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 Elizabeth Adams, madam, dies at 65
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 [Vo] Velyvis, 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 (Olympic-gold-1912), 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, 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, rocker
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) HR 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
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 Alice Adams, sculptor
1930 Frank Adams, British Mathematician
1930 Michael James Adams, USAF pilot, X-15
1930 Elizabeth Adams, madame
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 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/director of Mount Wilson, 1923-46
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
1864 John Adams, U.S. Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 39
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 Assn
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
1831 Former President John Q Adams takes his seat as member of House of Reps
1829 George Washington Adams, son of John Q Adams, dies on City Is New York City
1826 John Adams, 2nd president (1797-1801), dies at 90
1825 President John Adams suggests establishment of a U.S. observatory
1825 John Quincy Adams inaugrated as 6th president
1825 Quincy Adams Gillmore, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1888
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, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1888
1818 Abigail Adams, 2nd first lady (1797-1801), dies at 73
1817 John Quincy Adams becomes Secretary of State
1807 Charles Francis Adams, Union, died in 1886
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 1st president to live in white house (John Adams)
1800 White House completed and President and Mrs. John Adams move in
1798 John Adams Dix, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1879
1797 John Adams inaugurated as 2nd president of U.S.
1796 John Adams elected president
1789 John Adams sworn in as 1st U.S. VP (9 days before Washington)
1789 1st electoral college chooses Washington and Adams as President and VP
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, Quincy, Massachusetts, 6th President, D, 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, Quincy, Massachusetts, 2nd president USA, 1797-1801
1722 Samuel Adams, revolutionary rabble rouser/, Lt Gov-Mass, 1789-94
1620 William Adams, English Explorer
1564 William Adams, English Explorer
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