2011 Event The Nobel Prize for Physics is awarded to Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam Riess, for their work on the accelerating expansion of the universe 2003 Death Adam Osborne, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation 2000 Death Adam Petty, American Celebrity 1996 Death Brother Adam Kehrle, benedictine monk/beekeeper, dies at 98 1992 Birthday Adam Robert Worton, Newark DE, twin actor, Baby's Day Out 1991 Event Child star Adam Rich arrested for stealing hypodermics 1991 Event Former child actor Adam Rich charged with burglary 1991 Event Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy 1984 Birthday Adam Wylie, born in San Dimas, California, Broadway musical performer, television and voice actor 1983 Death William D Elliot, actor (Bernie Loves Bridget, Adam 12), dies at 49 1983 Death Claus Adam, composer, cellist, teacher, performed with Julliard String Quartet 1955 - 1974, composed music for a string trio and cello concerto, dies at 65 1982 Death Alfred Adam, dies at 72 1980 Birthday Adam Petty, American Celebrity 1979 Birthday Adam Brody, born in San Diego, California, actor, musician, appeared on television shows, 'The O.C.', 'Gilmore Girls', films include, 'Cop Out', 'Thank You for Smoking' 1979 Death Ronald Adam, actor (Phantom Shot), dies at 82 1975 Birthday Adam Saathoff, Tuscon Ariz, running target 1996 Olympics 1975 Birthday Adam Deadmarsh, Trail BC, NHL center, Colorado Avalanche, 1998 Olympics 1974 Death Eve March, actress (Adam's Rib, Danny Boy), dies at 63 1974 Birthday Adam Treu, guard and tackle for the Oakland Raiders 1974 Birthday Adam Parfitt, born in Victoria BC, rower 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Adam Meadows, offensive tackle for the Indianapolis Colts 1973 Birthday Adam Bacher, cricketer, nephew of Ali South Africa Test batsman 1996- 1973 Birthday Adam Garcia, born in Wahroonga, Australia, actor, tap dancer, appeared on 'Doctor Who', appeared in films, 'Wilde', 'Coyote Ugly', 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen' 1972 Birthday Adam Clawson, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, slalom single canoe, Olympic-19th-96 1972 Birthday Adam Vinatieri, WLAF punter/kicker, Amsterdam Admirals, New England Patriots 1972 Death Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Representative-D-New York, dies at 63 from acute prostatitis 1971 Birthday Adam Gilchrist, cricket wicket-keeper, hard-hit Australian ODI 1996 1971 Birthday Jonathan "Adam" Holland, Philadelphia, rower 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Adam Timmerman, NFL guard, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 1971 Birthday Adam Foote, born in Toronto, NHL defenseman, Colorado Avalanche, Team Canada 1971 Birthday Adam Laurent, born in Santa Cruz, California, pursuit cyclist 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Adam Parore, cricket wicket-keeper, New Zealand, 1st Maori Test centurion 1970 Birthday Adam Goldberg, American Actor 1970 Death Adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Maritime (1956-68), dies at 60 1970 Event Charles Rangel defeats Adam Clayton Powell in Democratic primary 1970 Birthday Adam Keefe, born in Irvine, California, professional basketball player, power forward, played in the National Basketball Association with the Utah Jazz for nine years 1969 Event Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. from House 1969 Birthday Adam Burt, Detroit, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers 1969 Event Rep Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. seated by Congress 1968 Birthday Adam Rich, New York City, actor, Nicholas-8 is Enough, Code Red, Gun Shy 1968 Birthday Adam Walker, NFL running back for the San Francisco 49ers 1968 Birthday Adam Graves, Toronto, NHL left wing for the New York Rangers 1967 Death Henri-Georges Adam, French painter/cartoonist/sculptor, dies at 63 1967 Birthday Adam Savage, American Entertainer 1967 Event Harlem (New York City) voters defy Congress and reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr 1967 Event House of Representatives expels Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (307 to 116) 1966 Birthday Ad-Rock, Adam Horowitz, rocker, Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight 1966 Birthday Adam Sandler, actor - comedian, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, SNL 1966 Death Karl B Adam, German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at 89 1966 Event "Batman" with Adam West and Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV 1965 Death Judy Holliday, comedienne (Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib), dies at 42 1965 Birthday Adam Johnson, Portland, Oregon, beach volleyballer 1996 Olympics 1965 Birthday Adam Jones, American Musician 1964 Birthday Adam Curry, born in Arlington, Virginia, broadcast personality, video jockey, a pioneer of podcasting, nicknamed the 'Podfather' 