2004 Syd Hoff, cartoonist/children's book illustrator, The New Yorker, dies at 91
1998 Shinichi Suzuki, music educator, "developed the ""Suzuki Method"" which taugh violin to children", dies at 98
1997 10th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $5,400,186
1997 "Married With Children" final episode on Fox TV
1996 Margaret E Rey, author of children's books, dies at 90
1996 George Richard Samways, children's writer, dies at 101
1996 Julia and Noah wed on "All My Children"
1996 9th Children's Miracle Network Telethon
1996 Buck, dog (Married with Children), dies at 13
1996 Lucy Faithfull, children's campaigner, dies at 85
1995 Susan Smith found guilty of drowning her 2 children in South Carolina
1995 8th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,331,000
1994 Moslem fundamentalists in Mostaganem Algeria murder 5 children
1994 Maggie Will wins Children's Medical Center LPGA Golf Classic
1994 7th Children's Miracle Network Telethon
1994 Frances Heflin, actress (Mona Tyler-All My Children), dies at 70
1994 Richard Scarry, author/illustrator of children's books, dies at 74
1994 Fishing boat with school children capsize at Lanaka Syria, 46 killed
1994 3 Afghans take 70 Pakistani children hostage
1993 Serbian army fires on school in Sarajevo, 9 children died
1993 6th Children's Miracle Network Telethon
1992 Mary Norton, children book author (Borrowers), dies at 88
1992 5th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,060,000
1992 Walt Morey, U.S. children's book writer (Gentle Ben), dies at 84
1991 James Marshall, U.S. children's book writer/illustrator, dies at 50
1991 4th Children's Miracle Network Telethon
1990 Ben Rutgers Van de Loeff-Basenau, children's book writer, dies at 80
1990 3rd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $894,560
1990 On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children and no man can stand her for long
1989 Athol Fugard's "My Children, My Africa," premieres in New York City
1989 2nd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $770,000
1989 Steve Garvey marries Candace Thomas while at same time being accused of fathering children by 2 other women
1988 Senate passes bill curbing ads during children's TV shows
1988 1st Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $590,000
1988 US accept immigration of 30,000 U.S. - Vietnamese children
1987 Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children
1985 "Pryor's Place," children show last airs on CBS-TV
1985 Kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at 80
1983 1st National Missing Children's Day is proclaimed
1982 Penn prison guard George Banks kills 13 (5 were his own children)
1982 Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education
1981 Tommy Michaels, born in Staten Island, New York, actor, Timmy Hutton-All My Children
1980 Palestinian throws hand grenade on Jewish children in Antwerp, 1 dead
1980 34th Tony Awards: Children of a Lesser God and Evita win
1980 Mark Medoff's "Children of a Lesser God," premieres in New York City
1977 Anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer (Monus), dies at 70
1977 Moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren and 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Neth, children released May 27, siege ends June 11
1977 Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress, Kendall-All My Children, Buffy
1976 Lindsay Price, Arcadia California, actress, Bold and Beautiful, All My Children
1976 36-hr kidnap of 26 school children and their bus driver in California
1975 Lauren E Roman, Wilmington, North Carolina, actress, Laura Kirk-All My Children
1975 David Faustino, born in California, actor in I Had 3 Wives,Married With Children
1973 Tim Holt, actor (Stagecoach, Hitler's Children), dies of cancer at 55
1972 Elizabeth Vassey, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, actress, Emily Martin-All My Children
1971 Christina Applegate, Hollywood, actress, Kelly-Married With Children
1971 Sydney Penny, actress, Danni-New Gidget, Thorn Birds, All My Children
1971 Development of a serum hepatitis vaccine for children announced
1970 Kelly Ripa, actress, Hayley Vaughan-All My Children
1970 Arab terrorists kill 9 children and 3 adults on a school bus
