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2011 Event - Famed 'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling leaves her agent, Christopher Little, ending their 15-year working relationship

2010 Event - Flash floods on the Little Missouri River kill at least 20 people near a campground in the Ouachita Mountains, west of Little Rock, Arkansas

2009 Event - Panic ensues when an earthquake strikes off the Bali coast in Indonesia, causing few injuries and little material damage

2008 Death - Roy Scheider, dies in Little Rock, Arkansas, complications from a staph infection, at 75

2005 Death - Little Milton, American Musician

2004 Event - Clinton Library opens in Little Rock Arkansas, containing 2 million photographs and 80 million documents

2004 Death - Frances Dee, actress, Little Women, dies at 96

2003 Death - Felice Bryant, Songwriter, ", Wake Up, Little Susie, ", dies at 77

2001 Death - Victor Wong, actor/newscaster, Big Trouble in Little China, dies at 74

1998 Event - Decapitated head of Danish Little Mermaid is returned

1998 Event - Vandals decapitate Copenhagen's Little Mermaid

1997 Event - "Little Foxes," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City after 56 performances

1997 Event - "Little Foxes," opens at Vivian Beaumont New York City for 56 performances

1996 Event - 38th Grammy Awards: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morisette wins

1994 Death - Harry "Little" Caesar, blues singer and actor (City Heat), dies at 66

1994 Event - "Best Little Whorehouse" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 16 performances

1994 Event - "Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" opens at Lunt-Font New York City for 16 per

1994 Event - "Rise and Fall of Little Voice" closes at Neil Simon New York City after 9 performances

1994 Event - "Rise and Fall of Little Voice" opens at Neil Simon New York City for 9 performances

1994 Event - "Little More Magic" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 30 performances

1994 Event - "Little More Magic" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 30 performances

1993 Death - Maroun Bagdadi, director/writer (Little Wars, Veiled Man), dies at 42

1993 Event - Long Beach, California beats Panama for little league world championship

1993 Event - "Three Little Pigs" by Green Jelly hits #17

1993 Event - President Dobrica Cosic of little Yugoslavia flees

1992 Death - Bobby Russell, song writer (Honey, Little Green Apples), dies at 52

1992 Death - Cleavon Little, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies of colon cancer at 53

1992 Death - Cleavon Little, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies at 53

1992 Death - Carl Stotz, founder (baseball's little league), dies at 82

1992 Event - "Little Hotel on the Side" closes at Belasco New York City after 41 performances

1992 Event - "Little Hotel on the Side" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 41 performances

1991 Death - Klaus Kinski, actor (Android, Little Drummer Girl), dies at 65

1991 Death - Angelo "Little Moe" Rossitto, dwarf actor (Carousel), dies at 83

1991 Death - Angelo Rossitto, dwarf known as "Little Moe"/actor (Dark), dies at 83

1991 Event - Precious Bunny wins the 46th Little Brown Jug

1991 Event - Taiwan captures its 15th Little League World Series, 11-0

1991 Event - "Little Night Music" closes at New York State New York City after 7 performances

1991 Event - "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 7 performances

1990 Event - "Little Night Music" closes at New York State New York City after 11 performances

1990 Birthday - Jon Benet Ramsey, little beauty queen, murdered in 1996

1990 Event - "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 11 performances

1990 Event - Little Richard gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame

1990 Death - Charles Farrell, actor (Vern-My Little Margie), dies at 89

1990 Event - A Tampa little leaguer, dies, after being struck by a pitch

1989 Event - George Harrison releases "Cheer Down" and "Poor Little Girl"

1989 Event - Trumbull Conn, is 1st U.S. team since 1983 to win Little League WS

1988 Death - Christine Norden, actress (Little Shop of Horroers, Night Beat), dies

1988 Event - 16th du Maurier Golf Classic: Sally Little

1988 Event - Women are allowed to compete in Little 500 bicycle race (Indiana)

1987 Event - "Little Shop of Horrors," released in France

1987 Event - "Little Shop of Horrors" is released in Germany

1986 Event - Paul McCartney release "Pretty Little Head"

1986 Death - Virginia Gregg, actress (Little Women), dies at 69

1985 Event - Little Richard seriously injured in a car accident

1984 Death - Lillian Hellman, playwright, (Little Foxes), dies at 79

1984 Death - Ann Little, actress (Roaring Road), dies

1983 Event - "Dance a Little Closer" opens and closes at Minskoff Theater New York City

1982 Event - Menken and Ashman's musical "Little Shop of Horrors," premieres in New York City

1982 Event - "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" closes at E O'Neill New York City after 63 performances

