1999 Death Bethel Leslie, actress/writer, Long Day's Journey into Night, dies at 70 1961 Birthday Meg Ryan, Bethel, Connecticut, actress, When Harry Met Sally, As the World Turns 1933 Birthday Sheree North, Dawn Bethel, Louisiana, actress, Mary Tyler Moore Show 1929 Birthday Bethel Leslie, New York City, entertainer, Captain Newman, Maryland, Rabbit Trap 1861 Event Battle of Big Bethel Virginia (Bethel Church, Great Bethal)-Union retreats 1833 Birthday Powell Clayton, born in Bethel Pennsylvania, Brigadier General Union volunteers, Arkansas Governor 1868 - 1871, Republican 1810 Birthday Phineas Taylor Barnum, Bethel Conn, circus promoter, Barnum and Bailey 1796 Event Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is 1st US-African church 1794 Event Richard Allen organizes Philadelphia's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church 1794 Event Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, forms
