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2003 Kamato Hongo, old man, world's oldest well-documented man for almost four years, dies at 116
2003 Barry White, man with velvet voice, ", Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe, ", dies at 58 2003 Buddy Hackett, comedian/actor, The Music Man, dies at 78 2003 "DeVon ""Robot Man"" Smith", world champion hitchhiker, dies at 76 2002 William Warfield, singer/teacher, Old Man River, dies at 82 2002 Jack Olsen, writer, Last Man Standing, dies at 77 2002 Timothy Findley, writer, The Piano Man's Daughter, dies at 71 2002 Damon Knight, science fiction writer/editor/teacher, To Serve Man, dies at 79 2000 Richard Farnsworth, actor/stunt man, The Straight Story, dies at 80 2000 Curt Siodmak, screenplay writer, The Wolf Man, dies at 98 1999 Pete Conrad, "astronaut, businessman", third man to walk on the moon, dies at 69 1999 Richard Kiley, actor, Man of La Mancha, dies at 76 1999 Dusty Springfield, pop singer, Son of a Preacher Man, dies at 59 1999 Michael Angelo Avallone, writer, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., novelization, dies at 73 1998 Tony Awards, Side Man, Death of a Salesman revival, Annie Get Your Gun revival and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown revival won major awards 1998 Tammy Wynette, singer, Stand by Your Man, dies at 55 1997 Gul Mohammed, world's shortest man (22.1"/56.16 cm), dies at 36 1997 Viktor Frankl, psychotherapist (Man's Search for Meaning), dies at 92 1997 Vincent Gulliver, Britain's oldest man, dies at 109 1997 "Young Man From Atlanta" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 85 performances 1997 Michael Dorris, writer, scholar, first unmarried man to adopt child, Raynold Abel, wrote about Reynold in 'The Broken Cord', commits suicide in Concord, New Hampshire, at age 52 1997 "Young Man From Atlanta," opens at Longacre New York City for 85 performances 1997 Fred Zinnemann, director, A Man for All Seasons, dies of heart attack at 89 1995 Million Man March held in Washington D.C. (over 800,000 black men attend) 1995 John Cairncross, linguist (5th Man), dies at 82 1995 Jim Leyritz homers with a man on in 15th inning to give Yankees 2-0 Division Series lead over Mariners 1995 Forbes Mag announces Bill Gates is the richest man in world, worth$12.9 billion dollars 1995 William John Phillips, actor (Nothing but a Man), dies at 80 1995 Michael Horden, actor (Fool, Green Man, Scoop), dies at 83 1995 Calder Willingham, U.S. scriptwriter (End as a Man), dies at 72 1995 Paul Monette, writer, wrote, 'Becoming a Man', wrote about gay relationships, taught writing, Milton Academy, dies of AIDS in Los Angeles, California at 49 1995 Yahya Ayyash, nicknamed 'the Engineer,' chief bomb maker for Hamas, most wanted man in Israel, caused deaths of 90 Israelis, assassinated by Isreal's Shin Bet with a booby trapped cellular phone 1994 Radio personality Howard Stern talks a man out of attempting suicide 1994 Man Mohan Adhikary sworn in as 1st communist premier of Nepal 1994 Paul Swift, U.S. actor (Egg Man in Pink Flamingo), dies of AIDS at 60 1994 Man shoots another man on IRT #4 train at Grand Central Station 1994 Cameron Mitchell, actor (Man on Tightrope), dies of lung cancer at 76 1994 Ralph Waldo Ellison, U.S. writer (Invisible Man), dies at 80 1994 "No Man's Land" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 61 performances 1994 "No Man's Land" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 61 performances 1993 Myrna Loy, actress (Thin Man, Vanity Fair), dies at 88 1993 Maroun Bagdadi, director/writer (Little Wars, Veiled Man), dies at 42 1993 Harry Bellaver, actor (Blue Collar, Old Man and the Sea), dies at 88 1993 Nan Grey, actress (Invisible Man Returns), dies on 75th birthday 1993 Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies 1993 Carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91 1993 Terry Frost, actor (Waterfront, Dead Man's Trail), dies at 86 1992 Charles Fraser-Smith, English inventor (man who never was), dies 1992 James Seay, actor (Amazing Colossal Man), dies at 78 1992 Johannes van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Born 4/22/1884), dies 1992 Wayne McLaren, Marlboro Man, dies of lung cancer at 51 1992 "Man of La Mancha" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 108 performances 1992 Maxine Audley, British actress (Vikings, Our Man in Havana), dies at 69 1992 Wayne McLaren, model (Marlboro Man), dies of lung cancer at 51 1992 Pierre Billotte, French military man (IIGM), dies 1992 Sheena Easton collapses on stage while performing in "Man of LaMancha" 1992 "Man of La Mancha" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 108 performances 1992 Man accidentally backs in A's Jose Canseco's $225,000 Lamborghini 1992 Robert Beatty, actor (Odd Man Out), dies at 82 1992 Wade Preston, actor (Man Called Sledge), dies at 62 1992 Willie Dixon, blues composer (I'm a Man, Backdoor Man), dies at 76 1992 Cleaning woman finds intimate photos of Sarah Ferguson with U.S. man 1992 William Walker, stuntman/actor (Our Man Flint), dies at 74 1991 Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of Year 1991 W Hudson, U.S. "strongest man to the world" (540 kg), dies 1991 Walter Hudson, 1,025 lb man, dies at 46 1991 Byron Webster, actor (That Man Bolt), dies of AIDS at 58 1991 TV show "Roc" has a gay wedding episode - Can't Help Loving that Man 1991 Mary Lawrence, actress (Best Man), dies of respiratory failure at 73 1991 Irene Campbell, British actress/dancer (Wicker Man, St. Justice), dies 1991 Gene Clark, folk-rocker (Byrds-Tambourine Man), dies at 49 1991 Defense releases docs claiming Noriega is "CIA's man in Panama" 1991 Graham Greene, British writer (3rd Man, Our man in Havana), dies at 86 1990 Aaron Copeland, composer (Fanfare for Common Man), dies at 90 1990 Margaret Mary Lockwood, actress (Man in Grey, Wicked Lady), dies at 73 1990 Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977 1990 On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children and no man can stand her for long 1990 Alan Ayckbourn's "Man of the Moment," premieres in London 