United States of America in History (Part 46)

Historical Events

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 4501 - 4,600 of 9,840

• 1949-08-09 Jonathan Kellerman, American writer
• 1949-08-14 Bob Backlund, American wrestler, born in Princeton, Minnesota
• 1949-08-17 Norm Coleman, American politician (Senator(R)-Minnesota 2003-09), born in New York City
• 1949-08-21 Loretta Devine, American actress (Boston Public), born in Houston, Texas
• 1949-08-28 Charles Rocket, American actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live), born in Bangor, Maine (d. 2005)
• 1949-08-30 Ted Ammon, American financier and investment banker, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
• 1949-08-30 Christopher Collins, American actor (True Identity), voice actor (Cobra Commander-G.I. Joe) and comedian, born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1994)
• 1949-09-07 Barry Siegel, American journalist (Pulitzer Prize - A Father's Pain, a Judge's Duty, and a Justice Beyond Their Reach), born in St. Louis, Missouri
• 1949-09-15 Joe Barton, American politician (U.S. House of Representatives, 1985-2019), born in Waco, Texas
• 1949-09-18 Billy Drago, American actor known for his roles as a villain (Pale Rider, The Untouchables), born in Hugoton, Kansas
• 1949-09-19 Barry Scheck, American lawyer and co-founder of Innocence Project, born in Queens, New York
• 1949-09-20 Anthony Denison, American actor (The Closer), born in New York
• 1949-09-22 Jim Keith, American conspiracy theorist and author (d. 1999)
• 1949-09-26 Jane Smiley, American novelist (Pulitzer 1991-A Thousand Acres), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1949-10-01 Isaac Bonewits, American author
• 1949-10-03 Lindsey Buckingham, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac - "Go Your Own Way"), born in Palo Alto, California
• 1949-10-04 Stephen Gyllenhaal, American director

• 1949-10-05 B. W. Stevenson, American country singer, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1988)
• 1949-10-11 Greg Douglass, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra), born in Oakland, California
• 1949-10-12 Stan Hansen, American pro wrestler (most successful gaijin in Japanese pro wrestling history), born in Borger, Texas
• 1949-10-13 Tom Mees, American sports broadcaster, born in Springfield, Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
• 1949-10-14 Katha Pollitt, American poet and writer, born in Brooklyn Heights, New York
• 1949-10-22 Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (d. 1990)
• 1949-10-23 Nick Tosches, American writer
• 1949-10-27 Clifford Antone, American businessman, born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 2006)
• 1949-10-29 James Williamson, American guitarist (The Stooges), born in Castroville, Texas

• 1949-11-03 Mike Evans, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1949-11-05 Armin Shimerman, American actor (Principal Snyder-Buffy the Vampire Slayer), born in Lakewood, New Jersey
• 1949-11-05 Jimmie Spheeris, American singer and songwriter, born in Phenix City, Alabama (d. 1984)
• 1949-11-07 Steven Stucky, American composer (Los Angeles Philharmonic, 1988-2009), born in Hutchinson, Kansas (d. 2016)
• 1949-11-14 Phil Baron, American voice actor (Piglet), born in Cleveland, Ohio
• 1949-11-20 Thelma Drake, American politician, US Rep, Virginia (2005-09), born in Elyria, Ohio
• 1949-11-22 Richard Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the United States (2002-06), born in NYC, New York
• 1949-11-22 David Pietrusza, American baseball historian
• 1949-11-26 Juanin Clay, American actress (The Legend of the Lone Ranger), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1995)
• 1949-11-29 Wayne Cowan, American wrestler
• 1949-11-29 Jerry Lawler, American professional wrestler (WWE), born in Memphis, Tennessee
• 1949-12-06 Linda Creed, American singer and songwriter ("The Greatest Love Of All"; "You Make Me Feel Brand New"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1986)
• 1949-12-06 Doug Marlette, American editorial cartoonist (Kudzu), born in Greensboro, North Carolina (d. 2007)
• 1949-12-19 Nancy Kyes, American actress
• 1949-12-23 [Steven] Adrian Belew, American new wave and progressive rock singer and guitarist (Frank Zappa; David Bowie; King Crimson, 1981-2009; The Bears), born in Covington, Kentucky
• 1949-12-24 Randy Neugebauer, American politician, born in St. Louis, Missouri
• 1949-12-25 Joe Louis Walker, American as an electric blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, born in San Francisco, California
• 1949-12-31 Ellen Datlow, American editor, born in NYC, New York
• 1949-12-31 Susan Shwartz, American author, born in Youngstown, Ohio
• 1950-01-02 David Shifrin, American classical clarinetist, born in Queens, New York
• 1950-01-12 Sheila Jackson Lee, American politician, born in NYC, New York
• 1950-01-12 Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (d. 1992)
• 1950-01-13 John McNaughton, American film director
• 1950-01-20 Edward Hirsch, American poet, born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1950-01-24 Benjamin Urrutia, Ecuadorian-born American writer, born in Guayaquil, Ecuador
• 1950-01-26 Janet Lupo, American model, born in Hoboken, New Jersey
• 1950-01-28 Bob Hay, American songwriter and musician (Squalls; Jolly Beggars), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan t
• 1950-01-30 Trinidad Silva, American actor, born in Mission, Texas (d. 1988)
• 1950-02-08 Cristina Ferrare, American former supermodel and actress
• 1950-02-09 Richard F. Colburn, American politician, Senator (R) Maryland (1995-2015), born in Easton, Maryland
• 1950-02-14 Roger Fisher, American musician (Heart)

