2015 Event Prince Charles shakes hands with Gerry Adams, president of the Sinn Fein party, which was formerly part of the militant Irish Republican Army; Prince Charles is the first member of the British royal family to meet him 2014 Event At the 71st Golden Globe Awards, Best Motion Picture is awarded to '12 Years a Slave'; 'American Hustle is receives the Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy award, with actress Amy Adams honored as Best Actress 2010 Event Photographic negatives purchased at a garage sale prove to be early works by American photographer Ansel Adams 2004 Death Cecily Adams, casting director/actress, Deep Space Nine, dies at 46 2001 Death Douglas Adams, hysterically-funny writer, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, dies at 49 1999 Death Joey Adams, American Comedian 1998 Event Spice Girl Victoria Adams, aka Posh Spice, and soccer David Beckham gets engaged 1996 Death Charles Donald Adams, singer, dies at 67 1995 Event Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 years 340 ds 1995 Event 1st-class Cricket debut of Paul Adams, W Province vs. N Transvaal 1995 Event Sinn-Fein leader Gerry Adams visits White House 1995 Event Sinn Fein party leader, Gerry Adams, arrives in U.S. 1994 Death Stanley Adams, songwriter, dies at 86 1993 Death Diana Adams, ballerina, dies 1992 Death George Adams, U.S. tenor saxophonist/flautist (Changes One), dies 1991 Death Dallas Adams, British painter/writer/actor (Terror from Within), dies 1991 Event Nugget's Michael Adams becomes shortest NBA player to get a triple-double 1990 Death Robert F Adams, U.S., sci-fi author (Castaways in Time), dies at 57 1989 Event California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs 1989 Death Frank Adams, British Mathematician 1988 Event Margo Adams alleges Red Sox Wade Bogg's had an affair with her 1988 Death Leonie Fuller Adams, U.S. poet (High Falcon), dies at 88 1988 Event Margo Adams sues Red Sox 3rd baseman Wade Boggs for palimony 1988 Death Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88 1987 Death Peter Adams, actor (Alternative, Blowing Hot and Cold), dies at 69 1985 Event 1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica vs. Barbados 1984 Death Ansel Adams, U.S. photographer, dies at 82 1983 Event Lynn Adams wins LPGA Combanks Orlando Golf Classic 1978 Death Claire Adams, actress (Legally Dead, End of the Road), dies at 80 1977 Death Stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61 1977 Birthday Paul "Goggo" Adams, cricketer, lefty very unorthodox bowler for South Africa 1975 Birthday Victoria Adams, "Posh Spice", Hertfordshire, vocalist, Spice Girls 1974 Birthday Mike Adams, wide reciever for the Pittsburgh Steelers 1973 Event John Adams and his drum - become a right-field fixture in Cleveland Stadium 1973 Birthday Sam Adams, NFL defensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks 1973 Birthday Terry Adams, born in Mobile, Alabama, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1971 Birthday Chuck Adams, born in Pacific Palisades, California, tennis star, 1989 USTA Boys 1971 Birthday Joey Lauren Adams, American Actress 1970 Birthday Stephanie Adams, New Jersey, playmate, Nov, 1992 1970 Event Strouse, Adams, Comden and Green's musical "Applause," premieres in New York City 1969 Event Sharon Sites Adams, 39, becomes 1st lady to solo sail the Pacific 1969 Event 21st Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Don Adams and Susan St. James 1968 Death Nick Adams, actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story), ODs at 36 1968 Death Nick Adams, actor (Johnny Yuma-Rebel), dies at 36 1968 Birthday Jimmy Adams, cricketer, prolific West Indian lefty bat since 1992 1967 Event Michael Adams in X-15 reaches 80 km 1967 Death Michael James Adams, USAF pilot (X-15), dies in X-15 crash at 37 1966 Birthday Scott Adams, NFL offensive linesman for the Chicago Bears 1966 Birthday Theo Adams, WLAF tackle for the Frankfurt Galaxy 1966 Birthday John Velyvis, born in North Adams, Massachusetts, rower 1996 Olympics 1963 Birthday Greg Adams, Nelson, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars 1963 Birthday Michael Adams, NBA guard, Charlotte Hornets 1961 Birthday Jeb Adams, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Lt Jeb Pruitt-Baa Baa Black Sheep 1961 Death Platt Adams, high jumper, Gold Medal 1912 Olympics, dies 1960 Death Franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), dies at 78 1959 Birthday Bryan Adams, born in Vancouver, Canada, singer, Heaven 1959 Birthday Judi Adams, born in Phoenix, Arizona, archer, Olympics-1980, 96 1959 Death Kathryn Adams, actress (Meet the Chump, 5th Avenue Girl), dies 1958 Death Warner Fabian, S Adams, U.S. author (Great