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2012 Event - Anglo-Irish poet laureate Cecil Day-Lewis' archive, which inclues manuscripts and a letter from W. H. Auden are donated to Oxford University's Bodelian Library by Tamasin and Daniel Day-Lewis 1997 Event - New York Yankee Cecil Fielder hits his 300th home run 1997 Event - Mark McGwire, is 4th to home run on Detroit Tiger left field roof (others are Frank Howard, Harmon Killibrew, and Cecil Fielder) 1997 Death - Cecil Lewis, airman/writer, dies at 98 1996 Event - Tigers slugger Cecil Fielder steals 1st base in 1,097th career game 1995 Death - Raymond Joseph Cecil, British architect, dies at 69 1994 Death - Cecil Rolph Hewitt, journalist/policeman, dies at 92 1992 Event - Actress Cecil Hoffman (Zoe-LA Law) marries Paul Slye 1990 Death - Cecil Effinger, composer, dies at 76 1990 Event - Tiger Cecil Fielder becomes 11th, to hit 50 home runs (& 51st) 1990 Event - For 2nd time this season, Cecil Fielder belts 3 home runs in a game 1990 Event - Blue Jay Cecil Fielder signs with Detroit as a free agent 1987 Death - Cecil Brown, news correspondent (CBS), dies at 80 1986 Death - David Cecil, English Writer 1980 Death - Cecil Burleigh, composer, dies at 95 1980 Death - Cecil Beaton, British photographer, dies at 76 1976 Death - Cecil Weston, actor (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 86 1973 Death - Cecil Kellaway, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 78 1971 Death - Cecil Parker, actor (Court Jester, Operation Snafu), dies at 73 1971 Event - Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate 1970 Birthday - Cecil Doggette, WLAF cornerback for the Frankfurt Galaxy 1968 Birthday - Cecil Gray, NFL tackle for the Arizona Cardinals 1966 Death - Cecil Scott Forester, English author (Horatio Hornblower), dies at 66 1964 Birthday - Chuck Cecil, NFL safety for the Houston Oilers 1963 Birthday - Cecil Fielder, born in Los Angeles, California, infielder, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees 1960 Death - Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer, dies at 70 1959 Death - A Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, dies at 51 1959 Death - Cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77 1959 Death - Cecil B. DeMille, American Producer 1958 Death - Edgar A Robert Cecil viscount of Chelwood, (Nobel 1937), dies at 94 1951 Death - Cecil Gray, composer, dies at 56 1946 Birthday - Gram Paarson, Cecil Connor, Winter Haven, Florida, rocker, Byrds 1946 Event - Wash's Cecil Travis gets 6 straight hits before being stopped 1944 Birthday - Henry Cecil, British organizer 1941 Death - Cecil Forsyth, composer, dies at 71 1934 Birthday - Carl Cecil Cain, Freeport, Illinois, basketball player 1956 Olympics gold 1933 Event - Cecil Travis becomes 1st player to get 5 hits in his 1st game 1933 Birthday - Cecil Perceval Taylor, composer and jazz pianist, University of Wisconsin 1931 Event - Lord Cecil of British Government says War was never so improbable 1930 Birthday - Cecil Taylor, American Musician 1927 Birthday - Cecil Bodker, born in Fredericia, Denmark, writer, won Mildred L. Batchelder Award for her book titled, The Leopard, considered the most outstanding book originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, then published in the United States 1925 Birthday - Raymond Joseph Cecil, British architect 1924 Death - Cecil [James] Sharp, English folk musician, dies at 64 1923 Event - Cecil B DeMille's 1st version of "Ten Commandments" premieres 1916 Birthday - Cecil Blacker, CEO, British Equestrian Federation 1914 Birthday - Cecil Effinger, composer 1909 Birthday - Cecil Marley, cricketer, Jamaican batsman 1928 - 1946, WICBC president 1907 Birthday - A Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico 1907 Birthday - Cecil Brown, news correspondent, CBS 1905 Death - Walter Cecil Macfarren, composer, dies at 79 1904 Birthday - Cecil Day-Lewis, England, poet laureate/detective, Nicholas Blake 1904 Birthday - Cecil Beaton, England, royal family photographer 1903 Birthday - Cecil Frank Powell, England, physicist, discovered pion, Nobel 1950 1902 Birthday - David Cecil, English Writer 1902 Event - Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million 1902 Death - Cecil Rhodes, Prime Minister of Cape Colony 1890 - 1896 dies at 48 1901 Event - Hubert Cecil Booth patents vacuum cleaner 1901 Birthday - Cecil Rolph Hewitt, journalist/policeman 1901 Birthday - Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher, Daily Mirror 1901 Event - H Cecil Booth patented a dust removing suction cleaner 1900 Event - General French relieves Kimberley/Cecil Rhodes 1899 Birthday - Cecil Scott Forester, England, historical novelist, Horatio Hornblower 1898 Birthday - Cecil Bowra, British classics expert, Greek experience 1898 Birthday - Cecil Lewis, airman and writer 1897 Birthday - Cecil Parker, Hastings England, actor, Indiscreet, Tale of 2 Cities 1896 Event - Cecil Rhodes resigns as premier of Cape colony 1895 Birthday - Cecil Gray, composer 1894 Birthday - Cecil Kellaway, South Africa, actor, Mr Earnshaw-Wuthering Heights 1891 Birthday - Cecil Dixon, cricket off-spinner, 1 Test for South Africa, 3-118, pair 1890 Event - Cecil Rhodes' colonies hoist Union Jack in Mashonaland and Salisbury 1890 Event - Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Ft. Salisbury) 1890 Event - Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Fort Victoria) 1890 Event - Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Lundi 1890 Event - Cecil Rhodes becomes premier of Cape colony 1890 Event - Cecil Rhodes' colonies attack Motlousi at Matabeleland 1889 Event - Queen Victoria grants Cecil Rhodes rights to Zambezia 1889 Birthday - Cecil Weston, South Africa, actor, Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn 1889 Birthday - Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer 1888 Event - Ndebele-king Lobengula grants Cecil Rhodes, Mashonaland 100 pounds per month 1888 Event - Lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for BSA Company 1885 Birthday - Cecil Burleigh, composer 1881 Birthday - Cecil B deMille, Massachusetts, directed God, 10 Commandments, Cleopatra 1881 Birthday - Cecil B. DeMille, American Producer 1870 Birthday - Cecil Forsyth, composer 1864 Birthday - Lord Cecil of Chelwood, UK, help form League of Nations, Nobel 1937 1864 Birthday - Robert Cecil, viscount of Chelwood, Nobel 1937 1859 Birthday - Cecil [James] Sharp, born in London, England, folk musician 1853 Birthday - Cecil Rhodes, born in Hertfordshire, England, British Statesman, Prime Minister of Cape Colony 1890 - 1896 1845 Birthday - Cecil De Vere, 1st official British chess champion, 1866 1830 Birthday - Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury, C, British Prime Minister, 1885-1902 1826 Birthday - Walter Cecil Macfarren, composer 1652 Death - Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies 1633 Event - Charter for Maryland is given to Lord Cecil Baltimore 1612 Death - Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/Prime Minister 1598 - 1612, dies at 48 1598 Death - William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77 1563 Birthday - Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, English prime minister, 1598-1612 1550 Event - William Cecil appoints himself English minister of foreign affairs 1520 Birthday - William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier |
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