2011 Event A new world record is set by Jamaica's 4x100-meter relay team of Nesta Carter, Usain Bolt, Michael Frater and Yohan Blake 2002 Death Whitney Blake, actress, Hazel, dies at 77 1997 Death Terry Nation, writer (Dr. Who, Blake 7) at 66 1991 Death Katharine Blake, actress (To Have and To Hold), dies at 62 1989 Death Amanda Blake, actress (Gunsmoke), dies at 58 1987 Birthday Blake Lively, born in Tarzana, California, actress, first role, Bridget, 'The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants', cast in CW television network series 'Gossip Girl', has appeared on covers of magazines Seventeen, Vogue 1985 Death Eugene Carson Blake, Secretary-General World Council of Churches, dies at 78 1983 Event 56th National Spelling Bee: Blake Giddens wins spelling purim 1983 Death Eubie Blake, ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 100 1982 Death Larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68 1980 Birthday Steve Blake, American Athlete 1978 Event Frank C Carlucci succeeds John F Blake as deputy director of CIA 1977 Event John F. Blake promoted from acting to deputy director of CIA 1975 Event 27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake and Jean Marsh 1973 Birthday Marc Blake Schneider, born in Lubbock, Texas, rower, Olympics-bronze-1996 1973 Birthday Blake Brockermeyer, NFL tackle, Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers 1970 Birthday Jeff Blake, NFL quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals 1969 Birthday Rob Blake, Simcoe Ont, NHL defenseman, Team Canada, Los Angeles Kings 1963 Birthday Teresa Blake, Tuscaloosa Ala, actress, Gloria Marsh-All My Children 1958 Birthday Jay Don Blake, St. George, Utah, PGA golfer, 1991 Shearson Lehman Open 1949 Birthday Christopher Blake, actor, Alexa 1944 Event Resistance fighter/poet Col Blake arrives in London 1936 Birthday David Leonard Blake, composer 1936 Birthday G H Blake, Principal, Collingwood College, Durham U 1933 Birthday Robert Blake, Nutley, New Jersey, Baretta, Little Rascals, Coast to Coast 1932 Birthday Graham Arnold, born in England, artist, founder of Brotherhood of Ruralists, other members include Jann Haworth, Sir Peter Blake, worked with oil and mixed media, realistic and surrealistic elements 1930 Event Blake and Razaf's "Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1930," premieres in New York City 1930 Birthday Terry Nation, writer, Dr. Who, Blake 7 1922 Birthday Blake Edwards, born in Oklahoma, writer and director, 10, SOB, Breakfast at Tiffany's 1921 Birthday Amanda Blake, Beverly, Buffalo, New York, actress, Kitty Russell-Gunsmoke 1912 Death Edward Blake, Canadian Politician 1906 Birthday Eugene Carson Blake, U.S. Secretary-General of World council of Churches, 1966-72 1904 Birthday Cecil Day-Lewis, England, poet laureate/detective, Nicholas Blake 1903 Death Charles Dupee Blake, composer, dies at 56 1883 Birthday Eubie Blake, ragtime composer/pianist, Memories of You 1872 Birthday Charles Blake Cochran, impresario 1858 Event Lyman Blake patents shoe manufacturing machine 1847 Birthday Charles Dupee Blake, composer 1833 Birthday Edward Blake, Canadian Politician 1830 Birthday George Blake Cosby, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1829 Birthday Silas Weir Mitchell, U.S. physician/author, Roland Blake 1827 Death William Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69 1822 Death Denmark Vesey, and 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, South Carolina 1757 Birthday William Blake, English poet/painter, Songs of Innocence and Experience 1657 Death Robert Blake, English Admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57 1657 Event Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet 1655 Event English Admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet 1653 Event Defeat of Dutch fleet under Admiral Van Tromp by Adm Blake off Portsmouth 1652 Event English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under lt-adm Tromp
