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2004 Jan Berry, singer, Jan and Dean, dies at 62

2003 Fred Berry, comic, Whats Happening, dies at 52

2002 74th Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony, Whoopi Goldberg hosts, A Beautiful Mind wins Best Picture, Denzell Washington and Hallie Berry win lead acting awards

2001 Berry Berenson, photographer/actress, dies at 53 - a 9/11 terrorist murder

2001 William Berry, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph, dies in Westminster, London, at age 89

1998 Danielle Berry, American Celebrity

1997 Richard Berry, musician, singer, songwriter, wrote, 'Louie Louie', sold copyright in 1959, song has since been recorded over 1,000 times, dies at 61

1996 Rodney Rash, born in Frederick, Maryland, Rodney R. Rash, horse trainer, trained Thoroughbred horses, clients include Berry Gordy, Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky, Gary A. Tanaka, won Santa Anita Handicap with Urgent Request, 1995, dies of rare blood disorder at age 36

1996 Actress Halle Berry files for divorce from David Justice

1994 Colin Berry Haycraft, publisher, dies at 65

1994 Arthur Berry, playwright, artist, teacher, poet, studied, then taught at Burslem School of Art, absorbed by Stoke-on-Trent College of Art, which in 1971 became North Staffordshire Polytechnic, where he taught painting until 1985, dies at 69

1993 Eric Berry, English/US actor (Pippin, 49th Parallel), dies at 80

1992 Marion Berry, former mayor of Washington D.C., let out of prison

1991 Jan Berry (Jan and Dean) weds Gertie Filip

1991 Eleanor Berry, actress (Death Valley Days), dies

1991 Berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed), dies of kidney failure at 78

1990 Police find marijuana at Chuck Berry's home

1988 Chuck Berry pays $250 fine to resolve New York City assault charges

1988 Woman sues Chuck Berry for $5,000,000 alleges he hit her

1986 1st induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Everly Bros, B Holly, J L Lewis and Elvis Presley)

1979 Chuck Berry sentenced to 4 months for $200,000 in tax evasion

1979 Chuck Berry pleads guilty to income tax evasion, sentenced to 4 months

1979 Rocker Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion

1975 Bert Berry, linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts

1973 Berry Radstraat, Dutch soccer player, NEC, SCH

1972 Berry Oakley, U.S. rock bassist, Allman Brothers-Motor Breakdown

1972 Berry Oakley, U.S. rock bassist (Allman Bro), dies in car crash at 24

1972 Chuck Berry's "My Ding-a-ling," is #1

1970 Berry Richter, born in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. hockey defenseman 1994 Olympics

1969 Darren Berry, cricketer, Victorian wicket-keeper since 1989-90

1968 Halle Berry, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Miss World USA, 1986, actress, Boomerang

1966 Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck

1966 Sean Berry, born in Santa Monica, California, infielder for the Houston Astros

1963 Nick Berry, Britain, actor, Wicksy-EastEnders

1962 Berry van Aerle, Dutch soccer star, PSV

1961 Chuck Berry's amusement park, Berryland in St. Louis, opens

1960 Bertice Berry, talk show host, Bertice

1959 Rodney Rash, born in Frederick, Maryland, Rodney R. Rash, horse trainer, trained Thoroughbred horses, clients include Berry Gordy, Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky, Gary A. Tanaka, won Santa Anita Handicap with Urgent Request, 1995

1958 Bill Berry, U.S. pop drummer, REM-Sentimental Hygiene

1951 Fred Berry, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Rerun-What's Happening

1949 Danielle Berry, American Celebrity

1948 Berry Oakley, born in Chicago, Illinois, rocker, Allman Brothers-Ramblin' Man

1944 Berry Esselink, Dutch MP, CDA

1941 Ken Berry, baseball player, White Sox, Angels, Brewers, Indians

1941 Jan Berry, born in Los Angeles, California, rock vocalist, Jan and Dean-Deadman's Curve

1938 Carl Gottlieb, comedian, Ken Berry Wow Show

1938 Mary Frances Berry, educator/head, US Commission on Civil Rights

1937 Colin Berry, professor, morbid anatomist

1935 Richard Berry, born in Extension, Louisiana, musician, singer, songwriter, wrote, 'Louie Louie', sold copyright in 1959, song has since been recorded over 1,000 times

1934 Wendell Berry, American Poet

1933 Ken Berry, actor, Sam-Mayberry RFD, Vinton-Mama's Family

1933 Raymond Berry, Texas, NFL hall of famer for the Baltimore Colts

1932 Jim Berry, cartoonist, Berry's World

1930 Ken Berry, Moline, Illinois, actor, F Troop, Mayberry RFD, Mama's Family

1929 Berry Gordy, Jr., Detroit, record company owner, Motown

1929 Berry Gordy, American Businessman

1929 Walter Berry, Austria singer and ex husband of Christa Ludwig

1929 Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer, dies at 65

1929 Colin Berry Haycraft, publisher

1928 Wallace Berry, composer

1926 Chuck Berry, St. Louis, rocker, Roll over Beethoven

1926 Cicely Berry, voice director, Royal Shakespeare Company

1926 Bob Berry, cricketer, England slow lefty 1950

1925 Arthur Berry, born in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, England, playwright, artist, teacher, poet, studied, then taught at Burslem School of Art, absorbed by Stoke-on-Trent College of Art, which in 1971 became North Staffordshire Polytechnic, where he taught painting until 1985

1918 T Berry Brazelton, doctor, On Being a Father

1915 Francis Berry, poet/Shakespearean scholar

1912 Albert Berry made the 1st parachute jump from an airplane

1912 Captain Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane

1912 Albert Berry makes 1st parachute jump from an airplane

1911 William Berry, born in England, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph

1897 Amanda Berry Smith, famous African

1882 John Berry Hobbs, England, 1st cricket played knighted, 1953

1866 Martha McChesney Berry, U.S., founded Berry School for Children

1863 Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer

1860 Carolina, duchess of Berry/daughter of crown prince of Naples, dies

1829 Green Berry Raum, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1824 Hiram Gregory Berry, Major General Union volunteers

1820 Charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42

1798 Carolina F L duchess of Berry, daughter of crown prince of Naples

1778 Charles F, duke of Berry/son of French king Charles X

1714 Karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies

1714 Duke of Berry, French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies

1611 Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome

1416 John, Duke of Berry, captain of Paris, dies

1340 John duke of Berry, captain of Paris/art collector


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