 81

1963 Death - Pope John XXIII, Italian Pope

1963 Event - John F. Kennedy offers Israel assistance against aggression

1963 Birthday - John Cameron Mitchell, born in El Paso, Texas, actor, Misplaced, Band of the Hand

1963 Event - John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty

1963 Birthday - Julian Lennon, John's son and singer, Too Late for Goodbyes

1963 Event - British Minister of War John Profumo denies having sex with Christine Keeler

1963 Event - Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold

1963 Birthday - John Andretti, born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, race car driver, winner, CART, NHRA Top Fuel Dragsters NASCAR stock racing and endurance racing

1963 Birthday - John Cangelosi, born in Brooklyn, New York, outfielder for the Houston Astros

1963 Event - U.S.S.R. informs John F. Kennedy it's withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba

1963 Birthday - John Gesek, NFL center for the Washington Redskins

1963 Birthday - John Marzano, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, catcher for the Seattle Mariners

1963 Birthday - John Dye, Amory Massachusetts, actor, Andrew-Touched by an Angel

1963 Event - Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, and John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1963 Death - John Farrow, actor and director (Botany Bay), dies at 58

1963 Death - John Sigvard Olsen, comedian (Olsen and Johnson), dies at 70

1963 Death - Al St. John, actor (Law and Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70

1962 Birthday - John de Wolf, soccer player, Feyenoord

1962 Birthday - Stephen John Elkington, Inverell Australia, PGA golfer, 1990 Kmart

1962 Birthday - John Gaasbeek, soccer player, FC Twente/NAC

1962 Birthday - John Samuel Inman, Greensboro, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1993 Buick South Open

1962 Birthday - John Squire, English pop guitarist, Stone Roses, She Bangs the Drums

1962 Event - John F. Kennedy announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled

1962 Event - Cuban missile crisis ends, John F. Kennedy says U.S.S.R. is dismantling missile bases

1962 Event - "Beyond the Fringe" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 673 performances

1962 Event - John F. Kennedy warns Russia U.S. will not allow Soviet missiles to remain in Cuba

1962 Event - Nikita Khrushchev sends note to John F. Kennedy offering to withdraw his missiles from Cuba if U.S. closed its bases in Turkey offer is rejected

1962 Event - American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature

1962 Event - John F. Kennedy addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba

1962 Event - John F. Kennedy imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis

1962 Event - John F. Kennedy receives Ugandan premier Milton Obote

1962 Event - John F. Kennedy meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko

1962 Birthday - John Dorge, Australian basketball center 1996 Olympics

1962 Event - Cuban missile crisis began as John F. Kennedy becomes aware of missiles in Cuba

1962 Event - 2nd Vatican Council (21st ecumenical) convened by Pope John XXIII

1962 Event - NASA civilian test pilot John B McKay takes X-15 to 39,200 m

1962 Death - John Lowry, Mount Vernon NY, New York City builder, dies at 79

1962 Event - John F. Kennedy routes 3,000 federal troops to Mississippi

1962 Event - John F. Kennedy authorized use of federal troops to integrate University of Mississippi

1962 Event - John Lennon weds Cynthia Powell

1962 Birthday - John Williams, NBA center and forward for the Phoenix Suns

1962 Event - John F. Kennedy dines with premier MacMillan in London

1962 Death - John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82

1962 Birthday - John Alt, NFL tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs

1962 Event - "John Birch Society," by Chad Mitchell Trio hits #99

1962 Event - 88th Preakness: John Rotz aboard Greek Money wins in 1:56.2

1962 Birthday - John Corbett, actor/singer, Chris-Northern Exposure

1962 Event - John F. Kennedy authorizes Area Redevelopment Act

1962 Event - John F. Kennedy throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium

1962 Birthday - John Gruffith, rocker, Red Rockers

1962 Birthday - John Taylor, NFL wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers

1962 Birthday - John Stockton, born in Spokane, Washington, NBA guard, Utah Jazz, 1996 Olympics gold

1962 Event - John F. Kennedy visits SF

1962 Death - John Owen Jones, composer, dies at 85

1962 Event - John F. Kennedy announces U.S. will resume above ground nuclear testing

1962 Event - John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth in Friendship 7

1962 Event - John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm

1962 Event - 1st pole vault over 16' (4.88m) (John Uelses-16', Melrose Games)

1962 Event - John F. Kennedy arrives in Uruguay

1962 Event - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to John Hall Wheelock

1962 Birthday - Donald John Cowie, Auckland New Zealand, yachting Star class 1996 Olympics

1962 Event - Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro

1961 Event - John F. Kennedy and British Prime Minister MacMillan meet in Bermuda

1961 Event - "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden New York City after 55 performances

1961 Event - John F. Kennedy visits Puerto Rico

1961 Event - Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" is 1st country song to get a gold record

1961 Event - Jimmy Dean's Big Bad John album is country music 1st million $ seller

1961 Death - John Acton, 1st Baron Acton, English historian, friends with De Tocqueville, Bluntschli, Montalembert, his extensive library was purchased after his death by Andrew Carnegie, dies

1961 Event - John F. Kennedy provides U.S. miltary helicopters and crews to South Vietnam

1961 Event - John A McCone replaces Allen W Dulles as 6th director of CIA

1961 Event - John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam

1961 Event - "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden New York City for 55 performances

1961 Death - John Axel Fernstrom, composer, dies at 63

1961 Event - John F. Kennedy advises Americans to build fallout shelters

1961 Event - John F. Kennedy begins underground nuclear testing

1961 Birthday - John Kidd, NFL punter for the Miami Dolphins

1961 Birthday - John Viscardi, New York City, actor, Father Tony-One Life to Live

1961 Birthday - Bradford John Faxon, Jr., Oceanport, New Jersey, PGA golfer, 1986 Provident

1961 Birthday - Mark "Red" Mitchell, actor, John F. Kennedy, 8 Sceonds, I Want to Live

1961 Event - John Chancellor becomes news anchor of Today Show

1961 Event - Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Mater et magistrate

1961 Event - John F. Kennedy and Khrushchev meet in Vienna

1961 Birthday - John Cameroon, guitarist, 'Claw Boys Claw'

1961 Event - John F. Kennedy visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris

1961 Birthday - John Lugbill, Wauseon Ohio, U.S. canoist/kayaker 1992 Olympics

1961 Event - John F. Kennedy sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade

1961 Event - Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Mater et Magistra

1961 Event - 87th Kentucky Derby: John Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 2:04

1961 Event - South Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested

1961 Event - John F. Kennedy accepts "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs

1961 Birthday - John Podhoretz, American Writer

1961 Birthday - John Clarke, actor, Mickey-Days of Our Life

1961 Event - Dutch foreign minister Luns talks to John F. Kennedy about New Guinea

1961 Birthday - John Stockwell, Galveston, Texas, actor, Born to Ride, City Limits

1961 Birthday - John Clark Gable, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Bad Jim

1961 Event - John F. Kennedy sets up the Alliance for Progress

1961 Event - John F. Kennedy names Henry Kissinger special advisor

1961 Birthday - John Kruk, U.S. baseball 1st baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies

1961 Event - John F. Kennedy asks for an Alliance for Progress and Peace Corp

1961 Event - 1st live, nationally televised presidential news conference (John F. Kennedy)

1961 Death - John Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday

1961 Event - Robert Frost recites "Gift Outright" at John F. Kennedy's inauguration

1961 Birthday - John Thune, born in Murdo, South Dakota, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from South Dakota, U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota's At-Large district

1960 Birthday - John Fitzgerald, Australia, tennis star

1960 Birthday - John Fitzgerald, Australia, tennis star

1960 Birthday - John Felton, Kyogle Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics

1960 Birthday - John F. Kennedy, Jr., New York City, son of John F. Kennedy, lawyer, magazine publisher, 'George' magazine

1960 Event - John F. Kennedy, Senator-D-Massachusetts, beats Vice President Richard Nixon to become the 35th U.S. president

1960 Event - John F. Kennedy and Nixon clashed in 4th and final presidential debate (New York City)

1960 Event - Peace Corps 1st suggested by John F. Kennedy

1960 Birthday - John Aalberg, Orland Norway, U.S. cross country skier 1994 Olympics

1960 Event - John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon's 3rd presidential debate

1960 Event - Radio - TV executive John Fetzer buys a controlling interest of Detroit Tigers

1960 Event - 2nd John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon debate

1960 Death - Harry St. John Philby, sheik Abdullah, British explorer, dies

1960 Birthday - John MacBeth Paxson, NBA Guard, Chicago Bulls

1960 Birthday - John Rocca, English funk singer, Southern Freeze

1960 Birthday - John Franco, born in Brooklyn, New York, pitcher for the New York Mets

1960 Death - John Phillips Marquand, novelist, dies at 66

1960 Event - U.S. Democratic convention nominates John F. Kennedy as presidential candidate

1960 Birthday - John Elway, NFL quarterback, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32

1960 Death - John Brenden Kelly, rower, Gold Medals 1920, 1924 Olympics, dies at 70

1960 Birthday - John Taylor, born in England, rock bassist, Duran Duran-Girls on Film

1960 Birthday - Mark John Calcavecchia, Laurel NE, PGA golfer, 1987 Honda Classic

1960 Birthday - Steve Lyons, born in Tacoma, Washington, Stephen John Lyons, nicknamed 'Psycho', baseball player, outfielder, third baseman, television sportscaster, played with Boston Red Sox, Major League Baseball team, known for oddities, such as playing hangman and tic-tac-toe with his spikes

1960 Birthday - Vinodhan John, cricket pace bowler, Sri Lankan in 6 Tests 1983-84

1960 Birthday - John Cowsill, rock vocalist, Cowsills-Hair

1960 Event - "At the Drop of a Hat" closes at John Golden New York City after 216 performances

1960 Death - John D Rockefeller, Jr., philanthropist, dies at 86

1960 Death - John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American Businessman

1960 Event - John F. Kennedy wins primary in West Virginia

1960 Death - John P "John" Musch, actor/founder (JM), dies at 84

1960 Event - Pope John raises the 1st Japanese, 1st African and 1st Filipino cardinal

1960 Event - John F. Kennedy makes missile gap the presidential campaign issue

1960 Birthday - John van Grinsven, soccer player, MVV

1960 Event - John Cage's "Music for Amplified Toy Pianos," premieres

1960 Birthday - William John Readings, literary theorist

1960 Birthday - John Caliri, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actor, Vinnie-Square Pegs, Double Trouble

1960 Birthday - John Galliano, British Designer

1960 Death - John Miljan, actor (Charlie Chan in Paris, Yankee Clipper), dies at 66

1960 Birthday - John Crawford, Palo Alto California, bass, Berlin-You Take My Breath Away

1960 Event - John F. Kennedy announces run for U.S. Presidency

1960 Event - John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years

1960 Event - Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for president

1959 Birthday - John Whitaker, Van Nuys California, actor, Family Affair, Snowball Expr

1959 Event - Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Princeps Pastorum

1959 Event - "Billy Barnes Revue" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 87 performances

1959 Event - "At the Drop of a Hat" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 216 performances

1959 Death - John H Kliegl, developer of Klieg light, dies at 89

1959 Event - Progressive Party under John Steytler forms in South Africa

1959 Event - "Billy Barnes Revue" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 87 performances

1959 Event - Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Sacerdotii nostri primordia

1959 Birthday - John Sykes, Irish hard rock guitarist, Thin Lizzy-Blue Murder

1959 Birthday - John Keeble, London, rock drummer, Spandau Ballet-True

1959 Event - Pope John XXIII 1st encyclical "On truth, unity, and peace, in charity"

1959 Death - John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State 1953 - 1959, dies at 71

1959 Event - "Party with Comden and Green" closes at John Golden New York City after 44 performances

1959 Event - Dorothy Rigney, husband John, and Hank Greenberg resign from White Sox

1959 Event - "Party with Comden and Green" opens at John Golden New York City for 44 performances

1959 Event - U.S. Secretary of States John Foster Dulles resigns

1959 Death - John Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111

1959 Birthday - John Arthur Wilson, Ceres California, PGA golfer, 1994 Anheuser-Busch-4th

1959 Birthday - John McEnroe, tennis player, U.S. Open 1979-81, 84 Wimb 1981, 83, 84

1959 Event - Pope John XXIII proclaims 2nd Vatican council

1959 Event - "Party with Comden and Green" closes at John Golden New York City after 38 performances

1959 Birthday - John Singleton, born in Los Angeles, California, director and screenwriter, 'Boyz n The Hood'

1958 Event - "Party with Comden and Green" opens at John Golden New York City for 38 performances

1958 Birthday - John J York, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Mac Scorpio-General Hospital

1958 Event - Robert H W Welch, Jr. and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form anti-Communist John Birch Society

1958 Event - Angelo G. Roncalli crowned as pope John XXIII

1958 Event - Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected Pope, taking name John XXIII

1958 Death - John C Poortenaar, painter/etcher/cartoonist, dies at 72

1958 Death - John Hamilton, actor (Perry White-Superman), dies at 61

1958 Birthday - John M Grunsfeld, born in Chicago, Illinois, PhD/astronaut, STS-67, 81

1958 Death - John B Watson, U.S. psychologist/behaviorist, dies

1958 Birthday - John Bennett Herrington, Wetumka, Oklahoma, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut

1958 Death - John G Strijdom, premier of South Africa (1954-58), dies at 65

1958 Death - John Gobau, Flem/Dutch actor (Death of Business Traveller), dies at 67

1958 Death - Julia Lennon, mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident

1958 Birthday - John Bracewell, New Zealand cricketer, premiere spinner of 80's

1958 Birthday - John Wesley Jones, born in Lawton, Oklahoma, 4X100m relayer, 1976 Olympics gold

1958 Birthday - John Ensign, born in Roseville, California, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Nevada, former chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee

1958 Birthday - John Paul Morse, Marshall, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1995 United Airlines

1958 Death - John Lindeboom, Dutch vicar/church historian, dies at 75

1958 Death - Waverley John Anderson, Scot, viscount/governor of Bengal, dies at 75

1957 Death - John W. Van Druten, U.S. stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at 56

1957 Birthday - John Webster, rocker, Red Ryder-Light in the Tunnel

1957 Event - 2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St. John's England)

1957 Event - 23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A&M (HB)

1957 Birthday - Caroline Kennedy-Schlossberg, attorney, John F. Kennedy and Jackie's daughter

1957 Birthday - John "Jellybean" Benitez, music producer

1957 Death - John HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70

1957 Event - "Mask and Gown" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 39 performances

1957 Birthday - John Neuman Cook, born in Toledo, Ohio, PGA golfer, 1981 Bing Crosby

1957 Death - John W. "John" Eisenloeffel, goldsmith, dies at 81

1957 Event - "Bachelor Father" with John Forsythe premieres

1957 Event - "Mask and Gown" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 39 performances

1957 Death - John Coltrane, rocker, dies of cancer at 30

1957 Event - Marine Major John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (03:28:08)

1957 Event - Beatle John Lennon 1st meets Paul McCartney

1957 Event - John Lennon (16) and Paul McCartney (15) meet for 1st time as Lennon's rock group The Quarry Men perform at a church dinner

1957 Birthday - Lee John, English singer and actor, Body Talk

1957 Birthday - John Ryder, rock bassist, Face To Face

1957 Event - John Diefenbacker (C) takes office as Prime Minister of Canada

1957 Event - John Diefenbacker (C) elected Prime Minister of Canada

1957 Birthday - John G. Rowland, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Governor of Connecticut 1995 - 2004

1957 Birthday - John Rowland, American Politician

1957 Birthday - Sid Vicious, John Simon Ritchie, England, bassist, Sex Pistols

1957 Birthday - John Stuper, baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals

1957 Birthday - [Christopher St. John] "Sinjin" Smith, born in Los Angeles, California, volleyballer 1996 Olympics

1957 Event - Pulitzer prize awarded to John F Kennedy (Profiles in Courage)

1957 Event - All NL teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is 1st black on Phillies

1957 Event - 61st Boston Marathon won by John J Kelley of Connecticut in 2:20:05

1957 Birthday - John Castellanos, San Diego, California, actor, John Silva-Young and Restless

1957 Event - John Osborne's "Entertainer," premieres in London

1957 Birthday - John M. Ford, born in East Chicago, Indiana, author, science fiction and fantasy, poet, game designer, wrote, 'The Final Reflection', 'How Much Just for the Planet?'

1957 Birthday - John Hoeven, born in Bismarck, North Dakota, politician, Republican, 34th Governor of North Dakota, longest-serving Governor in the U.S.

1957 Birthday - John Turturro, born in Brooklyn, actor, Brain Donor, Color of Money, Jungle Fever

1957 Birthday - Falco, John Hoelcel, rock vocalist, Rock Me Amadeus

1957 Death - John Von Neumann, astronomer, dies at 53

1957 Birthday - Don Snow, born in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1992, changed name to John Savannah, musician, guitarist, drummer, saxophonist, toured with Van Morrison, member of Squeeze, Procol Harum, played Hammond organs, piano

1956 Event - Gene de Paul/John Meyer's musical "Li'l Abner," premieres in New York City

1956 Event - Douglas Moore/John Latouche' opera "Ballad of Baby Doe," premieres

1956 Birthday - John Jorgenson, born in Madison, Wisconsin, singer, Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited

1956 Birthday - John Treacy, marathonr, Olympics-silver-1984

1956 Event - Reds' John Klippstein, Hershel Freemman and Joe Blacks no-hitter, broken up with 2 outs in 10th and lose to Braves in 11th, 2-1

1956 Event - John Osbornes "Look Back in Anger," premieres in London

1956 Birthday - Jeremy John Beadle, writer/broadcaster

1956 Birthday - John James, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, actor, Jeff Colby-Dynasty

1956 Death - Joseph John Richards, composer, dies at 77

1956 Birthday - John F. Reid, cricketer, New Zealand batsman of 70's/80's

1956 Birthday - John Cowsill, born in Newport, Rhode Island, rock drummer, Cowsills-We Can Fly

1956 Birthday - Johnny Rotten, John Lydon, rocker, Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen

1956 Birthday - John McNally, Naha Okinawa, U.S. rapid fire pistol, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1956 Birthday - John Phillips Naber, Evanston, Illinois, swimmer, Olympic-4 gold/silver-76

1956 Death - John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70

1955 Death - John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1913-18), dies at 87

1955 Death - John Hodiak, actress (Lifeboat, Battleground), dies at 41

1955 Birthday - John Kricfalusi, Canadian Artist

1955 Death - John de Young, cardinal and archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69

1955 Birthday - John Sweeney, American Politician

1955 Birthday - John Gilmore, born in America, fifth employee of Sun Microsystems, among founders of Cygnus Solutions, Cypherpunks mailing list, Electronic Frontier Foundation

1955 Birthday - John Waite, vocalist, Babies/Bad English-Forget Me Not, Missing You

1955 Birthday - John Hinckley, Jr., shot and wounded President Reagan, 1981

1955 Birthday - John Stevens, member of European Parliament, founder of the Pro-Euro Conservative party, known for his pro-Euro policy stance

1955 Birthday - John Glavin, rock keyboardist, Molly Hatchet

1955 Birthday - Mark David Chapman, assassin, John Lennon

1955 Birthday - John Hutton, born in Westcliff-on-Sea, England, politician, Labor Member of Parliament for Secretary of State for Defence

1955 Birthday - John Nunn, born in London, England, champion chess player, chess writer, publisher, mathematician, once ranked among the world's top ten, two-time champion in chess problem solving

1955 Birthday - John Campbell, harness racer, 3-time winner of Hambletonian

1955 Birthday - John Grisham, writer, Client, Firm, Pelican Brief

1955 Death - John R Mott, U.S. theologist/founder (YMCA, Nobel 1946), dies at 89

1955 Birthday - John Baldacci, born in Bangor, Maine, politician, Democratic party, 73rd Governor of Maine

1955 Event - John Williams Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962)

1955 Birthday - John Tate, U.S., heavyweight boxer 1968 Olympics bronze

1954 Birthday - John Anderson, born in Apopka, Florida, country singer and actor, Lone Wolf McQuade

1954 Event - John Strodom succeeds Malan as premier of South Africa

1954 Death - John Rosamund Johnson, composer, dies at 81

1954 Event - Lieutenant Colonel John Strapp travels 632 MPH in a rocket sled

1954 Birthday - Jere Burns, Cambridge MS, actor, Something So Right, Kirk-Dear John

1954 Birthday - John Lloyd, England, tennis star, former husband of Chris Everet

1954 Birthday - John Colwell, Kingston Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1978 Simon Fraser

1954 Event - West German secret service head Otto John defects to East Germany

1954 Birthday - John Wright, New Zealand cricketer, opening batsman 1978-92

1954 Birthday - John Kimmel, born in East Orange, New Jersey, John C. Kimmel, horse trainer, trained at University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School, trained famous horses, Better Than Honour, Premium Tap, wins include Florida Derby, 2004, Pennsylvania Derby, 2007, among others

1954 Event - "John Murray Anderson's Almanac" closes at Imperial New York City after 229 performances

1954 Event - John Landy runs world record mile (3:58.0)

1954 Birthday - John Dyson, cricketer, NSW and Australian opening batsman

1954 Event - John Costello becomes premier of Ireland

1954 Birthday - John Iles, dolby supervisor, Elephant Man, Richard III

1954 Birthday - Janet Maw, actress, Sparrow, King John, Mayor of Casterbridge

1954 Birthday - John Greg Adams, born in Scottsdale, Arizona, PGA golfer, 1982 Hall of Fame-2nd

1954 Event - Pulitzer prize awarded to Charles A. Lindbergh and John Patrick

1954 Birthday - John Schneider, born in Mount Kisco, New York, actor, Bo-Dukes of Hazzard

1954 Birthday - John Bolger, actor, Captain Gabe McNamara-Another World

1954 Birthday - John Travolta, born in Englewood, New Jersey, actor, Welcome Back Kotter, Pulp Fiction

1954 Event - Senator John Kennedy appears on "Meet the Press"

1953 Birthday - John Callahan, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Craig-Santa Barbara, Falcon Crest

1953 Event - "John Murray Anderson's Almanac" opens at Imperial New York City for 229 performances

1953 Birthday - John Malkovich, born in Christopher, Illinois, actor and director, Killing Fields

1953 Event - 19th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lattner, Notre Dame (HB)

1953 Birthday - John McFee, rock guitarist, Doobie Brothers, Clover

1953 Death - John van Melle, South African writer (Bart Nel), dies at 66

1953 Death - John Parsons Beach, composer, dies at 76

1953 Birthday - John Lucas, Durham, North Carolina, NBA guard, Houston, Golden State, Milwaukee

1953 Event - John Patrick's "Teahouse of the Red Moon," premieres in New York City

1953 Event - "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" opens at John Golden New York City for 849 perf

1953 Birthday - John Mengatti, New York City, actor, Nick-White Shadow, For Love and Honor

1953 Event - Senator John F. Kennedy, 36, marries Jacqueline Bouvier, 24

1953 Birthday - John Williams, U.S., archer, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics

1953 Birthday - John Zorn, American Composer

1953 Event - John Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union

1953 Event - Baseball player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) and Allie Reynolds (AL) hire John Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiation

1953 Birthday - John Salazar, American Politician

1953 Birthday - John Denham, born in Seaton, England, John Yorke Denham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, served, then resigned as, Minister of State at the Home Office in 2003, over the Iraq War

1953 Birthday - John Edwards, born in Seneca, South Carolina, politician, 2004 Democratic candidate for Vice President, Presidential candidate, 2008, U.S. Senator from North Carolina

1953 Birthday - John Edward Stevens, New York City, bank robber, FBI Most Wanted List

1953 Event - Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory

1953 Birthday - John P. Hiler, born in Chicago, Illinois, Representative-R-Indiana 1981 - 1991

1953 Birthday - John Buchanan, cricketer, Qld batsman 78-79, Shield coach 1995

1953 Event - Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Jennifer and John Nicks of GRB

1953 Birthday - John Shirley, U.S., sci-fi author, Eclipse Penumbra, Eclipse Corona

1953 Event - John Foster Dulles appointed as Secretary of State

1952 Birthday - John Lurie, American Actor

1952 Birthday - John Francome, born in Swindon, England, jockey, National Hunt Champion Jockey seven times, apprenticed with Fred Winter, presenter for horseracing broadcasts on Channel 4

1952 Birthday - John Lynch, born in Waltham, Massachusetts, politician, Democrat, 90th Governor of New Hampshire, second most popular Governor in the nation

1952 Birthday - Alec John Such, born in Yonkers, New York, rocker, musician, former bassist for band Bon Jovi, managed local New Jersey bands and Heaven band in Chicago with James Young of Styx

1952 Birthday - John Lone, American Actor

1952 Birthday - John Otway, born in Buckinghamshire, England, unsuccessful singer, built large cult following based on underdog persona

1952 Birthday - John Kinsella, USA, swimmer, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics

1952 Birthday - John Emburey, England cricket off-spinner, 1978-95, captain 1988

1952 Birthday - John Hiatt, U.S. singer and songwriter, Have a Little Faith in Me

1952 Birthday - John Tesh, born in Garden City, New York, New age pianist/TV host, ET

1952 Birthday - John Goodman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Dan Conner-Roseanne, Babe

1952 Death - John Dewey, U.S. philosopher (Common Faith), dies at 92

1952 Death - John Garfield, actor (Juarez, Air Force), dies at 39

1952 Birthday - John Kasich, born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, politician, Republican party, former U.S. Representative from Ohio's 12th district, 'Heartland with John Kasich' host

1952 Event - 1st performance of John Cage's "Water Music"

1952 Birthday - Wayne John Levi, Little Falls, New York, PGA golfer, 1983 Buick Open

1952 Birthday - John Hickenlooper, American Politician

1952 Birthday - John Cornyn, born in Houston, Texas, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Texas, Chairman, National Republican Senatorial Committee for the 111th U.S. Congress

