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2013 Event - In Los Angeles, California, the 85th Academy Awards is held; 'Argo' wins best picture, Ang Lee wins for best director, Daniel Day-Lewis wins for best actor, and Jennifer Lawrence wins for best actress 2010 Event - President Obama's economic advisor Lawrence Summers announces he will leave his post as head of the U.S. Economic Council 2004 Death - Jerome Lawrence, American Playwright 2002 Death - Lawrence Tierney, actor/businessman, Dillinger, dies at 81 2001 Death - Herbert Lawrence Block, American Cartoonist 2000 Death - Jacob Lawrence, American Artist 1998 Death - Lawrence Sanders, American Novelist 1997 Death - Lawrence Payton, singer, The Four Tops, dies at 59 1996 Death - Lawrence Martin Jenco, priest, dies at 61 1995 Death - Patric Reginald Lawrence Knowles, actor (Chisum, Mutiny), dies at 84 1995 Death - Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Gales, bassist, dies at 59 1995 Death - Lawrence Josset, engraver, dies at 84 1995 Death - Lawrence Allan Laurie Scott, script writer, dies at 87 1994 Event - New York Giants retire Lawrence Taylor's #56 1994 Death - Richard Lawrence Millington Synge, chromatographer, dies at 79 1994 Death - Lawrence E Spivak, journalist (Meet the Press), dies at 93 1993 Event - Lindsay Wagner (Bionic Woman) files for divorce from Lawrence Mortorff 1993 Death - Joyce Carey, Lawrence, English actress (Number 27), dies at 94 1992 Death - Lawrence Welk, bandleader (L Welk Show), dies of pneumonia at 89 1992 Death - Lawrence Welk, conductor/accordionist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies at 89 1992 Event - BPAA U.S. Open by Robert Lawrence 1991 Death - Mary Lawrence, actress (Best Man), dies of respiratory failure at 73 1991 Death - Sarah Sally Lawrence, entertainer, dies at 61 1991 Death - John Lawrence, doctor, dies 1991 Death - John Lawrence, examined effect of neutron radiation on fabric, dies 1991 Death - Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, U.S. jazz saxophonist (Eel), dies at 84 1991 Death - Lawrence Lott, actor (Real Men, Philadelphia Experiment), dies of AIDS at 40 1990 Death - Lawrence Durrell, Indian/English author (Mount Olive), dies at 78 1989 Event - Lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river 1987 Death - Lawrence Kohlberg, American Educator 1987 Birthday - Andrew Lawrence, Philadelphia, actor, Andy Roman-Brotherly Love 1986 Event - Lebanese kidnappers released Reverend Lawrence Martin Jenco 1984 Event - "Quilters" closes at Jack Lawrence Theater New York City after 24 performances 1984 Event - "Quilters" opens at Jack Lawrence Theater New York City for 24 performances 1982 Death - Lawrence Collingwood, composer, dies at 95 1982 Death - Betty Walker, actress (Steve Lawrence Show), dies at 54 1982 Event - Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs 1980 Event - Nobel prize for economy awarded to Lawrence R Klein 1980 Birthday - Matthew Lawrence, Philadelphia, actor, Dynasty, Matthew-Brotherly Love 1980 Birthday - Matthew Lawrence, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, actor, Matthew-Gimme a Break 1975 Birthday - Lawrence Phillips, running back for the St. Louis Rams 1975 Birthday - Joey Lawrence, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actor, Gimme a Break, Blossom, Summer Rental 1974 Event - Lawrence Rowe completes 302 vs. England Bridgetown, 36 fours 1 six 1973 Birthday - Tracy Noonan, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, soccer goalkeeper 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday - Lawrence Moten, NBA guard, Vancouver Grizzlies 1972 Death - Bill Lawrence, news anchor (ABC), dies at 56 1972 Event - Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe WI vs. New Zealand Kingston, 214 and 100 1972 Birthday - Mark Lawrence, Burlington, NHL right wing for the Dallas Stars 1970 Birthday - Lawrence Funderburke, NBA forward for the Sacramento Kings 1969 Birthday - Suzanne Lawrence, Humble Texas, Miss Texas-America 1991, 4th 1968 Death - Donald Wolfit, actor (Lawrence of Arabia), dies of heart ailment at 65 1968 Birthday - Tracy Lawrence, Atlanta, Texas, country singer, Sticks and Stones 1967 Death - Robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32 1967 Birthday - Lawrence Dawsey, NFL wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1967 Birthday - Michael Lawrence Marsh, born in Los Angeles, California, sprinter, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Event - Major Robert H Lawrence, Jr. named 1st black astronaut 1967 Birthday - Lawrence Rucchin, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998 1966 Birthday - Ellen Minzner, born in Lawrence Massachusetts, rower in 1996 Olympics 1965 Birthday - Lawrence Clay-Bey, Hartford, Connecticut, super heavyweight boxer 1996 Olympics 1965 Birthday - Martin Lawrence, born in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, comedian, actor, producer, director, appeared in his own hit series, Martin on FOX 1965 Event - 1st U.S. Senate black page, Lawrence W. Bradford, Jr., 16, appointed by New York Senator Jacob Javits 1965 Death - Jerry Burke, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies 1963 Event - 35th Academy Awards - "Lawrence of Arabia," A Bancroft and G Peck win 1963 Event - "Go Away Little Girl" by Steve Lawrence peaks at #1 1962 Event - David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres 1962 Birthday - Sharon Lawrence, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, actress, Civil Wars, New YorkPD Blue, Fired Up 1962 Birthday - Janice Lawrence Braxton, WNBA center, Cleveland Rockers, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics 1961 Birthday - Lawrence Lessig, American Educator 1961 Birthday - Albert Lawrence, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer 1984 Olympics silver 1960 Death - Lawrence Mervil Tibbett, baritone, dies after surgery at 63 1960 Event - DH Lawrence' "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (New York City) 1959 Birthday - Wendy B. Lawrence, born in Jacksonville, Florida, astronaut, STS-67, 86, sk:91 1959 Event - Queen Elizabeth and President Eisenhower open St. Lawrence Seaway 1959 Event - Postmaster General bans D H Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover (overruled by U.S. Court of Appeals in Mar 1960) 1959 Event - St. Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping 1959 Birthday - Lawrence Taylor, LT, NFL's greatest linebacker for the New York Giants 1958 Death - Ernest Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotron, Nobel Prize in Physics 1939, dies at 57 1958 Death - Ernest Lawrence, American Scientist 1957 Event - Singers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme wed in Las Vegas 1956 Event - Cincinnati Red pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins 1955 Event - "Lawrence Welk Show" premieres on ABC 1955 Event - J Lawrence and R E Lee's "Inherit the Wind," premieres in New York City 1954 Birthday - Lawrence Summers, American Economist 1954 Birthday - Lawrence Watt-Evans, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Sword of Bheleu 1954 Birthday - Ava Barber, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, country singer, Lawrence Welk Show 1954 Death - Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer, dies at 84 1954 Event - Ice Dance Championship at Oslo won by Jean Westwood/Lawrence Demmy GRB 1953 Birthday - Lawrence Lau, actor, Jamie Frame-Another World 1952 Birthday - Mr T, Lawrence Tero, Chicago, actor, A-Team, Rocky III, T and T 1952 Death - Lawrence Grant, actor (Bulldog Drummond), dies at 82 1951 Birthday - Lawrence J Delucas, born in Syracuse, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS-50 1949 Birthday - Vicki Lawrence, born in Inglewood, California, actress, Carol Burnette, Mama's Family 1949 Birthday - Lawrence Kasdan, born in Miami, Florida, director and writer, Accidental Tourist 1949 Birthday - Tom Netherton, born in Munich, Germany, singer, Lawrence Welk Show 1949 Birthday - Lawrence Rowe, cricketer, prolific WI batsman, 302 vs. England 1974 1948 Birthday - Takeshi Kitano, Tokyo, Japan, actor, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 1947 Birthday - George Lawrence James, New Jersey, 4X400m relayer, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1947 Birthday - Lol Creme, Lawrence Creme, England, rock vocalist and guitarist, 10cc 1947 Birthday - Peggy Lipton, Lawrence, New York, actress, Julie-Mod Squad, Twin Peaks 1946 Birthday - Lawrence Ascott, rocker, Isotope 1945 Event - Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg 1945 Birthday - Paul Monette, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, writer, wrote, 'Becoming a Man', wrote about gay relationships, taught writing, Milton Academy 1944 Birthday - Lawrence A. Hough, U.S., rower, Pairs w/o cox-1968 olympic silver 1943 Birthday - Lawrence Elkins, football player Florida for the Houston Oilers 1942 Birthday - Lawrence Allen Gilbert, Fort Knox, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1994 Dallas Reunion 1941 Birthday - Lawrence J. Smith, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-D-Florida 1983 - 1993 1940 Birthday - Stephen Lawrence Pruslin, composer 1939 Event - Nobel for physics awarded to Ernest Lawrence for the cyclotron 1939 Event - Gertrude Lawrence's "Skylark," premieres in New York City 1939 Birthday - Lawrence Pressman, born in Kentucky, actor, Man From Atlantis, Hellstrom Chronicle 1939 Birthday - Henry Lawrence Garett III, born in Miami, Florida, Sect of Navy, 1989 - 1992 1938 Death - Florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48 1938 Birthday - Jo Ann Campbell, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Lawrence Welk's champagne lady 1936 Birthday - Buddy Merrill, born in Torrey, Utah, guitarist, Lawrence Welk Show 1936 Birthday - Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Gales, bassist 1935 Birthday - Robert H Lawrence, born in Chicago, Illinois, USAF/astronaut 1935 Birthday - Lawrence Urquhart, CEO, Burmah Castrol 1935 Birthday - Steve Lawrence, born in Brooklyn, singer and actor, Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy 1935 Death - Thomas E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, dies in a motorcycle crash 1934 Birthday - Lawrence Martin Jenco, priest 1934 Birthday - Carol Lawrence, Illinois, dancer/actress, West Side Story 1932 Birthday - Peter O'Toole, born in Ireland, actor, Lord Jim, Beckett, Lawrence of Arabia 1932 Event - U.S. and Canada sign a treaty to develop St. Lawrence Seaway 1932 Birthday - Andrea Mead Lawrence, Rutland Vt, alpine slalom skier, 2 Gold Medals 1952 Olympics 1932 Birthday - Godfrey Lawrence, cricketer, South African fast bowler, 8-53 vs. New Zealand 1961 1931 Birthday - Lawrence K. Grossman, News president, NBC-TV 1930 Birthday - Tiny Little, Jr., Worthington, Minnesota, pianist, Lawrence Welk Show 1930 Birthday - Pete Fountain, born in New Orleans, jazz clarinetist, Lawrence Welk 1957-59 1930 Death - David H Lawrence, poet and writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover), dies at 44 1930 Birthday - Barbara Lawrence, Carnegie, Oklahoma, actress, Joe Dakota 1929 Birthday - Lawrence Coughlin, born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Pennsylvania 1969 - 1993 1927 Birthday - M Lawrence Antouin, college president, Emeritis 1927 Birthday - Lawrence Kenneth Moss, composer 1927 Birthday - Lawrence Kohlberg, American Educator 1926 Birthday - Lawrence Jackson, Provost Emeritus, Blackburn 1925 Birthday - Lawrence Byford, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary 1925 Birthday - Elliot Lawrence, Philadelphia, orchestra leader, Guide Right, Howard Cosell 1924 Birthday - Syd Lawrence, bandleader, Syd Lawrence Orchestra 1922 Birthday - Artie Malvin, U.S. music director, Julie LaRosa/Steve Lawrence 1921 Birthday - Frank Scott, born in Fargo ND, pianist, Lawrence Welk Show 1921 Birthday - Mark Lawrence, Washington D.C., pianist, Alice Pearce 1920 Birthday - Lawrence R. Klein, American Economist 1920 Birthday - Lawrence Sanders, American Novelist 1919 Birthday - Myron Floren, Webster, South Dakota, accordionist, Lawrence Welk Show 1919 Birthday - Lawrence Ferlinghetti, author, Coney Island of the Mind 1919 Birthday - Lawrence Tierney, Brooklyn, actor, Abduction, Dillinger 1919 Birthday - Eddie Lawrence, comedian 1919 Birthday - Lawrence Ferlinghetti, U.S., beat poet, Coney Island of the Mind 1918 Birthday - Leonard Bernstein, Lawrence, Massachusetts, conductor and composer, West Side Story 1918 Birthday - Peanuts Hucko, born in Syracuse, New York, dixieland clarinetist, Lawrence Welk Show 1917 Birthday - Louis Auchincloss, Lawrence, New York, lawyer/novelist, Watchfires 1917 Birthday - Lawrence Jacob, Atlantic City, New Jersey, artist, Sanitarium 1917 Birthday - Jacob Lawrence, American Artist 1917 Birthday - Lawrence F O'Brien, Watergate conspirators broke into his office 1917 Event - T. E. Lawrence captures Port of Agaba from Turkey 1916 Event - T. 