1994 Chester Dino Powers Valenti, singer/Songwriter, dies at 57
1994 Chester WIlliams, painter, dies at 73
1986 Chester Bowles, U.S. senator/ambassador, dies at 85
1985 Chester Gould, cartoonist (Dick Tracy), dies at 84
1981 -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Chester, Massachusetts (state record)
1980 Chester H Lauck, actor (2 Weeks to Live, Goin' to Town), dies at 78
1979 Virginia Ledgerwood, Chester, Virginia, rhythmic gymnast 1996 Olympics
1976 Chester Bennington, American Musician
1976 Chester Arthur Burnett, U.S. blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65
1975 107 degrees F (42 degrees C) at Chester/New Bedford, Massachusetts (state record)
1974 Petty thief Peter Leonard sets fire to cover burglary that torches "Gulliver's" nightclub killing 24 (Port Chester New York)
1972 AIAW 1st basketball champs, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-48
1971 Chester Conklin, actor (Greed, Modern Times), dies at 83
1970 Chester Morris, actor (Diagnosis: Unknown), dies at 69
1970 James Michael Furyk, West Chester, Pennsylvania, PGA golfer, 1994 Las Vegas-5th
1969 Chester McGlockton, NFL defensive tackle for the Oakland Raiders
1968 Chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopying), dies at 62
1966 Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Admiral (WW II), dies at 80
1966 Chester W. Nimitz, American Soldier
1964 Stephanie Maynor, born in Chester, England, golfer, 1995 PING Welch's-13th
1960 Chester Brown, Canadian Cartoonist
1959 Dale Buisand and Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War
1956 Chester Clute, actor (Niagara Falls), dies at 65
1955 Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester
1948 Chester Biscardi, composer
1948 Chester G. Atkins, Rep-D-MA
1947 Edward Matt Dougherty, Chester, Pennsylvania, PGA golfer, 1995 Deposit Guaranty
1940 Dick Curl, Chester, Pennsylvania, offensive coordinator coach, Barcelona Dragons
1938 Chester Carlson demonstrates 1st Xerox copying machine
1938 Indian Bob Feller strikes out record 18 Tigers (Chester Laabs 5 times)
1938 Chester Watson, West Indian cricket fast bowler, early 60s
1931 Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould debuts
1931 Stephen Smalley, rev/dean, Chester
1924 Test cricket ump debut for Frank Chester, vs. South Africa at Lord's
1918 Race riot in Chester Pennsylvania (3 blacks and 2 whites killed)
1914 Charlie Chester, British comedian, Never Say Die
1910 Alex North, Chester Penn, composer, Spartacus, Viva Zapata
1910 Howlin' Wolf, [Chester Arthur Burnett], harmonica, Big City Blues
1906 Chester F Carlson, inventor, photocopy
1902 Chester H Lauck, Allene AR, actor, Dreaming Out Loud, 2 Weeks to Live
1901 Chester Bowles, born in Massachusetts, ambassador and writer, Conscience of a Liberal
1901 Chester Morris, New York City, actor, Diagnosis: Unknown
1900 Chester Gould, cartoonist, Dick Tracy
1897 Basil Radford, born in Chester, England, actor, Whiskey Galore, Night Train
1896 Ethel Waters, Chester, Pennsylvania, actress, Beulah, /singer, Stormy Weather
1891 Chester Clute, New Jersey, actor, Niagra Falls
1889 Adrian Boult, born in Chester, England, conductor and composer, BBC Sym Orch
1888 Chester Conklin, Oskaloosa, Iowa, actor, Every Day's a Holiday, Greed
1887 Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs
1886 Chester A. Arthur, 21st President (1881-85), dies in New York at 56
1885 Chester Nimitz, U.S. Admiral, commanded Pacific fleet in WW II
1885 Chester W. Nimitz, American Soldier
1881 Chester A. Arthur sworn in as 21st president
1869 Randle Ayrton, Chester England, actor, Manxman
1850 Daniel Chester, French/American sculptor, Minute Man
1849 Hambletonian, Chester, New York, greatest standardbred horse
1830 Chester Alan Arthur, Fairfield Vt, R, 21st President, 1881-85
1830 Chester A. Arthur, American President
1795 Thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England
1774 Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)
1682 1st General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)
1682 William Penn lands at what is now Chester Pennsylvania
1540 The 1st recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester)
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