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2009 Andrew Wyeth, American artist, dies at 91, after a brief illness

1999 Andrew Keith, writer, Wing Commander, dies at 41

1997 Andrew Keir, actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt), dies at 71

1997 Andrew Cunanan, serial killer (Gianni Versage), commits suicide

1997 Gianni Versace, fashion designer, shot to death by Andrew Cunanan at 50

1997 Austin Andrew Wright, sculptor, dies at 85

1996 Andrew John Fairclough, trade union educator, dies at 45

1996 Andrew Hutchings, teachers' leader, dies at 88

1996 Andrew MacElhone, bar owner, dies at 73

1996 Andrew Rodger Waterson, scholar Naturalist, dies at 84

1995 Andrew Symonds hits 20 sixes in match for Gloucs vs. Glamorgan

1995 Andrew Symonds scores 254 Gloucs vs. Glam, world record 16 x 6

1995 Andrew Salkey, author editor/broadcaster, dies at 67

1995 Camilla Parker Bowles and her husband Andrew divorce

1994 Andrew Lloyd Webber admitted to the hospital for ulcer treatment

1994 1st-class cricket debut of Andrew Symonds (Queensland vs. NSW, SCG)

1994 Andrew Miller-Jones TV pioneer, dies at 84

1994 Andrew Brown, film Producer, dies at 55

1994 Timothy Andrew James Souster, composer Musician, dies at 51

1993 Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Sunset Promenade" opens in London

1993 English mathematician Andrew Wiles proves last theorem of Fermat

1992 Andrew "Dice" Clay marries his longtime live-in lover Trinie

1992 Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida; 35 die

1992 British Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson announce separation

1992 Andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82

1992 Andrew Schenck, conducter, dies of melanoma at 51

1991 Andrew Jones scores twin Test Cricket tons vs. Sri Lanka (122 and 100*)

1991 Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones make 467 stand vs. SL, world record

1990 Andrew Dice Clay cries on Arsenio Hall Show

1990 Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) and Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed

1990 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts)

1990 Nora Dunn and Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting

1990 Eugenie OF, Princess of York/daughter of prince Andrew/Sarah Ferguson

1988 Andrew Duggan, actor (Jigsaw, Firehouse), dies of cancer at 64

1988 Andrew Cruickshank, actor (Body in Library, Murder Most Foul), dies

1987 Andrew Lawrence, Philadelphia, actor, Andy Roman-Brotherly Love

1986 It's revealed Andrew Wyeth had, secretly created 240 drawings and paintings of his neighbor Helga Testorf, in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania

1986 Britain's Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson

1985 Andrew Giuliani, son of Rudy, Mayor-R-NYC, 1994-2002

1984 Andrew Lloyd Webber/Richard Stilgoe's "Starlight Express," premieres

1982 Andrew "Dice" Clay and George Wendt appear in "Trick or Treatment"

1981 Andrew Young, former United Nations Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber/T.S. Eliot's musical "Cats", premieres in London

1979 Donald McHenry named to succeed Andrew Young as United Nations ambassador

1979 200 black leaders, meet in New York, to support Andrew Young

1979 Andrew Young resigns as United Nations ambassador

1979 Andrew Hilditch given out handled the ball vs. Pakistan at WACA

1979 Andrew Keegan, actor, Step by Step, Party of Five

1978 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Rice's musical "Evita," premiers in London