1990 Joel Fluellen, actor (Man Friday, Burning Cross), dies at 79 1989 1st NFL game coached by a black man (Art Shell), his Los Angeles Raiders beat New York Jets 14-7 on Monday Night Football 1989 Tim Hovey, actor (Slim Carter, Man Afraid), dies of a drug overdose 1989 Braves Dale Murphy, hits 2 3-run home runs in an inning, 14th man to hit 2 home runs in an inning. Also ties record of 6 RBIs in an inning 1989 Wrestlemania V at Trump Plaza, Hulk Hogan beats "Macho Man" Savage 1988 Man armed with explosives blows self up in 125 St. subway station (New York City) 1988 Willie Stargell became 200th man inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame 1988 Eva Novak, actress (Medicine Man), dies of pneumonia at 90 1988 David Prater, U.S. singer (Sam and Dave-Soul Man), dies in car crash at 50 1988 Wrestlemania IV at Trump Plaza, "Macho Man" Savage pins Ted Dibiase 1988 Allan Cuthbertson, actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies at 67 1987 3 white New York teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man 1987 43 die in Pacific Southwest Airline crash in California (man shot pilots) 1987 Young man survives 7 attempts at suicide in Somerset England 1987 O B McClinton, U.S. country singer (Man needs a woman), dies at 47 1987 15 yr old Michael Chang is youngest man to win U.S. Tennis Open match 1987 Philip Rush of New Zealand, set record for triple crossing English Channel his time 28:21, 10 hours faster than 1st man to do it 1987 Cincinnati Red Eric Davis becomes 7th and earliest 30 home run - 30 steal man 1987 Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains 1987 Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, actress (Gigi, Music Man), dies at 89 1987 Robert Preston, actor (Harold Hill-Music Man), dies at 68 1986 Scatman Crothers, singer and actor (Shining, Chico and The Man), dies at 76 1986 Murray Hamilton, actor (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 63 1986 John Hurley, song writer (Son of a Preacher Man), dies at 45 1986 Helen Craig, actress (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 74 1985 PNP/MAN win Antilian parliamentary election 1985 St. Louis Cardinals set an unusual streak record by winning 9 of 10 games, each pitched by a different man 1985 Grant Williams, actor (Shrinking Man), dies of toxic poisoning at 54 1985 George Holmes, actor (Man in the Trunk), dies at 66 1985 Tina Majorino, actress, Waterworld, When a Man Loves a Woman 1984 Miss Elizabeth (Hulette) and Macho Man Randy Savage (Poffo) wed 1984 Peter Lawford, actor (Thin Man), dies of cardiac arrest at 61 1984 John Lennon releases "Every Man has a Woman Who Loves Him" 1984 Howard Goodall/Melvyn Bragg's musical "Hired Man," premieres in London 1984 William Keighley, dir (Man who came to Dinner), dies of a stroke at 94 1984 Irwin Shaw, U.S. writer (Rich Man, Poor Man), dies at 71 1984 Muddy Waters, blues singer/guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man), dies at 68 1984 Christopher Wilder, FBI's "most wanted man," accidentally kills self 1984 William Powell, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 91 1983 Pope John Paul II pardons man who shot him (Mehmet Ali Agca) 1983 Paul de Man, Belgian Critic 1983 Calvin Smith of U.S. becomes fastest man alive (9.93 for 100m) 1982 TIME's Man of the Year is a computer 1982 Russell Thorson, actor (One Man's Family), dies at 72 1982 Robert Anthony, born in Chicago, Illinois, ring name, 'Egotistico Fantastico', professional wrestler, athlete, World Junior Heavyweight Champion, Iron Man Champion, AAW Heavyweight Championship 1982 Stanley Holloway, comedian (My Fair Lady, Our Man Higgins), dies at 91 1981 Jack Albertson, actor (Chico and the Man), dies at 74 1981 Chief Dan George, actor (Harry and Tonto, Little Big Man), dies at 82 1981 Austin O'Brien, actor, Apollo 13, My Girl 2, Lawnmower Man 1981 Nelson Algren, U.S. writer (Man with the Golden Arm), dies at 72 1981 Dennis Lillee ct by Qld 12th man Dennis Lillie in Shield game 1981 Paul Horbiger, actor (3rd Man), dies at 86 1981 [Adele] Marie Astaire, actress (Last Man on Earth, Millie), dies at 82 1980 David Bowie appears in role of 'Elephant Man' in Denver 1980 Gail Patrick, actress (My Man Godfrey), dies of leukemia at 69 1979 British government identifies Sir Anthony Blunt as 4th man in Soviet spy ring 1979 Anndi Lynn McAfee, actress, Ice Cream Man, Conagher 1979 Catherine Lacey, actress (October Man, Carnival), dies at 75 1979 Don Martina's MAN party wins election in Dutch Antilles 1979 33rd Tony Awards: Elephant Man and Sweeny Todd win 1979 Louis Paul Boon, Flemish writer (Eros and the Lonely Man), dies at 67 1979 Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket he missed 1978 Graham Salmon set worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man 1978 Supreme Court orders California medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected 1978 1st Iron Man Triathlon held, Kona, Hawaii 1978 Derrick De Marney, actor (Inheritance, Projected Man), dies at 71 1977 "Man of La Mancha" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 124 performances 1977 Bernard Pomerance's "Elephant Man," premieres in London 1977 Florence Vidor, actress (Jack Knife Man), dies at 82 1977 "Man of La Mancha" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 124 performances 1977 Don Blackman, actor (Old Man and Sea, Desert Legion), dies at 65 1977 "I'm Your Boogie Man" by Kansas City and Sunshine Band peaks at #1 1977 Jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at 63 1977 Marjorie Gateson, actress (One Man's Family), dies at 86 1977 Freddie Prinze, comedian/actor (Chico and the Man), shoots himself at 22 1976 Godfrey Cambridge, actor (Watermelon Man), dies at 43 1976 Man Ray, U.S. artist (dada), dies at 86 1976 Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33 1976 James Flavin, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69 1976 Jean Servais, Belgian actor (Every Man is My Enemy), dies at 65 1976 "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV 1976 Margaret Leighton, actress (Best Man, Go-Between), dies at 53 1975 Scott E Weinger, New