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1994 Warwick Hutton, illustrator, artist, author, created illustrations for children's books, worked with texts by Hans Christian Andersen, dies at 55 of cancer in Cambridge, England
1990 Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher, head of Cambridge Buddhist Association, dies 1986 Mrs Davina Thompson makse medical history by having the 1st heart, lung and liver transplant (Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England) 1979 Boston Court issues occupancy permit for Cambridge Buddhist Center 1979 Opening ceremony at Cambridge Buddhist Association meditation in Boston 1976 Godfrey Cambridge, actor (Watermelon Man), dies at 43 1975 Robert Norman Waddell, Cambridge New Zealand, Single scull rower 1996 Olympics 1974 Marcia Turner, Cambridge Massachusetts, Miss America, Mass-Top 10-1996 1971 Louie Debrusk, Cambridge, NHL left wing, Edmonton Oilers 1970 Joe Vitiello, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, infielder for the Kansas City Royals 1969 Jody Hull, Cambridge, NHL right wing for the Florida Panthers 1968 1st pulsar announced (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) 1968 1st pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) 1967 Race riots in Cambridge Maryland 1965 Ian Leggatt, Cambridge Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1990 Canadian Tour 1964 "Cambridge Circus" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 23 performances 1964 "Cambridge Circus" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 23 performances 1961 Richard Allen Garriott, born in Cambridge, England, computer game designer, Origin 1960 Chlorophyll "A" synthesized Cambridge Mass 1957 Alexander Cambridge, Governor-General (South Africa 1923-31/Canada 1940-5), dies at 82 1956 Writers Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes meet at a party in Cambridge 1954 Jere Burns, Cambridge MS, actor, Something So Right, Kirk-Dear John 1954 Judith Weir, born in Cambridge, England, composer, professor of music at Cardiff University, Artistic Director, Spitafields Festival, Composer in Association for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 1950 Ann Jillian, Cambridge Massachusetts, actress, Mr Mom, Jennifer Slept Here 1948 Olivia Newton-John, born in Cambridge, England, singer, Lets Get Physical 1948 Benjamin Brittens "Beggar's Opera," premieres in Cambridge 1947 Alan Rachins, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor, Douglas-LA Law 1947 Jane Curtin, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, actress, SNL, Allie Lowell-Kate and Allie 1947 David Leland, born in Cambridge, England, actor and director, Nothing But Trouble 1946 Syd Barrett, Cambridge England, rocker, Pink Floyd-Wall 1944 Eugenia Zukerman, Cambridge Ms, flutist/novelist, Deceptive Cadence 1944 Roger Waters, born in Cambridge, England, rock bassist, Pink Floyd-Wall 1944 Alan Horwarth, born in Britain, politician, Baron Howarth of Newport, Member of Parliament for Statford-on-Avon and Newport East, educated at King's College, Cambridge, Conservative Party 1944 David Gilmore, born in Cambridge, England, guitarist, Pink Floyd 1942 Paul Michael Glaser, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, actor, Starsky-Starsky and Hutch 1940 Sam Waterson, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor, Capricorn One, Heaven's Gate 1940 Anne Campbell, born in England, politician, Labor Member of Parliament for Cambridge, portrayed by Harriet Walter in 10 Days to War, a BBC drama on events leading up to the Iraq War 1938 Alec Broers, master, Churchill College Cambridge 1938 Keith Peters, born in Baglan, Wales, physician, head of the School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge 1938 Dick Higgins, born in Cambridge, England, composer, coined term 'intermedia', founder, Something Else Press 1936 Ian McLachlan, cricketer, Cambridge and S Australia bat, later Liberal MP 1936 Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling, Cambridge U vs. MCC 1934 William Cleary, Cambridge Massachusetts, hockey center, Olympic-gold/silv-56, 60 1934 Bob Hepple, master, Clare College Cambridge 1934 Bradman out for a Cricket duck against Cambridge University! 1933 Godfrey Cambridge, New York City, actor, Cotton comes to Harlem 1932 Geoffrey Cass, CEO, Cambridge University Press 1932 John Lyons, Cambridge England, Master, Trinity Hall 1930 Dorothy Loudon, Cambridge Massachusetts, actress and singer, Garry Moore Show 1930 Cambridge Theater opens in London 1930 Simon Barrington-Ward, born in England, educated at Eton College, Cambridge, 7th Bishop of Coventry in the Church of England, 1985 - 1997, Bishop with pastoral care, University of Cambridge 1930 Richard Hayman, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, orchestra leader, Vaughn Monroe Show 1929 Michael Atiyah, educator, Trinity College - Cambridge England 1928 Nigel Davenport, Cambridge England, actor, Without a Clue, Masada 1928 Vaughn Beals, Cambridge Massachusetts, CEO, Harley Davidson motorcycle 1927 Robert Matthews, master, Clare College Cambridge England 1926 Richard Laws, St. Edmunds College Cambridge 1924 Michael McCrum, master, Corpus Christi College Cambridge 1923 Michael Jaffe, director, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge England 1921 John Glenn, born in Cambridge, Ohio, astronaut, Mercury 7, STS-95, Senator-D-Ohio 1920 Frank Fontaine, Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian, Crazy Guggenheim 1915 Edward Miller, Master, Fitzwilliam College Cambridge 1912 Tip O'Neill, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1977 - 1987, Speaker of the House 1912 Tip O'Neill, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1977 - 1987, Speaker of the House 1912 G E V Crutchley (Oxford) 99 retired measles vs. Cambridge 1912 Richard D'Aeth, president, Hughes Hall Cambridge 1894 e. e. cummings, Cambridge Massachusetts, poet, Tulips and Chimneys 1894 Fred Allen, Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian, Fred Allen Radio Show 1889 Charles Bickford, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor, John-The Virginian 1883 John Maynard Keynes, Cambridge England, economist and journalist 1881 Player piano patented by John McTammany, Jr. (Cambridge, Mass) 1878 Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match 1877 University boat race between Oxford and Cambridge ends in a dead heat 1864 1st track meet between Oxford and Cambridge 1858 William Ernst Johnson, born in Cambridge, England, mathematician 1841 John W. Rayleigh, England, physicist, Nobel 1904, Cambridge, 1908-14 1835 Charles Darwin's voyage published in Cambridge Philosophical Society 1827 Charles Darwin reaches Christ's Counsel, Cambridge 1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, physician/author, Old Ironsides 1778 1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Mass 1775 Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass 1668 Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge 1661 Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge 1644 William Chillingworth, English theologian, Cambridge Platonist, dies 1642 Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1st commencement 1639 Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard 1636 Harvard University (Cambridge Mass) founded 1629 Cambridge Agreement, Mass Bay Co stockholders agree to emigrate 1553 Prime Minister John Dudley captured in Cambridge |
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