• 1950-03-02 Jeffrey Chodorow, American restaurateur and financier
• 1950-03-12 Wheeler Winston Dixon, American filmmaker, critic and author
• 1950-03-13 Charles Krauthammer, American conservative political commentator and psychiatrist (The Washington Post), born in NYC, New York (d. 2018)
• 1950-03-20 Tom Towles, American actor (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2015)
• 1950-03-23 Anthony De Longis, American actor
• 1950-03-25 Chuck Greenberg, American jazz and new age saxophonist, composer, and producer (Shadowfax), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1995)
• 1950-03-26 Alan Silvestri, American film score composer (Back To The Future; Forrest Gump), born in NYC, New York
• 1950-04-10 Barry M. Riemer, American author (The Great American Con Machine)
• 1950-04-14 Francis Collins, American scientist who led the Human Genome Project, born in Staunton, Virgibia
• 1950-04-17 L. Scott Caldwell, American actress (Rose-Lost), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1950-04-17 Bruce McNall, American former NHL team owner, born in Arcadia, California
• 1950-04-18 Kenny Ortega, American film and TV producer (High School Musical trilogy), born in Palo Alto, California
• 1950-04-20 Steve Erickson, American novelist (American Nomad), born in Santa Monica, California
• 1950-04-29 Debbie Stabenow, American politician
• 1950-05-01 Dann Florek, American actor (Law & Order), born in Flat Rock, Michigan
• 1950-05-07 Randall 'Tex' Cobb, American boxer and actor, born in Bridge City, Texas

• 1950-05-15 Nicholas Hammond, American actor (The Amazing Spider-Man), born in Washington, D.C.
• 1950-05-17 Howard Ashman, American playwright and lyricist (Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1991)
• 1950-05-24 Larry Seidlin, American judge (judge during the infamous Anna Nicole Smith body custody hearing after her death), born in The Bronx, New York
• 1950-05-28 Jim Harris, American professional wrestler
• 1950-06-03 Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter (E.T.), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015)
• 1950-06-05 J. J. Bittenbinder, American television host and author
• 1950-06-07 Gary Graham, American actor (Alien Nation, Star Trek: Enterprise), born in Long Beach, California
• 1950-06-19 Ann Wilson, American musician (Heart-What About Love), born in San Diego, California
• 1950-07-01 David Duke, American white nationalist politician and K.K.K. member, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
• 1950-07-03 James Hahn, American politician and incumbent judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court, born in Los Angeles, California
• 1950-07-06 John Byrne, American author and artist of superhero comics (X-Men), born in Walsall, Staffordshire, England
• 1950-07-09 Gwen Guthrie, American singer ("Ain't Nothin' Goin' on but the Rent"), born in Okemah, Oklahoma (d. 1999)
• 1950-07-11 Bruce McGill, American actor
• 1950-07-17 P.J. Soles, German-born American actress, born in Frankfurt, Germany
• 1950-07-18 Glenn Hughes, American singer (Village People), born in NYC, New York (d. 2001)
• 1950-07-19 Freddy Moore, American rock musician and songwriter, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1950-07-23 Alex Kozinski, Romanian-American Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, born in Bucharest, Romania
• 1950-07-26 Rich Vogler, American race car driver, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1990)
• 1950-08-12 Jim Beaver, American actor and writer
• 1950-08-15 Tom Kelly, American baseball manager (Minnesota Twins), born in Graceville, Minnesota
• 1950-08-16 Marshall Manesh, Iranian-born American actor
• 1950-08-21 Arthur Bremer, American criminal who shot George Wallace in May 1972 leaving him paralyzed, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Famous Weddings