1977 Peter Mark Andrew Phillips, 9th in succession to British throne

1976 Andrew Young named Ambassador and Chief U.S. Delegate to UN

1975 Andrew Symonds, cricketer, Birmingham, brilliant Qld and Gloucs batsman

1974 Andrew English, CFL receiver for the BC Lions

1973 Andrew McNally, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics

1973 Andrew Brunette, Sudbury, NHL left wing for the Washington Capitals

1973 Andrew Whittall, cricketer, cousin of Guy Zimbabwe off-spinner 1996

1973 Andrew DeClercq, NBA forward, Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics

1972 Andrew Moore, WLAF tackle for the Frankfurt Galaxy

1972 Andrew Kavovit, actor, Paul-As the World Turns

1972 Andrew Jordan, NFL tight end for the Minnesota Vikings

1972 Andrew Pettitte, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pitcher, New York Yankees

1972 Andrew Peterson, NFL tackle, Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers

1972 Andrew Bonhomme, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer

1972 Andrew Finch, rower, Olympics 1996

1972 Andrew Cassesse, actor, Revenge of Nerds II, TV 101

1971 Andrew Lane, Australian rower 1996 Olympics

1971 Andrew Grigg, CFL receiver for the Hamilton Tiger Cats

1971 Andrew Hermann, U.S. 50K walker 1996 Olympics

1971 Andrew Currey, Australian javelin thrower 1996 Olympics

1970 Andrew Henry, CFL safety for the Saskatchewan Roughriders

1970 Jonathan Andrew Kaye, born in Denver, Colorado, PGA golfer, 1995 Quad City-2nd

1970 Andrew Coltart, Dumfries Scotland, Australasia golfer

1969 Andrew Scott, Australian baseball infielder 1996 Olympics

1969 Andrew Murphy, Australian long jumper/triple jumper 1996 Olympics

1969 Andrew Greene, NFL guard, Miami Dolphins, Saskatchewan Roughriders

1969 Andrew Borodow, Montreal, 130 kg freestyle wrestler, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1969 Andrew Phillip Cunanan, serial killer, Gianni Versache

1969 Andrew Cassels, Bramalea, NHL center, Hartford Whalers

1969 Andrew Vlahov, Australian basketball forward, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1969 Andrew McMarlin, born in San Francisco, California, rower 1996 Olympics

1969 Andrew Murray Stone, Auckland New Zealand, Open 470 yachter 1996 Olympics

1968 Andrew Trim, born in Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics

1967 Andrew Glover, NFL tight end, Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings

1967 Andrew Zesers, cricketer, played for Australia in 1987 World Cup

1967 Andrew Shue, actor, Melrose Place

1967 Andrew Dunkley, Kent England, golfer, 1991-93 Co-Captain University of W Fla

1966 Andrew Lang, NBA center, Minnesota Timberwolves, Milwaukee Bucks

1966 Andrew Hudson, cricketer, South Africa, 163 on debut vs WI 1992

1966 Andrew Brimmer becomes 1st black governor of Federal Reserve Board

1965 Andrew Stewart, CFL defensive tackle for the Toronto Argonauts

1965 Andrew Gaze, Australian basketball player, Olympics-1984, 88, 92, 96

1965 Andrew Hudson, South African cricket player

1965 Andrew Jameson, British swimmer

1965 Andrew O Valmon, born in Brooklyn, New York, 400m runner

1964 Andrew, rocker, The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train

1964 Andrew Landenberger, Australian, tornado yachter, Bronze Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics

1964 Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James E Chaney, bodies discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam

1964 Andrew Wilson, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist, Olympics-16-92, 96

1964 Andrew Goodman, U.S. civil rights activist, murdered at 20

1963 Andrew Sullivan, American Journalist

1963 Andrew C Timmons, born in Scottsdale, Arizona, guitarist, Danger Danger-Screw It

1963 South African ANC Walter Sisulu/Andrew Mlangeni/Govan Mbeki arrested

1963 Andrew Browne, Irish/British Admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80

1963 Rob Andrew, English rugby player

1963 Andrew Ridgeley, England, rock guitarist, Wham-Wake Me Up

1962 Andrew McCarthy, New York City, actor, St. Elmo's Fire, Class

1962 Andrew Elt, singer, Sleeze Beez

1962 Brian Andrew Fowler, Christchurch New Zealand, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1962 Andrew Donald Magee, Paris, France, PGA golfer, 1988 Pensacola Open

1962 Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies

1961 John Acton, 1st Baron Acton, English historian, friends with De Tocqueville, Bluntschli, Montalembert, his extensive library was purchased after his death by Andrew Carnegie, dies

1961 Ian Andrew Wright, Hamilton New Zealand, rower 1996 Olympics

1961 Andrew Nicholson, UK, New Zealand equestrian 3 day event 1996 Olympics

1961 Gary Varsho, born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, Gary Andrew Varsho, baseball player, outfielder, played for Major League Baseball teams, the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, played in 1991 and 1992 National League Championship Series

1960 Katie Rabbet, born in London, England, Prince Andrew's former girlfriend

1960 Andrew Denton, Australian Comedian

1960 Prince Andrew, Albert Christian Edward, of Britain/Duke of York

1959 Andrew Eldritch, rocker, Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet

1959 Andrew Jones, cricketer, highly consistent for New Zealand at 1st drop

1959 Andrew Farriss, born in Australia, rock keyboardist, Inxs-Kiss the Dirt

1958 Andrew Mapple, U.S. water skier

1957 Andrew Cuomo, American Politician

1957 Andrew "Dice" Clay, Silverstien, comedian, Adv of Ford Fairlane

1956 Andrew Hilditch, cricketer, Australian opening bat 1979-85

1956 Andrew Mitchell, British MP

1955 Andrew M. Allen, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Captain USMC/astronaut, STS-46, 62, 75

1955 Andrew Stevens, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Seduction, Boys in Company C, Fury

1952 Andrew Motion, English Poet

1952 Andrew Smith, born in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, Andrew David Smith, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Oxford East

