1989 Event AR Gurney's "Love Letters," premieres in New York City 1975 Event Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to AR Ammons (Sphere) 1969 Event KGTO TV channel 36 in Fayetteville, AR (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1966 Event KETS TV channel 2 in Little Rock, AR (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Event KAIT TV channel 8 in Jonesboro, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting 1961 Birthday Iris DeMent, Paragould Ar, country singer, Our Town 1960 Birthday Doug Phelps, Leachville Ar, singer, Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett 1960 Death Gunther AR Raphael, German composer (Busskantate), dies at 57 1960 Birthday Ray Herndon, Scottsdale Ar, singer, McBride and Ride-Can I Count on You 1956 Event KFSA (now KFSM) TV channel 5 in Ft. Smith, AR (CBS) 1st broadcast 1955 Event KTHV TV channel 11 in Little Rock, AR (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock, AR (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KATV TV channel 7 in Little Rock, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Birthday Ricky Lee Phelps, Paragould Ar, singer, Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett 1950 Birthday Tess Harper, Mammoth Sp AR, actress, Amityville 3D, Tender Mercies 1949 Birthday Martin Delray, Texarkana Ar, country singer, Get Rhythm, 1942 Birthday Frank Bonner, Little Rock AR, actor, WKRP, Hoax, You Can't Hurry Love 1920 Death Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR 1908-12), dies at 83 1914 Death Ferdinand AR Cabrera, Spanish/German of emperor Wilhelm II, dies at 58 1913 Birthday Alan Ladd, Hot Springs AR, actor, Shane, Carpetbaggers 1913 Birthday Ger[ar]da Brautigam, journalist/Dutch 2nd Chamber, PvdA 1911 Birthday Arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor, Big Sky, Apache Uprising 1908 Birthday Claire Dodd, AR, actress, Ex-Lady, In the Navy 1903 Birthday Gunther AR Raphael, German composer, Symphony Breve 1902 Birthday Trevor Bardette, Nashville AR, actor, Refugee, None Shall Escape 1902 Birthday Chester H Lauck, Allene AR, actor, Dreaming Out Loud, 2 Weeks to Live 1893 Death Pieter J Elout van Soeterwoude, MP (AR), dies at 88 1889 Birthday Minor Watson, Marianna AR, actor, Woman of the Year, Viva Cisco Kid 1882 Birthday Gilbert M. Anderson, Max Aronson, Little Rock AR 1882 Birthday Noah Beery, Smithville AR, actor, Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro 1869 Birthday Hendrikus Colijn, Dutch premier, AR 1933-39 1864 Event Battle of Lake Chicot, AR, Dutch Bayou 1864 Event Battle of Poison Springs, AR (Camden Expedition) 1864 Event Encounter at Camden AR 1862 Event Battle of Prairie Grove, AR 1862 Event Battle of Pea Ridge, AR (Elkhorn Tavern) 1837 Birthday Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier, AR, 1908-12 1490 Event 1st printing of Ramban's Sha'ar ha-Gemul
