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2003 June Carter Cash, singer/actress, The Apostle, dies at 73

2003 June Carter, American Musician

2003 Nell Carter, actress, Gimme a Break, dies at 54

1998 Betty Carter, American Musician

1997 Martin Carter, poet/critic, dies at 70

1996 Wilf Carter, country singer, dies at 91

1996 Shirley Carter Burden, patrician, dies at 54

1994 Raich Carter, footballer, dies at 80

1992 Actress Nell Carter undergoes brain surgery

1992 Beverly Carter, entertainer, dies at 51

1992 Expos Gary Carter is 3rd to catch 2,000 games (joins Boone and Fisk)

1992 Angela Carter, British novelist (Magic Toyshop), dies of cancer at 51

1991 Joe Carter is 1st to have 3 consec 100-RBI seasons with 3 differ teams

1991 Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter, Jr., USN/astro (STS-33), dies at 43

1991 John Carter, U.S. jazz clarinetist (Roots and folklore), dies

1990 Blue Jays trade F McGriff and T Fernandez to SD for R Alomar and J Carter

1990 Gary Carter catches his 1,862nd career game breaks Al Lopez's NL mark

1990 Gloria Carter Spann, President Carter's sister, dies at 63 of cancer

1989 Tim Hovey, actor (Slim Carter, Man Afraid), dies of a drug overdose

1989 Cleveland Indian Joe Carter has his 4th 3 home run game

1988 Billy Carter, President Carter's brother Billy, dies of cancer at 51

1988 225 at bats after #299, Met Gary Carter is 59th to hit 300th home run

1988 Lin[wood V] Carter, U.S., sci-fi writer (Lost World of Time), dies at 57

1988 Jamie Altman, son of Lynda Carter and Robert Altman

1987 Aaron Carter, American Musician

1987 Angel Carter, American Model

1986 President Carter's presidential library dedicated in Atlanta

1985 Anthony Carter begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions

1985 New York Mets Gary Carter's 2 home runs ties record of 5 home runs in 2 games

1985 New York Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive home runs in a game

1984 Ian Hendry, actor (Assassin, Get Carter, Repulsion), dies at 53

1984 All star MVP: Gary Carter, Mont Expos

1984 Actress Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) marries Robert Altman

1981 President Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral

1981 All star MVP: Gary Carter (Mont Expos)

1980 Ronald Reagan (R) defeats President Jimmy Carter (D) by a landslide

1980 Democratic Convention in New York City nominates Jimmy Carter

1980 Billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya

1980 River of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter

1980 Jimmy Carter wins enough delegates for renomination

1980 Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, resigns

1980 Announcement of Jimmy Carter hostage rescue bungle in Iran

1980 Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis

1980 President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry

1980 Mohammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy

1980 Nick Carter, singer, Backstreet Boys

1980 President Jimmy Carter announces U.S. boycott of Olympics in Moscow

1980 President Carter announces U.S. boycott of Moscow Olympics

1979 President Carter announces immediate halt to all imports of Iranian oil

1979 President Carter signs legislation creating Department of Education

1979 President Carter attacked by a rabbit on a canoe trip in Plains Ga

1979 Nick Lowe marries singer Carlene Carter

1979 President Carter names Paul Volcker, President of Federal Reserves

1979 President Carter and Leonid I Brezhnev sign SALT 2 treaty

1979 Forrest Carter, American Writer

1979 President Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years

1979 President Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday

1979 1st brother Billy Carter makes allegedly anti-Semitic remarks

1979 Sara Carter, vocalist and guitarist (Carter Family), dies at 80

1978 Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR

1978 Jimmy Carter more than doubles national park system size

1978 President Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill

1978 Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69

1978 President Carter signs bill restoring Jefferson Davis citizenship

1978 President Carter answers caller questions on National Public Radio

1978 Begin, Sadat and Carter sign Camp David accord

1978 Sadat, Begin and Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md

1978 President Carter defers production of neutron bomb

1978 Carter Executive Order on Intelligence

1977 Carter holds 1st news conference by U.S. President in Eastern Europe (Warsaw)

1977 President Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran

1977 President Carter raises minimum wages of $2.30 to $3.35 for Jan 1 1981

1977 President Carter meets with 15 record company executives

1977 President Carter and General Herrera sign Panama Canal treaties

1977 President Carter establishes Department of Energy

1977 Carter De Haven, Francis O'Callaghan, actor, director, writer, worked with Charlie Chaplin, dies in Glendale, California, at age 90