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Famous Divorces

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Famous Deaths

Deaths 4501 - 4,600 of 4,947

• 2013-05-08 Jeanne Cooper, American actress (Kay-The Young & Restless), dies at 84
• 2013-05-13 Joyce Brothers, American psychologist, dies from respiratory failure at 85
• 2013-05-16 Dick Trickle, American race car driver, commits suicide by gunshot at 71
• 2013-05-16 Bernard Waber, American children's book author, dies from kidney failure at 88
• 2013-05-17 Ken Venturi, American golfer, broadcaster (US Open 1964), dies from multiple infections at 82
• 2013-05-18 Steve Forrest, American actor (SWAT), dies at 87
• 2013-05-25 Marshall Lytle, American Rock bassist, dies from lung cancer at 79
• 2013-05-26 Jack Vance, American sci-fi author, dies at 96
• 2013-05-31 Tim Samaras, American tornado chaser, dies from tornado injuries at 55
• 2013-05-31 Jean Stapleton, American actress (Damn Yankees, Klute, All in the Family), dies at 90
• 2013-06-03 Frank Lautenberg, American Politician, dies from complications from pneumonia at 89
• 2013-06-03 Deacon Jones, American Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end (8 × Pro Bowl; 5 × First-team All-Pro; LA Rams, SD Chargers), dies from natural causes at 73
• 2013-06-06 Jerome Karle, American chemist and Nobel Laureate, dies at 94
• 2013-06-06 Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (Dangerous when Wet), dies from natural causes at 91
• 2013-06-08 Paul Cellucci, American politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts and former United States Ambassador to Canada, dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 65
• 2013-06-10 Barbara Vucanovich, American politician, dies at 91
• 2013-06-11 Miller Barber, American golfer (11 PGA, 3 US Senior Open titles), dies from lymphoma at 82
• 2013-06-11 Robert Fogel, American economic historian (Nobel Prize 1993), dies at 86
• 2013-06-15 Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist (Nobel 1982), dies from lymphoma at 77
• 2013-06-19 Slim Whitman, American country singer (Rose Marie), dies from heart failure at 90

• 2013-06-21 Edgeworth Blair "Elliott" Reid, American actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies from heart failure at 93
• 2013-06-23 Sharon Stouder, American swimmer, dies at 64
• 2013-06-23 Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter, dies at 87
• 2013-06-23 Bobby Bland, American blues and soul singer, dies at 83
• 2013-06-24 Alan Myers, American rock drummer (Devo), dies of cancer at 58
• 2013-07-01 William Gray III, American politician, dies from natural causes at 71
• 2013-07-02 Arlan Stangeland, American politician, dies at 83

• 2013-07-07 Donald J. Irwin, American politician (32nd Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut), dies from heart failure at 86
• 2013-07-11 Eugene Wilkinson, American naval officer, dies at 94
• 2013-07-22 Dennis Farina, American actor, dies from a pulmonary embolism at 69
• 2013-07-26 J. J. Cale, American rock guitarist, dies from a heart attack at 74
• 2013-07-27 Lindy Boggs [Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs], American political administrator, dies from natural causes at 97
• 2013-07-31 Michael Ansara, American actor (Broken Arrow, Centennial), dies at 91
• 2013-08-05 George Duke, American Grammy Award winning jazz and funk keyboard player, and composer, dies from chronic lymphocytic leukemia at 67
• 2013-08-08 Regina Resnik, American operatic singer, dies at 90
• 2013-08-08 Karen Black, American actress (5 Easy Pieces, Pyx), dies from ampullary cancer at 74
• 2013-08-10 Eydie Gorme, American singer, dies at 84
• 2013-08-13 Tompall Glaser, American country singer, dies at 79
• 2013-08-14 Allen Lanier, American rock keyboardist, guitarist and vocalist (Blue Oyster Cult), dies from complications from COPD at 67
• 2013-08-14 Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress, dies at 43
• 2013-08-20 Elmore Leonard, American author (Glitz, Mr Majestyk, Touch, 52 Pick-Up), dies from complications from a stroke at 87
• 2013-08-21 Sid Bernstein, American music producer/promoter, dies at 95
• 2013-08-23 William Glasser, American psychiatrist, dies from respiratory failure from pneumonia at 88
• 2013-08-24 Julie Harris, American actress (Bell Jar, I Am a Camera, East of Eden), heart failure at 87

• 2013-09-02 Frederik Pohl, American sci-fi author (3 Hugo, Gateway, Bipohl), dies at 93
• 2013-09-10 Clay Shaw, American politician (Rep-R-FL, 1981-2007), dies from lung cancer at 74

