2004 Arthur Hailey, writer, Airport, dies at 84
2004 Arthur Lydiard, New Zealander Athlete
2003 Arthur Berger, American Composer
2002 "Arthur ""Spud"" Melin", entreprenuer, co-founded Wham-o, dies at 76
2002 Dudley Moore, actor, Arthur, dies at 66
2000 Leslie Arthur Sirkin, geologist, dies at 65
2000 Sir John Gielgud, British actor, Arthur, dies at 96
1999 Arthur Schawlow, physicist, co-inventer of the laser, dies at 77
1999 Arthur Boyd, Australian Artist
1998 Philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74
1997 Arthur Tracy, radio personality (Street Singer), dies at 98
1997 Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician, dies at 55
1997 Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro, medical journalist, dies at 73
1996 Arthur Jacobs, musicologist, dies at 74
1996 Arthur Axmann, head of Hitler Youths in (1940-45), dies at 83
1996 Arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer, dies at 80
1996 Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot, dies at 93
1996 Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon, dies at 85
1996 Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, civil servant, dies at 97
1996 Martin Bryant shoots and kills 35 in Port Arthur Tasmania
1996 Arthur Sydney Martin, spycatcher, dies at 81
1996 Arthur Rudolph, rocket Engineer, dies at 89
1995 Arthur Mullard, comedian, dies at 82
1995 Arthur George Bottomley, politician, dies at 88
1995 Arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant, dies at 82
1995 Arthur Benfield, formed head of Cheshire CID, dies at 82
1995 Arthur Holt, politician, dies at 81
1995 Arthur John Howard, actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso), dies at 85
1995 Arthur Lubin, film director, dies at 95
1995 Arthur Lubin, director (Francis The Talking Mule, Mr. Ed), dies at 96
1995 Arthur English, comedian, dies at 75
1995 Julius Arthur Hemphill, saxophonist, dies at 57
1995 John Arthur Neill Lambert, composer teacher organist, dies at 69
1995 Arthur S Taylor Jr, U.S. drummer/author (Notes on notes), dies at 65
1995 Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock, English agronomist (Rhodesia), dies at 88
1995 Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, bishop, dies at 81
1995 Arthur Leavins, violinist, dies at 77
1994 Arthur Frank "Peter" Shore, egyptologist, dies at 70
1994 Arthur Ballard, artist, dies at 79
1994 Arthur Krim, U.S. director (United Artists, Orion Pictures), dies
1994 Arthur Rex Alston, British sports commentator, dies at 93
1994 Arthur Ernest Mourant, haematologist, dies at 90
1994 Arthur Berry, artist, dies at 69
1994 Arthur Basil Cotle, medievalist, dies at 77
1994 Arthur Gordon Clough, journalist, dies at 59
1994 Arthur C Jacobs, poet, dies at 57
1994 Arthur Altman, songwriter, dies at 83
1993 Arthur Dreifuss, director/producer (Murder in Amsterdam), dies at 85
1993 Arthur Staal, Dutch architect (Shell Tower Amsterdam), dies at 86
1993 Arthur Alexander, singer/songwriter (You Better Move On), dies at 53
1993 Arthur P Smith, U.S. founder of Miami Planetarium, dies at 76
1993 Arthur Ashe, tennis star (Wimbledon 1975), dies of AIDS at 49
1993 Arthur Ashe, American Athlete
1992 Arthur Ashe is named Sports Illustrated Sportman of Year
1992 Arthur Lang, U.S. boxer/businessman, dies at 115
1992 Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill
1992 Arthur Babbitt, animator (Mr Magoo, Goofy), die at 84 of heart failure
1991 Jean Arthur [Gladys Greene], U.S. actress (Shane), dies
1991 Arthur Murray, dance instructor, dies at 95 of pneumonia
1990 Arthur Joseph Goldberg, American Statesman
1990 Arthur Kennedy, actor (Air Force), dies of a brain tumor at 76
1988 Arthur Michael, Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies
1987 James Arthur Baldwin, writer (Another Country), dies at 63
1987 Arthur H Dean, lawyer/advisor to FDR, dies at 89
1987 Arthur Frank Burns, Ukrainian Economist
1987 Arthur Lake, actor (Dagwood-Blondie), dies at 81
1986 Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist, dies at 65
1986 Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer, dies at 89
1985 Arthur Ashe is named to International Tennis Hall of Fame
1984 Arthur Schwartz, producer (Inside USA with Chevrolet), dies at 83
1984 Peter Charles Arthur Wishart, composer, dies at 63
1984 Emil Coleman, orchestra leader, Arthur Murray Party
1984 Arthur T "Bomber" Harris, bombed nazi-Germany, dies
1984 Arthur Travors Harris, marshal of British RAF, dies
1983 Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery
1983 Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79
1983 Arthur Koestler, Hung/Brit writer (Dialogue With Death), dies at 77
1983 Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74
1982 Arthur Askey, British comedian, dies at 82
1982 Arthur Kopit's musical "Nine," premieres in New York City
1982 Arthur Lowe, Brits actor (Capt Mainwaring in Dad's army), dies at 66
1981 Nicolaas Bloembergen and Arthur Schawlow win Nobel for physics (laser)
1981 Arthur C. Nielsen, American Businessman
1981 Arthur O'Connell, actor (Mr Peepers, 2nd Hundred Years), dies at 73
1980 Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis
1979 Arthur Hunnicutt, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising), dies at 68
1979 Arthur Fiedler, orch leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84
1979 Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian, dies at 68
1979 Arthur Kopit's "Wings," premieres in New York City
1977 29th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Carroll O'Conner and Bea Arthur
1976 Chester Arthur Burnett, U.S. blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65
1975 Arthur Treacher, TV announcer (Merv Griffin Show), dies at 81
1975 89th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats J Connors (61 61 57 64)
1975 Richard Conte, actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at 65
1975 Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor (Checkmate), dies at 83
1975 Arthur Pierson, actor and director (Hat Check Girl), dies at 73
1974 Arthur K Watson, U.S. businessman (IBM), dies at 55
1973 Arthur Calwell, Australian Politician
1973 Jennifer Darst, Dallas Texas, pairs skater, & Arthur Reid
1973 Arthur Wood, cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39), dies
1972 92nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Ilie Nastase beats Arthur Ashe (36 63 67 64 63)
1972 Arthur Reid, born in Nashville, Tennessee, pairs skater, & Jennifer Darst
1972 Arthur Bremer jailed for 63 years for shooting Alabama Gov Wallace
1972 George Wallace shot and left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Maryland
1972 "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio
1972 J Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, industrialist/film magnate
1971 Arthur B Springarn, U.S. NAACP chairman (1940-65), dies at 93
1970 Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily
1970 Arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73
1970 Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61
1969 Arthur Numan, soccer player, PSV
1969 Arthur Rhodes, Waco Texas, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles
1969 Charles Philip Arthur George invested as Prince of Wales
1969 Arthur Marshall, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants
1969 Arthur Walter Kramer, composer, dies at 78
1968 Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to be ranked #1 in tennis
1968 Robert Arthur Ley, sci-fi author (Telepath, Power of X), dies at 47
1968 1st U.S. Open, held as an "open" (Arthur Ashe-wins)
1968 Arthur Ashe defeats Tom Okker to win U.S. Tennis Open
1968 88th U.S. Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats Tom Okker (1412 57 63 36 63)
1968 Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to win U.S. singles championship
1968 Arthur Kopit's "Indians," premieres in London
1968 Stacy Leigh Arthur, born in Naperville, Illinois, playmate, Jan, 1991
1968 Arthur Miller's "Price," premieres in New York City
1968 Arthur Fellig, American Photographer
1967 Arthur Allyn says White Sox will play 9 games in Milwaukee in 1968
1967 Arthur Mitchell Ransome, critic/children's book author, dies
1967 Arthur W. Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal (WW II), dies at 76
1967 Arthur Ransome, Writer
1966 Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74