1970 Mark Consuelos, born in Zaragosa, Spain, actor, Mateo Santos-All My Children
1970 Brian Gaskill, actor, David Michaels-Models Inc, Bob-All My Children
1970 Soap Opera "All My Children," premieres on ABC
1969 Cady McClain, born in Burbank, California, actress, Dixie Martin-All My Children
1969 Rudolf Martin, Germany, actor, Anton-All My Children
1969 Tichina Arnold, born in Queens, actress, Ryan's Hope, Sharla-All My Children
1969 Dondre T Whitfield, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Another World, All My Children
1969 Matt Borlenghi, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Brian Bodine-All My Children
1968 Paul Scherrer, actor, Children of Corn II, Free Spirit
1968 Patsy Moran, actress (Children of the Wild), dies at 65
1968 John and Yoko's "One on One" benefit for children at MSG
1968 Greta Lind, Goshen, New York, actress, Katie Kennicott-All My Children
1968 Patrick Stuart, Hollywood Cal, actor, Will Cortlandt-All My Children
1968 Tasia Valenza, born in New York City, actress, All My Children
1968 Jean Zedlitz, born in Stockton, California, LPGA golfer, 1994 Children's Med-14th
1967 Bela Schick, Hung/US children's physician (Scarlet Fever), dies at 90
1967 Arthur Mitchell Ransome, critic/children's book author, dies
1966 Lindsay Price, actress, All My Children
1966 Lauren Holly, actress, All My Children, Maxine-Picket Febces
1966 Drunk driver kills 10 children in Asse Belgium
1966 Chris Bruno, actor, Michael-All My Children, Dennis-Another World
1965 South Africa government says children of white fathers are white
1965 Children find trunk with corpse in Amsterdam canal
1965 Marlee Matlin, Illinois, deaf actress, Children of Lesser God-Acad Award
1964 Trent Bushey, born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, actor, David Rampal-All My Children
1963 Teresa Blake, Tuscaloosa Ala, actress, Gloria Marsh-All My Children
1963 4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham
1963 Lonnie Quinn, Cheshire Conn, actor, Will Cooley-All My Children
1963 Shari Headley, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Mimi Reed-All My Children
1963 Charles Van Eman, Pitts, actor, Charlie-All My Children, Dynasty II
1962 Tonya Pinkins, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Livia Frye-All My Children
1962 Keith Hamilton Cobb, Tarrytown, New York, actor, Noah Keefer-All My Children
1961 Kim Delaney, Philadelphia, actress, All My Children, Tour of Duty, New YorkPD Blue
1960 Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude Spain)
1960 Scott Thompson Baker, born in Minneapolis, actor, Gen Hosp, All My Children
1959 U.N. adopts Universal Declaration of Children's Rights
1959 Grant Aleksander, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Guiding Light, All My Children
1959 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Children's Petting Farm opens
1959 Kate Collins, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Natalie Hunter-All My Children
1959 "Bozo the Clown" live children's show premieres on TV
1958 Amanda Bearse, actress, Marcy Rhodes-Married With Children
1958 Perry Stephens, Frankfurt Germany, actor, Loving, All My Children
1957 William Christian, Washington D.C., actor, Derek Frye-All My Children
1956 Michael S Brainard, Louisiana, actor, Joey-All My Children, Santa Barbara
1956 Katey Sagal, singer and actress, Peggy Bundy-Married With Children
1956 Robin Mattson, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Janet Green-All My Children
1955 Melody Anderson, Edmonton, actress, Natalie Dillon-All My Children
1955 Christopher Lawford, actor, Charlie Brent-All My Children
1954 Council for the Children Protection forms in Neth
1954 Gerard Hadders, Dutch postage stamp designer, 1991 children stamp
1954 James Kiberd, actor, Trevor Dillon-Loving, All My Children
1954 Evert Gorter, children artist (Kindergeneeskunde), dies at 72
1954 Katey Sagal, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Peg Bundy-Married with Children
1953 Elsa Beskow, (Maartman), Swedish author (children's book), dies at 79
1953 Peter Bergman, actor, All My Children, Starland Vocal Band
1953 Pat Benatar, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, Hell Is for Children
1952 Marie Helvin, model/actress, Children
1951 Alan Dysert, born in Danville, Illinois, actor, Sean Cudahy-All My Children
