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2000 Fran Ryan, actress, Green Acres, dies at 83

1997 Alvy Moore, actor and producer, Mr. Kimball on Green Acres, dies at 75

1995 Fire that wipes 6,000 acres begins in Hamptons on Long Island

1995 Eva Gabor, actress (Green Acres), dies at 74

1994 Pat Buttram, actor (Haney-Green Acres), dies of kidney failure at 78

1990 Return To Green Acres TV movie airs

1975 Hank Patterson, actor (Fred Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 87

1974 Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres

1969 Barbara Pepper, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57

1951 100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi River in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Illinois

1931 Grasshoppers in Iowa, Nebr and SD destroyed thousands of acres of crops

1926 Forest fire burns 900 acres and kills 2 in San Luis Obispo, California

1921 Alvy Moore, actor, Mr Kimball-Green Acres

1921 Eva Gabor, born in Budapest, Hungary, actress, Lisa-Green Acres, Gigi

1921 Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium

1920 Sid Melton, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Alf-Green Acres, Charlie-Danny Thomas

1916 Pat Buttram, actor, Mr Haney-Green Acres

1915 Frank Cady, actor, Mr Drucker-Green Acres

1912 Barbara Pepper, New York City, actress, Doris Ziffel-Green Acres, Rogue Tavern

1910 Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber

1908 Eddie Albert, born in Rock Island, Illinois, actor, Oliver-Green Acres

1895 British inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector

1895 British inventor Birt Acres films Oxford-Cambridge

1890 Around 11M acres, ceded to U.S. by Sioux Indians opens for settlement

1888 Hank Patterson, Alabama, actor, Gunsmoke, Fred Ziffel-Green Acres

1887 Harvey Wilcox of Ks subdivides 120 acres he owned in Southern California and starts selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood)

1825 Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community

1805 Henry C. Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in Bronx

1654 Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia

1652 John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va

1651 Anthony Johnson, a free black, receives grant of 250 acres in Va

1639 Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill


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