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2012 Event - The writer of 'Carrie's War,' Nina Bawden, who was shortlisted for the 1987 Booker Prize and the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010, dies in London at age 87

2012 Event - Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, the four thousand year-old ridge-top monastery in Bhutan catches fire and is destroyed; no relics were lost in the fire because the monastery was under renovation

2010 Event - A Southampton University research fellow discovers a lost Antonio Vivaldi flute concerto at the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh

2002 Death - Jonathan Harris, TV actor, TV's Lost in Space, dies at 84

2002 Death - Irene Worth, actress, Lost in Yonkers, dies at 85

1997 Event - Cubs beat New York Mets ending NL worst opening, lost 14 straight games

1993 Event - Florida Marlins 1st lost ever (4-2 to Los Angeles Dodgers)

1993 Event - "Lost in Yonkers" closes at Richard Rodgers New York City after 780 performances

1992 Death - Denholm Elliott, English actor (Raiders of Lost Ark), dies at 70

1991 Event - 45th Tony Awards: Lost in Yonkers and Will Rogers Follies win

1991 Death - Ken Curtis, actor (Lost, Freckles, California Gold Rush), dies at 74

1991 Event - 27 lost at sea when 2 U.S. Navy anti-submarine planes collide

1991 Event - "Lost in Yonkers" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 780 performances

1991 Event - Neil Simon's "Lost in Yonkers," premieres in New York City

1991 Event - Howard Stern kisses New York Giant Leonard Marshall's ass over bet Stern lost claiming the Giants would lose the Superbowl

1990 Event - Perez de Cuellar says he has lost all hope for peace in Gulf

1989 Event - Pirates score 10 in 1st (their best inning since 1942), prompts Pirate Jim Rooker to say he would walk from Pitts to Philadelphia if Pirates lost, Phillies beat them 15-11, Rooker walks at end of season broadcaster

1989 Death - Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at 65

1989 Death - Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space)

1988 Death - Angela Aames, actress (Lost Empire, Basic Training), dies

1988 Death - Lin[wood V] Carter, U.S., sci-fi writer (Lost World of Time), dies at 57

1987 Event - Korean Air jetliner disappears off Burma, all 115 lost

1986 Death - Nigel Stock, actor (Lost Continent, Young Sherlock Holmes), dies

1986 Death - Ray Milland, actor (Lost Weekend-Academy Award 1945), dies at 81

1982 Death - Fernando Lamas, actor and director (Lost World), dies of cancer at 67

1982 Event - Ocean Ranger oil-drilling platform lost off Newfoundland, 84 die

1981 Event - "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" starring Harrison Ford premieres

1976 Birthday - Dominic Monaghan, born in Berlin, Germany, actor, known for playing role of Merry in 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, 'Lost' and 'FlashForward' television shows

1976 Death - Fritz Rasp, actor (Diary of a Lost Girl), dies at 85

1976 Birthday - Anna Faris, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, singer. appeared in 'Lost in Translation', 'Scary Movie', 'My Super Ex-Girlfriend', 'The House Bunny' movies

1975 Event - Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior

1973 Death - Douglas Kennedy, actor (Lone Ranger and Lost City of Gold), dies at 57

1972 Event - "Hot Rod Lincoln," by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen hits #9

1972 Event - "Lost in the Stars" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 39 performances

1972 Event - "Lost in the Stars" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 39 performances

1971 Birthday - Sofia Coppola, born in New York City, New York, writer, actress, producer, appeared in 'The Godfather', produced, 'Lost In Translation', 'The Virgin Suicides'

1970 Birthday - Vince Vaughn, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, actor, films include, 'Swingers', 'The Lost world: Jurassic Park', 'Couples Retreat', 'The Break-Up'

1969 Death - James Lanphier, actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48

1969 Birthday - Naveen Andrews, born in London, England, actor, appeared on television show, 'Lost' as Sayid Jarrah

1968 Event - Nuclear submarine Scorpion is lost

1966 Birthday - Kiefer Sutherland, actor, Young Guns, Stand by Me, Lost Boys

1966 Death - Charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger and Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer

1966 Birthday - Jason Patric, born in New York City, actor, Lost Boys, Solar Babies

1966 Event - U.S. recovers lost H-bomb from Mediterranean floor

1965 Event - "Lost in Space" premieres

1965 Event - Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" hits #1

1962 Event - U.S.S.R. launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars

1961 Birthday - Julianne Moore, actress, Lost World, 9 Months

1961 Death - Clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68

1961 Birthday - David Leavitt, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, writer, gay literature, professor at Princeton, author of, 'The Lost Language of Cranes', 'The Body of Jonah Boyd', 'The Indian Clerk'