1951 Walt Willey, Ottawa, Illinois, actor, Jackson Montgomery-All My Children
1950 French women and children leaves Hanoi/Tonkin-delta
1950 Debi Morgan, Dunn, North Carolina, actress, Angie-All My Children, Cry Uncle
1950 Candice Earley, Ft. Hood, Texas, actress, Donna Tyler-All My Children
1950 William Hurt, born in Washington D.C., actor, Big Chill, Children of a Lesser God
1949 Anita Louis, U.S. singer, Soul Children, I'll Be the Other Woman
1949 Julia Barr, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, actress, Brooke-All My Children
1949 1st daytime soap on TV "These Are My Children" (NBC in Chicago)
1948 Raffi, children's singer, Baby Beluga
1947 St-Georges de Bouchelier, Fr author (Children's Carnival), dies at 71
1947 Salman Rushdie, Pak, novelist, Midnight's Children, Satanic Verses
1947 Dorothy Lyman, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, All my Children, Naomi-Mama's Family
1946 U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) established (Nobel 1965)
1946 John "Blackfoot" Colbert, U.S. singer, Soul Children, Taxi
1946 Jean LeClerc, actor, Jeremy Hunter-All My Children
1946 Ed O'Neill, actor, Al Bundy-Married with Children
1946 Ever Meulen, [Eddy Vermeulen], Dutch designer, children stamps 1992
1946 Kathleen Noone, actress, All My Children, Party of 5, Knots Landing
1945 Dieter Meier, Swiss singer and children book writer, Yello
1945 Michael Nader, actor, Dynasty, All My Children
1944 Matthew Cowles, soap actor, Eban Japes-Loving, Billy-All My Children
1944 Children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno
1943 R L Stine, children's book writer, Goosebumps
1943 SS police chief Rauter threatens to kill half Jewish children
1942 Little Golden Books (children books) begins publishing
1942 Compulsory work for women, children and old males in Batavia
1941 German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children
1940 Ann Armstrong Dailey, founder, Children's Hospice Intl
1940 C Turney and J Horwin's "My Dear Children," premieres in New York City
1939 Norman West, U.S. singer, Soul Children, Hearsay, Give 'em Love
1939 Grace Abbott, social worker (US Children Bureau), dies at 60
1936 Bachelor's Children debuts on CBS radio (at 9:45 am)
1935 Paul J M Beers, Dutch actor, Mother Courage and Her Children
1934 Lillian Hellman's "Children's Hour," premieres in New York City
1933 The Tjong King, Dutch illustrator of children books, Miep Diekman
1931 June Thorburn, born in Kashmir, India, actress, Touch and Go, Children Galore
1930 Tonke Dragt, Dutch children book author, Towers of February
1930 Edwin Justus Mayer's "Children of Darkness," premieres in New York City
1929 Joan Ganz Cooney, born in Phoenix, Arizona, TV exec, Children's TV Workshop
1929 Joan Ganz Cooney, founder, Children's Television Workshop
1928 William Trevor, British writer, Children of Dynmouth, Fools of Fortune
1928 6 children die and 10 injured by hailstones in Klausenburg, Romania
1928 Fred Rogers, born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, children TV host, Mr Rogers' Neighborhood
1927 Maxwell Anderson's "Saturday's Children," premieres in New York City
1927 Fire in Laurier Palace cinema in Montreal, 78 children died
1925 Russell Hoban, U.S. children's book author, Riddley Walker/Pilgermann
1924 Joan Aiken, Romania, writer of children's songs
1923 Frances Heflin, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, actress, Mona Tyler-All My Children
1923 Paula Fox, U.S. children's books author, Poor George
1923 Lindsay Anderson, born in Bangalore, India, director, Thursday's Children
1921 Karel Appel, painter, Vragende Children
1920 Dinah Sheridan, actress, Genevieve, Railway Children
1920 Eileen Herlie, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actress, Myrtle Fargate-All My Children
1920 James Mitchell, Sacramento California, actor, Palmer-All My Children
1919 Richard McClure Scarry, children's author/illustrator
1918 1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital)
1918 Tim Holt, Beverly Hills California, actor, Stagecoach, Hitler's Children
1917 Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of Fatima, Portugal
1917 1st appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal
