1999 Death Jane Crowley, censor, NBC censor for The Tonight Show, dies at 73 1988 Event Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays and other expressive activities 1961 Death Lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65 1961 Event Supreme Court rules cities and states have right to censor films 1844 Death Jernej Kopitar, filmologist/censor (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63 1825 Death Thomas Bowdler, self-appointed Shakespearean censor, dies 1798 Event Russia appoints 1st Jewish censor to censor Hebrew books 1780 Birthday Jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor, Slovenian Grammar
