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2003 Johnny Cash, man-in-black, Boy Named Sue, dies at 71
1998 Carl Wilson, rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51 1997 Chris Farley, comedian (SNL, Tommy Boy), dies at 33 1997 John Denver, country star (Country Boy), dies in plain crash at 53 1995 Blind teenage boy receives a 'Bionic Eye' at a Washington Hospital 1994 Leigh Bowery, designer, pop star, model, performance artist, influenced Boy George, Vivienne Westwood, dies at 33 1994 Accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy, Michael Jackson settles a civil lawsuit out of court 1993 Fritz Feld, actor (Errand Boy, Promises Promises), dies at 93 1993 Edwina Lewis, actress (Boy Who Cried Bitch), dies of heart attack 42 1993 Will Rogers, Jr., (Rep-D)/actor (Boy from Okla), commits suicide at 81 1993 Ann Todd, actress (Things to Come, Danny Boy), dies of stroke at 84 1992 William Hillcourt, author (Boy Scout Handbook), dies at 92 1992 Nature Boy Ric Flair becomes WWF champ at Royal Rumble 1990 Jackie Moran, actor (Janie, Barefoot Boy), dies of cancer at 65 1990 Dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies 1990 Sammy Davis, Jr., singer and actor (Golden Boy), dies at 64 1990 FHP "Boy" Trip, Dutch minister, dies 1988 New York City 1st case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9 year old Bronx boy) 1988 Dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71 1987 15-years old boy hijacks KLM B737, demands $1 billion 1987 Boy George barred from British TV show, he may be a bad influence 1986 It is reported Boy George is being treated for heroin addiction 1984 Doris May, actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies at 81 of heart failure 1983 Kerwin Duinmeijer, Antillean boy, murdered by racist at 15 1981 U.S. government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer 1980 Eliza Dushku, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, This Boy's Life, True Lies, Journey 1978 Ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough" 1977 Dutch Antilles: premier Boy Rozendal points independence off 1976 Boy George expelled from school 1976 Andy Milonakis, born in Katonah, New York, actor, comedian, uses comedy to deflect from his congenital growth-hormone condition, giving him the voice, appearance of an adolescent boy, appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live television show 1975 "Thank God I'm a Country Boy," by John Denver hits #1 1974 Eve March, actress (Adam's Rib, Danny Boy), dies at 63 1973 Oscar de la Hoya, born in Los Angeles, California, boxer, light middleweight, Mexican-American, nicknamed 'The Golden Boy', defeated 17 world championships, won 10 world titles in six different weight classes 1973 Max Adrian, actor (Boy Friend, Her Favorite Husband), dies at 69 1972 Rochelle Hudson, actress (That's My Boy), dies at 55 1971 Robert Lowery, actor (Circus Boy, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 57 1970 "Boy Friend" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 119 performances 1970 24th Tony Awards: Borstal Boy and Applause win 1970 "Boy Friend" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 119 performances 1968 Jay Underwood, actor, Boy Who Could Fly 1968 Phil Arnold, actor (Skidoo, Errand Boy, Damn Yankees), dies at 58 1967 Brendan Behans "Norstal Boy," premieres in Dublin 1966 "Golden Boy" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 569 performances 1965 Mary Boland, actress (Boy Trouble, New Moon), dies at 83 1965 Sonny Boy Williamson, Aleck Miller, blues player, dies at 65 1964 "Golden Boy" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 569 performances 1964 David Spade, comedian, SNL, Tommy Boy, Black Sheep 1964 GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy 1963 Mary Ann Fischer, Aberdeen, South Dakota, gave birth to America's 1st surviving quintuplets, 4 girls and a boy 1963 Clifford Odets, U.S. playwright (Golden Boy), dies at 57 1962 Mark Haddon, born in Northampton, England, novelist, poet, wrote, 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time', written from perspective of boy with Asperger syndrome 1962 Guinn Williams, actor (Big Boy-Circus Boy), dies of poisoning at 63 1962 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue and Blue Boys 1961 "Boy George" O'Dowd, androgynous vocalist and druggie, Culture Club 1961 Boy George, English Musician 1961 Leigh Bowery, born in Sunshine, Australia, designer, pop star, model, performance artist, influenced Boy George, Vivienne Westwood 1961 Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced 1960 Larry Steinbachek, rock synthesizer, Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy 1960 Steve Bronski, rock synthesizer, Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy 1959 Olin Howlin, actor (Swifty-Circus Boy), dies at 63 1959 Trisha Yearwood, born in Nashville, Tennessee, singer, She's in Love With the Boy 1959 Terry Hall, Specials, Fun Boy 3 1957 Buddy Holly and Crickets released 2nd single "Oh Boy!"