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2003 Death - Stanley Fafara, kid actor, Leave It to Beaver, dies at 53

1994 Death - Richard McClure Scarry, U.S. kid book illustrator/writer, dies at 74

1993 Event - Shari Beadley weds Christopher Martin (Kid 'n Play)

1993 Death - Billy Conn, boxer/actor (Pittsburgh Kid), dies at 75

1992 Death - Gene O'Donnell, actor (Ape, Miracle Kid), dies of lung cancer at 81

1991 Death - Hotze de Roos, carpenter/kid book writer (Chameleon series), dies

1991 Event - New Kid Donnie Wahlberg, arrested on arson charges in Kentucky

1990 Death - Eva Sully Block, actress (Kid Millions), dies of heart failure at 88

1990 Event - New Kid on the Block Donnie Wahlberg release from hospital after fall

1990 Death - Sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62

1986 Death - [Irving] Lee Dorsey, Kid Chocolate, U.S. boxer/singer, dies at 59

1985 Event - "Tap Dance Kid" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 669 performances

1984 Death - Duncan Renaldo, actor (Cisco Kid), dies at 80

1984 Death - Ethel Merman, singer and actress (Kid Million), dies in her sleep at 76

1983 Event - "Tap Dance Kid" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 669 performances

1983 Event - Musical "Tap Dance Kid" with H Battle premieres in New York City

1981 Death - Patsy Kelly, actress (Brigid Murphy-Cop and the Kid), dies at 71

1980 Death - Duncan Renaldo, actor (Cisco Kid, Guns of Fury), dies at 76

1974 Birthday - Hilary Swank, born in Bellingham, Washington, actress, Karate Kid 4

1973 Death - Veda Ann Borg, actress (Kid Galahad), dies at 54

1971 Birthday - Kid Rock, born in Romeo, Michigan, singer, songwriter, Grammy-Award winner, hits include, 'All Summer Long', 'American Bad Ass', sold over 22 million albums

1968 Death - John Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73

1968 Birthday - Whitfield Crane, rocker, Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad

1967 Death - Alice Lake, silent screen actress (Frisco Kid, Wicked), dies at 72

1966 Birthday - Sean Kanan, actor, AJ-General Hospital, Rich Girl, Karate Kid Part 3

1966 Death - Jack Mather, actor (Cisco Kid), dies of heart attack at 58

1966 Birthday - Tamlyn Tomita, Okinawa, actress, Karate Kid 2, Ming Li-Santa Barbara

1965 Death - Minor Watson, actor (Woman of the Year, Viva Cisco Kid), dies at 75

1965 Birthday - Jason Gedrick, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Heavenly Kid, Class of '96

1965 Birthday - Cordell Crockett, rocker, Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad

1964 Birthday - Matt Dillon, born in New Rochelle, New York, actor, Flamingo Kid, Tex, Kansas

1963 Death - Bryant Washburn, actor (Nabonga, Millionaire Kid), dies at 74

1962 Death - Benny "Kid" Paret, U.S. welterweight boxer, dies after fight, at 24

1962 Birthday - Billy Dean, born in Quincy, Florida, country singer, Billy the Kid

1961 Birthday - Ralph Macchio, Huntington, New York, actor, Karate Kid, 8 is Enough

1961 Death - Leo Carrillo, actor (Pancho-Cisco Kid), dies at 81

1961 Birthday - Janet Jones, Bridgeton, Missouri, actress, American Anthem, Flamingo Kid

1960 Birthday - Chad McQueen, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, film producer, played role of Dutch in The Karate Kid movie, race car driver, started McQueen Racing LLC in 2010

1960 Birthday - Greta Scacchi, Milan Italy, actress, Coca-Cola Kid, White Mischief

1960 Birthday - Tierre Turner, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Waverly Wonders, Cop and the Kid

1959 Death - Wayne Morris, actor (Kid Galahad), dies of heart attack at 45

1957 Birthday - Graeme Kelling, British pop guitarist, Deacon Blue-Real Gone Kid

1956 Birthday - Sinbad, David Adkins, Benton Harbor, Michigan, actor, 1st Kid, Vibe

1953 Event - KID (now KIDK) TV channel 3 in Idaho Falls, Idaho (CBS) 1st broadcasting

1953 Birthday - Tracy Scoggins, Galveston, Texas, actress, Colbys, Gumshoe Kid

1953 Death - Cliff Clark, actor (Golden Hoofs, Kid Glove Killer), dies at 63

1952 Birthday - Paul LeMat, Rahway, New Jersey, actor, Fuirehouse, Hanoi Hilton, PK and the Kid

1951 Birthday - William Katt, U.S., actor, Butch and Sundance Kid, Carrie

1950 Event - ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic and Acrobat Ranch)

1950 Birthday - Kid Creole, born in the Bronx, New York, born Thomas August Darnell Browder, singer, lyricist, composer, arranger, producer, founder of Kid Creole and the Coconuts

