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2008 Death - Adrian Mitchell, dies of pneumonia, at 76

2003 Event - 75th Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony, Steve Martin hosts, Chicago wins Best Picture, Adrian Brody and Nicole Kidman win lead acting awards

1996 Death - John Adrian Hope, politician/businessman, dies at 83

1995 Death - Adrian J "Ad" Kaland, Dutch MP (CDA 1977-93), dies at 72

1988 Death - Adrian Adonis, Keith Franke, WWF wrestler, killed in auto accident

1984 Event - Adrian Dantly (Utah), ties NBA record of 28 free throws

1983 Death - Adrian Boult, conductor, dies

1980 Death - Leonard Huizinga, journalist and writer (Olivier and Adrian), dies at 73

1976 Birthday - Adrian Olivo, Arlington, Virginia, canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics

1976 Death - Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88

1976 Birthday - Adrian Carlos Olivares, Mexico City, singer, Menudo-Cannonball

1974 Birthday - Adrian Voinea, born in Focsani, Romania, tennis star, 1995 Malta

1973 Birthday - Adrian Aucoin, Ottawa, NHL defenseman, Vancouver Canucks

1973 Death - Max Adrian, actor (Boy Friend, Her Favorite Husband), dies at 69

1972 Death - Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91

1972 Birthday - Adrian Van Troost, fast cricket bowler, Somerset and Holland

1972 Birthday - Adrian Rollins, cricketer, Derbyshire batsman, bro of Robert of Essex

1971 Birthday - Adrian Griffith, cricketer, West Indian Test opening batsman 1997

1970 Birthday - Adrian Murrell, NFL running back/kick returner for the New York Jets

1970 Birthday - Adrian Hardy, NFL cornerback for the Cincinnati Bengals

1968 Birthday - Adrian Dale, cricketer, prolific Glamorgan and England A batsman

1968 Birthday - Adrian Cooper, NFL tight end for the Minnesota Vikings

1967 Death - Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer, dies at 79

1966 Birthday - Adrian Caldwell, NBA forward and center for the Indiana Pacers

1965 Death - Adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies

1965 Birthday - Adrian Pasdar, born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, actor, C Oliver Resor-Feds, Top Gun

1964 Birthday - Adrian Moorhouse, British 100m breaststroker, Gold Medal 1988 Olympics

1961 Death - Maria Radulphus, Adrian Hermus, Curaeao school inspector, dies at 91

1960 Birthday - Jennifer Anglin, Adrian, Michigan, actress, Cheryl-General Hospital

1960 Birthday - Adrian Paul, born in London, England, actor, Dance to Win, Highlander

1959 Death - Gilbert Adrian, costume designer, dies of heart attack at 56

1959 Birthday - Adrian Kuiper, cricketer, South African all-rounder

1959 Birthday - Adrian Meagher, Australian baseball pitching coach, 1996 Olympics

1958 Death - Apie [Adrian P] Prince, Dutch writer (I Go Me Own Way), dies

1957 Event - Major Adrian Drew flies 1,943 kph in F-101 Voodoo

1957 Birthday - Adrian Smith, heavy metal guitarist, Iron Maiden-Aces High

1956 Birthday - Adrian Wright, rocker, Human League-Only Human

1956 Birthday - Adrian Wright, Sheffield, rock vocalist, Human League-Only Human

1955 Birthday - Adrian Dantley, born in Washington, D.C., NBA forward, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics, Utah Jazz

1954 Event - Philadelphia Eagle Adrian Burk passes for 7 touchdowns vs. Washington (49-21)

1954 Birthday - Adrian Zmed, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, TJ Hooker, Dance Fever

1954 Birthday - Adrian Vandenberg, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, rock guitarist, Whitesnake

1950 Birthday - Adrian Cosma, born in Romania, team handball 1976 Olympics silver

1944 Birthday - Keith Adrian, Johnson, Indies/Dutch actor, Intrepid Mr. Twist

1943 Event - In Dr. Faustus, Serenus Zeitblom begins his bio of Adrian Leverkuhn

1943 Death - Karl Adrian Wohlfart, composer, dies at 68

1941 Birthday - Soraya Khashoogi, born in Leicester, England, wife, Adrian Khashoogi

1941 Birthday - Adrian Lyne, director, Fatal Attraction, 9 Weeks, Jacob's Ladder

1937 Birthday - Adrian J Vlok, South African NP-minister of Law and Order, 1986-

1932 Birthday - Adrian Mitchell, born in North London, English playwright, poet, children's author, voice for British anti-authoritarian Left

