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2004 Death - Artie Shaw, clarinetist/bandleader, dies at 93

1999 Death - Robert Shaw, chorale director, founded the Robert Shaw Chorale, dies at 82

1996 Death - Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist, dies at 85

1996 Death - Bob Shaw, science fiction writer, dies of cancer at 64

1995 Death - Christopher Shaw, composer pianist/critic, dies at 71

1995 Death - Robert Shaw, town Planner, dies at 81

1994 Death - Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor (High Season, Ace of Spades), dies at 89

1993 Event - 5th Seniors Golf Tradition: Tom Shaw

1990 Death - Steven Shaw, dies at 25

1988 Death - Victoria Shaw, actress (Alvarez Kelly, Westworld), dies

1984 Death - Irwin Shaw, U.S. writer (Rich Man, Poor Man), dies at 71

1982 Death - Reta Shaw, actress (Ghost and Mrs. Muir), dies of emphysema at 69

1978 Death - Robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51

1973 Birthday - Sedrick Shaw, running back for the New England Patriots

1973 Birthday - Terrance Shaw, NFL cornerback for the San Diego Chargers

1973 Event - Susan Shaw, is 1st woman in 171 years in London's Stock exchange

1969 Birthday - Trevor Shaw, CFL slot back for the BC Lions

1968 Death - C Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85

1967 Death - Oscar Shaw, actor (Rhythm on the River, Marianne), dies at 76

1966 Birthday - Jeff Shaw, Washington Ohio, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds

1966 Birthday - Brian Shaw, NBA guard, Orlando Magic, San Francisco Warriors

1964 Birthday - David Shaw, St. Thomas, NHL defenseman, Tampa Bay Lightning

1964 Birthday - Jeff Bezos, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, founder, President of Amazon.com, previously a financial analyst for D.E. Shaw & Co.

1963 Event - Pitcher Bob Shaw sets record of 5 balks in a game

1960 Event - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), organizes at Shaw U

1959 Birthday - Tim Shaw, cricketer, South African ODI slow lefty 1991

1958 Death - Martin Fallas Shaw, composer, dies at 83

1958 Birthday - Fiona Shaw, Irish Actress

1954 Death - Willie Shaw, race car driver (Indy 500-1937, 39, 40), dies at 51

1954 Birthday - Patty Hearst, born in San Francisco, California, newspaper heiress, convicted bank robber, socialite, known as Patricia Hearst Shaw, autobiography titled, 'Every Secret Thing'

1953 Birthday - Tommy Shaw, American Musician

1952 Birthday - Stan Shaw, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Mississippi, Roots Next Generation

1950 Death - George Bernard Shaw, Irish author (Pygmalion), dies at 94

1950 Event - Bob Shaw of Chicago Cardinals sets NFL record with 5 TD receptions

1949 Birthday - Paul Shaw, born in Collingwood, Ontario, trap shooter 1996 Olympics

1947 Birthday - Sandi Shaw, Sandra Goodrich, Essex, rocker, Girl Don't Come

1945 Birthday - Brewster H Shaw, Jr., Michigan, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-9, STS 61B, STS-28

1943 Death - Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer, dies at 63

1940 Birthday - Bernard Shaw, news correspondant, CBS, CNN

1940 Event - Artie Shaw records "Frenesi" on RCA Victor label

1939 Birthday - E. Clay Shaw, Jr., born in Miami, Florida, Representative-R-Florida 1981 - 2007

1938 Birthday - Tom Shaw, Wichita, Kansas, PGA golfer, 1969 Doral Open AVCO Golf Classic

1935 Birthday - Michael Holroyd, born in London, England, author, biographer, wrote biographies of George Bernard Shaw, Augustus John

1932 Event - George Bernard Shaw's "Too True to be Good," premieres in New York City

1931 Birthday - Bob Shaw, UK, sci-fi author, Orbitsville, Ragged Astronauts, Vertigo

1929 Birthday - Neil Shaw, British CEO, Tate and Lyle

1927 Birthday - Robert Shaw, born in England, actor, Deep, Jaws, Sting, Black Sunday

1925 Event - George Bernard Shaw awarded Nobel

1924 Birthday - Christopher Shaw, composer

1924 Event - Premiere of Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan," in London

1923 Event - George Bernard Shaw's "St. Joan," premieres in New York City

1922 Event - GB Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh III/IV," premieres in New York City

1922 Event - G. B. Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh I/II," premieres in New York City

1920 Event - George Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House," premieres in New York City

1919 Event - George Bernard Shaw's "Augustus Does His Bit," premieres in New York City

1916 Birthday - Robert Shaw, born in Red Bluff, California, chorale conductor, Robert Shaw Chorale

1914 Birthday - Sid Weiss, born in America, musician, jazz double-bassist, played clarinet, violin, tuba as a child, began playing bass as a teenager, worked with Louis Prima, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman

1914 Event - George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," premieres

1913 Birthday - Robert Shaw, town planner

1913 Birthday - Irwin Shaw, U.S., novelist, Rich Man Poor Man

1912 Birthday - Reta Shaw, South Paris Maine, actress, Ghost and Mrs. Muir

1911 Event - George Bernard Shaw's "Fanny's First Play," premieres in London

1911 Birthday - Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist

1911 Birthday - Roy Eldridge, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, jazz trumpeter, Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw

1910 Birthday - Artie Shaw, Arthur Arshawsky, New York City, bandleader, Come'on my House

1910 Death - Artie Shaw, bandleader

1910 Event - George Bernard Shaw's "Misalliance," premieres in London

1909 Birthday - Arnold Shaw, born in America, composer, songwriter, music business executive for Leeds Music Corporation, later MCA, wrote book on Harry Belafonte, series on 20th century American music

1907 Event - George Bernard Shaw's "Philanderer," premieres in London

1907 Event - George Bernard Shaw's "Don Juan in Hell," premieres in London

1906 Event - George Bernard Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra," premieres in New York City

1905 Event - G.B. Shaw's "Mrs Warren's Profession," premieres in New York City

1905 Birthday - Sebastian Shaw, Holt England, actor, Return of Jedi, Chimera

1905 Birthday - Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor, High Season, Ace of Spades, Caste

1904 Event - GB Shaw's "How He Lied to Her Husband," premieres in New York City

1904 Event - George Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premieres in London

1904 Event - George Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premiered in London

1902 Birthday - Willie Shaw, race car driver, Indy 500-1937, 39, 40

1900 Event - Eyre M. Shaw, 78, becomes oldest gold medalist in Olympics

1897 Event - George Bernard Shaw's "Devil's Disciple," premieres in New York City

1894 Event - George Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man," premieres in London

1882 Birthday - C Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia

1879 Birthday - Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer

1875 Birthday - Martin Fallas Shaw, composer

1865 Event - Shaw University forms in Raleigh NC

1863 Death - Robert Gould Shaw, American Soldier

1856 Birthday - George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist, Pygmalion-Nobel 1925

1848 Death - Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69

1847 Birthday - Anna Howard Shaw, U.S., suffragette

1842 Birthday - Alfred Shaw, cricketer, pioneering England Test bowler

1838 Birthday - John Shaw Billings, U.S., librarian and army physician

1837 Birthday - Robert Gould Shaw, American Soldier

1779 Birthday - Oliver Shaw, composer

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