• 2013-09-17 Marvin Rainwater, American country and rockabilly singer, dies from heart failure at 88
• 2013-09-18 Ken Norton, American heavyweight boxer who had 3 famous fights with Muhammad Ali, dies at 70
• 2013-09-18 Richard C. Sarafian, American director and actor (Foley Square), dies from complications from pneumonia at 83
• 2013-09-22 David Hubel, Canadian-born American neurologist and Nobel laureate, dies at 87
• 2013-09-27 Jay Robinson, American actor (Born Again, Malibu Bikini Shop), dies at 83
• 2013-10-06 Will Ogdon, American composer, dies at 92
• 2013-10-08 Rod Grams, American politician and television anchor, dies from cancer at 65
• 2013-10-10 Scott Carpenter, American astronaut (Mercury 7-Aurora 7), dies from complications from a stroke at 88
• 2013-10-12 Oscar Hijuelos, American novelist (The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love), dies from a heart attack at 62
• 2013-10-16 Ed Lauter, American actor (The Artist, The Number 23), dies from mesothelioma at 74
• 2013-10-18 Bill Young, American politician, dies from complications from a back injury at 82
• 2013-10-18 Tom Foley, American politician (Rep-D, 1965-1995) and speaker of the house (1989-95), dies from complications from a stroke at 84
• 2013-10-21 Major R Owens, American politician (Rep-D-NY, 1983-2007), dies at 77
• 2013-10-25 Marcia Wallace, American actress (Carol-Bob Newhart Show), dies from pneumonia at 70
• 2013-10-25 Hal Needham, American stuntman, dies from cancer at 82
• 2013-10-27 Lou Reed, American musician, dies from liver disease at 71
• 2013-10-28 Ike Skelton, American politician, dies from pneumonia at 81
• 2013-10-30 Frank Wess, American jazz musician, dies from a heart attack at 91
• 2013-11-11 George Reinholt, American actor (Steve-Another World, One Life to Live), dies at 73
• 2013-11-13 Barbara Lawrence, American model, actress, and real estate agent (Oklahoma!, A Letter to Three Wives), dies of kidney failure at 83
• 2013-11-26 Tony Musante, American actor (David Toma-Toma, Nowhere to Hide), dies from complications following surgery at 77

• 2013-12-08 Don Mitchell, American actor, dies at 70
• 2013-12-09 Eleanor Parker, American actress (Caged, Detective Story, Hans Brinker), dies from pneumonia at 91
• 2013-12-10 Jim Hall, American jazz guitarist and composer, dies at 83
• 2013-12-12 Audrey Totter, American actress (Carpetbaggers, Set-Up, The Unsuspected), dies from a stroke at 95

• 2013-12-16 Ray Price, American singer, dies from pancreatic cancer at 87
• 2013-12-21 Eli Beeding, American Air Force Captain and rocket test pilot, dies at 85
• 2013-12-31 James Avery, American actor, dies from complications from surgery at 68
• 2014-01-02 Jay Traynor, American singer (Jay and the Americans), dies of liver cancer at 70

• 2014-01-05 Carmen Zapata, American actress (Hagen, Viva Valdez, Man & the City), dies at 86
• 2014-01-09 Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and Nobel laureate, dies at 74
• 2014-01-16 Russell Johnson, American television and film actor, best known for his role as "The Professor" on Gilligan's Island, dies of kidney failure at 89
• 2014-01-16 Dave Madden, Canadian-born American actor (Charlotte's Web, Alice, The Partridge Family), dies from heart and kidney failure at 82
• 2014-01-18 Dennis Frederiksen, American rock singer, dies from liver cancer at 62
• 2014-01-27 Pete Seeger, American folk singer (The Weavers - Goodnight Irene) and activist, helped create the modern American folk music movement, dies at 94
• 2014-01-31 Christopher Jones, American actor, dies from cancer at 72

• 2014-02-12 Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar, American comic actor and writer ("Your Show of Shows"), dies at 91
• 2014-02-13 Ralph Waite, American actor, director and political candidate (Cool Hand Luke, The Waltons), dies at 85
• 2014-02-16 Michael Shea, American sci-fi author (World Fantasy Award: Nifft the Lean, Growlimb), dies at 67
• 2014-02-17 Bob Casale, American musician, dies from heart failure at 61
• 2014-02-18 Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-born American singer, dies at 99
• 2014-02-19 Dale Gardner, American astronaut, dies from a brain aneurysm at 65
• 2014-02-22 Leo Vroman, Dutch-American hematologist and poet, dies at 98
• 2014-02-24 Harold Ramis, American actor & director, dies from vasculitis at 69
• 2014-02-26 Frank Reed, American singer (Chi-Lites), dies at 59

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