1964 Birthday MCA, Adam Yauch, rock vocalist, Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight 1964 Birthday M C A, Adam Yauch, rapper, Beastie Boys 1964 Birthday Adam Duritz, born in Baltimore, Maryland, musician, record producer, member of band, Counting Crows, hit song, 'Round Here' 1962 Birthday Adam Kase, born in Socorro, New Mexico, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 Alberta Open-3rd 1962 Birthday Adam Baldwin, actor, Full Metal Jacket, My Bodyguard 1962 Birthday Adam Schreiber, NFL center/guard, Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants 1961 Event Adam Clayton Powell elected Chairman of House Education and Labor 1960 Birthday Adam Lingner, NFL center for the Buffalo Bills 1960 Birthday Adam Schiff, American Politician 1960 Birthday Adam Clayton, born in Oxfordshire, rock bassist, U2-I Will Follow 1959 Birthday Ed Fry, actor, Larry-As the World Turns, Adam Cory-Another World 1959 Birthday Marco Pirroni, born in London, rock guitarist, Adam and The Ants 1958 Birthday Terry Lee Miall, England, rock drummer, Adam and The Ants 1958 Death Adam von Ahn Carse, composer, dies at 80 1958 Birthday Gary Brian Tibbs, London, rock bassist, Adam and The Ants, Roxy Music 1956 Birthday Adam Arkin, Brooklyn, actor, Busting Loose, Pearl, Northern Exposure 1954 Birthday Adam Ant, Stuart Goddard, London, punk rocker, If I Strip For You 1954 Birthday Chris Hughes, born in London, England, drummer, musician, record producer, played drums for Dalek I Love You, The Blitz Brothers, member, Adam and the Ants, produced Tears for Fears, The Hurting, Songs from the Big Chair, co-produced Peter Gabriel's 'Red Rain' 1954 Birthday Merrick, Chris Hughes, rock drummer, Adam and The Ants 1954 Death Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer, dies at 54 1952 Birthday Adam Woods, rock drummer and pianist, Fixx 1950 Death Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70 1947 Birthday Adam Ingram, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for East Kilbride, Stathaven, Lesmahagow 1946 Birthday Adam Michnik, Polish Editor 1945 Birthday Gordon Thompson, born in Ottawa Canada, actor, Adam Carrington-Dynasty 1945 Birthday Hans Adam, prince of Liechtenstein 1944 Event Adam Clayton Powell elected 1st black congressman from East 1943 Death Adam Kuckhoff, writer, dies at 55 1940 Birthday Adam Faith, born in England, singer, Poor Me, What Do You Want? 1939 Birthday Adam Osborne, born in Thailand, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation 1937 Event Mae West performs Adam and Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC radio 1937 Birthday Adam Wade, actor, Kiss Me Goodbye, Crazy Joe 1935 Birthday Adam Wade, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, singer, Tony Orlando and Dawn 1933 Birthday Gary Crosby, born in California, actor, Bill Dana Show, Adam 12, Chase 1929 Birthday Jack Hogan, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, ator, Combat, Adam 12, Sierra 1929 Event General Motors acquires German auto manufacturer Adam Opel 1929 Death Willem Royaards, theater directeor (Adam in Ballingschap), dies 1928 Birthday Adam West, born in Walla Walla Wash, actor, Batman, Last Precinct 1928 Birthday Adam Walacinski, composer 1927 Birthday Martin Milner, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Route 66, Adam 12, Life of Riley 1924 Birthday Hans Berghuis, Dutch author and poet, 3 Women, Adam 1923 Birthday Tige Andrews, Brooklyn, actor, Captain Adam Greer-Mod Squad 1922 Birthday Judy Holliday, born in New York City, comedienne/actress, Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib 1922 Birthday Adam Kennedy, born in Lafayette, Indiana, actor, Dion-Californian 1920 Death Paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57 1919 Event Guy Bolton and George Middleton's "Adam and Eve," premieres in New York City 1917 Birthday Ossie Davis, born in Cogdell, Georgia, actor and playwright, Hot Stuff, Man Called Adam 1917 Birthday Claus Adam, born in America, composer, cellist, teacher, performed with Julliard String Quartet 1955 - 1974, composed music for a string trio and cello concerto 1913 Death Adam Sedgwick, English zoologist (Peripatus), dies at 58 1912 Birthday Madge Adam, astronomer 1909 Birthday Adam Popovich, composer 1909 Birthday Adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Foreign Affairs, 1956-68 1909 Birthday Adam Clymer, American Journalist 1908 Birthday Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., born in New Haven, Connecticut, Representative-D-New York, 1945 - 1972 1907 Birthday Katharine Hepburn, born in Hartford, Connecticut, actress, 'Adam's Rib', 'On Golden Pond' 1905 Birthday Wazyk, Adam Wagman, Polish poet and author, Eyes and Mouth 1904 Death Adam Minchejmer, composer, dies at 73 1904 Birthday Henri-Georges Adam, French etcher/painter/sculptor, Grand Nude 1900 Birthday Marinus Adam, Dutch conductor/composer 1900 Birthday Spencer Tracy, born