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1997 Ronnie Lane, bassist (Faces), dies of multiple sclerosis at 50

1997 Ronnie Lane, rocker, Faces, dies at 50

1997 Burton Lane, composer, dies at 84

1995 Priscilla Lane, actress (Saboteur, Bodyguard), dies at 77

1994 Actress Diane Lane files for divorce from Christopher Lambert

1994 Alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur, dies at 91

1991 Rocker Jani Lane, Warrant-Cherry Pie, marries model Bobbie Brown

1989 Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws in a game against Milwaukee, one missed by 2 feet

1988 Actor Dudley Moore marries actress Brogan Lane

1981 Lola Lane, actress (Zanzibar, Mystery Ship, Big Fight), dies

1981 Frank Lane, American Businessman

1979 Edith Craig, actress (Harmony Lane, Smashing Rackets), dies at 71

1977 Yehonathan Netanyou Lane in the Bronx named in honor of Bronx-born

1975 Dana Marie Lane, Cheyenne Wyoming, Miss America-Wyoming 1996

1974 Rosemary Lane, actress (Chatterbox, 4 Wives), dies at 61

1974 Eric Lane, running back for the New York Giants

1973 Allan "Rocky" Lane, western actor (All's Fair), dies at 64

1973 Allan "Rocky" Lane, actor (voice of Mr. Ed, Red Ryder), dies at 72

1973 Lane Bradford, actor (Dead Man's Gold, Gun Hawk), dies at 50

1971 Andrew Lane, Australian rower 1996 Olympics

1971 Max Lane, NFL tackle for the New England Patriots

1970 Allen Lane [Williams], English publisher (Penguin Books), dies at 67

1968 Rose Wilder Lane, American Journalist

1968 Matthew Lane, born in Wellington, New Zealand, Nike golfer, 1991 S Australian Open-4th

1967 Gabriel Jongejans, Dutch drummer, Lois Lane

1967 Norman Angell (Lane), English journalist/pacifist (Nobel 1933), dies

1967 Beatles' "Penny Lane," single goes #1

1967 Beatles release "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields"

1965 Monique Klemann, singer, Lois Lane

1965 Elizabeth Lane becomes 1st female British supreme court justice

1965 Diane Lane, New York City, actress, Streets of Fire, Lady Beware, Lonesome Dove

1963 Jani Lane, heavy metal drummer, Warrant-Cherry Pie

1959 Lupino Lane, actress (Deputy Drummer), dies at 67

1956 Nathan Lane, born in Jersey, New Jersey, actor, One of the Boys, Frankie and Johnnie

1951 Lane Evans, born in Rock Island, Illinois, Representative-D-Illinois 1983 - 2007

1951 Scott Lane, New York City, actor, Gary-McKeever and the Colonel

1951 Eastwood Lane, composer, dies at 71

1950 Lane Davies, actor, Mason-Santa Barbara, Impure Thoughts

1949 Sara Lane, born in New York City, actress, Elizabeth Grainger-The Virginian

1948 Margot Kidder, Yellowknife, actress, Lois Lane, Amityville Horror

1946 Ronnie "Plonk" Lane, born in London, rock bassist, Small Faces-Hey Girl

1945 England win the second Victory test cricket at Bramall Lane by 41 runs

1943 Franz Courtens, Flemish painter (Sunny Lane), dies at 88

1940 Cristy Lane, U.S., country/gospel singer

1939 Beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki, Zen student, dies

1936 Lane Smith, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Perry White-Lois and Clark

1932 Abbe Lane, Brooklyn, aka Mrs. Xavier Cugat/singer, Xavier Cugat Show

1932 Gloria Lane, educator/author/founder, Women's International Center

1929 Mary MacLane, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month, dies at age 48, in Chicago, Illinois

1928 Dick "Night Train" Lane, NFL defensive back, Rams, Cards, Lions

1928 Dick Lane, American Athlete

1925 James Lane Allen, U.S. writer (Choir Invisible), dies at 75

1925 Peter Lane, born in England, Baron Lane of Horsell, Lord Land of Horsell, politician, businessman, Conservative Party, served in Royal Navy, life peer, House of Lords

1923 Louis Lane, born in Eagle Pass, Texas, conductor, Oere Orchestra 1968 - 1973

1923 Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)

1922 David Lane, CEO, Commission for Racial Equality

1922 Lane Kirkland, union president, AFL-CIO

1917 Priscilla Lane, U.S., actress, Arsenic and Old Lace

1913 Rosemary Lane, born in Indianola, Iowa, actress, 4 Mothers, Harvest Melody

1912 Burton Lane, Broadway composer, Finian's Rainbow

1909 Douglass Montgomery, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Forbidden, Harmony Lane

1908 Ann Lane Petry, U.S. journalist/author, Street

1905 Elizabeth Lane, 1st female British supreme court justice

1905 Charles Lane, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Homer-Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show

1903 Alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur

1902 Allen Lane, English publisher/founder, Penguin Books

1902 Lord Sainsbury of Drury Lane, president, J Sansbury Pics

1901 Allan "Rocky" Lane, Mishawaka, Indiana, actor, voice of Mr. Ed, Red Ryder

1900 Xavier Cugat, born in Barcelona, Spain, bandleader, married Abbe Lane, Charo

1896 Frank Lane, American Businessman

1892 Lupino Lane, born in London, England, actress, Love Parade

1886 Rose Wilder Lane, American Journalist

1881 Mary MacLane, born in Winnipeg, Canada, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month

1879 Eastwood Lane, composer

1874 Norman Angell, Lane, English cowboy/journalist, Nobel 1933

1859 Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder, League of Women Voters

1850 Benjamin Lane patents gas mask with a breathing apparatus

1849 James Lane Allen, U.S. writer, Kentucky Cardinal

1817 Walter Page Lane, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1814 Battle of Niagara Falls, Lundy's Lane, ; Americans defeat British

1808 William Henry Lane ("Juda") perfects tap dance

1803 Augustus Zerega diZerega, Martinique, ship owner, Red Z Lane

1801 Edward William Lane, translator, Thousand and 1 Nights

1794 Royal Theatre in London's Dury Lane opens

1757 John P Kemble, England, actor and director, Drury Lane, Covent Garden

1666 Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed

1663 Theatre Royal in Drury Lane London opens


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