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
1996 Celeste and Johnny Edison, Assyria and Pele's twins, boy and girl
1995 Blind teenage boy receives a 'Bionic Eye' at a Washington Hospital
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
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 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 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 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
1958 Chris[sie Boy] Foreman, rock guitarist, Madness
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
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 Glenn Miller, U.S. jazz composer/orch leader (Danny boy), dies at 40
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 Mt 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 Beverly Lee, born in Passaic, New Jersey, singer, Shirelles-Soldier Boy
1941 Shirley Owens Alston, Passaic, New Jersey, singer, Shirelles-Soldier Boy
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 [Segundo JA] Ecury, Aruba, resistance fighter
1921 "Boy" [FHP] 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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