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1999 Death - "Forrest Mars, Sr", businessman, Mars candy, dies at 95

1995 Death - Willie George "Bill" Woodruff Sr, vocalist, dies at 66

1995 Event - Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most sr spiritual leader

1994 Death - Wijnanda MC "Nan" Aberson, friend of Gerard Van de Reve Sr, dies at 82

1994 Death - Aubrey J Watson Sr, bishop, dies at 65

1994 Death - Guus Verstraete Sr, Dutch actor/dir (2 Drops of Water), dies at 79

1993 Death - Rockin Dopsie Sr, Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco), dies at 61

1992 Death - Vernon William Reed Sr, singer, dies after a long illness at 73

1990 Event - Ken Griffey, Sr and, Jr., hit back-to-back home runs in 1st inning

1990 Event - Ken Griffey Sr &, Jr. are 1st father and son to play on same team each goes 1 for 4 for Seattle Mariners

1989 Event - "Starmites" closes at Criter Ctr SR Theater New York City after 60 performances

1989 Event - "Starmites" opens at Criter Ctr SR Theater New York City for 60 performances

1988 Death - Barry Bingham Sr, U.S. daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82

1988 Death - John Duncan, Sr., Representative-R-Tennessee 1965 - 1988

1987 Event - Al Unser, Sr., 47, wins his 4th Indy 500

1986 Death - Edward A Doisy Sr, discoverer of vitamin K (Nobel 1943), dies at 92

1984 Death - Martin Luther King Sr, U.S. vicar/father of MLK, Jr., dies at 84

1983 Death - John Cowles Sr, U.S. publisher, dies at 84

1980 Death - Jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies

1980 Event - Bill Veeck agrees to sell Chicago White Sox to Eddie DeBartolo Sr for $20,000,000, AL owners block the sale

1980 Birthday - Brittney McConn, born in Largo, Florida, figure skater, 1997 Eastern Sr champ

1980 Birthday - Angela Nikodinov, Spartanburg, South Carolina, figure skater, 1997 Pacif Sr champ

1979 Birthday - Alizah Allen, born in New York City, New York, figure skater, 1997 North Atlantic Sr champ

1979 Birthday - Sydne Vogel, born in Anchorage, Alaska, figure skater, 1996 NW Pac Sr champ

1978 Birthday - Amber Corwin, Harbor City California, figure skater, 1997 National Sr - 5th

1978 Birthday - Karen Kwan, Torrance California, figure skater, 1995 Pac Coast Sr champ

1977 Birthday - Lisa Bell, Rockford, Illinois, figure skater, 1997 Midwestern Sr champ

1977 Birthday - Beata Handra, born in San Francisco, California, dance skater, & Sinek-1997 Pac Coast Sr 3rd

1975 Birthday - Brian Buetsch, born in Rockford, Illinois, figure skater, 1997 Great Lakes Sr champ

1973 Birthday - John Baldwin, Jr., born in Dallas, Texas, figure skater, 1996 SW Pacific Sr champ

1973 Birthday - Philip Dulebohn, Washington D.C., figure skater, 1997 Eastern Sr - 3rd

1972 Birthday - Kyoko Ina, Tokyo, Japan, figure skater, 1993 North Atlantic Sr champ

1971 Birthday - Todd Eldredge, Chatham Massachusetts, figure skater, 1997 National Sr champ

1971 Birthday - Michael Chack, Toms River, New Jersey, figure skater, 1997 Pac Coast Sr champ

1971 Birthday - Shepherd Clark, born in Atlanta, Georgia, figure skater, 1994, 97 Eastern Sr champ

1970 Death - B O Davis Sr, 1st black general, dies at 93 in Chicago

1965 Death - Harry Harvey Sr, actor (It's a Man's World), dies at 64

1964 Birthday - Charles Sinek, dance skater, & Beata Handra-1997 Pac Coast Sr 3rd

1963 Death - Jason Robards Sr, actor (Acapulco), dies at 70

1959 Death - Irving Cummings Sr, actor and director (In Old Ariz), dies at 70

1952 Death - Joseph Allen Sr, dies

1949 Death - Maria "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Piet Vink Sr, dies at 95

1947 Death - Harry Carey Sr, actor and director (Red River, Sundown), dies at 69

1945 Birthday - Harold Ford, Sr., born in Memphis, Tennessee, Representative-D-Tennessee 1975 - 1997

1943 Death - Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor, dies at 74%

1940 Event - Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named 1st black general in regular army

1935 Birthday - Cal Ripken Sr, baseball manager for the Baltimore Orioles

1932 Birthday - Rockin Dopsie Sr, Alton Jay Rubin, Jazz-Fusion singer, Zydeco

1932 Event - Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon Ohio

1931 Death - Tyrone Power Sr, actor (Big Trial, Test of Donald Norton), dies at 62

1929 Birthday - Aubrey J Watson Sr, bishop

1928 Death - Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr, actor/husband of Truus Soete, dies at 61

1919 Birthday - John Duncan, Sr., born in Tennessee, Representative-R-Tennessee 1965 - 1988

1914 Birthday - Guus Verstraete Sr, August de Graef, Dutch actor/dir, Black Magic

1912 Birthday - Wijnanda M C "Nan" Aberson, friend of Gerard Reve Sr

1910 Birthday - John Hammond Sr, New York City, rock/jazz producer, I Can Tell, So Many Roads

1904 Birthday - Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenber----dorff, Sr, near Hamburg, Germany

1895 Birthday - Charles W. Bidwill, Sr., Chicago, NFL hall of famer, Chicago Cardinals

1893 Birthday - Edward A Doisy Sr, U.S. bio-chemist, Vitamin K1, Nobel 1943

1892 Birthday - Jason Robards Sr, Hillsdale, Michigan, actor, Acapulco

1890 Death - Guyla Andr ssy Sr, earl/premier of Hungary (1867-71), dies at 66

1888 Birthday - Irving Cummings Sr, New York City, silent screen star/director, Curly Top

1882 Birthday - Joe Hardstaff Sr, cricketer, "Hotstuff" in 1907-08 MCC tour of Australia

1881 Birthday - Otto V Kuusinen, Fin/Rus communist President of Karelo-Finnish SR, 1940-56

1878 Birthday - Harry Carey Sr, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force

1874 Event - Johann Strauss Sr's opera "Die Fledermaus," premieres in Vienna

1869 Birthday - Tyrone Power Sr, born in London, England, actor, Alexanders Ragtime Band

1869 Birthday - Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor, Holland Tooneelgezelschap

1866 Birthday - Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr, Dutch actor/husband of Truus Soete

1861 Event - 2nd British Golf Open: Tom Morris Sr shoots a 163 at Prestwick Club

1853 Birthday - Maria E "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Piet Vink Sr

1823 Birthday - Guyla Andrassy Sr, premier of Hungary, 1867-71

1778 Death - William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69

1758 Death - Allan Ramsay Sr, Scottish poet (Gentle Shepherd), dies at 71

1757 Event - English king George II fires minister William Pitt, Sr.

1755 Event - English minister William Pitt Sr resigns

1746 Death - Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68

1677 Birthday - Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor, Chevaux the Marly

1553 Death - Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81













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