1982 Event - Sally Little wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic

1982 Event - "Best Little Whorehouse in Tx" opens at Eugene O'Neill New York City for 63 perf

1982 Event - Sally Little wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic

1982 Event - 11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little

1982 Event - "Best Little Whorehouse..." closes at 46th St. New York City after 1577 performances

1982 Event - "Little Johnny Jones" opens and closes at Alvin Theater New York City

1982 Event - Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic

1982 Event - "Little Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 36 performances

1982 Event - "Little Me" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 36 performances

1981 Death - Chief Dan George, actor (Harry and Tonto, Little Big Man), dies at 82

1981 Event - Sally Little wins LPGA CPC Women's Golf International

1981 Event - Stephen Sondheim's musical "Marry Me a Little," premieres in New York City

1981 Event - Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic

1981 Event - Sally Little wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic

1980 Death - William "Buckwheat" Thomas, actor (Little Rascal), dies at 49

1980 Birthday - Ben Savage, actor, Little Monsters, Wild Palms

1980 Event - Sally Little wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic

1980 Event - 26th LPGA Championship won by Sally Little

1979 Event - "Lonesome Loser" by Little River Band peaks at #6

1979 Event - Sally Little wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic

1979 Event - Sally wins LPGA Barth Golf Classic Little

1979 Death - Lowell George, rocker (Mothers of Invention, Little Feat), dies at 34

1979 Event - Little Richard quits rock and roll for religious pursuit

1979 Event - Rock group "Little Feat" disbands

1979 Event - Sally Little wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic

1978 Event - "Best Little Whorehouse..." opens at 46th St. New York City for 1577 performances

1978 Event - Wings release "With a Little Luck"

1978 Event - Sally Little wins LPGA Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Golf Classic

1977 Death - John Little McClellan, Senator-D-Arkansas 1943 - 1977

1977 Death - Richard Carlson, actor and director (Little Foxes, Hunted), dies at 65

1977 Event - Arkansas' Steve Little kicks a record tying 67 yard field goal

1976 Event - Sally Little wins LPGA Ladies Masters at Moss Creek Golf Tournament

1976 Event - "Rich Little Show," debuts on NBC-TV

1976 Birthday - Amanda Little, Miss USA-Texas, 1997, top 6

1976 Death - Agatha Christie, mystery writer (10 Little Indians), dies at 85

1975 Event - Simon and Garfunkel reunite on SNL, sing "My Little Town"

1975 Event - Joanne Little acquitted of murder charges

1975 Birthday - John Hargis, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, 100m butterfly 1996 Olympics

1975 Event - "Men on the Moon" closes at Little Theater New York City after 5 performances

1975 Event - "Men on the Moon" opens at Little Theater New York City for 5 performances

1974 Event - "Little Night Music" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 601 performances

1974 Event - 106th Belmont: Miguel Rivera aboard Little Current wins in 2:29.2

1974 Birthday - Alanis Nadine Morisette, vocalist, Jagged Little Pill

1974 Event - 100th Preakness: Miguel Rivera aboard Current Little wins in 1:54.6

1974 Birthday - Matt Lucas, born in Paddington, England, comedian, actor, known for 'Little Britain' television show

1974 Birthday - Christian Bale, Wales, actor, Empire of the Sun, Little Women

1973 Death - William Haines, actor (Little Annie Rooney), dies of cancer at 73

1973 Event - New Jersey becomes 1st state to allow girls into little league

1973 Event - "Little Night Music" opens at Majestic Theater on Broadway

1973 Event - Lawsuit in Detroit challenges Little League's "no girls" rule

1973 Death - William M Inge, U.S. playwright (Come Back Little Sheba), dies at 60

1973 Event - 27th Tony Awards: That Championship Season and Little Night Music win

