1999 Harry Rossoll, illustrator, created Smokey the Bear, dies at 89
1994 Deborah Bear, Engl still photographer (Pasolini/Fellini), dies at 44
1992 Jackson Weaver, voice of Smokey the Bear, dies of diabetes
1992 6.6 earthquake in Big Bear Valley of Los Angeles
1988 Daws Butler, cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at 71
1984 Jon-Erik Hexum, actor (Bear), dies by a gun loaded with blanks at 26
1983 Paul "Bear" Bryant, U.S. football coach (Alabama), dies at 69
1983 Paul "Bear" Bryant, college football coach (Alabama), dies at 69
1982 Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant ends his career with Alabama (323 wins)
1981 Bear Bryant wins his 315th game to out distance Alonzo Stagg and become college football's winningest coach
1981 Paul 'Bear' Bryant ties Amos Alonzo Stagg with 314 football wins
1981 Bob "The Bear" Hite, singer (Canned Heat-Goin' up the Country), dies
1981 Bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36
1975 U.S. Department of Interior designates grizzly bear a threatened species
1966 Tricia Cast, Medford, New York, actr, Amanda-Bad News Bear, Young and Restless
1962 A bear becomes the 1st creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds
1961 Judy Landers, Philadelphia, actress, Vega$, BJ and the Bear, Madame's Place
1961 Chicago Bear Willard Dewveall becomes 1st NFLer to join AFL
1955 Congress orders all U.S. coins bear motto "In God We Trust"
1953 Greg Evigan, South Amboy, New Jersey, actor, BJ-BJ and the Bear, Melrose Place
1951 Greg[ory Dale] Bear, U.S., sci-fi author, 2 Hugos, Eon, Eternity
1951 Greg Bear, American Writer
1949 Chicago Bear Johnny Lujack passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chic Cards (52-29)
1946 Ronald Bear, actor and director, Havana, Make-up
1945 Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain, New York
1944 Smokey Bear debuts as spokeman for fire prevention
1944 Smokey the Bear, named after New York City fireman Smokey Joe Martin
1943 Chicago Bear Sid Luckman passes for 7 touchdowns vs New York Giants (56-7)
1943 Jean-Jacques Annaud, director, Bear, Black and White, Coup de Tete
1943 Bob "Bear" Hite, California, vocalist, Canned Heat-Going Up the Country
1943 Julie Bennett, Beverly Hills California, actress, Hey There It's Yogi Bear
1942 Bear Bossu, [Berend F Gertenbach], actor/vocalist, Pub Chantant
1940 Ed Lauter, Long Beach, New York, actor, Sheriff Cain-BJ and the Bear
1940 Mills Watson, born in Oakland, California, actor, Harper Valley PTA, BJ and Bear
1939 Johnny Preston singer, Running Bear, Cradle of Love
1936 Juliet Prowse, Bombay India, actress/dancer, Who Killed Teddy Bear
1929 Sonny James, singer, Young Love, Running Bear
1928 Smokey The Bear
1918 Claude Akins, Nelson Georgia, actor, BJ and Bear, Movin' On, Lobo
1917 Jan Murray, born in Bronx, New York, comedian, Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear
1916 Daws Butler, born in Toledo, Ohio, animation voice, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound
1913 Paul "Bear" Bryant, U.S. football coach, Alabama Crimson Tide
1903 1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris and Rose Michtom
1902 Bkln toymaker Morris Michton names teddy bear after Teddy Roosevelt
1895 George S Halas, [Papa Bear], end/coach, Bears, co-founder NFL
1885 Canada's North-west Insurrection ends with surrender of Big Bear
1879 Big Snake, brother of Ponca chief Standing Bear, dies
1877 Prairie Flower, daughter of Ponca and chief Standing Bear, dies
1871 Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) and Big Tree, begins
1864 Lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered
1863 Battle at Bear River, Washington: U.S. Army vs indians
1850 Wilhelm Bear, German banker/astronomer (Moon Map), dies at 53
1733 1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)
1170 Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70
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