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2004 Cecily Adams, casting director/actress, Deep Space Nine, dies at 46
2001 Douglas Adams, hysterically-funny writer, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, dies at 49 1999 Joey Adams, American Comedian 1998 Spice Girl Victoria Adams, aka Posh Spice, and soccer David Beckham gets engaged 1996 Charles Donald Adams, singer, dies at 67 1995 Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 years 340 ds 1995 1st-class Cricket debut of Paul Adams, W Province vs. N Transvaal 1995 Sylvester Louis Adams, murderer, dies at 39 1995 Sinn-Fein leader Gerry Adams visits White House 1995 Sinn Fein party leader, Gerry Adams, arrives in U.S. 1994 Stanley Adams, songwriter, dies at 86 1993 Diana Adams, ballerina, dies 1992 George Adams, U.S. tenor saxophonist/flautist (Changes One), dies 1991 Dallas Adams, British painter/writer/actor (Terror from Within), dies 1991 Nugget's Michael Adams becomes shortest NBA player to get a triple-double 1990 Robert F Adams, U.S., sci-fi author (Castaways in Time), dies at 57 1989 California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs 1989 Frank Adams, British Mathematician 1988 Margo Adams alleges Red Sox Wade Bogg's had an affair with her 1988 Leonie Fuller Adams, U.S. poet (High Falcon), dies at 88 1988 Margo Adams sues Red Sox 3rd baseman Wade Boggs for palimony 1988 Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88 1987 Peter Adams, actor (Alternative, Blowing Hot and Cold), dies at 69 1985 1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica vs. Barbados 1984 Ansel Adams, U.S. photographer, dies at 82 1983 Lynn Adams wins LPGA Combanks Orlando Golf Classic 1978 Claire Adams, actress (Legally Dead, End of the Road), dies at 80 1977 Stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61 1977 Paul "Goggo" Adams, cricketer, lefty very unorthodox bowler for South Africa 1975 Victoria Adams, "Posh Spice", Hertfordshire, vocalist, Spice Girls 1974 Mike Adams, wide reciever for the Pittsburgh Steelers 1973 John Adams and his drum - become a right-field fixture in Cleveland Stadium 1973 Sam Adams, NFL defensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks 1973 Terry Adams, born in Mobile, Alabama, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1971 Rhonda Adams, Columbus Georgia, playmate, Jun, 1995 1971 Chuck Adams, born in Pacific Palisades, California, tennis star, 1989 USTA Boys 1971 Joey Lauren Adams, American Actress 1970 Stephanie Adams, New Jersey, playmate, Nov, 1992 1970 Strouse, Adams, Comden and Green's musical "Applause," premieres in New York City 1969 Sharon Sites Adams, 39, becomes 1st lady to solo sail the Pacific 1969 21st Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Don Adams and Susan St. James 1968 Nick Adams, actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story), ODs at 36 1968 Nick Adams, actor (Johnny Yuma-Rebel), dies at 36 1968 Jimmy Adams, cricketer, prolific West Indian lefty bat since 1992 1967 Michael Adams in X-15 reaches 80 km 1967 Michael James Adams, USAF pilot (X-15), dies in X-15 crash at 37 1966 Scott Adams, NFL offensive linesman for the Chicago Bears 1966 Theo Adams, WLAF tackle for the Frankfurt Galaxy 1966 John Velyvis, born in North Adams, Massachusetts, rower 1996 Olympics 1963 Greg Adams, Nelson, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars 1963 Michael Adams, NBA guard, Charlotte Hornets 1961 Jeb Adams, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Lt Jeb Pruitt-Baa Baa Black Sheep 1961 Platt Adams, high jumper, Gold Medal 1912 Olympics, dies 1960 Franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), dies at 78 1959 Bryan Adams, Vancouver BC Canada, singer, Heaven 1959 Judi Adams, born in Phoenix, Arizona, archer, Olympics-1980, 96 1959 Kathryn Adams, actress (Meet the Chump, 5th Avenue Girl), dies 1958 Warner Fabian, S Adams, U.S. author (Great American Fraud), dies at 87 1958 Cecily Adams, Queens, New York, entertainment caster, American Heart 1957 Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies 1957 Terri R Adams, educator, teacher in space 1957 Scott Raymond Adams, born in Catskill, New