1973 Event - "Little Night Music" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 601 performances

1973 Event - Steven Sondheim's musical "Little Night Music," premieres in New York City

1973 Death - Edward G Robinson, Goldenberg, actor (Little Caesar), dies at 79

1972 Birthday - Missy Francis, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Little House on the Prairie

1972 Event - "Long Haired Lover From Liverpool" by Little Jimmy Osmond peaks at #38

1972 Event - Paul McCartney and Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb"

1971 Birthday - Neil Little, Medicine Hat, NHL goalie for the Philadelphia Flyers

1971 Birthday - Corin "Corky" Nemec, Little Rock, actor, Tucker, Parker Lewis

1971 Birthday - David Walliams, born in Surrey, England, actor, appeared on 'Little Britain', 'Neighbours', 'Capturing Mary', television shows

1971 Birthday - Charlotte Gainsbourg, born in London, England, actress, Little Thief

1971 Birthday - Shannen Doherty, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Little House, Bev Hills 90210

1971 Event - P Zindel's "And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little," premieres in New York City

1971 Birthday - Tim Jones, born in America, composer, musician, composer of film scores including, 'Chuck', 'Vampires: The Turning', 'Wicked Little Things'

1970 Birthday - River Phoenix, Madras Ore, actor, Little Nikta, Stand By Me

1970 Birthday - Meredith Salenger, actress, Dream a Little Dream, The Kiss

1970 Birthday - Brennan Little, St. Thomas Ont, golfer, 1994 Western States mini-tour

1969 Event - Jackie DeShannon gets Gold Record for "Put Little Love in Your Heart"

1969 Death - Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, 1st woman grand slam (1953), dies at 34

1968 Event - Race riot in Miami, Chicago and Little Rock

1968 Death - Little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30

1968 Death - William E "Little Willie" John, U.S. R&B-singer (Fever), dies at 30)

1968 Death - Harold Gray, U.S. comic strip artist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 74

1968 Death - Little Walter, rocker, dies at 37

1968 Death - Lawson Little, amateur golfer (U.S./British Opens 1934,35), dies at 57

1967 Death - Little Billy Rhodes, dies of stroke at 72

1967 Event - Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders," premieres in New York City

1967 Birthday - Trini Alvarado, born in New York City, New York, actor, known for playing role of Meg in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, and Lucy Lynskey in film, The Frighteners

1966 Event - KETS TV channel 2 in Little Rock, AR (PBS) begins broadcasting

1966 Birthday - Valeria Golino, Naples Italy, actress, Rain Man, Little Flames

1966 Death - Gertrude Hoffman, actress (Mrs Odetts-My Little Margie), dies at 95

1966 Death - Bobby Fuller, rocker, singer, guitarist, most famous single titled, I Fought the Law, written by Sonny Curtis, first top 40 hit, Let Her Dance, influences include The Beatles, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, found dead at 22

1966 Birthday - Doug McKeon, born in New Jersey, actor, Big Shamus Little Shamus, Centennial

1965 Death - Malcolm X, Little, black Moslem leader, assassinated in New York City at 39

1965 Birthday - Brandon Lee, born in Emerson, Colorado, actor, Showdown in Little Tokyo

1964 Death - Clarence Kolb, actor (Mr Honeywell-My Little Margie), dies at 90

1964 Event - Rod Steward records his 1st single "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl"

1964 Birthday - Debi Mazar, born in Queens, New York, actress, Civil Wars, Little Man Tate, LA Law

1964 Event - Jan and Dean release "Little Old Lady From Pasadena"

1964 Birthday - Melissa Gilbert Brinkman, Louisiana, actress, Little House on the Prairie

1963 Event - "Double Dublin" closes at Little Theater New York City after 4 performances

1963 Event - "Double Dublin" opens at Little Theater New York City for 4 performances

1963 Birthday - Carol Peterka, Little Falls, Minnesota, team handball back court, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1963 Event - "Tambourines to Glory" closes at Little Theater New York City after 24 performances