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Lawrence meets with Fasal Hoessein 1915 Birthday - Jerome Lawrence, American Playwright 1915 Birthday - Anthony Quinn, born in Mexico, actor, Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia 1914 Birthday - Richard Lawrence Millington Synge, British bio-chemist, Nobel 1952 1914 Event - Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St. Lawrence R; 1024 die 1913 Birthday - Anthony Quayle, born in England, actor, Anne of 1000 Days, Lawrence of Arabia 1912 Death - Lawrence Alma Tadema, Dutch/British painter, dies at 76 1912 Birthday - Lawrence Durrell, Darjeeling India, writer, Alexandria Quartet 1912 Event - Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, MA 1912 Birthday - Lawrence Durrell, Indian/British writer, Private Country 1911 Birthday - Patric Reginald Lawrence Knowles, actor, Chisum, Arnold, Mutiny 1911 Birthday - Reginald Patric Lawrence Knowles, actor 1911 Birthday - George Cates, New York City, orchestra leader, Lawrence Welk Show 1911 Event - Jack Lawrence Theater (Playhouse) opens at 137 W 48th St. New York City 1910 Birthday - Lawrence Josset, engraver 1910 Birthday - Marc Lawrence, New York City, actor, Man With Golden Gun 1909 Birthday - Herbert Lawrence Block, American Cartoonist 1909 Birthday - Marjorie Lawrence, Australia, soprano, Venus-Tannhauser 1909 Birthday - Hugh Beaumont, Lawrence, Kansas, actor, Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver 1908 Birthday - David Lean, British director, Lawrence of Arabia 1908 Birthday - Lawrence Welk, born in Strasburg, North Dakota, orchestra leader, Lawrence Welk Show 1908 Birthday - Gordon Fraser, Lawrence Massachusetts, newscaster, All Star News 1907 Birthday - Lawrence Brown, U.S. trombonist, Duke Ellington Orchestra 1906 Event - Bridge in St. Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die 1906 Birthday - Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, U.S. jazz saxophonist, Eel 1905 Birthday - Thelma Todd, Alison Loyd, Lawrence, Massachusetts, actress, Dangerous Female 1902 Event - Lawrence Auchterlonie wins U.S. Open golf tournament 1902 Birthday - Steve Smith, singer, Lawrence Welk Show 1902 Birthday - Donald Wolfit, born in England, actor, Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed 1901 Birthday - Ernest Lawrence, born in Canton, South Dakota, inventor of the cyclotron, Nobel Prize in Physics 1939 1901 Birthday - Ernest Lawrence, American Scientist 1900 Birthday - Lawrence E Spivak, born in Brooklyn, New York, news panelist, Meet the Press 1899 Event - 3rd Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia of Mass in 2:54:38 1898 Birthday - Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, Mimi, Rembrandt 1896 Birthday - Lawrence Tibbett, Bakersfield California, baritone, Metropolitan 1923-50 1893 Birthday - John Lawrence Seymour, composer 1891 Death - Lawrence Barrett, American Actor 1890 Birthday - Florence Lawrence, Hamilton Ont, silent screen actress, Confidence 1887 Birthday - Lawrence Collingwood, composer 1885 Birthday - David Herbert "DH" Lawrence, England, writer, Lady Chatterly's Lover 1869 Birthday - Lawrence Grant, Bournemouth England, actor, Bulldog Drummond 1869 Birthday - Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer 1869 Birthday - Lawrence Binyon, Vienna Austria, poet, Symbolic Wounds 1863 Event - Raid at Lawrence KS by William Quantrill 1862 Death - Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 41 1856 Event - Lawrence Kansas captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces 1850 Birthday - Lawrence Hargrave, inventor, box kite 1836 Birthday - Lawrence Barrett, American Actor 1836 Birthday - Lawrence Alma Tadema, Dutch/British painter/husband of Laura Epps 1835 Event - Richard Lawrence misfires at President Andrew Jackson in Washington D.C. 1828 Birthday - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Major General Union volunteers 1820 Birthday - Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1819 Birthday - Henry Lawrence Eustis, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1815 Birthday - Lawrence Pike Graham, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1813 Event - Captain John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship" 1802 Birthday - James Lawrence Lardner, Commander Union Navy 1781 Birthday - James Lawrence, naval hero, War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!" 1768 Death - Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France and Italy), dies 1760 Death - Charles Lawrence, British Politician 1745 Event - English fleet occupies Cap Breton on St. Lawrence River 1711 Event - Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St. Lawrence 1709 Birthday - Charles Lawrence, British Politician 1534 Event - Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St. Lawrence River |
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