2002 Whitney Blake, actress, Hazel, dies at 77
1997 Terry Nation, writer (Dr. Who, Blake 7) at 66
1991 Katharine Blake, actress (To Have and To Hold), dies at 62
1990 Blake Tuomy-Wilhoit, actor, Full House
1989 Amanda Blake, actress (Gunsmoke), dies at 58
1985 Eugene Carson Blake, sec-gen World Council of Churches, dies at 78
1983 56th National Spelling Bee: Blake Giddens wins spelling purim
1983 Eubie Blake, ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 100
1982 Larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68
1980 Steve Blake, American Athlete
1978 Frank C Carlucci succeeds John F Blake as deputy director of CIA
1977 John F. Blake promoted from acting to deputy director of CIA
1975 27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake and Jean Marsh
1973 Marc Blake Schneider, born in Lubbock, Texas, rower, Olympics-bronze-1996
1973 Blake Brockermeyer, NFL tackle, Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers
1970 Jeff Blake, NFL quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals
1969 Rob Blake, Simcoe Ont, NHL defenseman, Team Canada, Los Angeles Kings
1963 Teresa Blake, Tuscaloosa Ala, actress, Gloria Marsh-All My Children
1958 Jay Don Blake, St. George, Utah, PGA golfer, 1991 Shearson Lehman Open
1957 Blake Passey, horse trainer
1949 Christopher Blake, actor, Alexa
1944 Resistance fighter/poet Col Blake arrives in London
1936 David Leonard Blake, composer
1936 G H Blake, Principal, Collingwood College, Durham U
1933 Robert Blake, Nutley, New Jersey, Baretta, Little Rascals, Coast to Coast
1930 Blake and Razaf's "Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1930," premieres in New York City
1930 Terry Nation, writer, Dr. Who, Blake 7
1922 Blake Edwards, born in Oklahoma, writer and director, 10, SOB, Breakfast at Tiffany's
1921 Amanda Blake, [Beverly], Buffalo, New York, actress, Kitty Russell-Gunsmoke
1912 Edward Blake, Canadian Politician
1906 Eugene Carson Blake, U.S. sec-gen of World council of Churches, 1966-72
1904 Cecil Day-Lewis, England, poet laureate/detective, Nicholas Blake
1903 Charles Dupee Blake, composer, dies at 56
1883 Eubie Blake, ragtime composer/pianist, Memories of You
1872 Charles Blake Cochran, impresario
1858 Lyman Blake patents shoe manufacturing machine
1847 Charles Dupee Blake, composer
1833 Edward Blake, Canadian Politician
1830 George Blake Cosby, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1909
1829 Silas Weir Mitchell, U.S. physician/author, Roland Blake
1827 William Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69
1822 Denmark Vesey, and 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, SC
1757 William Blake, English poet/painter, Songs of Innocence and Experience
1657 Robert Blake, English Admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57
1657 Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet
1655 English Admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet
1653 Defeat of Dutch fleet under Adm Van Tromp by Adm Blake off Portsmouth
1652 English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under lt-adm Tromp
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