York City, actor, Steve Taylor-Family Man, Full House 1975 Wings release "Listen to What the Man Said" in UK 1975 Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land," premieres in London 1975 Muriel Hutchinson, actor (Another Thin Man), dies at 60 1975 Paul Verhoeven, director (Robocop, 4th Man, Total Recall), dies at 73 1975 Brendan Fay, actor (Hustler, Man on a Swing), dies at 54 1975 Lubov Orlova, actress (Moscow Laughs, Man of Music, Tanya), dies at 72 1974 "Man With Golden Gun" premieres in US 1974 Most complete early man skeleton found (Johanson and Gray in Ethiopia) 1974 "I'm A Ramblin' Man" by Waylon Jennings peaks at #75 1974 "$6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV 1973 Mantan Moreland, comedian (Watermelon Man), dies at 71 1973 Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family), dies at 76 1973 Flash fire kills 51 at amusement park, Isle of Man, UK 1973 Isle of Man begins issuing their own postage stamps 1973 Luis Van Rooten, actor (One Man's Family), dies at 66 1973 Lane Bradford, actor (Dead Man's Gold, Gun Hawk), dies at 50 1973 Ludwig Stossel, Austrian actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 89 1972 "Man of La Mancha" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 140 performances 1972 Leo G Carroll, actor (Topper, Man From Uncle), dies at 80 1972 Dennis Military man, soccer player, Sparta/Vitesse 1972 "Man of La Mancha" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 140 performances 1971 Christopher Dark, actor (Man Behind the Badge), dies at 51 1971 John Newcombe is 1st top-seed man to lose in 1st round of U.S. Open 1971 "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" closes at Golden New York City after 31 performances 1971 "Man of La Mancha" closes at ANTA Washington Square Theater New York City after 2329 performances 1971 "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" opens at Golden New York City for 31 performances 1971 Reinhold Niebuhr, U.S. theologist (Nature and Destiny of Man), dies at 78 1971 John Longden, actor (Man From Interpol), dies at 70 1971 Method Man, American Musician 1971 John Buchanan, actor, Sidekicks, Black Stallion, Family Man 1970 Joseph W. Krutch, U.S. writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76 1970 Natasha Ryan, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Amy-Ladies' Man 1969 Gene Hunt, R&B musician, Acid Man 1969 22-year-old man sneaks into wheel pod of a jet parked in Havana and survives 9-hour flight to Spain despite thin oxygen levels at 29,000 ft 1969 Ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56 1969 Ernst Deutsch, Dorian, Czechoslovakian actor (3rd Man, Golem), dies at 78 1968 Lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70 1968 Yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, and Seryogin, in plane crash at 34 1968 Pauly Shore, Hollywood, comedian, Totally Pauly, Encino Man 1968 Whitfield Crane, rocker, Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad 1967 Francoise Dorleac, actress (That Man From Rio), dies at 35 1967 Eric Schweig, born in Inuvik, Canada, actor, Dead Man's Walk 1967 Claude Rains, actor (Invisible Man), dies at 77 1967 Henry C Rumke, psychiatrist (Light of Man), dies at 74 1967 Mellow Man Ace, Cuba, spanish rapper/actor, Only the Strong 1967 39th Academy Awards - "Man For All Seasons," E Taylor and P Scofield win 1967 Clark Gesner's musical "You're a Good Man, premieres in New York City 1967 Mischa Auer, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 61 of a heart attack 1966 Bill Ranford, Brandon Man, NHL goalie, Team Canada, Boston 1966 C Thomas Howell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Red Dawn, Tank, Soul Man 1966 Valeria Golino, Naples Italy, actress, Rain Man, Little Flames 1966 20th Tony Awards: Marat/Sade and Man of La Mancha win 1966 Pat O'Malley, silent film actor (Wild One, Quiet Man), dies at 75 1966 Yahya Ayyash, born in Palestine, nicknamed 'the Engineer,' chief bomb maker for Hamas, most wanted man in Israel, caused deaths of 90 Israelis 1966 Man From Uncle star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London 1966 William Harrigan, actor (Invisible Man, Girl in 419), dies at 71 1965 Harry Harvey Sr, actor (It's a Man's World), dies at 64 1965 "Man of La Mancha" opens at ANTA Washington Square Theater New York City for 2329 performances 1965 Kadeem Hardison, actor, A Different World, The Sixth Man 1965 Shooting begins on Star Trek 2nd pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" 1965 Bevan Congdon makes a stumping as 12th man New Zealand vs. Pakistan 1965 Forrest Taylor, actor (This is Life, Man Without a Gun), dies at 81 1965 Cordell Crockett, rocker, Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad 1965 Byrds record "Mr Tambourine Man" 1964 Launch of Voskhod 1, 1st 3 man crew (Komarov, Feokistov, Yegorov) 1964 Calvin Thomas, actor (Judge Hunter-One Man's Family), dies at 79 1964 "Man from U.N.C.L.E," premieres on NBC-TV 1964 Debi Mazar, born in Queens, New York, actress, Civil Wars, Little Man Tate, LA Law 1964 Flannery O'Connor, writer (Good Man is Hard to Find), dies at 39 1964 Biz Markie, rocker, Meteor Man, Townsend Television 1964 Frank Albertson, actor (Chico and Man, Room Service), dies at 55 1964 U.S. Supreme Court rules - 1 man 1 vote (Westberry vs. Sanders) 1964 A Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day and Night), dies at 46 1963 Scott Ian, U.S. heavy metal guitarist, Anthrax-I'm the Man 1963 Brian Clark, Brandon Man, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Morden Pro-Am 1963 Pierre Blanchar, actor (Man From Nowhere), dies at 71 1963 Robert Stroud, "bird man of Alcatraz", dies 1963 Monty Wooley, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 74 1962 Beatie Edney, born in London, England, actress, Diary of a Mad Old Man 1962 Frank Lovejoy, actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw), dies at 48 1962 16th Tony Awards: Man For All Seasons and How to Succeed win 1962 Clint Black, born in Long Branch, New Jersey, country vocalist, A Better Man 1961 Marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53 1961 