1977 Jimmy Carter cans B-1A bomber later "B-1's the B-52"

1977 IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976

1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat 1st meeting with President Jimmy Carter

1977 U.S. president Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland

1977 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin meets President Carter

1977 President Carter announces U.S. foreign aid will consider human rights

1977 President Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10,000)

1977 Vince Carter, American Athlete

1977 President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders

1976 Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald Ford for president

1976 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by President Carter

1976 Playboy releases Jimmy Carter's interview that he lusts for women

1976 Jimmy Carter wins Democratic President nomination in New York City

1976 Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried

1972 Tom Carter, NFL cornerback for the Washington Redskins

1972 Tony Carter, NFL running back for the Chicago Bears

1972 Ontiwaun Carter, WLAF running back for the Rhein Fire

1972 Deborah Carter, WNBA forward for the Utah Starzz

1971 Bernard Carter, NFL/WLAF linebacker, Jaguars, Frankfurt Galaxy

1971 Perry Carter, NFL cornerback for the Kansas City Chiefs

1971 Perry Carter, cornerback for the Oakland Raiders

1971 Court Room by Clarence Carter hits #61

1970 Grant Carter, CFL defensive end for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1970 LaMark Carter, Shreveport Louisiana, triple jumper

1970 Eunice Hunton Carter, 1st black female DA in NY, dies at 70

1969 Marty Carter, NFL safety for the Chicago Bears

1969 Jay Z, also known as Shawn Corey Carter, American Musician

1969 Dale Carter, NFL cornerback for the Kansas City Chiefs

1969 Elan Carter, born in Nutley, New Jersey, playmate, June, 1994

1969 Eric Carter, CFL cornerback for the Hamilton Tiger Cats

1968 Singers Johnny Cash (36) and June Carter (38) wed

1967 Amy Carter, President Carter's daughter/peace activist

1967 Dexter Carter, NFL running back for the San Francisco 49ers

1967 Helena Bonham Carter, London, actress, Getting it Right

1966 Brigham Young QB Virgil Carter sets NCAA record of 599 yards gained

1966 Pat Carter, NFL tight end for the Arizona Cardinals

1966 Helena Bonham Carter, British Actress

1966 Helena Bonham Carter, London, actress, Ft. Worth, Howards End

1966 Deana Carter, born in Nashville, Texas, Deana Kay Carter, country singer, famous for multi-platinum debut album 'Did I Shave My Legs for This?', albums include fourteen singles, three reached number one on the Billboard country charts, including 'Strawberry Wine'

1965 Cris Carter, NFL wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings

1965 Richard Helms replaces Marshall S. Carter as deputy director of CIA

1962 Lt General Marshall S Carter, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA

1961 Jim Laver Carter, born in Spring Lake, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1995 Anheuser-Busch

1961 Ralph Carter, New York City, actor, Michael Evans-Good Times

1960 Alvin Carter, vocalist (Carter Family), dies at 69

1960 Michael Carter, born in Dallas, Texas, shot putter 1984 Olympics silver

1960 Barry Lyons, born in Biloxi, Mississippi, Barry Stephen Lyons, baseball player, catcher, played for Major League Baseball teams, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, served as backup catcher to Gary Carter, named Most Valuable Player, South Atlantic League, 1984

1960 Joe Carter, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays

1958 Argos' Boyd Carter, Dave Mann combine for record 131-yd punt return

1956 T K Carter, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Mike-Punky Brewster, Just our Luck

1955 Carter Burwell, American Composer

1955 Carlene Carter, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, I Fell in Love

1954 Stephen Carter, American Lawyer

1954 Gary Carter, catcher, Montreal Expos, New York Mets

1954 BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Don Carter

1952 Nina Carter, born in London, England, vocalist, Blonde on Blonde

1951 Lynda Carter, born in Phoenix, Arizona, Miss USA, 1973, actress, Wonder Woman

1950 Carter G Woodson, American historian (black studies), dies at 74

1950 Carter G. Woodson, American Historian

1949 Kene Holliday, born in New York City, actor, Tyler-Matlock, Carter Country

1948 Nell Carter, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actress, Nell-Gimme a Break, Lobo

1948 Hanson Carter, cricket (28 Tests for Australia, caught 44 stumped 21), dies

1947 Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter, Jr., born in Macon, Georgia, USN/astronaut, STS-33