1966 Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer, dies at 82
1966 Arthur D Waley, [Schloss], British sinology/poet (Monkey), dies
1966 Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger, Jr. (Thousand Days)
1965 Xavier Hernandez, Port Arthur, Texas, pitcher for the Houston Astros
1965 Arthur M. Schlesinger, American Historian
1964 Harpo [Arthur] Marx, comedian (Marx Bros), dies at 75
1964 Arthur Miller's "After the Fall," premieres in New York City
1963 Rebeca Arthur, actress, Mary Anne-Perf Strangers, Opposites Attract
1963 Arthur D Nock, English/Americans historian (St. Paul), dies at 60
1962 Sumner Arthur Long's "Never Too Late," premieres in New York City
1962 Arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami
1962 Arthur Harmat, composer, dies at 76
1962 Arthur H. Compton, American Scientist
1962 Arthur Holly Compton, American Scientist
1962 Arthur Kopit's "Oh, Dad, Poor Dad..." premieres in New York City
1961 An ailing Bill Veeck sells his interest in White Sox to Arthur Allyn
1961 Arthur M Ramsay becomes archbishop of Canterbury
1960 Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66
1960 1st patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes
1959 Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies
1959 John Arthur Wilson, Ceres California, PGA golfer, 1994 Anheuser-Busch-4th
1958 James McDaniel, born in Washington D.C., actor, Arthur Fancy-NYPD Blue
1958 Arthur Shepherd, composer, dies at 77
1957 Arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87
1956 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack
1955 Arthur Oscar Honegger, Swiss composer (Cantate Noel), dies at 63
1955 Arthur Honegger, Swiss Composer
1955 Arthur Millers "View From The Bridge," premieres in New York City
1955 Arthur Donaldson, dies
1955 Arthur Baker, rock producer, Afrika Banbaataa-Planet Rock
1954 Arthur Murray flies X-1A rocket plane to record 27,000 m
1954 Arthur Fickenscher, composer, dies at 82
1953 Arthur Kent, newscaster [Scud Stud], NBC-Gulf War coverage
1953 Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey
1953 Arthur Miller's "Crucible," premieres in New York City
1953 Arthur Hoyt, actor (Gold Rush Gertie, Lost World), dies at 78
1952 Arthur Laurent's "Time of the Cuckoo," premieres in New York City
1952 Chris Cross, [St. John], rock singer, Arthur
1952 Arthur Farwell, composer, dies at 74
1951 Randy T Odle, Port Arthur Texas, astronaut
1951 1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from New York City to 4 cities
1951 Christopher Cross, [Geppert], Texas, singer, Sailing, Arthur's Theme
1950 Arthur Dorrington is 1st black man in organized hockey (Atl City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League
1950 "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC)
1950 Ken Arthur, Australian softball asst coach 1996 Olympics bronze
1949 Arthur Lee Washington, Jr., Neptune, New Jersey, murderer, FBI Most Wanted
1949 Arthur "Pooch" Tavares, rocker
1949 Owen Arthur, Statesman
1949 Arthur Fielder, England cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), dies
1949 Arthur Chesney, actor (Lodger, Chelsea Life), dies at 67
1949 John Arthur Casken, composer
1949 Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for "Death of a Salesman"
1949 Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" opens at Morosco Theater, New York City
1949 "Arthur Godfrey and His Friends" premieres on CBS TV
1947 1st Tony Awards: Arthur Miller, David Wayne and Patricia Neal win
1947 Compton and Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket
1947 Arthur Miller's "All My Sons," premieres in New York City
1947 Arthur Honegger's 4th Symphony premieres in Basel
1947 Arthur Machen, Welsh Author
1946 Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor (1930s), hanged at 54
1946 Arthur van Schendel, writer (Holland Drama), dies at 72)
1946 Arthur Honegger's 3rd Symphony "Liturgique," premieres
1946 Pulitzer prize awarded to Arthur M. Schlesinger (Age of Jackson)
1946 Arthur Conley, U.S. soul singer, Sweet Soul Music
1946 Arthur Ponsonby, British Politician
1945 Arthur Laurent's "Home of the Brave," premieres in New York City
