1994 Event "Beauty and the Beast" opens at Palace Theater New York City 1979 Death Jean Renoir, French writer and director 'Human Beast', 'Rules of the Game', dies at 84 1966 Birthday Stephen Baldwin, actor, Beast, Lawrenceville Stories, Usual Suspects 1963 Event "Beast in Me" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 4 performances 1963 Event "Beast in Me" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 4 performances 1956 Birthday Linda Hamilton, born in Salisbury, Maryland, actress, Catherine-Beauty and the Beast 1955 Birthday Dave Murray, English pop guitarist, Iron Maiden-Number of the Beast 1950 Birthday Ron Perlman, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Quest for Fire, Beauty and the Beast 1949 Event Maurice Ravel/John Cranko's ballet "Beauty and the Beast," premieres 1948 Birthday Tessa Wyatt, actress, Beast in the Cellar, Wedding Night 1945 Death Josef Kramer, known as "beast of Belsen," and 10 others, hanged 1941 Birthday Captain Beefheart, Don Van Vliet, rocker, Bongo Fury, Shiny Beast 1940 Birthday Bibi Besch, Vienna Austria, actress, Star Trek 2, Beast Within 1937 Birthday Ron Leibman, New York City, actor, Norma Rae, Where's Poppa?, Beauty and Beast 1936 Birthday Roy Hudd, comedian, Blood Beast Terror, Vampire Beast Craves Blood 1904 Birthday Peter Lorre, Hungarian American, actor, M, Casablanca, Beast with 5 Fingers 1895 Birthday Cullen Landis, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Soul of the Beast 1862 Event Union General Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw and common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis 1845 Birthday Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator, Beauty and Beast
