2012 Event The 2012 'World Soccer' Player of the Year award is given to Lionel Messi 2002 Death Lionel Hampton, vibrophonist, dies at 94 1999 Death Lionel Bart, composer, songwriter, wrote pop music, musicals, created book, music and lyrics for Oliver!, dies at 68 1995 Death Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor, musician, dies at 70 1995 Death Lionel Alexander Bethune Pilkington, engineer, dies at 75 1994 Death Lionel Stander, actor (Max-Hart to Hart), dies at 86 1994 Death Lionel Stander, U.S. blacklisted actor (Hart to Hart), dies at 86 1994 Death Lionel Grigson, professor of Jazz, dies at 52 1987 Event 14th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie and Alabama 1984 Death Lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85 1983 Event "My Love" by Lionel Richie peaks at #5 1968 Birthday Lionel Simmons, NBA forward for the Sacramento Kings 1960 Birthday Lionel Washington, NFL cornerback for the Denver Broncos 1960 Birthday Lionel Washington, cornerback for the Oakland Raiders 1960 Birthday Lionel Cartwright, Ohio, country vocalist, I Watched it on the Radio 1960 Event Lionel Bart's musical "Fings ain't wot they used t'be," premieres 1957 Event 39th PGA Championship: Lionel Hebert at Miami Valley Golf Club Dayton Ohio 1956 Death Lionel K P "Buster" Crabb, British diver (WW II), dies at 47 1954 Death Lionel Barrymore, Blythe, actor (Dr. Kildare, Key Largo), dies at 76 1953 Birthday Jon Faddis, born in Oakland, California, musician, jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer, music educator, sound compared to his mentor, Dizzy Gillespie, member Lionel Hampton's big band, led Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, released Grammy-Award nominated work, Remembrances, 1999 1952 Birthday Lionel Johnston, Augusta, Georgia, actor, Sons and Daughters 1950 Birthday Lionel Richie, born in Alabama, singer, Commodores, Hello, Penny Lover 1949 Birthday Thomas Lionel Hill, New Orleans, 110m hurdler 1972 Olympics bronze 1946 Death Lionel Atwill, actor (Captain Blood, Great Waltz), dies at 61 1942 Birthday Lionel Grigson, professor of jazz 1937 Birthday Lionel Jospin, French Statesman 1937 Event Lionel Conacher misses on 1st Stanley Cup penalty shot 1934 Birthday Lionel Bart, born in Stepney, England, composer, songwriter, wrote pop music, musicals, created book, music and lyrics for Oliver! 1932 Birthday Ian Leslie, born in England, born Ian Lionel Malcolm Leslie, 21st Earl of Rothes, Scottish nobleman, served as Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1931 Birthday Lionel Blair, Montreal, choreographer, Spotlight 1930 Birthday Lionel Blue, British Clergyman 1926 Birthday Lionel Jeffries, actor, Fanny, Prisoner of Zenda 1925 Birthday Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor, musician 1924 Birthday Lionel Dakers, director, Royal School of Church Music 1924 Death Lionel Monckton, English composer (Country Girl), dies at 62 1920 Birthday Lionel Alexander Bethune [Alastair] Pilkington, engineer/Industrialist 1911 Birthday Lionel Henry Nowak, composer 1909 Birthday Lionel Hampton, orchestra leader/vibraphone improviser, Depths Below 1909 Birthday Lionel KP "Buster" Crabb, British diver, WW II-George Medal 1908 Birthday Lionel Stander, New York City, actor, Max-Hart to Hart, Unfaithfully Yours 1905 Birthday Lionel Trilling, author, 1969 Poses Award, Liberal Imagination 1904 Birthday Lionel Birkett, cricketer, WI vice-captain on Australian tour 1930-31 1898 Birthday Lionel Charles Robbins, Middlesex England, economist 1885 Birthday Lionel Atwill, English/U.S. actor, Mystery of the Wax Museum 1878 Birthday Lionel Barrymore, Blythe, Philadelphia, actor, Free Soul, Dr. Kildare 1870 Birthday Lionel Palairet, cricketer, elegant England bat in the Golden Age 1867 Birthday Lionel Pigot Johnson, born in England, poet and critic, Ireland and Other Poems 1861 Birthday Lionel Monckton, composer 1858 Event Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament 1834 Death Lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies