2015 Event Harriette Thompson, at 92 years and three months, becomes the oldest person to finish a marathon, beating the previous record holder of 92 years and 19 days 2002 Death J. Lee Thompson, British Director 1998 Death Kay Thompson, American Author 1996 Death Sydney Thompson, rock Climber, dies at 81 1995 Death Simon Bailey, Reverend Simon Bailey, priest, Anglican, Labor Party member, socialist historian associates include Dorothy Thompson, J.B. Priestly, E.P Thompson, died while distributing leaflets for the Labor Party 1995 Death Lewis Thompson Preston, American Businessman 1993 Death E. P. Thompson, British Historian 1993 Death Milton "Milt" Thompson, U.S. NASA-test pilot/chief-engineer, dies at 67 1993 Death Milton O Thompson, astronaut (Dynasoar, X-15), dies at 66 1993 Event 65th Academy Awards - "Unforgiven," Al Pacino and Emma Thompson win 1992 Event Mets trade David Cone to Toronto for Jeff Kent and Ryan Thompson 1992 Death Marshall Thompson, U.S. actor (To Hell and Back), dies at 66 1992 Death Marshall Thompson, actor (Bog), dies of congestive heart failure at 65 1992 Death Pat Thompson, actress (Strictly Ballroom), dies at 51 1992 Event Jenny Thompson swims 100m freestyle world record (1:01.40) 1990 Death Carlos Thompson, actor (Mistress of the World), dies at 67 1990 Death John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer, dies at 84 1989 Event Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison 1986 Event Mrs Davina Thompson makse medical history by having the 1st heart, lung and liver transplant (Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England) 1986 Event Robby Thompson (SF) sets record, caught stealing 4 times in 1 game 1986 Event San Francisco Giant Robby Thompson is caught stealing record 4 times 1984 Death Randall Thompson, U.S. composer (Trip to Nahant), dies at 85 1981 Event Ernest Thompson's "West Side Waltz," premieres in New York City 1981 Birthday Jennie Thompson, born in Wichita Falls, Texas, gymnast, Junior National-champ-93, 1996 Olympics 1981 Birthday Donielle Thompson, Wheatridge CO, gymnast, World-bronze-95, 1996 Olympics 1980 Event NY Federal jury finds Reps Thompson D-New Jersey and Murphy, D-NY, guilty 1979 Birthday Kaci Thompson, Miss Nevada Teen USA 1997 1979 Event Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," premieres in New York City 1978 Event 30th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Ed Asner and Sada Thompson win 1978 Event David Thompson scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA - 73 1978 Event Denver's David Thompson scores 73 points and San Antonio's George Gervin scores 63 points in separate NBA games (33 in 1 quarter) 1976 Event Flash flood in Big Thompson Canyon Colorado on Route 34, kills 139 1975 Birthday Tina Thompson, WNBA forward for the Houston Comets 1974 Event Ian Thompson wins marathon (2:13:18.8) 1974 Event Sam Thompson, Jim Bottomley, and Jocko Conlan elected to Hall of Fame 1973 Birthday Jenny Thompson, Danvers Massachusetts, 400m freestyle, Olympics gold 92, 96 1973 Birthday Bronwyn Thompson, Australian rower 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Mike Thompson, NFL defensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars 1972 Birthday Tommy Thompson, NFL punter for the San Francisco 49ers 1971 Birthday Patterson Thompson, cricketer, WI Test fast bowler vs. New Zealand 1996 1971 Birthday Camille Thompson, Salmon Arm BC, basketball center 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Larry Thompson, CFL/NFL wide receiver, Seattle Seahawks, BC Lions 1971 Birthday Mark Thompson, born in Russellville, Kentucky, pitcher for the Colorado Rockies 1970 Birthday Tina Poitras, Thompson Manitoba, 10k walker 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Brooks Thompson, NBA guard, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic 1970 Birthday Stuart Thompson, Australian baseball infielder, 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Brittany Gae Thompson, born in Portland, Oregon, Miss Oregon-America 1991 