1951 Andrew S Thomas, Adelaide Australia, PhD/astronaut, STS-77, STS-89/91

1951 Andrew Gold, Burbank, rocker, Lonely Boy

1951 Andrew John Fairclough, trade union educator

1950 Andrew Woolfolk, U.S. pop musician, Earth, Wind and Fire-Shining Star

1950 Andrew N Meltzoff, developmental psychologist

1949 Andrew McKay, conservative MP

1949 Andrew Scott, rocker, Sweet

1949 Andrew Scott, Wales, rock guitarist, Sweet

1949 Andrew Nell, editor, Sunday Times

1948 Samuel L. Jackson, actor, Amos and Andrew, White Sand, Pulp Fiction

1948 Andrew Lloyd Webber, born in London, Phantom

1947 Andrew Card, American Politician

1947 Andrew Tobias, American Journalist

1946 Andrew Gould, Businessman

1945 Preston Andrew Trombly, composer

1945 Andrew Bergman, director/screenwriter, Soapdish, Honeymoon in Vegas

1945 Andrew Stein, President of New York City council, D

1944 Andrew Davis, Ashbridge, England, conductor, New Philharmonic Orchestra London

1943 Andrew Goodman, civil rights worker, murdered in 1964

1943 Jon Andrew McBride, Charleston, West Virginia, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-41G

1943 Timothy Andrew James Souster, composer

1941 Sam Andrew, rocker, Big Brother and Holding Company-Cheap Thrills

1941 Sam Andrew, rocker, Big Brother and The Holding Co

1939 Andrew Buxton, CEO, Barclays Bank

1938 Andrew Brown, film Producer

1937 Andrew J[efferson V] Offutt, U.S., sci-fi author, Undying Wizard

1937 Andrew Mellon, American Businessman

1936 Andrew Miller, British principal, Stirling U

1936 Andrew Pine, Jennings, Florida, actor, V, WEB, Wide Country

1935 Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games

1935 Andrew Sandham's 100th FC hundred, 103 vs. Hants

1934 Struther Arnott, professor, St. Andrew University

1932 Andrew Gardner, British broadcaster

1932 Andrew Young, U.S. ambassador to United Nations, 1977 - 1979, Mayor-D-Atlanta

1932 Andrew Jacobs, Jr., born in Indianapolis, Indiana,Representative-D-Indiana, 1965 - 1973, 1975 - 1997

1931 Andrew Sloan, Chief Constable, Strathcourt

1930 Andrew Sachs, actor, Manuel-Fawlty Towers

1930 Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket 1st triple century

1929 Keith Andrew, cricketer, England wicket-keeper in 2 Tests 1954-63

1929 Andrew Rutherford, warden, Goldsmith's College

1928 Andrew Sarris, movie critic, Village Voice

1928 Andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask, cybernetician stage producer/lyricist

1928 Andrew M Greeley, author/reverend

1928 Andrew Greeley, American Clergyman

1928 Andrew Salkey, author editor/broadcaster

1927 George Andrew Olah, American Scientist

1926 Andrew Keir, actor, Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt, Catholics

1923 Andrew Duggan, actor, Secret War of Harry Frigg, Winds of War

1923 Andrew Bonar Law, English Prime Minister (C), dies at 64

1923 Stanley Baldwin succeeds Andrew Bonar Law as British premier

1923 Andrew MacElhone, bar owner

1922 Peter Andrew Tranchell, composer

1922 Tony Charmoli, Minnesota, choreographer, Cher, Julie Andrew

1921 Andrew Grima, British jeweller

1921 Andrew Welsh Imbrie, composer

1919 Andrew Carnegie, U.S. steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83

1918 Maxene Andrews, Minnesota, singer, Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

1917 Andrew Fielding Huxley, born in London, England, physiologist, Nobel 1963

1917 Andrew Taylor Still, osteopath, successfully reduced fractures, founded first school of osteopathic medicine, died at age 89

1917 Andrew Wyeth, born in Pennsylvania, realist painter, one of the best-known artists of the middle 20th century

1916 Andrew Kay, surgeon/professor of surgery, University of Glasgow

1915 Andrew J Goodpaster, U.S., general/supreme commander, NATO-Europe

1914 Andrew Martin, Lord-Lt, Lechestershire England

1914 Andrew Wilkinson, pediatrician

1912 Andrew Long, Scottish author, Blue Book of Fairy Tales

1912 Andrew Rodger Waterson, scholar/naturalist

1911 Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corp (for scholarly and charitable works)

