1990 Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher (head of Cambridge Buddhist Assn), 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 NZ, 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
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
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 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
1938 Alec Broers, master, Churchill College Cambridge
1936 Ian McLachlan, cricketer, Cambridge and S Aust bat, later Liberal MP
1936 Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling, Cambridge U vs. MCC
1934 William Cleary, Cambridge Massachusetts, hockey center, Oly-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 U 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 Richard Hayman, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, orch 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, Mer 7, sk:STS 95, Sen-D-Oh
1920 Frank Fontaine, Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian, Crazy Guggenheim
1915 Edward Miller, Master, Fitzwilliam College Cambridge
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 Darwins 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, Engl 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 PM John Dudley captured in Cambridge
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