1952 Death - Victor Alexander John Hope, viceroy of India (1936-43), dies at 64

1951 Birthday - Jaco Pastorius, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine

1951 Event - John Van Druten's "I am a Camera," premieres in New York City

1951 Death - John H Van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice, dies at 57

1951 Event - Jet magazine founded by John H. Johnson

1951 Birthday - John Ford Coley, rocker, England Dan and John Ford Coley

1951 Birthday - John Mellencamp, born in Seymour, Indiana, singer, songwriter, sold over 40 million albums worldwide, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, hits include, 'Jack & Diane'

1951 Death - John Douglas Cockcroft, physicist, dies

1951 Birthday - John Tierney, American Politician

1951 Death - John French Sloan, American Artist

1951 Birthday - John Deacon, British pop guitarist, Queen-Somebody to Love

1951 Birthday - John Childs, cricketer, England left-arm spinner, two Tests vs. WI 1988

1951 Death - J of Oudshoorn, John K Feylbrief, writer (Maze of Sentences), dies

1951 Birthday - John Doerr, American Businessman

1951 Birthday - John Salthouse, British actor, American Werewolf in London

1951 Birthday - John Redwood, British Politician

1951 Birthday - Richard Thomas, born in New York City, John Boy-Waltons, Last Summer, Johnny Belinda

1951 Death - John Erskine, U.S. writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71

1951 Birthday - John Conteh, born in Liverpool, England, athlete, former British boxer, world light-heavyweight boxing champion

1951 Birthday - John Battle, born in Bradford, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Leeds West, attended University of Leeds

1951 Death - John Alden Carpenter, U.S. composer (Sea Drift), dies at 75

1951 Birthday - Andrew John Fairclough, trade union educator

1951 Birthday - John Bentley, born in Deptford, South East London, rocker, bass player, played for Squeeze 1980 - 1982, appeared on albums Argybargy and East Side Story

1951 Birthday - John L. Phillips, born in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, PhD/astronaut

1951 Birthday - John Dittrich, born in Union, New Jersey, country singer, Restless Heart-Wheels

1951 Birthday - John Hannah, American Athlete

1951 Birthday - John Abizaid, American Soldier

1951 Birthday - John Gosden, born in Sussex, England, racehorse trainer, trained Nannina, winner, 2005 Filles' Mile and 2006 Coronation Stakes, and 2008 Breeders' Cup Classic

1951 Birthday - John Wetton, rocker, Asia

1951 Death - John Winter Thompson, composer, dies at 83

1951 Birthday - John Parker, cricketer, New Zealand batsman of 70s

1951 Event - "John and Marsha" by Stan Freberg peaks at #21

1951 Birthday - John McTiernan, born in Albany, New York, actor, Predator, Die Hard, Medicine Man

1950 Event - "Let's Make an Opera" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 5 performances

1950 Event - "Let's Make an Opera" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 5 performances

1950 Birthday - John Akii-bua, Uganda, 400m hurdler, gold 1972 Olympics

1950 Death - Ernest John Moeran, British composer, dies at 55

1950 Birthday - John Candy, Ontario Canada, comedian, SCTV, Uncle Buck

1950 Birthday - John Doolittle, born in Glendale, California, Representative-R-California 1991 - 2009

1950 Birthday - John Doolittle, American Politician

1950 Birthday - John Matuszak, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, NFLer, Raiders, actor, Hollywood Beat

1950 Birthday - John Sayles, born in Schenetady, New York, actor, Brother from Another Planet

1950 Death - John C Smuts, co-found British RAF/South African Prime Minister 1919 - 1948, dies at 80

1950 Birthday - John Landis, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, American Werewolf in London

1950 Birthday - Gregory Harrison, Catalina California, actor, Trapper John, Logan's Run

1950 Birthday - Bernie Taupin, lyricist, writes with Elton John

1950 Birthday - John "Jocko" Marcellino, rocker/actor, Tagget, Hot to Trot, Rain Man

1950 Death - John G Fletcher, U.S. poet (Burning Mountain), dies

1950 Event - John F. Dulles becomes advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Acheson

1950 Birthday - John Hartman, born in Falls Church, Virginia, rock drummer, Doobie Brothers

1950 Birthday - John Voldstad, Oslo Norway, actor, Darryl-Newhart

1950 Birthday - John Hughes, director, Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller

1950 Birthday - England Dan, singer, England Dan and John Ford Coley

1950 Birthday - John Hughes, director, Breakfast Club, 16 Candles, Weird Science

1949 Event - Maurice Ravel/John Cranko's ballet "Beauty and the Beast," premieres

1949 Birthday - Christopher John Seward, aid worker

1949 Birthday - Rita Jenrette, born in San Antonio, Texas, wife of Rep John Jenrette, D-SC

1949 Birthday - John Boehner, born in Reading, Ohio, Representative-R-Ohio 1991 -

1949 Birthday - John Curry, England, figure skater 1976 Olympics gold

1949 Birthday - Peter John Wiegold, composer

1949 Birthday - John Baldwin, Detroit, light middleweight boxer 1968 Olympics bronze

1949 Birthday - John Savage, Old Bethpage, New York, actor, Deer Hunter, Maria's Lovers

1949 Birthday - John Bauldie, music journalist/dylanologist

1949 Birthday - John Tarrant, Tasmania, 1st Australian born Zen teacher

1949 Birthday - John Riggins, NFL running back, New York Jets, Washington Redskins

1949 Birthday - John Arthur Casken, composer

1949 Birthday - John Illsley, born in Leicester, England, rock bassist, Dire Straits

1949 Birthday - John Wetton, born in Willington, Derbyshire, musician, keyboardist, singer, bassist, guitarist, principal songwriter for ASIA, a pop rock band

1949 Birthday - John Illsley, rocker, Dire Straits

1949 Birthday - John Miles, vocal/guitar/keyboards, John Miles Band-Rebel, Zaragon

1949 Birthday - John Oates, born in New York City, rock guitarist and vocalist, Hall and Oates-Rich Girl

1949 Birthday - John Shea, born in North Conway, New Hampshire, actor, Honeymoon, New Life, Lois and Clark

1949 Event - Walter and John Huston become 1st father-and-son team to win

1949 Birthday - John Duttine, actor, Day of the Triffids

1949 Birthday - James Sempill, born in Scotland, born James William Stuart Whitemore Sempill, Lord Sempill, 21st Lord Sempill, Peerage of Scotland, created in 1489 for Sir John Sempill

1949 Birthday - John Lever, cricketer, England lefty quick in 21 Tests 1976-81

1949 Birthday - Nigel Olsson, rock guitarist/drummer, Elton John Band

1949 Birthday - John Belushi, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian/actor, SNL, Blues Brothers

1949 Birthday - John Christopher Parry, rocker, Cure

1948 Birthday - John Bolton, American Statesman

1948 Birthday - Andrea Marcovicci, New York City, actress, Gloria-Berrengers, Fran-Trapper John

1948 Birthday - John Peterson, U.S., Middleweight 1976 Olympics gold

1948 Birthday - John Engler, American Politician

1948 Birthday - John M. McHugh, born in Watertown, New York, Representative-R-New York 1993 -

1948 Birthday - John M. McHugh, American Politician

1948 Birthday - John Ritter, born in Burbank, California, actor, Jack-3's Company, Hearts Afire

1948 Birthday - Murray Parker, cricketer, brother of John Three Tests for New Zealand 1976

1948 Death - David John de Lloyd, composer, dies at 65

1948 Birthday - John Scarlett, British Celebrity

1948 Birthday - John B. Larson, American Politician

1948 Birthday - John Larson, American Politician

1948 Death - John J Pershing, Black Jack, U.S. general (Mexico, WW I), dies at 87

1948 Death - John Joseph Pershing, American Soldier

1948 Death - John Blackwood McEwen, composer, dies at 80

1948 Death - Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee, blues player, dies at 34

1948 Birthday - John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham, drummer, Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven

1948 Birthday - John Amiel, director, Queen of Hearts, Tune in Tomorrow

1948 Birthday - John R. McKernan, Jr., born in Bangor, Maine, Representative-R-Maine 1983 - 1987, Governor-Maine 1987 - 1995

1948 Birthday - John Drayton Mahaffey, Kerrville, Texas, PGA golfer, 1978 PGA Champ

1948 Birthday - John Evans, Aka Evan, rock drummer, Jethro Tull

1948 Event - John Cunningham sets world altitude record (54,492' (18,133 m))

1948 Birthday - John de Lancie, actor, Q-Star Trek Next Gen, Days of our Lives

1948 Birthday - John Browne, group chief executive, British Petroleum Company

1948 Event - John Costello follows Eamon Da Valera as premier of Ireland

1948 Birthday - John Carpenter, born in Carthage, New York, director, Halloween, The Thing

1947 Event - 13th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lujack, Notre Dame (quarterback)

1947 Birthday - John Larroquette, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Dan Fielding-Night Court

1947 Event - John Steinbeck's novel "Pearl" published

1947 Birthday - John Wilson, rock drummer, Them

1947 Birthday - John Johnson, NBA, Seattle SuperSonic

1947 Birthday - John Perry Barlow, American Writer

1947 Birthday - John Fiddler, born in England, rock vocalist and guitarist, British Lions

1947 Birthday - John Panozzo, Chicago, rocker, Styx

1947 Event - John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH

1947 Birthday - Ann Beattie, born in Washington, D.C., short story writer, novelist, compared to John Updike, J.D Salinger, professor at Harvard, University of Virginia, Rea Award for the Short Story recipient

1947 Birthday - John Kline, American Politician

1947 Birthday - John Morrison, cricketer, "Mystery" New Zealand batsman 1973-82

1947 Birthday - John Howard, U.S., speed record, 152.284 mph at Bonneville Flats, UT

1947 Birthday - John Trevor Key, photographer

1947 Birthday - John Dykstra, American Scientist

1947 Birthday - John Bonham, Redditch England, drummer, Led Zeppelin-Stairway

1947 Birthday - John Bruton, Prime Minister, Republic of Ireland

1947 Birthday - John Traicos, cricketer, in Egypt South Africa 1970, Zimbabwe 1992-93

1947 Death - John Ray Sinnock, U.S. chief engraver (1925-47), dies at 59

1947 Birthday - John Reid, born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, politician, Member of Parliament for Airdrie and Shotts, public service includes Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

1947 Birthday - John Laurence Miller, born in San Francisco, California, golfer, U.S. Open 1973, British Open 1976

1947 Birthday - John Weider, bassist, Family-Family Entertainment

1947 Birthday - John Thorn, American Historian

1947 Birthday - John Ratzenberger, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor, Cliff Clavin-Cheers

1947 Birthday - Elton John, born in Pinner, England, also known as Reginald Kenneth Dwight, singer 'Rocketman' and 'Candle in the Wind'

1947 Event - John D Rockefeller, Jr. donates New York City East River site to the U.N.

1947 Birthday - John Eastburn Boswell, medievalist

1947 Birthday - John Beckwith, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire

1947 Event - John Lee appointed 1st black commissioned officer in U.S. Navy

1947 Birthday - John Stossel, American Journalist

1947 Birthday - John Dawkins, Australian Politician

1947 Birthday - John Wiley Bryant, born in Lake Jackson, Texas, Representative-D-Texas 1983 - 1997

1947 Birthday - John C. Maxwell, born in Garden City, Michigan, evangelical Christian, author, pastor, speaker, leadership expert, wrote over 50 books on leadership, sold over 13 million copies including 'Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow'

1947 Birthday - John Lees, England, rock guitarist and vocalist, Medicine Man

1946 Birthday - John Akkerman, Dutch guitarist/composer, Focus-Can't Stand Noise

1946 Birthday - John Spencer, actor, Tommy Mullanney-LA Law

1946 Event - U.N. accepts 6 Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D Rockefeller Jr

1946 Birthday - John Rubinstein, born in Los Angeles, California, actor/composer, Family, Boys from Brazil

1946 Birthday - John "Blackfoot" Colbert, U.S. singer, Soul Children, Taxi

1946 Event - John F. Kennedy elected to House of Representatives

1946 Death - John S Curry, U.S. painter (Baptism in Kansas), dies

1946 Birthday - John Prine, Maywood, Illinois, country singer, Hello in There

1946 Birthday - John T. Walton, American Businessman

1946 Birthday - John Coghlan, London, rock drummer, Status Quo

1946 Birthday - John Conlee, Versailles, Kentucky, country singer, Common Man

1946 Event - Dreyfuss family, owners of Pittsburgh Pirates since 1900, sells club to Frank McKinney and John Galbreath for $25 million

1946 Birthday - John Klemmer, born in Chicago, Illinois, musician, songwriter, arranger, saxophonist, plays jazz, pop, cross over jazz, co-written music with David Batteau

1946 Birthday - John "Mike" Lounge, born in Denver, Colorado, astr, STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-35

1946 Birthday - John Astor, born in Britain, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, businessman, Conservative Party, House of Lords, Shadow Minister of Defense

1946 Birthday - John Lawton, British rock singer, Uriah Heep

1946 Birthday - John Paul Jones, rock bassist, Led Zeppelin

1946 Birthday - John Woo, Chinese Director

1946 Birthday - John Maclean, cricketer, Australian wicket-keeper 1978-79

1946 Birthday - John Waters, director, Hairspray

1946 Death - John M. Keynes, English economist (How to pay for the war?), dies at 62

1946 Death - John Maynard Keynes, English Economist

1946 Birthday - Dee Murray, rocker, Elton John Band

1946 Birthday - John Virgo, British snooker player

1946 Birthday - John Barbata, drummer, Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor

1946 Death - John S S P V Gort, viscount of Limerick/Hamsterley, dies at 59

1946 Death - John Clapham, English Economist

1946 Birthday - John Greenway, British MP

1946 Birthday - John Harrison, South Africa correspondent, BBC

1946 Birthday - John Paul Jones, rocker, Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven

1945 Birthday - John Kevin Moorhouse, test pilot

1945 Birthday - John Walsh, activist/TV host, America's Most Wanted

1945 Birthday - John McEuen, rocker, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

1945 Death - John Amery, British Politician

1945 Event - John J "Cardinal" O'Connor, ordained as a priest

1945 Birthday - John Densmore, Louisiana, drummer, Doors-C'mon Light My Fire

1945 Birthday - John McVie, British rock bassist, Fleetwood Mac-Rumours, Tusk

1945 Event - 1st issue of Ebony magazine published by John H. Johnson

1945 Birthday - John Lithgow, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Harry and Hendersons, Pelican Brief

1945 Death - John "Pa" van de Steur, philanthropist (Java), dies at 80

1945 Death - John McCormack, Irish singer (Irish national anthem/folk songs), dies

1945 Birthday - John Mauceri, born in New York City, conductor, Washington D.C. Opera

1945 Death - John S Mccain, U.S. admiral, (WW II-Pacific Ocean), dies

1945 Birthday - John Qace Hardbattle, political activist

1945 Birthday - John Bowis, born in Brighton, England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Battersea, member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

1945 Birthday - John Lodge, born in Birmingham, England, musician, singer, songwriter, bass guitar player, member of The Moody Blues rock band, created songs 'Candle of Life', 'Eyes of a Child', 'Send Me No Wine'

1945 Birthday - John Motson, British Celebrity

1945 Birthday - John McCook, born in Ventura, California, actor, Codename: Firefox, Bold and Beautiful

1945 Birthday - John Carlos, track star, Olympic bronze 1968, ; gave black power salute

1945 Birthday - John Fogerty, Berkeley Cal, rock vocals, Creedence Clearwater Revival

1945 Birthday - John Richard Patterson, businessman

1945 Event - Pulitzer prize awarded to John Hersey (Bell for Adano)

1945 Death - John Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25

1945 Event - 49th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:30:40.2

1945 Death - John Ambrose Fleming, electrical engineer, dies

1945 Birthday - John Heard, actor, Cat People, Cutter's Way, CHUD

1945 Birthday - John Hayes, Secretary-General, British Law Society

1945 Birthday - John Peters, rock drummer, Harpers Bizarre

1945 Birthday - Barry John, Welsh international rugby player

1945 Event - John Patrick's "Hasty Heart," premieres in New York City

1944 Birthday - John Abercrombie, born in Port Chester, New York, jazz guitarist, know for songs with jazz-rock band, Dreams

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

1944 Event - John Van Druten's "I Remember Mama," premieres in New York City

1944 Death - John Eigenhuis, writer (The Dike), dies at 78

1944 Birthday - John Entwistle, London, rock guitarist and vocalist, Who-Baba O'Riley

1944 Birthday - John S. Tanner, born in Halls, Tennessee, Representative-D-Tennessee 1989 -

1944 Birthday - John S. Tanner, American Politician

1944 Death - John Grayburn, English (Victoria Cross), dies in battle in Arnhem

1944 Death - John AC Fitch, British Lt-colonel, dies in battle in Arnhem

1944 Birthday - John Surman, jazz musician

1944 Birthday - John Glover, born in Kingston, New York, actor, 52 Pick-Up, Something Special

1944 Death - John Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed

1944 Event - Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested

1944 Death - Gerrit John van de Peat, artist/resistance fighter, executed at 41

1944 Birthday - John Benaud, cricketer, brother of Richie, Australian bat 1972-73

1944 Birthday - John Heard, actor, Pelican Brief, CHUD, Radio Flyer, Big

1944 Birthday - John Rhys-Davies, Salisbury England, actor, Sir Edward-Quest, Sliders

1944 Birthday - John Verity, rocker, Argent

1944 Birthday - John Bryant, editor, Europeans

1944 Event - Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter John Postma sentence to death

1944 Birthday - John Lill, professor/pianist

1944 Birthday - John Kay, Joachim F Krauledat, Germany, rock vocalist, Steppenwolf

1944 Birthday - John Milius, writer, Red Dawn, 1941, Big Wednesday

1944 Birthday - John Stax, rocker, Pretty Things-Don't Bring Me Down

1944 Death - John Peale Bishop, U.S. poet (Undertaker's Garland), dies at 51

1944 Birthday - John Suchet, British TV journalist, Independent TV News

1944 Birthday - Joseph Celli, born in America, composer, musician, experimental, contemporary music genres, worked with John Cage, the Kronos Quartet

1944 Birthday - John Sebastian, born in New York City, singer, Loving Spoonful, Welcome Back Kotter

1944 Birthday - John Breaux, born in Crowley, Louisiana, Representative-D-Louisiana 1972 - 1988

1944 Birthday - John Napier, London, set designer for the Royal Shakesphere Company

1944 Birthday - Johnny Winter, John Dawson, Leland Mississippi, guitarist, Silver Train

1944 Birthday - John Inverarity, cricketer, Australian batsman 1968-72

1944 Birthday - John Thornton, English chocolate factory/multi-millionaire

1944 Birthday - John Edmonds, British trade unionist

1944 Birthday - John Tavener, composer, The Whale

1944 Birthday - John Kenneth Tavener, composer

1943 Birthday - John Denver, New Mexico, singer, 'Rocky Mountain High', 'Thank God He's a Country Boy'

1943 Birthday - John F. Kerry, American Politician

1943 Event - John Van Druten's "Voice of the Turtle," premieres in New York City

1943 Death - John Bouber, Blom, actor/author (Bluejackets), dies at 22

1943 Birthday - John Mackin, born in Bellshill, Scotland, soccer player, footballer, manager, Corby Town

1943 Birthday - John Paul Hammond, New York City, blues singer, So Many Roads

1943 Birthday - John Maus, New York City, rock vocalist, Walker Brothers

1943 Birthday - John Shepherd, cricketer, WI all-rounder 1969-71, later in South Africa

1943 Birthday - Marlene Jobert, novelist, Adventures of John Difool

1943 Death - John Charles Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed at 23

1943 Birthday - John Locke, rock keyboardist, Spirit-I Got A Line on You

1943 Birthday - John Cipollina, San Francisco Cal, rock guitarist, Quicksilver Messenger Service

1943 Event - Lt. John F. Kennedy's PT-boat 109 sinks at Solomon islands

1943 Birthday - John Lodge, Birmingham, bassist, Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin

1943 Birthday - John H Casper, Greenville, South Carolina, USAF/astronaut, STS-36, 54, 62, 77

1943 Birthday - John Allen Strang, composer

1943 Birthday - John Lilipaly, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, PvdA

1943 Birthday - John "Poli" Palmer, rocker, Family K

1943 Birthday - John Newcombe, Australia, tennis pro, Wimbledon 1967, 70, 71

1943 Birthday - Tommy John, pitcher, Yankee/Dodger

1943 Birthday - John Oliver Creighton, born in Orange, Texas, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-51G, 36, 48

1943 Birthday - John Montagu, born in England, 11th Earl of Sandwich, elected as a hereditary peer in the House of Lords, related to 4th Earl who popularized the sandwich

1943 Birthday - John Major, British Prime Minister, C, 1990-97

1943 Birthday - John Leeson, British Actor

1943 Birthday - John Beck, Chic, actor, Mark-Dallas, Flamingo Road, Santa Barbara

1943 Birthday - John Mica, American Politician

1943 Death - John Burns, English minister of Local Government (1905-14), dies

1942 Birthday - John Crowley, U.S., sci-fi author, Deep, Beasts, Novelty

1942 Birthday - John Du Preez, cricketer, South Africa leg-spin all-rounder vs. Australia 1966-67

1942 Birthday - John M. Spratt, Jr., born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Representative-D-South Carolina 1983 -

1942 Birthday - John Spratt, American Politician

1942 Birthday - John P "Jannie" Roux, South African sect to President, Botha/De Klerk

1942 Birthday - Robin John Maconie, composer

1942 Event - Fight at Matanikau, Guadalcanal (John Hersey-Into the Valley)

1942 Birthday - John Taylor, jazz pianist

1942 Birthday - John Linder, born in Deer, River, Minnesota, Representative-R-Georgia 1993 -

1942 Birthday - John E Blaha, San Antonio, USAF/astronaut, STS-29, 33, 43, 58, 79/81

1942 Birthday - John Meulendijks, Dutch cryptogram maker, People's Daily

1942 Birthday - John F. Lehman, Jr., American Businessman

1942 Birthday - John Pleshette, New York City, actor, Richard-Knots Landing, 7th Avenue

1942 Birthday - John de Hont, Dutch guitarist, ZZ and Masks

1942 Birthday - John Howard McGuire, composer

1942 Death - John Kubris, Czechoslovakian resistance fighter, killed Heydrich, dies at 28

1942 Birthday - John Rostill, born in Kings Norton, England, composer, bass guitarist, member, The Shadows, The Internst, rock and roll, pop genres

1942 Birthday - John Daniel, British Vice-Chancellor, Open U

1942 Death - John Barrymore, U.S. actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60

1942 Birthday - John Ashcroft, American Public Servant

1942 Birthday - John Martin Dalby, composer

1942 Birthday - John Kyl, American Politician

1942 Birthday - John Wayne Gacy, born in Chicago, Illinois, serial killer, 32 boys

1942 Birthday - John Whittaker, English real estate developer, Peel Holdings

1942 Birthday - John Cale, born in Wales, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Velvet Underground

1942 Birthday - John Irving, born in New Hampshire, short-story writer, wrote World According to Garp

1942 Birthday - John Lewis, Head Master, Eton College

1942 Birthday - John London, bassist, Michael Nesmith band

1942 Birthday - John McLaughlin, rock guitarist, Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy

1941 Birthday - John Davidson, Pitts, TV host, Hollywood Squares, That's Incredible

1941 Birthday - John Nelson, San Jose Costa Rica, conductor, Les Troyens of Berlioz

1941 Birthday - John de Andrea, U.S. sculptor

1941 Death - John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies

1941 Birthday - John Snow, cricketer, fiery England quickie Unpopular with Aussies

1941 Birthday - John Mackey, NFL tight end, Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers

1941 Birthday - John A Wismont, Jr., California, watercolor painter, over 50,000

1941 Birthday - John McNally, Liverpool, rock guitarist and vocalist, Searchers

1941 Birthday - John Gould, British composer/musical comic

1941 Birthday - John Jameson, cricketer, England batsman, 465 p/ship with Kanhai

1941 Birthday - John Edgar Widerman, U.S. writer

1941 Death - Pieter J Kromsigt, theologist/publicist (John Knox), dies at 74

1941 Birthday - John Fred, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, born John Fred Gourrier, musician, co-wrote chart-topping parody of The Beatles song 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'

1941 Death - John R Locksmith de Brown, vicar/CHU-politician, dies at 71

1941 Birthday - John Williams, born in Melbourne, Australia, guitarist, Academy Award

1941 Death - John Murray, Canada oceanographer (Challenger), dies at 73

1941 Death - John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum, sculptor (Mount Rushmore), dies at 73

1941 Birthday - John Aprea, born in Englewood, New Jersey, actor, Lucas-Another World, Godfather 2

1941 Birthday - John Hancock, born in Hazen, Arkansas, actor, Black Marble, Traxx, Houston Knights

1941 Birthday - John Butterfill, born in Kingston upon Thames, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament Bournemouth West

1941 Birthday - John Hampshire, cricketer, of Yorkshire Century on debut for England 1969

1941 Birthday - John Steel, rock drummer, Animals-House of the Rising Sun

1941 Death - John Oxenham, British Journalist

1941 Birthday - Long John Baldry, England, blues vocalist, Don't try to Lay No Boogie

1941 Birthday - John E. Walker, English Scientist

1941 Birthday - John Bennett Perry, born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, singer and actor, Falcon Crest

1940 Event - John Van Druten's "Old Acquaintance," premieres in New York City

1940 Birthday - John Alderton, Gainsborough England, actor, Zardoz

1940 Birthday - Dr. John, Rebennack, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, vocalist, I Was in Right Place

1940 Birthday - John Gotti, American Criminal

1940 Birthday - Chris Farlowe, born in North London, England, John Henry Deighton, rocker, singer, soul, rhythm and blues, jazz rock, signed with Columbia and Immediate, once used pseudonym 'Little Joe Cook'