1946 Carter Glass, American Politician

1944 Hamilton Jordan, political advisor, 'Crisis - Last Days of the Carter Presidency'

1943 Jody Powell, press mouthpiece, Jimmy Carter

1943 Mel Carter, singer, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me

1941 Shirley Carter Burden, patrician

1940 Angela Carter, English Novelist

1939 Dixie Carter, Tennessee, actress, Designing Women, Edge of Night

1939 Howard Carter, British archaeologist/Egyptologist (King Tut), dies at 65

1937 Billy Carter, Plains Georgia, brother of President Carter

1937 Ron Carter, jazz bassist, Ron Carter Meets Bach

1936 Clarence Carter, U.S. singer, Thread the Needle

1935 Hodding Carter III, press secretary, Jimmy Carter

1934 J. Carter Brown, Providence Rhode Island, art director, Washington National Gallery

1934 Johnny Carter, U.S. singer, Give your baby a standing ovation

1933 Barbara Carson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Comedy Tonight, Carter Country

1932 William Odom, American, NASA director, Soviet Union expert, U.S. Army lieutenant general, advised Carter, Reagan

1930 Lin[wood] [Vrooman] Carter, U.S., sci-fi author, Thongor of Lemuria

1930 Betty Carter, American Musician

1929 June Carter Cash, born in Maces Spring, Virginia, country singer, Johnny Cash Show

1929 June Carter, American Musician

1928 Zbigniew Brzezinski, born in Warsaw, national security advisor, Carter

1927 John Carter, Center Ridge, Arkansas, actor, Max-Falcon Crest

1927 Rosalynn Smith Carter, Georgia, 1st lady, 1977-1981, Jimmy's lust

1927 Rosalynn Carter, American First Lady

1927 Martin Carter, poet and critic

1926 Don Carter, bowler, 6-time Bowler of Year, 1953-54, 57-58, 60-61

1926 Don Carter, bowling great, 1st PBA president

1926 Carter Woodson wins Springarn Medal for research of Black history

1925 Forrest Carter, American Writer

1924 Jimmy Carter, Plains, Georgia, D, 39th President, 1977-1981

1924 British egyptologist Howard Carter finds sarcophagus of Tutankhamun

1923 Helena Carter, Helen Rickerts, U.S. model/actress, River Lady

1923 Jack Carter, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor, Amazing Dobermans, Octagon

1923 Pulitzer prize awarded to Willa Carter (One of Ours)

1923 Howard Carter finds Pharoah Tutankhamen

1922 Archaeologist Howard Carter enters King Tut's tomb

1922 Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt

1920 Bernard Carter, British painter and etcher

1918 Carter Harman, composer

1913 Raich Carter, soccer star

1909 Maybelle Carter, Nickelsville, Virginia, country singer, Johnny Cash Show

1908 Elliott Cook Carter, Jr., New York City, composer, Tom and Lily

1908 Elliot Carter, American Composer

1908 Elliott Carter, American Composer

1908 Ray Carter, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Arthur Murray Dance Party

1907 Benny Carter, born in New York City, musician/composer, Easy Money, King Carter

1907 Ben Carter, born in New York City, actor, Dark Alibi, Dressed to Kill

1906 Harry Sosnik, born in Chicago, orchestra leader, Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade

1904 Wilf Carter, country singer

1899 Eunice Hunton Carter, 1st black female district attorney, NY

1898 Lillian Carter, President Carter's, 1977-1981, mom

1898 Sara Carter, Virginia, vocalist and guitarist, Carter Family

1891 Alvin Carter, born in Virginia, vocalist, Carter Family

1889 D P "Dad" Carter, baritone, Chuck Wagon Gang

1886 Carter De Haven, born in Woodland Hills, California, Francis O'Callaghan, actor, director, writer, worked with Charlie Chaplin

1881 Claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer, 1912-22

1878 4th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Carter aboard Day Star wins in 2:37

1878 Hanson Carter, cricketer, Yorkshire Aussie WK of early 20th century

1875 Carter G Woodson, New Canton, Virginia, American historian, black studies

1875 Carter G. Woodson, American Historian

1873 Howard Carter, British archaeologist, found King Tutankhamen's tomb

1858 Carter Glass, American Politician

1851 Daniel Carter Beard, U.S., organized 1st boy scout troop

1837 John Carpenter Carter, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1820 Williams Carter Wickham, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1819 Samuel Powhatan Carter, Major General Union volunteers

1817 Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Major General Confederate Army

1797 Carter Braxton, U.S. boer/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 61

1736 Carter Braxton, U.S. farmer/signer, Declaration of Independence


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