1911 Austin Andrew Wright, sculptor

1910 Andrew Gilchrist, historian/diplomat

1910 Andrew Miller-Jones, British TV pioneer

1909 Andrew Herron, Moderator, General Assembly of Church of Scotland

1909 Andrew Heyward, American Businessman

1907 Andrew Hutchings, teachers' leader

1907 Andrew Brewin, Canada, lawyer/cofound New Democratic Party

1904 Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace

1904 Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund

1900 Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer

1900 Salvatore Baccaloni, born in Rome, actor, Merry Andrew, Rock-a-Bye Baby

1899 Andrew "Andy" Wauchope, British general-major, dies in battle

1897 Andrew J Beard invents "jerry coupler," to connect railroad cars

1892 Andrew and Abby Borden, axed to death in Mass (by Lizzie Borden?)

1890 Andrew Sandham, cricketer, Test cricket's 1st triple centurion

1886 Andrew Ducat, cricketer, Test for England 1921, 3 and 2, Soccer International

1883 Andrew Browne, Irish/British Admiral, WW II

1875 Andrew Johnson, 17th president, dies in Tennessee at 66

1874 Dr. Andrew T Sill, of Macon Missouri, finds science of osteopathy

1871 1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873)

1868 President Andrew Johnson passes a law that government workers would work 8 hour day

1868 President Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote

1868 By one vote, Senate fails to impeach President Andrew Johnson

1868 Senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial

1868 U.S. Senate organizes to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson

1868 House of Representatives vote 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson

1867 U.S. Congress commission looks into "impeachment" of President Andrew Johnson

1867 Congress passed 3rd Reconstruction Act over President Andrew Johnson's veto

1867 Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Dendrochronologer, study of tree rings

1867 President Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska

1866 President Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over

1866 Civil Rights Bill passes over President Andrew Johnson's veto

1866 Andrew Rankin patents the urinal

1864 Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet, Waltzing Matilda

1863 Andrew Hull Foote, U.S. Union lt admiral, dies

1863 Daniel Smith Donelson, Confederate gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61

1863 Andrew Stoddart, cricketer, My Dear Victorious Stod

1860 Clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in SF, 89 days out of NY

1858 Andrew Bonar Law, British Prime Minister, C, 1922-23

1855 Andrew W. Mellon, founder, Mellon Bank, U.S. Secretary of Treasury

1855 Andrew Mellon, American Businessman

1853 1st U.S. bronze equestrian statue (of Andrew Jackson) unveiled, Wash

1845 Andrew Jackson, (D) 7th President (1828-37), dies at 78

1844 Andrew Lang, born in Scotland, author, The Blue Fairy Book

1837 U.S. president Andrew Jackson and Congress recognizes Republic of Texas

1836 Andrew S. Hallidie, inventor, cable car

1835 Andrew Carnegie, Scottish/US industrialist/philanthropist

1835 Richard Lawrence misfires at President Andrew Jackson in Washington D.C.

1834 John Acton, born in Naples, Italy, 1st Baron Acton, English historian, friends with De Tocqueville, Bluntschli, Montalembert, his extensive library was purchased after his death by Andrew Carnegie

1832 Andrew Jackson re-elected president of US

1832 Andrew Dickson White, educator/1st president of Cornell

1829 Andrew Jackson inaugurated as 7th president

1828 Rachel Jackson, wife of 7th U.S. President Andrew Jackson, dies

1828 Andrew Jackson elected 7th president of US

1828 Andrew Taylor Still, born in Lee County, Virginia, osteopath, successfully reduced fractures, founded first school of osteopathic medicine

1824 Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1824 Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of 1st public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson

1820 Andrew Porter, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1818 John Albion Andrew, Gov, Union

1818 General Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola Florida

1818 General Andrew Jackson conquers St. Marks Florida from Seminole indians

1815 Andrew Jackson Smith, Major General Union volunteers

1815 Andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1814 Battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians

1814 Battle at Horseshoe Bend: General Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians

1812 Andrew Cherry, Irish Dramatist

1810 Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, Major General Union volunteers

1810 Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French and Bavarians, shot dead

1808 Andrew Johnson, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Unionist, 17th President, 1865-69

1806 Andrew Hull Foote, Rear Admiral Union Navy

1787 Andrew Jackson admitted to bar

1782 John Caldwell Calhoun, South Carolina, Andrew Jackson's Vice President, 1825 - 1832

1775 Andrew Foulis, bookseller/printer, dies

1774 Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit

1767 Rachel Donelson Jackson, wife of President Andrew, 1828-37, died 1828

1767 Andrew Jackson, General and 7th President, 1829-37

1765 Charles Andrew Vanloo, painter, dies

1762 Andrew Cherry, Irish Dramatist

1741 Andrew Bedford publishes 1st American magazine (American Magazine)

1678 Andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57

1621 Andrew Marvell, born in England, poet, To His Coy Mistress


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