2007 Death Sidney Sheldon, dies in California, of complications from pneumonia, at 89 2003 Death Lynne Thigpen, Joliet, Illinois, actress, Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?, Nancy-Love Sidney 2002 Death George Sidney, American Director 1999 Death Sylvia Sidney, actress, ", Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams, ", dies at 88 1996 Death Sidney George Gray, company secretary, dies at 82 1996 Death Sidney Greenbaum, grammarian, dies at 66 1996 Death Sidney Korshak, lawyer, dies at 87 1995 Death Sidney Kingslei, playwright, dies at 88 1995 Death Sidney Kingsley, U.S. playwright (Pulitzer prize 1934), dies at 88 1994 Death Sidney Gilliat, British screenwriter/director, dies at 86 1985 Death Sidney Clute, actor (Lou Grant, Cagney and Lacey), dies at 69 1977 Death Sidney van den Bergh, Dutch businessman/politician, dies at 78 1976 Death Sidney James, actor (Lavander Hill Mob, Carry On), dies at 65 1975 Death Sidney Fields, comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at 77 1974 Birthday Kaleena Kiff, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Patti-Love Sidney 1973 Death Sidney Blackmer, actor (Love Crazy), dies of cancer at 58 1972 Death Sidney Pegler, cricket leg spinner (leading South Africa prior to WWI), dies 1970 Birthday Sidney Greenbush, Louisiana, twin actress, Carrie-Little House on Prairie 1969 Death Leonard Sidney Woolf, English publisher/writer, dies at 88 1965 Death Sidney Marion, actor (Outlaws is Coming, Quicksand), dies at 64 1965 Event Montcalm Community College in Sidney, Michigan, founded 1964 Event 36th Academy Awards - "Tom Jones," Sidney Poitier and Patricia Neal win 1961 Death Sidney Holland, Prime Minister of New Zealand 1949 - 1957, dies at 67 1959 Death Sidney Bechet, U.S. jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62 1953 Death Sidney Homer, composer, dies at 88 1951 Birthday Sidney M. Gutierrez, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-40, 59 1949 Event Sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story," premieres in New York City 1948 Birthday Lynne Thigpen, Joliet, Illinois, actress, Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?, Nancy-Love Sidney 1947 Death Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer, dies at 72 1947 Death Sidney Toler, actor (Charlie Chan, Dark Alibi), dies at 72 1946 Event Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, ends term as 1st director of CIA Lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, becomes 2nd director of CIA 1946 Death Sidney Hillman, American Activist 1946 Death Sidney James Jones, composer, dies at 84 1946 Event Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, becomes 1st director of CIA 1943 Death Sidney A K Keyes, English poet (Foreign Gate), dies at 20 1943 Event Sidney Kingsley's "Patriots," premieres in New York City 1942 Birthday Sidney K. Barthelmy, U.S. politician 1941 Birthday James Seals, Sidney, Texas, singer, Seals and Crofts-Summer Breeze 1939 Death Sidney Coe Howard, playwright (Silver Cord, Pulitzer 1925), dies at 48 1939 Birthday Sidney Altman, Canadian Scientist 1935 Event Sidney Kingsley's "Dead End," premieres in New York City 1935 Event 55th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wilmer L Allison beats Sidney B Wood (62 62 63) 1934 Event Academy Award 1st called Oscar in print (Sidney Skolsky) 1934 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White) 1934 Event Sidney Howard and Paul de Kruif's "Yellowjacket," premieres in New York City 1933 Event Sidney Kingsley's "Men in White," premieres in New York City 1933 Event Sidney Howard's "Alien Corn," premieres in New York City 1929 Birthday Sidney Greenbaum, grammarian 1926 Event Sidney Howard's "Silver Cord," premieres in New York City 1925 Event Sidney Howards "Lucky Sam McGarver," premieres in New York City 1924 Birthday Sidney Lumet, born in Philadelphia, director, Group, Pawnbroker, Fail Safe 1924 Birthday Sidney Poitier, actor, Porgy and Bess, A Raisin in the Sun, or 1927 1922 Birthday Sidney AK Keyes, English poet, Iron Laurel 1918 Birthday Alan Arbus, New York City, actor, Dr. Sidney Freedman-M*A*S*H 1917 Birthday Sidney Nolan, born in Australia, painter/illustrator, Ned Kelly 1917 Birthday Sidney Sheldon, born in Chicago, American writer, Academy-Award winner, crime fiction novelist 1916 Birthday George Sidney, American Director 1916 Birthday Sidney Clute, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Lou Grant, Cagney and Lacey 1916 Event 1st edition of Joseph Patterson/Sidney Smith strip "Gumps" 1914 Birthday Sidney George Gray, company secretary 1913 Birthday Sidney James, Cohen, Johannesburg, actor, Carry On 1910 Birthday Sylvia Sidney, born in Bronx, New York, actress, WKRP, Sabotage, Beetlejuice, Demon 1909 Birthday Sidney R. Yates, born in Chicago, Illinois, Representative-D-Illinois 1949 - 1963 and 1965 - 1999 1908 Birthday Sidney Gilliat, producer 1906 Birthday Sidney Kingsley, U.S. playwright, One in White, Darkness at Noon 1906 Birthday Sidney Kiescher Kingslei, playwright 1902 Birthday Sidney Hook, anticommunist philosopher, Paradoxes of Freedom 1900 Birthday Sidney Marion, born in Massachusetts, entertainer 1898 Birthday Sidney van den Bergh, Dutch businessman/politician 1897 Birthday Sidney Bechet, U.S., jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/band leader 1896 Event Sidney Jones and Harry Greenbacks musical premieres in London 1895 Birthday Sidney Blackmer, born in Salisbury, North Carolina, actor, Ted Roosevelt in 12 movies 1893 Birthday Sidney Holland, New Zealand, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1949 - 1957 1893 Birthday Kathleen Smoothy, housewife, last link to Siege of SIdney Street 1891 Birthday Sidney Coe Howard, U.S., dramatist, Swords, Pulitzer 1925 1887 Birthday Sidney Hillman, union leader, Sidney Hillman Foundation 1881 Death Sidney Clopton Lanier, composer, dies at 39 1881 Death Sidney Lanier, American Poet 1875 Birthday Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer 1874 Birthday Sidney Toler, Warrensburg, Missouri, actor, Madame X, Meeting at Midnight 1868 Birthday Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere/Newspaper publisher 1864 Birthday Sidney Homer, composer 1862 Death Albert Sidney Johnston, U.S. Confederate general, dies in battle at 59 1861 Birthday Sidney James Jones, composer 1860 Birthday Sidney Paget, British illustrator, Sherlock Holmes 1857 Birthday Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher 1842 Birthday Sidney Lanier, American Poet 1842 Birthday Sidney Clopton Lanier, U.S., composer/poet, Hall of Fame 1829 Birthday Charles Sidney Winder, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1827 Birthday James Sidney Robinson, Major General Union volunteers 1803 Birthday Albert Sidney Johnston, General Confederate Army 1712 Death Sidney 1st earl of Godolphine, English minister of Finance, dies at 67 1683 Death Algernon Sidney, English Whig politician/plotter, beheaded 1586 Death Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 1554 Birthday Philip Sidney, England, poet/statesman/soldier, Arcadia
