1995 Death Robert Bolt, British playwright (Doctor Zhivago, Bounty), dies at 70 1991 Death Dick Winslow, actor (Tom Sawyer, Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at 75 1989 Event Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers $1M-$3M bounty on Salman Rushdie's death due to his novel, "Satanic Verses" 1985 Death Richard Haydn, British actor (Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at 80 1968 Death Howard Petrie, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), dies at 61 1942 Birthday Bernard Hill, Manchester, actor, Bellman and True, New World, Bounty 1937 Birthday Anthony Hopkins, born in Wales, actor, Elephant Man, QB VII, Magic, Bounty 1921 Birthday Nancy Walker, Philadelphia, Bounty ads/actress, Rhoda, McMillan and Wife 1916 Birthday Trevor Howard, born in England, actor, Mutiny on Bounty, Ryan's Daughter 1912 Birthday Hugh Griffith, Wales, actor, Ben Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver! 1906 Birthday Howard Petrie, Beverly, Massachusetts, actor, Border River, Bounty Hunter 1899 Birthday Charles Laughton, born in England, actor, Mutiny on Bounty, Spartacus 1888 Birthday Frank Lloyd, Scotland, actor and director, Mutiny on Bounty, Oliver Twist 1817 Death William Bligh, British naval officer of "Bounty" fame, dies at 63 1789 Event Fletcher Christian leads Mutiny on HMS Bounty and Captain William Bligh 1725 Event 10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in New Hampshire for bounty