American Fraud), dies at 87 1958 Birthday Cecily Adams, Queens, New York, entertainment caster, American Heart 1957 Death Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies 1957 Birthday Terri R Adams, educator, teacher in space 1957 Birthday Scott Raymond Adams, born in Catskill, New York, cartoonist, Dilbert 1956 Death Walter S Adams, U.S. astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79 1954 Event 80th Preakness: Johnny Adams aboard Hasty Road wins in 1:57.4 1954 Birthday John Greg Adams, born in Scottsdale, Arizona, PGA golfer, 1982 Hall of Fame-2nd 1954 Event WCDC TV channel 19 in Adams, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Louise Bogan and Leonie Adams 1953 Death Maude K Adams, U.S. actress (Little Minister), dies 1953 Event 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams) 1952 Birthday Cliff Adams, born in London, England, rocker, formed Cliff Adams Singers, known for ballads and novelty songs 1952 Birthday Douglas Adams, born in England, author, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1952 Event Comedian Joey Adams marries gossip columnist Cindy Heller 1950 Birthday Catlin Adams, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Ms Loomis-Square Pegs 1950 Birthday Lynn Adams, Kingsville, Texas, LPGA golfer 1949 Death James T Adams, U.S. historian (Pulitzer 1921) 1949 Birthday Brooke Adams, New York City, actress, Cynthia-OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers 1948 Birthday Gerry Adams, Irish Politician 1948 Birthday Jennifer Adams, superintendent, Central Royal Parks 1947 Birthday Dallas Adams, British actor/painter/writer, Terror From Within 1945 Birthday Maud Adams, Lulea Sweden, actress, Octopussy, Rollerball, Tattoo 1944 Event Frank McCormick (Reds) home run off Ace Adams (Giants) in both games of DH 1943 Event New York Giants' pitcher Ace Adams sets record by working in his 62nd game 1942 Death Frank D. Adams, Canadian geologist, dies at 83 1941 Birthday Dan Haggerty, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Grizzly Adams 1939 Event Clara Adams, New York City, is 1st woman to complete round world flight 1939 Birthday Phillip Adams, born in Maryborough, Australia, Australian writer, producer, broadcaster, and satirist 1935 Death Andy Adams, U.S. writer (Cattle fire), dies at 76 1932 Birthday Robert [Franklin] Adams, U.S., sci-fi author, Castaways in Time 1931 Birthday Nick Adams, born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, actor, Johnny Yuma-Rebel 1930 Birthday Frank Adams, British Mathematician 1930 Birthday Michael James Adams, USAF pilot, X-15 1928 Birthday Charles Donald Adams, singer 1928 Birthday Jean R Adams, entomologist 1927 Death Brooks Adams, U.S. philosopher (New Empire), dies at 78 1927 Birthday Norman Adams, painter/ceramic sculptor 1926 Birthday Julie Adams, Waterloo Iowa, actress, Yancy Derringer, Code Red 1926 Birthday Alice Adams, U.S. author 1926 Birthday Don Adams, born in New York City, comedian, Maxwell Smart-Get Smart, Check it Out 1925 Birthday Edie Adams, born in Kingston, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Ernie Kovacs, Murial Cigar, actress 1920 Birthday Richard Adams, author, Day Gone By 1919 Birthday Mason Adams, New York City, actor, Charlie Hume-Lou Grant, Deadliest Season 1918 Event Annette Adams sworn in as 1st woman district attorney of U.S., California 1918 Death Henry Adams, U.S. literature historian (Esther), dies at 80 1918 Death Henry B. Adams, Historian 1917 Birthday Robert Adams, English sculptor 1917 Birthday Peter Adams, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Alternative 1914 Birthday David Wayne, born in Traverse City, Michigan, actor, 'Andromeda Strain', 'Adams Rib' 1911 Birthday Joey Adams, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor/columnist, ABC's Back That Fact 1909 Birthday Franc Albertson, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, actor, Psycho, Alice Adams 1908 Birthday Maurice Adams, surgeon/British rear admiral 1907 Birthday Alan Reed, New York City, actor, Mr Adams and Eve, voice, Fred Flintstone 1907 Birthday Stanley Adams, songwriter 1907 Death August Saint-Gaudens, Irish/US sculptor (Mrs Henry Adams), dies at 59 1904 Birthday George Stevens, U.S. director, Alice Adams, Penny Serenade 1902 Death 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 Birthday Ansel Adams, photographer, 1966 ASMP Award 1901 Event Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday, New York 1899 Birthday Leonie Fuller Adams, U.S. poet, Those not elected 1898 Birthday Grantley H. Adams, president of Barbados 1892 Death John Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies 1889 Birthday Alton Augustus Adams, composer 1881 Birthday Franklin P Adams, born