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2013 Event - At the Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles, winners include Fun for the song 'We Are Young', Gotye featuring Kimbra for the record for 'Somebody That I Used To Know", and Mumford & Sons for the album 'Babel'

2013 Event - Austria holds a national referendum on whether or not to retain its system of conscription for the army and social service for young men; they vote to keep military service compulsory

2012 Event - Archeologist excavating the Templo Mayor, one of the Aztec's main temples in their capital city of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico city), make an unprecedented find - the skeleton of a young woman inside a burial, surrounded by piles of 1,789 human bones

2012 Event - Eli Young Band wins song of the year for 'Crazy Girl' and Taylor Swift wins 'Entertainer of the Year' at the 2012 Academy of Country Music awards

2011 Event - North Korea attests it has detained Jun Young Su, a U.S. citizen; they plan to charge him with 'committing a crime' against their country

2010 Event - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejects Iran's successful family planning program and urges young Iranian girls to marry at age 16

2009 Death - Derek B, rapper, record producer, remixer, popular songs included 'Bad Young Brother' and 'Goodgroove', dies of a heart attack in London, at age 44

2007 Death - Robert A. Young, Representative-D-Missouri 1977 - 1987, died from liver disease

2004 Death - Alexandra Scott, young philanthropist, raised over $700,000 for cancer research in 4 years by selling lemonade, dies at 8

2000 Death - Loretta Young, actress, The Bishop's Wife, dies at 87

2000 Death - Paul Young, singer, Mike and the Mechanics, dies at 53

1999 Death - Madeline Kahn, actress, Young Frankenstein, dies at 57

1998 Death - Robert Young, actor, Marcus Welby, dies at 91

1998 Event - New York Giant General Manager George Young resigns to accept NFL position

1997 Event - SWAT team shoots John E Armstrong in Fla, freeing 2 young hostages

1997 Death - Coleman Young, 1st black mayor of a major city (Detroit)

1997 Event - Pedro Martinez wins NL Cy Young Award

1997 Event - Roger Clemens wins his 4th AL Cy Young Award

1997 Event - "Young Man From Atlanta" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 85 performances

1997 Event - "Young Man From Atlanta," opens at Longacre New York City for 85 performances

1997 Death - George Young, footballer, dies at 74

1996 Death - Faron Young, country singer and actor (Hidden Guns), commits suicide at 64

1996 Event - Toronto's Pat Hentgen wins AL Cy Young Award

1996 Event - Braves John Smoltz wins NL Cy Young Award

1996 Death - Julius Young, fast food entrepreneur, dies at 73

1996 Death - Joshua Compston, art impressario, gallerist, Factual Nonsense art gallery, associated with the emergence of the Young British Artists, YBAs, dies at 26

1995 Death - Marguerite Young, writer, dies at 87

1995 Event - Superbowl MVP: Steve Young, San Francisco, quarterback

1994 Death - Paul Nicholas Young, architect, dies at 47

1994 Death - Terence Young, British director (Thunderball), dies of at 79

1994 Event - Circus performers Marissa Young (24) and Matt Richardson (21) wed

1993 Death - Cliff Young, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), dies in car accident at 29

1993 Event - Actress Loretta Young, 80, weds costume designer Jean Louis, 85

1993 Event - New York Met Anthony Young wins ending his losing streak at 27 games

1993 Event - New York Met Anthony Young loses record 27th straight

1993 Event - New York Met Anthony Young, loses his 26th straight game, goes to 27

1993 Event - New York Met Anthony Young loses a record 25th straight game (goes to 27)

1993 Event - New York Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game

1993 Event - New York Met Anthony Young ties record of 23rd straight lose

1993 Death - Marvin Young, producer/child actor (Player), dies at 90

1993 Death - Skip Young, actor (Smokey and Hotwire Gang), dies at 62

1992 Event - Tampa Bay Lightning make goalie Wendell Young their 1st draft

1992 Event - USPO announces young Elvis beats old Elvis stamp

1992 Death - Joan Sanderson, actress (Young Wives' Tale, Fawlty Towers), dies at 79

1992 Event - New York Met Anthony Young begins losing streak of at least 26 games

1992 Event - Matt Young no-hits Cleveland, but loses 2-1

1991 Event - Brigham Young Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season and 15,031 for career

1991 Event - Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award

1991 Event - Atlanta Brave Tom Glavine wins NL Cy Young Award

1991 Event - Ty Detmer of Brigham Young passes NCAA record 11,606 yards

1991 Event - NL Cy Young winner Doug Drabek wins record $3 mil salary arbitration

1990 Event - 56th Heisman Trophy Award: Ty Detmer, Brigham Young (quarterback)

1990 Event - Doug Drabek (22-6) wins NL Cy Young Award

1990 Event - Oakland's Bob Welch wins AL Cy Young Award

1990 Event - Mariner Matt Young becomes 21st AL'er to strike out 4 in 1 inning

1990 Death - Lois Moran Young, dies of cancer at 81

1989 Event - Bret Saberhagen wins AL Cy Young Award

1989 Event - Padres reliever Mark Davis wins NL Cy Young Award

1989 Event - 1st regular-season matchup of defending Cy Young Award winners

1989 Event - Twins trade AL Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola to Mets

1989 Birthday - Jake Lloyd, born in Fort Collins, Colorado, actor, played young Anakin Skywalker in George Lucas' 'Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace' and 'ER' television show

