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1996 Death - David Lancaster Nicolson, businessman/politician, dies at 73

1994 Death - Burt Lancaster, actor (Elmer Gantry), dies of heart attack at 80

1994 Death - Nancy Keene Lancaster, US/British architect (Binnen House), dies at 96

1990 Event - Actor Burt Lancaster suffers a stroke

1980 Birthday - Sarah Lancaster, born in Kansas City, Kansas, actress, Rachel-Saved By Bell: New Class

1969 Birthday - Brian Williams, Lancaster, South Carolina, pitcher, Detroit Tigers, Astros

1967 Birthday - Kevin Appier, Lancaster California, pitcher for the Kansas City Royals

1962 Birthday - Grady Neal Lancaster, born in Smithfield, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1994 Byron Nelson

1961 Event - 33rd Academy Awards - "Apartment," Burt Lancaster and Liz Taylor win

1958 Event - Frank Zappa graduates from Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster, California

1958 Birthday - Alan Milburn, born in Tow Law, County Durham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Darlington, served in Cabinet as Secretary of State for Health, resigned, rejoined Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

1957 Event - 1st electric watch introduced, Lancaster Pa

1950 Birthday - David Graff, Lancaster Ohio, actor, Police Academy 2, 3, 4, 6

1949 Event - WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (NBC) begins broadcasting

1949 Birthday - Alan Lancaster, bassist, Status Quo-Down Down, On the Level

1944 Birthday - Linda Foster, Lancaster England, actress, Doris-Hank

1944 Event - RAF Sergeant Nickolas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18,000 feet without a parachute

1943 Birthday - Martin Lancaster, born in North Carolina, Representative-D-North Carolina 1987 - 1995

1942 Event - 1st combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane

1941 Event - Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane

1940 Birthday - William Ritchie, vice-chancellor, Lancaster U

1928 Birthday - Harold Hanham, vice chancellor, Lancaster University

1922 Birthday - David Lancaster Nicolson, businessman/politician

1917 Birthday - Clarence E. Miller, born in Lancaster, Ohio, Representative-R-Ohio 1967 - 1993

1916 Birthday - Francis Cockfield, born in Horsham, England, born Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield of Dover in the County of Kent, politician, Conservative Party, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

1913 Birthday - Burt Lancaster, New York City, actor, From Here to Eternity, Elmer Gantry

1909 Birthday - Jean Lancaster, director, WRNS

1908 Birthday - Osbert Lancaster, English cartoonist/author, Daily Express

1908 Birthday - Ian Lancaster Fleming, born in London, England, author, James Bond

1897 Birthday - Nancy Keene Lancaster, designer/Collector

1849 Birthday - Luther Burbank, born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, horticulturist

1838 Death - Joseph Lancaster, English Educator

1812 Event - Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pennsylvania patents a horse-drawn mower

1778 Birthday - Joseph Lancaster, English Educator

1754 Death - Don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, dies

1676 Event - Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster Mass

1601 Event - John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London

1399 Death - John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile and Leon, dies at 58

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