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2012 Event - Russians stage protests in response to last week's election of Vladimir Putin as President for a third term 2011 Event - New York's Police Department clears Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zucotti Park, the public space they have occupied to stage their protest 2011 Event - Aretha Franklin, singer and the 'Queen of Soul', announces she has overcome medical ailments and plans to return to the stage 2011 Event - Protesters stage the largest demonstration ever against the Mubarak regime; two million people gather in Tahir Square, vowing to stay until Mubarak leaves his post 2007 Death - Robert Pickett, stage name, Bobby Boris Pickett, singer, co-wrote and performed hit 'Monster Mash', dies 2006 Death - Jack Wild, actor, theater, stage, Academy Award nominee at age 16 for role of Artful Dodger in film production of 'Oliver!', favorite subject, teen magazines, dies of cancer, in Tebworth, England, at age 53 2004 Death - Jan Miner, pitchwoman/stage actress, You're soaking in it, dies at 86 1997 Death - Violet Carlson, stage dancer/singer, dies at 97 1995 Death - Fabio Casartelli, raced with Ariostea team in 1993, won Olympic gold medal in 1992 Summer Olympics road race, died during 15th stage of the 1995 Tour de France, in a crash occurring on the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet in the Pyrenees 1995 Death - Ginger Rogers, actress/dancer (Top Hat, Stage Door), dies at 83 1994 Death - Michael Joyce, stage Manager, dies at 48 1992 Event - Sheena Easton collapses on stage while performing in "Man of LaMancha" 1992 Death - Francesca Primus, columnist (Back Stage), dies at 45 1991 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arazi, Black Tie Affair, Dance Smartly, Miss Alleged, Opening Verse, Pleasant Stage, Sheikh Albadou 1991 Death - Robert DiMatte, Jr., stage director/actor, dies at 43 1989 Event - Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage and knocks himself out 1987 Death - Dick Shawn, comedian (Producers), dies on stage at 57 1985 Death - Rik Jacobs, Flemish stage manager, dies at 71 1984 Death - Andrea Leeds, actress (Stage Door, Earthbound), dies of cancer at 70 1984 Death - Tommy Cooper, comedian, collapses and dies on stage 1981 Death - Anita Loos, U.S. (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88 1980 Event - Bob Marley collapses on stage, brought to Sloan-Kettering Hospital 1980 Event - John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg stage one of the greatest U.S. Open finals as 21 year old McEnroe fends off Borg to win his 2nd straight title 1980 Event - Brian May of rock group Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis 1978 Birthday - Usher Raymond, born in Dallas, Texas, stage name, 'Usher', recording artist, actor, sold over 40 million albums worldwide, won five Grammy Awards, films include, 'In the Mix' 1978 Event - Baseball umps stage a 1 day strike 1978 Event - Fee Waybill of Tubes breaks a leg falling off stage 1977 Event - Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night" 1976 Birthday - Alicia Witt, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, born Alicia Roanne Witt, film, stage and television actress, singer, played role of Cybill Shepherd's character in sitcom Cybill, 1995 - 1998 1976 Death - Pieter Balledux, actor/stage manager/resistance fighter, dies at 89 1976 Death - Johan[nes A] Card, actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady), dies at 78 1975 Event - Rocker Alice Cooper falls off stage in Vancouver, breaks 6 ribs 1973 Death - Samuel N Behrman, U.S. stage/screenwriter (Quo Vardis), dies at 80 1973 Event - Phil Everly storms off stage declaring an end to Everly Brothers 1973 Event - "Rocky Horror Picture Show," stage production opens in London 1970 Event - Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily 1970 Event - 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world 1969 Event - Turtles play White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times 1969 Event - John and Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam) 1969 Event - John and Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton) 1968 Birthday - David Jude Jolicoeur, born in Brooklyn, New