1989 Event - Year of the Young Reader begins

1988 Event - Orel Hershiser (23-8) is a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young Award

1987 Event - Young man survives 7 attempts at suicide in Somerset England

1987 Event - Steve Bedrosian edges Rick Sutcliffe 57-55 to win NL Cy Young Award

1987 Event - South Africa frees Dutch anthropologist/Anc'er Klaas de Young

1987 Event - Yank Phil Niekro is 3rd pitcher to make 700th start (Young and Sutton)

1987 Death - Emile Meyer, actor (Young Jesse James, Lineup), dies

1986 Event - 10th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Young and Restless wins

1986 Event - Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimously

1986 Event - Houston's Astro Mike Scott (18-10) wins NL Cy Young Award

1986 Event - Houston's Mike Scott (18-10) wins NL Cy Young

1986 Event - 1st-class cricket debut of Andy Flower, ZCU Presidents XI vs. Young WI

1986 Death - Nigel Stock, actor (Lost Continent, Young Sherlock Holmes), dies

1986 Death - Yakima Canutt, actor and director (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 91

1985 Event - Dwight Gooden (NL) and Bret Saberhagen (AL) win Cy Young

1985 Event - Dwight Gooden, youngest 20 game winner, wins Cy Young award

1985 Death - Maurice Copeland, actor (Ralph-Those Young Charmings), dies at 74

1985 Event - A's Dave Kingman is 21st to hit 400 home runs (off Matt Young at Seattle)

1985 Death - Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54

1984 Event - Tigers reliever Willie Hernandez wins AL Cy Young Award

1984 Event - Cubs Rick Sutcliffe, selected as a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young

1982 Death - Artur Rubinstein, pianist (My Young Years), dies in Geneva at 95

1982 Death - Marty Feldman, comedian (Young Frankenstein), dies at 49

1982 Event - Pete Vuckovich becomes Milwaukee's 2nd consecutive AL Cy Young

1982 Event - Steve Carlton became 1st pitcher to win 4 Cy Young awards

1981 Event - Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie ever to win a Cy Young Award

1981 Event - Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie to win a Cy Young Award

1981 Event - Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers wins AL Cy Young Award

1981 Event - Andrew Young, former United Nations Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

1981 Event - Donna Caponi Young/Kathy Whitworth wins Portland Ping Team Golf Champ

1981 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic

1981 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic

1981 Event - 27th LPGA Championship won by Donna Caponi Young

1981 Death - George Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83

1981 Death - George Jessel, U.S. comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83

1981 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic

1981 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Desert Inn Pro-Am Golf Tournament

1981 Birthday - Young Buck, American Musician

1980 Event - Baltimore's Steve Stone wins AL Cy Young Award

1980 Event - Steve Carlton wins 3rd NL Cy Young Awards

1980 Event - Kathy Whitworth/Donna Caponi Young win Portland Ping Team Golf Champ

1980 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA ERA Real Estate Golf Classic

1980 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic

1980 Birthday - Corey Carrier, actor, Young Indiana Jones

1980 Event - Julie Marie Bryan, 18, of Georgia, crowned America's Young Woman of Year

1980 Death - Odile Versois, actress (Nude in a White Car, Young Lovers), dies

1980 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic

1980 Event - 9th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young

1980 Event - Donna Caponi Young Pro-Am wins LPGA National Golf Tournament

1980 Event - "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 h 12 m)

1979 Event - Cub reliever Bruce Sutter wins NL Cy Young Award

1979 Event - Mike Flanagan, wins AL Cy Young Award

1979 Event - Donald McHenry named to succeed Andrew Young as United Nations ambassador

1979 Event - 200 black leaders, meet in New York, to support Andrew Young

1979 Event - Andrew Young resigns as United Nations ambassador

1979 Event - 25th LPGA Championship won by Donna Caponi Young

1979 Event - Susan Horvath, of Penn, crowned America's Young Woman of the Year

1978 Event - New York Yankee Ron Guidry unanimously wins AL Cy Young Award

1978 Event - Padres Gaylord Perry is 1st to win Cy Young in both leagues (NL)

1978 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Houston Exchange Golf Classic Clubs

1978 Death - Gig Young, kills his bride of 3 weeks and then commits suicide at 64

1978 Event - Donna Caponi Young/Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ping Team Golf Classic

1978 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament

1978 Event - Padres trade pitcher Dave Tomlin and $125,000 to Rangers for Gaylord Perry (He wins 1978 Cy Young Award)

1977 Event - NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young)

1977 Event - Phillies' Steve Carlton wins 2nd Cy Young Award

1976 Event - Andrew Young named Ambassador and Chief U.S. Delegate to UN

1976 Event - Baltimore Jim Palmer wins AL Cy Young Award

1976 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA/Japan Mizuno Golf

1976 Event - San Diego Padre Randy Jones wins NL Cy Young

1976 Death - Oscar Beregi, Jr., actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City), dies at 58

1976 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Carlton Golf

1976 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Portland Golf Classic

1976 Event - Muhammad Ali beats Jimmy Young in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1976 Birthday - Christopher Pettiet, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Young Riders

