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2007 Death - Ike Turner, dies in California, of a cocaine overdose, at 76

2002 Death - Ed Turner, American Journalist

1997 Event - Ted Turner gives $1 billion to the United Nations

1997 Event - Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs

1997 Event - 1st game at Turner Field Atlanta, Braves beats Yankees 2-0 (exhibition)

1996 Death - James Aubrey Turner, scientist, dies at 57

1995 Event - CNN/fn, the financial network by Turner Enterprises, launched

1995 Death - Lana Turner, actress (Madame X), dies of cancer at 75

1995 Death - James Daniel "Danny" Turner, saxophonist, dies at 75

1995 Death - Robert Turner, winner of 1st All-American Soap Box Derby, dies at 72

1995 Death - Turner Fodrell, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 66

1993 Event - Blue Jay Rickey Henderson pays Turner Ward $25,000 for his #24

1992 Death - Teddy Turner, comedian, dies at 75

1991 Event - Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of Year

1991 Event - U.S. actress Jane Fonda marries CNN-director Ted Turner

1991 Event - U.S. hostage Jesse Turner released from 5 years in captivity in Beirut

1990 Event - Ted Turner and Jane Fonda announce their engagement

1990 Death - Joe Turner, jazz pianist, dies of cardiac arrest at 82

1990 Death - Eva Turner, British soprano, dies

1989 Event - Debbye Turner (Mont), 23, crowned 63rd Miss America 1990

1989 Event - Sherri Turner wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open/Itoki Pro-Am

1988 Event - Sherri Turner wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic

1988 Event - 34th LPGA Championship won by Sherri Turner

1986 Event - Tina Turner's star unveiled in Hollywood

1985 Event - CBS announces a 21% stock buy-back to thwart Ted Turner's takeover

1984 Event - Brian Mulroney sworn in as Canada's 18th Prime Minister succeeding John Turner

1984 Event - John Turner succeeds Pierre Trudeau as premier of Canada

1981 Event - Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), ends term as 12th director of CIA

1980 Event - Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting

1980 Event - Turner's painting "Juliet and Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million

1978 Event - CIA director, Admiral Stansfield Turner retires from the Navy

1978 Birthday - Jacqie Turner, born in West Covina, California, figure skater, 1997 SW Pacific-2nd

1978 Death - Zeb Turner, country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag), dies at 62

1977 Birthday - Becky Turner, born in Marietta, Georgia, rhythmic gymnast 1996 Olympics

1977 Event - Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game

1977 Event - Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), becomes 12th director of CIA replacing acting director Knoche

1977 Event - Bowie Kuhn suspends Braves owner Ted Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing

1976 Event - Joseph William Turner watercolor auctioned for 340,000 pounds

1976 Event - Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves

1976 Event - Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million

1974 Birthday - Marcia Turner, Cambridge Massachusetts, Miss America, Mass-Top 10-1996

1974 Event - Glenn Turner scores twin tons for New Zealand's 1st win against Australia

1973 Event - Glenn Turner scores his 1,000th cricket run of English season

1972 Birthday - Turner Stevenson, Prince George, NHL right wing, Montreal Canadiens

1972 Event - Glenn Turner (259) and Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand vs. WI

1972 Birthday - Scott Turner, NFL cornerback and safety for the Washington Redskins

1972 Event - Glenn Turner carries his bat for 223* vs. WI at Kingston

1969 Birthday - Kevin Turner, NFL fullback for the Philadelphia Eagles

1968 Event - New York Jet Jim Turner kicks 6 field goals to beat Buffalo 25-21

1968 Birthday - Eric Turner, NFL safety for the Cleveland Browns

1968 Event - Pulitzer prize awarded to William Styron (Confessions of Nat Turner)

1967 Birthday - Vernon Turner, WLAF WR for the Frankfurt Galaxy

1967 Birthday - Matt Turner, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins

1966 Birthday - Floyd Turner, NFL wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts

1966 Birthday - Marcus Turner, NFL cornerback and safety for the New York Jets

1965 Birthday - Debbye Turner, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, beauty queen, Miss America 1990, veterinarian, talk show host, CBS News reporter

1964 Birthday - Erik Turner, born in Omaha, Nebraska, rock guitarist, Warrant-Cherry Pie

1963 Birthday - Greg Turner, Dunedin New Zealand, Australasia golfer

1962 Birthday - Janine Turner, born in Lincoln, Nebraska, actress, Maggie-Northern Exposure

1962 Birthday - Ruby Turner, rocker, No Where to Run

1962 Birthday - Cathy Turner, born in Rochester, New York, short track skater 1994 Olympics gold

1962 Birthday - Jeff Turner, NBA forward for the Vancouver Grizzlies

1960 Birthday - Michael R. Turner, American Politician

1960 Birthday - Tierre Turner, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Waverly Wonders, Cop and the Kid

1959 Event - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Opie Turner Golf Open

1959 Birthday - Mare Winningham, born in Phoenix, Arizona, actress, St. Elmo's Fire, Turner and Hooch

1958 Event - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Opie Turner Golf Open

1956 Birthday - Sherri Turner, Greenville, South Carolina, LPGA golfer, 1988 Mazda LPGA Champ

1954 Birthday - Kathleen Turner, actress, Accidental Tourist, Jewel of Nile

1954 Event - Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle and Roll"

1952 Birthday - Tamara Danz, born in Breitungen, Germany, singer with famous band Gitarreros, known as "Tina Turner of the East"