York, cartoonist, Dilbert 1956 Walter S Adams, U.S. astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79 1955 Sylvester Louis Adams, murderer 1954 80th Preakness: Johnny Adams aboard Hasty Road wins in 1:57.4 1954 John Greg Adams, born in Scottsdale, Arizona, PGA golfer, 1982 Hall of Fame-2nd 1954 WCDC TV channel 19 in Adams, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Louise Bogan and Leonie Adams 1953 Maude K Adams, U.S. actress (Little Minister), dies 1953 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams) 1952 Cliff Adams, born in London, England, rocker, formed Cliff Adams Singers, known for ballads and novelty songs 1952 Douglas Adams, born in England, author, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1952 Comedian Joey Adams marries gossip columnist Cindy Heller 1950 Catlin Adams, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Ms Loomis-Square Pegs 1950 Lynn Adams, Kingsville, Texas, LPGA golfer 1949 James T Adams, U.S. historian (Pulitzer 1921) 1949 Brooke Adams, New York City, actress, Cynthia-OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers 1948 Gerry Adams, Irish Politician 1948 Jennifer Adams, superintendent, Central Royal Parks 1947 Dallas Adams, British actor/painter/writer, Terror From Within 1945 Maud Adams, Lulea Sweden, actress, Octopussy, Rollerball, Tattoo 1944 Frank McCormick (Reds) home run off Ace Adams (Giants) in both games of DH 1943 New York Giants' pitcher Ace Adams sets record by working in his 62nd game 1942 Frank D. Adams, Canadian geologist, dies at 83 1941 Dan Haggerty, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Grizzly Adams 1939 Clara Adams, New York City, is 1st woman to complete round world flight 1939 Phillip Adams, born in Maryborough, Australia, Australian writer, producer, broadcaster, and satirist 1935 Andy Adams, U.S. writer (Cattle fire), dies at 76 1932 Robert [Franklin] Adams, U.S., sci-fi author, Castaways in Time 1931 Nick Adams, born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, actor, Johnny Yuma-Rebel 1930 Frank Adams, British Mathematician 1930 Michael James Adams, USAF pilot, X-15 1928 Charles Donald Adams, singer 1928 Jean R Adams, entomologist 1927 Brooks Adams, U.S. philosopher (New Empire), dies at 78 1927 Norman Adams, painter/ceramic sculptor 1926 Julie Adams, Waterloo Iowa, actress, Yancy Derringer, Code Red 1926 Alice Adams, U.S. author 1926 Don Adams, born in New York City, comedian, Maxwell Smart-Get Smart, Check it Out 1925 Edie Adams, born in Kingston, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Ernie Kovacs, Murial Cigar, actress 1920 Richard Adams, author, Day Gone By 1919 Mason Adams, New York City, actor, Charlie Hume-Lou Grant, Deadliest Season 1918 Annette Adams sworn in as 1st woman district attorney of U.S., California 1918 Henry Adams, U.S. literature historian (Esther), dies at 80 1918 Henry B. Adams, Historian 1917 Robert Adams, English sculptor 1917 Peter Adams, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Alternative 1914 David Wayne, Traverse City, Michigan, actor, Andromeda Strain, Adams Rib 1911 Joey Adams, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor/columnist, ABC's Back That Fact 1909 Franc Albertson, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, actor, Psycho, Alice Adams 1908 Maurice Adams, surgeon/British rear admiral 1907 Alan Reed, New York City, actor, Mr Adams and Eve, voice, Fred Flintstone 1907 Stanley Adams, songwriter 1907 August Saint-Gaudens, Irish/US sculptor (Mrs Henry Adams), dies at 59 1904 George Stevens, U.S. director, Alice Adams, Penny Serenade 1902 Charles Kendall Adams, historian, educator, served as second President of Cornell University 1885 - 1892, President, University of Wisconsin 1892 - 1901, dies at age 67, in Redlands, California 1902 Ansel Adams, photographer, 1966 ASMP Award 1901 Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday, New York 1899 Leonie Fuller Adams, U.S. poet, Those not elected 1898 Grantley H. Adams, president of Barbados 1892 John Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies 1889 Alton Augustus Adams, composer 1881 Franklin P Adams, born in Chicago, Illinois, columnist, Information