1976 Birthday - Balthazar Getty, actor, Young Guns 2, Lord of the Flies

1975 Event - New York Mets Tom Seaver wins his 3rd Cy Young Award

1975 Event - Orioles Jim Palmer wins his 2nd Cy Young Award

1975 Event - Rock vocal Neil Young undergoes throat surgery

1975 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Colgate European Ladies Golf Open

1975 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic

1975 Death - Susan Hayward, actress (Young and Willing), dies at 56

1975 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational

1974 Birthday - Brad Williams, cricketer, Victoria and Young Australia fast bowler

1974 Birthday - David Moscow, born in New York City, New York, actor, played role of young Josh in film 'Big'

1974 Event - Dodger Mike Marshall is 1st relief pitcher to win Cy Young Award

1974 Event - Catfish Hunter is named AL Cy Young Award

1973 Event - "Young and Restless" premieres on TV

1973 Event - Jim Palmer is named AL Cy Young winner

1973 Event - Coleman Young elected mayor of Detroit

1973 Event - Tom Seaver wins NL Cy Young Award

1973 Event - Tom Seaver becomes 1st non-20-game winner to win Cy Young award

1973 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational

1973 Event - Soap "Young and Restless" premieres

1973 Death - Murat B "Chic" Young, U.S. comic strip artist (Blondie), dies at 72

1973 Birthday - James Young, Australian water polo player 1996 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Rodney Young, NFL safety for the New York Giants

1972 Event - Phillies' Steve Carlton wins unanimous NL Cy Young Award

1972 Event - Gaylord Perry wins AL Cy Young award

1972 Event - Apollo astronauts John Young and Charles Duke ride on Moon

1972 Event - John Young and Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)

1972 Event - Apollo 16's Young and Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2

1972 Birthday - Bryant Young, NFL defensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers

1972 Death - Daisy Ashford, English witer, wrote 'The Young Sisters', dies

1971 Death - Carleton Young, actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64

1971 Death - Jo Etha Collier, young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew Miss

1971 Birthday - Chris Young, Penn, actor, Bryce Lynch-Max Headroom, Great Outdoors

1971 Death - Whitney M Young, Jr., leader (National Urban League 1961-71), dies at 49

1971 Death - Whitney M. Young, American Activist

1971 Death - Whitney Young, Jr., National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria

1971 Birthday - Jordan Young, Thunder Bay Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Purdue

1971 Birthday - Alan Young, NFL defensive end for the New York Jets

1970 Event - Twins Jim Perry wins AL Cy Young Award

1970 Event - Bob Gibson wins NL Cy Young Award

1970 Birthday - Jean-Paul de Young, soccer player for the FC Utrecht

1970 Event - Jim Bunning becomes 2nd (Cy Young) to win 100 games in both leagues

1970 Event - 25th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young

1970 Birthday - Shaun Young, cricketer, Tasmanian all-rounder, Young Australia 1995

1970 Event - 22nd Emmy Awards: Marcus Welby, Robert Young and Susan Hampshire

1970 Birthday - Joshua Compston, born in the United Kingdom, art impressario, gallerist, Factual Nonsense art gallery, associated with the emergence of the Young British Artists, YBAs

