2001 Death Nigel Hawthorne, actor, The Madness of King George, dies at 72 1996 Death Nigel Thomas Loveridge Fisher, politician, dies at 83 1995 Event British heavyweight Nigel Benn hits Gerard McClellan in hospital 1995 Death Nigel Lucius Graeme Finch, TV Director/film-maker, dies at 45 1993 Event Gary Kasparov defeats Nigel Short for chess championship 1992 Event Blue Jay Nigel Wilson is 1st pick of Marlins in expansion draft 1991 Death Betty Bowden, British dancer/actress (Vote for Nigel), dies at 86 1989 Death Nigel Dennis, British Writer 1986 Death Nigel Stock, actor (Lost Continent, Young Sherlock Holmes), dies 1981 Death Nigel Patrick, actor and director (Sapphire, Prize of Gold), dies at 68 1979 Event Rocker Nigel Olsson runs a stop sign, crashes and kills a driver 1977 Event Nigel Harrison replaces Gary Valentine as bassist of Blondie 1972 Death Nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47 1971 Birthday Nigel Williams, CFL receiver, Montreal Alouettes 1970 Death Nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61 1970 Birthday Nigel Wilson, Canadian/US baseball outfielder for the Florida Marlins 1967 Death Nigel Martin Balchin, novelist, dies 1965 Birthday Nigel Short, British Celebrity 1964 Birthday Nigel Redman, English rugby international player 1958 Birthday Nigel Twist, born in Manchester, rock drummer, Alarm-In the Summertime 1956 Birthday Nigel Kennedy, born in Brighton, English, violinist, jazz and classical music, boy prodigy, play Fats Waller tunes by ear at age 10, featured on Sarah Brightman's album Harem 1955 Birthday Nigel Griffiths, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Labor party, Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South 1954 Birthday Nigel Mansell, formula-1 racer, Portugal Grand Prix-1990 1953 Death Nigel Bruce, actor Dr. Watson in 'Sherlock Holmes', dies at 58 1949 Birthday Nigel Havers, English actor, Dr. Latimer-Don't Wait Up 1949 Birthday Nigel Griggs, rocker, Split Enz 1949 Birthday Nigel Lucius Graeme Finch, TV director/film-maker 1949 Birthday Nigel Olsson, rock guitarist/drummer, Elton John Band 1948 Birthday Nigel Osborne, born in Manchester, England, composer, studied with Egon Wellesz, Kenneth Leighton, music professor, University of Edinburgh 1948 Birthday Nigel Morris, rocker, Isotope 1948 Birthday Nigel Jones, born in Chelenham, England, politician, Liberal Democrat, Member of Parliament for Cheltenham 1992 - 2005 1948 Birthday Nigel Tufnel, rocker, Spinal Tap 1942 Birthday Nigel Walmsley, chairman, Carlton U.K. Television 1940 Birthday William Cash, born in London, England, born William Nigel Paul Cash, politician, Member of Parliament for Stafford, Member of Parliament for Stone 1935 Birthday Nigel Butterley, composer 1932 Birthday Nigel Lawson, British government official, The Power Game 1931 Birthday Nigel Vinson, born in England, Baron Vinson, businessman, served in Queen's Royal Regiment, Member of National Parks and Countryside Committee, Member of Foundation of Science and Technology 1929 Birthday Nigel Althaus, British government broker 1929 Birthday Nigel Pickering, guitarist, Spanky and Our Gang 1929 Birthday Nigel Hawthorne, actor, Tartuffe, Pope John Paul II 1928 Birthday Nigel Davenport, Cambridge England, actor, Without a Clue, Masada 1927 Birthday Nigel Bagnall, British field marshal 1924 Birthday Nigel Green, South Africa, actor, Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File 1913 Birthday Nigel Henderson, admiral 1913 Birthday Nigel Thomas Loveridge Fisher, politician 1913 Birthday Nigel Patrick, London England, actor and director, Sapphire, Prize of Gold 1912 Birthday Nigel Dennis, British Writer 1909 Birthday Nigel Tranter, author/historian, River Realm, Robert the Bruce 1909 Birthday Nigel Henderson, admiral 1908 Birthday Nigel M Balchin, Mark Spade, English author, Business for Pleasure 1895 Birthday Nigel Bruce, born in Ensenada, Mexico, British actor, Dr. Watson in 'Sherlock Holmes'
