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1996 [Alvin] Pete Rozelle, commissioner (NFL), dies at 70

1989 Alvin Ailey, U.S. choreographer (Blues Suite, Revelations), dies at 58

1986 Alvin Childress, actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78

1986 San Antonio's Alvin Robertson scores NBA 2nd quadruple double-20 pts, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals against Phoenix

1983 "Alvin" Junior Samples, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 56

1983 "Annie" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 2,377 performances

1982 "Your Arms are Too Short to Box" closes at Alvin New York City after 69 performances

1982 "Your Arms are Too Short..." opens at Alvin New York City for 69 performances

1982 "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 5 performances

1982 "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 5 performances

1982 "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." closes at Alvin New York City after 5 perf

1982 "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." opens at Alvin New York City for 5 performances

1982 "Little Johnny Jones" opens and closes at Alvin Theater New York City

1981 "Merrily We Roll Along" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 16 performances

1981 "Merrily We Roll Along" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 16 performances

1979 Estimated 109 cm (43") of rain falls in Alvin, Texas (national record)

1979 109 cm rainfall at Alvin Texas (state record)

1977 "Shenandoah" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 1,050 performances

1977 "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 2377 performances

1975 "Shenandoah" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 1050 performances

1974 Alvin Williams, NBA guard, Portland Trailblazers

1973 "Molly" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 68 performances

1973 "Molly" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 68 performances

1973 Alvin Derold Etler, composer, dies at 60

1973 "Tricks" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 8 performances

1973 "Tricks" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 8 performances

1972 Alvin Kallicharran scores 100* in his 1st Test Cricket innings vs. NZ

1972 David Seville, singer (Alvin and Chipmunks), dies at 52

1972 "Company" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 690 performances

1970 "Company" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 690 performances

1969 Alvin Morman, born in Rockingham, North Carolina, pitcher for the Houston Astros

1968 Alvin Harper, NFL wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" closes at Alvin New York City after 28 performances

1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 28 performances

1967 Alvin Dark (52-69) is fired, rehired, and fired again as manager of A's

1967 "Sherry!" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 65 performances

1967 "Sherry!" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 65 performances

1966 "It's a Bird... It's Superman" closes at Alvin New York City after 129 performances

1966 "It's a Bird... It's Superman" opens at Alvin New York City for 129 performances

1965 "Yearling" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 3 performances

1965 "Yearling" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 3 performances

1965 "Flora, the Red Menace" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 87 performances

1965 "Flora, the Red Menace" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 87 performances

1965 "High Spirits" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 375 performances

1964 "Funny Thing Happened" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 965 performances

1964 "High Spirits" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 375 performances

1962 Alvin Robertson, NBA guard for the Toronto Raptors

1962 "Funny Thing Happened" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 965 performances

1962 "New Faces of '62" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 28 performances

1962 "New Faces of '62" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 28 performances

1961 "Wildcat" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 172 performances

1960 "Wildcat" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 172 performances

1960 Alvin Carter, vocalist (Carter Family), dies at 69

1960 "Once Upon a Mattress" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 460 performances

1960 "Greenwillow" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 95 performances

1960 "Greenwillow" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 95 performances

1959 "Once Upon a Mattress" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 460 performances

1959 "Girls against the Boys" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 16 performances

1959 "Girls against the Boys" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 16 performances

1959 "First Impressions" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 84 performances

1959 "1st Impressions" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 84 performances

1958 Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon and Theodore with David Seville) hit #1

1958 Alvin Martin, British Athlete

1958 "Oh, Captain!" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 192 performances

1958 "Oh, Captain!" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 192 performances

1957 "Rumple" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 45 performances

1957 "Rumple" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 45 performances

1956 Alvin Greenidge, cricketer, WI opener, no relation to Gordon or Geoff

1955 "House of Flowers" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 165 performances

1954 "House of Flowers" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 165 performances

1954 "Golden Apple" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 125 performances

1954 "Golden Apple" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 125 performances

1953 "Two's Company" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 90 performances

1952 "Two's Company" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 90 performances

1951 "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 267 performances

1951 "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 267 performances

1949 Alvin Kallicharran, cricketer, wonderful West Indies LHB 1972-81

1948 "Polonaise" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 113 performances

1946 "Billion Dollar Baby" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 219 performances

1946 "Polonaise" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 113 performances

1945 "Billion Dollar Baby" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 219 performances

1944 Alvin Lee, Nottingham England, rock vocals/guitarist, 10 Years After

1940 Alvin Elliot Singleton, composer

1938 Alvin Curran, composer

1936 FBI's J. Edgar Hoover arrests Alvin Karpis

1934 Judith Jamison, artistic director, Alvin Ailey Dance Theater

1931 Alvin Augustus Lucier, Jr., composer

1931 Alvin Ailey, choreographer, American Dance Theater

1928 Alvin Toffler, author, Future Shock, Power Shift, The Third Wave

1928 Alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51

1927 Neil Simon Theater (Alvin) opens at 250 W 52nd St. New York City

1926 "Alvin" Junior Samples, born in Cummings, Georgia, country singer, Hee Haw

1925 Alvin Brehm, composer

1919 David Seville, [Ross Bagdasarian], born in Fresno California, Alvin and Chipmunks

1918 7 U.S. soldiers are surrounded by Germans in France, Alvin York is given command and shoots 20 Germans and captures 132 more

1918 Sgt Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans

1914 Tony Martin, [Alvin Morris], SF, singer, It's a Blue World, To Each

1913 Alvin Derold Etler, composer

1897 Alvin Graham Clark, dies 3 weeks after 1st use of Yerkes 40" lens

1891 Alvin Carter, born in Virginia, vocalist, Carter Family

1887 Alvin York, famed U.S. soldier with 25 kills in WW I

1877 Alvin Adams, American Businessman

1868 Alvin J. Fellows patents tape measure

1862 Telescope maker Alvin Clark discovers dwarf companion of Sirius

1821 Alvin Peterson Hovey, Bvt Major General Union volunteers

1804 Alvin Adams, American Businessman



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