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1991 Death - Ernest K Gann, U.S. adventure novelist, dies at 81

1991 Death - Irwin Allen, dir (Land of the Giants, Poseidon Adventure), dies at 75

1987 Event - "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," released in France

1986 Event - "Airwolf," TV Adventure; moves to USA

1981 Death - Lowell Thomas, newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling New York at 89

1979 Death - Joyce Grenfell (Adventure for Two), actress, dies at 69

1979 Death - Jean Stafford, U.S. author (Boston Adventure), dies at 63

1977 Event - General Mills Adventure Theater premieres on CBS radio

1971 Death - Van Heflin, actor (Great Adventure), dies at 60

1968 Birthday - Chris Kennedy, actor, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

1966 Event - "Daktari" African adventure series premieres on CBS TV

1965 Birthday - Alex Winter, born in London, England, actor, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

1964 Birthday - Keanu Reeves, Beirut, actor, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed

1960 Birthday - Eric Shea, born in Los Angeles County, California, actor, appeared on television episodes and in films 'Yours, Mine and Ours' 1968, film 'The Poseidon Adventure' 1972

1959 Death - Paul Douglas, actor (Adventure Theater), dies at 52

1929 Event - "Tarzan," one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears

1928 Birthday - William Berger, Austria, actress, Adventure of Hercules

1925 Birthday - Bill Burrud, born in Hollywood, California, host, Safari to Adventure, Animal World

1923 Birthday - Jack Watling, London, actor, Nanny, Adventure for 2, Naked Heart

1922 Birthday - Shelley Winters, Schrift, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Poseidon Adventure

1919 Birthday - Evelyn Keyes, Port Arthur, Texas, actress, Adventure of Martin Eden

1916 Birthday - Irwin Allen, born in New York City, director, Land of the Giants, Poseidon Adventure

1915 Birthday - Jean Stafford, U.S. writer, Boston Adventure, Lion and Carpenter

1914 Event - Sherlock Holmes Adventure "His Last Bow" takes place

1911 Birthday - Ronald Neame, director, 1st Monday in Oct, Poseidon Adventure

1910 Birthday - Van Heflin, born in Walters, Oklahoma, actor, Great Adventure, Madame Bovary

1907 Birthday - Alan Wheatley, England, actor, Adventure of Robin Hood

1907 Birthday - Paul Douglas, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actor, Adventure Theater, Clash by Night

1903 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Creeping Man"

1903 Event - Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Mazarine Stone" takes place

1903 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Gables"

1903 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blanched Soldier"

1902 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Red Circle"

1902 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Illustrious Client"

1902 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Garidebs"

1902 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place"

1901 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Priory School"

1900 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Problem of Thor Bridge"

1900 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 6 Napoleons"

1898 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Retired Colourman"

1898 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dancing Men"

1897 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot"

1897 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Abbey Grange"

1896 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter"

1896 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Sussex Vampire"

1896 Event - Sherlock Holmes adventure "Veiled Lodger" takes place

1895 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Bruce Partington Plans"

1895 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Norwood Builder"

1895 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Black Peter"

1895 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Solitary Cyclist"

1895 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes' "Adventure of 3 Students"

1894 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez"

1894 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Empty House"

1892 Birthday - Lowell Thomas, born in Woodington, Ohio, newscaster, High Adventure

1891 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem"

1890 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Beryl Coronet"

1890 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Red-Headed League"

1890 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Silver Blaze"

1890 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge"

1889 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Crooked Man"

1889 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Engineer's Thumb"

1889 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Cardboard Box"

1889 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Naval Treaty"

1889 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Man with the Twisted Lip"

1889 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Boscombe Valley Mystery"

1889 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Copper Beeches"

1888 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Sign of Four"

1888 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Greek Interpreter"

1888 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Yellow Face"

1888 Event - Start of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "A Scandal in Bohemia"

1888 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Valley of Fear"

1887 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blue Carbuncle"

1887 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dying Detective"

1887 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity"

1887 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Five Orange Pips"

1887 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires"

1886 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 2nd Stain"

1886 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Noble Bachelor"

1886 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Resident Patient"

1886 Birthday - Henri Alain-Fournier, French novelist, Great Adventure

1883 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Speckled Band"

1879 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Musgrave Ritual"

1878 Birthday - Robert Warwick, Bien, Sacramento California, actor, Falcon's Adventure

1874 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "Gloria Scott"

1868 Birthday - C V France, Bradford England, actor, Skin Game, Adventure in Blackmail

1624 Death - Vicente Espinel, Sp adventure/chaplain (Marcos de Obregon), dies at 72

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