1945 G. W. Bailey, Port Arthur, Texas, actor, Dr. Beale-St. Elsewhere
1945 Arthur C. Clark proposes relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit
1945 Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, jurist, Holland's secret service
1945 "Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio
1945 Cleveland Browns organization formed by Arthur "Mickey" McBride
1945 Arthur Lee, rocker, Vindicator
1945 Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61
1944 Arthur Stanley Eddington, dies
1944 Arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71
1944 Arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q], British author/critic, dies at 80
1944 Carole Bayer Sager, born in New York, aka Mrs. Burt Bachrach, singer, Arthur
1943 Arthur Ashe, tennis pro, 1968 U.S. Open, 1975 Wimbledon
1943 Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer, dies at 72
1943 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Arthur Vaughn
1943 Janis Joplin, Port Arthur, Texas, bluesy rock singer, Down on Me
1943 Arthur Guiterman, American Comedian
1943 J Arthur S Berson, Austrian meteorologist, dies at 83
1942 Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician
1942 Arthur Willard Pryor, composer, dies at 71
1942 Edda Barends, actress, Arthur and Eva
1942 Arthur Barrett, cricketer, WI leggie early 70's
1942 Jon Arthur English, composer
1941 Arthur T "Bomber" Harris becomes British Air Marshal
1940 Arthur Morris scores 111 in 2nd innings of 1st game after 148
1940 1st-class debut of Arthur Morris, who scores 148
1940 Arthur Neville Chamberlain, British premier (1937-40), dies at 71
1940 Arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77
1940 Phyllis Davis, born in Port Arthur, Texas, actress, Love American Style, Vega$
1940 Arthur Zimmermann, German Statesman
1940 Arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich commissar of Hague Neth
1940 Paul Rudd, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Conn Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1940 Arthur Alexander, U.S. singer and songwriter, Lonely Just Like Me
1939 Arthur Rackham, artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales), dies at 71
1939 Marion Marlowe, born in St. Louis, Missouri, singer, Arthur Godfrey and Friends
1938 Arthur Fagg completes 244 and 202 in the same cricket game for Kent
1938 Arthur Koestler, writer, dies at 32
1938 Julius Arthur Hemphill, saxophonist
1938 Arthur Scargill, British Politician
1938 Arthur Boon, Flemish priest/philologist, dies at 54
1937 Brian Blessed, English actor, King Arthur, High Road to China
1937 Arthur C Jacobs, poet
1937 Arthur Kopit, U.S., playwright, Day Whores Came Out to Play Tennis
1937 Arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73
1937 Arthur William Foote, U.S. organist/composer, dies at 84
1936 Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer, dies at 75
1936 Jean Boht, actress, Arthur's Hallowed Ground
1935 Dutch Schultz [Arthur Flegenheimer], U.S. gangster, murdered at 33
1935 Arthur Henderson, British Labour minister (Nobel 1934), dies at 72
1935 Dudley Moore, born in London, England, actor, 10, Arthur, Bedazzled, 6 Weeks
1934 Arthur L Mitchell, becomes 1st black Democratic congressman (Ill)
1934 Arthur Gordon Clough, journalist
1934 Arthur Miller, legal reporter
1934 Arthur Mitchell, choreographer, Dance Theater of Harlem
1933 Arthur Collins, singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet), dies at 69
1932 Arthur L Liman, New York City, trial lawyer, Oliver North
1932 Arthur Friedheim, composer, dies at 72
1932 Arthur Jones, principal, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester
1932 Gordon Jump, born in Dayton, Ohio, actor, Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains
1931 Arthur James Cook, union leader (coal miners), dies at 47
1931 Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian Playwright
1930 Johnny Preston, Port Arthur, Texas, rocker, Feel So Fine
1930 Arthur U Spronken, sculptor
1930 Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 71
1930 Arthur J Balfour, British theologist/premier (1902-05), dies at 81
1930 Julius LaRosa, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air