Please 1881 Franklin P. Adams, American Journalist 1878 James Truslow Adams, historian, Pul-1921, Founding of New England 1877 Alvin Adams, American Businessman 1876 Walter S. Adams, U.S. astronomer and director of Mount Wilson, 1923 - 1946 1873 Fred Stone, Longmont CO, acrobat/Broadway actor, Alice Adams 1872 Maude K Adams, U.S., actress, Baldwin's Theatre 1871 Warner Fabian, Samuel H Adams, U.S. journalist and writer, Average Jones 1863 Ralph Adams Cram, U.S., gothic architect, Cathedral of St. Joan New York City 1859 Frank D. Adams, Canada geologist/educator 1859 Andy Adams, U.S. writer, Log of a Cowboy 1852 Louisa Catherine Adams, American First Lady 1850 Herbert Baxter Adams, U.S., historian, American Historical Association 1848 Brooks Adams, U.S. philosopher, Theory of Social Revolutions 1848 John Quincy Adams, 6th U.S. President 1825 - 1829, dies of a stroke at 80 1847 Urbain J J Leverrier and John Couch Adams, codiscoverers of Neptune meet for 1st time at home of John Herschel 1846 Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67 1841 John Couch Adams decides to determine position of an unknown planet by irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus 1840 Flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution 1838 Henry B. Adams, born in Boston, Massachusetts, historian, writer, Education of Henry Adams 1835 Charles Kendall Adams, born in Derby, Vermont, historian, educator, served as second President of Cornell University 1885 - 1892, President, University of Wisconsin 1892 - 1901 1831 Former President John Quincy Adams takes his seat as member of House of Representatives 1829 George Washington Adams, son of John Quincy Adams, dies 1826 John Adams, 2nd president 1797-1801, dies at 90 1825 President John Quincy Adams suggests establishment of a U.S. observatory 1825 John Quincy Adams inaugrated as 6th president 1825 Quincy Adams Gillmore, Major General Union volunteers 1825 House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th U.S. president 1824 House of Representatives begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams, 1824 Jackson, WH Crawford and H Clay Adams eventually declared president 1824 Popular presidential vote 1st recorded; Jackson beats J Q Adams 1820 Susan Brownell Anthony, Adams Massachusetts, woman's suffragette 1820 Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57 1819 John Couch Adams, English astronomer, co-discover Neptune 1819 William Wirt Adams, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1818 Abigail Adams, 2nd first lady (1797-1801), dies at 73 1817 John Quincy Adams becomes Secretary of State 1807 Charles Francis Adams, Union 1805 Matthew Adams Stickney, Rowley Massachusetts, numismatist 1804 Alvin Adams, American Businessman 1803 Samuel Adams, U.S. revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party), dies at 81 1800 John Adams is 1st President to move into the White House 1800 White House completed and President and Mrs. John Adams move in 1797 John Adams inaugurated as 2nd president of the United States 1796 John Adams elected president 1789 John Adams sworn in as 1st U.S. Vice President (9 days before Washington) 1789 1st electoral college chooses Washington and Adams as President and Vice President 1779 John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain 1775 John Adams graduates Harvard 1775 Louise Catherine Johnson Adams, 1st lady, 1825 - 1829 1775 Louisa Catherine Adams, American First Lady 1768 Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act taxes 1767 John Quincy Adams, Braintree, Massachusetts, 6th President of the United States, Democrat, 1825 - 1829 1764 John Adams marries Abigail Smith, marriage lasts 54 years 1762 Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer 1744 Abigail Adams, born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, 2nd first lady, 1797-1801 1735 John Adams, Braintree, Massachusetts, 2nd president of the United States, 1797 - 1801 1722 Samuel Adams, revolutionary rabble rouser, Lieutenant Governor-Mass, 1789 - 1794 1620 William Adams, English Explorer 1564 William Adams, English Explorer |
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