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1997 Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu
1996 Peter Bird, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days, dies at age 49 at sea during an attempt to row across the Pacific 1995 New double Beatle CD released with new song "Free as a Bird" 1995 Michelle Francis Bird, campaigner, dies at 30 1995 Alison "Night Bird" Steele, DJ (WNEW-FM, WXRK-FM), dies of cancer 1995 John Megna, actor (To Kill a Mocking Bird), dies at 42 1995 Gerald M Durrell, British zoologist/author (Mockery Bird), dies at 70 1994 Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Bird House), dies at 48 1993 Bob Wolf, agent (New Kids on the Block, Larry Bird), dies 1993 Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery 1990 Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games 1989 Larry Bird, of the Celtics, begins NBA free throw streak of 71 games 1988 Mona Washbourne, actress (Blue Bird, Games), dies at 84 1988 Nippon Airways announces that painting eyeballs on Jets cut bird collisions by 20% 1987 Larry Bird, ends streak of 59 consecutive free throws 1987 Larry Bird (Celtics), begins NBA free throw streak of 59 1985 Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points 1983 John P Strijbos, writer (Called that Bird), dies at 92 1982 Albert TLCA Bird, lecture artist, dies 1981 Vincent Kartheiser, actor, Hairy Bird, Alaska, Untamed Heart 1981 Jochem Bird elected mayor of West Berlin 1980 Tim Hardin, U.S. singer (Bird on a Wire), dies of a drug overdose at 39 1980 Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year 1973 Albe, Renaut A Joostens, Flemish writer (Paradise Bird), dies at 71 1973 Test Cricket umpiring debut of H D "Dickie" Bird vs. New Zealand at Leeds 1968 Corry Lievens, Flemish actress/playwright/dir (Blue Bird), dies at 64 1967 Gertrude McCoy, silent screen actress (Blue Bird), dies at 77 1966 "It's a Bird... It's Superman" closes at Alvin New York City after 129 performances 1966 "It's a Bird... It's Superman" opens at Alvin New York City for 129 performances 1965 Michelle Francis Bird, campaigner 1965 1st use of satellite TV, Today Show on Early Bird Satellite 1965 Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service 1965 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st coml geosynchronous communication satellite 1963 Robert Stroud, "bird man of Alcatraz", dies 1962 Jesse Johnson, born in Rock Island, Illinois, Jesse Woods Johnson, musician, guitarist, funk, rocky, rhythm and blues genres, original member of The Time, contributed to hit singles, 'The Bird', 'Jungle Love', on The Time's third album, 'Ice Cream Castle' 1961 Rory Bremner, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, impressionist, political satirist, comedian, appeared on Channel 4 with 'Rory Bremner, Who Else?', host of award-winning show, 'Bremner, Bird and Fortune' 1960 1st redshank old world shore bird reported in North America (Halifax) 1959 Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth," premieres in New York City 1957 Brad Bird, American Cartoonist 1956 Larry Bird, hoop star for the Boston Celtics 1955 Charlie "Bird" Parker, U.S. jazz saxophonist, dies at 34 in New York City 1955 Sandra Bernhard, born in Arizona, Follow That Bird, King of Comedy 1952 Joel Garner, born in Christ Church, Barbados, right-handed, fast bowler, nicknamed 'Big Bird', West Indian cricketer, played 1979 Cricket World Cup, 1983 Cricket World Cup 1951 Gil "The Bird" Moore, rocker, Triumph 1950 Bird Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated 1949 Pam Grier, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, actress, Big Bird Cage, Tough Enough 1947 Peter Bird, born in Britain, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days 1946 Herman Brood, Dutch painter/singer/pianist, Sleepin' Bird 1944 Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, Lyndon Baines Johnson's daughter 1943 Bill Duke, actor, Bird on a Wire, Predator 1942 Tweety Bird, aka Tweety Pie, debuts in "Tale of Two Kitties" 1942 Tweety Bird, cartoon character 1941 Tim Hardin, Oregon, singer, If I Were a Carpenter, Bird on a Wire 1941 Glenn Moore, born in Portland, Oregon, rocker, jazz bassist, played with saxophonist Jim Pepper, recorded 'This is It' with Nick Brignola, 'Bird on Wire' with Tim Hardin 1938 1st black woman legislator, Crystal Bird Fauset of Philadelphia 1937 John Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Bird in Hand), dies at 54 1937 Collin Wilcox, Highlands, North Carolina, actor, To Kill a Mocking Bird 1936 Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court Justice 1936 Daniel Goode, born in America, composer, clarinetist, studied with Henry Cowell, influenced by Indonesian gamelan music, bird song, Cape Breton fiddling, minimal music, member, Gamelan Son of Lion, Director, Electronic Music Studio, Rutgers University 1934 Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act 1933 Jerzy Kosinski, novelist, Painted Bird, Being There 1933 Harold "Dickie" Bird, cricketer, noted England Test umpire 1932 Dusan Makavejev, Belgrade Yugoslavia, director, Man is Not a Bird 1930 Bob den Uyl, Dutch journalist and writer, Bird Watching 1926 Willem Oltmans, Dutch journalist, Outlawed, Free as a Bird 1925 Gerald Malcolm Durrell, Britain, zoologist/writer, Mockery Bird 1924 Brian Rix, born in Cottingham, England, born Brian Norman Roger Rix, Baron Rix, actor, appeared in film, The Night We Got The Bird, charity worker for Mencap 1923 Arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67 1920 Charlie "Bird" Parker, U.S. jazz saxophonist 1920 Peter Jones, born in England, actor, From a Bird's Eye View 1916 U.S. and Canada sign migratory bird treaty 1913 Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird known to have crossed the Atlantic) 1912 Lady Bird Johnson, born in Texas, First Lady of the United States, called "Lady Bird", beautified Washington, D.C. 1910 Signe Hasso, actress, QB VII, Taxi 13, Black Bird, Crisis 1909 Bird banding society found 1904 Isabella Bird, English Writer 1903 Corry Lievens, Isabella MJ Adriaens, Flemish actress, Blue Bird 1903 1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian, Florida 1898 Vicente Aleixandre, born in Spain, writer, Ambito, Bird of Paper, Nobel 1977 1896 Jaromir Weinberger, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer, Bird's Opera 1890 Gertrude McCoy, born in Sugar Valley, Georgia, silent screen actress, Blue Bird 1884 Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet and author, Bird Phoenix 1872 1st state bird refuge authorized (Lake Merritt, California) 1862 P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet, Blue Bird, Nobel 1911 1861 Battle of Bird Creek, Indian Terr (High Shoal, Chusto-Talasah) 1856 Arthur H Bird, composer 1831 Isabella Bird, English Writer 1831 Robert Montgomery Bird's "Gladiator," premieres in New York City 1792 Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82 1785 John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist 1776 In a New York bar decorated with bird tail, customer orders "cock tail" 1719 Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter 1714 Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor, Child with Bird Cage |
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