John F. Kennedy sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade 1961 Riaz Poonawalla, cricketer, Indian 12th man/UAE bat 1994 ICC Trophy 1961 "Music Man" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 1375 performances 1961 Julia Louis-Dreyfus, born in New York City, comedienne, SNL, Seinfeld, Soul Man, Troll 1961 Dashiell Hammett, U.S. detective writer (Thin Man), dies at 66 1960 Rene Froger, Dutch singer, Everything Can Make a Man Happy 1960 Kathlyn Williams, actress (Single Man), dies of heart attack at 72 1960 Robert Bolt's "Man For All Seasons," premieres in London 1960 Tommy Aldridge, heavy metal rocker, Ozzy-Diary of a Mad Man 1960 Gore Vidal's "Best Man," premieres in New York City 1959 Danitra Vance, comedienne, SNL, Little Man Tate, Limit Up 1959 Una O'Connor, actress (Banjo, Invisible Man), dies at 78 1958 12th Tony Awards: Sunrise at Campobello and Music Man win 1957 "Music Man" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1375 performances 1957 Fran Drescher, Queens, New York, actress, Cadillac Man, Nanny 1957 David Simons reaches 30,942 m in Man High 2 balloon 1957 89th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Gallant Man wins in 2:26.6 1957 Fred Markham, 1st man to pedal a bike 65 mph 1957 Jenifer Lewis, actress, Girl 6, Meteor Man, Sister Act 1956 Nico Slothouwer, Dutch poet, Man and his Bag 1956 Randi Brooks, New York City, actress, Man With 2 Brains, Tightrope 1956 Dwight Yoakam, born in Pikeville, Kentucky, country singer, Honky Tonk Man 1956 Robert Newton, actor (Henry V, Odd Man Out), dies at 50 1955 Bo Derek, Mary Collins, born in Long Beach, California, actress, 10, Tarzan the Ape Man 1955 Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th 1955 Kix Brooks, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, singer, Brooks and Dunn-Brand New Man 1954 Ullrich Diessner, born in East Germany, 4 man cox 1976 Olympics gold 1954 Walter Diessner, born in East Germany, 4 man cox 1976 Olympics gold 1954 Alex Cox, born in Bebington, Mereyside, England, screenwriter, film director, independent film producer, actor, author, directed film 'Repo Man', wrote book '10,000 Ways to Die' 1954 Eva Mattes, Tegernsee Germany, actress, Celeste, Man Like Eva 1954 Bert Lytell, actor (Henry-One Man's Family), dies at 69 1954 Reed Birney, born in Alexandria, Virginia, actor, Greatest Man in the World 1954 Eugene Pallette, actor (It's a Date, My Man Godfrey), dies at 65 1954 Steve Wright, Britain's wacky DJ/actor, Funny Man 1954 Sam J Jones, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Chris-Code Red, The Highway Man 1954 Freddie Prinze, New York City, comedian/actor, Chico and the Man 1954 John Iles, dolby supervisor, Elephant Man, Richard III 1954 Gunther Tiersch, born in East Germany, 8 man cox, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1954 Norbert Hahn, born in East Germany, 2 man luge, Gold Medal 1976, 1980 Olympics 1953 "Pitdown Man," discovered in 1912 proved to be a hoax 1953 Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67 1953 Pulitzer prize awarded to E Hemingway (Old Man and The Sea) 1953 Hans Rinn, born in East Germany, 2 man lugist, Gold Medal 1976, 1980 Olympics 1953 Kay Lenz, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Moving Violations, Rich Man Poor Man 1952 "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Poffo, Sarasota, Florida, wrestler, WWF/SMW/ICW 1952 Ernest Hemmingway's "Old Man and Sea" published 1952 Graham Salmon, blind runner, fastest 100m by a blind man 1952 78th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Blue Man wins in 1:57.4 1952 Marilu Henner, born in Chicago, actress, Taxi, Man Who Loved Women, Eve Shade 1951 Jeff Altman, comedian/actor, Nurses, Pink Lady, Soul Man 1951 Penny Peyser, Irvington, New York, actress, Rich Man Poor Man, Knots Landing 1951 Charo, Murcia Spain, actress and singer, Chico and the Man, Love Boat 1951 John McTiernan, born in Albany, New York, actor, Predator, Die Hard, Medicine Man 1950 Arthur Dorrington is 1st black man in organized hockey, Atlantic City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League 1950 Belinda J Montgomery, born in Winnipeg, actress, Man From Atlantis 1950 John "Jocko" Marcellino, rocker/actor, Tagget, Hot to Trot, Rain Man 1949 "One Man's Family" premieres on TV 1949 Geoff Capes, born in Holbeach, England, shot putter, two-time winner, World's Strongest Man title, two-time Commonwealth Games shot put champion 1949 Francis Rossi, guitarist, Status Quo-Picture of a Matchstick Man 1949 Patrick Duffy, born in Townsend, Montana, actor, Bobby-Dallas, Man from Atlantis 1948 Warren William, actor (Fear, Wolf Man, Madame X), dies at 53 1948 Lillian Brainthwaite, British actress (Man About the House), dies at 75 1948 Susan Blakely, Frankfurt Germany, actress, Rich Man Poor Man 1948 Kim Darby, N Hollywood, actress, True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man 1948 Charles Fillmore, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, mystic, co-founder, Unity, a New Thought movement church, created metaphysical interpretations of the Bible, promoted idea that God is good, God is available, God is in you, wrote, 'The Twelve Powers of Man', dies 1948 Berry Oakley, born in Chicago, Illinois, rocker, Allman Brothers-Ramblin' Man 1948 Jacques Kloes, singer, Dizzy Man's Band 1948 Tony Iommi, rock guitarist, Black Sabbath-Paranoid, Iron Man 1947 Greg Lake, born in Dorset, England, singer, songwriter, guitarist, performed "Karn Evil 9" with the Trans Siberian Orchestra, played "Lucky Man" with Jethro Tull 1947 Man O' War, racehorse, dies 1947 Terje Rypdal, born in Oslo, Norway, composer, guitarist, works include 'Mystery Man', 'Last Nite', featured in the film 'Heat' 1947 Candy Clark, born in Oklahoma, actress, Man Who Fell to Earth, Q, American Graffiti 1947 Shakira Caine, Guyana, actress, Man Who be King, Miss Guyana, 1967 1947 John Lees, England, rock guitarist and vocalist, Medicine Man 1946 Herman de Man, Salomon H Hamburger, author/Radio Orange, dies 1946 Court martial convicts Henry de Man to 20 years, in Brussels 1946 Erich Scharer, born in Switzerland, 2 