1916 Ruth Warwick, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, actress, Citizen Kane, All My Children
1913 Allan David, actor, director andproducer, Cry of the Children
1912 Ian Serraillier, children author
1911 Gustav Mahler, Austr composer (Children's Death Songs), dies at 50
1910 Lucy Faithfull, children's campaigner
1910 Donald Bisset, Dutch children book writer and actor, Battle of the Sexes
1910 An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer, Skating Race
1910 Children initiate idea of planting trees in Jerusalem
1908 Richard Wright, U.S., author, Native Son, Uncle Tom's Children
1907 Rumer Godden, England, author, Thursday's Children
1907 Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children book author, Pipi Longstocking
1907 Anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer, Man in the Moon
1907 Pinky Lee, children's show host, Pinky Lee Show
1904 German SW Africa abolishes slavery of young children
1904 Kay Campbell, [Catherine Hibben], actress, All My Children
1904 Theodor Geisel, Dr. Seuss, children's author, "Horton Hears a Who!"
1903 Patsy Moran, Pennsylvania, actress, Children of the Wild
1902 Christina Stead, born in Australia, novelist, Man Who Loved Children
1901 Kate Greenaway, English children book illustrater, dies at 55
1901 Dutch Penitentiary children's law proclaimed
1899 Jean de Brunhoff, France, children's book author, Babar the Elephant
1898 Bessie Love, born in Midland, Texas, actress, Broadway Melody, Children of Damned
1898 Kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator, Orlando
1897 Olga Chekova, born in Russia, actress, Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children
1895 George Richard Samways, children's writer
1894 Cornelis Rijnsdorp, writer, Kings Children
1888 Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish, male, writer, House of Children
1884 Julius Callewaert, Flemish dominican/bringing up children
1879 H de Bie, Dutch lawyer, children's law
1879 W. H. Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage
1879 Frederick G. Melcher, U.S., publisher/editor/founded children book week
1878 Grace Abbott, Grand Island, Nebraska, social worker, US Children Bureau
1877 Bela Schick, Hungarian/US children artist, Serum Krankheit
1874 Elsa Beskow, [Maartman], Swedish children's book/fairy tales author
1871 Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher, Intelligence of Children
1870 173 Blackfoot (140 women and children) killed in Montana by U.S. Army
1866 Martha McChesney Berry, U.S., founded Berry School for Children
1866 Beatrix Potter, born in England, children's author, Tale of Peter Rabbit
1864 Israel Zangwill, England, Jewish author/Zionist, Children of Ghetto
1858 Edith Nesbit, England, children books author, Railway Children
1855 U.S. citizenship laws amended all children of U.S. parents born abroad granted U.S. citizenship
1852 Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school
1852 Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 and women to work more than 10 hours a day
1852 Great Ormond St. Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits 1st patient
1847 Moses Garrish Farmer builds 1st miniature train for children to ride
1839 Prussian government limits work week for children to 51 hours
1808 Martha Finley, children's book author
1787 Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor
1778 British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pa
1741 Agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer, For the Elderly and Children
1740 Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies
1733 August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62
1719 Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children"
1670 August II, the Strong One, King of Poland, 355 children
1609 Children's rhyme "Three Blind Mice," published in London
1502 Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader, Children of God
1476 Emperor Frederik III of Habsburg and duke Charles the Stout arrange marriage of their children
1440 Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged
1284 Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened)
1212 Children's cruisaders under Nicolas (10) reach Genoa
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