1929 Arthur H Mann, English composer (Church of England Hymnal), dies
1929 Arthur S. Taylor, Jr., U.S. drummer and band leader, Taylor's Wailers
1929 Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Silver King), dies at 77
1928 Arthur Cunningham, composer
1928 Arthur Milton, cricketer, England opening batsman late 50's
1927 Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (New-Guinea), dies
1927 Arthur Ravenel, Jr., Rep-R-South Carolina
1926 Arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) NSW vs. Vic
1926 Arthur Goodrich's "Caponsacchi," premieres in New York City
1926 Arthur Wills, composer
1926 Arthur William Oldham, composer
1926 Arthur Rock, American Businessman
1926 John Arthur Neill Lambert, composer
1926 Arthur Bell, royal botanic gardens director, Kew Gardens
1926 Ronald Arthur A Firbank, British writer (Prancing Nigger), dies at 40
1926 Beatrice Arthur, [Frankel], New York, actress, Maude, Dorothy-Golden Girls
1926 Arthur Hockaday, director-Gen, Commonwealth War Graves Commission
1926 Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, New York City, publisher, New York Times
1926 Arthur Arfons, auto racer/designer, Green Monster 1964-536.71 MPH
1925 Arthur Heinman coins term "motel," opens Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo
1925 Robert Rauschenberg, Port Arthur Tex, painter, Gloria
1925 Robert Arthur, born in Aberdeen, Washington, actor, 12 O'Clock High, Just For You
1925 Arthur D. Larsen, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1950
1925 Arthur Berry, artist
1924 Arthur Frank "Peter" Shore, egyptologist
1924 Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect
1924 Arthur Honegger's "Pacifica 231," premieres
1924 Arthur Frackenpohl, born in Irving, New Jersey, composer, Natural Superiority of Music
1923 Arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67
1923 Arthur Hiller, director, Love Story
1923 Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro, medical journalist
1923 Arthur C Nielsen, market researcher, TV's Nielsen's Ratings
1923 Arthur Butterworth, composer
1923 Bea Arthur, American Actress
1923 Philip Abbott, born in Lincoln, Nebraska, actor, Arthur Ward-The FBI
1922 Arthur R Hawkins, U.S. pilot/capt, WW II, downed 14 jap planes
1922 Arthur Penn, Philadelphia, director, Miracle Worker, Bonnie and Clyde
1922 Arthur Ferrante, pianist/composer, Ferrante and Tachere-Exodus
1922 Arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies
1922 Arthur Hill, born in Saskatchewan, Canada, actor, Owen Marshall, Glitter
1922 Arthur Jacobs, musicologist
1922 Arthur Hervey, composer, dies at 67
1922 Arthur Honegger's ballet "Skating Rink" premieres, Paris
1922 Arthur Morris, cricketer, great Australian lefty opening batsman
1921 William Lyon Mackenzie King succeeded Arthur Meighen as Canadian PM
1921 John Arthur Giles Gere, English art historian, Pre-Raphaelite painter
1921 Peter Charles Arthur Wishart, composer
1921 Robert Arthur Ley, UK, sci-fi author, Telepath, Power of X
1921 Arthur Mold, British cricket bowler (1893, banished for throwing), dies
1921 Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist
1921 Arthur Honegger's "Pastorale D'ete," premieres
1921 Arthur Mailey completes 9-121 vs. England, Australian Test Cricket rec
1920 Arthur Boyd, Australian Artist
1920 Arthur Hailey, Luton England, novelist, Hotel, Airport
1920 Arthur Franz, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, actor, Invaders From Mars, Young Lions
1920 Arthur Honegger's "Chant de Nigamon," premieres
1919 Evelyn Keyes, Port Arthur, Texas, actress, Adventure of Martin Eden
1919 Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington
1919 Arthur English, comedian/actor, Malachi's Cove
1918 Arthur Laurents, born in New York City, playwright, West Side Story, Gypsy
1918 Arthur McIntyre, cricket wicket-keeper, England 3 times early 50's
1918 Arthur Kornberg, U.S. biochemist won Nobel 1959
1917 Arthur C[harles] Clarke, sci-fi author, 2001, 2010, Childhood's End
1917 Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer
1917 Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Ohio, historian, 1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson
