1977 Event Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai and Marine Tcherkasova are 1st to perform a quadruple twist lift, Helsinki 1968 Death Doris Lloyd, actress (Oliver Twist), dies of heart strain at 71 1967 Death Bert Berns, U.S. songwriter/producer (Twist and Shout), dies at about 38 1962 Event Isley Brothers release "Twist and Shout" 1962 Event "Twist" is impure and bans it from all Catholic schools 1960 Event Chubby Checker's "Twist," hits #1 1960 Event Chubby Checkers' "Twist" reaches #1 1960 Event Chubby Checker's "Twist" hits #1 1960 Event Chubby Checker releases "The Twist" 1958 Birthday Alain Chabat, actor, French Twist, Six Days Six Night 1958 Birthday Nigel Twist, born in Manchester, rock drummer, Alarm-In the Summertime 1948 Birthday Bille August, director, Best Intentions, Twist and Shout 1944 Birthday Keith Adrian, Johnson, Indies/Dutch actor, Intrepid Mr. Twist 1941 Death Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, New York gangster/police informer, killed 1941 Birthday Chubby Checker, Ernest Evans, Philadelphia, rock vocalist, Twist 1940 Birthday Joey Dee, born in Passaic, New Jersey, singer, Hey Let's Twist, 2 Tickets to Paris 1936 Birthday Hank Ballard, Detroit, rocker, The Twist, pre Chubby Checker 1929 Death Gladys Brockwell, actress (Oliver Twist), dies at 34 1925 Birthday Dickie Moore, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Expert, Oliver Twist, Little Men 1919 Birthday Frank Middlemass, actor, Island, Oliver Twist 1894 Birthday Gladys Brockwell, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Long Pants, Oliver Twist 1891 Birthday Irving Pichel, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor and director, Mme Butterfly, Oliver Twist 1888 Birthday Frank Lloyd, Scotland, actor and director, Mutiny on Bounty, Oliver Twist 1887 Death Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, Governor-General of Dutch-Indies, dies at 78 1882 Birthday George Siegmann, actor, Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist 1812 Birthday Charles Dickens, born in England, novelist, Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities 1809 Birthday Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, Governor-General of Netherlands-Indies 1792 Birthday George Cruikshank, London, caricaturist, Oliver Twist
