1977 Event 2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am and KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582 1972 Event Convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife Canary Island, 155 die 1965 Death Creighton Hale, silent film actor (Cat and Canary), dies at 83 1935 Birthday David Canary, Elwood, Indiana, actor, Peyton Place, Candy-Bonanza 1931 Birthday Florian Zabach, born in Chicago, Illinois, violinist, Hot Canary, Club Embassy 1927 Birthday Alfred Kraus, Las Palmas Canary Islands, tenor, La Scala 1922 Event John Willard's "Cat and the Canary," premieres in New York City 1914 Birthday John G Bearer, writer, Metro, Drunken Canary, Fast Heartbeat 1904 Birthday Laura Laplante, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Cat and Canary 1899 Birthday Gale Sondergard, Litchfield, Minnesota, actress, Cat and Canary, Road to Rio 1888 Birthday S S Van Dine, William Huntingdon Wright, author, Canary Murder Case 1492 Event Columbus' fleet leaves Gomera, Canary islands 1460 Event Treaty of Alcacovas-Portugal gives Castile Canary Is for W Africa