1940 Birthday - John Lennon, English Musician

1940 Birthday - John Warnock, American Scientist

1940 Birthday - John Dawes, born in Chapel of Ease, Wales, rugby union player, rugby coach, captain for The Barbarians, British and Irish Lions, Wales

1940 Birthday - Jack Thompson, John Pain, Sydney Australia, actor, Breaker Morant

1940 Birthday - John Banham, director-general, CBI

1940 Birthday - Jill St. John, Oppenheim, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Diamonds are Forever

1940 Event - St. Louis Brown John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innings

1940 Birthday - John W. Carlin, born in Salina, Kansas, politician, 40th Governor of Kansas 1979 - 1987, Archivist of the United States 1995 - 2005

1940 Event - John Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hours 46 minutes in the Mississippi River

1940 Birthday - John Pennel, pole vaulter, James E Sullivan Award-1963

1940 Birthday - John Salvito, rocker, Duprees

1940 Birthday - John Mahoney, born in Manchester, England, actor, Fraiser, Frantic, 8 Men Out

1940 Birthday - Dary John Mizelle, born in Stillwater, Oklahoma, composer, co-founder SOURCE magazine, works include, SPANDA Symphonies of Sound, 2006

1940 Birthday - John William Stevens, jazz drummer

1940 Birthday - John Irvin, actor, Moment in Time

1940 Event - Pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath)

1940 Birthday - Jan Cremer, Dutch writer/sculptor, I, John Cremer

1940 Birthday - John Havlicek, born in Martin's Ferry, Ohio, NBA hall-of-famer for the Boston Celtics

1940 Death - John Gilmour, Scottish Politician

1940 Birthday - John Lewis, born in Troy, Alabama, Representative-D-Georgia 1987 -

1940 Death - John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada (1935-40), dies

1940 Birthday - John Hurt, England, actor, Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express

1939 Birthday - John Amos, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Good Times, Coming to America

1939 Birthday - Martin Feldstein, economist, 1977 John Bates Clark Medal

1939 Birthday - Rick Lenz, born in Springfield, Illinois, actor, Hec Ramsey, Scandalous John

1939 Birthday - John Cheek, Falkland Islands advocate

1939 Birthday - John Cleese, born in Weston-super-Mare, England, comedian, Monty Python

1939 Birthday - Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin, John F. Kennedy

1939 Birthday - John Pilger, Australian Journalist

1939 Birthday - John J. LaFalce, born in Buffalo, New York, Representative-D- New York 1975 - 2003

1939 Birthday - John Stewart, born in San Diego, California, rocker, Kingston Trio-Fire in the Wind

1939 Birthday - John Peel, British Entertainer

1939 Birthday - John Badham, Luton England, director, Dracula, Short Circuit

1939 Event - John Cobb (Britain) drives 365.85 MPH (593.48 KPH) at Bonneville Flats

1939 Birthday - John W. Snow, American Economist

1939 Birthday - John R West, rock guitarist, Gary Lewis and Playboys-This Diamond Ring

1939 Birthday - John Howard, Australian Statesman

1939 Birthday - John Negroponte, American Diplomat

1939 Birthday - Marco St. John, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Rayford-Ball Four

1939 Death - John Foulds, composer, dies at 58

1939 Birthday - John Chilcot, civil servant

1939 Birthday - John McCabe, born in Huyton, England, composer, pianist, wrote thirteen symphonies by age 11, composed Notturni ed Alba in 1970, ballets, string quartets, piano music, known for his concerti

1939 Birthday - John DeLaFose, zydeco Musician

1939 Event - John Steinbeck novel "The Grapes of Wrath" published

1939 Birthday - Mike Lowry, born in St. John, Washington, Representative-D-Washington 1979 - 1989, Governor of Washington 1993 - 1997

1939 Birthday - John Fahey, singer, Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death

1939 Birthday - John D Hancock, actor and director, Black Marble, Traxx, Houston Knights

1939 Birthday - John Schuck, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, McMillan and Wife, Holmes and Yoyo

1939 Birthday - John M Fabian, Goosecreek, Texas, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-7, STS-51G

1939 Event - Joe Louis KOs John Henry Lewis in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

1938 Birthday - Larry Bryggman, Concord California, actor, Dr. John Dixon-As the World Turns

1938 Birthday - John Harris Harbison, Orange, New Jersey, composer

1938 Birthday - John Agyekum Kufuor, Ghanaian Statesman

1938 Birthday - John J Cale, Oklahoma City, rock guitarist, After Midnight

1938 Birthday - John "Jack" Baines, mountaineering publisher

1938 Birthday - John Reilly, Chicago, actor, Sean-General Hospital, Dallas, Hamptons

1938 Birthday - John Asprey, British jeweler/multi-millionaire

1938 Birthday - John Heinz III, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Senator-R-Pennsylvania 1977 - 1991

1938 Birthday - John Dean III, former White House counsel, Watergate figure

1938 Event - John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 350.2 MPH (lasts 1 day)

1938 Birthday - Ronny Cox, actor/singer, Robocop, Dr. John Gideon-St. Elsewhere

1938 Birthday - John Sparling, New Zealand cricket all-rounder, 11 Tests 1958-64

1938 Birthday - John Sheil, Northern Irish High Court judge

1938 Birthday - Ian St. John, Scottish Athlete

1938 Birthday - John Prescott, British MP

1938 Birthday - John R. Miller, Representative-R-Washington 1985 - 1993

1938 Birthday - John Walters, British Musician

1938 Birthday - Madge Sinclair, Kingston Jamaica, actress, Bell-Roots, Trapper John

1938 Birthday - Leonard Ernest John Chant, social worker

1938 Death - Henry John Newbolt, poet/author (Studies Green and Gray), dies at 75

1938 Birthday - John Weston, born in England, diplomat, UK Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council, 1992 - 1995, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations 1995 - 1998

1938 Death - John Bates Clark, American Economist

1938 Birthday - Charles Siebert, born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, actor, One Day at A Time, Trapper John

1938 Birthday - John Corigliano, born in New York City, composer, Fern Hill, Ghosts of Versailles

1938 Birthday - John Guare, U.S. writer, 6 degrees of Separation, Atlantic City, Taking Off

1938 Birthday - John Bellairs, U.S., sci-fi author, Chessmen of Doom

1938 Birthday - John Considine, actor, Reginald Love-Another World

1937 Birthday - John Hartford, born in New York City, country singer, Gentle on My Mind

1937 Birthday - John [Thomas] Sladek, U.S., sci-fi author, Tik-Tok, Bugs

1937 Event - John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," premieres in New York City

1937 Birthday - William E "Little Willie" John, Woods, U.S. R&B singer, Fever

1937 Birthday - John Patrick Williams, born in Helena, Montana, Representative-D-Montana 1979 - 1997

1937 Birthday - John Phillip Law, Hollywood, actor, Barbarella, Love Machine

1937 Birthday - John Bernard, Dutch TV weatherman

1937 Birthday - John Price, England cricket fast-medium bowler, 1964-72

1937 Birthday - John Edrich, cricketer, England left-handed batsman, 310* vs. New Zealand 1965

1937 Death - John Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla

1937 Death - John D. Rockefeller, American Businessman

1937 Event - John Murray/Allen Boretz' "Room Service," premieres in New York City

1937 Birthday - John Cope, MP/Paymaster General

1937 Death - John Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Bird in Hand), dies at 54

1937 Birthday - John Ward, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper, 8 Tests 1964 - 1968

1937 Birthday - John MacGregor, British MP

1937 Birthday - John Devitt, Australia, 100m freestyle swimmer 1960 Olympics gold

1937 Birthday - John Ogdon, Manchester England, pianist/composer

1937 Birthday - John Hume, Irish Politician

1937 Death - John Felix August Korling, composer, dies at 72

1937 Death - John Gresham Machen, Presbyterian theologian, professor, New Testament, Princeton Seminary, formed Orthodox Presbyterian Church, dies of pneumonia at age 55

1936 Event - John Monks/Fred Finklehoff's "Brother Rat," premieres in New York City

1936 Birthday - John Menzies, Scottish publisher/banker/multi-millionaire

1936 Birthday - John Danforth, born in Missouri, Senator-R-Missouri 1977 - 1995

1936 Birthday - John Olver, born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1991

1936 Birthday - John McCain, born in Panama, Representative-R-Arizona 1983 - 1986, Senator-R-Arizona 1987 -

1936 Birthday - Lex Humphries, born in New York City, New York, drummer, music style mixed world music with jazz, worked with John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef

1936 Birthday - John Poindexter, U.S. Chief of Staff

1936 Birthday - D V Day, Principal, St. John's College, Durham U

1936 Birthday - John Dancy, born in Jackson, Texas, newscaster, Prime Time Sunday

1936 Birthday - John Burton-Hall, Dorset England, captain, QE2

1936 Event - Phillies John Moore hits 3 consecutive home runs

1936 Birthday - John Shalikashvili, Polish/US general, NATO

1936 Birthday - Douglas John Gorman, businessman

1936 Birthday - John Martin Tchicai, composer

1936 Birthday - John D'Arcy, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman on 1958 England tour

1936 Birthday - John Madden, NFL coach for the Oakland Raiders/sports commentator, CBS, FOX

1936 Birthday - John Albert, professor, Master of University College Oxford

1936 Birthday - John White, born in Berlin, Germany, composer, musician, tuba player, invented Systems music, a British form of minimalism, influences include Howard Skempton, Cornelius Cardew

1936 Death - John Larkin IV, actor and writer (Charlie Chan in Panama), dies at 63

1936 Birthday - Roy Beggs, born in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland, John Robert Beggs, Ulster Unionist Party, Member of Parliament for East Antrim 1983 - 2005, known for his Euroscepticism, strong support of Northern Ireland's grammar schools

1936 Death - John Hope, president of Atlanta University, dies at 67

1936 Birthday - John Harris, British cricket player

1936 Birthday - John Paul Cain, Sweetwater, Texas, PGA golfer, 1989 Greater Grand Rapids

1936 Death - John Gilbert, actor (Love, Downstairs), dies at 40

1935 Birthday - John L Finley, USAF/astronaut

1935 Death - John H Aberson, 1st rector of Landbouw high school, dies at 78

1935 Birthday - Peter John Welding, record producer

1935 Birthday - Jerry Douglas, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, actor, John Abbott-Young and Restless

1935 Birthday - John Nicholas Maw, composer

1935 Death - Mina Dilis-Beersmans, Flemish actress/wife of John Dilis, dies at 71

1935 Birthday - John B Coleman, Boston, hotel magnate, Ritz Carlton

1935 Birthday - John Palmer, Kingsport Tennessee, news anchor, NBC Weekend News

1935 Birthday - John Phillips, singer/guitarist, Mama and Papas-California Dreaming

1935 Birthday - Michael Holroyd, born in London, England, author, biographer, wrote biographies of George Bernard Shaw, Augustus John

1935 Birthday - John McCartan, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, ice hockey player, Gold Medal 1960 Olympics

1935 Birthday - John Saxon, born in Brooklyn, actor, Bees, Nightmare on Elm St, Electric Horseman

1935 Birthday - John MacIvor Perkins, composer

1935 Birthday - John David Crow, football player, Heisman Trophy 1957

1935 Birthday - John Swan, raised in Deepdale, Bermuda, politician, United Bermuda Party, Premier of Bermuda 1982 - 1985

1935 Birthday - Jim Dine, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, pop artist, St. John the Divine

1935 Birthday - John Porter, born in Evanston, Illinois, Representative-R-Illinois 1980 - 2001

1935 Event - 39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:32:07.4

1935 Birthday - John Pepper Clark, born in Nigeria, writer, Horn, Song of a Goat

1935 Birthday - Easton Dudley Ashton St. John McMorris, cricketer, WI batsman of 60's

1935 Birthday - John Murray, cricketer, England 1961 - 1967, 1st wk called Murray to play Tests

1935 Birthday - John Charles Eaton, composer

1935 Death - John J R Macleod, Scot/Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923), dies at 58

1935 Birthday - Judd Hirsch, born in Bronx, actor, Alex-Taxi, Dear John, Ordinary People

1935 Birthday - John Gross, author, Age of Kipling, Dickens and 20th Century

1935 Birthday - John R Block, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1981 - 1986

1935 Birthday - John J "Jannie" Geldenhuys, supreme commander South Africa army 1980-

1935 Birthday - John George Hughes, bishop of Kensington

1935 Birthday - David John Lodge, English writer, Soul and Bodies

1934 Birthday - John Akers, business executive

1934 Birthday - John Ashley, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Clipper-Straightaway

1934 Event - John Van Druten's "Distaff Side," premieres in New York City

1934 Birthday - John S Bull, Memphis Tennessee, astronaut

1934 Birthday - John Brunner, Kilian Houston, UK, sci-fi author, 100th Millennium

1934 Birthday - John Guy, cricketer, solid left-handed batsman for New Zealand in late 1950's

1934 Birthday - John Stears, Middlesex England, special effects expert, Dr. No

1934 Birthday - John M Chowning, composer

1934 Birthday - John Standing, born in London, England, actor, Edward-Lime Street

1934 Death - John Kane, Scotish/US miner/painter, dies at 73

1934 Birthday - John Storey Bonington, UK, mountain climber, Annapurna I in 1970

1934 Birthday - J E F "John" Beck, cricketer, lefty bat in 8 Tests for New Zealand 1953-56

1934 Birthday - John Pardoe, CEO, Sight and Sound Education, Liberal MP

1934 Death - John Dillinger, shot dead at Biograph Theater in Chicago, at 33

1934 Birthday - Donald Sutherland, St. John NB, actor, M*A*S*H, Body Snatchers

1934 Birthday - John V. Tunney, born in New York City, New York, heavyweight boxing champion, Representative-D-California 1965-1971 and Senator-D-California 1971 - 1977

1934 Event - Yank pitcher John Broaca ties record by striking out 5 times

1934 Birthday - Michael Mates, born in England, born Michael John Mates, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for East Hampshire

1934 Birthday - John Robertson, deputy chairman, Barclays de Zoete Wedd

1934 Birthday - John J. Sweeney, American Businessman

1934 Birthday - John Barbour, born in Toronto, TV host, Real People

1934 Birthday - John K. Barlow, English rubberplanter/financier/multi-millionaire

1934 Birthday - Lindsay Oliver John Boynton, furniture historian

1934 Birthday - John Roch, high court judge

1934 Death - John Collier, British Artist

1934 Birthday - John Lelliott, English contractor and multi-millionaire

1934 Birthday - John D. Loudermilk, rock drummer/vocalist, Language of Love, Norman

1934 Birthday - John Noakes, British TV presenter

1934 Birthday - John Duffey, bluegrass musician

1934 Event - John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol

1934 Death - John McGraw, manager (New York Giants), dies at 60

1934 Birthday - John Surtees, British race car driver

1934 Birthday - John A. Ziegler, Jr., Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 4th NHL President, 1977-92

1934 Death - Patrick O'Malley, U.S. policeman, killed by John Dillinger

1933 Death - John Joly, Irish Scientist

1933 Birthday - John Mayall, MacClesfield England, pop musician, Don't Washed Me Time

1933 Event - John Dillinger escapes from Allen County, OH, jail

1933 Birthday - John Gale, theatrical producer

1933 Birthday - John Aniston, Crete, actor, Search for Tomorrow, Day of our Lives

1933 Birthday - John C Gardner, scholar/writer, Grendel, Sunlight Dialogues

1933 Death - John M Acket, literary (New Friends), dies at 70

1933 Birthday - John Bradshaw, born in Houston, Texas, educator, speaker, author, popularized dysfunctional family, wrote 'Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child'

1933 Birthday - John Sparrow, CEO, British Horseracing Betting Levy Board

1933 Birthday - John Karlen, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Harvey Lacey-Cagney and Lacey

1933 Event - Loch Ness Monster is 1st reportedly sighted by John Mackay

1933 Birthday - John Browning, Denver Colorado, pianist, Leventritt Award-1956

1933 Death - John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at 69

1933 Birthday - John Mortimore, cricketer, England off-spinner 1959-64

1933 Birthday - John Denison-Pender, born in England, John Willoughby Denison-Pender, Lord Pender, 3rd Baron Pender of Porthcurnow in the County of Cornwall

1933 Birthday - John A. Llewellyn, born in Cardiff, Wales, astronaut

1933 Birthday - Tim Rathbone, born in England, born John Rankin Rathbone, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Lewes from 1974 to 1997

1933 Birthday - John Hall, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire

1933 Death - John Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel 1932), dies at 65

1933 Birthday - John Boorman, producer/dir, Exorcist II, Deliverance, Zardoz

1933 Birthday - Leonard John Coldwell, cricketer

1932 Event - John P O'Brien sworn-in as mayor of New York City

1932 Birthday - John Hillerman, Denison, Texas, actor, Magnum PI, Blazing Saddles

1932 Birthday - Peter John Swales, football club chairman

1932 Birthday - John Hillerman, actor, Magnum PI

1932 Birthday - John Gary, Watertown, New York, singer

1932 Birthday - John Barnes Chance, composer

1932 Death - John Sharp Williams, American Politician

1932 Birthday - John James Fenwick, English warehouse owner/multi-millionaire

1932 Event - Dodger John Quinn, 49, is oldest pitcher to win a major league game

1932 Birthday - John Searle, American Philosopher

1932 Birthday - John Chilton, jazz trumpeter

1932 Event - John McGraw retires from baseball

1932 Birthday - John P. Murtha, born in New Martinsville, West Virginia, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1974 -

1932 Event - Pitcher John Quinn, 47, is oldest player to have an extra-base hit (a double) and bat in a run, as the Dodgers beat the Cubs 9-2

1932 Birthday - John Barrymore, Jr., born in Beverly Hills, California, actor, Pantomine Quiz

1932 Event - John McGraw, who came to New York in 1902, resigns as manager of Giants

1932 Birthday - John Grogery Dunne, U.S. writer, Up Close and Personal, True Confessions

1932 Birthday - John Lyons, Cambridge England, Master, Trinity Hall

1932 Birthday - John Armitage, principal, College of St. Hilda and St. Bede Durham

1932 Birthday - John Clement, chairman, Unigate Group

1932 Birthday - John Glen, Thames England, actor, Spy Who Loves Me, Backfire

1932 Birthday - John Bond, cricket umpire

1932 Birthday - John Gavin, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Felony, Jennifer, House of Shadows

1932 Birthday - John Jakes, born in Chicago, writer, Sir Scoundrel, Great Women Reporters

1932 Birthday - Wes Santee, born in Ashland, Kansas, runner, athlete, competed in 1,500-meter events, competed against Roger Bannister, John Landy

1932 Birthday - John Updike, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, writer, novelist, art critic, literary critic, Pulitzer Prize winner

1932 Death - John Philip Sousa, U.S. composer (Stars and Stripes Forever), dies at 77

1932 Birthday - John Vernon, Canada, actor, Animal House, Chained Heat, Dirty Harry

1932 Event - John Van Druten's "There's Always Juliet," premieres in New York City

1932 Birthday - John Towner Williams, Flushing, New York, composer and conductor, Boston Pops

1932 Birthday - John Hart, born in Denver, Colorado, newsman, CBS News Retrospective, NBC News

1932 Birthday - John Nott, born in Bideford, Devon, Sir John William Frederic Nott, Conservative Party, served as Secretary of State for Defense 1981 - 1983, was Member of Parliament for St. Ives in Cornwall 1966 - 1983

1931 Birthday - John de Mol, Dutch vocalist/composer/producer

1931 Death - John T "Legs" Diamond, U.S. gangster, murdered at 35

1931 Death - John Hyatt Brewer, composer, dies at 75

1931 Death - John P Lotsy, botanist/geneticist (Resumptio Genetics), dies at 64

1931 Birthday - John Kerr, New York City, actor, South Pacific, Peyton Place, Pit and Pendulum

1931 Birthday - John A Manke, U.S. test pilot, HL-10

1931 Birthday - John Macchia, California, actor, Beach Blanket Bingo, Beach Party

1931 Birthday - John LeCarre, Cornwell, England, spy novelist, Little Drummer Girl

1931 Birthday - John Le Carre, English Author

1931 Death - John Monash, Australian Soldier

1931 Birthday - John E. Gilmore, tenor Saxophonist

1931 Birthday - Matthew John Rinaldo, born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Representative-R-New Jersey 1973 - 1993

1931 Birthday - John Leonard Swigert, Jr., Denver Colorado, astronaut, Apollo 13

1931 Birthday - John Perkins, rocker, Crew Cuts

1931 Birthday - John Shirley-Quirk, Liverpool England, baritone, Death in Venice

1931 Birthday - John Shelby Spong, American Clergyman

1931 Birthday - John Dellow, commisioner, London Metropolitan Police

1931 Birthday - John Schrieffer, U.S. physicist, Nobel 1972

1931 Birthday - John S. Horn, born in San Juan Bautista, California, Representative-R-California 1993 - 2003

1931 Birthday - John Chapple, British chief of General Staff

1931 Birthday - John Gabriel, Niagara Falls, New York, actor, Cat Gang, Fantasies

1931 Birthday - John Bartlett, tennis player, Davis Cup captain-Britain

1931 Birthday - John Chalstrey, alderman/Lord Mayor, London

1931 Birthday - Ruth Etchells, principal, St. John's College-Durham

1931 Event - John McGraw says night baseball will not catch on

1931 Birthday - John Rae, British educator, Conscience and Politics

1931 Death - John Atkinson, Irish Judge

1931 Birthday - John McPhee, author, Back to ----

1931 Birthday - John Smith, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Cimarron City, Laramie, 7 Angry Men

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

1930 Birthday - John Morressy, U.S., sci-fi author, Starbrat, Greymantle, Kingsbane

1930 Birthday - John Paul Schiffer, Senator R-Wyoming

1930 Birthday - John Henry Mayer, composer

1930 Birthday - John Arden, England, novelist/playwright, Left Handed Liberty

1930 Birthday - John Polkinghorne, British Physicist

1930 Birthday - Colin Dexter, born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, author, crime writer of 13 detective novels and 33 episode television series featuring fictional character Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse, portrayed by John Thaw

1930 Birthday - John Watts Young, born in San Francisco, California, astronaut, Gem 3 10, Apollo 10 16, STS-1 9

1930 Birthday - Jim Rohn, born in Idaho, entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker, joined direct sales organization of John Earl Shoaff, became millionaire by age 31, shared rags to riches story and personal development philosophy with over 4 million people worldwide, authored 17 books, audio, video programs

1930 Event - Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 1st game, loses to St. John's Rugby, 7-3

1930 Birthday - John Daly, British trade union leader

1930 Birthday - John Watts, chief of defense, Omani Armed Forces

1930 Birthday - John Fairclough, British scientific adviser

1930 Birthday - John G. Schmitz, American Politician

1930 Event - Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in New York City

1930 Birthday - John Gorman, printer/socialist historian

1930 Birthday - John Everett Watts, composer

1930 Birthday - John Alabaster, cricketer, New Zealand most prolific leg-spinner with 49 wkts

1930 Birthday - John Waine, bishop, Chelmsford

1930 Birthday - John Barth, novelist, Sot-Weed Factor

1930 Birthday - Christopher John Magenis Headington, composer

1930 Birthday - John Robson, British ambassador, Norway

1930 Birthday - John Bartholomew Tucker, born in Pennsylvania, TV host, Candid Camera, Treasure Island

1930 Birthday - John Reardon, born in New York City, baritone, Falke-Die Fledermaus

1930 Birthday - John Astin, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Addams Family

1930 Birthday - John Cullum, born in Knoxville, actor, Hamlet, Hawaii, Northern Exposure

1930 Birthday - John Frankenheimer, New York City, director, Birdman of Alcatraz

1930 Birthday - John Gilpin, English ballet dancer, Etudes, Alice in Wonderland

1930 Birthday - John Junkin, actor and writer, A Hard Day's Night

1930 Birthday - John Waite, cricket wicket-keeper, great South African

1929 Birthday - John Osborne, England, playwright, Look Back in Anger, Luther-TONY 1964

1929 Birthday - John Cassavetes, New York City, actor, Dirty Dozen, Rosemary's Baby

1929 Birthday - Betta St. John, Hawthorne California, actress, Corridors of Blood

1929 Event - John Baldridge' "Berkeley Square," premieres in New York City

1929 Birthday - Roger John Tayler, astrophysicist

1929 Death - John Metzelaar, Dutch/US writer (Report on the Fishes), dies at 37

1929 Birthday - John Zochonis, British multi-millionaire soap magnate

1929 Event - John Schrober becomes chancellor of Austria

1929 Birthday - John Rutherford, cricketer, one Test for Australia 1956

1929 Birthday - John Stewart-Clark, MEP, C

1929 Birthday - John Gutfreund, former CEO of investment bank, Salomon Brothers Inc., featured in book Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis

1929 Birthday - John Milford, Johnstown, New York, actor, Lieutenant, Legend of Jesse James

1929 Birthday - John Alldis, composer and conductor

1929 Birthday - John Hannam, born in the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament for Exeter, Conservative Party

1929 Birthday - Johnny Ace, born in Memphis, Tennessee, born John Marshall Alexander, Jr., singer, member of the B.B. King band, signed to Duke Records, toured with Willa Mae "Big Mama" Thornton

1929 Birthday - John Morgan, British ambassador, to Mexico

1929 Birthday - John Turner, born in Richmond, England, L, 17th Canadian PM, 1984

1929 Birthday - Lord St. John of Fawsley

1929 Birthday - John Conyers, Jr., born in Highland Park, Michigan, Representative-D-Michigan 1965 -

1929 Birthday - John Conyers, American Politician

1929 Death - John Scalise, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone

1929 Birthday - John Polk Allen, Carnegie, Oklahoma, CEO, Biosphere 2

1929 Birthday - John Taylor, bishop, St. Albans, Lord High Almoner to Queen

1929 Birthday - John S Ragin, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Dr. Astin-Quincy ME

1929 Birthday - Nigel Hawthorne, actor, Tartuffe, Pope John Paul II

1929 Birthday - Michael Ryan, actor, John Randolph-Another World

1929 Death - John Ebenezer West, composer, dies at 65

1929 Birthday - John Polanyi, Berlin, Canadian chemist, Nobel 1986

1929 Birthday - John Charles Polanyi, Canadian Scientist

1929 Birthday - John Naisbitt, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, author, public speaker, futures studies, wrote, 'Megatrends', 1982, sold over 9 million copies in 57 countries, special assistant to Lyndon B. Johnson

