1994 Death Alan David Melville, polymath, dies at 82 1982 Death Melville Bell Grosvenor, President National Geographic Society, dies at 80 1979 Death Melville Cooper, TV panelist (I Got a Secret), dies at 82 1973 Death Jean-Pierre Melville, director (Bob Le Flambeur), dies at 57 1972 Event 86th U.S. Womens Tennis: Billie Jean M King beats K Melville (63 75) 1971 Death Melville Cooper, actor (Diane, Bundle of Joy), dies of cancer at 75 1967 Event Melville Abrams Ball Field in Bronx named 1965 Birthday Moby, born in Harlem, New York, Richard Melville Hall, singer, songwriter, DJ, electronica, eight top 40 songs, album, Play sold 10 million copies worldwide 1944 Birthday David Melville, professor and director, Middlesex Polytechnic 1940 Birthday Sam Melville, Utah, actor, Mike Danko-Rookies, Roughnecks 1917 Birthday Jean-Pierre Melville, Paris, France, director, A Cop 1912 Birthday Alan David Melville, polymath 1910 Birthday Alan Melville, cricketer, graceful South African batsman 1938-49 1902 Birthday Leslie Melville, economist 1898 Birthday Melville Ruick, Boise Idaho, actor, Barton-City Hospital 1896 Birthday Melville Cooper, Birmingham England, TV panelist, I Got a Secret 1891 Death Herman Melville, writer (Billy Budd, Moby Dick), dies at 72 1876 Event 1st carpet sweeper patented (Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids, Michigan) 1873 Birthday Rose Melville, actress, Sis 1851 Event "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published 1841 Birthday George Melville, polar explorer, naval engineer 1833 Birthday Melville Weston Fuller, 8th chief justice 1819 Birthday Herman Melville, U.S., author, Moby Dick, Billy Budd 1813 Event David Melville, Newport, Rhode Island, patents apparatus for making coal gas 1811 Birthday James Melville Gilliss, founder, Naval Observatory in Washington
