2015 Event Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, announce the name of their baby girl, Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana 2015 Event Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, announce the birth of a baby girl but have not yet revealed her name 2014 Event Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, announce that they are expecting their second child; baby Prince George celebrated his first birthday two months ago 2014 Event Eight-month-old Prince George begins his first overseas royal tour with his parents, Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge 2013 Event The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, completed his last shift as a search and rescue helicopter pilot in the Royal Air Force; he will now focus on Royal and community work 2013 Event Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, gives birth to a son, the third in line to the British throne; the child, named George Alexander Louis, is formally known as His Royal Highness Prince of Cambridge 2013 Event Artist Paul Emsley unveils the first official portrait of Catherine Duchess of Cambridge 2012 Event Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge leaves the hospital after suffering from severe morning sickness 1994 Death 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 Death Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher, head of Cambridge Buddhist Association, dies 1986 Event Mrs Davina Thompson makse medical history by having the 1st heart, lung and liver transplant (Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England) 1979 Event Boston Court issues occupancy permit for Cambridge Buddhist Center 1979 Event Opening ceremony at Cambridge Buddhist Association meditation in Boston 1976 Death Godfrey Cambridge, actor (Watermelon Man), dies at 43 1975 Birthday Robert Norman Waddell, Cambridge New Zealand, Single scull rower 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Marcia Turner, Cambridge Massachusetts, Miss America, Mass-Top 10-1996 1971 Birthday Louie Debrusk, Cambridge, NHL left wing, Edmonton Oilers 1970 Birthday Matt Damon, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, actor, writer, Academy-Award winner for 'Good Will Hunting', starred in 'Saving Private Ryan', 'Bourne' films 1970 Birthday Joe Vitiello, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, infielder for the Kansas City Royals 1969 Birthday Jody Hull, Cambridge, NHL right wing for the Florida Panthers 1968 Event 1st pulsar announced (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) 1968 Event 1st pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) 1968 Birthday Traci Bingham, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, actress, model, appeared on television series, 'Baywatch' 1967 Event Race riots in Cambridge Maryland 1965 Birthday Ian Leggatt, Cambridge Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1990 Canadian Tour 1964 Event "Cambridge Circus" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 23 performances 1964 Event "Cambridge Circus" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 23 performances 1961 Birthday Richard Allen Garriott, born in Cambridge, England, computer game designer, Origin 1960 Event Chlorophyll "A" synthesized Cambridge Mass 1957 Death Alexander Cambridge, Governor-General (South Africa 1923-31/Canada 1940-5), dies at 82 1956 Event Writers Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes meet at a party in Cambridge 1954 Birthday Jere Burns, Cambridge MS, actor, Something So Right, Kirk-Dear John 1954 Birthday 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 1953 Birthday Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, born in Cambridge, England, politician, landowner, Conservative party, Member of Parliament for Cotswold 1950 Birthday Ann Jillian, Cambridge Massachusetts, actress, Mr Mom, Jennifer Slept Here 1948 Birthday Olivia Newton-John, born in Cambridge, England, singer, Lets Get Physical 1948 Event Benjamin Brittens "Beggar's Opera," premieres in Cambridge 1947 Birthday Alan Rachins, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor, Douglas-LA Law 1947 Birthday Jane Curtin, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, actress, SNL, Allie Lowell-Kate and Allie 1947 Birthday David Leland, born in Cambridge, England, actor and director, Nothing But Trouble 1944 Birthday Eugenia Zukerman, Cambridge Ms, flutist/novelist, Deceptive Cadence 1944 Birthday Roger Waters, born in Cambridge, England, rock bassist, Pink Floyd-Wall 1944 Birthday 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 Birthday David Gilmore, born in Cambridge, England, guitarist, Pink Floyd 1942 Birthday Paul Michael Glaser, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, actor, Starsky-Starsky and Hutch 1940 Birthday Sam Waterson, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor, Capricorn One, Heaven's Gate 1940 Birthday 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 Birthday Alec Broers, master, Churchill College Cambridge 1938 Birthday Keith Peters, born in Baglan, Wales, physician, head of the School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge 1938 Birthday Dick Higgins, born in Cambridge, England, composer, coined term 'intermedia', founder, Something Else Press 1936 Birthday Ian McLachlan, cricketer, Cambridge and S Australia bat, later Liberal MP 1936 Event Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling, Cambridge U vs. MCC 1934 Birthday William Cleary, Cambridge Massachusetts, hockey center, Olympic-gold/silv-56, 60 1934 Birthday Bob Hepple, master, Clare College Cambridge 1934 Event Bradman out for a Cricket duck against Cambridge University! 1933 Birthday Godfrey Cambridge, New York City, actor, Cotton comes to Harlem 1932 Birthday Geoffrey Cass, CEO, Cambridge University Press 1932 Birthday John Lyons, Cambridge England, Master, Trinity Hall 1930 Birthday Dorothy Loudon, Cambridge Massachusetts, actress and singer, Garry Moore Show 1930 Event Cambridge Theater opens in London 1930 Birthday 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 Birthday Richard Hayman, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, orchestra leader, Vaughn Monroe Show 1929 Birthday Michael Atiyah, educator, Trinity College - Cambridge England 1928 Birthday Nigel Davenport, Cambridge England, actor, Without a Clue, Masada 1928 Birthday Vaughn Beals, Cambridge Massachusetts, CEO, Harley Davidson motorcycle 1927 Birthday Robert Matthews, master, Clare College Cambridge England 1926 Birthday Richard Laws, St. Edmunds College Cambridge 1924 Birthday Michael McCrum, master, Corpus Christi College Cambridge 1923 Birthday Michael Jaffe, director, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge England 1921 Birthday John Glenn, born in Cambridge, Ohio, astronaut, Mercury 7, STS-95, Senator-D-Ohio 1920 Birthday Frank Fontaine, Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian, Crazy Guggenheim 1915 Birthday Edward Miller, Master, Fitzwilliam College Cambridge 1912 Birthday Tip O'Neill, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1977 - 1987, Speaker of the House 1912 Event G E V Crutchley (Oxford) 99 retired measles vs. Cambridge 1912 Birthday Richard D'Aeth, president, Hughes Hall Cambridge 1894 Birthday e. e. cummings, Cambridge Massachusetts, poet, Tulips and Chimneys 1894 Birthday Fred Allen, Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian, Fred Allen Radio Show 1889 Birthday Charles Bickford, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor, John-The Virginian 1883 Birthday John Maynard Keynes, Cambridge England, economist and journalist 1881 Event Player piano patented by John McTammany, Jr. (Cambridge, Mass) 1878 Event Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match 1877 Event University boat race between Oxford and Cambridge ends in a dead heat 1864 Event 1st track meet between Oxford and Cambridge 1858 Birthday William Ernst Johnson, born in Cambridge, England, mathematician 1841 Birthday John W. Rayleigh, England, physicist, Nobel 1904, Cambridge, 1908-14 1835 Event Charles Darwin's voyage published in Cambridge Philosophical Society 1827 Event Charles Darwin reaches Christ's Counsel, Cambridge 1809 Birthday Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Cambridge, Massachusetts, physician/author, Old Ironsides 1778 Event 1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Mass 1775 Event Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass 1668 Event Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge 1661 Event Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge 1644 Death William Chillingworth, English theologian, Cambridge Platonist, dies 1642 Event Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1st commencement 1639 Event Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard 1636 Event Harvard University (Cambridge Mass) founded 1629 Event Cambridge Agreement, Mass Bay Co stockholders agree to emigrate 1553 Event Prime Minister John Dudley captured in Cambridge
