2001 Death Edward Boland, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1953 - 1989, died at the age of 90 from natural causes 2001 Death Joe Moakley, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1973 - 2001, died of Myelodysplastic syndrome 1994 Death Tip O'Neill, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1977 - 1987, Speaker of the House, dies of cancer at 81 1986 Event Tip O'Neill, Representative-D-Massachusetts, refuses to let Reagan address House 1952 Birthday Joseph P. Kennedy II, born in Brighton, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1987 - 1999 1949 Birthday Richard E. Neal, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1989 - 1948 Birthday Chester G. Atkins, born in Geneva, Switzerland, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1985 - 1993 1946 Birthday Ed Markey, born in Malden, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1976 - 1946 Birthday Brian J. Donnelly, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1979 - 1993 1940 Birthday Barney Frank, born in Bayonne, New Jersey, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1981 - 1937 Birthday Gerry Studds, born in Mineola, New York, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1973 - 1997 1937 Death Gerry Studds, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1973 - 1997, died of a pulmonary embolism 1936 Birthday John Olver, born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1991 1933 Birthday Joseph D. Early, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1975 - 1993 1929 Birthday Nicholas Mavroules, born in Peabody, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1979 - 1993 1927 Birthday Joe Moakley, born in Boston Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1973 - 2001 1912 Birthday Tip O'Neill, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1977 - 1987, Speaker of the House 1911 Birthday Edward Boland, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1953 - 1989