1968 Birthday Char Thompson, WLAF running back, Barcelona Dragons 1968 Birthday Leroy Thompson, NFL running back for the Kansas City Chiefs 1967 Birthday Jenn Thompson, New York City, actor, Dee-Harper Valley PTA 1965 Birthday Black Francis, Charles Thompson, U.S. singer and songwriter, Pixies 1964 Birthday Randall Thompson, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, boxer 1996 Olympics 1964 Birthday Inga Thompson, Reno Nevada, U.S. cyclist, Olympic-8th-88, 84, 92 1963 Birthday Leslie Thompson, Burlington, Vermont, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1963 Birthday Reyna Thompson, NFL cornerback for the New York Giants 1963 Birthday Bennie Thompson, NFLer, Saints, Chiefs, Cleveland Browns/Ravens 1962 Birthday Robby Thompson, W Palm Beach, Florida, infielder for the San Francisco Giants 1961 Birthday LaSalle Thompson, NBA forward and center for the Philadelphia 76ers 1961 Birthday Lea Thompson, actress, Back to the Future, Caroline In The City 1960 Birthday Kim Thompson, Bath England, actress, Stealing Heaven 1960 Birthday Scott Thompson Baker, born in Minneapolis, actor, General Hosp, All My Children 1960 Birthday Broderick Thompson, NFL tackle and guard for the Denver Broncos 1960 Birthday Andrea Thompson, American Actress 1959 Birthday Lesley Thompson, born in Toronto, Ontario, rower, Olympics gold 92, 96 1959 Birthday Scott Thompson, comedian, Kids in the Hall, Larry Sanders Show 1959 Birthday Emma Thompson, born in England, actress, Henry V, Howards End, Oscar-1992 1958 Birthday Daley Thompson, born in London, Decathalete, Gold Medals 1980, 1984 Olympics 1957 Birthday Lee "Kix" Thompson, saxophonist, Madness-Baggy Trousers 1957 Birthday Alannah Currie, Auckland New Zealand, rock xylophone/vocalist, Thompson Twins 1957 Birthday Tom Bailey, born in England, rocker, Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor 1957 Birthday Tom Bailey, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor 1957 Birthday Robert Thompson, born in Houston, Texas, Nike golfer, 1990 Boise Open-2nd 1955 Birthday Joe Leeway, born in Islington, England, musician, songwriter for the Thompson Twins, played bongos, congas for album, 'A Product of ... (Participation)' 1955 Birthday Simon Bailey, born in Halifax, England, Reverend Simon Bailey, priest, Anglican, Labor Party member, socialist historian associates include Dorothy Thompson, J.B. Priestly, E.P Thompson 1955 Birthday Michael Thompson, guitarist, Afterburn, Fresh, Sahara, Gridlock'd 1954 Birthday David Thompson, NBA guard, Phoenix Suns, Seattle Supersonics 1954 Event Michigan rep Ruth Thompson (R) introduces legislation to ban mailing "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" phonograph (rock and roll) records 1952 Birthday Jill Long Thompson, born in Warsaw, Indiana, Representative-D-Indiana 1989 - 1995 1951 Birthday Paul Thompson, rock drummer, Roxy Music 1951 Birthday Dougie Thompson, rocker, Supertramp-Bloody Well Right 1951 Death John Winter Thompson, composer, dies at 83 1951 Birthday Richard Thompson, rocker, BT Express-Here Comes the Express 1950 Birthday Ernest Thompson, Bellows Fall Vt, actor, Sierra, Westside Medical 1950 Event Johnny Pramesa (Reds) and Hank Thompson (Giants) hit inside the park home runs 1950 Birthday Linda Thompson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Hee Haw 1949 Event Monte Irvin and Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for New York Giants 1949 Event New York Giants purchase Monty Irvin and Henry Thompson, their 1st blacks 1949 Birthday Richard Thompson, vocalist and guitarist, Shoot Out the Lights 1946 Death Ernest Thompson Seton, American Leader 1945 Birthday Ivan "Ironman" Stewart, Mickey Thompson off-road champ, 1983, 84, 90 1945 Birthday Gordon Thompson, born in Ottawa Canada, actor, Adam Carrington-Dynasty 1944 Birthday Barbara Thompson, jazz musician/composer/bandleader 1944 Birthday Millie Jackson, born in Thompson, Georgia, model/singer, Get it out 'cha system 1942 Birthday Rex Thompson, New York City, actor, Young