1954 Death - James Hilton, English author (Lost Horizon), dies at 54

1954 Death - Tom Tyler, actor (Lost Ranch, Coyote Trails), dies at 50

1953 Death - Arthur Hoyt, actor (Gold Rush Gertie, Lost World), dies at 78

1952 Birthday - Graham Yallop, cricketer, Australian captain in 7 Tests, won 1 lost 6

1952 Birthday - Angela Cartwright, England, Make Room for Daddy, Lost in Space

1952 Death - Canada Lee, black actor (Lost Boundaries), dies in New York City at 45

1950 Death - Carel T Scharten, Dutch poet and writer (Lost Paradise), dies at 72

1950 Event - "Lost in the Stars" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 281 performances

1949 Event - "Lost in the Stars" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 281 performances

1948 Birthday - Bill Kirchen, singer/guitarist, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet

1948 Birthday - Mercedes Ruehl, Queens, New York, actress, Lost in Yonkers, Crazy People

1948 Birthday - Bill Kirchen, singer/guitarist, Commander Cody and Lost Planet Airmen

1947 Event - With only 1 out to go, Yank Floyd Beven gives up a double breaking his World Series no-hit bid, it scored 2 runs and he lost game

1947 Birthday - Albert Brooks, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Broadcast News, Lost in America

1946 Birthday - Jasper Carrott, English comedian, Jane and the Lost City, Detectives

1945 Event - "Lost Squadron" crashes east of Florida (Bermuda Triangle)

1944 Birthday - Commander Cody, singer/pianist, Commander Cody and Lost Planet Airmen

1944 Event - 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure

1943 Event - Stalin says: "The issue of German fascism is lost"

1943 Event - Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 were lost by Germany

1940 Death - Josef Swickard, actor (Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 73

1929 Event - Dodgers beat Phillies 20-16 and lost 8-6 in 2nd game (record 50 runs)

1928 Event - Notre Dame finally lost a football game after nearly 25 years

1925 Event - Italian sub "Sebastiano Veniero" lost off Sicily with 54 dead

1925 Birthday - June Lockhart, New York City, actress, Lassie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction

1925 Birthday - Marius Constant, Rumania, Dutch composer and conductor, Paradise Lost

1924 Birthday - Darrell Royal, born in Hollis, Oklahoma, football coach, in 20 years as head coach, University of Texas Longhorn never lost a season, elected to College Football Hall of Fame, 1983

1924 Birthday - Guy Williams, New York City, actor, Zorro, Lost in Space

1923 Event - Dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th

1920 Birthday - James Lanphier, New York, actor, Flight of Lost Balloon

1918 Death - Abdul-Hamid II, 34th sultan of Turkey (lost Serbia/Egypt), dies at 65

1915 Birthday - Douglas Kennedy, born in New York, actor, Lone Ranger and Lost City of Gold

1915 Event - Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost

1915 Event - 1st U.S. ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK)

1912 Birthday - Kylie Tennant, novelist, Battlers, Lost Haven

1912 Birthday - Roy Fuller, England, poet and novelist, Lost Season

1911 Event - Hiram Bingham discovers Lost City of the Incas

1907 Birthday - Canada Lee, born in New York City, actor, Lost Boundaries

1905 Birthday - Ray Milland, born in Neath, Wales, actor, Lost Weekend-Academy Award 1945

1896 Event - Henry Arthur Jones' "Michael and his Lost Angel," premieres in London

1893 Birthday - Clarke Ashton Smith, U.S., sci-fi author, Lost Worlds, Genius Loci

1891 Birthday - Fritz Rasp, Bayreuth Germany, actor, Diary of a Lost Girl

1879 Death - John B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48

1878 Event - British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost

1874 Birthday - Kincsem, horse that never lost a race

1866 Birthday - Josef Swickard, born in Coblenz, Germany, actor, Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities

1865 Event - Trans Atlantic Cable being laid by SS Great Eastern snaps and is lost

1864 Event - Confederate troops pull back out Solves/lost Mt, Georgia

1856 Event - Steamer Pacific lost

1854 Birthday - Louis H Chrispijn, Dutch director, Lost and Found, Silvia Silombra

1847 Event - Steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200

1842 Birthday - Abdul-Hamid II, 34th sultan of Turkey, lost Romania and Serbia

1834 Birthday - Horatio Alger, Jr., Revere Massachusetts, author, Lost at Sea, Work and Win

1768 Birthday - Frederick VI, Danish king, 1808-39, ; lost Norway to Sweden, 1814

1674 Death - John Milton, English poet (Paradise Lost), dies at 65

1608 Birthday - John Milton, London, poet/puritan, Paradise Lost













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