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2002 Jack Buck, American Celebrity

2002 Buck Baker, American Celebrity

2000 Robert Buck, rock guitarist/songwriter, ", 10,000 Maniacs, ", dies at 42

1996 Joyce Buck, actress/interior designer, dies at 71

1996 Buck, dog (Married with Children), dies at 13

1994 John Candy, actor (SCTV, Uncle Buck), dies from a heart attack at 43

1992 Buck Buchanan, NFL defensive lineman (Kansas City Chiefs), dies at 51

1991 Buck Clayton, U.S. jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies

1991 Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as New York Yankee manager

1989 Buck Helm found alive after being buried 4 days, in San Francisco earthquake

1985 111th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero, Jr. on Spend A Buck wins 2:00.2

1982 Gaby Hoffman, actress, Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, Now and Then

1981 Young Buck, American Musician

1979 Jack Mulhall, actor (Buck Rogers, Held for Ransom), dies at 91

1975 Anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66

1974 Dah-ve Chodan, actress, Tia-Uncle Buck

1974 David Buck, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics

1973 Pearl S[ydenstricker] Buck, author (Good Earth-Nobel 1938), dies at 80

1973 Pearl S. Buck, American Novelist

1972 Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard selected to Hall of Fame

1969 "Buck White" closes at George Abbott Theater New York City after 7 performances

1969 "Buck White" opens at George Abbott Theater New York City for 7 performances

1969 "Hee Haw" with Roy Clark and Buck Owens premieres on CBS TV

1968 C Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85

1968 Vince Buck, NFL safety for the New Orleans Saints

1967 Mike Buck, NFL quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals

1966 Gregg Rainwater, actor, Buck Cross-Young Riders

1963 Jason Buck, WLAF defensive end for the Scottish Claymores

1962 Dick Calkins, co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at 67

1960 Buck Williams, NBA forward for the Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks

1957 Bienvenida Buck, Velencia Spain, lover of British Peter Harding

1956 Peter Buck, U.S. pop guitarist, REM-Murmur

1950 John Candy, Ontario Canada, comedian, SCTV, Uncle Buck

1950 Pamela Hensley, born in Glendale California, actress, Buck Rogers in 25th Century

1950 Amy Madigan, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Uncle Buck, Twice in a Lifetime

1950 Erin Gray, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actress, Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers

1947 Suh Yun Buck wins world record marathon (2:25:39)

1945 Ole Buck, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, pianist, wrote Calligraphy for soprano and chamber orchestra at the age of 20

1943 Gil Gerard, Little Rock, Arkansas, actor, Buck Rogers in 25th Century

1942 Buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried

1939 Lee Buck Trevino, born in Dallas, Texas, PGA golfer, U.S. Open 1968, 71

1938 Nobel for literature awarded to Pearl Buck (Good Earth)

1938 Buck Taylor, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Monroes, Gunsmoke

1932 1st broadcast of "Buck Rogers in the 25th century" on CBS-radio

1932 Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S. Buck (Good Earth)

1932 Buck Trent, Spartanburg, South Carolina, banjoist/singer, Hee Haw

1930 Buck Henry, New York City, screenwriter/comedian, SNL, Get Smart

1930 Edward W. Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66

1929 Buck Owens, born in Sherman, Texas, country singer, Hee Haw

1929 "Buck Rogers," 1st sci-fi comic strip, premieres

1927 Harry Belafonte, Harlem New York City, calypso singer, Buck and the Preacher

1925 Joyce Buck, actress/interior designer

1924 Jack Buck, American Celebrity

1922 Buck Weaver, a Black Sox, applies unsuccessfully for reinstatement

1919 Babe Ruth hits his 26th home run off Jack Quinn in New York, breaking Buck Freeman's 1899 home run mark of 25

1919 Buck Baker, American Celebrity

1909 Dudley Buck, U.S. organist/composer, dies at 70

1906 William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (New York Giants), dies at 67

1892 Joe E Brown, born in Holgate, Ohio, comedian, Buck Circus Hour

1892 Pearl Buck, prize winning novelist

1892 Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, born in China, author, Good Earth-Nobel 1938

1892 Pearl S. Buck, American Novelist

1889 Buck Jones, Charles F Gebhart, U.S. actor, War Horse

1888 Frank Buck, actor, Africa Screams, Tiger Queen, Tiger Fangs

1876 C B "Buck" Llewellyn, cricketer, South Africa lefty all-rounder 1896-1912

1859 William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher, New York Giants, for the Cincinnati Reds

1839 Dudley Buck, born in Hartford, Connecticut, organist/church composer

1793 Carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer, Tornrosens Buck


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