1950 Birthday - David Jensen, born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, David 'Kid' Jensen, popular British radio DJ, played progressive music, hosted BBC pop network, Radio 1, Top of the Pops presenter, interviewed Duran Duran, promoted The Police before they were commercially successful

1949 Birthday - Jeannie Berlin, LA Cal, actress, Heartbreak Kid, Portnoy's Complaint

1946 Death - Noah Beery, actor (Beau Geste, Cimarron Kid, Mammy), dies at 62

1946 Birthday - Howard Scott, born in San Pedro, California, rock guitarist and vocalist, War, Cisco Kid

1943 Death - Spencer Charters, actor (Big Town Girl, St. Louis Kid), dies at 68

1941 Death - Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, New York gangster/police informer, killed

1938 Event - A Copland and E Lorings ballet "Billy the Kid," premieres in Chicago

1938 Event - Dorothy Lathrop wins 1st Caldecott Medal, kid books author

1935 Birthday - Charles Grodin, actor, Woman in Red, Lonely Guy, Heartbreak Kid

1933 Birthday - Pat Morita, born in California, actor, Arnold-Happy Days, Karate Kid

1932 Birthday - [Moriyuki] Pat Morita, Isleton California, actor, Hiroshima, Karate Kid

1931 Birthday - Willie Mays, baseball centerfielder, "Say Hey Kid", 660 home runs, MVP 1954

1927 Birthday - James Goldman, author/playwright, Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid

1924 Birthday - Lola Albright, born in Akron, Ohio, actress, Delta Country, Kid Galahad

1923 Event - H Tierney/J McCarthy's musical "Kid Boots," premieres in New York City

1923 Event - Flyweights Gene LaRue and Kid Pancho KO each other simultaneously

1923 Birthday - Bobby Jordan, born in New York, actor, Bowery Champs, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild

1921 Event - "The Kid," starring Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan, released

1918 Event - Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox manager

1914 Event - Charlie Chaplin debuts "The Tramp" in "Kid Auto Races at Venice"

1908 Event - Yankees replace Clark Griffith with Kid Elberfeld as manager who is destined to have worse won-lost percentage of any Yankee manager 27-71 (.276)

1904 Birthday - Duncan Renaldo, Spain, actor, Cisco Kid

1901 Event - Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid rob train of $40,000 at Wagner Montana

1900 Birthday - Aaron Copeland, Brooklyn, composer, Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring

1900 Event - Boston hurler Kid Nichols notches his 300th career victory

1899 Birthday - Humphrey Bogart, born in New York City, actor, Here's looking at you, kid, Casablanca

1897 Birthday - Betty Compson, Beaver, Utah, actress, Millionaire Kid, Mad Youth

1894 Birthday - Johnnie Gough, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Smooth as Satin, Circus Kid

1894 Birthday - Kit Guard, Denmark, actor, El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous

1890 Birthday - Art Acord, Glenwood Sevier, Utah, western actor, Arizona Kid, Hard Fists

1889 Birthday - Minor Watson, Marianna AR, actor, Woman of the Year, Viva Cisco Kid

1889 Birthday - Cliff Clark, actor, Kid Glove Killer, Golden Hoofs, Vigilante Hideout

1889 Birthday - Bryant Washburn, born in Chicago, actor, Exposure, Millionaire Kid, Nabonga

1889 Birthday - Warner Baxter, born in Columbus, Ohio, actor, In Old Arizona, Cisco Kid

1881 Birthday - Leo Carrillo, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Pancho-Cisco Kid

1881 Birthday - Leo Carrillo, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, American Empire, Cisco Kid

1881 Death - William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21

1867 Birthday - Laura Ingalls Wilder, Wisconsin, kid book author, Little House on Prarie

1865 Birthday - George C Pearce, actor, Country Kid, British Agent, Valiant

1859 Birthday - Billy the Kid, William H Bonney, New York City, criminal

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