1963 Birthday - Tatum O'Neal, LA Cal, Mrs. John McEnroe, Paper Moon, Little Darlings

1963 Event - "Tambourines to Glory" opens at Little Theater New York City for 24 performances

1963 Event - Little Richard joins Everly Brothers Tour

1963 Event - "Little Deuce Coupe" by The Beach Boys peaks at #15

1963 Event - "Little Me" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 257 performances

1963 Event - "Little" Stevie Wonder (13) releases "Fingertips"

1963 Event - "Go Away Little Girl" by Steve Lawrence peaks at #1

1962 Event - "Little Me" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 257 performances

1962 Event - Simon/Coleman/Leigh's musical "Little Me," premieres in New York City

1962 Birthday - Melissa Sue Anderson, Cal, actress, Little House on the Prairie

1962 Birthday - Suzee Pai, born in Toledo, Ohio, actress, Big Trouble in Little China

1962 Event - Mick Jagger and Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue and Blue Boys

1962 Death - Willie Best, actor (Charlie-My Little Margie), dies at 45

1961 Birthday - Scott E Parazynski, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, MD/astronaut, STS-66, 86, sk:95

1961 Event - "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)" by Coasters peaks at #23

1960 Birthday - Jim Reilly, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, second drummer for Stiff Little Fingers, a Northern Ireland punk band, played for U.S. bands Red Rockers and The Raindogs

1960 Event - Little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km

1959 Event - Little Anthony and the Imperials record "Shimmy Shimmy Koko Bop"

1959 Birthday - Danitra Vance, comedienne, SNL, Little Man Tate, Limit Up

1959 Event - 2-time champ Monterrey Mexico barred from 1959 Little League competition for using players outside predetermined geographical area

1959 Event - Teddy Scholten wins Eurovision Song festival with "A Little Bit"

1958 Event - U.S. Supreme Court orders Little Rock Arkansas high school to integrate

1958 Event - Federal judge rules race separation must end in 2 years in Little Rock

1958 Event - Ernest Green and 600 whites graduate from Little Rock's Central HS

1958 Event - President Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central High School, Little Rock

1958 Birthday - Rik Mayall, comedian, Drop Dead Fred, Bottom, Little Noises

1957 Event - Army withdraws for Little Rock Ark, after Central HS integration

1957 Event - Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie" reaches #1

1957 Event - Eisenhower orders U.S. troops to desegregate Little Rock schools

1957 Event - White mob forces 9 black students who had entered a Little Rock high school in Arkansas to withdraw

1957 Event - Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school

1957 Death - Laura Ingalls Wilder, U.S. author (Little House on Praries), dies at 90

1956 Death - George Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74

1956 Birthday - T. A. Sekar, Indian cricket pace-bowler, 2 Tests 1982-83 little impact

1956 Death - Charles Dingle, actor, stage, film, played role of senator in 'Call Me Madam', films include 'The Little Foxes', dies

1956 Event - Little Richard releases "Tutti Frutti"

1956 Event - Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group

1955 Event - KTHV TV channel 11 in Little Rock, AR (CBS) begins broadcasting

1955 Birthday - Rebecca Balding, Little Rock, Arkansas, actress, Carla-Lou Grant, Soap

1955 Birthday - Bruce Foxton, born in Woking, Surrey, guitarist, bass player for The Jam, Stiff Little Fingers

1954 Birthday - George McArdle, rock bassist, Little River Band Melbourne

1954 Birthday - Louise Erdrich, born in Little Falls, Minnesota, author, short story writer, wrote, 'Love Medicine, 'The Plague of Doves'

1954 Event - KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock, AR (NBC) begins broadcasting

1954 Birthday - Lesley-Anne Down, born in London, actress, A Little Night Music, Moonraker

1953 Event - KATV TV channel 7 in Little Rock, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Death - Maude K Adams, U.S. actress (Little Minister), dies