1928 Event - John McGraw backs NL President John Heydler's designated hitter idea

1928 Event - NL President John Heydler proposes designated hitter for pitchers

1928 Birthday - John Colicos, Toronto, actor, Battlestar Galactica

1928 Birthday - John Reginald "Nat" Allen, planning enforcement officer/climber

1928 Birthday - John Lupton, Highland Park, Illinois, actor, Tom-Broken Arrow

1928 Birthday - John B. Keane, Irish Playwright

1928 Birthday - John Bratby, painter/writer, Breakdown

1928 Event - 1st color TV broadcast in London (John Logic Baird)

1928 Birthday - John Wills, lord-lt of Avon England

1928 Birthday - John S. Bell, Irish Physicist

1928 Birthday - John Forbes Nash, American Mathematician

1928 Birthday - John Reid, cricketer, prolific New Zealand batsman 1949 - 1965

1928 Birthday - John Anthony Bowden Cuddon, writer/teacher

1928 Birthday - John Keith Wright, English economist and Assistant Secretary of State, 1971 - 1984

1928 Birthday - Pernell Roberts, Waycross, Georgia, actor, Adam-Bonanza, Trapper John MD

1928 Event - John McGraw is knocked down by a taxicab and suffers a broken leg

1928 Birthday - Theodore Sorenson, presidential advisor, John F. Kennedy, author, 1000 Days

1928 Birthday - John Ingle, actor, Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital

1928 Birthday - John Horlock, British vice-chancellor, Open College

1928 Birthday - John Gavin, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Back Street, Psycho, Murder for Sale

1928 Birthday - John William Fozard, aircraft designer

1927 Birthday - John Carter, Center Ridge, Arkansas, actor, Max-Falcon Crest

1927 Birthday - John Britton, English Mathematician

1927 Birthday - John Sainsbury, English billionaire

1927 Birthday - John Eric Tieman, production manager, The Guardian

1927 Birthday - John Downey, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, pianist, conductor, professor of composition and theory, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, founder, director of the Wisconsin Contemporary Music Forum

1927 Birthday - John Buller, born in England, composer, known for Proenca, written for electric guitar, mezzo-soprano and orchestra, one of his sons is Ed Buller, a record producer

1927 Birthday - Elvin Jones, born Pontiac, Michigan, musician, jazz drummer, played hard bop, avant-garde jazz, post-bop, member of John Coltrane quartet, appearing in A Love Supreme

1927 Birthday - John Hoskyns, director-general, Institute of Directors

1927 Death - John Dillon, Irish nationalist and British Lower house leader, dies at 75

1927 Birthday - John Freeland, Legal advisor U.K. foreign office

1927 Birthday - John Warr, England, cricket bowler, avg 281, president, MCC

1927 Birthday - John William Chancellor, born in Chicago, Illinois, news anchor, NBC, VOA

1927 Birthday - John Ashbery, American Poet

1927 Birthday - John M Dengler, jazz bass sax/trumpet/trombone

1927 Birthday - John Phillipps Kenyon, historian/teacher

1927 Birthday - John Aspinall, owner, casino, zoos

1927 Birthday - John Kelly, Jr., U.S., sculls, Olympic-bronze-1956, brother of Grace Kelly

1927 Birthday - John Walford, solicitor

1927 Birthday - John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal, Northern Ireland

1927 Birthday - John Gilbert, born in England, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Dudley East, life peer as Baron Gilbert, of Dudley in the County of West Midlands

1927 Birthday - John McLaughlin, commentator, McLaughlin Report

1927 Birthday - John McLaughlin, TV commentator, McLaughlin Group

1927 Birthday - John Vane, FRS/pharmacologist

1927 Birthday - John Pierre Herman Joubert, composer, Chamber Music for brass quintet

1927 Birthday - John Harold Kander, composer, Cabaret, Funny Lady, Kramer vs. Kramer

1927 Birthday - John Beckwith, composer

1927 Birthday - John Fairchild, born in Newark, New Jersey, CEO, Fairchild publishing

1927 Birthday - John Swire, British aircraft magnate, Cathay Pacific

1927 Event - John Golden Theater (Theatre Masque) opens at 252 W 45th St. New York City

1927 Birthday - John Warner, American Politician

1927 Birthday - John T. Myers, born in Covington, Indiana, Representative-R-Indiana 1967 - 1997

1927 Event - NL President John Heydler rules Rogers Hornsby can't hold stock in the Cardinals and play for the Giants

1927 Birthday - John Hayes, cricketer, New Zealand fast bowler in 15 Tests 1951-58

1926 Birthday - John Herbert McDowell, composer

1926 Death - John M Brown, U.S. weapons constructer, dies

1926 Event - John C Garand patents semi-automatic rifle

1926 Birthday - John Dewes, cricketer, England opener late 40's early 50's

1926 Birthday - John Ericson, Dusseldorf Germany, actor, Sam Bolt-Honey West

1926 Birthday - John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist, Round Midnight

1926 Birthday - John Knowles, U.S. writer, Morning in Antibes

1926 Birthday - John R[obert] Jones, U.S., sci-fi author, White Regiment, Lizard War

1926 Birthday - John Derek, born in Los Angeles, California, actor and director, 10, Annapolis Story

1926 Event - Don Juan with John Barrymore shown

1926 Birthday - John Arthur Neill Lambert, composer

1926 Birthday - John Graham, British ambassador to NATO

1926 Birthday - John Dingell, born Colorado Springs, Colorado, Representative-D-Michigan 1955 -

1926 Birthday - John Dingell, American Politician

1926 Birthday - John Lucarotti, scriptwriter

1926 Event - 52nd Preakness: John Maiben aboard Display wins in 1:59.8

1926 Birthday - John Hamilton-Jones, CEO, Richmond Enterprises, British Major-General

1926 Birthday - John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, born in England, 11th Duke of Marlborough, justice of the peace, cousin of Sir Winston Churchill

1926 Birthday - John Fowles, born in England, novelist, Collector, French Leiutenent's Woman

1926 Birthday - John Heddle Nash, singer

1926 Birthday - John C. Holmes, U.S. writer, Horn

1926 Birthday - John Clellon Holmes, American Writer

1926 Birthday - John Schlesinger, born in London, England, director, Midnight Cowboy, Darling

1926 Birthday - John Clark, CEO, Plessey Company

1926 Birthday - John Edward Caulwell Hearne, writer

1926 Event - 1st public demonstration of television, John L Baird, London

1926 Birthday - John "Jack" Layden, local politician

1925 Birthday - David Doyle, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actor, John Bosley-Charlie's Angels

1925 Birthday - John Balcombe, Lord Chief Justice of Appeal

1925 Birthday - John Tower, born in Houston, Texas, Senator-R-Texas 1961 - 1985

1925 Death - John Wesley Work, composer, dies at 52

1925 Birthday - John Gillett, film researcher

1925 Birthday - John Hawkes, U.S. writer, 2nd Skin

1925 Birthday - John Howard Purnell, scientist

1925 Birthday - Ernst Jandl, born in Vienna, Austria, writer, poet, influenced by Dada, translated Gertrude Stein, Robert Creeley's The Island and John Cage's Silence

1925 Death - John Pieter Veth, painter/lithographer/etcher/writer, dies at 61

1925 Event - Jury selection took place in John T Scopes evolution trial

1925 Birthday - Pierre Salinger, newsman, ABC, press secretary, John Kennedy

1925 Birthday - Roy Hughes, born in Pontllanfraith, Wales, born Royston John Hughes, Baron Islwyn, politician, Labor Party, union organizer, Member of Parliament for Newport, Member of Parliament for Newport East

1925 Birthday - John Keith Laumer, Anthony LeBaron, U.S., science fiction author, Retief's War

1925 Birthday - Gerard John Toorenaar, political commissar in Amsterdam, 1975-79

1925 Birthday - John Moberly, diplomat

1925 Death - John [Denton Pinkstone] French, British field marshall (WWI), dies at 72

1925 Birthday - John Simon, theater critic, New York Times

1925 Event - John T. Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee

1925 Birthday - John Neville, actor, Adventures of Baron Munchausen

1925 Birthday - John Yates, bishop, Lambeth England

1925 Death - John Singer Sargent, U.S. portrait painter, dies at 69

1925 Birthday - John Knox, British supreme court justice

1925 Birthday - John Wells, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Maidstone, educated at Eton College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford

1925 Birthday - John E. Grotberg, born in Winnebago, Minnesota, Representative-R-Illinois 1985 - 1986

1925 Birthday - John D Erlichman, Politician, Nixon aide, Watergate

1925 Birthday - John Ehrlichman, American Politician

1925 Event - Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop

1925 Birthday - John Barrington Wain, born in England, novelist and poet, Hurry on Down

1925 Birthday - John Wain, English Poet

1925 Birthday - John Fiedler, Platville Wisconsin, actor, Mr Peterson-Newhart

1925 Death - John F Mellaerts, Flemish social founder (Boerenbond), dies at 79

1925 Birthday - John Bury, born in England, theatre designer of sets, costumes, and lighting, made Amadeus with Peter Hall, nominated for multiple Tony awards

1925 Event - John Howard Lawson's "Processional," premieres in New York City

1925 Birthday - John DeLorean, former automaker, DeLorean

1925 Birthday - John DeLorean, American Businessman

1925 Event - French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, and Hugh Jennings

1924 Birthday - Errol John, Port-of-Spain Trinidad, actor, PT-109, Assault on a Queen

1924 Birthday - John Portman, born in South Carolina, architect, Ivan Allen Award-1964

1924 Birthday - John Backus, inventor, FORTRAN computer language

1924 Birthday - John Vassall, spy/civil servant

1924 Birthday - John Michael Grimes, set Designer

1924 Birthday - John Melcher, Sioux City, Iowa, Representative-D-Montana 1969 - 1977, Senator-D-Montana 1977 - 1989

1924 Birthday - John A Emmens, art historian/poet, Kunst and Vliegwerk

1924 Birthday - John Milne, CEO, Blue Circles Industries

1924 Death - John Henry Roberts, composer, dies at 76

1924 Birthday - John Kilgour, director of prison medical services, Home Office

1924 Birthday - John Cruickshank, French scholar

1924 Event - 50th Kentucky Derby: John Mooney aboard Black Gold wins in 2:05.2

1924 Event - 50th Preakness: John Merimee aboard Nellie Morse wins in 1:57.2

1924 Birthday - John Harvey-Jones, CEO, ICI

1924 Birthday - John Grigg, British historian

1924 Death - John Frederick Bridge, composer, dies at 79

1924 Event - 1st coast-to-coast radio hookup: General John Joseph Carty speech in Chicago

1924 Death - Gee John, U.S. mobster (1st executed in gas chamber-Nevada), dies

1924 Birthday - Jan Willem Radecker, sculptor/son of John Raedecker

1923 Birthday - Angelo John Novarese, record company founder

1923 Event - Giants defeat Baltimore Orioles 9-0 to benefit former Giants owner John Day

1923 Event - John Harwood patents self-winding watch (Switzerland)

1923 Birthday - Mary McCarty, Winfield, Kansas, actress and singer, Starch-Trapper John MD

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

1923 Birthday - John Holt, Jr., cricketer, WI batsman in 17 Tests, 1066 runs at 36 75

1923 Birthday - John Richard Brinsley Norton, landowner

1923 Birthday - John McKay, West Virginia, football coach, USC, Tampa Bay, 5 time Rose Bowl champ

1923 Birthday - Jimmy Cameron, cricketer, brother of John WI batsman 1948-49

1923 Birthday - John Compton, born in Lynchburg, Tennessee, actor, Shannon-D.A.'s Man

1923 Birthday - John Lea, British Vice-Admiral

1923 Birthday - John Weitz, spy/author/fashion designer, Friends in High Places

1923 Birthday - John Dugdal, Lord-Lt, Salop

1923 Birthday - John Mortimer, English Novelist

1923 Birthday - John Holt, Australian Statesman

1923 Birthday - John Watkins, cricketer, South African all-rounder in 15 Tests 49-57

1923 Death - John Venn, British Philosopher

1923 Birthday - John Smith, English large landowner/financier/MP, C

1922 Birthday - John B McKay, U.S. test pilot, X-15

1922 Birthday - John Pinsent, classical scholar

1922 Birthday - John Chafee, born in Providence, Rhode Island, Senator-R-Rhode Island 1976 - 1999

1922 Birthday - John Weidner, war hero

1922 Birthday - John Anderson, Clayton, Illinois, actor, Virgil-Legend of Wyatt Earp

1922 Event - Giants beat St. Louis, to clinch John McGraw's 8th pennant

1922 Birthday - John Farr, born in Nottingham, England, Sir John Arnold Farr, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Harborough 1959 - 1992, served with Royal Navy during World War II

1922 Birthday - Janis Paige, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Lanigan's Rabbi, Trapper John MD

1922 Birthday - MacKenzie John, pipe major

1922 Birthday - John W. Vessey, Jr., American Soldier

1922 Death - John C Kapteyn, astronomer, dies at 71

1922 Birthday - John Veale, composer

1922 Birthday - John Bromfield, born in South Bend, Indiana, actor, Easy to Love

1922 Birthday - John McNamara, baseball player

1922 Birthday - John West, vice chancellor, Bradford University

1922 Birthday - John Heerbecq, Church commissioner

1922 Birthday - John Alderson, chief constable, Devon and Cornwall UK

1922 Birthday - John Ernest, constructionist artist

1922 Birthday - John Paul Hammerschmidt, born in Harrison, Arkansas, Representative-R-Arkansas 1967 - 1993

1922 Birthday - John Braine, English novelist, Life at the Top

1922 Event - John Willard's "Cat and the Canary," premieres in New York City

1922 Death - John Kirk Barry, Dr/explorer David Livingstone's companion, dies at 89

1921 Birthday - John V Lindsay, Mayor-R/D-NY, 1965-73

1921 Birthday - John V. Lindsay, Politician

1921 Birthday - John Lindsay, American Politician

1921 Birthday - Rodney Dangerfield, John Cohen, Babylon, New York, comedian, Caddyshack

1921 Birthday - John Willard Peterson, composer

1921 Death - John B Dunlop, Scottish inventor air tire (Dunlop Rubber), dies at 81

1921 Birthday - John Arthur Giles Gere, English art historian, Pre-Raphaelite painter

1921 Birthday - John Hendricks, lyricist singer, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross

1921 Death - John M Martin, last confederate congress member, dies

1921 Birthday - John Christopherson, artist/collector

1921 Birthday - John Glenn, born in Cambridge, Ohio, astronaut, Mercury 7, STS-95, Senator-D-Ohio

1921 Birthday - John Money, New Zealander Psychologist

1921 Birthday - John Harrison, British vice admiral/surgeon

1921 Birthday - John Garlick, British senior civil servant

1921 Birthday - John van Kesteren, Dutch tenor, Komische Oper, West-Berlin

1921 Birthday - John Stott, British Clergyman

1921 Birthday - John Bouber, Blom, actor/author, Fool of Heideloo

1921 Birthday - John Rawls, American Educator

1921 Birthday - John M Pritchard, born in London, England, conductor

1921 Birthday - John Agar, Chicago, actor, Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo Jima

1921 Birthday - John Doucette, Brockton Massachusetts, actor, Lock Up, Big Town

1921 Birthday - Dehl Berti, born in Pueblo, Colorado, actor, John Taylor-Guns of Paradise

1921 Birthday - John Henry Davis, Jr., Smithtown, New York, weightlifter, Olym-gold-1948, 52

1921 Birthday - John Russell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Pale Rider, Rio Bravo

1920 Birthday - John Richard Ravensdale, historian

1920 Birthday - John Smith, CEO, Liverpool FC

1920 Death - John A "Jacky" Kilverston, Admiral/designer (dreadnought), dies at 79

1920 Birthday - John Ayers Lessard, composer

1920 Birthday - John Howard Griffin, U.S., photographer/author, Black Like Me

1920 Birthday - John Heawood, actor/singer/choreographer, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

1920 Birthday - John Harsanyi, American Educator

1920 Birthday - John Cruickshank, banker

1920 Birthday - Pope John Paul II, Polish Pope

1920 Death - John Wesley Hyatt, inventor/plastics pioneer, dies

1920 Birthday - John Henderson, Lord-Lieutenant, Berkshire England

1920 Birthday - John Hidalgo Moya, architect/designer, Skylon

1920 Event - John Galsworthy's "Skin Game," premieres in London

1920 Birthday - John Paul Stevens, born in Illinois, 103rd Supreme Court Justice, 1975-

1920 Birthday - John William Farr, born in Detroit, bank robber, FBI Most Wanted List

1920 Death - John Conrad Nordqvist, composer, dies at 80

1920 Birthday - John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court Justice

1920 Birthday - William Butterfield, born in England, born William John Hughes Butterfield, Lord Butterfield, life peer as Baron Butterfield of Stechford, Order of the British Empire, medical researcher, clinician, administrator

1920 Birthday - John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla, Poland, Pope, 1978-

1920 Birthday - John La Montaine, born in Oak Park, Illinois, composer, Pulitzer 1959

1920 Birthday - John Addison, born in Surrey, England, composer, Tom Jones-Academy Award

1920 Birthday - David Wright, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, given name David John Murray Wright, editor of 'X', autobiography 'Deafness. A Personal Account' gives insight into deafness

1920 Birthday - John Hartford Worlock, rC Bishop of Liverpool

1920 Birthday - John Logan Gorlay, journalist

1920 Birthday - Richard John Copeland Atkinson, archaeologist

1920 Birthday - John J "Cardinal" O'Connor, Philadelphia, Roman Catholic Archbishop of NY

1920 Birthday - John Junor, British editor in chief, Sunday Express

1920 Birthday - John Cardinal O'Connor, American Clergyman

1920 Birthday - John Powell, campaigner

1920 Birthday - John Maynard Smith, English Scientist

1919 Death - John Alcock, pilot (1st non-stop over Atlantic), dies in crash at 27

1919 Birthday - John Silverlight, journalist

1919 Birthday - John McCarthy, composer

1919 Birthday - John Secondari, Rome, Italy, newscaster, Open Hearing

1919 Death - John Harry, cricket wicketkeeper (Australia one Test 1895, one catch), dies

1919 Birthday - Daniel John Chapman Cunningham, physiologist

1919 Birthday - John Moroney, cricketer, Australian opener 1949-51

1919 Birthday - Boyd Bradfield Upchurch, John Boyd, U.S., sci-fi author, IQ Merchant

1919 Birthday - John Meade, born in Ireland, 7th Earl of Clanwilliam, a title in the Peerage of Ireland created in 1776 for John Meade, who served as Attorney-General for Ireland

1919 Event - New York City welcomes home General John J Pershing and 25,000 WW I soldiers

1919 Birthday - John Noorda, resistance fighter

1919 Event - John Reed forms American Communist Labor Party in Chicago

1919 Event - General John Smuts becomes premier of South Africa

1919 Birthday - John Cox, Flemish/U.S. painter/dir, Museum of Fine Physician, Boston

1919 Birthday - John Pinkerton, compuer scientist

1919 Death - John W. S. Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies at 76

1919 Death - Lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies

1919 Birthday - John Eldridge, CEO, Matthews Wrightmson

1919 Birthday - John Michael Hayes, born in Massachusetts, screenwriter, scripted several famous Alfred Hitchcock films

1919 Birthday - John Goddard, cricketer, West Indian all-rounder 1948-57

1919 Birthday - John Presper Eckert, co-inventor, 1st electronic computer-ENIAC

1919 Birthday - McGeorge Bundy, born in Boston, national security adviser, John F. Kennedy

1919 Birthday - John Duncan, Sr., born in Tennessee, Representative-R-Tennessee 1965 - 1988

1919 Birthday - John Gregson, born in Liverpool England, actor, Gideon CID, Shirley's World

1919 Event - NL President John Heydler dismisses charges that Hal Chase bet against his team and threw games in collusion with gamblers

1919 Death - John C F, son of English king George V, dies at 13

1919 Event - John McGraw, Charles A Stoneham, and Judge McQuade buy New York Giants

1918 Event - John E Hoover decides to be called J Edgar Hoover

1918 Event - John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League

1918 Death - John Ireland, Irish/U.S. archbishop of St. Paul, dies at 80

1918 Birthday - John Berger, politician

1918 Birthday - John F. Seiberling, born in Akron, Ohio, Representative-D-Ohio, 1971 - 1986

1918 Birthday - Martha Mitchell, wife of Attorney General John Mitchell

1918 Birthday - John Bunting, senior civil servant

1918 Birthday - John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla, 264th Roman Catholic pope, 1978-

1918 Birthday - John Johnston, British diplomat, Rhodesia, Malaysia

1918 Birthday - John Alfred Scali, journalist/correspondent, ABC

1918 Birthday - John Baragrey, born in Haleyville, Alabama, actor, Creeper, Colossus of New York

1918 Birthday - John Gray, FRS/marine biologist

1918 Birthday - John Read, CEO, TSB Group

1918 Birthday - John Intoxication, resistance fighter

1918 Death - John L Sullivan, Massachusetts, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59

1918 Birthday - Maurice Laing, life president, John Laing

1918 Birthday - John Forsythe, born in New Jersey, actor, Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty

1918 Death - John McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies

1918 Birthday - John McLiam, Alberta, actor, Parker-Men From Shiloh

1918 Birthday - John H. Johnson, American Businessman

1917 Birthday - John Whiting, British dramatist/actor, Saint's Day

1917 Death - John W. Foster, American Soldier

1917 Birthday - John Lee Hooker, born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, blues guitarist, Canned Heat

1917 Event - Sunday benefit baseball game at Polo Grounds results in John McGraw and Christy Mathewson's arrest for violating Blue laws

1917 Birthday - John Cunningham, executive director, British Aerospace

1917 Birthday - John Hillaby, writer/traveller

1917 Birthday - John Stokes, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, member of the Conservative Monday Club, Primrose League

1917 Birthday - John F. Kennedy, born in Brookline, Massachusetts, Senator-D-Massachusetts 1947 - 1953, 35th President 1961 - 1963

1917 Birthday - "Papa" John Creach, violinist

1917 Birthday - Pape John Creech, rocker, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane

1917 Birthday - Ronald John Bilsland Colville, businessman

1917 Birthday - John Arnatt, actor, Circumstantial Evidence

1917 Birthday - John Beradino, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Steve Hardy-General Hospital

1917 Birthday - John Gardner, composer

1917 Birthday - John B. Connally, Gov/Sen-D/R-Tx, took a bullet with John F. Kennedy

1917 Birthday - John Connally, Gov-D/R-Texas, shot in Kennedy motorcade

1917 Birthday - Jane Bowles, born in New York, New York, writer, playwright, wrote 'Two Serious Ladies', 'In The Summer House', works admired by Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, John Ashbery

1917 Birthday - John Raitt, born in Santa Ana California, actor/singer, Chevy Show, Pajama Game

1917 Birthday - John Raitt, Bonnie Raitt's father/singer/actor, Pajama Game

1916 Birthday - John Boon, publisher

1916 Death - John Francis Barnett, composer, dies at 79

1916 Birthday - William John Elwyn Davies, painter

1916 Birthday - John Lapsley, British air marshal

1916 Birthday - John Jacob Rhodes, born in Council Grove, Kansas, Representative-R-Arizona 1953 - 1983

1916 Birthday - John Thoday, geneticist

1916 Birthday - John Slater, born in London, England, actor, Deadlock, Cartel, Devil's Pass

1916 Birthday - William John Raff Hooper, cartoonist

1916 Birthday - John de Young, resistance fighter

1916 Birthday - John Clark, born in Hampton, Iowa, actor, Graveyard of Horror

1916 Birthday - John D. MacDonald, novelist, Deep Blue Goodbye

1916 Birthday - John Ciardi, poet and critic, translated Dante

1916 Birthday - John Young, actor/TV panelist, Masquerade Party

1916 Birthday - John Vivyan, actor, Mr Lucky, Wrong Man, Imitation of Life

1916 Birthday - John McIntyre, theologian

1916 Birthday - John Hinde, photographer/circus promoter

1916 Birthday - John Vivyan, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Imitation of Life, Mr. Lucky

1916 Birthday - John Paul, Governor-General, Bahamas

1916 Birthday - John Corner, scientist

1916 Birthday - John Oliver Killens, novelist

1915 Birthday - John P. W. Meefout, Dutch sculptor, Laying Woman

1915 Event - St. John Ervine's "John Ferguson," premieres in Dublin

1915 Birthday - John Dehner, Forkum, Staten Is, New York, actor, Big Hawaii, Bare Essence

1915 Birthday - John Conte, Plamer Massachusetts, actor, Mantovani

1915 Event - John Gruelle patents his Raggedy Ann doll

1915 Event - 21st U.S. Golf Open: John Travers shoots a 297 at Baltusrol Golf Club New Jersey

1915 Birthday - John Tukey, American Scientist

1915 Birthday - John Randolph, New York City, actor, King Kong, Lucan, Lucas Tanner, Angie

1915 Event - John B. Gruelle patents Raggedy Ann doll

1915 Birthday - Paul A. Samuelson, economist, 1970 Nobel, 1947 John Bates Clark Medal

1915 Birthday - John Habakkuk, principal, Jesus College in Oxford

1915 Birthday - John Egerton, born in England, born John Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland, served with British Expeditionary Force, captured at St. Valery, spent four years in a prisoner of war camp

