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2005 Watergate figure Deep Throat is revealed to be W. Mark Felt a former F.B.I agent

2004 Julius Schwartz, comic editor/agent, dies at 88

1997 FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia

1996 Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays

1996 Pierre Debizet, resistance fighter/special agent, dies at 72

1996 Liesbeth Askonas, concert agent, dies at 83

1995 Ice Skater Nancy Kerrigan (25) weds her agent Jerry Solomon (41)

1995 FBI agent Lon Horiuchi shoots at Randy Weaver's cabin in Idaho

1995 Herta Ryder, literary agent, dies at 77

1995 Henry C Rogers, press Agent, dies at 81

1995 Elaine Greene, literary Agent, dies at 74

1994 Julian Belfrage, theatre agent, dies at 60

1994 Judy Ann Scott-Fox, agent, dies at 56

1993 Bob Wolf, agent (New Kids on the Block, Larry Bird), dies

1992 New York Yankees sign free agent pitcher Jimmy Key

1992 Dorothy Tree, actress (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Nazi Agent), dies

1992 New York Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul

1991 H N "Swanie" Swanson, literary agent, dies at 91 of a stroke

1990 Don Draper, actor (Pepper Agent 00X), dies of AIDS at 61

1990 NL batting champ Willie McGee signs as a free agent with San Francisco Giants

1990 Blue Jay Cecil Fielder signs with Detroit as a free agent

1988 Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract

1988 H A R (Kim) Philby, British double agent, dies

1987 Madeleine Carroll, actress (39 Steps, Secret Agent), dies at 81

1986 Richard W. Miller became 1st FBI agent convicted of espionage

1985 Mexican authorities find body of U.S. drug agent Enrique C. Salaazar

1984 Padres' free agent pitcher Ed Whitson signs with New York Yankees

1984 Richard Miller, becomes 1st (former) FBI agent, charged with espionage

1984 $180m out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit

1984 A's take Yankees pitcher Tim Belcher as Type A free agent compensation

1982 Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians

1981 Arbitrator Goetz declares Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk a free agent

1981 Reds become last team to sign a free agent (Larry Biitner)

1979 U.S. admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange

1979 James Allen, born in Portland, Oregon, James Deshaune Allen, football player, linebacker, played for National Football League, attended Oregon State University, chosen 82nd overall in 2002 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints, now a free agent

1978 Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies

1977 Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93

1976 Free agent Reggie Jackson signs 5 year pact with New York Yankees

1976 Yankees sign free agent Don Gullett

1974 Free agent pitcher Catfish Hunter signs $3M 5 year New York Yankees contract

1974 A's Catfish Hunter is ruled a free agent (later signs with Yankees)

1974 Jim "Catfish" Hunter wins free agent claim against A's owner Finley

1973 Roger Delgado, actor (Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enought for June), dies at 55

1967 Ken Harrelson becomes baseball's 1st free agent

1965 Frank Reicher, actor (King Kong, Nazi Agent, Son of Kong), dies at 89

1951 David Yip, born in Liverpool, England, of Chinese descent, English actor, played Johnny Ho in The Chinese Detective, played CIA liason agent Chuck Lee in 'A View to a Kill', a 1985 James Bond film

1949 Victor Ostrovsky, Canadian/Israel, Mossad agent, By Way of Deception

1949 Anna Bergman, Stockholm Sweden, actress, Agent 69

1948 Alger Hiss denies ever being a Communist agent

1946 Laraine Ashton, fashion models' agent, London

1944 Carl Bock, Danish Gestapo agent, liquidated

1942 Johnny Rivers, Ramistella, New York City, singer, Secret Agent Man

1941 Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreiber warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor

1940 George C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75

1939 Barbara Feldon, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actress, Agent 99-Get Smart

1938 Judy Ann Scott-Fox, agent

1936 Wally Amos, born in Tallahassee, Florida, actor, speaker, co-wrote, 'The Power in You', founder, 'Famous Amos' chocolate chip cookie brand, first African-American talent agent, represented Diana Ross & the Supremes, Simon & Garfunkel

1936 Graham Carleton Greene, literary agent

1934 Herman Hollis, FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson

1934 Sam Cowley, FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson

1934 Lord Patrick Beresforord, blood-stock agent

1934 Julian Belfrage, theatre Agent

1933 Kansas City Massacre: 1 FBI agent, 4 cops and 1 gangster killed by mob

1928 Dave Ketchum, Quincy, Illinois, actor, Agent 13-Get Smart

1927 Anthony Cavendish, British MI 6 agent/banker

1923 Phyllis Jenkins, literary and theatrical agent community activist

1922 Paul Picerni, New York City, actor, Agent Lee Hobson-Untouchables

1920 Elaine Greene, literary Agent

1918 Roger Delgado, born in London, actor, Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enought for June

1917 Herta Ryder, literary agent

1915 Lord Huntingfield, British agent to United Nations Secreteriat

1914 1st women elected political agent (Grantham, Linconshire UK)

1913 W. Mark Felt, born in Idaho, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent, Watergate whistleblower "Deep Throat"

1913 Liesbeth Askonas, concert agent

1913 Graham Watson, literary agent

1912 Odette Hallowes, British classified agent in France, WW II

1912 Juan Pujol Garcia, Garbo/Arabel, Spanish British/German double agent

1909 Lucy Kroll, entertainment agent

1909 Mauritz Hugo, Sweden, actor, Atomic Blonde, Road Agent

1906 Georgi Apollonovitch Gapon, Rus-orthodox clergyman/tsarist agent, dies

1906 Madeleine Carroll, England, actress, 39 Steps, Secret Agent

1891 Edward L Bernays, Vienna Austria, 1st public relations agent

1889 James Stephenson, actor, Letter, Espionage Agent, Nancy Drew

1884 Arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46

1878 Secret meeting of King Leopold II's agent and Henry Morton Stanley

1873 Government bond agent Jay Cooke and Co collapses, causing panic on Wall St

1865 George C Pearce, actor, Country Kid, British Agent, Valiant

1721 John Copson becomes America's 1st insurance agent


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