1970 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational

1970 Death - Nydia Westman, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr. Bobbins), dies at 68

1970 Event - AL Cy Young winner Denny McLain suspended for bookmaking

1969 Event - 1st Cy Young Award tie (Mike Cuellar, Baltimore and Denny McLain, Detroit)

1969 Event - Tom Seaver voted NL Cy Young Award

1969 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open

1969 Event - 1st performance of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Fillmore East, New York)

1969 Birthday - Ernie Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, outfielder for the Oakland A's

1969 Event - 24th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young

1969 Birthday - Kevin Young, born in Alpena, Michigan, infielder for the Kansas City Royals

1969 Event - Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit

1969 Birthday - Glen Young, NFL linebacker for the San Diego Chargers

1969 Death - Dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65

1969 Birthday - Timothy Young, born in Philadelphia, rower 1966 Olympics silver

1969 Birthday - Robert Young, NFL player for the St. Louis Rams

1969 Event - Lorraine Hansberry's "To be Young, Gifted and Black," premieres in New York City

1968 Event - Detroit Tiger Denny McLain unanimously wins AL Cy Young Award

1968 Event - Hoyt Wilhelm's 907th breaks Cy Young's record for pitching appearances

1968 Birthday - Duane Young, NFL tight end for the San Diego Chargers

1968 Death - Margaret Young, American Musician

1967 Event - Boston's Jim Lonborg wins AL Cy Young

1967 Event - SF's Mike McCormick wins NL Cy Young Award

1967 Birthday - Scott Young, born in Clinton, Massachusetts, NHL right wing for the Colorado Avalanche

1967 Birthday - John Smoltz, born in Detroit, Michigan, pitcher, Atlanta Braves, 1996 Cy Young

1967 Birthday - Eric Young, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, infielder for the Colorado Rockies

1967 Event - Dutch De Young government forms

1966 Birthday - Kiefer Sutherland, actor, Young Guns, Stand by Me, Lost Boys

1966 Birthday - Nicholas Rowe, born in London, England, actor, Young Sherlock Holmes

1966 Birthday - Tricia Cast, Medford, New York, actress, Amanda-Bad News Bear, Young and Restless

1966 Event - Brigham Young QB Virgil Carter sets NCAA record of 599 yards gained

1966 Event - Sandy Koufax becomes 1st 3-time Cy Young Award winner

1966 Birthday - Jill Whelan, Oakland Cal, actress, Vicki-Love Boat, Young and Restless

1966 Birthday - Kevin Curtis Young, born in Los Angeles, California, 400m hurdler

1966 Event - Gemini 10 launched (John Young and Michael Collins)

1966 Birthday - Kristoff St. John, born in New York City, actor, Adam-Generations, Young and Restless

1966 Birthday - Sean Kinney, U.S. rock drummer, Alice in Chains-We Die Young

1966 Birthday - Tom Glavine, born in Concord, Massachusetts, pitcher, Atlanta Braves, Cy Young 1991

1966 Event - Buffalo Springfield form, Steven Stills, Neil Young

1966 Birthday - Anthony Young, U.S. baseball pitcher, New York Met, Chicago Cubs

1965 Event - Sandy Koufax wins NL Cy Young Award unanimously

1965 Birthday - Sean Patrick Flanery, actor, Young Indiana Jones, Powder

1965 Event - Gemini 3 launched, 1st U.S. 2-man space flight (Grissom and Young)

1965 Birthday - Dr. Dre, born in Compton, California, born Andre Romelle Young, rap singer, record producer, record executive, actor, CEO, Aftermath Entertainment

1965 Birthday - Derek B, born in London, born Derek Boland, rapper, record producer, remixer, popular songs included 'Bad Young Brother' and 'Goodgroove'

1964 Birthday - John Joseph Thomas, Arcadia California, actor, Young Dan'l Boone

1964 Birthday - Brian Young, cricketer, New Zealand Test opening batsman

1963 Event - Sandy Koufax is unanimous winner of Cy Young Award

1963 Birthday - Lonnie Young, NFL safety/cornerback for the New York Jets

1963 Event - Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the White Sox for $25,000

1963 Event - Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone"

1963 Death - Stark Young, U.S. writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81

1962 Birthday - Barbara Crampton, Levittown, New York, actress, Body Double, Young and Restless

1962 Event - Don Drysdale wins Cy Young Award

1962 Birthday - Roger Clemens, born in Dayton, Ohio, pitcher for the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Cy Young, MVP

1962 Birthday - Campbell Scott, born in New York City, actor, Singles, Dying Young, Sheltering Sky

1962 Death - Owen D. Young, American Businessman

1962 Birthday - Emilio Estevez, New York City, actor, Breakfast Club, Young Guns, Mighty Ducks

1962 Birthday - Michael Damian, born in San Diego, singer, Rock on, actor, Young and Restless

1962 Birthday - Maarten de Young, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen

1961 Birthday - Steve Young, NFL quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers

1961 Event - Whitey Ford is voted Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn

1961 Birthday - Bryant Young, defensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers

1961 Birthday - Steve Young, NFL quarterback, San Francisco 49ers, NFL Player of Year '92

1961 Death - Donald Cook, actor (Too Young To Go Steady), dies at 60

1961 Event - Whitney Young, Jr. named executive director of National Urban League

1961 Birthday - Roland Gift, UK, rocker, Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy

1961 Event - Henzes opera "Elegy for Young Lovers," premieres in Schwetzingen

1961 Event - "Young Abe Lincoln" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 27 performances

1961 Event - "Young Abe Lincoln" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 27 performances

1960 Birthday - Don Franklin, actor, Seaquest 2032, Noah Dixon-The Young Riders

1960 Event - CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr. Malone and 2nd Mrs. Burton) and cancels 4 other series

