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2002 Barbara Castle, British Politician
1996 Prince Edward and girl-friend Sophie visited Graystoke Castle 1994 Roy Castle, singer, musician, jazz trumpet player, television celebrity, starred in BBC's 'The Roy Castle Show', dies at age 62 in Buckinghamshire, England 1992 Queen Elizabeth's home Windsor Castle catches fire 1992 Jan G Toonder, writer (Castle in Ireland), dies at 78 1973 Peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46 1973 Tap dancer Ray Castle measured at 1440 taps/minute on BBC TV 1970 Eric Castle, NFL free safety for the San Diego Chargers 1969 Lisa Marie Munzert, New Castle Delaware, Miss Delaware-America 1991 1968 Nick Castle, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), dies at 58 1966 Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47 1965 "Yarmouth Castle" burns and sinks off Bahamas, killing 89 1962 Jesse Johnson, born in Rock Island, Illinois, Jesse Woods Johnson, musician, guitarist, funk, rocky, rhythm and blues genres, original member of The Time, contributed to hit singles, 'The Bird', 'Jungle Love', on The Time's third album, 'Ice Cream Castle' 1956 Simon Howard, English large landowner, Castle Howard 1954 Constantine Phipps, born in England, Constantine Edmund Walter Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby, sold Warter Priory estate in 1998 for 48 million pounds, leases Mulgrave Castle to supermodel Elle MacPherson 1948 Robert Spink, born in Haworth, Worth Valley, Yorkshire, England, Robert Michael Spink, politician, Independence Party, former Conservative Party member, became Member of Parliament for Castle Point in June, 2001 1939 Michael N. Castle, Representative-R-Delaware 1939 Mike Castle, American Politician 1936 Enid Castle, principal, Cheltenham Ladies' College 1935 Arthur Hay, born in Scotland, Arthur William Patrick Hay, 15th Earl of Kinnouli, family seat is Dupplin Castle, located outside of Perth, Scotland 1934 Luxury passenger ship Morro Castle for New Jersey catches fire, 133 die 1934 Luxury liner "Morro Castle" burns off NJ, killing 134 1932 Roy Castle, born in Scholes, England, singer, musician, jazz trumpet player, television celebrity, starred in BBC's 'The Roy Castle Show' 1931 Barbara Steele, England, actress, Castle of Blood, Dark Shadows 1926 Peggy Castle, Appalachia, Virginia, actress, Lily Merrill-Lawman 1924 Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah 1918 Don Castle, Texas, actor, Born to Speed, Tombstone, Motor Patrol 1917 Robert Lowell, poet and pacifist, Lord Weary's Castle, Near the Ocean 1910 Barbara Castle, British Politician 1910 Nick Castle, born in Brooklyn, choreographer, Dinah Shore, Judy Garland 1903 Castle on top of Telegraph Hill closes 1893 Irene Castle, dancer, leader in anti-vivisection movement 1890 New York Commission of Emigration ends, closing Castle Clinton 1889 Paul Hartmann, Furth Germany, actor, Haunted Castle 1855 Castle Clinton in New York City opens as 1st U.S. receiving station for immigrants 1855 New York City regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration 1830 Charles Durant, 1st U.S. aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden, New York City to Perth Amboy, NJ 1756 French fleet conquer St. Philips Castle of Minorca 1753 French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle 1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness 1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland 1701 Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish architect, Christiansborg Castle 1695 French garrison of castle Names surrenders for Willem III 1658 Simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78 1641 Prince Frederik Henry captures castle of Gennep 1621 Hugo de Grote escapes in bookcase from Loevenstein castle, Netherlands 1618 Imperial civil servants thrown out a window of Prague Castle 1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland 1472 Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies 1457 Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England, 1485-1509 1400 Richard II, British King (1377-99), murdered at Pontefract Castle |
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