York, rapper, producer, member of De La Soul hip hop trio, known by stage name Trugoy the Dove 1968 Event - 100th Belmont: Gus Gustines aboard Stage Door Johnny wins in 2:27.2 1967 Event - Jim Morrison, arrested on stage for disturbing the peace 1965 Event - Dave Davies of Kinks stumbles and is knocked unconscious on stage 1960 Event - Students stage kneel-in demonstrations in Atlanta churches 1960 Death - Leonard Warren, U.S. baritone, dies on stage at 48 1960 Event - 4 students stage 1st civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro North Carolina Woolworth 1959 Birthday - Julian Clary, born in Teddington, England, comedian, novelist, employs campy delivery style, emphasizing use of double entendre, innuendo, videos of stage acts include 'My Glittering Passage', 'The Mincing Machine Tour' 1959 Death - Joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69 1957 Death - John W. Van Druten, U.S. stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at 56 1957 Birthday - Jo Brand, born in Hastings, England, stage name, 'The Sea Monster', stand up comedian, embraced alternative comedy movement, employing use of monotone delivery, pauses, image inspired by radicalized feminism 1956 Event - Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites 1956 Event - Elvis Presley's 1st TV appearance (Dorsey Bros Stage Show) 1956 Death - Charles Dingle, actor, stage, film, played role of senator in 'Call Me Madam', films include 'The Little Foxes', dies 1954 Death - Colette, writer, best-known for novel 'Gigi', which became a stage musical, dies at 81 in Paris, France 1954 Death - Dirk Verbeek, actor and director (Hofstad Stage), dies at 70 1952 Birthday - Jack Wild, actor, theater, stage, Academy Award nominee at age 16 for role of Artful Dodger in film production of 'Oliver!', favorite subject, teen magazines 1952 Death - Cor Ruys, actor (Princess Stage), dies at 62 1952 Death - Cor Ruys, actor (Princess Stage), dies at 62 1948 Birthday - Peter Ruzicka, born in Dusseldorf, Germany, professor, composer, conductor, composes stage, orchestral, chamber, piano, vocal music 1948 Death - Hiroshi "Can" Kikuchi, Japan (stage)writer (Tjitj kaeru), dies at 59 1947 Birthday - Jonathan Pryce, North Wales, stage actor, Miss Saigon 1946 Death - Donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86 1945 Birthday - Robert Pickett, born in Somerville, Massachusetts, stage name, Bobby Boris Pickett, singer, co-wrote and performed hit 'Monster Mash' 1945 Birthday - Michael Joyce, stage manager 1945 Birthday - Karen Akers, New York City, singer, On Stage at Wolf Trap 1945 Birthday - Dave Lee Travis, born in Derbyshire, England, radio presenter, stage name DLT, hosted shows on Garrison Radio, BBC Radio 1, Magic Network, DAB Digital Radio 1943 Birthday - Rick Danko, Canada, rocker, The Band-Islands, Stage Fright 1943 Death - Andre Antoine, French stage manager (Theatre Antoine), dies at 85 1943 Death - Max Reinhardt, Austrian stage manager (Turandot), dies 1938 Death - Alida JM Tartaud-Little, actress (Rotterdam Stage), dies at 64 1937 Event - New York City college students stage 4th annual peace strike 1936 Event - United Auto Workers stage 1st sit-down strike, at Fisher Body Plant 1935 Birthday - Dominico Tromp, Aruba, stage leader 1933 Event - Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany 1931 Birthday - Carl Toms, stage designer 1931 Birthday - James Dean, born in Marion, Indiana, stage/film actor, Giant, Rebel Without a Cause 1928 Event - Katharine Hepburn's New York stage debut in "Night Hostess" 1928 Birthday - Andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask, cybernetician stage producer/lyricist 1927 Birthday - Barbara Cook, born in Atlanta, Georgia, stage singer and actress, Music Man 1927 Birthday - Carl Toms, stage designer, 1 Million BC, Moon Zero Two 1926 Birthday - Christopher Logue, British poet/stage writer, Trials 1926 Event - Actress Theo Mann-Master resigns from stage 1923 Birthday - Siobhan McKenna, Ireland, stage actress, Saint Joan 1922 Birthday - Paul Scofield, born in England, stage and screen actor, considered one of the best British actors of the 20th century 1921 Birthday - Deborah Kerr, born in Helensburg, Scotland, television, stage, film actress, in 'The