1960 Event - Pittsburgh Pirates' Vern Law wins Cy Young Award

1960 Death - Clara Kimball Young, actress (Return of Chandu), dies of stroke at 70

1960 Birthday - Julianna Young, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, playmate, Nov, 1993

1960 Birthday - David Steele, Birmingham, rock keyboardist, Fine Young Cannibals

1959 Birthday - Sean Young, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actress, Dune, Young Doctor in Love

1959 Birthday - Angus Young, born in Glascow, Scotland, rock guitarist, AC/DC-Highway to Hell

1959 Death - Lester Young, American Musician

1958 Event - TV soap "Young Dr. Malone" debuts

1958 Event - Bob Turley of Yankees wins Cy Young Award

1958 Birthday - Fred Young, born in Glasgow, Kentucky, singer, Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett

1958 Event - 10th Emmy Awards: Gunsmoke, Robert Young and Jane Wyatt

1957 Event - Warren Spahn of the Braves wins Cy Young Award

1957 Birthday - Andrea Evans, actress, Young and Restless, Tina-One Life to Live

1957 Event - 9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young and Loretta Young

1957 Event - 1st black pilot (PH Young) on a U.S. scheduled passenger airline

1956 Birthday - Doug Davidson, actor, Young and Restless

1956 Event - Don Newcombe, wins NL MVP and 1st-ever Cy Young Award

1956 Death - Victor Young, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56

1956 Event - Ford Frick inaugurates Cy Young Award, to honor to outstanding pitcher

1956 Birthday - Steve Ford, actor, Young and Restless, son of President Gerald Ford

1956 Death - Aleksandr A Fadejev, Russian author (Young Guard), commits suicide at 54

1956 Birthday - Faye Young, WBL forward, New York Stars, New Jersey Stars

1956 Birthday - Kaye Young, WBL forward, New York Stars, New Jersey Stars

1956 Death - Jane Seymour, actress (Young Mr. Bobbin), dies at 56

1956 Birthday - Andy Cox, rock guitarist, Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy

1956 Birthday - Paul Young, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Every Time You Go Away

1955 Birthday - Willie Hernandez, pitcher, Cy Young Award

1955 Death - Cy Young, pitcher, 511 wins, 1890 - 1911

1955 Event - Reverend Sun Young Moon leaves prison in Seoul

1955 Death - John de Young, cardinal and archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69

1955 Event - 7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas and Loretta Young

1955 Birthday - Tim Young, born in Ontario, Canada, athlete, former professional ice hockey center in the National Hockey League

1955 Birthday - Richard Young, Glasgow, Kentucky, singer, Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett

1954 Death - Francis B Young, British physician/writer (In South Africa), dies at 69

1953 Death - Roland Young, actor (David Copperfield, Irene, Dulcy), dies at 65

1953 Birthday - Malcolm Young, born in Glasgow, Scotland, guitarist, AC/DC-Highway to Hell

1952 Birthday - Alec John Such, born in Yonkers, New York, rocker, musician, former bassist for band Bon Jovi, managed local New Jersey bands and Heaven band in Chicago with James Young of Styx

1951 Event - 3rd Emmy Awards: Alan Young Show, Alan Young and Gertrude Berg

1950 Event - Reverend Sun Young Moon liberated from Hung Nam prison

1950 Birthday - Sheila Young Ochowicz, Birmingham, Michigan, speed skater, Olympic-gold/sil-76

1950 Birthday - Meg Bennett, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Young and Restless

1950 Birthday - Ron "Louisiana Lightning" Guidry, Yankee pitcher, Cy Young 1978

1950 Birthday - Terry Lester, Indianapolis, actor, Young and Restless, As World Turns

1949 Birthday - Keith Carradine, San Mateo California, actor, Young Guns, Pretty Baby

1949 Birthday - Vida Blue, major-league pitcher, Cy Young and AL MVP 1971

1949 Birthday - Overend Watts, rock bassist, Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes

1948 Birthday - James Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, rock guitarist, Styx

1948 Event - 20th Academy Awards - "Gentleman's Agreement," L Young, R Colman win minutes by 2nd live televised musical Arturo Toscvanni on NBC

1948 Birthday - Jamie Lyn Bauer, born in Phoenix Arizona, actress, Young and Restless, Centerfold Girls

1947 Birthday - Doug Young, rocker, Flash In The Pan

1947 Birthday - George Young, born in Glasgow, Scotland, rock guitarist, Easybeats

1947 Birthday - Pete "Overend" Watts, rock bassist, Mott The Hoople-All Young Dudes

1947 Birthday - Paul Nicholas Young, architect

1947 Birthday - Dennis De Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, vocalist, Styx-Its Raining Again

1947 Death - Forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71

1946 Birthday - Teri Garr, born in Lakewood, Ohio, actress, Mr Mom, Young Frankenstein

1946 Birthday - Judy Pace, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Young Lawyers

1946 Birthday - Ian Hunter, England, rocker, Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes

1946 Birthday - Rusty Young, California, rock steel guitarist, Poco-Heat of the Night

1945 Birthday - Neil Young, Toronto, singer and songwriter, Cosby, Sills and Young

1945 Birthday - Kathy Young, rocker, Thousand Stars in the Sky

1945 Birthday - Heather Young, born in Bremerton, Washington, actress, Betty-Land of Giants

1945 Birthday - Cliff De Young, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, F/X, Hunger, Shock Treatment

1945 Birthday - Donna Marie Caponi Young, Detroit, LPGA golfer, U.S. Open 1969, 70

1944 Birthday - Steve Carlton, Phillies' pitcher, Cy Young 1972, 1977, 1980, 1982

1944 Birthday - Michael Tilson Thomas, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor, New York Phil Young People