1915 Birthday - John Archer, Osceola Nebraska, actor, Destination: Moon

1915 Birthday - John Arnold, British high court judge

1915 Death - John Bunny, American Actor

1915 Birthday - John Freeman, British politician, Labour, ambassador/TV host

1915 Birthday - John D. Profumo, born in England, politician

1915 Birthday - John Lilly, American Scientist

1915 Birthday - John Hope Franklin, historian

1914 Death - John Muir, American Environmentalist

1914 Birthday - Eric John Crozier, producer/librettist

1914 Birthday - John Berryman, American poet, Friends and Associates

1914 Birthday - John Reed King, Atlantic City, New Jersey, TV host, Why?, Let's See

1914 Birthday - John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur

1914 Birthday - John Kluge, Chemnitz Germany, media CEO, Metromedia, billionaire

1914 Event - John French evacuate Amiens

1914 Death - John Weiss, German new testament, dies

1914 Event - British field marshal John French and General Wilson land in France

1914 Death - John Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies

1914 Event - John Wray patents animation

1914 Event - John French appointed British supreme commander

1914 Birthday - William John Phillips, actor, Nothing but a Man

1914 Birthday - John G Bearer, writer, Metro, Drunken Canary, Fast Heartbeat

1914 Birthday - John J "John" Beautiful Garden, sculptor

1914 Birthday - John Hersey, American Writer

1914 Event - 40th Kentucky Derby: John McCabe aboard Old Rosebud wins in 2:03.4

1914 Birthday - John Hubbard, born in Indiana Harbor, Indiana, actor, Don't Call Me Charlie

1914 Birthday - John Hodiak, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, A Bell for Adamo, Lifeboat

1914 Birthday - John Gregory, dancer

1914 Birthday - John Cameron, cricketer, brother of Jimmy WI v-captain 1939 England tour

1914 Birthday - John Beith, British diplomat

1914 Birthday - Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee, blues musician, Down and Out Blues

1914 Death - John Murray, piloted HMS Challenger to Christmas Island, dies

1914 Birthday - John Arlott, cricketer, the doyen of cricket commentators and writers

1914 Death - John Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93

1914 Birthday - John Daly, South Africa, newscaster/TV game show host, What's My Line

1914 Birthday - John Ireland, Vancouver BC, actor, Rawhide, Gunfight at OK Corral

1914 Birthday - Edqard John Gurney, politician

1913 Birthday - John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, English art historian

1913 Event - John K Tener becomes president of baseball's National League

1913 Birthday - John K M McCaffery, Moscow Idaho, TV host, One Minute Please

1913 Birthday - John McGiver, New York City, actor, Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show

1913 Event - John McGraw, after drinking, blames Wilbert Robinson's coaching mistakes for World Series lose, Robertson blames McGraw and is fired

1913 Birthday - John Mitchell, Nixon's attorney general who went to jail

1913 Birthday - John N. Mitchell, American Politician

1913 Birthday - John Terence Reese, bridge master

1913 Birthday - John Cairncross, linguist, 5th Man

1913 Birthday - George Walter Selwyn Lloyd, English composer, Serf, John Socman

1913 Birthday - John Kubris, Czechoslovakian resistance fighter

1913 Birthday - John Elliott Terry, managing director, National Film Finance Corp

1913 Birthday - John Edmunds, composer

1913 Death - Lord Avebury, John Lubbock, British banker/politician, dies

1913 Death - John Lubbock, British Statesman

1913 Event - John D. Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation

1913 Birthday - Lord Aberconway, CEO, John Brown and Co

1913 Birthday - John Howard, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Dave-My Three Sons

1913 Death - John Pierpont Morgan, U.S. banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at 75

1913 Death - John Thomas, composer, dies at 87

1913 Birthday - John Jacob Weinzweig, born in Toronto, Canada, composer, Enchanted Hill

1913 Birthday - John Grandy, Brits RAF-marshal

1913 Birthday - John Lund, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Wackiest Ship in the Army

1913 Birthday - Peter John Norton, naval diplomat/artist

1912 Birthday - John W. Pritchard, Ian Wallace, U.S., sci-fi author, Megalomania

1912 Death - John P. Jones, American Politician

1912 Birthday - John Paul I, Albino Luciano, 263rd Roman Catholic pope, 1978

1912 Birthday - Pope John Paul I, Pope

1912 Birthday - John W. Gardner, American Educator

1912 Birthday - John de Mol, Dutch accordianist/producer, Baantjer, Pril Geluk

1912 Birthday - John Cage, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, Imaginary Landscape No 1/O'O

1912 Event - 18th U.S. Golf Open: John McDermott shoots a 294 at CC of Buffalo NY

1912 Birthday - John Dacie, hematologist

1912 Birthday - John Toland, U.S., political writer, Rising Sun, Pulitzer 1971

1912 Birthday - John B M R "John" Hanlo, Dutch poet, Go to the Mosque

1912 Birthday - John Cheever, writer, Wapshot Chronicle

1912 Birthday - John Payne, Roanoke, Virginia, actor, Restless Gun

1912 Birthday - John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer

1912 Birthday - John Halas, animator

1912 Birthday - John Larkin, born in Oakland California, actor, Saints and Sinners, 12 O'Clock High

1912 Birthday - John Adrian Hope, politician and businessman

1912 Birthday - John Le Mesurier, born in Bedford, England, actor, Jabberwocky, Dad's Army

1912 Birthday - John Payne, born in Roanoke, Virginia, actor, Dodsworth, Razor's Edge

1912 Birthday - John Amery, British Politician

1912 Birthday - John Garfield, born in New York City, actor, Air Force, Destination: Tokyo, Juarez

1912 Birthday - John Edward Christopher Hill, English Historian

1911 Death - John Bigelow, American Lawyer

1911 Birthday - John Archibald Wheeler, born in Florida, American theoretical physicist, coined terms black hole, wormhole

1911 Event - 17th U.S. Golf Open: John McDermott shoots a 307 at Chicago Golf Club in Illinois

1911 Birthday - Edgar Beck, president, John Mowlem

1911 Birthday - John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, trumpeter

1911 Birthday - Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby league player

1911 Birthday - John Paxton, screenwriter, On The Beach, Kotch, Farewell My Lovely

1911 Birthday - John Sturges, U.S., director, Old Man and Sea, Magnificent 7

1910 Birthday - John Kerr, New Zealand, cricketer, opening batsman in 1930's

1910 Birthday - John Hammond Sr, New York City, rock/jazz producer, I Can Tell, So Many Roads

1910 Death - John LaFarge, American Artist

1910 Birthday - John "Cardinal" Krol, former archbishop, Philadelphia

1910 Birthday - John Wooden, basketball coach, UCLA-10 national championships

1910 Birthday - Eugene John Weigel, composer

1910 Birthday - John Shea, U.S., 500m/1500m speed skater 1932 Olympics gold

1910 Death - John YWJ Eilerts de Cock, sea officer (Suriname), dies at 44

1910 Birthday - John Francis Boyd, journalist

1910 Birthday - John W. Campbell, U.S., sci-fi writer, Moon is Hell

1910 Birthday - Ben Aerden, John Mikkelsen, actor, Hamlet

1910 Birthday - Constance Cummings, Wash, actress, John and Julie, 7 Sinners, Glamour

1910 Birthday - John Beavan, newspaper editor

1910 Event - John Galsworthy's "Justice," premieres in London

1910 Birthday - John Banner, Vienna Austria, actor, Sergeant Hans Schultz-Hogan's Heroes

1910 Birthday - Arthur John Howard, actor, Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso, Glass Cage

1909 Birthday - Donald John Urquhart, librarian

1909 Birthday - John Megaw, British Lord Justice of Appeal

1909 Birthday - John Ridgely, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Northern Pursuit, Air Force

1909 Birthday - John Beal, Joplin, Missouri, actor, 10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Amityville 3D

1909 Birthday - John Baur, museum director/author, American Paintings in 19th Century

1909 Event - John A. Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League

1909 Birthday - John Edward "Teddy" Buckner, trumpeter

1909 Birthday - John Cochrane, South African cricket pace bowler, one Test 1931

1909 Birthday - John Schepens, Jean Baudoux, Flemish journalist and writer, Polyfoto

1909 Birthday - John Arkell, director of administration, BBC

1909 Death - John Millington Synge, Irish dramatist/playwright/poet, dies at 37

1909 Death - John Synge, Irish Poet

1909 Birthday - John Evan "Jasper" Weston Mather, writer

1909 Event - John Galsworthy's "Strife," premieres in London

1909 Birthday - John Eustace Theodore Brancker, lawyer/parliamentarian

1909 Birthday - Saul David Alinsky, born in Chicago, Illinois, radical writer, John L Lewis

1908 Birthday - John Volpe, Gov-Mass, U.S. Secretary of Treasury, 1969 - 1973

1908 Birthday - John H Doeg, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1930

1908 Birthday - John Alwyne Kitching, zoologist

1908 Birthday - John Sutton, Rawalpindi India, actor, Tower of London, Return of Fly

1908 Birthday - John Kenneth Galbraith, economist, Affluent Society-58 Hillman Award

1908 Birthday - John Grant, British rear-admiral

1908 Birthday - John Waldo Green, New York City, composer, Body and Soul, Guy Lombardo's arranger

1908 Death - John Churton Collins, English Critic

1908 Birthday - John Haeton, U.S., bobsled, Silver Medals 1928, 1948 Olympics

1908 Birthday - John Reginald Bevins, politician

1908 Event - St. Louis Card John Lush's 2nd no-hitter, beats Dodgers, 2-0 in 6 inn

1908 Event - John Hayes wins 4th olympics marathon (2:55:18.4 world record)

1908 Birthday - John Hench, American Artist

1908 Birthday - John Verrall, composer

1908 Birthday - John Scott Trotter, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, orchestra leader, George Gobel Show

1908 Event - John Krohn begins walk around perimeter of U.S., which took 357 days

1908 Event - John Masefields "Tragedy of Nan," premieres in London

1908 Birthday - John Bardeen, U.S., physicist, transistor, Nobel 1956, 1972

1908 Birthday - John T. Hughes, Bishop to Forces

1908 Death - John Eliot, English meteorology, dies at 68

1908 Birthday - John Mills, England, actor, Big Sleep, King Rat, War and Peace

1908 Event - John Blockx' opera "Baldie" premieres in Antwerp

1907 Birthday - John Sloan Dickey, American Diplomat

1907 Birthday - John "Cardinal" Dearden, U.S. cardinal, 1969 - 1988, archbishop of Detroit

1907 Birthday - John Prickett, teacher/ecumenist

1907 Birthday - John A Kelly, U.S. marathon runner, Berlin 1936, Boston 1935..1991

1907 Death - John Kerr, physicist (magneto-optic Kerr-effect), dies at 82

1907 Birthday - John McIntire, born in Spokane, Washington, actor, Naked City, Wagon Train, Virginian

1907 Birthday - John Hadfield, author/publisher, Love on a Branch Line

1907 Birthday - John Wayne, Winterset, Iowa, actor, Green Berets, True Grit

1907 Death - John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54

1907 Birthday - John Canaday, art critic, Metropolitan Museum of Art Portfolios

1906 Birthday - John Walker, museum director

1906 Birthday - John Morrison, politician/landowner

1906 Death - John A. C. Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer, dies at 78

1906 Birthday - John Humphreys Whitfield, scholar of Italian language and literature

1906 Birthday - John Lorne Campbell, folklorist

1906 Birthday - John I M Stewart, British detective writer, Comedy of Terrors

1906 Birthday - Michael John Innes Mackintosh Stewart Innes, writer

1906 Event - John Galsworthy's "Silver Box," premieres in London

1906 Birthday - John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher

1906 Birthday - John Coolidge, American Celebrity

1906 Birthday - John Betjeman, poet laureate of England, Mount Zion

1906 Event - Cincinnati Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers, 1-0 in 7 inning game

1906 Birthday - John Huston, born in Nevada, Missouri, director and writer, African Queen, Chinatown

1906 Birthday - John Carroll, Julian LaFaye, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Wolf Call

1906 Event - John Hope becomes 1st black president of Morehouse College

1906 Birthday - John Mayo, director-general, Help the Aged

1906 Event - Phillie's John Lush no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 6-0

1906 Death - John Knowles Paine, U.S. composer, dies at 67

1906 Birthday - John Betjeman, English Poet Laureate 1972-1984, Mount Zion

1906 Birthday - John Cameron Swayze, born in Wichita, Kansas, newscaster, Timex, Hindenberg

1906 Birthday - John Cameron Swayze, news correspondent/spokesman, Timex

1906 Birthday - John D. Rockefeller, billionaire philanthropist, oil

1906 Birthday - John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer, elected 1962

1906 Birthday - John Carradine, Greenwich Village, New York, actor, Grapes of Wrath, Howling

1905 Death - Henry Irving, John H Brodribb, English actor (Hamlet), dies at 67

1905 Birthday - Howard St. John, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Born Yesterday, Li'l Abner

1905 Birthday - John Whitley, British air-marshal

1905 Birthday - John Hay Whitney, publisher, New York Herald Trib 1961-67

1905 Birthday - John C F, son of English King George V

1905 Death - John Hay, U.S. politician, dies

1905 Birthday - John Gardener, boatbuilder/writer

1905 Birthday - John Gart, Russia, orchestra leader, Paul Winchell Show

1905 Birthday - John Abbott, born in London, actor, Smogasboard

1905 Birthday - John Patrick, screenwriter

1905 Birthday - John Minor Wisdom, American Judge

1905 Birthday - John S "Jimmy" Thach, U.S. pilot/admiral, WW II

1905 Birthday - John Lee-Barber, admiral

1905 Birthday - John Kirkpatrick, New York City, pianist, Concord Sonata

1905 Death - John H. Reagan, American Politician

1905 Birthday - John Dierkes, Ohio, actor, Daughter of Dr. Jekyll, Hanging Tree

1905 Birthday - John O'Hara, Pottstown Penn, novelist, Appointment at Samarra

1905 Birthday - John Carmel Heenan, Essex, cardinal archbp of Westminster, 1963-75

1905 Birthday - John Henry Jacques, co-operative retailer

1904 Event - George Bernard Shaws "John Bull's Other Island," premieres in London

1904 Birthday - John Hoyt, Bronxville, New York, actor, Gimme a Break, Tom Dick and Mary

1904 Event - Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a priest.

1904 Death - John Simon, public health pioneer, dies

1904 Death - Henry M Stanley, John Rowlands, British explorer, dies

1904 Birthday - John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, bBC news announcer/commentator

1904 Birthday - John Snagge, commentator, BBC

1904 Birthday - John Breeden, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Salute, Madame Racketeer, Joy Street

1904 Birthday - John Gielgud, born in London, England, actor, Arthur, Ages of Man

1904 Birthday - John Antill, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, studied under Alfred Hill, played in NSW State Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, famous for ballet suite Corroboree

1904 Birthday - John R. Hicks, British economist, Nobel 1972

1904 Birthday - John J Sirica, U.S. federal judge, Watergate hearings

1904 Birthday - John J. Sirica, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, John Joseph Sirica, judge, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, presided over Watergate scandal, Time magazine Person of the Year, 1973

1904 Birthday - John "Pepper" Martin, baseballer, NL stolen base leader 1933,34,36

1904 Birthday - Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenber----dorff, Sr, near Hamburg, Germany

1904 Birthday - John Farrow, born in Sydney, Australia, director/actor, Botany Bay, Wake Island

1904 Event - John Millington Synges "Well of Saints," premieres in Dublin

1904 Death - John P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64

1903 Birthday - John von Neumann, mathematician and astronomer, Bocher Award 1938

1903 Birthday - John Piper, British writer, US Churches in WW I, official war painter

1903 Birthday - Johnny Blood, aka John McNally, early NFL halfback, Green Bay

1903 Birthday - John Lodge, Washington D.C., actor, Witchmaker

1903 Birthday - John Everett Allen, U.S. businessman

1903 Birthday - John Ringling North, circus director, Ringling Bros

1903 Birthday - John Wyndham P L B Harris, U.S., sci-fi author, Day of the Triffids

1903 Event - 37th Belmont: John Bullman aboard Africander wins in 2:21.75

1903 Event - 7th Boston Marathon won by John Lorden of Mass in 2:41:29.8

1903 Birthday - John Williams, born in England, actor, Niles-Family Affair, Dial M for Murder

1903 Birthday - John Patrick Sutton Ludlow, actor, Agatha

1903 Death - Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68

1903 Birthday - John Dunning, cricketer, New Zealand medium-fast bowler of 30's

1903 Birthday - John Eccles, British physiologist/neurologist

1903 Birthday - "Sleepy" John Estes, rocker

1902 Death - John Wesley Powell, U.S. geologist (Grand Canyon), dies at 68

1902 Birthday - John Houseman, Bucharest Romania, actor, Kingsfield-Paper Chase

1902 Birthday - Pieter John Bouman, sociologist/historian

1902 Event - New York Giants lose their 1st game under new manager John McGraw

1902 Death - John White, composer, dies at 47

1902 Event - John McGraw named manager of New York Giants

1902 Event - John McGraw, accused by Ban Johnson of trying to wreck Baltimore and Washington clubs, negotiates his release from the Orioles

1902 Event - John McGraw becomes manager of New York Giants (stays for 30 years)

1902 Birthday - John Dillinger, U.S. bank robber, public enemy #1

1902 Death - John E E Dalberg baron van Acton, English historian, dies at 69

1902 Event - 36th Belmont: John Bullman aboard Mastermam wins in 2:22.6

1902 Birthday - John Vincent, composer

1902 Death - John Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85

1902 Death - John Peter Altgeld, German/US governor of Illinois, dies at 54

1902 Birthday - John Steinbeck, born in Salinas, California, author, Grapes of Wrath-Nobel 1962

1902 Birthday - John Bubbles, born in Louisville, Kentucky, rhythm tap dancer, No Maps on My Taps

1901 Birthday - John Wijga, painter/illustrator

1901 Birthday - John Norrie McArthur, malariologist/microscopist

1901 Birthday - John Alton, cinematographer

1901 Birthday - John Erik Jonsson, businessman/Mayor of Dallas

1901 Birthday - John C. Stennis, born in Mississippi, Senator-D-Mississippi, 1947 - 1989

1901 Birthday - John Gunther, born in Chicago, Illinois, author/host, John Gunther's High Road

1901 Birthday - John Sherman Cooper, Sen-Kentucky

1901 Birthday - John C. Stennis, born in Mississippi, Senator-D-Mississippi 1947 - 1989

1901 Birthday - John Bleifer, born in Zawiercie, Poland, actor, Highway to Heaven

1901 Death - John Farmer, composer, dies at 64

1901 Death - John Fiske, Edmund Fisk Green, U.S. historian/philosopher, dies

1901 Birthday - John Wesley Work, composer

1901 Birthday - John W. Van Duren, playwright, I Remember Mama

1901 Death - John Stainer, composer, dies at 60

1901 Event - Cincinnati Enquirer reports Baltimore manager John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant

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

1901 Event - Boer general John Smuts and De la Rey conqueror Mud river Transvaal

1900 Birthday - John Longden, West Indies, actor, Man From Interpol

1900 Birthday - John T Scopes, Tennessee teacher convicted for teaching evolution

1900 Birthday - John Mason Brown, born in Louisville, Kentucky, critic, Tonight on Broadway

1900 Death - John Power, Irish baronet/whiskey manufacturer, dies in battle

1900 Event - John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson sign with Cardinals

1900 Death - John Luther (Casey) Jones, dies in Cannonball Express train wreck

1900 Birthday - John Henry Pyle Pafford, librarian, University of London

1900 Birthday - Sean O'Faolain, John Whelan, Ire, writer, Murder at Cobbler's Hulk

1900 Death - John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81

1900 Event - 1st date in John dos Passos' USA trilogy (The 42nd Parallel)

1899 Birthday - John Sparkman, born in Hartselle, Alabama, Senator-D-Alabama 1946 - 1979

1899 Death - John William Glover, composer, dies at 84

1899 Birthday - John Qualen, Vancouver BC, actor, Grapes of Wrath, Searchers

1899 Birthday - John Barbirolli, English conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra

1899 Birthday - Robert Welch, found John Birch Society

1899 Event - U.S. Minister of Foreign affairs John Hay publishes his "Open Through Note"

1899 Birthday - John Woods Duke, composer

1899 Birthday - John M Harlan, Chicago, 91st Supreme Court justice, 1955-71

1899 Event - John McGraw, at 36, managerial debut as Oriole manager

1899 Birthday - John Randall, Jr., Michigan, historian/philosopher, Western Man

1898 Death - John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies

1898 Birthday - John J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship's doctor/writer/poet, El Dorado

1898 Birthday - Francine Larrimore, Verdun France, actress, John Meade's Woman

1898 Birthday - John Stuart, Edinburgh Scotland, actor, Number 17

1898 Birthday - John Grierson, documentary film maker

1898 Event - John Ames Sherman patents 1st envelope folding and gumming mach (Mass)

1898 Birthday - John George, Syria, actor, Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu

1897 Birthday - John Axel Fernstrom, composer

1897 Death - John Mercer Langston, U.S. black jurist, dies at 67

1897 Birthday - John Steuart Curry, U.S. painter/lithographer, Baptism in Kansas

1897 Death - John Heemskerk Azn, Dutch Internal minister (1866..88), dies at 79

1897 Birthday - John Mens, writer, People Without Money

1897 Event - John McNally's musical "Good Mr. Best," premieres in New York City

1897 Birthday - John Douglas Cockroft, English physicist, Radar, Nobel 1951

1897 Birthday - John Wengraf, born in Vienna, Austria, actor, 12 to Moon, Pride and Passion

1897 Event - 1st American marathon ran, John J McDermott wins in 2:55:10 (Boston)

1897 Event - 1st Boston Marathon won by John McDermott of New York in 2:55:10

1897 Birthday - John B. Glubb, British commandant/writer, A soldier with the Arabs

1897 Birthday - John Laurie, born in Dumfries, Scotland, actor, Jericho, Island of Desire

1897 Birthday - John Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist, polio-Nobel 1954

1897 Death - John Cottam, cricket (Test for Australia 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies

1897 Event - John Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal

1897 Event - Henrik Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman," premieres in Helsingfors

1896 Event - "Stars and Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa

1896 Birthday - John Seldon Whale, theologian

1896 Death - John GR Acquoy, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67

1896 Birthday - John Urzidil, Austria/U.S. writer, Die erbeuteten Frauen

1896 Event - John Mcdermott wins 1st U.S. marathon (New York City)

1896 Death - John Everett Millais, English painter, dies at 67

1896 Event - 1st public film showing in U.S. John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres in New York City