man bobsled, 1980 Olympics gold 1946 John Conlee, Versailles, Kentucky, country singer, Common Man 1946 Brigitte Fossey, born in Tourcoing, France, actress, Man Who Died Twice 1946 Manfred Stengl, Austria, 2 man lugist 1960 Olympics gold 1945 Paul Monette, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, writer, wrote, 'Becoming a Man', wrote about gay relationships, taught writing, Milton Academy 1945 Franz Werfel, Czechoslovakian/German/U.S. poet and writer, 'Mirror Man', dies at 54 1945 U.S. drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki 1945 George Barbier, actor (Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 80 1945 Tim Hovey, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Queen Bee, Toy Tiger, Man Afraid 1945 Laura Lee, Rundless, singer, Dirty Man, Women's Love Rights 1945 Johnny Cymbal, rocker, Mr Bass Man 1945 Michael Dorris, born in Louisville, Kentucky, writer, scholar, first unmarried man to adopt child, Raynold Abel, wrote about Reynold in 'The Broken Cord' 1944 Eddy Raven, Lafayette, Louisiana, country singer, Right Hand Man 1944 Corinna Tsopel, born in Athens, actress, Man Called Horse, Miss Universe, 64 1944 Robert Powell, England, actor, Jigsaw Man, Shaka Zulu, Secrets 1944 Katherine Crawford, actress, Captains and Kings, Gemini Man 1944 Alan Fudge, Wichita, Kansas, actor, Man From Atlantis, Paper Dolls 1944 Robert E Park, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man), dies at 79 1944 Katherine Crawford, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Gemini Man, Captains and Kings 1943 Dickey Betts, West Palm Beach, Florida, guitarist, Allman Bros-Ramblin' Man 1943 Roger Donaldson, director, Cocktail, Cadillac Man, White Sands 1943 Joe Namath, Pennsylvania, NFL quarterback for the New York Jets, $400,000 man, 1969 Superbowl 1942 Hitler orders Rommels African corps to fight to last man 1942 Johnny Rivers, Ramistella, New York City, singer, Secret Agent Man 1942 Britt Ekland, Stockholm Sweden, actress, Wicker Man, Asylum 1942 Donna Corcoran, Quincy Massachusetts, actress, Man Without a Star 1942 Giancarlo Giannini, born in Spezia, Italy,actor, New York Stories, Sensual Man 1942 Roger McGuinn, guitarist, Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr. Tambourine Man 1942 Tammy Wynette, Redbay Alabama, country singer, Stand by your Man 1942 Francoise Dorleac, born in Paris, France, actress, That Man From Rio 1942 Peter Strauss, Croton-on-Hudson, New York, actor, Rich Man Poor Man 1941 Fionnula Flanagan, Dublin Ireland, actress, Rich Man Poor Man 1941 David Porter, U.S. songwriter, Soul Man 1941 Roy Harris' "Ballad of a Railroad Man," premieres 1941 Meinhard Nehmer, born in East Germany, 2 man bobsledder 1976 Olympics gold 1941 Susannah York, London, actress, A Man for All Seasons, Tom Jones 1940 Percy Sledge, soul singer, When A Man Loves A Woman 1940 F Murray Abraham, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Amadeus, Mad Man 1940 Lee Majors, Wyandotte, actor, $6,000,000 Man, The Fall Guy 1940 Robert Wadlow, world's tallest man (8'11.1"), dies at 32 1940 Randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at 70 1940 Mireille Darc, Toulo,n France, actor, Week End, Hurried Man 1940 Lee Majors, born in Michigan, TV actor, $6,000,000 Man, Stunt Man 1940 Cornelious Warmerdam became 1st man to pole vault 15 ft 1940 Robby Mueller, cinematographer, Breaking the Waves, Dead Man, Korczak 1940 John Hurt, England, actor, Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express 1939 Alice Brady, actress (My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee), dies at 46 1939 George Kaufman/Moss Hart's "Man Who Came to Dinner," premieres in New York City 1939 Corin Redgrave, born in London, actor, Excalibur, Man For All Seasons 1939 Lawrence Pressman, born in Kentucky, actor, Man From Atlantis, Hellstrom Chronicle 1939 [Henry] Havelock Ellis, English sexologist (Man and Woman), dies at 80 1939 Man Mohan Sood, cricketer, scored 0 and 3 in his only Test for India 1939 Lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes "luckiest man" speech 1939 Kenneth Warby, fastest man on water at 300 knots, 345 mph 1939 Robert Nye, writer, Facts of Life and other fiction, 3 Views of Man 1938 Rosalind Cash, Atlantic City, New Jersey, actress, Omega Man, Wrong is Right 1938 Time capsule, to be opened in 6939, buried at World's Fair in New York City (capsule contained a woman's hat, man's pipe and 1,100' of microfilm) 1938 Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author (Man and Mark), dies at 65 1938 Victor Buono, SD California, actor, Man from Atlantis, Untouchables 1937 Anthony Hopkins, born in Wales, actor, Elephant Man, QB VII, Magic, Bounty 1937 Claude Lelouch, movie director, A Man and A Woman, Cat and Mouse, Bolero 1937 Waylon Jennings, country singer/guitarist, Ramblin' Man 1937 Jimmy Jones, born in Birmingham, Alabama, African-American rocker, singer, songwriter, performed with doo-wop group The Berliners, wrote 'Handy Man' recorded by the Sparks of Rhythm 1937 Joanna Russ, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Female Man, Alyx 1936 Michael Stone, English broker/multi-millionaire, Man Group 1936 Alex Rocco, actor, Blue Knight, Stanley, Stunt Man 1936 Virginia Maskell, actress, Suspect, Doctor in Love, Man Upstairs 1935 Esther Phillips, EM Jones, U.S. singer, When a Woman Loves a Man 1935 Lou Rawls, born in Chicago, Illinois, vocalist, Dean Martin's Golddigers, Natural Man 1934 Leonard Cohen, Montreal, singer and songwriter, Death of Ladies Man 1934 Sam Trimble, cricketer, Queensland bat, 12th man for Australia, no Test 1934 Diane Cilento, Rabaul, actress, Hombre, Tom Jones, Wicker Man 1934 Yuri Gagarin, born in Russia, cosmonaut, 1st man into space, aboard Vostok 1 1934 Nick Nolte, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actor, Teachers, 48 hours, Rich Man Poor Man 1933 Diane Cilento, born in Australia, actress, Agony and Ecstasy, Wicker Man 1933 Clari Baruch, Clara C de Lieme, actress, Man With White Flower 1933 Louis Farrakhan, minister, black islam nation, million man march 1932 Dimitra Arliss, actress, Rich Man Poor Man II 