1944 Event - Archbishop De Young and bishop Huibers condemn black market

1944 Birthday - Tom Seaver, pitcher, New York Met, 300 game winner, Cy Young 1969, 1973, 1975

1944 Birthday - Jesse Colin Young, New York City, rock vocalist, Youngbloods-Soul of a City Boy

1944 Birthday - Rod Arrants, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Vamping, Ape, Young and Restless

1944 Birthday - Dino Danelli, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, rock drummer, Fotomaker, Young Rascals

1944 Birthday - Sparky Lyle, relief pitcher, New York Yankees, Cy Young

1944 Birthday - Paul Young, actor, Another Time Another Place

1944 Birthday - Barry Stevens, British/Netherlands, choreographer, Personals, Young Again

1944 Birthday - Brigid Bazlen, born in Wisconsin, actress, Pam-Too Young to go Steady

1943 Birthday - Joanna Shimkus, Halifax NS, actress, Marriage of a Young Stockbroker

1943 Death - Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered at 55

1943 Death - Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered

1943 Death - Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55

1943 Birthday - Susan Seaforth Hayes, actress, Days of our Life, Young and Restless

1943 Birthday - Mike Marshall, MLB pitcher, 1974 Cy Young Award

1942 Birthday - Rex Thompson, New York City, actor, Young Bess, King and I, Her 12 Men

1942 Birthday - Gary Puckett, vocalist, & Union Gap-Woman Woman, Young Girl

1942 Birthday - Madeline Kahn, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety

1941 Event - Young Park (2) in the Bronx named in honor of Samuel Young

1941 Birthday - George Young, MP/British minister of housing and planning

1941 Event - Archbishop De Young bans priest cooperation on Rijks radio

1941 Event - Nazi police attacks and driven away from Koco Amsterdam by young Jews

1941 Event - Nazi raid Amsterdam and round up 429 young Jews for deportation

1940 Birthday - Burt Young, New York City, actor, Convoy, Rocky

1940 Event - 1st radio broadcast of "Young Dr. Malone" on CBS

1940 Death - Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74

1938 Birthday - Mike McCormick, MLB Pitcher, San Francisco Giants, Cy Young 1967

1938 Birthday - Gaylord Perry, baseball player, 1972 AL Cy Young winner

1938 Event - 1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC

1937 Event - 41st Boston Marathon won by Walter Young of Canada in 2:33:20

1937 Birthday - Paul Mefano, born in France, composer, conductor, founded Ensemble 2e2m, premiered over 500 works by young composers, including James Dillon and Franco Donatoni, directed the Conservatory of Versailles 1996 - 2005

1937 Event - Cy Young, Tris Speaker and Nap Lajorie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1936 Birthday - Hector Elizondo, New York City, actor, American Gigolo, Young Doctors in Love

1936 Birthday - Jim Perry, pitcher, Cy Young Award 1970

1936 Birthday - David Carradine, Hollywood, actor, Kung-Fu, Boxcar Bertha, Young Guns

1936 Birthday - Don Drysdale, born in Van Nuys, California, pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers-Cy Young 1962

1936 Birthday - Quinn Redeker, Woodstock, Illinois, actor, Dan Raven, Young and Restless

1936 Birthday - May Britt, Sweden, actress, Young Lions, wife of Sammy Davis, Jr.

1936 Birthday - Eldee Young, U.S. bassist, Young Holt Unlimited-Hang on Sloopy

1935 Birthday - Sandy Koufax, Dodger pitcher, Cy Young 1963, 1965, 1966, perfect-1967

1935 Birthday - Bob Gibson, Cardinal pitcher, Cy Young/NL MVP 1968

1935 Birthday - La Monte Young, Bern Idaho, composer, Composition in 1990

1935 Birthday - Gene McDaniels, U.S. vocalist/bandleader/actor, Young Swingers

1933 Event - Young Park (1) in the Bronx named in honor of James Young

1933 Birthday - Marty Feldman, born in London, England, comedian, Young Frankenstein

1933 Birthday - Don Young, born in Meridian, California, Representative-R-Alaska 1973 -

1933 Birthday - Ed Jenkins, born in Young Harris, Georgia, Representative-D-Georgia 1977 - 1993

1932 Birthday - Andrew Young, U.S. ambassador to United Nations, 1977 - 1979, Mayor-D-Atlanta

1932 Birthday - Lord Young of Graffham, CEO, Cables and Wireless

1932 Birthday - Faron Young, country singer and actor, Hidden Guns, Daniel Boone

1932 Event - Young gang shoot dead 6 police in Springfield Missouri

1931 Event - Warren, Dixon and Young's musical "Laugh Parade," premieres in New York City

1931 Event - Max Schmeling TKOs Young Stribling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1931 Birthday - Ib Norholm, born in Soborg, Copenhagen, Danish organist, composer, won Carl Nielsen Prize, 1971, wrote opera, 'The Young Park'

