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1997 Joan Rice, actress, Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up, dies at 66

1994 SF 49'er Jerry Rice catches NFL record 127th touchdown pass

1994 Gary Hart's girlfriend Donna Rice (36) weds Jack Hughes (42)

1992 SF 49er Jerry Rice catches NFL record 101st touchdown

1989 Superbowl XXIII: San Francisco 49ers beat Cincinnati Bengals, 20-16 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Jerry Rice, San Francisco, WR

1987 Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race due to Donna Rice affair

1987 Gary Hart denies affair with model Donna Rice

1985 Jerry Rice begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions

1984 Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into record 33rd double play en route to 36

1981 Clive Rice 105* out of 143 all out, Notts vs. Hants at Bournemouth

1978 Boston Red Sox Jim Rice wins AL MVP

1978 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Rice's musical "Evita," premiers in London

1976 Buddy Rice, American Celebrity

1974 Simeon Rice, defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals

1974 Florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at 63

1972 Ron Rice, NFL cornerback and safety, Detroit Lions

1971 Steven Rice, Kitchener, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers

1967 Glen Rice, NBA guard and forward, Charlotte Hornets

1967 Elmer Rice, New York playwright/director/novelist, dies at 74

1963 Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, and John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1962 Jerry Rice, NFL wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers

1958 Anneka Rice, Dutch TV hostess

1958 Donna Rice, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, model/Gary Hart's lover

1955 John Williams Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962)

1954 Condoleezza Rice, American Statesman

1954 Grantland Rice, American Journalist

1953 Jim Rice, Boston Red Sox outfielder, AL MVP 1978

1950 Edgar Rice Burroughs, sci-fi author (Tarzan of the Apes), dies at 74

1949 Clive Rice, South African cricket all-rounder, WSC 1978-79, ODI 1991

1945 Elmer Rice' "Dream Girl," premieres in New York City

1944 Tim Rice, lyricist, Chess Moves, 1 Night in Bangkok

1943 Sweden's Gunther Hagg beats favorite Greg Rice by 35 yards in 5,000m at national AAU track and field championship in NY

1941 Anne Rice, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, author, Interview with a Vampire

1930 Joan Rice, actress, Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up

1929 Elmer Rice's "Street Scene," premieres in New York City

1928 Philip Barry and Elmer Rice's "Cock Robin," premieres in New York City

1924 Edward Everett Rice, composer, dies at 75

1923 Elmer Rice's "Adding Machine," premieres in New York City

1920 46th Kentucky Derby: Ted Rice aboard Paul Jones wins in 2:09

1914 Elmer Rice' "On Trial," premieres in New York City

1912 Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes "Tarzan of the Apes"

1911 Florence Rice, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Double Wedding, Riding on Air

1907 Albert Rice Leventhal, publisher, Little Golden Books

1898 1st U.S. troops land and occupy Puerto Rice, at Guanica Bay

1892 Elmer Rice, New York City, playwright/director/novelist, Pulitzer-Street Scene

1891 Rice Institute, which became Rice University, is chartered

1888 Tarzan, of the Apes, according to Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel

1884 Dixey, Rice and Gill's musical "Adonis," premieres in New York City

1880 Grantland Rice, sportswriter, New York Her Trib 1914-30, Colliers 1925-37

1875 Edgar Rice Burroughs, U.S., sci-fi author, Tarzan of Apes, Mars Saga

1864 Samuel Allen Rice, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies of injuries at 36

1864 James Clay Rice, lawyer/Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 34

1850 Isaac L. Rice, Germany, namesake of Columbia University's Rice stadium

1848 Edward Everett Rice, composer

1835 Americus Vespucius Rice, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1835 Elliott Warren Rice, Major General Union volunteers

1829 James Clay Rice, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1828 Samuel Allen Rice, Brigadier General Union volunteers


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