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2001 Death - Troy Donahue, actor, A Summer Place, dies at 65

1996 Event - Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama)

1995 Event - Troy Dixon scores cricket century on 1st-class debut for Qld vs. W Prov

1993 Death - Hannah Troy, fashion designer (petite), dies of heart attack at 93

1993 Death - Troy Caldwell, country musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at 45

1993 Event - Superbowl XXVII: Dallas Cowboys beat Buffalo Bills, 52-17 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: Troy Aikman, Dallas, quarterback

1991 Event - Troy State sets NCAA Div II record with 103 points in 2nd half routing DeVry Institute 187-117

1990 Death - Troy Dixon, rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 of a fall

1989 Death - Harry Andrews, actor (Equus, Helen of Troy, Hill), dies at 77

1988 Event - Christopher Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Hunter and Matt Biondi, swim world record 4x100 m freestyle (3:16.53)

1979 Event - Price of gold increases to record $875 troy oz

1976 Birthday - Troy Glaus, born in Tarzana, California, baseball infielder 1996 Olympics bronze

1975 Birthday - Troy Amos Ross, born in Georgetown, Guyana, Canadian boxer 1996 Olympics

1975 Birthday - Troy Slaten, actor, Jerry-Parker Lewis Can't Lose

1973 Birthday - Troy Rudolph, production asst, Suburbanators, Viper

1973 Birthday - Troy Bailey, WLAF DE, Scotland Claymores

1972 Birthday - Troy Corbett, cricket pace bowler, Victorian lefty since 1994-95

1972 Birthday - Troy Dumas, NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs

1972 Birthday - Troy Sienkiewicz, NFL tackle and guard for the San Diego Chargers

1972 Birthday - Troy Drake, NFL tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles

1971 Birthday - Troy Alexander, CFL defensive tackle for the Saskatchewan Roughriders

1971 Birthday - Troy Brown, NFL wide receiver for the New England Patriots

1971 Birthday - Troy Malave, Cumana Venezuela, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox

1971 Birthday - Troy Barnett, NFL defensive end for the New England Patriots

1971 Birthday - Troy Barnhart, Hanford California, water polo 2m offense 1996 Olympics

1970 Birthday - Troy Drayton, tight end for the Miami Dolphins

1970 Birthday - Troy Vincent, NFL cornerback, Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles

1970 Birthday - Troy Mallette, Sudbury, NHL left wing, Ottawa Senators

1969 Birthday - Troy Ridgley, WLAF defensive tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals

1969 Birthday - Troy Percival, born in Fontana, California, pitcher for the California Angels

1969 Birthday - Troy Auzenne, NFL tackle for the Chicago Bears

1967 Birthday - Troy Westwood, CFL kicker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1967 Birthday - Guy Hebert, Troy, NHL goalie, Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Team USA 98

1966 Birthday - Troy Aikman, NFL quarterback, Dallas Cowboys - Superbowl 1992

1965 Birthday - Troy Sadowski, NFL tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals

1965 Birthday - Troy Neel, born in Freeport, Texas, professional baseball player, first baseman, hitter, played for Oakland Athletics, Orix BlueWave team in Japan

1962 Birthday - Troy Murray, Calgary, NHL center for the Colorado Avalanche

1960 Birthday - Russell Todd, born in Troy, New York, actor, Dr. Jamie Frame-Another World

1959 Birthday - Troy Luccketta, rock drummer, Tesla-Psychotic Supper

1955 Birthday - Brian Prout, Troy, New York, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle

1954 Event - 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in MSG, New York City

1947 Birthday - Michael R. McNulty, born in Troy, New York, Representative-D-New York 1989 - 2009

1945 Birthday - Edward J. Caruthers, Jr., Troy Ala, high jumper, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics

1944 Birthday - Troy Shondell, rocker, Many Sides of Troy Shondell

1943 Birthday - Richard Halligan, Troy, New York, rock vocalist, Blood Sweat and Tears

1942 Birthday - Willie D. Davenport, born in Troy, Alabama, 110m hurdler, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics

1940 Birthday - Mike Troy, U.S. swimmer, Olympics-2 gold-1960

1940 Birthday - John Lewis, born in Troy, Alabama, Representative-D-Georgia 1987 -

1939 Birthday - Seamus Heaney, born in Ireland, poet, writer, poetry professor at the University of Oxford, Nobel Prize in Literature recipient, wrote play The Cure at Troy, Seeing Things, The Spirit Level, Beowulf: A New Translation

1937 Birthday - Doris Troy, Payne, U.S. soul singer and songwriter, Just One Kiss

1936 Birthday - Troy Donahue, New York City, actor, Surfside Six, Cockfighter, Hawaiian Eye

1934 Birthday - Rosanna Podesta, born in Tripoli, actress, Helen of Troy

1933 Birthday - Robert Fuller, Troy, New York, actor, Laramie, Wagon Train

1926 Event - 108 degrees F (42 degrees C), Troy, New York (state record)

1925 Birthday - Jacques Sernas, born in Lithuania, actor, La Dolce Vita, Helen of Troy

1925 Birthday - Maureen Stapleton, born in Troy, New York, actress, Airport, Coccoon, Plaza Suite

1921 Event - 1st aerial cropdusting (Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars)

1913 Event - Turkish-Greek sea battle near Troy

1887 Birthday - Carl Blegen, Minneapolis, archaeologist, excavator at Troy, Pylos

1885 Birthday - Mary Nash, Troy, New York, actress, Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By

1881 Event - Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12

1879 Birthday - John Erskine, U.S., poet/pianist, Private Life of Helen of Troy

1852 Event - George L Aiken's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," premieres in Troy, New York

1835 Event - Henry Burden patents Horseshoe manufacturing machine (Troy New York)

1825 Event - 1st U.S. engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy, New York

1823 Event - "Visit from St. Nicholas" by C Moore published in Troy (NY) Sentinel

1813 Event - "Uncle Sam" was 1st used to refer to U.S. (Troy Post of New York)

1679 Birthday - Jean-Francois de Troy, French painter

1422 Birthday - William Caxton, 1st English printer, Histories of Troy













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