King and I', 'From Here to Eternity' 1921 Birthday - Joseph Papp, born in Brooklyn, stage producer/director, Pirates of Penzance 1921 Death - Earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager, dies 1921 Birthday - Kan Ishii, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, famous for Symphonia Ainu, inspired by national primitivism, wrote orchestral and vocal music for film and stage, including music for science-fiction film Gorath 1918 Birthday - Ingmar Bergman, born in Sweden, director, writer, producer for stage, film and television, Academy Award winner 1918 Birthday - Bob Carroll, singer and actor, Stage Two Revue, Stranger 1915 Birthday - Scott McKay, Pleasantville Iowa, actor, Stage Door 1913 Birthday - Rik Jacobs, Flemish stage manager 1913 Birthday - Peter Glenville, actor stage/screen director, Hotel Paradiso, Becket 1913 Event - Dayton, Ohio almost destroyed when Scioto, Miami, and Muskingum River reach flood stage simultaneously 1910 Birthday - Harry Horner, stage/Film Designer 1909 Birthday - Cleo Brown, born in Mississippi, pianist, vocalist, stage name Cleo Patra Brown, performed on National Public Radio, stride piano playing was compared to Fats Waller 1908 Birthday - William Bakewell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Stage manager-Pinky Lee Show 1908 Birthday - Ethel Merman, stage and screen actress, Anything Goes, Call Me Madam 1908 Death - Abraham Goldfaden, U.S. Yiddish stage performer (Shulamis), dies at 67 1905 Birthday - Tommy Dorsey, Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Stage Show, Mahogany 1904 Birthday - Jimmy Dorsey, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Stage Show 1900 Birthday - Alastair Sim, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actor, 'Christmas Carol', 'Stage Fright' 1897 Birthday - Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager, My Fair Lady 1896 Birthday - Lillian Gish, silent film/stage actress, Birth of a Nation 1896 Birthday - Henry M de Montherlant, French stage author, La Reine Morte 1893 Birthday - Erwin Piscator, German stage director, Der Stellvertreter 1891 Birthday - Vladislav Vancura, Czechoslovakian physician, stage, author and resistance fighter 1891 Birthday - Peter H "Paul" Huf, actor and director, Great Netherlands Stage 1890 Birthday - Lauri SA Haarla, Finnish, stage, writer, Juudas, Sukeltaja 1890 Birthday - Cor Ruys, Dutch actor, Princess Stage 1887 Birthday - Charles Dingle, born in Wabash, Indiana, actor, stage, film, played role of senator in 'Call Me Madam', films include 'The Little Foxes' 1886 Birthday - Pieter "Pierre" Balledux, stage manager/Dutch resistance fighter 1883 Birthday - Dirk Verbeek, Dutch actor and director, Hofstad Stage 1880 Birthday - Donald Meek, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actor, Stage Fair, Stagecoach 1879 Birthday - Ethel Barrymore, classic film and stage actress, Pinky, Moonrise 1879 Birthday - Ludovicus H [Lode] Baekelmans, Flemish, stage, author, Tille 1873 Birthday - Alida J M Tartaud-Klein, actress/stage star, Rotterdam Stage 1873 Birthday - Colette, born in Yonee, France, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, writer, best-known for novel 'Gigi', which became a stage musical 1869 Birthday - Aurelien FM Lugne-Poe, French actor/stage manager, La Parade 1867 Event - Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans 1867 Event - Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Virginia streetcars 1853 Birthday - William H Gillette, actor, Sherlock Holmes on stage 1841 Birthday - Johannes de Koo, Dutch journalist/stage writer 1841 Birthday - Ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter 1841 Birthday - William H H Davenport, Buffalo, stage medium 1834 Birthday - Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/stage writer 1831 Birthday - Victorien Sardou, French stage writer, Madame Sans-Gane 1831 Death - Friedrich M Klinger, German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79 1816 Birthday - Carl Herrmann, near Hanover Germany, stage magician 1805 Death - Mihaly Csokonai Vitez, Hungarian (stage)poet (Dorottya), dies at 31 1691 Death - George Etherege, English stage writer (Love in a Tub), dies at 56 |
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