1932 Dusan Makavejev, Belgrade Yugoslavia, director, Man is Not a Bird 1932 1st broadcast of "One Man's Family" on NBC-radio 1932 William Smith, born in Columbia, Missouri, actor, Rich Man Poor Man, Hawaii 5-0 1931 Mary Murphy, Washington D.C., actress, A Man Alone, Maggie-Investigators 1931 James Earl Jones, Mississippi, actor, Darth Vader, Exorcist II, Soul Man 1931 Algi[rda]s [Jonas] Budrys, Prussia, sci-fi author, Man of Earth 1930 Jean-Louis Trintignant, France, actor and director, Man and a Woman, Z 1930 Richard Harris, Ire, actor, Man Called Horse, singer, MacArthur Park 1930 Grant Williams, New York City, actor, Hawaiian Eye, Incredible Shrinking Man 1930 Abbey Lincoln, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress and singer, Nothing But a Man 1930 Gregory Corso, beat poet, Happy Birthday of Death, Long Live Man 1929 Bob Hawke, cricketer, no relation to Lord 12th man for Oxford U 1954 1929 1st skull of Peking man found, 50 km out of Peking at Tsjoe Koe Tien 1929 James Coco, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death 1928 2nd Test Cricket Australia vs. England starts with Bradman 12th man 1928 Rex Reason, Berlin Germany, actor, Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s 1928 Clu Gulager, Holdenville Oklahoma, actor, Virginian, Survivors, Tall Man 1928 Phyllis Kirk, Syracuse, New York, actress, Thin Man, Red Button's Show 1928 George Maharis, actor, Rich Man, Poor Man, Route 66 1928 James Coburn, Laurel Nebr, actor, Our Man Flint, Magnificent Seven 1928 Paul Whiteman and orchestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records 1928 Mitch Leigh, born in Brooklyn, New York, Irwin Michnick, graduated from Yale, composer, musical theater composer, theatrical producer, known for show Man Of La Mancha, composed jingle 'Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee' 1927 Barbara Cook, born in Atlanta, Georgia, stage singer and actress, Music Man 1927 Carmen Zapata, born in New York City, actress, Hagen, Viva Valdez, Man and the City 1926 Noel Coward's "This Was a Man," premieres in New York City 1926 Richard Anderson, born in Long Beach, New Jersey, actor, Oscar Goldman-6 Million $ Man 1926 James P. Donleavy, born in Brooklyn, novelist, Ginger Man, Onion Eaters 1926 Vera-Ellen, Westmeyr Rohe, Cincinnati, actress/dancer, Wonder Man 1925 Sammy Davis, Jr., New York City, singer/dancer/actor, Ocean's 11, Candy Man 1925 Max Linder, actor (Man in the Silk Hat), dies at 41 1925 George Kaufman's "Butter and Egg Man," premieres in New York City 1925 Jimmy Reed, born in Mississippi, blues singer, Soulin', Big Boss Man 1925 Gloria DeHaven, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Bog, Yellow Cab Man, Irene-Nakia 1925 Peter DePaolo became 1st man to average over 100 mph at Indy 1925 Martha Vickers, Ann Arbor, Michigan, actress, Alimony, Man I Love, Ruthless 1925 Jeanne Crain, Barstow California, actress, Man Without a Star 1925 Rod Steiger, born in West Hampton, New York, actor, Illustrated Man, Pawnbroker 1925 Flannery O'Connor, born in Georgia, novelist, A Good Man is Hard to Find 1924 Robert Oxton Bolt, playwright, Man for All Seasons, Dr. Zhivago 1924 Thomas Berger, U.S., novelist, Vital Parts, Little Big Man 1923 Peter Lawford, born in London, England, actor, Mrs Miniver, Thin Man 1923 Cathy O'Donnell, Siluria AL, actress, Miniver Story, Man from Laramie 1923 John Compton, born in Lynchburg, Tennessee, actor, Shannon-D.A.'s Man 1923 Hugh Lloyd, actor, Punch and Judy Man, Dunroamin' Rising 1923 Murray Hamilton, born in Washington, North Carolina, actor, Rich Man Poor Man 1923 Chuck Yeager, U.S. test pilot, 1st man to break sound barrier 1922 Adele Jergens, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Dark Past, Fuller Brush Man 1922 Adolfo Celi, born in Sicily, Italy, director, Next Man, Murders in Rue Morgue 1922 Barry Levinson, director, Rain Man 1922 Richard Kiley, born in Chicago, actor, Man of La Mancha, Endless Love 1922 Carl Reiner, born in Bronx, comedian, 2000 Year Old Man, Dick Van Dyke Show 1922 William Sylvester, born in Oakland California, actor, 2001, Gorgo, Gemini Man 1921 Alida Valli, Pola Italy, actress, Miracle of the Bells, 3rd Man 1921 Florence Allen is 1st woman judge to sentence a man to death 1921 British submarine K5 leaves with man and mouse 1920 Man O'War's last race and win 1920 Essad Pasja, Albanian military man/minister, murdered at peace confer 1920 52nd Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 2:14.2 1920 46th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 1:51.6 1920 Sloan Wilson, Norwalk, Conn, novelist, Man in the Gray Flannal 1920 Saul Bass, born in New York City, New York, graphic designer, filmmaker, created title sequences for 40 years, famous for The Man with the Golden Arm, kinetic typography in North by Northwest, Vertigo 1919 Paul de Man, Belgian Critic 1919 White Sox catcher Ray Schalk is 2nd man ejected from a World Series 1919 Ronny Graham, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actor, Bob Crane Show, Chico and the Man 1919 Man o'War's only defeat (Upset wins at Saratoga) 1919 Alex Nicol, Ossining, New York, actor, Man From Laramie, Air Cadet 1918 Dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper, 1936 Olympics 1918 Samuel Riddle buys Man o'War for $5,000 1918 Robert Preston, born in Newton, Massachusetts, actor, Music Man, Mame, Last Starfighter 1917 Ossie Davis, born in Cogdell, Georgia, actor and playwright, Hot Stuff, Man Called Adam 1917 Ruth Hussey, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actress, Another Thin Man, Philadelphia Story 1917 Charles Kerruish, president, Tyndwald Isle of Man 1917 Glenn Langan, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Amazing Colossal Man, Margie 1917 Man O'War, racehorse, winner of 20 out of 21 races and $249,465 1917 Virginia Grey, born in Louisiana, actress, Another Thin Man, Idiot's Delight, Idaho 1917 Phyllis Calvert, London, actress, Man in Grey 1916 John Vivyan, actor, Mr Lucky, Wrong Man, Imitation of Life 1916 Stanley Kauffmann, born in New York City, playwright, Red Handkerchief Man 1915 Muddy Waters, guitarist, Hoochie