1896 Event - John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres (New York City)

1896 Death - John Rogers Thomas, composer, dies at 66

1896 Birthday - John Little McClellan, born in Sheridan, Arkansas, Senator-D-Arkansas 1943 - 1977

1896 Birthday - John Moores, British gambling magnate/multi-millionaire

1896 Birthday - John dos Passos, novelist, 1919, Big Money, 42nd Parallel

1895 Birthday - John Knudsen Northrop, aircraft designer, Northrop Air

1895 Birthday - John Boles, Greenville, Texas, singer and actor, Babes in Baghdad

1895 Birthday - John G Diefenbaker, Neustadt Ontario, 13th Canadian PM, C, 1957-63

1895 Birthday - John G. Diefenbaker, Politician

1895 Event - 1st pro football game (quarterback John Brallier paid $10 and won 12-0)

1895 Death - John F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74

1895 Birthday - John Gilbert, Pringle, Logan, Utah, actor, Heart o' the Hills

1895 Birthday - John Jay McCloy, lawyer/banker, Secretary of War 1941 - 1945, President Chase Man

1895 Birthday - John J. McCloy, American Lawyer

1895 Death - John Stuart Blackie, Scottish Writer

1895 Birthday - John Ford, Maine, director, Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man

1894 Birthday - Ernest John Moeran, British composer

1894 Birthday - John S. Knight, West Virginia, publisher, Knight-Rider

1894 Birthday - John B[oynton] Priestly, author, Good Companions, wed Jessica Hawkes

1894 Birthday - John H van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice/Internal minister

1894 Event - John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal"

1894 Birthday - Adela Rogers St. John, journalist/author, Foreign Correspondent

1893 Birthday - John Miljan, Lead City, South Dakota, actor, Possessed, Final Extra, Susan Lenox

1893 Death - John Abbott, Prime Minister of Canada (C) 1891 - 1892, dies at 72

1893 Birthday - Al "Fuzzy" St. John, born in Santa Ana California, actor, Lash of the West

1893 Birthday - John G Strijdom, premier of South Africa, 1954-58

1893 Birthday - Mississippi John Hurt, rocker

1893 Death - John Murray Corse, U.S. general (Union), dies on his 58th birthday

1893 Death - John Addington Symonds, critic/poet, dies

1893 Birthday - John Lawrence Seymour, composer

1892 Birthday - John Litel, Albany WI, actor, Virginia City, My Hero

1892 Event - Foundation Stone of Cathedral of St. John laid (New York City)

1892 Birthday - John Alcock, English pilot, 1st non-stop flight across Atlantic Ocean

1892 Birthday - John Sigvard "Ole" Olsen, Wabash, Indiana, comedian, Olsen and Johnson

1892 Birthday - John Mylong, Austria, actor, Robot Monsters

1892 Event - 1st public appearance of John Philip Sousa's band, New Jersey

1892 Event - James Corbett KOs John Sullivan in 21 for heavyweight boxing title

1892 Death - John G. Whittier, U.S. poet/secretary Anti-Slavery Society, dies

1892 Death - John Greenleaf Whittier, American Poet

1892 Birthday - John Kieran, New York City, columnist/author, Natural History of New York City

1892 Birthday - Petros John Petridis, composer

1892 Birthday - John Donald Robb, composer

1892 Event - John J Doyle of Clev Spiders is 1st to pinch hit in a baseball game

1892 Event - Sierra Club forms by John Muir for conservation of nature

1892 Birthday - John Peale Bishop, U.S. poet, This Side of Paradise

1892 Death - John Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies

1892 Birthday - John Jacob Niles, composer

1892 Death - John Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies

1892 Death - John Heykamp, old-catholic archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 67

1891 Birthday - John W. McCormack, D, Speaker of House, 1962-70

1891 Birthday - John William McCormack, American Politician

1891 Death - John A Neuhuys, painter, dies at 59

1891 Birthday - John Metzelaar, Dutch/US, About Tropical Atl Visschen

1891 Event - John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti

1891 Death - John Neruda, Czechoslovakian writer/poet (Povidky Malostranske), dies at 57

1891 Event - John T. Smith patents corkboard

1891 Birthday - John Northrop, U.S., biochemist, crystallized enzymes, Nobel 1946

1891 Death - John McDonald, Canadian Leader

1891 Birthday - John Gobau, Flemish/Dutch actor, Electricity, Hostage Rights

1891 Birthday - John Knittel, writer

1891 Birthday - John P Strijbos, Dutch writer, Wandering through South Africa

1890 Birthday - John Tasker Howard, composer

1890 Event - John Owen is 1st man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds

1890 Event - 1st 100 yard dash under 10 seconds (John Owens 9-4/5 seconds, Washington D.C.)

1890 Death - John Hill Hewitt, composer, dies at 89

1890 Death - John Henry Newman, English cardinal, dies at 89

1890 Death - John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish Poet

1890 Death - John Hart or William Kemmler, U.S., 1st executed in electric chair (NY)

1890 Birthday - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mom of John F. Kennedy, RFK and Ted

1890 Death - John C "Pathfinder" Fremont, U.S. explorer/governor (Ariz), dies at 76

1890 Death - John Charles Fremont, American Soldier

1890 Death - John Barnett, composer, dies at 87

1890 Birthday - John P M L de Vries, fairy tale writer

1889 Birthday - John P "Hannes" Kolehmainen, Fin long-distance runner, Olympic-gold 1912

1889 Birthday - Philip John Noel-Baker, statesman/disarmament advocate, Nobel 1959

1889 Birthday - John B Kelly, Olympic champion rower/father of Grace Kelly

1889 Death - John Sanger, circus entrepreneur, dies

1889 Birthday - John F Mahoney, developed pencillin treatment of syphillis

1889 Birthday - John Charles Reith, 1st Baron Reith, 1st director-general BBC, 1927-38

1889 Event - John L. Sullivan KOs Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds (last bare-knuckle bout)

1889 Birthday - John Kilbane, U.S., featherweight boxing champ, 1912-23

1889 Event - John T. Reid opens 1st U.S. golf course in Yonkers, New York

1889 Death - John Bright, British Politician

1889 Event - Battle at Gallabat (Metema): Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV

1889 Death - Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85

1889 Birthday - John Mills, dancer, Mills Brothers

1889 Event - John Herschel uses camera obscura to photograph 48" (120cm) telescope

1888 Event - Heavyweight boxing champ John L Sullivan challenges Jake Kilrain

1888 Event - John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tire

1888 Event - John J Loud patents ballpoint pen

1888 Death - John van Swieten, Dutch governor of West-Sumatra, dies at 71

1888 Birthday - Joseph P. Kennedy, born in Boston, Massachusetts, diplomat, father of John F. Kennedy, RFK and Teddy

1888 Birthday - John Logie Baird, Scotland, inventor, father of TV

1888 Event - John Boyd Dunlop, applies to patent pneumatic tire

1888 Death - John H Zuckertort, German chess player, dies at 45

1888 Birthday - John Crowe Ransom, U.S. poet and critic, God Without Thunder

1888 Event - HW Boxing champ John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds

1888 Birthday - John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State, 1953 - 1959

1888 Event - John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans in Yonkers, New York

1887 Event - Sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted

1887 Birthday - John Davidson, New York City, actor, Charlie Chan-Chinese Cat

1887 Birthday - John Cromwell, born in Toledo, Ohio, actor and director, Spitfire, Of Human Bondage

1887 Birthday - John Reed, journalist who reported on Mexican, Russian revolutions

1887 Birthday - John Warburton, Huddersfield England, actor, Saratoga Trunk

1887 Birthday - John Finley Williamson, Canton Ohio, conductor, Westminster Choir

1887 Birthday - John van Melle, South African writer, Dawid Booysen

1887 Event - Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians

1887 Birthday - John Hamilton, Penn, actor, Perry White-Superman

1886 Death - John A. Logan, American Soldier

1886 Birthday - John Howard Lawson, scriptwriter/playwright

1886 Death - John Liptrot Hatton, composer, dies at 77

1886 Birthday - John C Poortenaar, painter/etcher/cartoonist

1886 Birthday - John SSPV Gort, viscount of Limerick/Field Marshal of Palestine

1886 Event - Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise for Coca-Coke

1886 Death - John Keble, theologian, Bournemouth

1886 Birthday - John "Home Run" Baker, hall of famer, hit 2 home run in 1911 world series

1886 Birthday - John Joseph Becker, composer

1886 Birthday - John G Fletcher, U.S., poet, Epic of Arkansas

1885 Event - John Brahms' 4th Symphony in E, premieres

1885 Event - John Ward and several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Professional Baseball Players, 1st baseball union

1885 Birthday - John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor, National monument on the Dam

1885 Event - Boxing's 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves and 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey

1885 Event - John E. W. Thompson, named minister to Haiti

1885 Death - John H Scholten, theologist (Free Want), dies at 73

1885 Birthday - Harry St. John Philby, sheik Abdullah, British explorer

1885 Event - John Matzeliger of Suriname patents shoe lacing machine

1885 Birthday - John Henry Towers, aviator/naval hero

1885 Birthday - John Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM, Labor, 1941-45

1884 Event - John B Meyenberg of St. Louis patents evaporated milk

1884 Event - Cops arrest John L Sullivan in 2nd round for being "cruel"

1884 Event - Congressman John R Lynch presides over Republican National Convention

1884 Birthday - John Francis Larchet, composer

1884 Event - John Lynch is 1st black elected chairman of Republican convention

1884 Birthday - John McCormack, Irish/US singer, Irish folksongs

1884 Event - John Lynch (R-MS) chosen 1st black major-party national convention chair

1884 Birthday - John van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands

1884 Death - John Wisden, publisher/cricketer (prominent Sussex player), dies

1884 Event - John Joseph Montgomery makes 1st glider flight, Otay, California

1884 Death - John Pike Hullah, composer, dies at 71

1883 Event - John Brahms' 3rd Symphony in F, premieres

1883 Birthday - Robert H Lightfoot, English theologist/exegetist, St. John's Gospel

1883 Birthday - John G van Dillen, historian, Of Wealth and Oligarchists

1883 Birthday - John Bracken, Canadian Politician

1883 Birthday - John Maynard Keynes, Cambridge England, economist and journalist

1883 Death - Albrecht of Prussia, mistress of John van Rossum, dies at 73

1883 Event - John Gordon Cashmans begins "Vicksburg Evening Post" (Miss)

1883 Birthday - David John de Lloyd, composer

1883 Event - John Heemskerk Azn forms Dutch government

1883 Event - John Gordon Cashmans begins "Vicksburg Evening Post" in Mississippi

1882 Birthday - John Berry Hobbs, England, 1st cricket played knighted, 1953

1882 Event - John Brahms' "Gesang der the Parzen," premieres

1882 Birthday - John Lowry, Mount Vernon, New York, New York City builder, Radio City Music Hall

1882 Birthday - John Powell, composer

1882 Birthday - Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount/governor of Bengal

1882 Birthday - John Drinkwater, English poet/playwright, Abraham Lincoln

1882 Birthday - John Barrymore, Blythe, Philadelphia, actor, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1882 Event - Last bare knuckle champion John L Sullivan KOs Paddy Ryan in Miss

1882 Death - John Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies

1881 Birthday - John XXIII, Angelo Roncalli, Bergamo Italy, 261st pope, 1958-63

1881 Birthday - Pope John XXIII, Italian Pope

1881 Birthday - John Gresham Machen, born in Baltimore, Maryland, Presbyterian theologian, professor, New Testament, Princeton Seminary, formed Orthodox Presbyterian Church

1881 Event - Player piano patented by John McTammany, Jr. (Cambridge, Mass)

1881 Birthday - William John Gruffydd, Welsh poet/scholar, Ynys yr Hud

1881 Event - Dr. John H Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes

1880 Event - 1st cash register patented by James and John Ritty of Dayton Ohio

1880 Birthday - John Foulds, composer

1880 Event - John Philip Sousa becomes new director of U.S. Marine Corps Band

1880 Birthday - John Boyd Orr, nutritionist, UN's FAO, Nobel 1949

1880 Birthday - Marguerite "John" Radclyffe-Hall, author

1880 Death - John Sutter, U.S. colonist (gold discovered on his land), dies at 77

1880 Event - John Ward, Providence, pitches perfect game vs Buffalo

1880 Event - 1st baseball perfect game, John Richmond of Worcester beats Cleveland

1880 Event - John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, Worcester 1, Cleveland's Forest City 0

1880 Death - John Curwen, composer, dies at 63

1880 Death - John Goss, composer, organist, wrote hymn 'Praise my Soul, the King of Heaven', dies at 79

1880 Event - Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisconsin)

1880 Birthday - John L. Lewis, union leader, United Mine Workers, 1920-60

1879 Event - John Brahms' "Tragic Ouverture," premieres

1879 Birthday - John Erskine, U.S., poet/pianist, Private Life of Helen of Troy

1879 Death - John B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48

1879 Death - John B. Hood, American Soldier

1879 Birthday - John N Ireland, English composer/pianist, Mai-Dun

1879 Birthday - John Broadus Watson, behaviorist psychologist

1879 Event - John Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major premieres in Leipzig

1878 Birthday - John C Kielstra, Dutch economist/governor of Suriname, 1933-44

1878 Event - Edward Scripps and John Sweeney found Penny Press (Cleveland Press)

1878 Birthday - Joseph John Richards, composer

1878 Birthday - John Masefield, England, 15th poet laureate, Salt-Water Ballads

1878 Event - Atty John Henry Smyth named minister to Liberia

1877 Event - John Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill

1877 Death - John Zwijsen, archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 83

1877 Birthday - John Parsons Beach, composer

1877 Event - John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti

1877 Event - Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians

1877 Death - John Lothrop Motley, (History of United Netherlands), dies at 63

1877 Death - John Roberts, composer, dies at 54

1876 Event - John Brahms' 1st Symphony in C, premieres

1876 Birthday - John J R Macleod, Scottish/Canadian physiologist, Nobel 1923

1876 Death - John Patton, trumpeter, dies at Little Bighorn

1876 Birthday - John Gilmour, Scottish Politician

1876 Birthday - John Owen Jones, composer

1876 Birthday - John Elicius Benedict B P Quick Carrington Dwyer, cricketer, Sussex

1876 Birthday - John Alden Carpenter, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, Sea Drift

1876 Death - Henry John Gauntlett, composer, dies at 70

1875 Birthday - John P "Jan" Musch, Dutch actor, Dead Water

1875 Death - John Baptist van Son, Dutch Catholic politician, dies at 71

1875 Birthday - John Buchan, Scotland, Governor-General of Canada/writer, Battle of Somme

1875 Death - John Mitchel, Irish Journalist

1875 Event - 1st U.S. cardinal (John McCloskey) invested

1875 Birthday - John Lindworsky, German jesuit/psychologist, Der Wille

1874 Death - John Henry Foley, sculptor, dies

1874 Birthday - John Russell Pope, U.S., architect, Jefferson Memorial

1874 Death - John Bachman, American Clergyman

1874 Birthday - John David Rockefeller, Jr., born in Cleveland, Ohio, philanthropist

1874 Birthday - John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American Businessman

1873 Event - Dentist John Beers of San Francisco patents gold crown

1873 Birthday - John Clapham, English Economist

1873 Birthday - John Rosamond Johnson, Florida, co-composer, Lift Every Voice and Sing

1873 Birthday - John Wesley Work, composer

1873 Death - John Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66

1873 Birthday - John McGraw, born in Truxton, New York, MLB player and manager of the New York Giants, nicknamed 'Little Napoleon'

1873 Death - John Lodge Ellerton, composer, dies at 71

1872 Birthday - John Cowper Powys, born in Derbyshire, England, writer, 'Wood and Stone'

1872 Event - John Henry Conyers of South Carolina becomes 1st black student at Annapolis

1872 Birthday - John Jarvis, England, swimmer, won 108 titles

1871 Birthday - John Fabricius, Netherlands/English stageauthor, Ring of Prophet

1871 Birthday - John Sloan, American Artist

1871 Birthday - John French Sloan, American Artist

1871 Death - John F. W. Herschel, British astronomer (Catalogue of Nebulae), dies

1871 Death - John Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79

1871 Death - John Gelinde van Blom, Fries notary/author, dies at 75

1871 Birthday - John Millington Synge, Ireland, dramatist/poet, Riders to the Sea

1871 Birthday - John Synge, Irish Poet

1871 Death - John J Rochussen, Governor-General of Netherlands-Indies (1845-51), dies at 73

1870 Birthday - John Lomax, Mississippi, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist

1870 Death - John P. Kennedy, American Soldier

1870 Death - John D Zocher, Jr., architect (Soestdijk Palace), dies at 79

1870 Birthday - John McClutcheon, cartoonist, Pulitzer Prize-1931

1870 Event - John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil

1869 Birthday - John Heisman, pioneering football coach/trophy namesake

1869 Event - John Brahms' "Liebeslieder Walzer," premieres

1869 Birthday - John Joseph Pershing, American Soldier

1869 Event - Celluloid patented by John Wesley Hyatt, Albany, New York

1869 Event - John Menard is 1st black to make a speech in Congress

1868 Birthday - John Nance Garner, Texas, Vice President-D-1933-41

1868 Event - John D. Rockefeller begins anti oil war

1868 Birthday - John Nance Garner, D, 32nd Vice President, 1933-41

1868 Event - 1st black elected to Congress (John W Menard, Louisiana)

1868 Event - John Menard of Louisiana is 1st black elected to Congress

1868 Birthday - John Blackwood McEwen, composer

1868 Event - 1st performance of John Brahms' "Ein german Requiem"

1867 Birthday - John Winter Thompson, composer

1867 Death - John Strachan, Canadian Clergyman

1867 Death - John Fawcett, composer, dies at 77

1867 Birthday - John Galsworthy, England, author, Forsyte Saga-Nobel 1932

1867 Birthday - John Robert Gregg, Ireland, inventor, shorthand

1867 Birthday - John James Ferris, cricketer, mighty Australian bowler of late 1880's

1867 Event - British parliament rejects John Stuart Mills law on women suffrage

1867 Birthday - John P Lotsy, Dutch botanist/geneticist, Genetics

1866 Birthday - John Eigenhuis, writer, Tough Workers

1866 Birthday - John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs, 1913-18

1866 Death - John Gibson, sculptor, dies

1865 Birthday - John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer, Plaskett's twins

1865 Event - John Hyatts patents billard ball

1865 Death - John Brough, U.S. publisher/(gov-R-Ohio), dies at about 54

1865 Birthday - John Monash, Australian Soldier

1865 Death - John E Feisser, founder (1st Dutch baptist church), dies at 59

1865 Birthday - John Raleigh Mott, organizer, YMCA, Nobel 1946

1865 Event - S Brownsville, Texas (Palmito Ranch) Final engagement of Civil War PVT John J Williams of 34th Indiana is last man killed

1865 Death - John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green Virginia at 27

1865 Death - Abraham Lincoln, assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at 7:22 am, Representative-R-Illinois 1847 - 1849, 16th president 1861 - 1865

1865 Event - President Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth

1865 Death - John Park, composer, dies at 61

1865 Death - John Austin Wharton, U.S. Confederate general-major, dies at 36

1865 Death - John Henry Winder, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General/provost marshal, dies at 64

1865 Death - John Pegram, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 33

1865 Event - Confederate Brigadier General John Pegram marries Hetty Cary

1864 Birthday - John Felix August Korling, composer

1864 Death - John Leech, English Artist

1864 Death - John Gregg, U.S. judge/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 36

1864 Event - John S Staples is paid $500 as a substitute for President Lincoln

1864 Death - John Dunovant, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle

1864 Death - John Calhoun Sanders, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 24

1864 Death - John H Kelly, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 24

1864 Death - John Randolph Chambliss, Jr., planter/Confederate, dies in battle at 31

1864 Death - Margaret E Breckinridge, U.S. nurse/daughter of Vice President John, dies

1864 Event - CSA President Davis replaces General Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood

1864 Event - General John B Hood replaces General Johnston

1864 Death - John Clare, English poet (Little Trotty Wagtail), dies at 70

1864 Death - "Uncle" John Sedgwick, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 50

1864 Death - John Marshall Jones, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 43

1864 Birthday - [John] Casey Jones, RR engineer, Ballad of Casey Jones

1864 Birthday - John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author and poet, Anarchists

1863 Death - John Buford, American Soldier

1863 Birthday - John Ebenezer West, composer

1863 Birthday - Mina Dilis-Beersmans, Flemish actress/wife of John Dilis, Poppenhuis

1863 Birthday - John Huston Finley, Illinois, editor of the New York Times, 1937-38

1863 Birthday - John Bunny, American Actor

1863 Death - John Buchanan Floyd, U.S. Minister of War (1857-60), Confederate general, dies

1863 Event - Battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan and 364 troops surrender

1863 Death - John S Bowen, U.S. architect/Confederate General-major, dies at 32

1863 Death - John Fulton Reynolds, Union general-major, dies in battle at 42

1863 Death - John Pelham, U.S. Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24

1862 Birthday - John M Acket, Dutch literary, Grammatic Conceptions

1862 Death - John Bordenave Villepigue, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 32

1862 Birthday - John Briggs, cricketer, mighty England all-rounder late 19th century

1862 Event - Liliuokalani, queen of Hawaii (1891-93) marries John Owen Dominis

1862 Event - General John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture Gallatin, TX

1862 Event - R John Hunt Morgan:Cynthiana, Kentucky CS24 US17 Skirmish at Columbia, Tennessee

1862 Event - General John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Kentucky

1862 Event - U.S. Army of Virginia established under General John Pope

1862 Birthday - Henry John Newbolt, English sea historian/poet

1862 Event - John D. Lynde patents aerosol dispenser

1862 Event - General John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin, Tennessee

1862 Death - John Baillie McIntosh, U.S. general-major (Union Army), dies at 32

1862 Birthday - John Jay Chapman, U.S. advocate/poet/writer, Learning and Other Essays

1862 Death - John Tyler, 10th U.S. President (1841-45), dies in Richmond Virginia at 71

1862 Birthday - John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher

1861 Death - John Breckinridge Grayson, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies

1861 Event - Former Vice President John C. Breckinridge flees Kentucky

1861 Death - John Willis Ellis, U.S. governor of North Carolina (1858-61), dies

1861 Death - John Garland, U.S. Union colonel/Brigadier-General, dies in battle

1861 Death - John Q Marr, U.S. Confederate captain, dies in battle at Fairfax Courthouse

1861 Event - John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting writ

1861 Birthday - Halford John Mackinder, Gainsborough Lincolnshire, geographer

1860 Birthday - John J, Blackjack, Pershing, U.S. commander, WW I

1860 Birthday - John Kane, Scottish-born U.S. primitivist painter, Self-Portrait

1860 Death - John Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69

1860 Event - John Brahms' 2nd Serenade in A, premieres

1860 Death - St. John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male U.S. saint, dies

1859 Birthday - John W Fortescue, military historian

1859 Death - John Brown, U.S. abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59

1859 Birthday - John Dewey, philosopher, educational theorist/writer, Learn by doing

1859 Event - John Brown leads 20 in raid on federal arsenal, Harper's Ferry, Va

1859 Death - John LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament, dies at 72

1859 Death - John Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84

1859 Event - 1st performance of John Brahms' 1st Serenade for orchestra

1859 Birthday - John H Been, town's archivist of Brielle, Baasje and Witkop

1858 Birthday - John L Sullivan, Massachusetts, heavyweight boxing champ, 1882-92

1858 Event - John Holden hits 1st recorded home run (Brooklyn vs New York)

1858 Event - John Brown holds antislavery convention

1858 Birthday - John Meade Falkner, novelist, Moonfleet

1858 Event - Sir Richard Burton and John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa

1858 Event - John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry

1857 Birthday - John Joly, Irish Scientist

1857 Birthday - John H Aberson, 1st chancellor, Dutch Agricultural University

1857 Death - John Wilson Croker, politician

1857 Death - John B van Bree, violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 56

1856 Birthday - Joseph John Thomson, Eng, physicist discovered electron, Nobel 1906

1856 Death - John Eaton, American Politician

1856 Death - John Wilbur, American Clergyman

1856 Event - John Rutledge, Liverpool - New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die

1856 Death - John Braham, singer/composer, dies at 81

1856 Birthday - John Hyatt Brewer, composer

1856 Birthday - John Singer Sargent, U.S., portrait painter, Wyndham Sisters

1856 Event - Dr. John A Veatch discovers borax, Tuscan Springs, California

1855 Event - John Bartlett publishes "Familiar Quotations"

1855 Birthday - John White, composer

1855 Birthday - John M Browning, U.S., weapons manufacturer

1854 Death - John G Lockhart, scorpion, English biographer, dies at 60

1854 Birthday - John Philip Sousa, Washington D.C., march king, Stars and Stripes Forever

1854 Event - John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels

1854 Birthday - John Sharp Williams, American Politician

1854 Birthday - John Blackham, cricketer, Australia's 1st wicketkeeper

1854 Death - John Wilson, Scottish Writer

1853 Event - John Morrissey wins boxing title, when Yankee Sullivan leaves ring after 36th round to slug Morrissey's fans

1853 Death - John C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist, dies at 60

1852 Event - 1st Chinese theater in U.S., Celestial John, opens in San Francisco

1852 Birthday - John Oxenham, British Journalist

1852 Birthday - John [Denton Pinkstone] French, Earl of Ypres/British field marshall

1852 Death - John McKinley, American Politician

1852 Birthday - John Albert Delany, composer

1852 Death - John Richardson, Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies

1852 Death - John Howard Payne, actor and playwright (Fair Warning), dies

1852 Death - John Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies

1852 Birthday - John Harvey Kellogg, surgeon, inspired flaked cereal industry

1851 Birthday - John Dillon, Irish nationalist and British Lower house member

1851 Birthday - John Lincoln Clem, Drummer Union volunteers

1851 Event - John F. Loudon discovers tin on East Indian Island of Billiton

1851 Event - Dr. John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine"

1851 Death - John Parry, composer, dies at 75

1851 Death - John James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65

1850 Event - John Wisden bowls all 10 South batsmen, North vs. South at Lord's

1850 Event - John Geary becomes 1st San Francisco mayor

1850 Birthday - Edward John Gregory, painter/engraver

1850 Birthday - John Munroe Longyear, U.S., capitalist/bank president

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

1850 Death - John Calhoun, dies at 68

1850 Birthday - John Collier, British Artist

1849 Birthday - John Godden, English explorer, Curacao

1849 Event - Col John W Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of SF

1848 Birthday - John Henry Roberts, composer

1848 Death - John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84

1848 Event - John Parker Paynard originates medicated adhesive plaster

1848 Birthday - John Churton Collins, English Critic

1848 Death - John Quincy Adams, 6th U.S. President 1825 - 1829, dies of a stroke at 80

1847 Birthday - John Peter Altgeld, German/U.S., Gov-Ill, pardoned Haymarket-anarchists

1847 Event - Urbain J J Leverrier and John Couch Adams, codiscoverers of Neptune meet for 1st time at home of John Herschel

1847 Birthday - John Alexander Dowie, Elijah the Restorer, U.S., evangelist

1847 Birthday - John Watson, Canada, philosopher, Objective Idealism

1847 Birthday - John Bates Clark, American Economist

1845 Birthday - John F Mellaerts, Flemish social worker, 1st Belgian farm gilde

1845 Death - John Kinker, translator/philosopher/poet, dies at 81

1845 Birthday - Thomas John Barnardo, English social worker

1845 Death - John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed, dies in Allen County Indiana

1844 Birthday - John Atkinson, Irish Judge

1844 Birthday - John Frederick Bridge, composer

1844 Birthday - John S D Thompson, C, 4th Prime Minister of Canada, 1892 - 1894

1844 Birthday - Henry John Heinz, founded prepared-foods company, 57 varieties

1844 Death - John Dalton, English physicist/chemist (molecular theorist), dies at 77

1844 Birthday - John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish Poet

1844 Event - U.S. President John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in New York City

1842 Birthday - John H Zuckertort, German chess player

1842 Death - John Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies

1842 Event - John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria

1842 Death - John England, bishop of Charleston Carolina, dies

1842 Birthday - John Fiske, Edmund Fisk Green, U.S. historian and philosopher

1842 Event - 1st known sewing machine patented in U.S., John Greenough, Washington D.C.

1842 Event - John Tyler's daughter Elizabeth marries in White House

1841 Birthday - John W. Rayleigh, England, physicist, Nobel 1904, Cambridge, 1908-14

1841 Event - John Hampton patents venetian blind

1841 Birthday - Edward John Armstrong, poet

1841 Event - John Couch Adams decides to determine position of an unknown planet by irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus

1841 Event - Fordham University, then St. John's College, opens in the Bronx

1841 Death - John Thomson, composer, dies at 35

1841 Birthday - John Murray, Canada oceanographer, Depths of the Ocean

1841 Birthday - John Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet

1840 Birthday - John Addington Symonds, British historian and writer, Probs in Greek Ethics

1840 Death - John H van de Palm, theologist/literature/speaker, dies at 77

1840 Death - John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrial/orangist, dies at 50

1840 Birthday - John Stainer, composer

1840 Birthday - John Conrad Nordqvist, composer

1840 Birthday - John Herbert Kelly, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1840 Birthday - John Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building