1930 Birthday - John Watts Young, born in San Francisco, California, astronaut, Gem 3 10, Apollo 10 16, STS-1 9

1930 Birthday - Dawn Addams, Felixstown England, actress, Alan Young Show, Star Maidens

1929 Birthday - Sonny James, James Loden, Hackelburg AL, rocker, Young Love

1929 Birthday - Sonny James, singer, Young Love, Running Bear

1928 Birthday - David Berriman, CEO, Rose Thomson Young group of Lloyds Trustees

1927 Birthday - William J. Bell, born in Chicago, Illinois, soap opera creator, Young and Restless

1927 Birthday - Norm Crosby, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Young at Heart Comedians

1926 Death - Rainer Maria Rilke, poet, wrote, 'The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge', 'Letters to a Young Poet', dies at 51

1926 Birthday - David Young, Lieutenant-General/CEO, Cairn Tech

1926 Birthday - Marguerite Piazza, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, operatic soprano, Young Broadway

1926 Birthday - Claude, Buddy, Young, NFL running back, Yankees, Texans, Colts

1923 Birthday - Robert A. Young, Representative-D-Missouri 1977 - 1987

1923 Event - Young Stribling held light-heavyweight boxing championship for shortest amount of time (3 hours). Referee overturns decision

1923 Birthday - Richard Attenborough, England, actor and director, Gandhi, Young Winston

1923 Event - Noel Coward's "Young Idea," premieres in London

1922 Birthday - George Young, soccer star

1922 Birthday - Brian Young, Chairman, Christian Aid

1922 Death - Charles R Young, colonel, dies at 58, in Lagos Nigeria

1921 Birthday - Whitney M. Young, Jr., civil rights leader, head of Urban League

1921 Birthday - Whitney M. Young, American Activist

1921 Event - Cleveland's 125th anniversary celebration: Cy Young, 54, pitches 2 innings

1921 Birthday - Susan Peters, Spokane, Washington, actress, Random Harvest, Young Ideas

1921 Birthday - Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician/actor, It's Great to Be Young

1920 Birthday - Arthur Franz, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, actor, Invaders From Mars, Young Lions

1920 Birthday - Eddie Bracken, born in Astoria, New York City, actor, Summer Stock, Young and Willing

1919 Birthday - Alan Young, England, actor, Time Machine, Wilbur Post-Mr Ed

1919 Birthday - Barbara Britton, born in Long Beach, California, actress, Young and Willing

1919 Event - Polish Army executes 35 young Jews

1918 Birthday - Coleman A Young, civil rights leader, Mayor-D-Detroit

1918 Birthday - Oscar Beregi, Jr., Hungary, actor, Young Frankenstein, Panic in City

1918 Birthday - Ted Willis, prolific English screenwriter, It's Great to be Young

1916 Birthday - John de Young, resistance fighter

1916 Birthday - John Young, actor/TV panelist, Masquerade Party

1915 Birthday - Terence Young, born in Shanghai, China, director, Dr. No, Thunderball

1914 Birthday - Gary Merrill, Hartford Conn, actor, Young Dr. Kildare, All About Eve

1914 Birthday - Richard Young, CEO, Boosey and Hawkes

1913 Birthday - Gig Young, St. Cloud, Minnesota, actor, They Shoot Horses Don't They

1913 Birthday - Marjorie Weaver, born in Crossville, Tennessee, actress, Young Mr. Lincoln

1913 Birthday - Loretta Young, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actress, Farmer's Daughter, Stranger

1912 Event - National Council of Young Israel convenes

1912 Birthday - Jack Young, cricketer, Middlesex and England slow left-armer post-WW2

1912 Event - 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break

1912 Event - Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins

1912 Birthday - Robert Flemyng, Liverpool Eng, actor, Windom's Way, Young Winston

1911 Event - Cy Young's farewell appearance in a major league game is a letdown as he loses to Brooklyn 13-3 in a Braves uniform in his 906th game