1917 Arthur Leavins, violinist
1917 Arthur Lydiard, New Zealander Athlete
1917 Arthur Knight, CEO, Courtaulds
1917 Arthur Basil Cotle, medievalist
1917 Arthur Gold, Toronto, Canada, pianist
1916 Arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer
1916 20th Boston Marathon won by Arthur Roth of Mass in 2:27:16.4
1915 Arthur Miller, New York City, playwright, Death of a Salesman, Crucible
1915 Arthur Lowe, born in Hayfield, England, actor, Captain Mainwaring-Dad's Army
1915 Arthur Fagg, cricketer, dual double-centuries in a game for Kent 1938
1915 Arthur Ballard, artist
1915 Arthur Gilson, Belgian attorney/minister of Defense, 1958-..
1914 [Arthur] Wilson "Bob" Tucker, U.S., sci-fi author, Time Masters
1914 Arthur Holt, politician
1914 Arthur Kennedy, Worcester Massachusetts, actor, Fantastic Voyage, Peyton Place
1914 Arthur Sydney Martin, spy catcher
1913 Arthur Mullard, comedian
1913 Arthur Benfield, head of Cheshire CID
1913 Babe [Mildred Ella] Didrikson, born in Port Arthur, Texas, hurdler, Oly-gold-32
1913 Bert Farber, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone
1913 Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, bishop
1913 Arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant
1912 Arthur Peterson, Mandan ND, actor, Major-Soap, Crisis
1912 Arthur Victor Berger, New York City, composer, Ideas of Order
1912 Arthur Berger, American Composer
1912 Arthur Beaumont C. Langton, cricketer, South Africa pace bowler of 1930's
1912 Arthur Crook, British editor, Times Literary Supplement
1911 Arthur Vick, vice chancelor, Queens University, Belfast
1911 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ont) 13-4
1911 Arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor, Big Sky, Apache Uprising
1911 Edwin Arthur Jones, composer, dies at 57
1910 Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon
1910 Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs
1910 Arthur Cohn, composer
1910 Arthur Altman, songwriter
1910 Arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64
1910 Howlin' Wolf, [Chester Arthur Burnett], harmonica, Big City Blues
1910 Artie Shaw, [Arthur Arshawsky], New York City, bandleader, Come'on my House
1910 Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian
1910 Arthur John Howard, actor, Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso, Glass Cage
1909 Archie Bleyer, born in Corona, New York, orch leader, Arthur Godfrey
1908 Ray Carter, born in Chicago, Illinois, orch leader, Arthur Murray Dance Party
1908 Bernie Green, born in New York City, orch leader, Arthur Godfrey Show, Garry Moore Show
1908 Arthur Adamov, Kislovodsk Russia, playwright, Paolo Paoli
1908 Arthur J Goldberg, Illinois, United Nations ambassador/Supreme Court justice, 1962-65
1908 Arthur J. Goldberg, American Judge
1908 Arthur Joseph Goldberg, American Statesman
1908 34th Kentucky Derby: Arthur Pickens on Stone Street wins in 2:15.2
1908 Arthur O'Connell, born in New York City, actor, Mr Peepers, Second Hundred Years
1907 Jack Gilford, New York City, actor, Save the Tiger, Cocoon, Arthur 2
1907 Arthur Steel, Dutch architect, Group '32
1907 Arthur George Bottomley, politician
1906 Arthur Rudolph, rocket engineer
1906 Kathryn Murray, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, dancer, Arthur Murray Dance Party
1906 Arthur James Bramwell Hutchings, composer
1906 Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock, English agronomist
1905 Arthur Griffith forms Sinn Fein in Dublin
1905 Arthur Chipperfield, cricketer, Aus batsman and leggie 99 on Test debut
1905 Jean Arthur, New York City, actress, Shane, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1905 Arthur Koestler, Hungary, British writer, Arrow in Blue
1905 Arthur Lake, born in Corbin, Kentucky, actor, Dagwood-Blondie
1905 Japanese troops capture Port Arthur
1904 Russian Baltic fleet departs to Port Arthur
1904 Gen Nogi's assault on Port Arthur: 16,000 Japanese casualties
1904 Japanese fleet defeat Russians off Port Arthur
1904 Arthur Daley, sportswriter, New York Times-Pulitzer 1956
1904 Arthur F. Burns, economist/chairman, Federal Reserve Board
1904 Arthur Frank Burns, Ukrainian Economist
1904 John Gielgud, born in London, England, actor, Arthur, Ages of Man
1904 Arthur Ernest Mourant, haematologist
1904 Japan and Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships
1903 Arthur Godfrey, New York City, radio/TV host, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout
1903 Arthur Tracy, born in Russia, street singer, Vincent Lopez Show, Limelight
1903 Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot
1903 Frank Parker, born in New York City, singer, Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party
