2011 Event In Texas, wildfires continue burning, destroying tens of thousands of acres of land 2011 Event Over 230,000 acres of land, including the town Fort Davis, are destroyed by wildfires in the state of Texas 2000 Death Fran Ryan, actress, Green Acres, dies at 83 1997 Death Alvy Moore, actor and producer, Mr. Kimball on Green Acres, dies at 75 1995 Event Fire that wipes 6,000 acres begins in Hamptons on Long Island 1995 Death Eva Gabor, actress (Green Acres), dies at 74 1994 Death Pat Buttram, actor (Haney-Green Acres), dies of kidney failure at 78 1990 Event Return To Green Acres TV movie airs 1975 Death Hank Patterson, actor (Fred Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 87 1974 Event Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres 1969 Death Barbara Pepper, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57 1951 Event 100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi River in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Illinois 1931 Event Grasshoppers in Iowa, Nebr and SD destroyed thousands of acres of crops 1926 Event Forest fire burns 900 acres and kills 2 in San Luis Obispo, California 1921 Birthday Alvy Moore, actor, Mr Kimball-Green Acres 1921 Birthday Eva Gabor, born in Budapest, Hungary, actress, Lisa-Green Acres, Gigi 1921 Event Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium 1920 Birthday Sid Melton, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Alf-Green Acres, Charlie-Danny Thomas 1916 Birthday Pat Buttram, actor, Mr Haney-Green Acres 1915 Birthday Frank Cady, actor, Mr Drucker-Green Acres 1912 Birthday Barbara Pepper, New York City, actress, Doris Ziffel-Green Acres, Rogue Tavern 1910 Event Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber 1908 Birthday Eddie Albert, born in Rock Island, Illinois, actor, Oliver-Green Acres 1895 Event British inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector 1895 Event British inventor Birt Acres films Oxford-Cambridge 1890 Event Around 11M acres, ceded to U.S. by Sioux Indians opens for settlement 1888 Birthday Hank Patterson, Alabama, actor, Gunsmoke, Fred Ziffel-Green Acres 1887 Event Harvey Wilcox of Ks subdivides 120 acres he owned in Southern California and starts selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood) 1825 Event Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community 1805 Event Henry C. Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in Bronx 1654 Event Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia 1652 Event John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va 1651 Event Anthony Johnson, a free black, receives grant of 250 acres in Va 1639 Event Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill
