2003 Death Penny Singleton, actress/labor activist, Blondie, dies at 95 1997 Event Penny Hammel wins LPGA Rochester International 1992 Death Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure 1991 Event Penny Hammel wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International 1989 Event Penny Hammel wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic 1986 Event Penny Pulz wins LPGA Circle K Tucson Golf Open 1985 Death Stepin Fetchit, Lincoln Penny, 1st black star, dies of pneumonia 83 1985 Event Penny Hammel wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic 1979 Event Penny Pulz wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic 1978 Event Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7h 40m 1972 Birthday Paul Penny, Victoria BC, golfer, Edmonton City Amat-1993, 94 1972 Event Penny Marshall appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Fly Unfriendly Skies" 1972 Birthday Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, Memphis, NBA guard, Orlando, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Sydney Penny, actress, Danni-New Gidget, Thorn Birds, All My Children 1969 Birthday Penny Moore, WNBA guard and forward, Charlotte Sting 1968 Birthday Penny "Stamper" Davis, Carlisle England, Canadian 470 yachter, 1996 Olympics 1967 Event Beatles' "Penny Lane," single goes #1 1967 Event Beatles release "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields" 1966 Birthday Penny Toler, WNBA guard for the Los Angeles Sparks 1965 Birthday Penny Baker, Buffalo, New York, playmate, January, 1984 1962 Birthday Penny Hammel, born in Decatur, Illinois, LPGA golfer, Jamie Farr Toledo-1985, 89 1959 Birthday Penny Graeber, Sydney Australia, golfer, 1990 6th Vic Open 1956 Birthday Joe Penny, London, actor, Gangster Wars, Riptide, Jake and the Fatman 1951 Birthday Tim Penny, born in Albert Lea, Minnesota, Representative-D-Minnesota 1983 - 1985 1951 Birthday Penny Peyser, Irvington, New York, actress, Rich Man Poor Man, Knots Landing 1950 Birthday Lionel Richie, born in Alabama, singer, Commodores, Hello, Penny Lover 1947 Birthday Kurt Mann, Roslyn, New York, actor, Bad Penny 1942 Birthday Penny Marshall, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Odd Couple, Laverne and Shirley 1938 Birthday Penny Pitou, U.S., skier, Olympic-2 silvers-1960 1938 Birthday Penny Zavichas, LPGA golfer 1933 Birthday Joan Hackett, born in New York, actress, Will Penny, One Stone Pony 1920 Birthday Yolande Donlan, born in New Jersey, actress, Jigsaw, Expresso Bongo, Penny Princess 1920 Birthday Betty Driver, actress, Penny Paradise 1920 Birthday Richard Hayman, bandleader, conductor and pianist, Theme of 3 Penny Opera 1916 Birthday Penny Santon, Greenwich Village, New York, actress, Roll Out, Matt Houston 1909 Event U.S. issues 1st Lincoln penny 1906 Birthday Penny Singleton, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, voice, Jane Jetsons, actress, Blondie 1904 Birthday George Stevens, U.S. director, Alice Adams, Penny Serenade 1896 Event 1st edition of London Daily Mail ( penny) 1894 Event Simon Marks and Tom Spencer open Penny Bazaar in Manchester 1890 Event Alabama Penny Savings Bank organizes in Birmingham 1878 Event Edward Scripps and John Sweeney found Penny Press (Cleveland Press) 1872 Event Congress endorses penny post card 1847 Birthday W R Pettiford, Founder, Alabama Penny Savings Bank 1840 Event 1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued 1840 Event Penny Post mail system is starts