1840 Birthday - John Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer, pneumatic rubber tire

1840 Birthday - John Doby Kennedy, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1839 Event - 1st celestial photograph (of Moon) made in U.S., John Draper, New York City

1839 Event - John Herschel takes 1st glass plate photograph

1839 Birthday - John D. Rockefeller, U.S. capitalist and founder of Standard Oil

1839 Birthday - John Decatur Barry, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1839 Birthday - John Eliot, English meteorologist

1839 Death - John Galt, Scottish writer (Last of the Lairds), dies at 59

1839 Birthday - John Knowles Paine, Portland Maine, composer

1838 Birthday - John Grant Mitchell, Major General Union volunteers

1838 Birthday - John Milton Hay, politician, Union

1838 Birthday - John Hay, American Writer

1838 Birthday - John Pelham, Major Confederate Army

1838 Birthday - John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St. Paul

1838 Birthday - John Wilkes Booth, actor/assassin, President Lincoln

1838 Death - John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82

1838 Birthday - John Wanamaker, merchant, Wanamakers Department Store

1838 Death - John W. Janssens, Governor-General (Cape Colony), dies at 75

1838 Birthday - John Wilkes Booth, American Criminal

1838 Birthday - John Muir, U.S., naturalist/discoverer, glaciers in High Seirras

1838 Birthday - John Shaw Billings, U.S., librarian and army physician

1838 Birthday - Henry Irving, John H Brodribb, England, knighted 1895/actor, Hamlet

1837 Birthday - John Carpenter Carter, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1837 Birthday - John Wesley Hyatt, inventor, celluloid

1837 Birthday - John van der Waals, Hol, physicist, Nobel 1910, Liquid and Gas States

1837 Birthday - John Francis Barnett, composer

1837 Death - Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80

1837 Event - Pharmacists John Lea and William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce

1837 Birthday - Elon John Farnsworth, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1837 Birthday - John Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast, Burroughs Medal namesake

1837 Death - John Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60

1837 Death - John Field, composer, dies at 54

1837 Death - John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84

1837 Death - John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54

1836 Birthday - John Thomas Croxton, Major General Union volunteers

1836 Death - John Stafford Smith, composer, dies at 86

1836 Birthday - John McCausland, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1836 Birthday - John Farmer, composer

1836 Event - 1st Canadian RR opens, between Laprairie and St. John, Quebec

1836 Birthday - John W. Foster, American Soldier

1836 Death - John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer, dies at 65

1835 Event - N.Y. Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel

1835 Death - John Marshall, American Judge

1835 Death - John Nash, British town planner/architect (Regent's Park), dies

1835 Birthday - John La Farge, U.S. painter

1835 Birthday - John LaFarge, American Artist

1834 Birthday - Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer, John Inglesant

1834 Birthday - John Venn, British Philosopher

1834 Birthday - John Lubbock, British Statesman

1834 Birthday - John Wesley Powell, U.S., geologist/explorer/ethnologist

1834 Birthday - Lord Avebury, John Lubbock, British banker/politician

1834 Birthday - John Acton, born in Naples, Italy, 1st Baron Acton, English historian, friends with De Tocqueville, Bluntschli, Montalembert, his extensive library was purchased after his death by Andrew Carnegie

1833 Birthday - John James Ingalls, Rep-Ks

1833 Birthday - John Singleton Mosby, lawyer/Col Confederate Army

1833 Birthday - John Wesley Turner, Major General Union Army

1833 Birthday - John Rogers Cooke, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1833 Event - John Deere makes 1st steel plow

1833 Birthday - John Sappington Marmaduke, Major General Confederate Army

1833 Birthday - John Watkinson, founder of British Chess Magazine, oldest chess mag

1833 Birthday - John Randolph Chambliss, Jr., Brigadier General Confederate Army

1832 Event - John Calhoun becomes 1st Vice President to resign over differences with President Jackson

1832 Birthday - John Henry Ketcham, Major General Union volunteers

1832 Birthday - John Kirk Barry, Scot, Dr/companion to explorer David Livingstone

1832 Event - 1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in New York City; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Streets

1832 Event - John Howe patents pin manufacturing machine

1832 Death - John van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried

1832 Birthday - John A. Neuhuys, painter

1832 Birthday - John George Nicolay, U.S., author, Abe Lincoln's biographer

1832 Birthday - John Brown Gordon, Major General Confederate Army

1832 Birthday - John Pegram, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1831 Death - John George Schetky, composer, dies at 55

1831 Event - Former President John Quincy Adams takes his seat as member of House of Representatives

1831 Birthday - John Franklin Miller, Major General Union volunteers

1831 Birthday - John McAlister Schofield, Major General Union volunteers

1831 Event - John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle

1831 Death - John White, composer, dies at 52

1831 Birthday - John Bell Hood, General Confederate Army

1831 Birthday - John B. Hood, American Soldier

1831 Birthday - John Bratton, Old Reliable, U.S. physician/Confederate Brigadier General

1831 Event - John Frazee becomes 1st U.S. sculptor to receive a federal commission

1831 Birthday - John Aaron Rawlins, Major General Union Army

1831 Birthday - John Morrissey, boxer/developer of Saratoga Springs horse race track

1831 Death - John CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29

1831 Birthday - John Bullock Clark, Jr., Brigadier General Confederate Army

1830 Birthday - John Frederick Hartranft, Major General Union volunteers

1830 Birthday - Esten Cooke, John Confederate Army

1830 Birthday - John Stevens Bowen, Major General Confederate Army

1830 Birthday - John Parker Hawkins, Major General Union Army

1830 Birthday - John Bordenave Villepigue, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1830 Birthday - John Converse Starkweather, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1830 Birthday - John Rogers Thomas, composer

1829 Birthday - John Mercer Langston, 1st black to hold U.S. political office

1829 Birthday - John Horace Forney, Major General Confederate Army

1829 Birthday - John Everett Millais, England, painter, Order of Release

1829 Birthday - John Baillie McIntosh, Major General Union Army

1829 Event - Joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith

1829 Death - George Washington Adams, son of John Quincy Adams, dies

1829 Birthday - John Potts Slough, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1829 Birthday - John P. Jones, American Politician

1829 Birthday - John G R Acquoy, theologist/church historian

1828 Birthday - John Beatty, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1828 Birthday - John Rutter Brooke, Major General Union volunteers

1828 Birthday - John Austin Wharton, Major General Confederate Army

1828 Death - John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64

1828 Event - John Quincy Adam's son John marries in White House

1827 Birthday - John A. C. Oudemans, Dutch geographer and astronomer

1827 Birthday - Isaac Munroe St. John, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1827 Birthday - John Grubb Parke, Major General Union volunteers

1827 Birthday - John Morrison Oliver, Major General Union volunteers

1827 Birthday - John Gibbon, Major General Union volunteers

1827 Event - English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches

1827 Birthday - John Robert Jones, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1827 Birthday - John Calvin Brown, Major General Confederate Army

1827 Birthday - John Wesley Frazer, Brigadier General Confederate Army, die in 1906

1826 Birthday - Mercer Brooke John, Confederate Navy

1826 Death - John Flaxman, English sculptor (tombs at St. Paul's Cathedral), dies at 71

1826 Birthday - John Benjamin Sanborn, Major General Union volunteers

1826 Event - John Walker invents friction match in England

1826 Birthday - John McArthur, Major General Union volunteers

1826 Birthday - Thomas John Lucas, Major General Union volunteers

1826 Death - John Adams, 2nd president 1797-1801, dies at 90

1826 Birthday - John Buford, American Soldier

1826 Birthday - John Thomas, composer

1826 Birthday - John Alexander Logan, Major General Union volunteers

1826 Birthday - John A. Logan, American Soldier

1825 Event - President John Quincy Adams suggests establishment of a U.S. observatory

1825 Birthday - John Cook, Major General Union volunteers

1825 Birthday - John Hunt Morgan, Brigadier General, Confederate cavalry commander

1825 Death - John Henry Fuseli, painter/art writer (Tracks in the Snow), dies at 84

1825 Birthday - John Dunovant, Brigadier General in the Confederate Army

1825 Event - John Quincy Adams inaugrated as 6th president

1825 Event - House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th U.S. president

1824 Birthday - John Kerr, System physicist, electro-visually Kerr-effect

1824 Birthday - John Sanford Mason, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1824 Death - John Taylor, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy), dies at 70

1824 Birthday - John Tyler Morgan, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1824 Birthday - John Creed Moore, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1824 Birthday - John Crawford Vaughn, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1823 Birthday - Thomas John Wood, Major General Union volunteers

1823 Birthday - John Newton, Major General Union volunteers

1823 Event - 9th Postmaster General: John McLean of Ohio takes office

1823 Birthday - John Henry Hobart Ward, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1823 Birthday - John Gray Foster, Major General Union volunteers

1823 Birthday - John Sherman, MC, Union

1823 Birthday - Joseph Medill, born in St. John, Canada, newspaper editor, Chicago Tribune

1823 Birthday - John Echols, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1823 Death - John P Kemble, English actor and director (Covent Garden), dies at 66

1823 Birthday - John Daniel Imboden, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1822 Birthday - John Roberts, composer

1822 Birthday - John Eberhard, built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US

1822 Birthday - Fitz John Porter, Major General Union volunteers

1822 Birthday - John George Walker, Major General Confederate Army

1822 Event - John Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston

1822 Birthday - John Pope, Major General Union volunteers

1822 Birthday - John Basil Turchin, Ivan Turchinoff, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1822 Birthday - John Porter Hatch, volunteers Major General, Union

1821 Birthday - John Dunlap Stevenson, Major General Union volunteers

1821 Birthday - John F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director.

1821 Death - John Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54

1821 Birthday - [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1821 Death - John Crome, Old Crome, English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52

1821 Birthday - John Abbott, born in Quebec, Canada, C, 3rd Canadian PM, 1891-92

1821 Death - John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome

1821 Death - John Keats, writer, dies at 25

1821 Birthday - John Cabell Breckinridge, D, 14th U.S. Vice President, 1857 - 1861, major-general, Confederate

1821 Birthday - John James Peck, Major General Union volunteers

1820 Birthday - John Willis Ellis, Governor, Confederacy

1820 Birthday - John Fulton Reynolds, Major General Union volunteers

1820 Birthday - John Franklin Farnsworth, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1820 Birthday - John Marshall Jones, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1820 Birthday - John Bartlett, U.S., editor, compiled Familiar Quotations

1820 Birthday - Julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of President John Tyler, 1841-45

1820 Birthday - John Tenniel, England, cartoonist/illustrator, Alice in Wonderland

1820 Birthday - John Milton Thayer, Major General Union volunteers

1820 Birthday - John Haskell King, Major General Union Army

1819 Birthday - John White Geary, Major General Union volunteers

1819 Birthday - John Geary, 1st San Francisco postmaster, 1st mayor, May 1, 1850

1819 Death - John Langdon, American Politician

1819 Death - John Playfair, Scottish geologist/mathematician, dies

1819 Birthday - John Couch Adams, English astronomer, co-discover Neptune

1819 Death - John H van Kinsbergen, lt-admiral/founder (Corps Marines), dies at 84

1819 Birthday - John Ruskin, writer/critic/artist/Gothic Revivalist, Prerafaelite

1818 Birthday - John Henninger Reagan, Attorney General, Confederacy

1818 Birthday - John H. Reagan, American Politician

1818 Birthday - John Heemskerk Azn, Dutch minister of Internal minister, 1866..88

1818 Birthday - John Stuart "Cerro Gordo" Williams, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1818 Birthday - Edward John Hopkins, composer

1818 Death - John van Well, choreographer/mime (Pierrot), dies at 44

1818 Birthday - John Albion Andrew, Gov, Union

1818 Birthday - John Gill Shorter, Gov, Confederacy

1818 Birthday - John Wilkins Whitfield, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1818 Death - John C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician, dies at 61

1818 Birthday - John Reese Kenly, Major General Union volunteers

1817 Birthday - John Bigelow, American Lawyer

1817 Death - John Philpot Curran, Irish Public Servant

1817 Event - John Quincy Adams becomes Secretary of State

1817 Birthday - John McAuley Palmer, U.S. Union msj-gen, Gov-Ill, 1868 - 1872

1817 Birthday - John Leech, English Artist

1817 Birthday - John Gilbert, painter/illustrator

1817 Birthday - John Fowler, English engineer, London Metropolitan Railway

1817 Birthday - John Philip, painter

1817 Birthday - John Wilson Sprague, Major General Union volunteers

1817 Birthday - John Glover, English chemist, sulfuric acid

1817 Birthday - John Selden Roane, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1816 Event - Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston

1816 Birthday - John Curwen, composer

1816 Birthday - John Eugene Smith, Major General Union Army

1816 Birthday - John Palmer Usher, Secretary Int, Union

1815 Birthday - John Banvard, New York City, painted worlds largest painting, 3 mile canvas

1815 Birthday - John Mitchel, Irish Journalist

1815 Death - John Sevier, indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), dies at 70

1815 Death - John Singleton Copley, British painter, dies at 77

1815 Birthday - John Richardson Liddell, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1815 Birthday - John Porter McCown, Major General Confederate Army

1815 Birthday - John William Glover, composer

1815 Birthday - John Gross Barnard, Major General Union Army

1815 Event - New Jersey issues 1st U.S. railroad charter (John Stevens)

1815 Birthday - John A. MacDonald, C, 1st Prime Minister of Canada, 1867 - 1873

1815 Birthday - John McDonald, Canadian Leader

1814 Birthday - John Clifford Pemberton, Lieutenant General Confederate Army

1814 Birthday - John Lothrop Motley, U.S., historian/author, Rise of Dutch Rep

1814 Birthday - John Blair Smith Todd, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1813 Birthday - John Wolcott Phelps, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1813 Birthday - John Jones Pettus, Confederate governor, D-Miss, 1859-63

1813 Birthday - John Sedgwick, Major General Union volunteers

1813 Event - Captain John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship"

1813 Birthday - John Letcher, Gov, Confederacy

1813 Birthday - John McNeil, Major General Union volunteers

1813 Birthday - John C Fremont, Pathfinder, map maker/explorer, western U.S., Gov, AZ

1813 Birthday - John Charles Fremont, American Soldier

1812 Death - John Malchair, composer, dies at 82

1812 Birthday - John Rodgers II, Commander Union Navy

1812 Birthday - John Pike Hullah, composer

1812 Death - John W de Winter, Dutch Vice-Admiral, dies at battle at Kamperduin at 51

1812 Birthday - John Alexander McClernand, Major General Union volunteers

1812 Birthday - John Randolph Tucker, Captain, Confederate Navy

1811 Death - John Antes, composer, dies at 71

1811 Birthday - John Ancrum Winslow, Commander Union Navy

1811 Birthday - John Bright, British Politician

1811 Birthday - John Humphrey Noyes, Vt, found Oneida Community, Perfectionists

1811 Death - John FE Acton, cruel premier of Naples, dies at 77

1811 Birthday - John Archibald Campbell, Assistant Secretary War, Confederacy

1810 Death - Johann/John Zoffany, German painter (Tribuna degl' Uffizi), dies at 77

1810 Event - John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon)

1810 Birthday - John McCloskey, U.S., President of St. John's College, Fordham U

1809 Birthday - John AB Dahlgren, U.S. Union Lieutenant-Admiral/inventor, Civil war Dahlgren-cannon

1809 Birthday - John Stuart Blackie, Scottish Writer

1809 Death - John "Christmas" Beckwith, composer, dies at 58

1809 Birthday - John Smith Preston, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1809 Birthday - John Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, Silver Fleet

1808 Birthday - John Liptrot Hatton, composer

1807 Birthday - John Greenleaf Whittier, U.S., poet, Snow-bound

1807 Birthday - John Tideman, Dutch Remonstrant theologist

1807 Death - John Muhlenberg, Lutheran pastor, dies on his 61st birthday

1807 Birthday - John Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General Confederate Army

1807 Death - John Opie, born at Trevellas, England, teacher, artist, portraitist, historical works include, the Assassination of James I, Murder of Rizzio, dies at 45 in Berners Street, London

1806 Birthday - John Breckinridge Grayson, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1806 Birthday - John Sterling, writer, Representative Victorian

1806 Birthday - John Buchanan Floyd, Ex-Sect of War, Union

1806 Birthday - John Stuart Mill, UK, philosopher/political economist/Utilitarian

1806 Death - John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81

1806 Death - John Alcock, composer, dies at 90

1805 Birthday - John E Feisser, theologist/founder 1st Dutch baptist church

1805 Birthday - John Stephens, U.S. archaeologist; founded study of Central America

1805 Birthday - John Thomson, composer

1805 Birthday - Henry John Gauntlett, composer

1804 Birthday - John William, Turk, Livingston, Commander Union Navy

1804 Death - John Wedgwood, founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies

1804 Birthday - John Deere, pioneer manufacturer of agricultural implements

1803 Birthday - John ACA van Nispen Sevenaer, Member of Dutch 2nd parliament, 1848-75

1803 Birthday - John Gorrie, inventor, cold-air process of refrigeration

1803 Death - John Barry, 1st American commodore, dies

1803 Birthday - John Ericsson, U.S., inventor, screw propeller, shipbuilder-USS Monitor

1803 Event - John Hawkins and Richard French patent the Reaping Machine

1803 Event - 1st impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins

1803 Birthday - John Augustus Sutter, Swiss / U.S. colonist, New Helvetia, California, Sutter Mill

1802 Birthday - John Barnett, composer

1802 Event - John Beckley of Virginia appointed 1st Librarian of Congress

1801 Birthday - John Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Commander Union Navy

1801 Birthday - John Hill Hewitt, composer

1801 Birthday - John Henry Newman, England, cardinal/author, Dream of Gerontius

1801 Birthday - John Rylands, England, merchant/philanthropist

1801 Event - John Marshall appointed U.S. chief justice

1801 Birthday - John Lodge Ellerton, composer

1800 Birthday - John Goss, born in Fareham, England, composer, organist, wrote hymn 'Praise my Soul, the King of Heaven'

1800 Event - John Adams is 1st President to move into the White House

1800 Event - White House completed and President and Mrs. John Adams move in

1800 Birthday - John Brown, abolitionist; led attack on Harpers Ferry

1800 Death - John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, dies at 46

1800 Death - John Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84

1800 Birthday - John Henry Winder, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1799 Death - John Ingen Housz, Dutch/English physician/nature investigator, dies at 68

1799 Death - John Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58

1799 Death - John Randall, composer, dies at 82

1799 Birthday - John Lindley, English botanist, Elements of Botany

1798 Death - John Fitch, American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies

1797 Death - John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72

1797 Birthday - John J Rochussen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, 1845-51

1797 Birthday - John Hughes, archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx

1797 Birthday - John Winebrenner, U.S., clergyman, founded Church of God

1797 Event - John Adams inaugurated as 2nd president of the United States

1797 Event - 1st top hat worn (John Etherington of London)

1796 Event - John Adams elected president

1796 Birthday - John Richardson, Canadian writer, Wacousta, or the prophecy

1796 Birthday - John Middleton Clayton, Delaware, Sen-Del, U.S. Secretary of State, 1849 - 1850

1796 Birthday - John Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author

1795 Birthday - John Keats, born in London, England, romantic poet, Ode to a Grecian Urn

1795 Birthday - John P. Kennedy, American Soldier

1795 Event - John Rutledge becomes 2nd chief justice of Supreme Court

1795 Birthday - John Marston, Jr., Commander Union Navy

1794 Birthday - John Barrien Montgomery, Commander Union Navy

1794 Event - John Dalton 1st lecture to Manchester Literary/Philosophical Society

1794 Birthday - John G Lockhart, Scorpion, biographer, Life of Sir Walter Scott

1793 Death - John Hancock, U.S. merchant and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 56

1793 Birthday - John Clare, Northamptonshire peasant poet, Shepard's Calendar

1793 Birthday - John Claire, England, poet

1792 Birthday - Edward John Trelawney, England, traveler/author, Adv of Younger Son

1792 Birthday - John, 1st Earl Russell, British Whig PM, 1846-52, 1865-66

1792 Death - John Burgoyne, soldier/playwright, dies

1792 Death - John Montague 4th Earl of Sandwich, English Naval minister, dies at 73

1792 Birthday - John Keble, Anglican priest/founder, Oxford Movement

1792 Birthday - John George Lambton, London, statesman, 1st Earl of Durham

1792 Death - John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78

1792 Birthday - John Herschel, born in Slough, England, William Herschel's son, astronomer

1791 Event - John Fitch grants U.S. patent for his working steamboat

1791 Birthday - John Howard Payne, U.S., author/actor/diplomat, Home Sweet Home

1791 Event - John Stone, Concord, Massachusetts, patents a pile driver

1790 Death - John Keyse Sherwin, engraver/painter, dies

1790 Birthday - John Gibson, British sculptor

1790 Birthday - John Eaton, American Politician

1790 Birthday - John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrialist

1790 Birthday - John Tyler, born in Virginia, 10th President, 1841-1845

1790 Event - John Martin, 1st American-born actor, performs in Philadelphia

1790 Birthday - John Bachman, American Clergyman

1790 Death - John Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81

1789 Birthday - John Fawcett, composer

1789 Event - Jefferson appointed 1st Secretary of State; John Jay 1st chief justice;

1789 Event - President George Washington appointed John Jay the 1st Chief Justice

1789 Birthday - John Martin, English painter

1789 Event - John Adams sworn in as 1st U.S. Vice President (9 days before Washington)

1789 Event - John Odell signs contract for 336 pounds to build St. Peter's church (Bronx)

1788 Death - John Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40

1788 Death - John Penn, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 47

1788 Death - Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68

1787 Birthday - John Jordan Crittenden, MC, Union

1787 Birthday - John Bake, classical composer

1787 Event - John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton

1787 Death - John Brown, (British) theologist, dies

1787 Birthday - John Burke, Irish genealogist, Burke's Peerage

1786 Death - John Stanley, composer, dies at 74

1786 Death - John Goodricke, English deaf and dumb astronomer, dies at 21

1786 Birthday - John Franklin, British explorer, Arctic

1785 Death - John William Fletcher, evangelist, dies

1785 Birthday - John Wilson, Scottish Writer

1785 Birthday - John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist

1785 Event - John Walter publishes 1st issue of London Times

1784 Event - John Jay becomes 1st U.S. Secretary of State

1784 Birthday - John McLoughlin, Hudson's Bay Co pioneer in Oregon Country

1784 Event - John Carroll appointed supervisor of U.S. Catholic Missions

1784 Death - Mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies

1784 Event - John Wesley charters Methodist Church

1784 Birthday - John Fane graaf van Westmorland, English, opera, composer/diplomat

1783 Birthday - John Heathcoat, inventor, lace-making machinery

1783 Birthday - John Claudius, born in London, England, horticulturist

1782 Death - John Barueth, vicar/pamphleter, dies

1782 Death - John de Mol, porcelein manufacturer, dies

1782 Birthday - John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer, Nocturnes

1782 Birthday - John Sell Cotman, water color artist

1782 Birthday - John Caldwell Calhoun, South Carolina, Andrew Jackson's Vice President, 1825 - 1832

1782 Birthday - John C. Calhoun, American Statesman

1781 Death - John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 57

1781 Event - John Hanson elected 1st "President of U.S. in Congress assembled"

1780 Death - John Andre, British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold)

1780 Event - British Major John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Pt

1780 Death - John Andre, hanged as a British spy at 29

1780 Birthday - John McKinley, American Politician

1779 Birthday - John W. Pieneman, historical painter, Battle at Waterloo

1779 Event - John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain

1779 Event - John Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats HMS Serepis

1779 Death - John Heart, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence, dies at about 68

1779 Birthday - John Galt, Scotland, novelist, Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd

1779 Death - John Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71

1779 Birthday - John White, composer

1778 Birthday - John Murray, publisher

1778 Birthday - John Strachan, Canadian Clergyman

1777 Event - British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga NY

1777 Death - John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77

1777 Event - English ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting U.S. flag

1776 Event - Battle of Pelham: Col John Glover and Marblehead regiment meet British Forces in Bronx

1776 Event - John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Decleration of Independence in Philadelphia

1776 Birthday - John Constable, England, landscape painter, Hay Wain

1776 Birthday - John George Schetky, composer

1776 Birthday - John Walter II, London, chief proprietor, The Times, 1812-47

1776 Birthday - John Parry, composer

1775 Event - John Adams graduates Harvard

1775 Event - Minutemen Captain John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon

1775 Death - John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68

1774 Birthday - John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed, frontier nurseryman

1774 Birthday - John Wilbur, American Clergyman

1774 Birthday - John Braham, composer

1772 Death - John Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84

1772 Death - John Woolman, American Clergyman

1772 Event - John Clais patents 1st scale

1771 Death - John E Loovens, lawyer, dies at 76

1770 Birthday - John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer

1769 Event - John Harris builds 1st spinet piano (U.S.)

1768 Birthday - John Crome, Old Crome, English landscape painter/etcher

1768 Event - 1st U.S. bachelor of medicine degree, Dr. John Archer

1768 Death - John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44

1767 Death - John Newberry, English publisher, dies

1767 Birthday - John Quincy Adams, Braintree, Massachusetts, 6th President of the United States, Democrat, 1825 - 1829

1766 Birthday - John Wall Calcott, composer

1766 Birthday - John Dalton, English physicist, developed atomic theory of matter

1766 Event - John Byron back in England after trip around the world

1764 Event - John Adams marries Abigail Smith, marriage lasts 54 years

1764 Birthday - John Goodricke, English astronomer/member Royal Society

1764 Birthday - John Barrow, England, founded Royal Geographical Society

1764 Birthday - John Abernethy, London, surgeon

1764 Event - John Wilkes thrown out of English House of Commons for "Essay on Women"

1764 Birthday - John Kinker, Dutch linguist/philosopher/poet, Minderjarige Zangster

1763 Birthday - John Molson, founded Montreal brewery, Molsons

1763 Event - English journalist John Wilkes injured at duel

1763 Death - John Althuysen, Fries vicar/poet (Frysk Jierboek), dies at 47

1763 Birthday - John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in U.S., banker/fur trader

1763 Birthday - John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman

1763 Event - London Journalist John Wilkes confined in the Tower

1763 Event - John Casteret appointed British minister of foreign affairs

1763 Death - John Theodor of Bavaria, prince-bishop of Liege/cardinal, dies

1763 Death - John Casteret earl Granville, English premier, dies at 72

1762 Birthday - John W. Janssens, Governor-General of Cape colony/Dutch-Indies 1811

1762 Death - John Alberti, theologist/philological, dies at 64

1761 Birthday - John Opie, born at Trevellas, England, teacher, artist, portraitist, historical works include, the Assassination of James I, Murder of Rizzio