1953 Birthday - Derek Pellicci, rock drummer, Little River Band-Help Is On It's Way

1952 Birthday - Kate Capshaw, Ft. Worth, Texas, actress, Little Sex, Dreamscape

1952 Birthday - John Hiatt, U.S. singer and songwriter, Have a Little Faith in Me

1952 Birthday - Wayne John Levi, Little Falls, New York, PGA golfer, 1983 Buick Open

1951 Birthday - Sally Little, Cape Town South Africa, LPGA golfer, 1982 Dinah Shore

1951 Birthday - David Briggs, rock guitarist, Little River Band-Help is on it's Way

1950 Birthday - Richard Keith, Lafayette, Louisiana, actor, Little Ricky-I Love Lucy

1950 Birthday - Little Steven, Van Zandt, Asbury Park, New Jersey, rocker, Born to Run

1950 Birthday - Ellen Greene, born in Brooklyn, New York, vocalist/actress, Little Shoppe of Horrors

1950 Event - WM Inge's "Come Back, Little Sheba," premieres in New York City

1950 Death - Alan Hale, actor (Little John-Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 57

1949 Birthday - Bill Payne, born in Waco, Texas, rock keyboardist, Little Feat-Time Loves a Hero

1948 Birthday - "Little" Stevie Wright, rocker, Easybeats

1948 Birthday - Beeb Birtles, Gerard Birtlekamp, rock guitarist, Little River Band

1948 Death - Edgar Kennedy, actor (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 58

1948 Birthday - Paul Barrere, rock vocalist and guitarist, Little Feat-Sailin' Shoes

1948 Birthday - Little Peggy March, Margaret Battavio, vocalist, I Will Follow Him

1947 Event - 1st Little League World Series Maynard Midgets of Williamsport Pennsylvania win

1947 Birthday - Graham Goble, Adelaide, Australia, rock guitarist, Little River Band

1947 Birthday - Nedra Telley, New York City, vocalist, Ronettes-Be My Little Baby

1946 Birthday - Diane Keaton, born in Louisiana, actress, Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl

1945 Birthday - Little Eva, born in Belhaven, North Carolina, rock vocalist, Locomotion

1945 Birthday - Lowell George, rock vocalist and guitarist, Little Feat-Time is a Hero

1945 Birthday - Michael Cristofer, actor and writer, Little Drummer Girl

1944 Birthday - Glenn Shorrock, born in Sydney, Australia, rock vocalist, Little River Band

1944 Birthday - Joe Cocker, Sheffield Eng, rock vocalist, Little Help From My Friends

1943 Birthday - Oscar Harris, Surinames/Dutch singer, Try a Little Love

1943 Birthday - Ronnie Spector, born in New York City, New York, singer, 'Be My Little Baby'

1943 Birthday - Gil Gerard, Little Rock, Arkansas, actor, Buck Rogers in 25th Century

1942 Birthday - Bobby Fuller, born in Baytown, Texas, rocker, singer, guitarist, most famous single titled, I Fought the Law, written by Sonny Curtis, first top 40 hit, Let Her Dance, influences include The Beatles, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran

1942 Event - Little Golden Books (children books) begins publishing

1942 Birthday - Tommy F. Robinson, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Representative-D-Arkansas 1985 - 1991

1942 Birthday - Frank Bonner, Little Rock AR, actor, WKRP, Hoax, You Can't Hurry Love

1942 Birthday - Claude Miller, director, Garde a Vue, Little Thief, Wild Child

1941 Birthday - Dan Hicks, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, singer, songwriter, performed with dance bands, performed on Time Out For Teens radio program, part of San Francisco's folk music scene

1941 Birthday - Curtis Lee, born in Yuma, Arizona, singer, doo-wop and pop recording artist with Phil Spector, partnered with Tommy Boyce, sang 'Under the Moon of Love', 'Pretty Little Angel Eyes'

1941 Birthday - Brenton Wood, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, rocker, Gimme Little Sign

1941 Birthday - Little Jayotis Washington, U.S. R&B singer, Persuasions

1941 Event - Little Theater at Adelphi Strand closes

1941 Birthday - Major Lance, U.S. boxer, dancer and singer, Hey Little Girl

1941 Birthday - Ivana Loudova, born in Chlumec nad Cidlinou, Czech Republic, composer, wrote chamber, orchestral, children's choral works, including 'Little Christmas Cantata'

1940 Birthday - Chris Farlowe, born in North London, England, John Henry Deighton, rocker, singer, soul, rhythm and blues, jazz rock, signed with Columbia and Immediate, once used pseudonym 'Little Joe Cook'