1902 Arthur Wellard, cricketer, big hitting Somerset and England batsman
1902 Arthur D Nock, English/US historian, St. Paul
1901 Arthur Rex Alston, sports commentator
1901 Arthur Pierson, born in Oslo, Norway, actor and director, Hat Check Girl
1900 Arthur Schnitzlers "Leutnant Gustl" forbidden in Germany
1900 Arthur Schwartz, composer, Girl from Paris, Excuse my Dust
1900 Arthur S Sullivan, England, composer (Mikado, Ivanhoe), dies at 58
1900 Arthur Sullivan, British Composer
1900 Arthur Porritt, NZ, 100m sprinter, Olympic-bronze-1924
1900 Arthur Askey, Liverpool, actor, Bees in Paradise, Ghost Train
1900 Richard Arthur Warren Hughes, English writer, Fiction as Truth
1900 Sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus
1899 Arthur Lubin, film director
1899 Arthur Fellig, American Photographer
1899 Arthur Bryant, English historian, King Charles II
1898 Arthur H Dean, lawyer/advisor to FDR
1898 Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, politician/trade unionist
1898 Arthur Pinero's "Trelawney of the 'Wells'," premieres in London
1897 Arthur C. Nielsen, American Businessman
1897 Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer
1896 Arthur Calwell, Australian Politician
1896 Arthur Shields, Dublin Ireland, actor, River, Enchanted Island
1896 Henry Arthur Jones' "Michael and his Lost Angel," premieres in London
1895 Arthur Murray, born in New York City, dancer, Arthur Murray Dance Party
1895 Arthur Murray, dancer, Arthur Murray's Dance Party
1895 Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies
1894 Arthur Gilligan, cricketer, England captain in 1920's
1894 Arthur Fiedler, born in Boston, Massachusetts, conductor, Boston Pops
1894 Arthur Freed, American Producer
1894 Arthur Treacher, born in Brighton, England, announcer, Merv Griffin Show
1893 Arthur Benjamin, Sydney Australia, composer, Jamaican Rumba
1893 Arthur Shrewsbury is 1st to score 1,000 runs in Test Cricket
1893 Arthur Carr, cricket capt, England vs. Australia 1926
1892 Arthur H Compton, U.S. physicist, X-rays
1892 Arthur H. Compton, American Scientist
1892 Arthur Holly Compton, American Scientist
1892 Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor, 1930s, /war criminal
1892 Arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered
1892 Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer
1892 Arthur Harris, Cheltenham, Marshal of the RAF
1892 Arthur Oscar Honnegger, born in Le Havre, France, composer, King David
1892 Arthur Honegger, Swiss Composer
1891 JN Arthur Rimbaud, poet/arms merchant (Saison en Enfer), dies at 37
1891 Arthur Rimbaud, French Poet
1891 Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, London, composer, Olympians
1890 Arthur Walter Kramer, composer
1890 Arthur W. Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal, WW II
1889 Arthur Waley, sinologist, translator from Chinese and Japanese
1889 Arthur Morison, typographer
1888 Joseph Arthur Rank, English film magnate/baron
1888 Arthur Richardson, Australian cricket batsman, 20's
1888 Arthur Pinero's "Sweet Lavender," premieres in London
1888 Arthur M. Schlesinger, American Historian
1888 Arthur Berry, England, soccer player, Olympics gold 1908, 12
1887 Arthur Rubinstein, American Musician
1886 Chester A. Arthur, 21st President (1881-85), dies in New York at 56
1886 Arthur Whitten Brown, aviator
1886 Arthur Mailey, cricketer, great Aussie leg-spinner and cartoonist
1885 Arthur Dolphin, cricketer, Yorkshire and England keeper, later Test ump
1885 Arthur Harmat, composer
1884 Frank Arthur Swinnerton, England, novelist, Summer Storm, Sanctuary
1884 Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer, Adriaan Brouwer, or 5/10
1884 Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs, 1940
1884 Arthur Ransome, English author, Swallows and Amazons
1883 Arthur James Cook, England, union leader, coal miners
1883 Brooklyn Bridge opened by President Arthur and Governor Cleveland
1882 Arthur Eddington, England, astrophysicist/cosmologist/mathematician
1881 Chester A. Arthur sworn in as 21st president
1881 Arthur O'Shaughnessy, British Poet
1880 Arthur Shepherd, composer
1878 Arthur B Spingarn, U.S. NAACP-chairman, 1940-65
1877 Arthur C Pigou, English economist, Wealth and welfare
1877 Arthur Lang, U.S., boxer/businessman, Died Aug 8, 1992 at 115
1877 Arthur Farwell, composer
1875 Arthur Helps, British Historian
1874 Arthur Meighen, Canada, PM of Canada, 1920, 21, 26
1874 Arthur Meighen, C, 9th PM of Canada, 1920-21, 1926
1874 Arthur Hoyt, born in Georgetown CO, actor, Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along