1761 Birthday - John W de Winter, Dutch Vice-Admiral, Battle at Kamperduin

1758 Death - John Dyer, poet, dies

1758 Birthday - John Hoppner, portrait painter

1758 Birthday - John Pinkerton, Scottish historian

1757 Birthday - Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer

1757 Death - John Byng, English Admiral (Minorca), executed at 52

1757 Birthday - John C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician

1757 Birthday - John P Kemble, England, actor and director, Drury Lane, Covent Garden

1756 Birthday - John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface, asphalt

1756 Birthday - John Trumbull, U.S. painter, Declaration of Independence

1755 Birthday - John Marshall, Virginia, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1801-35

1755 Birthday - John Flaxman, English sculptor, Westminster Abbey tomb stones

1754 Death - John Wood, architect/town planner, dies

1753 Birthday - John Taylor, Virginia, philosopher, Jeffersonian Democracy

1753 Birthday - John Soane, English architect, Bank of England, Soane Museum

1753 Birthday - John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, baptized

1752 Death - John C Pepusch, English composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at about 85

1751 Death - John Wilson, botanist, dies

1751 Birthday - John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon

1750 Birthday - John "Christmas" Beckwith, composer

1750 Birthday - John Philpot Curran, Irish Public Servant

1750 Birthday - John Stafford Smith, composer

1748 Birthday - John Playfair, born in Scotland, clergyman, geologist and mathematician

1747 Birthday - John Paul Jones, naval hero, "I have not yet begun to fight"

1746 Birthday - John Vaclav Stich, Giovanni Punto, Bohemian horn player/composer

1746 Birthday - John Muhlenberg, Lutheran pastor/general/congressman

1746 Death - John Peter Zenger, journalist, involved in 1st amendment fight, dies

1745 Birthday - John Jay, diplomat/governor, NY

1745 Birthday - John Sevier, Tennessee, indian fighter, Gov/Rep-Tn

1744 Event - English premier John Carteret resigns

1744 Death - John Hadley, inventor (sextant), dies

1744 Birthday - John Jeffries, colonial physician/meteorologist

1743 Death - John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/Field Marshal, dies at 64

1743 Birthday - John Fitch, inventor, had a working steamboat years before Fulton

1741 Birthday - John Langdon, American Politician

1741 Birthday - John Penn, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence

1740 Birthday - John Bacon, English sculptor

1740 Birthday - John Antes, composer

1738 Birthday - John Singleton Copley, Massachusetts, finest colonial American artist

1738 Birthday - John Pindar, physician/poet

1737 Birthday - John Hancock, American Politician

1737 Birthday - John Hancock, patriot, 1st to sign Declaration of Independence

1736 Death - John Weldon, composer, dies at 60

1736 Event - Methodists John and Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia

1735 Birthday - John Adams, Braintree, Massachusetts, 2nd president of the United States, 1797 - 1801

1735 Event - Jury acquits John Zenger (New York Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by royal governor of New York (victory for Freedom of press)

1735 Birthday - John Morgan, American physician-in-chief of Continental Army

1735 Birthday - John H van Kinsbergen, Dutch lt-admiral/founder of Dutch Marines Corp

1735 Death - John Arbuthnot, physician/mathematician, dies

1734 Event - John Zenger, arrested for libel against New York col gov; later acquitted

1734 Birthday - John F E Acton, cruel premier of Naples

1732 Death - John Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47

1731 Birthday - William Cowper, English lawyer/poet, John Gilpin,

1730 Birthday - John Ingen Housz, Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia

1730 Birthday - John Malchair, composer

1729 Death - John Law, Scottish financier, dies at about 57

1728 Death - John Friend, physician/politician, dies

1728 Death - John Woodward, geologist/physician, dies

1728 Event - John Gays' "Beggar's Opera," premieres in London

1727 Death - John van Bylevelt, Catholic apostole, dies

1726 Death - John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies

1726 Death - John Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62

1725 Birthday - John Wilkes, English journalist/MP, N Briton

1725 Death - John Lovewell, U.S. indian fighter, dies in battle

1724 Birthday - John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist

1724 Birthday - John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist/co-founder, Society of It General

1724 Birthday - John Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer

1724 Event - Johann S Bach's "John Passion" premieres in Leipzig

1723 Birthday - John Wainwright, composer

1723 Birthday - John Witherspoon, clergyman/signed Declaration of Independence

1722 Death - John Churchill up Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 72

1721 Event - John Copson becomes America's 1st insurance agent

1721 Birthday - John Hanson, Maryland, 1st U.S. President under Articles of Confederation

1721 Event - English Chancellor Exchequer John Aislabie confined in London Tower

1720 Birthday - John Woolman, American Clergyman

1720 Birthday - Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Utrechts regent

1719 Death - John Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73

1719 Birthday - John/Jean Nepveu, Dutch governor of Suriname, 1768-79

1719 Birthday - John Hawkins, born in England, wrote 1st history of music

1718 Birthday - John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich, inventor, sandwich

1717 Birthday - John Randall, composer

1716 Birthday - John Evangelist Schreiber, composer

1715 Birthday - John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet, Frisianche rymlery

1715 Event - John Flamsteed observes Uranus for 6th time

1715 Birthday - John Alcock, composer

1713 Birthday - John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute, English premier, 1760-63

1712 Death - John Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63

1712 Birthday - John Stanley, composer

1709 Birthday - John Wagenaar, Amsterdam merchant/historian, baptised

1709 Death - John Philips, English Poet

1708 Death - John Blow, composer (Venus and Adonis), dies at 59

1708 Birthday - John Stinstra, baptist vicar

1707 Birthday - John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens

1706 Birthday - John Dollond, owner of 1st patent for achromatic lens

1706 Death - John Evelyn, diarist, dies

1706 Birthday - John Baskerville, English printer, typeface inventor

1704 Death - John Locke, English philosopher (2 treatises of government), dies at 72

1704 Birthday - John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle

1704 Event - 1st successful U.S. newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell

1704 Death - John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76

1703 Death - John Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (wig of W), dies

1703 Birthday - John Wesley, English Clergyman

1703 Birthday - John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder, Methodists

1702 Death - John Benbow, English Vice-Admiral (Santa Marta), dies

1702 Death - John de Baen, portrait painter/etcher, buried at 69

1700 Death - John Dryden, English Poet

1700 Death - John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies

1699 Birthday - John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany

1698 Birthday - John Alberti, Dutch theologist and philologist

1697 Death - John Aubrey, English writer, wrote 'Brief Lives', died of apoplexy

1696 Event - John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius

1695 Birthday - John E Loovens, lawyer

1694 Death - John Tillotson, British Theologian

1694 Death - John L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73

1692 Death - John Commelin, director of Hortus Botanist (Amsterdam), dies at 62

1690 Event - John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered

1690 Death - John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85

1690 Birthday - John Carteret, Earl Granville, C, English chief minister, 1722-42

1689 Death - John Graham, of Claverhouse, 1st viscount Dundee/soldier, killed, dies

1688 Event - General strategist John Churchill joins with Willem III

1688 Event - General strategist John Churchill meets Willem III

1688 Death - John Bunyan, preacher/novelist/author (Pilgrim's Progress), dies

1686 Death - John Pearson, British Theologian

1685 Birthday - John Gay, English poet, Beggar's Opera

1685 Birthday - John Gay, author, Baggars' Opera

1684 Death - John Uytenhage van Lacks, lawyer/author, drowned at 48

1682 Death - John Ferrabosco, composer, dies at 56

1682 Birthday - John Hadley, mathematician/inventor, 1st reflecting telescope

1682 Birthday - John van Huysum, Dutch painter, flowers/fruit

1680 Death - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies

1680 Death - John Swammerdam, anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 43

1679 Death - John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53

1679 Death - John van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53

1678 Death - John Jenkins, composer, dies

1678 Birthday - John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/Field Marshal, Union of 1707

1678 Event - John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is published

1677 Event - John and Nicolaas van der Heyden patents fire extinguisher

1677 Death - John A van Riebeeck, Dutch founder Cape Colony, dies at 57

1676 Birthday - John Philips, English Poet

1676 Death - John Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, dies at 76

1676 Death - John de Haen, Vice-Admiral (Kijkduin/Palermo), dies in battle at 45?

1676 Birthday - John Weldon, composer

1675 Death - John Vermeer, Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at 43

1675 Death - John Lightfoot, English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73

1675 Event - John Flamsteed appointed 1st Astronomer Royal of England

1674 Death - John Milton, English poet (Paradise Lost), dies at 65

1674 Death - John Lievensz, painter/etcher/wood carver, dies at 66

1674 Event - General John Sobieski chosen King of Poland

1674 Death - John Wilson, composer, dies at 78

1673 Death - John de Love I, Vice-Admiral, dies in sea battle at about 54

1673 Death - John of Paffenrode, ruler of Ghussigny/poet, dies in battle

1672 Death - John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63

1672 Death - John Wilkins, English Clergyman

1670 Death - John Comenius, Czechoslovakian Educator

1669 Death - John Coccejus, German/Netherlands reformed theologist, dies at about 66

1669 Event - John Lockes Constitution of English colony Carolina approved

1668 Event - Polish king John II Kazimierz resigns/goes to France

1668 Event - King John II Casimir of Poland resigns, flees to France

1668 Event - John Dryden (36) becomes 1st English poet laureate

1667 Death - John Fox, Amsterdam writer, buried

1667 Birthday - John Arbuthnot, Scottish writer, Alexander Pope

1664 Birthday - John Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect, baptized

1662 Death - John Tradescant, traveller/gardener, dies

1661 Death - John Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 39

1659 Event - General-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt

1659 Event - English Rump-government fires John Lambert and other generals

1657 Event - Oliver Cromwell constrains English army leader John Lambert

1654 Death - John Selden, English Statesman

1653 Death - John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61

1652 Death - John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68

1652 Death - John Asselijn, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 42

1652 Death - John Both, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 37

1652 Death - John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist, dies at 68

1652 Event - In Boston, John Hull opens the 1st mint in America

1652 Event - John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va

1652 Event - John of Riebeeck lands/establishes VOC-post in Capetown

1651 Event - John van Riebeeck departs to Cape of Good Hope

1651 Birthday - John Baron Somers, Whig, William III's chief minister, 1696-1700

1650 Birthday - John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist

1650 Death - John Adriaensz, hydraulic engineer (Haarlemmermeer), dies at about 74

1649 Death - John Winthrop, 1st governor Mass Bay Colony, dies at 61

1649 Death - John Winthrop, Puritan and 1st Governor (Mass), dies

1649 Birthday - John Blow, composer of 1st English opera, Venus and Adonis, baptized

1648 Event - Battle at Pilawce: Bohdan Chmielricki's beats John Casimir

1648 Event - Battle at Pilawce: Bohdan Chmielricki's beats John Casimir

1648 Event - Battle at Zolty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir

1648 Event - Battle at Zolty Wody-Bohdan Chmielricki's Cossaks beat John II Casimir

1648 Birthday - John Luyken, poet/etcher, Duytse Lyre

1647 Birthday - John A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet, Bellone aen bant

1646 Death - John C Lichthart, Admiral (Cape Augustine), dies at about 45

1646 Birthday - John Flamsteed, 1st astronomer royal of England

1645 Death - lady Alice Lisle, English widow of John Lisle, beheaded

1644 Death - John Wtenbogaert, theologist (Kerckelicke history), dies at 87

1643 Death - John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59

1643 Death - John Hampden, English politician, dies of injuries at about 48

1641 Death - Robert Dowland, English luitist/son of John Dowland, dies at about 50

1641 Death - John Amner, composer, dies at 61

1640 Event - John Pym, earl of Strafford locked in Tower of London

1639 Death - John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam), dies at 68

1639 Death - John Meursius, van Meurs, historian, dies at 60

1639 Event - Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard

1638 Death - John Ward, composer, chorister, Canterbury Cathedral, composed madrigals, anthems, works for viola da gamba, dies at 67 in Essex, England

1638 Event - Dutch countess Louise of Solms marries earl John of Brederode

1637 Birthday - John van der Heyden, Dutch painter and inventor, fire extinguisher

1637 Birthday - John Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist, Bible of Nature

1636 Death - John Oldham, trader in Massachusetts, murdered by indians

1635 Event - Virginia Governor John Harvey accused of treason and removed from office

1634 Death - John Marston, English Poet

1632 Death - John Eliot, English parliament leader/author (In Jail), dies at 40

1632 Birthday - John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance

1631 Death - John Pijnas, Dutch painter, buried at about 47

1631 Birthday - John Dryden, 1st poet laureate of England, All for Love

1631 Birthday - John Dryden, English poet/playwright, Heroic Stanzas

1631 Event - John Winthrop is elected 1st governor of Massachusetts

1631 Death - John Donne, Metaphysical poet, dies (birth date unknown)

1630 Death - John Billington, murderer, 1st American execution, hanged

1630 Death - John de White, calvinist/banker to Prague, commits suicide

1630 Event - Governor John Winthrop begins "History of New England"

1629 Death - John Pieterszoon Coen, merchant/Governor-General of East-Indies, dies at 42

1629 Birthday - John Commelin, director, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam

1628 Birthday - John Bunyan, England, cleric/author, Pilgrim's Progress

1628 Event - John Ford's "Lover's Melancholy," premieres in London

1628 Death - John Bull, English organist/composer, dies

1627 Birthday - John Ray, English Environmentalist

1626 Birthday - John Ferrabosco, composer

1626 Birthday - John Aubrey, born in Percy, England, English writer, wrote 'Brief Lives'

1626 Death - John Dowland, composer, dies

1626 Birthday - John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter

1626 Death - John Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62

1623 Death - John I Van de Velde, calligrapher (Mirror of Write-Konste), dies

1622 Event - County Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges

1621 Event - Dutch Governor-General John Pieterszoon Coen takes Banda-islands, 15,000 die

1621 Event - John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies

1620 Birthday - John Evelyn, British diarist, Life of Mrs. Godolphin

1620 Birthday - John L baron of Elderen, 63rd prince-bishop of Luik, 1688-94

1620 Death - John Aerts, Flemish sculptor

1620 Birthday - John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography

1619 Death - John Lippershey, inventor of telescope, buried

1619 Birthday - John Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader

1619 Birthday - John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder, Cape Colony

1618 Event - Captain John Gilbert patents 1st dredger in Britain

1617 Death - John Napier, Scottish mathematician/inventor (logarithms), dies

1616 Birthday - John Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer, product of Wallis

1616 Death - John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65

1615 Birthday - John Biddle, English minister, Unitarian

1614 Event - Pocahontas, daughter of chief Powhatan, marries planter John Rolfe

1614 Event - Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe

1614 Birthday - John Wilkins, English Clergyman

1612 Birthday - John Pearson, British Theologian

1611 Event - John Fabricius dedicates earliest sunspot publication

1609 Birthday - John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland, 1648-68

1609 Birthday - John Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier

1608 Birthday - John Milton, London, poet/puritan, Paradise Lost

1608 Event - John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Va

1608 Event - John Smith's story of Jamestown's 1st days submitted for publication

1607 Birthday - John Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard University

1607 Birthday - John Lievensz, painter/etcher/wood carver

1607 Event - English colonists (John Smith) lands near James River in VA

1605 Death - John Stow, British historian, dies

1604 Birthday - John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized

1604 Death - John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), dies at about 74

1602 Birthday - John Lightfoot, English theologist and literary, Horae Hebraicae

1601 Event - John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London

1600 Death - John Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies

1600 Birthday - John Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, baptised

1600 Death - John Bruhesius, Bruhesen, bishop of Groningen, dies

1596 Death - John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66

1595 Death - John Hawkins, English navigator/treasurer of the Navy, dies at 63

1595 Birthday - John Wilson, composer

1593 Death - John Penry, English congressionalist, executed

1593 Death - John Greenwood, English Congressionalist, hanged

1592 Birthday - John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist

1592 Birthday - John Eliot, St. Germans Cornwall, English MP/author

1592 Birthday - John Comenius, Czechoslovakian Educator

1588 Event - John Hawkins becomes a knight

1588 Birthday - John Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st Governor of Mass

1588 Birthday - John Winthrop, 1st governor, Mass Bay Colony

1587 Death - John Foxe, author (Book of Martyrs), dies

1586 Birthday - John Ford, English dramatist, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore

1584 Birthday - John Selden, English Statesman

1584 Birthday - John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony

1584 Death - John van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71

1582 Birthday - John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet, Euphormio's Satyricon

1582 Birthday - John Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet, Argenis

1580 Death - John Bonga, beggar, dies

1580 Death - Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63

1579 Birthday - John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist, Phylaster, baptized

1579 Birthday - John Amner, composer

1579 Birthday - John Meursius, Dutch historian

1576 Birthday - John Marston, English Poet

1574 Birthday - John Wilbye, composer

1572 Death - John Knox, Scottish preacher, dies at about 67

1571 Death - John Jewel, English Clergyman

1571 Birthday - John Ward, born in Canterbury, England, composer, chorister, Canterbury Cathedral, composed madrigals, anthems, works for viola da gamba

1571 Birthday - John I Pontanus, physicist/historian, Amsterdam

1566 Death - John Agricola, Schneider, German theologist/prime minister, dies

1565 Event - Turkish siege of Malta broken by Maltese and Knights of St. John

1564 Event - John Hawkins begins 2nd trip to America

1564 Death - Jean Caulvin, John Calvin, priest/church reformer, dies at 54

1564 Death - John Calvin, French Theologian

1563 Death - John Bull, composer of British national anthem (God Save The King), dies

1560 Death - John a Lasco, John Laski, Polish nobleman/reformed theologist, dies

1559 Event - Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary

1557 Birthday - John Wtenbogaert, remonstrants theologist

1556 Death - John Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50

1555 Death - John Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy

1553 Death - John Dudley, English Lord Admiral/premier (1551-53), beheaded

1553 Event - Prime Minister John Dudley captured in Cambridge

1552 Death - John Leland, antiquary, dies

1551 Event - John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal

1551 Event - English premier John Dudley appointed duke of Northumberland

1550 Birthday - John Drusius, Flemish hebrew translator

1549 Event - John Dudley earl of Warwick becomes English premier

1549 Event - Battle at Dussindale: John Dudley destroys English boer army

1549 Event - Battle at Dussingdale: John Dudley beats rebels

1545 Death - John Taverner, English composer (Western Wynde), dies at about 55

1544 Event - Antwerps painter John Matsys banished

1540 Death - John I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies

1540 Event - Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic"

1535 Birthday - John, the Old, earl of Nassau/tribal father Netherlands royal family

1535 Death - John Fisher, English bishop (1504-35)/cardinal, beheaded at about 65

1535 Event - English Catholic Cardinal John Fischer state rights

1535 Death - John Houghton, English, executed

1531 Death - John Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded

1529 Death - John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69

1529 Death - John Cuspinianus, Spiessheimer, German physician, dies at about 55

1527 Birthday - John Dee, London, alchemist/astrologer/mathematician

1526 Event - John I Zapolyai of Transsylvania chosen as king of Hungary

1525 Death - John Pistorius, church reformer, burned at the stake

1525 Event - Trial against "heretic" John Pistorius ends in the Hague

1525 Event - Trial against "heretic" John Pistorius at The Hague

1525 Event - Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague

1523 Death - John of Esschen, Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake

1522 Birthday - John Jewel, English Clergyman

1519 Event - Public debate between Martin Luther and theologist John Eck

1517 Death - John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37

1516 Death - John III van Egmont, Manke John, viceroy of Holland, dies at 78

1513 Birthday - John van Hembyze, Flemish calvinist

1509 Birthday - John Calvin, Protestant religious reformer/theologian

1505 Death - John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed

1499 Death - John IV, Dutch army leader/earl of Egmond, dies

1497 Event - John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia"

1497 Event - John Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America

1497 Event - John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England (believes he found Asia in Nova Scotia)

1497 Event - John Cabot departs to North-America

1497 Death - John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79

1496 Event - English king Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore

1495 Birthday - John Bale, England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright, Kynge Johan

1495 Death - John II, the Perfect/Consummate, King of Portugal (1481-95), dies

1495 Event - 1st written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Friar John Cor is the distiller

1494 Death - Hans Memling, John Memlinc, Flemish painter (Passietaferelen), dies

1494 Birthday - John Agricola, Schneider, German theologist/prime minister

1493 Death - John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Netherlands/Zealand, dies at 82

1487 Event - Battle at Stoke: Henry VII beats John de la Pole and Lord Lovell

1487 Event - Lord Lovell and John de la Poles army land at Furness Lancashire

1482 Death - John van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies

1479 Death - John II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81

1471 Death - John Soreth, French general, dies

1468 Death - John Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies

1453 Death - John Dunstable, English composer, dies

1444 Death - John Capreolus, French theologist (Libri IV), dies at about 50

1438 Birthday - John III van Egmont, Manke John, viceroy of Holland

1429 Death - John [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist (Theologica mystic), dies at 65

1427 Death - John IV, duke of Brabant, dies

1425 Event - Duke John VI van Brabant pledges Holland/Zealand to Philip the Good

1425 Death - John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned

1420 Event - Duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina

1419 Death - John XXIII, Baldassare Cossa, Italian Pope (1410-15), dies

1419 Death - John the Fearless, Burgundy/French warrior, murdered at 48

1418 Event - Jacoba van Bayern marries her cousin John IV van Brabant

1417 Death - John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged and burned

1417 Death - John van Touraine, 1st husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, dies

1416 Death - John, Duke of Berry, captain of Paris, dies

1415 Event - John IV van Bourgondy becomes duke of Brabant/Limburg

1414 Event - Peace of Atrecht: John the fearless and Armagnacs

1410 Birthday - John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia

1409 Birthday - John II, French duke of Aleneon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc

1399 Death - John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile and Leon, dies at 58

1385 Event - John without Fear marries Margaretha of Brabant

1384 Death - John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies

1381 Death - John Ball, English priest/ideologist of Boer uprising, hanged

1381 Death - John of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies

1380 Death - John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies

1371 Birthday - John, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior

1364 Event - Pope Urbabus V names John V van Virneburg as bishop of Utrecht

1363 Birthday - John Van Gerson, French theologist

1361 Death - John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61

1348 Death - John Andreae, Italian canonist, dies

1342 Event - Pope Clemens VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht

1342 Death - John I, ruler of Poland, dies

1340 Birthday - John duke of Berry, captain of Paris/art collector

1334 Death - John XXII, Jacques Dueze, Pope (316-34), dies

1328 Event - William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII

1322 Event - Pope John XXII names John van Diest, bishop of Utrecht

1312 Event - Duke John II of Brabant ends Charter of Kortenberg

1296 Birthday - John the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg

1294 Event - John II becomes duke of Brabant/Limburg

1292 Death - John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62

1277 Death - John XXI, Petrus Juliani/Hispanus, Port Pope (1276-77), dies

1276 Event - John XXI elected Pope

1274 Death - John F Bonaventura, Italian/French theologist/dominican/saint, dies

1216 Death - John, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies

1215 Event - King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede, England

1215 Event - English barons serve ultimatum on king John without Country

1214 Event - English king John begins siege around Lille France

1213 Event - English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury

1210 Event - King John of England begins imprisoning Jews

1202 Event - King Philip II throws out John without Country, from France

1167 Birthday - John "without a land", king of England, 1199-1216

1143 Death - John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident

1078 Death - John of Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies

1075 Death - John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies

1058 Event - Bishop John "Minchio," [domkop] elected as Pope Benedictus X

1027 Event - John XIX crowns Conrad II the Salier Roman German emperor

992 Death - Mieszko I, Polish advisor to Pope John XV, dies

984 Death - John XIV, Petrus Canepanova, Italian Pope (983-84), dies

976 Death - John I Tzimisces, co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at 51

972 Death - John XIII Crescentii, pope (965-72), dies

967 Event - John XIII crowned Otto II the Red German compassionate emperor

965 Event - John XIII Crescentii elected to succeed Pope Leo VIII

964 Death - John XII, Octavianus, Pope (955-64), dies

962 Event - Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor

882 Event - Marinus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding John VIII

882 Death - John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies

872 Event - John VIII elected as Catholic Pope

866 Event - John appointed bishop of the kingdom

707 Event - John VII ends his reign as Catholic Pope

707 Death - John VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies

705 Event - Greek pope John VII chosen as successor to John VI

705 Event - John VII begins his reign as Catholic Pope

705 Death - John VI, Catholic Pope (701-05), dies

701 Event - John VI of Greece begins his reign as Catholic Pope

686 Death - John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies

685 Event - John V begins his reign as Catholic Pope

642 Event - John IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope

640 Event - John IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope

574 Event - John III ends his reign as Catholic Pope

574 Death - John III, Italian Pope (561-74), dies

561 Event - John III begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Pelagius I

535 Event - John II ends his reign as Catholic Pope

535 Death - John, Mercurius, Italian Pope (533-35), dies

533 Event - John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope

526 Death - John I, Pope (523-26), dies

523 Event - St. John I begins his reign as Catholic Pope

155 Death - Polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested and burned at stake

29 Death - John the Baptist, beheaded













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