/"Not Fade Away" 1957 Jimmy McShane, Pop singer, Baltimora-Tarzan Boy 1956 Francis L Sullivan, actor (Joan of Arc, Winslow Boy), dies at 53 1956 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack 1955 "Boy Friend" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 483 performances 1955 Patrick McCabe, born in Clones, Ireland, novelist, wrote 'Butcher Boy', 'Breakfast on Pluto', both adapted into films by Neil Jordan 1954 "Boy Friend" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 483 performances 1954 Howard Stern, born in Roosevelt, New York, Radio's Bad Boy 1953 Lynval Golding, rocker, Fun Boy Three 1951 Andrew Gold, Burbank, rocker, Lonely Boy 1950 Mathieu Carriere, Hanover W Germany, actor, Bay Boy, Woman in Flames 1948 Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee, blues player, dies at 34 1947 Keith Moon, English rock drummer, Who-I'm A Boy 1947 "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" closes at Martin Beck New York City after 108 performances 1947 "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" opens at Martin Beck New York City for 108 performances 1947 Warren Zevon, Chicago, rocker, Excitable Boy 1946 Tony Craig, Kulasa, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, That Boy Next Door 1946 Terence Rattigan's "Winslow Boy," premieres in London 1946 Ian Lavender, British actor, Stupid Boy in Dad's Army 1945 Leigh Lawson, born in Atherston, England, actress, Fire and Sword, Charlie Boy 1945 Tobias Wolff, U.S. writer, This Boy's Life 1945 Micky Dolenz, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Circus Boy and singer, Monkees 1944 Jesse Colin Young, New York City, rock vocalist, Youngbloods-Soul of a City Boy 1944 Segundo "Boy" Ecury, Aruba, WW II resistance fighter, executed at 22 1943 John Denver, New Mexico, singer, 'Rocky Mountain High', 'Thank God He's a Country Boy' 1943 Lola Falana, born in Camden, New Jersey, actress, Golden Boy 1943 Jonathan Lynn, born in Bath, England, writer and actor, Greedy, Bar Mitzvah Boy 1941 Shirley Owens Alston, Passaic, New Jersey, singer, Shirelles-Soldier Boy 1941 Sandy Wilson, born in Sale, England, composer, songwriter, musicals include 'The Boy Friend', 'Divorce Me', 'Darling!', 'Aladdin' 1941 Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83 1940 Doris Kenner, Passaic, New Jersey, singer, Shirelles-Soldier Boy 1940 Addie "Micki" Harris, Passaic, New Jersey, singer, Shirelles-Soldier Boy 1937 Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy," premieres in New York City 1935 Paul Hornung, Green Bay Packer, the Golden Boy 1934 Valentine J Peter, born in Omaha, Nebraska, priest, Boy's Town 1985- 1934 Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, gangster, shot dead at 30 by FBI in Ohio 1932 Erv A Kelley, U.S. policeman, shot to death by Pretty Boy Floyd 1928 Stothard, Kalmar and Ruby's musical "Good Boy," premieres in New York City 1928 Sylvius G M "Boy" Rozendal, premier, Netherland's Antilles 1928 Stanley Baxter, British comedian, Joey Boy, Fast Lady 1925 Musical "Big Boy" with Al Jolson premieres in New York City 1924 Sabu, Dastagir, India, actor, Elephant Boy, Drum 1922 Lucian Freud, Berlin German, artist, Boy With a Rat 1922 Leo V Gordon, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Circus Boy, Enos, Winds of War 1922 Boy Ecury, Aruba, resistance fighter 1921 "Boy" Trip, Dutch minister 1919 Manke Nelis, Cornelis Pieters, Dutch folk vocalist, Small Yodel Boy 1918 Maxene Andrews, Minnesota, singer, Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy 1917 Phyllis Diller, born in Lima, Ohio, comedienne, Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number 1917 Dennis Day, Irish tenor/comedian, Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy 1917 Kern, Bolton and Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Boy!," premieres in New York City 1916 Rochelle Hudson, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, actress, That's My Boy 1915 Luis Coloma, Spanish jesuit/writer (Pequeneces, Boy), dies at 64 1914 Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee, blues musician, Down and Out Blues 1911 Terence Rattigan, playwright, Winslow Boy, Browning Version 1910 Abraham L Polonsky, U.S. writer and director, Tell them Willie Boy is Here 1910 Boy Scouts of America incorporated and chartered (William D. Boyce - Chicago) 1909 Phil Arnold, New Jersey, actor, Errand Boy, Stud Lonigan, Damn Yankees 1907 Sir Robert Baden-Powell forms Boy Scouts in England 1906 Clifford Odets, U.S., dramatist, 1961 Award of Merit-Golden Boy 1904 Charlie "Pretty Boy" Floyd, FBI Most Wanted criminal 1902 Barton MacLane, South Carolina, actor, Geisha Boy, Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie 1901 Mildred Davis, Pennsylvania, actress, Grandma's Boy 1899 Sonny Boy Williamson, Aleck Miller, blues player 1899 Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Texas, actor, Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail 1896 Olin Howlin, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Swifty-Circus Boy 1893 Dorothy Dickson, actress/dancer, Paying the Piper, Danny Boy 1891 Harry Seymour, New York, actor, Boy Meets Girl, Tenderfoot 1890 Monte Blue, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, silent film actor, Montana, Oh Boy 1887 Charles D. Brown, born in Iowa, actor, Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor 1884 Eduardo Barrios, Chile, novelist, The Love-Crazed Boy 1879 Theo[dorus J] Thijssen, Dutch writer, Kees the boy 1871 Henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor, A Chique Little Boy 1857 Robert Baden-Powell, founder, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides 1851 Daniel Carter Beard, U.S., organized 1st boy scout troop 1851 Luis Coloma, Spanish jesuiet/writer, Pequeneces, Boy 1850 Eugene Field, author/journalist, Little Boy Blue 1836 Thomas Bailey Aldrich, U.S., author/editor, Story of a Bad Boy 1829 Charles Dudley Warner, Massachusetts, newspaperman/author, Being a Boy 1800 Wild Boy of Aveyron discovered in southern France 1788 Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 1727 Thomas Gainsborough, English painter, Blue Boy, baptized |
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