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1994 Sorrell Brooke, actor (Mayor Hogg-Dukes of Hazzard), dies at 64

1986 Walter Brooke, actor (DA Scanlon-Green Hornet), dies at 71

1984 10th People's Choice Awards: Brooke Shields

1980 CBS TV bans Calvin Klein's jean ad featuring Brooke Shields

1980 Brooke Alexander, 18, of Hawaii, crowned Miss World USA

1980 Brooke Bennett, 800m freestyle, 1996 Olympics gold

1978 John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies

1978 Brooke Burns, American Actress

1974 Brooke Wilkins, Australian softball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze

1973 Brooke Jennifer Gambrell, Boise Idaho, Miss America-Idaho 1996

1972 Brooke Bushnell, born in Los Angeles, California, rhythmic gymnast, US team-96

1971 Brooke Burke, American Model

1969 Brooke Theiss, California, actress, Wendy-Just the 10 of Us, Good and Evil

1967 Edward Brooke, born in Washington, D.C, Senator-R-Massachusetts 1967 - 1979, first African American to be elected to the Senate

1966 Edward Brooke, Representative-R-Massachusetts 1967 - 1979, becomes 1st African American elected to Senate

1965 [John] Selwyn (Brooke) Lloyd, British statesman, dies

1965 Brooke Shields, New York City, model/actress, Blue Lagoon, Suddenly Susan

1962 Edward W Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts

1949 Brooke Adams, New York City, actress, Cynthia-OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers

1937 Brooke Hayward, born in Los Angeles, California, author, Haywire

1915 Rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27

1915 Rupert Brooke, English Poet

1914 Hillary Brooke, Abbott and Costello's neighbor, Hillary

1901 Brooke Foss Westcott, English Theologian

1887 Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet, 1914

1882 George Bancroft, born in Philadelphia, actor, Underworld, wife of Octavia Brooke

1868 James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (1841-68), dies

1863 Richard Brooke Garnett, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 45

1841 Britain obtains Sarawak from Brunei, James Brooke appointed Rajah

1828 John Rutter Brooke, Major General Union volunteers

1826 Mercer Brooke John, Confederate Navy

1825 Brooke Foss Westcott, English Theologian

1817 Richard Brooke Garnett, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1777 Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert, Maryland, 5th Chief Justice, Dred Scott dec


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