1997 Event Woody Allen, 62 weds Soon-Yi Previn 27, adopted daughter of Mia Farrow 1994 Death Woodrow "Woody" Strode, U.S. rugby player/black cowboy actor (Oil), dies 1994 Death Woody Strode, actor (Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante), dies at 80 1994 Death Walter Lantz, U.S. cartoonist (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 93 1992 Death Grace Stafford Lantz, cartoon voice (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 87 1987 Death Woody Herman, bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds), dies at 74 1987 Death Woody Herman, U.S. jazz clarinetist/composer, dies at 74 1987 Event Woody Woodward resigns as New York Yankee General Manager, Lou Piniella is named General Manager and Billy Martin is named New York Yankee manager for 5th and final time 1987 Death [Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at 74 1981 Death Woody Chamblis, actor (Mr Lathrop-Gunsmoke), dies at 66 1978 Event Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach 1977 Event Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premieres 1967 Death Woody Guthrie, rocker, dies of Huntington's Chorea at 55 1964 Birthday Woody Austin, born in Tampa, Florida, PGA golfer, 1995 Buick Open 1961 Birthday Woody Harrelson, born in Midland, Texas, actor, Woody Boyd-Cheers 1960 Birthday Dan "Woody" Woodgate, rocker 1960 Birthday Daniel Woodgate, born in London, England, drummer, member of band, Madness, known by his nickname Woody 1957 Birthday Stuart "Woody" Wood, Scot, guitarist, Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night 1956 Birthday Woody Brown, Dayton Ohio, actor, Cliff-Facts of Life 1950 Event "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca premieres on NBC Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon and Woody Allen 1949 Birthday Woody Paul, Paul Chrisman, Nashville, singer, Riders in the Sky 1944 Birthday Sherwood C "Woody" Spring, Hartford, Connecticut, Col USA/astronaut, STS-61B 1940 Event Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantz's "Knock Knock" 1935 Birthday Woody Allen, Allen Konigsberg, Brooklyn, actor, Zelig, Annie Hall 1933 Birthday Richard Schickel, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, documentary filmmaker, film critic, author, journalist, historian, received Guggenheim Fellowship, published in Time, and Life, magazines, books include, 'Woody Allen: A Life in Film', 'Elia Kazan: A Biography' 1932 Birthday Woody, Woodson, Held, baseball player 1925 Birthday Zoot Sims, born in Queens, New York, musician, saxophonist, jazz player, played with Woody Herman, Al Cohn, Buddy Rich, Jack Kerouac, Count Basie, Art Pepper 1914 Birthday Woody Strode, actor, Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante, Scream 1913 Birthday Woody Herman, jazz clarinetist/bandleader/composer, Thundering Herds 1913 Birthday Woody Hayes, Wayne, college football coach, Ohio, 1968 coach of yr 1900 Birthday Walter Lantz, animator, Woody Woodpecker's creator