1940 Birthday - Marcia Rodd, actress, Little Murders, T R Baskins

1940 Birthday - Vittorio Storaro, cinematographer, Taxi, Little Buddah, Dick Tracy

1940 Event - 44th U.S. Golf Open: Lawson Little shoots a 287 at Canterbury Golf Club Ohio

1940 Event - "Lake Shore Ltd" derails speed killing 34 near Little Falls NY

1940 Birthday - Anthony Gaurdine, Little Anthony and Imperials-Goin Out of My Head

1940 Birthday - Little Anthony [Gourdine], rocker, & Imperials

1939 Birthday - Cleavon Little, Chickasha Oklahoma, actor, Blazing Saddles, Toy Soldiers

1939 Event - "3 Little Fishies," by Kay Kyser hits #1

1939 Event - Lillian Hellman's "Little Foxes," premieres in New York City

1938 Birthday - Rich Little, Ottawa Canada, impressionist/actor, Love on a Rooftop

1938 Birthday - Phil Everly, Brownie, Kentucky, singer, Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie

1937 Birthday - William E "Little Willie" John, Woods, U.S. R&B singer, Fever

1937 Birthday - Don Everly, Brownie, Kentucky, vocalist, Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie

1937 Birthday - Conny Vandenbos, Dutch singer, My rose, my little rose

1935 Birthday - Steve Lawrence, born in Brooklyn, singer and actor, Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy

1934 Birthday - Robert E Hughes, New York City, orchestra leader, Rich Little Show

1934 Birthday - Little Milton, rocker

1934 Birthday - Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, California, tennis, 1st woman grand slam, 1953

1934 Birthday - Little Milton, American Musician

1934 Birthday - Ben Piazza, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, actor, Blues Brothers, Ben Casey, Dallas