Bess, King and I, Her 12 Men 1942 Birthday Fred Thompson, senator, R-Tennessee, actor, 'In the Line of Fire' 1940 Birthday Jack Thompson, John Pain, Sydney Australia, actor, Breaker Morant 1939 Birthday Hugh Delane Thompson, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1991 MONY Syracuse 1939 Birthday Hunter Thompson, born in Louisville, Kentucky, writer, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1937 Birthday Hunter S. Thompson, American Journalist 1936 Birthday J L Thompson, Bishop, Bath and Wells 1936 Birthday David Thompson, British food magnate and multi-millionaire 1935 Death Edward H Thompson, U.S. archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78 1934 Birthday Duncan Thompson, keeper, Scottish National Portrait Gallery 1934 Birthday Julian Ogilvie Thompson, CEO, De Beers 1932 Birthday David Thompson, CEO, Gestetner Holdings 1929 Birthday Sada Thompson, Des Moines, Iowa, actress, Family, Pursuit of Happiness 1929 Birthday Peter Thompson, golfer 1929 Birthday Hewlett Thompson, Bishop of Exeter 1928 Birthday Jack Thompson, MP, Labour 1926 Birthday Lewis Thompson Preston, American Businessman 1926 Birthday Sue Thompson, rocker 1926 Birthday Milton "Milt" Thompson, U.S. NASA-test pilot/chief-engineer, X-15 1926 Birthday Milton O. Thompson, astronaut, Dynasoar, X-15 1925 Birthday Marshall Thompson, Peoria, Illinois, actor, Bog, To Hell and Back, Daktari 1924 Birthday E. P. Thompson, British Historian 1922 Birthday Leo Kraft, born in Brooklyn, New York, composer, author, educator, recorded on CRI label, studied composition with Karol Rathaus, Randall Thompson, Nadio Boulander 1922 Event Insulin 1st used to treat diabetes (Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada) 1921 Event 47th Kentucky Derby: Charles Thompson on Behave Yourself wins 2:04.2 1918 Event 1st U.S. pilot to down an enemy airplane, Stephen W. Thompson 1914 Birthday J. Lee Thompson, British Director 1914 Birthday Sydney Thompson, rock climber 1910 Birthday Vernon Thompson, thoracic surgeon 1908 Birthday Kay Thompson, American Author 1907 Death Francis Thompson, English Poet 1906 Birthday Era Bell Thompson, Dakota Dick, U.S. actress, Ebony 1906 Birthday John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer, elected 1962 1899 Birthday Randall Thompson, born in New York City, composer, Trip to Nahant 1899 Birthday Gloria Swanson, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Sadie Thompson, Killer Bees 1894 Event Phils get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for cycle beating Louisville 29-4 1885 Event John E. W. Thompson, named minister to Haiti 1874 Death Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet, dies 1867 Birthday John Winter Thompson, composer 1863 Event Battle of Thompson's Station, Tennessee 1860 Birthday Ernest Thompson Seton, American Leader 1860 Birthday D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist, On Growth and Form 1859 Birthday Francis Thompson, English Poet 1857 Birthday Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator 1856 Birthday Edward Herbert Thompson, Massachusetts, archaeologist, Mayan civilization 1847 Event Robert Thompson patents rubber tire 1844 Birthday John S D Thompson, C, 4th Prime Minister of Canada, 1892 - 1894 1838 Birthday Nat Thompson, cricketer, 1st batsman dismissed in a Test match 1829 Birthday Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon 1826 Birthday [Merriwether] Jeff Thompson, Partisan Confederate Army 1824 Birthday Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet, Roman 1823 Birthday William Thompson Martin, Major General Confederate Army 1820 Birthday Harry Thompson Hays, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1811 Birthday Hugh Thompson Reid, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1810 Birthday Jacob Thompson, Confederacy 1810 Birthday William Hepworth Thompson, English Educator 1770 Birthday David Thompson, English/Canadian explorer, Columbia River 1753 Birthday Benjamin Thompson, physicist, Royal Institute of Great Britain