Coochie Man 1914 William John Phillips, actor, Nothing but a Man 1914 Clifford Irving, Chairman, Isle of Man Government 1914 Frank Lovejoy, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw 1914 Morton DaCosta, born in Philadelphia, director, Island of Love, Music Man 1914 Ralph Waldo Ellison, U.S. writer, Invisible Man, Shadow and Cast 1914 Jim Boles, Lubbock, Texas, actor, Joe-One Man's Family 1913 Stuart J[ames] Byrne, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Man, God Man 1913 John Cairncross, linguist, 5th Man 1913 Irwin Shaw, U.S., novelist, Rich Man Poor Man 1913 Ab [Albert] Visser, Dutch poet and writer, Man Without a Head 1912 Alexander Mackendrick, Boston, director, Man in the White Suit, Mandy 1912 Barry Sullivan, New York City, actor, Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man 1912 Adriaan Morrien, Dutch literary, An Untidy Man 1911 Harry Andrews, Kent England, actor, Equus, Man of La Mancha 1911 Gail Patrick, Birmingham, Alabama, actress, My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy 1911 Remains of a neanderthal man found in Jersey UK 1911 John Sturges, U.S., director, Old Man and Sea, Magnificent 7 1910 1st Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon 1910 Franz Kemser, Germany, 4 man bobsled 1952 Olympics gold 1910 Cao Yu, born in China, born Wan Jiabao, playwright, dramatist, celebrated for Thunderstorm, Sunrise, and Peking Man, responsible for spoken theater in 20th century Chinese literature 1910 Jean Servais, Angers Belgium, actor, Every Man is My Enemy 1910 Marc Lawrence, New York City, actor, Man With Golden Gun 1910 1st stumping by a 12th man in Tests (N C Tufnell, SAf vs. Eng) 1910 Russ Bender, actor and writer, Amazing Colossal Man, Space Monster 1909 Carol Lombard, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, actress, My Man Godfrey, In Name Only 1909 Nelson Algren, U.S., novelist, Man with the Golden Arm 1908 Robert F Simon, Mansfield, Ohio, actor, Man who shot Liberty Valance 1908 B Tarkington and HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in New York City 1908 Inez Courtney, born in New York City, actress, 13th Man, Crime Ring, Raven 1907 David Belasco's "Grand Army Man," premieres in New York City 1907 Jack Albertson, born in Malden, Massachusetts, actor, Thin Man, Chico and the Man 1907 Anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer, Man in the Moon 1907 Charles Collier wins 1st Isle of Man TT Race: (38.22 mph) 1907 Cesar Romero, born in New York City, actor, Joker-Batman, Ocean's 11, Thin Man 1906 Carol Reed, motion picture director, 3rd Man 1906 H Allen Smith, Illinois, humorist/author, Low Man on Totem Pole 1906 Luis Van Rooten, Mexico City Mexico, actor, One Man's Family 1906 James Flavin, Portland Me, actor, Man With a Camera 1905 Mischa Auer, Ounskowsky, St. Petersburg Rus, actor, My Man Godfrey 1905 Edward Milton Royle's "Squaw Man," premieres in New York City 1905 RAC Tourist Trophy, 1st run, on Isle of Man 1905 Myrna Loy, Helena, Montana, actress, Jazz Singer, Thin Man, Vanity Fair 1905 Joseph Cotten, Virginia, actor, 3rd Man, Airport 77, Hearse 1905 Henrich Schlappi, born in Switzerland, 4 man bobsled 1924 Olympics gold 1905 Viktor Emil Frankl, pyschiatrist, Man's Search for Meaning 1905 Emilio Segre, born in Tivoli, Italy, physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, discovered antiprotons, a sub-atomic antiparticle and an element used for Fat Man atomic bomb used on Nagasaki 1904 Kermit Bloomgarden, producer, Diary of Anne Frank, Music Man 1904 Graham Greene, English journalist, 3rd Man 1904 William "Count" Basie, jazz pianist, Policy Man, Blazing Saddles 1904 John Gielgud, born in London, England, actor, Arthur, Ages of Man 1904 Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7 man committee to study Panama Canal 1903 Konrad Lorenz, zoologist/ethologist, Man and His Ideas, Nobel 1973 1903 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Creeping Man" 1903 Muriel Kirkland, Yonkers, New York, actress, Fast Workers, Hold Your Man 1902 Christina Stead, born in Australia, novelist, Man Who Loved Children 1902 David Burns, actor, Music Man, Hello Dolly! 1902 [Robert] Meredith Willson, Mason City Iowa, composer, Music Man 1902 Carl Jaffe, born in Hamburg, Germany, actor, 1st Man in Space, Escapement 1901 Paul Verhoeven, born in Unna, Germany, director, 4th Man, Basic Instinct 1900 John Longden, West Indies, actor, Man From Interpol 1900 Martita Hunt, Argentina, actress, Man in Grey, Becket 1899 Frank Vosper, born in London, England, actor, Man Who Knew Too Much 1899 Chief Dan George, actor, Little Big Man 1899 Chief Dan George, actor, Harry and Tonto, Little Big Man. Smith! 1899 John Randall, Jr., Michigan, historian/philosopher, Western Man 1899 Roel [Martinus F] Houwink, Dutch literary, 1 Man Without Character 1898 Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmonds, disguised as man fought for union, dies 1898 Herman de Man, Salomon H Hamburger, Dutch writer/Radio Orange 1898 Curtis Stevens, U.S., 2 man bobsled 1932 Olympics gold 1898 Paul Robeson, born in Philadelphia, singer, Old Man River 1898 Alfred Schlappi, born in Switzerland, 4 man bobsled, Gold Medal 1924 Olympics 1897 Hermione Gingold, born in London, England, actress, Gigi, Music Man 1897 Billy Greene, actor, Burton-One Man's Family 1896 Roark Bradford, writer/humorist, Ol' Man Adan an' His Chillun 1896 Emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58 1896 Tristan Tzara, Samuel Rosenfeld, French poet, Approximate Man 1895 Florence Vidor, Arto, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Jack Knife Man 1895 John Jay McCloy, lawyer/banker, Secretary of War 1941 - 1945, President Chase Man 1895 John Ford, Maine, director, Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man 1894 Ohio national guard kills 3 lynchers while rescuing a black man 1894 George Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man," premieres in London 1893 Alexander Korda, British movie producer, 3rd man 1893 Daan Boens, Flemish poet, Man who sold his Wife 1893 Henry C Rumke, Dutch psychiatrist, Periods in Man's Life 1892 Emory