1934 Birthday - Little Caesar, vocalist, Little Caesar and the Romans

1934 Event - 1st Donald Duck cartoon, Wise Little Hen, released

1934 Event - Donald Duck made his 1st screen appearance ("The Wise Little Hen")

1934 Event - Lawson Little beats Gene Sarazen by 3 strokes for U.S. Open

1933 Event - Little King, Cartoon Character, by Von Beuren, debut

1933 Birthday - Robert Blake, Nutley, New Jersey, Baretta, Little Rascals, Coast to Coast

1933 Event - Walt Disney's "3 Little Pigs" released

1932 Birthday - Dorsey Burnette, Memphis, rocker, Tall Oak Tree, Hey Little One

1932 Birthday - Little Richard, born in Macon, Georgia, rocker, Tutty Fruity

1932 Birthday - Milly Vitale, born in Rome, actress, 7 Little Foys, War and Peace, Juggler

1932 Birthday - Ocie Lee "OC" Smith, U.S. jazz singer, Little Green Apples

1932 Birthday - Peggy Ann Garner, Canton Ohio, actress, Little Women, Daisy Kenyon

1931 Birthday - Darla Hood, Leedey Oklahoma, singer and actress, Little Rascals

1931 Birthday - John LeCarre, Cornwell, England, spy novelist, Little Drummer Girl

1931 Birthday - Thurston Harris, born in Indianapolis, vocalist, Little Bitty Pretty One

1931 Event - 1st broadcast of "Little Orphan Annie" on NBC-radio

1931 Birthday - William "Buckwheat" Thomas, actor, Little Rascals

1930 Birthday - J M Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact

1930 Birthday - Tiny Little, Jr., Worthington, Minnesota, pianist, Lawrence Welk Show

1930 Birthday - Barbara Goldsmith, New Rochelle, author, Little Gloria Happy At Last

1930 Birthday - Little Walter, Marion Walter Jacobs, rocker

1929 Birthday - Milan Panic, premier of little Yugoslavia

1929 Birthday - Jules Feiffer, New York City, cartoonist, Passionella, author, Little Murders

1929 Birthday - Terry Moore, Helen Luella Koford, LA Cal, actress, Little Sheba

1928 Birthday - Jack Lord, New York City, actor, Steve McGarrett-Hawaii 5-0, God's Little Acre

1928 Birthday - George Emmett McFarland, Dallas, act, Spanky-Our Gang/Little Rascals

1928 Death - Leos Janacek, Czechoslovakian composer and conductor (Sly Little Fox), dies at 74

1927 Birthday - Anne Gillis, Little Rock, Arkansas, actress, Adv of Tom Sawyer, Little Men

1926 Birthday - Klaus Kinski, Nikolas Naksynski, Poland, actor, Little Drummer Girl

1926 Birthday - Aldo Ray, Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, actor, God's Little Acre, Green Beret

1926 Birthday - Roger Corman, born in Detroit, producer and director, Little Shop of Horrors

1926 Birthday - Harry "Little" Caesar, blues singer and actor, City Heat, Homer and Eddie

1925 Birthday - Leonard Starr, comic strip cartoonist, Little Orphan Annie

1925 Birthday - Gail Davis, Little Rock, Arkansas, actress, Annie Oakley

1925 Birthday - Dickie Moore, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Expert, Oliver Twist, Little Men

1925 Birthday - Malcolm X, Little, Detroit Red, Omaha NB, founder, Black Muslims

1924 Event - "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip 1st published

1924 Event - 1st Little Orphan Annie-strip appears in New York City Daily News

1924 Event - Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray, debuts

1924 Birthday - Thomas Berger, U.S., novelist, Vital Parts, Little Big Man

1924 Birthday - Gloria Vanderbilt, don't my jeans look great, poor little rich girl

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

1922 Birthday - George Roy Hill, dir, Slap Shot, Little Drummer Girl, Little Romance

1922 Event - George Cohan's musical "Little Nellie Kelly," premieres in New York City

1922 Birthday - Little Orphan Annie, comic strip character

1922 Birthday - Joan Copeland, Miller, New York City, actress, Roseland, A Little Sex

1922 Birthday - Gale Storm, born in Bloomington, Texas, actress, My Little Margie, Gale Storm Show

1921 Event - Little Review faces obscenity charges for publishing "Ulysses," NY

1920 Birthday - Don Taylor, Freeport, Pennsylvania, actor, Father's Little Dividend

1920 Birthday - Mitzi Green, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Little Orphan Annie

1920 Event - Little Entente formed by Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia

1917 Birthday - Dabbs Greer, born in Fairview, Missouri, actor, Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie

1917 Birthday - Thomas K Scherman, New York City, conductor, Little Orchestra Society 1947 - 1975

1916 Event - 1st tank used in war, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France

1915 Birthday - Edith Piaf, E Giovanna Gassion, Paris, chanteuse, Little Sparrow

1915 Birthday - Dorothy Dell, actor, Little Miss Marker, Wharf Angel

1912 Birthday - Max Croiset, playwright/director/actor, Dog of Flanders, Little Ark

1912 Birthday - Jean Parker, Butte Mont, actress, Beyond Tomorrow, Little Women

1910 Birthday - Ronald Russell, actor/manager, We are Angels, Little Dorrit

1910 Birthday - Joan Bennett, Palasades, New Jersey, actress, Little Women, Disraeli

1907 Birthday - Albert Rice Leventhal, publisher, Little Golden Books

1907 Birthday - Lillian Hellman, playwright, Toys in the Attic, Little Foxes

1905 Birthday - Dolores Costello, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actress, Little Lord Fauntleroy

1904 Event - George Cohans musical "Little Johnny Jones," premieres in New York City

1903 Birthday - Erskine P Caldwell, author, Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre

1902 Birthday - Morgan Beatty, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, news anchor, Du Mont Evening News

1902 Birthday - Erin O'Brien-Moore, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Peyton Place, Our Little Girl

1901 Birthday - Charles Farrell, Cape Cod Massachusetts, actor, Vern-My Little Margie

1900 Birthday - Spencer Tracy, born in Milwaukee, actor, Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib

1900 Birthday - William Haines, Staunton, Virginia, actor, Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney

1899 Birthday - William R Burnett, U.S., author, Little Caesar

1899 Birthday - Chief Dan George, actor, Harry and Tonto, Little Big Man. Smith!

1899 Birthday - Kenneth Thomson, Pitts, actor, Broadway Melody, Little Giant

1898 Birthday - Jay C. Flippen, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, actor, Jet Pilot, Killing, Thunder Bay

1897 Birthday - Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer, Little Emperor

1897 Birthday - Emmy Arbous, Emilia J Henke, Dutch actress, Little Rascal

1896 Birthday - Gary Davis, born in Laurens, South Carolina, blues/folk guitarist, A Little More Faith

1896 Birthday - John Little McClellan, born in Sheridan, Arkansas, Senator-D-Arkansas 1943 - 1977

1896 Birthday - Rex Ingram, Ireland, actor and director, Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre

1894 Birthday - Harold L Gray, creator, Little Orphan Annie

1893 Birthday - Mao Tse-tung, of little red book fame, Prime Minister of China PR, 1949 - 1976

1893 Birthday - Lou Little, college football hall of fame coach, elected 1960

1893 Birthday - Mary Pickford, actress, Poor Little Rich Girl

1892 Birthday - Alan Hale, Rufus A Mackahan, Washington D.C., actor, Little John-Robin Hood

1890 Death - Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US

1890 Birthday - Herbert Marshall, London, actor, Murder, Razor's Edge, Little Foxes

1890 Birthday - James Rennie, born in Toronto, Ontario, actor, Lash, Little Damozel

1888 Birthday - James Morrison, Mattoon, Illinois, actor, Little Detectives

1888 Birthday - Maurice Chevalier, Paris, thanked heaven for little girls, Gigi

1887 Birthday - Charles Dingle, born in Wabash, Indiana, actor, stage, film, played role of senator in 'Call Me Madam', films include 'The Little Foxes'

1883 Birthday - Edna May Oliver, Nutter, Malden, Massachusetts, actress, Little Women

1882 Birthday - Gilbert M. Anderson, Max Aronson, Little Rock AR

1880 Birthday - Douglas MacArthur, Little Rock, Arkansas, general, WW II, he did return!

1878 Birthday - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, actor, Stormy Weather, Little Colonel

1876 Event - Custer and 7th Cavalry wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne at Little Big Horn

1876 Death - Boston Custer, brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn

1876 Death - George A Custer, U.S. general (Little Bighorn), dies at 36

1876 Death - John Patton, trumpeter, dies at Little Bighorn

1876 Death - Lame White Man, Cheyenne, dies at Little Bighorn

1876 Death - Myles Keogh, U.S. officer, dies at Little Bighorn

1876 Death - Thomas W. Custer, brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn

1874 Birthday - Julius Bittner, Austrian composer, Little Violet

1873 Birthday - John McGraw, born in Truxton, New York, MLB player and manager of the New York Giants, nicknamed 'Little Napoleon'

1871 Birthday - Henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor, A Chique Little Boy

1871 Birthday - Henry Stephenson, British WI, actor, Conquest, Little Old, New York, Mr. Lucky

1868 Birthday - Mary Austin, Illinois, feminist/nature writer, Land of Little Rain

1868 Event - Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock

1867 Birthday - Laura Ingalls Wilder, Wisconsin, kid book author, Little House on Prarie

1867 Birthday - James Marcus, actor, Eagle, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Lone Avenger

1865 Death - William Henry "Little Billy" Chase Whiting, Confederate General-Major, dies at 48

1864 Death - John Clare, English poet (Little Trotty Wagtail), dies at 70

1864 Event - Skirmish at Elkin's Ford Little Missouri River, Arkansas

1863 Birthday - Arthur D Little, U.S., chemist, patented rayon

1863 Event - Battle of Little Rock AK and Start of Chattanooga campaign

1863 Death - Little Crow, Ta-oya-te-duta, Santee Sioux indian chief, dies

1862 Death - [Lewis] Henry Little, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 45

1861 Death - Stephen A Douglas, "Little Giant", senator (Lincoln Debates), dies

1850 Birthday - Eugene Field, author/journalist, Little Boy Blue

1847 Event - Little William Nelman poisons his grandpa

1835 Birthday - Phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop/composer, Little Town of Bethlehem

1832 Birthday - Louisa May Alcott, Germantown, Pennsylvania, author, Little Women

1830 Event - "Mary Had A Little Lamb," is written

1817 Birthday - Lewis Henry Little, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1813 Birthday - Stephen Arnold Douglas, Little giant, U.S. senator, Lincoln debates

1788 Birthday - Sarah Josepha Hale, author, Mary Had a Little Lamb

1740 Event - Czarina Anne of Little Russia, expels Jews

1740 Event - Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Czarina Anne













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