1995 Death Alan Barton, singer (Smokie, Black Lace), dies in a bus crash 1948 Birthday Cliff Fish, rocker, Paper Lace 1946 Birthday Philip Wright, rocker, Paper Lace 1941 Event Joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic and Old Lace," premieres in New York City 1931 Birthday Stephen Birmingham, Hartford, author, Real Lace: America's Irish Rich 1930 Birthday Big Bopper, JP Richardson, Sabine Pass, Texas, vocalist, Chantiily Lace 1917 Birthday Priscilla Lane, U.S., actress, Arsenic and Old Lace 1904 Birthday Cary Grant, born in England, actor, 'Arsenic and Old Lace', 'North by Northwest' 1902 Birthday Ellin Berlin, MacKay, Mrs. Irving Berlin, writer, Lace Curtain 1897 Birthday Frank Capra, Italy, director, Its a Wonderful Life, Arsenic and Old Lace