1932 Birthday - Adrian Henri, poet and president, Liverpool Academy of Arts

1932 Birthday - Adrian Swire, British aircraft magnate, Cathay Pacific

1930 Event - 1st concerto of BBC Symphony Orchestra, under Adrian Boult

1929 Birthday - Adrian Cadbury, candy manufacturer, Cadbury, Schweppes

1921 Birthday - Adrian Cruft, born Adrian Francis Cruft, son of Eugene Cruft, born in Britain, composer, dubbed a performer's composer, composed church, chamber and orchestral works

1914 Death - Adrian H. Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26

1913 Birthday - Iris Adrian, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Blue Hawaii, Bluebeard

1912 Birthday - John Adrian Hope, politician and businessman

1903 Birthday - Max Adrian, Enniskillen Northern Ireland, actor, Devils, Music Lover

1903 Birthday - Gilbert Adrian, Greenberg, born in Naugatuck, Connecticut, costume designer

1899 Death - Adrian the la Rey, son of South African general, dies in battle at 19

1893 Birthday - Norman Bel Geddes, born in Adrian, Michigan, theatrical designer, Rivals, Dead End

1889 Birthday - Edgar D Adrian, English physiologist, Nobel 1932

1889 Birthday - Adrian Boult, born in Chester, England, conductor and composer, BBC Symphony Orchestra

1888 Birthday - Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer

1888 Birthday - Adrian Roland Holst, Dutch poet, Raged and Tired

1887 Birthday - Clive Brook, born in London, England, actor and director, List of Adrian Messenger

1884 Birthday - Adrian S Oppenheim, Dutch lawyer/adviser, British Petroleum/Shell

1874 Birthday - Karl Adrian Wohlfart, composer

1865 Birthday - Adrian van Oordt, Dutch writer, neo-romantic

1851 Death - Jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde, journalist (Treason), dies at 31

1846 Death - Adrian van de Ende, vicar/protestant reformer, dies at 77

1833 Death - Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65

1802 Birthday - Adrian van der Hoop, Jr., Dutch poet and critic

1768 Birthday - Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist

1761 Birthday - Adrian Loosjes Pzn, publisher/writer, Mauritius Lijnslager

1719 Death - Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78

1641 Birthday - Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, theologist, against jansenisme

1635 Death - Adrian A Metius, mathematician/fort architect, dies at 63

1599 Birthday - Adrian van Utrecht, Flemish painter

1572 Event - Garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda

1572 Event - Garrison under Adrian van Swieten occupy Oudewater

1571 Birthday - Adrian A. Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect

1562 Death - Adrian Willaert, Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82

1544 Event - Adrian van Goes becomes land advocate of Holland

1527 Event - Composer Adrian Willaert moves from Milan to Venice

1523 Death - Adrian VI, Adriaan F Bieyens, only Dutch Pope (1522-23), dies at 64

1522 Event - Head inquisitor Adrian Florisz Boeyens elected pope

1522 Event - Adriaan F Boeyens elected only Dutch pope (Adrian VI)

1521 Event - Inquisitor-general Adrian Boeyens bans Lutheran books

1517 Event - Inquisitor Adrian Boeyens (pope Adrianus VI) becomes cardinal

1459 Birthday - Adrian VI, Adriaan F Boeyens, born in Netherlands, Pope, 1522-23

1276 Death - Adrian V, Ottobono Fieschi, Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies

1159 Death - Adrian IV, Nicole Breakspear, only English pope (1154-59), dies

1155 Event - Pope Adrian IV crowns Frederick I Barbarossa Roman-German Emperor

884 Event - St. Adrian III begins his reign as Catholic Pope

872 Death - Adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at about 80

867 Event - Adrian II begins his reign as Catholic Pope

795 Event - Adrian I ends his reign as Catholic Pope

795 Death - Adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies

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