1951 Birthday - James Turner Brewer, born Maywood, Illinois, basketball player, Silver Medal 1972 Olympics

1950 Birthday - Alan Turner, Aussie cricket left-handed opener, World Cup ton 1975

1949 Birthday - [Mary] Kathleen Turner, born in Springfield, Missouri, actress, Romancing The Stone

1948 Death - Godfrey Turner, composer, dies at 35

1948 Birthday - Billy Zoom, born in Savanna, Illinois, musician, guitarist, founder of punk rock band X, Guitar Player named him greatest guitar player of all time in 2007, worked with Gene Vincent, rockabilly legend, as well as Etta James, Big Joe Turner

1947 Birthday - Martin Turner, rocker, Wishbone

1947 Event - Turner Caldwell in D-558-I sets aircraft speed record, 1131 kph

1947 Birthday - Glenn Turner, cricketer, masterful New Zealand opening batsman

1947 Birthday - Lonnie Turner, bassist/vocalist, Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra

1944 Birthday - Terry Jarvis, New Zealand cricket opener, 387 partnership w/Turner vs. WI 1972

1944 Birthday - Albert Hammond, born in London, England, rocker, musician, songwriter, producer, collaborated with Mike Hazelwood on The Air That I Breathe for the Hollies, wrote hits for Tina Turner

1944 Death - C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies

1943 Birthday - C Fred Turner, rock bassist/vocalist, Bachman-Turner Overdrive

1941 Event - U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner

1940 Event - U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner

1939 Birthday - James Aubrey Turner, scientist

1938 Birthday - Tina Turner, Brownsville, Texas, singer, Proud Mary

1938 Birthday - Ted Turner, broadcasting mogul/owns, Atlanta Braves, won America's Cup

1936 Birthday - Butch Baird, born in Chicago, Illinois, PGA golfer, 1961 Waco Turner Open

1934 Event - U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner

1933 Event - U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner

1932 Birthday - Sammy Turner, Paterson, New Jersey, vocalist, Lavender Blue

1932 Birthday - Sammy Turner, Patterson, New Jersey, singer, Lavender Blue Moods

1931 Birthday - Ike Turner, born in Mississippi, American musician, bandleader, record producer, talent scout, Grammy Award winner

1931 Event - U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner

1930 Event - U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner

1929 Birthday - John Turner, born in Richmond, England, L, 17th Canadian PM, 1984

1929 Event - U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner

1929 Birthday - Amedee Turner, born in England, Amedee Edward Turner, politician, barrister, Conservative Party, Member of the European Parliament, patent lawyer

1928 Event - U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner

1925 Birthday - William Styron, born in Virginia, novelist, Confess of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice

1923 Birthday - Stansfield Turner, CIA director

1922 Event - 1st skywriting over US-"Hello USA"-by Captain Turner, RAF

1922 Event - Captain Cyril Turner (RAF) gives 1st skywriting exhibition (New York City) Turner spelled out "Hello USA. Call Vanderbilt 7200." 47,000 called

1920 Birthday - James Daniel "Danny" Turner, saxophonist

1920 Birthday - Lana Turner, born in Wallace, Idaho, actress, Survivors, Falcon Crest

1919 Birthday - Clyde "Bulldog" Turner, NFL center for the Chicago Bears

1915 Event - Zeb Turner, country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag)

1915 Death - Henry McNeal Turner, 1 U.S. black army chaplain, dies at 82

1913 Birthday - Godfrey Turner, composer

1912 Event - 37th Preakness: Clarnence Turner on Colonel Holloway wins in 1:56.6

1911 Birthday - Joe Turner, KC, blues singer, Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle and Roll

1910 Birthday - Margot Turner, matron-in-chief, Army Nursing Service

1907 Birthday - Joe Turner, U.S. jazz pianist

1900 Event - 34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21

1897 Death - Francis Turner Palgrave, poet/editor (Golden Treasury), dies at 73

1892 Birthday - Eva Turner, British soprano

1879 Death - Charles Tennyson Turner, English Poet

1871 Event - J Milton Turner named minister to Liberia

1862 Birthday - Charles Thomas Biass Turner, cricketer, the "Terror"

1862 Death - Turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg VA, dies at 33

1861 Birthday - Frederick Jackson Turner, Wisconsin, historian/educator, Harvard U

1857 Death - Charles Turner, engraver, dies

1851 Death - J M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam and Speed), dies at 76

1851 Death - J. M. W. Turner, English Artist

1833 Birthday - John Wesley Turner, Major General Union Army

1833 Birthday - Henry McNeal Turner, black methodist bishop

1831 Death - Nat Turner, former slave, led a violent insurrection, hanged in VA

1831 Death - Nat Turner, and 19 associates, hanged at 31

1831 Event - Nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia

1831 Event - Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery

1828 Birthday - Turner Ashby, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1824 Birthday - Francis Turner Palgrave, Eng, poet, Golden Treasury, Professor, Oxford

1808 Birthday - Thomas Turner, Commander Union Navy

1808 Birthday - Charles Tennyson Turner, English Poet

1806 Death - Charlotte Turner Smith, English Poet

1800 Birthday - Nat Turner, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion, 1831

1775 Birthday - Joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter, Shipwreck

1775 Birthday - J. M. W. Turner, English Artist













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