1995 Death Evelyn Wood, speed reading guru, dies at 86 1995 Death Russell Reading Braddon, author, dies at 74 1994 Death Phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author, dies at 81 1991 Death Bertice Reading, Dutch actress (Moon in the Gutter), dies 1982 Event Max speedometer reading mandated at 85 MPH 1975 Birthday Kate Winslet, born in Reading, England, actress, Titanic, Jude, Hamlet, Get Back 1970 Death Frank Laubach, taught reading through phonetics, dies 1968 Event Frank Borman's Christmas reading while orbiting Moon 1967 Birthday Robert Reading, born in Buffalo, New York, 110m hurdler 1964 Birthday Rich Delucia, Reading, Pennsylvania, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants 1964 Birthday Ruth Picardie, born in Reading, England, journalist, editor, The Guardian, The Independent newspapers, author of Before I Say Goodbye, memoir of living with breast cancer 1963 Event Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools 1960 Birthday Megan Gallagher, Reading, Pennsylvania, actress, Slap Maxwell, Millennium 1955 Birthday Stu Jackson, Reading, Pennsylvania, NBA coach, New York Knicks, 1989-90 1955 Birthday Betsy King, Reading, Pennsylvania, LPGA golfer, 1990 U.S. Women's Open 1952 Birthday Lisa Eichhorn, Reading, Pennsylvania, actress, Cutter's Way, Yankees 1950 Event Dylan Thomas arrives in New York City for his 1st U.S. poetry reading tour 1949 Birthday John Boehner, born in Reading, Ohio, Representative-R-Ohio 1991 - 1946 Birthday Sian Barbara Allen, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, actress, Scream Pretty Peggy 1936 Birthday Harry Pitt, vice chancellor, Reading University 1932 Birthday John Updike, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, writer, novelist, art critic, literary critic, Pulitzer Prize winner 1927 Birthday Gus Yatron, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1969 - 1993 1925 Birthday Forrest Compton, Reading, Pennsylvania, actor, Gomer Pyle USMC, Edge of Night 1921 Birthday Ed Kemmer, Reading, Pennsylvania, actor, Buzz Corey-Space Patrol 1921 Birthday Russell Reading Braddon, Australian author 1913 Birthday Phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author 1887 Event Charles Dickens' 1st public reading in U.S. (New York City) 1886 Birthday Lillian Fontaine, Reading England, actress, Suddenly it's Spring 1884 Birthday Frank Laubach, born in Benton, Pennsylvania, educator, taught reading through phonetics 1879 Birthday Wallace Stevens, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, poet, Ideas of Order 1809 Birthday Louis Braille, Coupvray France, developer, reading system for blind 1776 Event John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Decleration of Independence in Philadelphia 871 Event Battle at Reading: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army