1911 Event - Cy Young beats Pitts 1-0 for his final career victory, number 511

1911 Event - Boston's Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of Giants, Giants win 9-0

1910 Event - Cleveland Indian Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Washington 5-4 in 11 innings

1909 Birthday - Lester W. "Pres" Young, U.S. jazz saxophonist

1909 Birthday - Lester Young, American Musician

1909 Event - Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young, at 41, to Cleveland Naps

1908 Birthday - Edward Dmytryk, director, Carpetbaggers, Young Lions, Caine Mutiny

1908 Event - Cy Young Day in Boston, he pitches briefly against an All-Star team

1908 Event - Boston's Cy Young's 2nd no-hitter, beats New York Highlanders, 8-0

1907 Birthday - Carleton Young, New York, actor, Reefer Madness, Pride of the Bowery

1907 Birthday - Robert Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby MD

1905 Birthday - Anna "Ans" van Dike, "the Young", Jewish nazi collaborator

1904 Event - German SW Africa abolishes slavery of young children

1904 Event - Cy Young of Boston pitches perfect game against Philadelphia A's (3-0)

1903 Event - British forces under MacDonald and Young march into Tibet

1903 Event - Nick Young remains as NL president as AG Spalding ends challenge

1902 Birthday - Nydia Westman, New York City, actress, Going My Way, Young Mr. Bobbins

1902 Event - Young Women's Hebrew Association organizes in New York City

1901 Birthday - Donald Cook, Portland, Oregon, actor, Too Young To Go Steady

1901 Birthday - Cornelis J Kelk, Dutch writer, Dance of Young Feet

1901 Event - Cy Young wins his 300th game

1901 Birthday - Cornelia Otis Skinner, Chic, writer, When Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

1901 Birthday - Chic Young, cartoonist, Blondie

1900 Event - AL President Ban Johnson writes to NL President Nick Young seeking peace

1900 Birthday - Victor Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Milton Berle Show, In Old California

1898 Birthday - Frank McHugh, actor, Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young

1898 Birthday - George Jessel, toastmaster general/entertainer, Diary of Young Comic

1896 Birthday - Douwe Kalma, Dutch literary and leader, Young Frisian Movement

1894 Birthday - Mary Clare, born in London, England, actress, Evil Mind, Young and Innocent

1891 Event - Cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3

1890 Birthday - Robert Armstrong, Saginaw, Michigan, actor, Mighty Joe Young, King Kong

1890 Birthday - Clara Kimball Young, born in Illinois, actress, Return of Chandu

1890 Event - Cy Young pitches and wins 1st game

1887 Birthday - Roland Young, London, England

1884 Birthday - Francis B Young, British physician/writer, White Ladies

1881 Birthday - Stark Young, U.S. critic/writer, So Red the Rose

1881 Birthday - Daisy Ashford, born in Petersham, England, English witer, wrote 'The Young Sisters'

1880 Birthday - Robert [Edler von] Musil, Austrian author, Young Torless

1879 Birthday - Edward Rigby, England, actor, Star Look Down, Young and Innocent

1877 Death - Brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies

1875 Birthday - Rainer Maria Rilke, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary, poet, wrote, 'The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge', 'Letters to a Young Poet'

1875 Birthday - Lumsden Hare, Ireland, actor, Oregon Trail, Desert Fox, Young Bess

1874 Birthday - Owen D. Young, American Businessman

1874 Event - Young Men's Hebrew Association organizes in New York City

1871 Event - Brigham Young, mormon leader, arrest for bigamy

1870 Birthday - Jan D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Dutch vicar, Young Flanders

1870 Event - YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) forms (New York City)

1868 Event - Brigham Young marries his 27th and final wife

1867 Birthday - Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher/writer, For the Young Ones

1867 Birthday - Cy Young, born in Gilmore, Ohio, pitcher, 511 wins, 1890 - 1911

1865 Event - Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man"

1865 Birthday - Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet, Young Poland

1851 Event - 1st Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston)

1851 Event - 1st Young Men's Christian Association in North America (Montreal)

1848 Event - William G. Young patents ice cream freezer

1847 Event - Brigham Young and his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, Utah

1846 Birthday - Elisabeth Forster-Nietzsche, German writer, Young Nietzsche

1845 Birthday - Ella Flagg Young, 1st woman President, National Educational Association

1844 Event - Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following Joseph Smith death

1844 Event - Young Men's Christian Association, YMCA, forms in London

1838 Birthday - William Hugh Young, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1836 Birthday - Pierce Manning Butler Young, Major General Confederate Army

1829 Death - Thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies

1822 Birthday - Young Marshall Moody, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1820 Death - Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies

1811 Birthday - James Young Simpson, Scotland, obsterician, used chloroform

1811 Birthday - Horace Greeley, editor, "Go west, young man"

1803 Birthday - Prudence Crandall, founder, School for "young ladies of colour"

1801 Birthday - Brigham Young, religious leader of the Mormon church

1793 Death - Jan Ekels de Young, Dutch painter, dies at 34

1787 Birthday - Emma Willard, U.S., opens school for young ladies, Hall of Fame

1773 Birthday - Thomas Young, British philologist/physician, light interference

1765 Death - Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81

1763 Death - French van Mieris "the Young", painter/historian, dies at 73

1759 Birthday - Jan Ekels, the Young, Dutch painter

1745 Event - Edinburg occupied by Jacobites under Young Pretenders

1745 Death - Willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62

1720 Birthday - Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie/Young Pretender]

1707 Death - Willem Van de Velde, the Young, Dutch seascape painter, dies a 73

1705 Death - Walraad, the Young, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/Governor of Nijmegen, dies

1700 Death - Artus II Quellinus [Quellien/"the Young], Flemish sculptor, dies at 75

1693 Death - Aert Jansz van Nes, Young boer Jaep, lt-admiral, dies at 67

1689 Birthday - French van Mieris "the Young", Dutch painter/historian

1683 Birthday - Edward Young, English poet, Revenge, Complaint

1682 Birthday - Willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter

1679 Death - Cornelis Evertsen the Young, Vice-Admiral of Zealand, dies at 51

1647 Death - Achsah Young, 1st woman known to be a witch, executed in Salem Mass

1633 Birthday - Willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised

1628 Birthday - Cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice Admiral of Zealand

1625 Birthday - Artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised

1586 Death - Lucas Cranach "the Young", German painter, dies at 70

1139 Event - Godfried II the Young becomes duke of Brabant

1131 Event - Crowning of Louis VII the Young, King of France

876 Event - Battle at Andernach: Louis the Young beats Charles the Bare













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