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1992 George Berkeley, actor (Life Stinks, Capts and Kings), dies at 70

1990 Gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkeley California

1989 Lennox Berkeley, composer, dies at 86

1988 Ballard Berkeley, actor (East meets West), dies at 83

1986 KRE-AM in Berkeley, California changes call letters to KBLX (now KBFN)

1976 Busby Berkeley, U.S. choreographer/dir (Strike Up the Band), dies at 80

1974 Tammy Holmes, born in Berkeley, California, female outfielder, Colo Silver Bullets

1972 KPAT-AM in Berkeley, California returns from KRE

1971 Berkeley chemists announces 1st synthetic growth hormones

1968 Rick McNair, born in Berkeley, California, water polo 2m defender 1996 Olympics

1968 Molly Brock, born in Berkeley, California, rower 1996 Olympics

1967 Darren Lewis, born in Berkeley, California, outfielder, Chicago White Sox

1964 Police arrests 800 sit-in students at Univeristy of California at Berkeley

1963 KRE-AM in Berkeley, California changes call letters to KPAT

1961 Element 103, Lawrencium, 1st produced in Berkeley California

1960 Frank Lloyd, director (Berkeley Square, Blood on the Sun), dies at 72

1958 Xander Berkeley, American Actor

1957 Berkeley Breathed, American Cartoonist

1953 Marcia Clark, [Kleks], born in Berkeley, California, LA DA, OJ Simpson Case

1946 Christopher Keene, born in Berkeley, California, conductor, La Traviata

1945 John Fogerty, Berkeley Cal, rock vocals (Creedence Clearwater Revival

1945 Nicholas Berkeley Mason, drummer, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall

1944 Karen Grassle, born in Berkeley, California, actress, Caroline-Little House on Prairie

1941 Tom Fogerty, Berkeley Cal, rocker, Creedence Clearwater Revival

1940 William Fred Dempster, born in Berkeley, California, crew member, Biosphere 2

1938 Robert Webster, Berkeley Cal, diver, Oly-gold-1960, 64

1936 1st radioactive isotope medicine administered, Berkeley, California

1929 John Baldridge' "Berkeley Square," premieres in New York City

1929 Russell Arms, born in Berkeley, California, vocalist, Your Hit Parade

1910 1st junior high schools in U.S. opens (Berkeley California)

1909 1st junior high school established (Berkeley California)

1903 Lennox R F Berkeley, British composer, Castaway

1895 Busby Berkeley, born in Los Angeles, California, choreographer

1866 Berkeley, California named (for George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne)

1860 Daniel Berkeley Updike, printer/publisher/writer, Printing Types

1834 HMS Beagle anchors at Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands

1753 George Berkeley, philosopher/bishop (Cloyne), dies on 68th birthday

1685 George Berkeley, born in Ireland, philosopher and bishop of Cloyne



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