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1996 Roger Tory Peterson, born in Jamestown, New York, ornithologist/writer 'How to Know Birds', dies at 87

1994 Bill Quinn, U.S. actor (Quinn Brothers, Birds, Lucky Stiff), dies at 81

1980 Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, British director (Psycho, Birds), dies at 80

1975 Ethel Griffies, actress (Billy Liar, Birds), dies at 97

1971 Sydney Penny, actress, Danni-New Gidget, Thorn Birds, All My Children

1957 Rachel Ward, born in Cornwell Manor, England, actress, Thorn Birds

1953 Philip Anglim, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Dane-Thorn Birds

1950 Holly Palance, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Thorn Birds, Ripley's Believe It

1947 Laurie Anderson, performance artist, O Superman, Excellent Birds

1937 Suzanne Pleshette, New York City, actress, Birds, Emily-Bob Newhart Show

1935 Tippi Hedren, born in Minnesota, actress, The Birds, Marnie, Bold and Beautiful

1933 Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch choreographer/ballet dancer, Painted Birds

1926 Allyn Ann McLerie, Quebec, actress, Tony Randall Show, Thorn Birds

1926 Jean Simmons, born in London, England, actress, Thorn Birds, Guys and Dolls

1913 1st U.S. law regulating the shooting of migratory birds passed

1909 Jessica Tandy, London, actress, Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included

1909 U.S. prohibits interstate transportation of game birds

1908 Roger Tory Peterson, born in Jamestown, New York, ornithologist/writer 'How to Know Birds'

1907 Barbara Stanwyck, born in Brooklyn, actress, Dynasty II, Big Valley, Thorn Birds

1905 Kenneth Rexroth, U.S., poet, critic and translator Birds in the Bush

1899 Alfred Hitchcock, born in London, director, Psycho, Birds, Rear Window

1878 Ethel Griffies, actress, Billy Liar, Birds, We Live Again

1871 Millions of birds fly over western SF, darkens sky

1852 William Scarborough, Macon, Georgia, linguist/author, Birds of Aristophanes

1839 Henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet, Bell Birds

1753 Thomas Bewick, England, artist, British Birds, Aesop's Fables


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