2004 Death Neal A. Maxwell, American Clergyman 2004 Death Brian Maxwell, entreprenuer/runner, developed the Powerbar with his nutritionist wife in 1986, dies at 51 1995 Death James Ackley Maxwell, actor and director (Traitors, Otley), dies at 66 1995 Death Maxwell Henley Harris, Austrian poet/publisher (Critics), dies at 73 1994 Death Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropist/mother of Bill Gates, dies at 64 1991 Event NY Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns 1991 Death Paul Maxwell, actor (City of Fear, Freedom to Die), dies at 70 1991 Death Robert Maxwell, Billionaire publisher (New York Daily News), dies at 68 1991 Event Houston guard Vernon Maxwell is 4th NBAer to score 30 pts in a quarter 1989 Event Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers 1987 Death Maxwell D Taylor, U.S. commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85 1975 Death Maxwell Maltz, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals, dies 1975 Birthday Lee Maxwell Francis Vertongen, Palmerston North New Zealand, cyclist 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Anita Maxwell, WNBA forward for the Cleveland Rockers 1973 Event 28th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Susie Maxwell Berning 1972 Event 27th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Susie Maxwell Berning 1972 Death Marilyn Maxwell, actress (Grace-Bus Stop), dies at 50 1970 Birthday Gavin Maxwell, Mississauga Ontario, canoeist 1996 Olympics 1968 Event 23rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Susie Maxwell Berning 1967 Event Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open 1967 Birthday Neil Maxwell, cricketer, all-rounder for Fiji 1990, Victoria and NSW 1967 Event Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational 1965 Birthday Vernon Maxwell, NBA guard, Charlotte Hornets 1965 Event Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Western Golf Open 1965 Event Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open 1964 Event General Maxwell Taylor appointed U.S. ambassador in South Vietnam 1964 Death W Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, English Minister of Information, dies at 85 1964 Death William Maxwell Aitken, Canadian Businessman 1963 Death Elsa Maxwell, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 80 1960 Birthday Megan Gallagher, Reading, Pennsylvania, actress, Slap Maxwell, Millennium 1959 Birthday Maxwell Caulfield, Derbyshire England, actor, Miles-The Colbys 1959 Event Tiger's Charlie Maxwell hits 4 consecutive home runs in a doubleheader 1959 Death Maxwell Anderson, U.S. dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70 1954 Event Maxwell Anderson's "Bad Seed," premieres in New York City 1954 Death Maxwell Bodenheim, American Poet 1949 Event Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson's musical premieres in New York City 1948 Death Edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62 1948 Birthday Daphne Maxwell Reid, actress, Frank's Place 1947 Birthday John C. Maxwell, born in Garden City, Michigan, evangelical Christian, author, pastor, speaker, leadership expert, wrote over 50 books on leadership, sold over 13 million copies including 'Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow' 1944 Birthday Ann [Elizabeth] Maxwell, U.S., sci-fi author, Jaws of Menx 1942 Event Maxwell Andersons "Eve of St. Mark," premieres in New York City 1941 Event Maxwell Anderson's "Candle in the Wind," premieres in New York City 1939 Event Maxwell Anderson's "Key Largo," premieres in New York City 1937 Event Maxwell Anderson's "Masque of Kings," premieres in New York City 1937 Event Maxwell Anderson's "High Tor" premieres in New York City 1935 Event Maxwell Anderson's "Winterset," premieres in New York City 1934 Birthday Peter Maxwell Davies, Manchester England, composer, Prolation, Taverner 1933 Event Maxwell Anderson's "Both your Houses," premieres in New York City 1931 Birthday Maxwell Thurman, U.S. General 1929 Birthday Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropist/mother of Bill Gates 1929 Birthday James Ackley Maxwell, actor and director, Traitors, Pyt Potter, Otley 1927 Birthday Lois Maxwell, Kitchener Ontario, actress, Miss Moneypenny 1927 Event Maxwell Anderson's "Saturday's Children," premieres in New York City 1926 Birthday Neal A. Maxwell, American Clergyman 1926 Birthday Don Adams, born in New York City, comedian, Maxwell Smart-Get Smart, Check it Out 1925 Birthday Maxwell Street Jimmy Charles Davis Thomas, blues musician 1925 Birthday Harry [Maxwell] Harrison, UK, sci-fi author, Deathworld Trilogy 1923 Birthday Robert Maxwell, Jan Hoch, Czechoslovakia, billionaire/CEO, New York Daily News 1921 Birthday Marilyn Maxwell, actress, East of Sumatra 1921 Birthday Maxwell Henley Harris, Australian poet/publisher, Gift of Blood 1919 Birthday Lord Maxwell, senator and professor, college of Justice Scotland 1912 Birthday Eddie Maxwell, singer, Yes We Have No Bananas 1904 Birthday William Hitzig, Austria, Maxwell physician 1901 Birthday General Maxwell D Taylor, former U.S. Army chief of staff 1901 Birthday Maxwell D. Taylor, Soldier 1899 Birthday Maxwell Maltz, born in America, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals 1891 Event Harriet Maxwell Converse is 1st white woman to become an Indian chief 1891 Birthday Maxwell Bodenheim, American Poet 1888 Birthday Maxwell Anderson, U.S., dramatist, Winter Set, High Tor 1883 Birthday Elsa Maxwell, born in Keokuk, Iowa, writer, Jack Paar Show 1879 Death James Clerk Maxwell, Scotish physicist (speed of light), dies at 48 1879 Death James C. Maxwell, Scottish Mathematician 1879 Birthday W Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker 1879 Birthday William Maxwell Aitken, Canadian Businessman 1831 Birthday James Maxwell, Edinburgh Scot, physicist, Treatise on Electricity 1831 Birthday James Clerk Maxwell, Scotish physicist, electromagnetic theory 1831 Birthday James C. Maxwell, Scottish Mathematician 1829 Birthday Seth Maxwell Barton, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1818 Birthday William Maxwell Evarts, Union