1874 Arthur van Schendel, Dutch writer, The World a Dancing Party
1874 Arthur Shomburg, famous African
1873 French poet Paul Verlaine wounds Arthur Rimbaud with pistol
1872 Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist, founder of Sinn Fein
1871 Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer
1871 Arthur Fickenscher, composer
1871 Arthur Ponsonby, British Politician
1871 Arthur Guiterman, American Comedian
1870 Arthur Willard Pryor, composer
1870 Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer, dies at 48
1867 Arthur Rackham, England, artist/illustrator, Grimm's Fairy Tales
1867 Arthur Vining Davis, Sharon Massachusetts, CEO, Alcoa-1910-57
1866 Arthur Frederick Augustus "Dick" Lilley, cricket keeper, England
1866 Arthur Pearson, Wookey Somerset England, newspaper proprietor
1866 Arthur Keith, Scottish anthropologist
1865 Arthur Symons, Welsh poet, critic and co-founder Savoy
1864 Arthur Zimmermann, German Statesman
1864 Arthur Collins, singer/comedian, Peerless Quartet
1863 Arthur D Little, U.S., chemist, patented rayon
1863 Arthur Quiller-Couch, [Q], editor, Oxford Book of English Verse
1863 Arthur Henderson, Britain, socialist/disarmament worker, Nobel 1934
1863 Arthur Somervell, composer
1863 Arthur Machen, Welsh Author
1862 Arthur De Greef, composer
1862 Arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist, La Ronde
1861 Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer
1860 Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher
1859 Arthur Friedheim, composer
1859 J Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist, Balloon flights, Amazon
1859 Arthur Conan Doyle, UK, author brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice
1856 Arthur H Bird, composer
1856 Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer, dominant England bat late 19th cent
1855 Arthur Nikisch, Szent-Miklos Hungary, conductor, Berlin Philharmonic
1855 Arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright
1855 Arthur Hervey, composer
1854 Arthur Rimbaud, France, poet/adventurer, Illuminations
1853 Edwin Arthur Jones, composer
1853 Arthur W. Foote, born in Salem, Massachusetts, organist and composer, Suite for Strings in E
1852 Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington, dies at 83
1851 Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright, Judah
1851 Arthur J Evans, English archaeologist, Crete
1851 C E Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist, Netherlands Indies
1850 Arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer
1850 J C Arthur, Lowville, New York, botanist, studied rusts
1848 Arthur Earl Balfour, C, British Prime Minister, 1902-05, Balfour Declaration
1847 Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader
1846 Arthur Coquard, composer
1844 Arthur O'Shaughnessy, British Poet
1842 Arthur Seymour Sullivan, born in London, England, composer, Gilbert and Sullivan
1842 Arthur Sullivan, British Composer
1837 Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady, 1881-85
1833 American Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Phila
1830 Chester Alan Arthur, Fairfield Vt, R, 21st President, 1881-85
1830 Chester A. Arthur, American President
1825 Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer
1825 Arthur Haygarth, cricketer, Middlesex and Surrey bat, famous biographer
1824 Arthur Middleton Manigault, Brig General Confederate Army
1821 Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer
1820 Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies
1819 Arthur Hugh Clough, poet, friend of Matthew Arnold
1815 Eleazer Arthur Paine, Brig General Union volunteers
1813 Arthur Helps, British Historian
1805 Arthur Murphy, Irish Writer
1803 Arthur Wolfe, 1st viscount Kilwarden/Chief Justice of Ireld, murdered
1788 Arthur Schopenhauer, Germany, philosopher, Great Pessimist
1788 Capt Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay NSW
1788 Capt Arthur Phillip hoists English flag on Botany Bay, New South Wales
1787 Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay
1787 Arthur Middleton, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 44
1769 Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British Prime Minister, C, 1828-30
1769 Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington
1742 Arthur Middleton, signer, Declaration of Independence
1738 Arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales
1727 Arthur Murphy, Irish Writer
1502 Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies
1501 English crown prince Arthur marries Catharina of Aragon
1471 Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55
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