in Chicago, Illinois, columnist, Information Please 1881 Birthday Franklin P. Adams, American Journalist 1878 Birthday James Truslow Adams, historian, Pul-1921, Founding of New England 1877 Death Alvin Adams, American Businessman 1876 Birthday Walter S. Adams, U.S. astronomer and director of Mount Wilson, 1923 - 1946 1873 Birthday Fred Stone, Longmont CO, acrobat/Broadway actor, Alice Adams 1872 Birthday Maude K Adams, U.S., actress, Baldwin's Theatre 1871 Birthday Warner Fabian, Samuel H Adams, U.S. journalist and writer, Average Jones 1863 Birthday Ralph Adams Cram, U.S., gothic architect, Cathedral of St. Joan New York City 1859 Birthday Frank D. Adams, Canada geologist/educator 1859 Birthday Andy Adams, U.S. writer, Log of a Cowboy 1852 Death Louisa Catherine Adams, American First Lady 1850 Birthday Herbert Baxter Adams, U.S., historian, American Historical Association 1848 Birthday Brooks Adams, U.S. philosopher, Theory of Social Revolutions 1848 Death John Quincy Adams, 6th U.S. President 1825 - 1829, dies of a stroke at 80 1847 Event Urbain J J Leverrier and John Couch Adams, codiscoverers of Neptune meet for 1st time at home of John Herschel 1846 Death Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67 1841 Event John Couch Adams decides to determine position of an unknown planet by irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus 1840 Birthday Flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution 1838 Birthday Henry B. Adams, born in Boston, Massachusetts, historian, writer, Education of Henry Adams 1835 Birthday Charles Kendall Adams, born in Derby, Vermont, historian, educator, served as second President of Cornell University 1885 - 1892, President, University of Wisconsin 1892 - 1901 1832 Birthday Julius Sterling Morton, born in Adams, New York, Governor of Nebraska 1893 - 1897, started Arbor Day 1831 Event Former President John Quincy Adams takes his seat as member of House of Representatives 1829 Death George Washington Adams, son of John Quincy Adams, dies 1826 Death John Adams, 2nd president 1797-1801, dies at 90 1825 Event President John Quincy Adams suggests establishment of a U.S. observatory 1825 Event John Quincy Adams inaugrated as 6th president 1825 Birthday Quincy Adams Gillmore, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Event House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th U.S. president 1824 Event House of Representatives begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams, 1824 Event Jackson, WH Crawford and H Clay Adams eventually declared president 1824 Event Popular presidential vote 1st recorded; Jackson beats J Q Adams 1820 Birthday Susan Brownell Anthony, Adams Massachusetts, woman's suffragette 1820 Death Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57 1819 Birthday John Couch Adams, English astronomer, co-discover Neptune 1819 Birthday William Wirt Adams, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1818 Death Abigail Adams, 2nd first lady (1797-1801), dies at 73 1817 Event John Quincy Adams becomes Secretary of State 1807 Birthday Charles Francis Adams, Union 1805 Birthday Matthew Adams Stickney, Rowley Massachusetts, numismatist 1804 Birthday Alvin Adams, American Businessman 1803 Death Samuel Adams, U.S. revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party), dies at 81 1800 Event John Adams is 1st President to move into the White House 1800 Event White House completed and President and Mrs. John Adams move in 1797 Event John Adams inaugurated as 2nd president of the United States 1796 Event John Adams elected president 1789 Event John Adams sworn in as 1st U.S. Vice President (9 days before Washington) 1789 Event 1st electoral college chooses Washington and Adams as President and Vice President 1779 Event John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain 1775 Event John Adams graduates Harvard 1775 Birthday Louise Catherine Johnson Adams, 1st lady, 1825 - 1829 1775 Birthday Louisa Catherine Adams, American First Lady 1768 Event Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act taxes 1767 Birthday John Quincy Adams, Braintree, Massachusetts, 6th President of the United States, Democrat, 1825 - 1829 1764 Event John Adams marries Abigail Smith, marriage lasts 54 years 1762 Birthday Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer 1744 Birthday Abigail Adams, born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, 2nd first lady, 1797-1801 1735 Birthday John Adams, Braintree, Massachusetts, 2nd president of the United States, 1797 - 1801 1722 Birthday Samuel Adams, revolutionary rabble rouser, Lieutenant Governor-Mass, 1789 - 1794 1620 Death William Adams, English Explorer 1564 Birthday William Adams, English Explorer