Parnell, St. Paul Minnesota, actress, Rocket Man, County Fair 1892 Alice Brady, New York City, actress, My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee, Zenobia 1892 Leo G Carroll, Weedon England, actor, Topper, Man From Uncle 1892 William Powell, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Thin Man, My Man Godfrey 1892 Reinhold Niebuhr, U.S., theologian, Nature and Destiny of Man 1892 Minna Gombell, Baltimore, actress, Bad Girl, Thin Man, Hello Sister 1891 Wallace Reid, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor/dir/screenwriter, Every Inch a Man 1891 Marjorie Gateson, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, One Man's Family 1891 Storm Jameson, English novelist, The Green Man, Cousin Honore 1890 Johann A H Scheler, Belgian man of letters/librarian, dies at 71 1890 John Owen is 1st man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds 1890 Stanley Holloway, born in London, England, actor, Higgins-Our Man Higgins 1890 Ernst Deutsch, Dorian, Prague Czechoslovakia, actor, Moon is Down, 3rd Man 1890 Man Ray, U.S. statues artist/photographer/movie, dada 1890 Marjorie Main, Tomlinson, Action, Indiana, actress, Another Thin Man 1889 Claude Rains, London, actor, Invisible Man, Casablanca 1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Crooked Man" 1889 Bruce F Cummings, English author, Journal of a Disappointed Man 1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Man with the Twisted Lip" 1888 Monty Wooley, New York City, actor, Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner 1887 Lynn Fontanne, born in Woodford, England, Bdwy actress, Dulcy, Arms and the Man 1887 Alexander Woollcott, New Jersey, short story writer, Man Who Came to Dinner 1887 Thomas Stevens is 1st man to bicycle around the world (SF-SF) 1886 R Pelgrom, oldest Dutch man, died Apr 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108 1885 Henry de Man, Belgium, sociologist/chairman, Belgian Workers Party 1885 Bert Lytell, New York City, actor, Henry-One Man's Family 1885 Alfred Fuller, CEO, Fuller Brush Man 1884 Davidson Black, born in Canada, doctor of anatomy, identified Peking Man 1884 Harry Langdon, born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, comic/director, Strong Man 1884 John van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands 1883 Johannes van Vloten, Dutch man of letters/theologist, dies at 65 1883 Lon Chaney, CO, man of 1000 faces, actor, High Noon, Phantom of Opera 1883 Ludwig Stossel, Austria, actor, Man With a Camera 1882 Creighton Hale, Cork Ireland, actor, Gorilla Man, Way Down East 1881 Emil Ludwig, German biographer, Diana, Son of Man 1878 A. W. "Dave" Nourse, cricketer, "Grand Old Man" of South African cricket 1876 William Farnum, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Spoilers, Man who Fights Alone 1876 Lame White Man, Cheyenne, dies at Little Bighorn 1876 Pauline Musters, smallest man, 1'11.2", 58.9 cm, 1875 Grazia Deledda, Italy, novelist, Old Man of the Mtn-Nobel 1926 1874 Ernst Cassirer, Germany, philosopher/educator, Essay on Man 1874 Grant Mitchell, Columbus, Ohio, actor, Man Who Came to Dinner 1874 Gilbert Keith Chesterton, England, novelist, Man Who Made Gold 1872 Ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man what he eats), dies at 68 1872 Louis Bleriot, 1st man to fly an airplane across English Channel 1866 Emil Strauss, Germany, writer, Naked Man 1865 Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man" 1865 S Brownsville, Texas (Palmito Ranch) Final engagement of Civil War PVT John J Williams of 34th Indiana is last man killed 1864 Robert E Park, U.S., sociologist, human ecology, marginal man 1861 Samuel D. Riddle, horse owner, Man 'o War 1860 Maiden voyage of 1st steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt) 1860 Joseph Carey Merrick, "Elephant Man" 1859 Man in San Francisco claims himself Norton I, emperor of America 1858 Franz Boas, anthropologist/linguist, Mind of Primitive Man 1858 Matthew Ricketts, 1st Black man elected to Neb State Legislature 1856 R G Nivelle, French military man 1854 Charles Fillmore, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, mystic, co-founder, Unity, a New Thought movement church, created metaphysical interpretations of the Bible, promoted idea that God is good, God is available, God is in you, wrote, 'The Twelve Powers of Man' 1853 Joaquin Murietta, Chilian/U.S. military man, murdered 1853 August Belmont, Jr., breeder, Man 'O War, founder, New York Jockey Club 1850 Daniel Chester, French/American sculptor, Minute Man 1849 James Whitcomb Riley, U.S., poet, Raggedy Man 1845 Bristol man, Henry Jones, patents self-raising flour 1834 1st U.S. labor newspaper, "The Man," published, New York City 1822 Edward Everett Hale, U.S., clergyman/author, Man without a Country 1811 Horace Greeley, editor, "Go west, young man" 1804 Ludwig A. Feuerbach, German philosopher, Man is what he eats 1804 James Bridger, scout, fur trader and mountain man par excellance 1798 Matija A Reljkovic, Croatian writer (Satire of Wild Man), dies at 66 1797 Claude Ambroise Seurat, born in Troyes, France, World's skinniest man 1795 James Barry, female disguised as a man, surgeon general, British army 1795 Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/man of letters 1790 Jeremiah Carlton, laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at 19 went to bed and stayed there for next 70 yrs, dies at 89 1789 French National Assembly issues "Decl of Rights of Man and Citizen" 1763 John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in U.S., banker/fur trader 1747 Simon Fraser, 12th baron Lovat Jacobite, last man beheaded in England 1726 Louise-Florence Depinay, born in France, writer, Woman, Man and 2 Kingdoms 1703 Man in the Iron Mask, prisoner in Bastille prison in Paris, dies 1703 Archibald Campbell, Scottish military man (blood bath of Glencoe), dies at 52 1567 Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63 1547 Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland 1531 Fernan Perez de Oliva, Spanish poet (Dignity of Man), dies at 37 |
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