1997 Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu
1996 Peter Bird, ocean rower, dies at 49
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. NZ 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
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
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, ocean rower
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
1938 1st black woman legislator, Crystal Bird Fauset of Phila
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
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
1928 James Brown, Augusta, Georgia, singer/jail bird, soul brother #1, Hot Pants
1926 Willem Oltmans, Dutch journalist, Outlawed, Free as a Bird
1925 Gerald Malcolm Durrell, Britain, zoologist/writer, Mockery Bird
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 Claudia A. "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson, 1st lady, 1963-1969
1912 Lady Bird Johnson, American First Lady
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 Robert Montgomery Bird's "Gladiator," premieres in New York City
1831 Isabella Bird, English Writer
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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