in Milwaukee, actor, Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib 1899 Birthday Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer 1899 Birthday George Cukor, producer/director, Adam's Rib, Philadelphia Story 1898 Death Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56 1898 Birthday Brother Adam Kehrle, benedictine monk/beekeeper 1896 Birthday Ronald Adam, Herefordshire England, actor, Phantom Shot 1895 Death Adam Opel, German manufacturer (motorcars), dies at 58 1887 Birthday Adam Kuckhoff, writer 1880 Death George Eliot, Victorian novelist (Adam Bede), dies on 61st birthday 1880 Birthday Jacob Epstein, sculptor, Adam, Jacob and the Angel 1880 Death Eugen Adam, painter, dies 1879 Birthday Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer 1878 Birthday Adam von Ahn Carse, composer 1876 Birthday Karl B Adam, German theologist, Christ our Brother 1868 Death Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer, dies at 79 1862 Birthday Paul Adam, French writer, La Bataille d'Uhde 1862 Death Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 47 1856 Birthday George Adam Smith, Scottish Clergyman 1856 Death Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer/critic (Giselle), dies at 52 1855 Death Adam B Mickiewicz, Polish poet (Polish Legion), dies at 56 1854 Birthday Adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist, Peripatus 1848 Death Adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77 1842 Birthday Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer 1837 Birthday Adam Opel, German manufacturer, cycling, motorcars 1831 Birthday Adam Badeau, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1830 Birthday Adam Minchejmer, composer 1829 Death Adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general, dies at 53 1828 Event John Quincy Adam's son John marries in White House 1828 Birthday Adam Jacoby Slemmer, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Charles Adam Heckman, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1822 Death Franz Adam Veichtner, composer, dies at 81 1819 Birthday George Eliot, England, Victorian novelist, Adam Bede 1816 Death Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian, dies at 92 1814 Birthday Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1812 Birthday Benno Adam, animal painter 1811 Death Frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65 1804 Death Johann Adam Hiller, composer, dies at 75 1803 Birthday Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer/critic, Si j'etait roi 1798 Birthday Adam B Mickiewicz, Poland, national poet, Pan Tadeusz 1794 Death James Adam, System architect (essays on agriculture), dies at about 64 1792 Death Robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63 1790 Death Adam Smith, Scottish Economist 1789 Birthday Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer 1785 Birthday Adam Sedgwick, British geologist 1784 Birthday Adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher 1779 Birthday Adam Gottlob Oehlenschlager, Denmark, poet, National Poet 1849 1776 Event Adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati 1775 Birthday Adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general and Napoleon's wife Marie lover 1771 Birthday Adam FJA van der Duyn, Dutch governor, South Holland 1746 Birthday Frantisek Adam Mica, composer 1741 Birthday Franz Adam Veichtner, composer 1733 Death Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer, dies at 46 1728 Birthday Johann Adam Hiller, composer 1728 Birthday Robert Adam, architect/designer, Adelphi Terrace, London 1724 Death Johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77 1723 Birthday Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian 1723 Birthday Adam Smith, Kirkcaldy Scot, economist, Wealth of Nations, baptized 1722 Death Johann Adam Reincken, German organist/composer, dies at 99 1710 Birthday Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor, garden sculptures 1701 Death Adam Drese, German composer, dies at 80 1700 Death Nicolaus Adam Strungk, composer, dies at 59 1687 Birthday Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer 1678 Event Staatsoper Hamburg opens with Theiles "Adam und Eva" 1673 Death Adam Pijnacker, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, buried at 51 1666 Death Adam Krieger, German composer, dies at 32 1664 Death Adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies 1646 Birthday Johann Theile, German composer, Adam and Eve 1640 Birthday Nicolaus Adam Strungk, composer 1638 Event Admiral Adam Westerwolt conquerors Batticaloa, Ceylon 1634 Birthday Adam Krieger, German composer 1623 Birthday Johann Adam Reincken, composer 1623 Birthday Jan Adam Reincken, composer 1622 Birthday Adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized 1610 Death Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, buried at 32 1578 Birthday Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized
