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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 Warwick Hutton, illustrator, artist, author, created illustrations for children's books, worked with texts by Hans Christian Andersen, dies at 55 of cancer in Cambridge, England 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 Vernon Howard, spiritual teacher, speaker, philosopher, author, wrote humor books, children's books, spoke and wrote about self-development, self-awareness, spiritual, psychological growth, dies 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 U.S. 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 Netherlands, 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-hour 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, Hungarian/U.S. 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-Academy 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, General 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 Netherlands 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 Susan Lucci, born in Scarsdale, New York, actress, All My Children, Mafia Princess 1947 St-Georges de Bouchelier, French 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 in '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 Daniel Pinkwater, born in Memphis, Tennessee, author, children's books, critic, commentator, National Public Radio, Weekend Edition Saturday 1941 German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children 1941 Ivana Loudova, born in Chlumec nad Cidlinou, Czech Republic, composer, wrote chamber, orchestral, children's choral works, including 'Little Christmas Cantata' 1940 Ann Armstrong Dailey, founder, Children's Hospice International 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 Warwick Hutton, born in Britain, illustrator, artist, author, created illustrations for children's books, worked with texts by Hans Christian Andersen 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 1932 Adrian Mitchell, born in North London, English playwright, poet, children's author, voice for British anti-authoritarian Left 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 executive, 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 1924 Lloyd Alexander, born in Pennsylvania, American author, wrote children's fantasy novels, 'Cricket' magazine creator 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 Vernon Howard, born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, spiritual teacher, speaker, philosopher, author, wrote humor books, children's books, spoke and wrote about self-development, self-awareness, spiritual, psychological growth 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 1841 Catherine McAuley, founder, the Sisters of Mercy, established 12 foundations in Ireland, 2 in England, inherited fortune from father, used money to care for, educate, homeless women and children, dies at her House of Mercy 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 Catherine McAuley, born in Dublin, Ireland, founder, the Sisters of Mercy, established 12 foundations in Ireland, 2 in England, inherited fortune from father, used money to care for, educate, homeless women and children 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, Lieutenant-general (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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