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2004 Christopher Reeve, director/actor/advocate, Superman, dies at 52
2003 Christopher Hill, English Historian 2003 John Edward Christopher Hill, English Historian 2001 Christopher Hewett, actor, TV's Mr. Belvedere, dies at 80 2000 Christopher Pettiet, actor, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, dies at 24 1997 "Christopher ""Notorious B.I.G."" Wallace", rapper, dies at 24 1996 Christopher Prater, screen printer, dies at 72 1996 Christopher Acland, musician, dies at 30 1996 Christopher Casson, actor (Educating Rita, Zardoz), dies at 84 1996 Christopher Robin Milne, bookseller, dies at 75 1996 Christopher John Seward, aid worker, dies at 45 1996 Christopher John Magenis Headington, musician, dies at 65 1995 Christopher Reeves released from physical rehab center 1995 Christopher Stone, actor (Dave-Dallas, Interns), dies at 53 1995 Christopher Keene, musician, dies at 48 1995 Christopher Shaw, composer pianist/critic, dies at 71 1995 Chris Pyne, Norman Christopher Chris Pyne, musician, trombonist, played with Humphrey Lyttelton, recorded with Ronnie Scott, toured with Frank Sinatra's backing bands, Gordon Beck, Charlie Watt's big band, dies at 56 1995 Christopher Francis Palmer, orchestrator/Author, dies at 48 1994 Actress Diane Lane files for divorce from Christopher Lambert 1994 Christopher Clarkson, test Pilot, dies at 92 1994 Christopher Collins, actor (True Identity), dies after illness at 44 1994 Christopher Lasch, author (Culture of Narcissism), dies at 61 1993 Christopher Frank, director/actor (Annee Des Meduses), dies at 50 1993 Christopher Frank, French writer, dies at 51 1993 Shari Beadley weds Christopher Martin (Kid 'n Play) 1992 44th Emmy Awards: Northern Exposure, Christopher Lloyd and Dana Delane 1992 Christopher Todd, Todd Wangberg, dies of AIDS at 30 1992 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman 1991 Christopher Hayes, dies of heart attack 1989 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman 1988 Christopher Connelly, actor (Liar's Moon, Hawmps), dies at 47 1988 Christopher Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Hunter and Matt Biondi, swim world record 4x100 m freestyle (3:16.53) 1987 Christopher Stryker, entertainer, dies at 27 1986 Christopher Isherwood, British writer (Lions and Shadows), dies at 81 1984 Christopher Wilder, FBI's "most wanted man," accidentally kills self 1984 Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean skate "Bolero" at Olympics 1983 Christopher George, actor (Chisum, Heist), dies of heart attack at 54 1983 Christopher Parker, English Actor 1981 23rd Grammy Awards: Sailing, Christopher Cross, Billy Joel wins 1977 Christopher Boyce convicted for selling secrets 1976 Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British ambassador to Ireland, assassinated 1976 Christopher Pettiet, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Young Riders 1975 Christopher Lindsey Donaldson, Dunedin New Zealand, 100m/200m runner 1996 Olympics 1975 Christopher Yule, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 1973 Steve Christopher Petree, Oklahoma, rocker, PC Quest-Can You See 1973 Christopher Sanders, tight end for the Washington Redskins 1972 Christopher Daniel Barnes, ME, actor, Ross-Day by Day, As World Turns 1971 Big Punisher, also known as Big Pun and Christopher Rios, American Musician 1971 Timothy Christopher Carswell, Christchurch New Zealand, cyclist 1996 Olympics 1971 Christopher Dark, actor (Man Behind the Badge), dies at 51 1971 Christopher R Nelloms, Dayton Ohio, sprinter 1971 Christopher Gomez, born in Los Angeles, California, infielder for the San Diego Padres 1970 Christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77 1970 Christopher Hampton's "Philanthropist," premieres in London 1970 Christopher Nolan, British Director 1969 Catherine Zeta Jones, Swansea Wales, actress, Christopher Columbus 1969 Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43 1968 Christopher "Chris" Kerber, Collingswood, New Jersey, rower 1996 Olympics 1968 Christopher Collett, born in New York City, actor, Manhattan Project 1967 Charles Christopher Rymer, Cleveland, Tennessee, PGA golfer, 1995 Shell-3rd 1966 Christopher Acland, musician 1965 Christopher Nolan, born in Ireland, handicapped writer, Under Eye of Clock 1965 Chris Washburn, born in Hickory, North Carolina, Christopher Scott Washburn, athlete, NBA player, played for North Carolina State 1985 - 1986 1964 Congo rebel leader Christopher Gbenye holds 60 Americans/800 Belgians 1964 Bunning continues pitching perfectly to New York Mets until 2 outs in 5th, when Joe Christopher beats out a bunt. He totals 15 innings 1964 Congo rebellion: Christopher Gbenye/Pierre Mulele conquer Stanleyville 1964 Christopher Eccleston, English Actor 1961 Christopher J Perry, Edenton, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1987 Kemper Open-2nd 1961 Christopher Atkins, Rye, New York, actor, Peter-Dallas, Blue Lagoon 1960 Christopher Sherratt White, Hamilton New Zealand, rower 1996 Olympics 1960 Christopher J "Gus" Loria, Newton, Massachusetts, Major USMC/astronaut 1958 Christopher Cass, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, actor, Jack Forbes-Loving 1958 Christopher Dean, Olympics skater, Torvill and Dean, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1994 Olympics 1958 Christopher Marcantel, born in Smithtown, New York, actor, Chip-Nurse, Loving 1958 William Christopher Handy, American Musician 1957 Christopher Knight, New York City, actor, Peter-Brady Bunch 1957 [Christopher St. John] "Sinjin" Smith, born in Los Angeles, California, volleyballer 1996 Olympics 1957 Christopher Lambert, actor, Highlander, Subway, Greystoke, Why Me 1957 Christopher Morley, American Author 1957 Ian Stanley, born in High Wycombe, England, Ian Christopher Stanley, keyboardist, musician, songwriter, record producer, member of Tears for Fears band, made multi-platinum selling album 'Songs from the Big Chair' 1956 Christopher Noth, actor, Jakarta 1956 Christopher Darden, American Lawyer 1955 Dennis Christopher, Philadelphia, actor, Breaking Away, California Dreaming 1955 Christopher Lawford, actor, Charlie Brent-All My Children 1954 Christopher S. Nelson, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Sons and Daughters 1953 John Malkovich, born in Christopher, Illinois, actor and director, Killing Fields 1953 Christopher Norris, New York City, actress, Summer of '42, Eat My Dust 1952 Christopher Cox, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Representative-R-California 1989 - 2005 1952 Christopher Reeve, New York City, actor, Superman, Somewhere in Time 1951 Chris Smith, born in Barnet, London, Christopher Robert 'Chris' Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, politician, Labor Party, Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury, Cabinet minister, first openly gay MP member, HIV positive 1951 Christopher Cross, born in Texas, singer, Sailing 1951 Christopher Cross, Geppert, Texas, singer, Sailing, Arthur's Theme 1951 Christopher Fry's "Sleep of Prisoners," premieres in Oxford 1950 Christopher Fry's "Venus Observed," premieres in London 1949 Christopher John Seward, aid worker 1949 Christopher Blake, actor, Alexa 1949 Christopher Hitchens, American Author 1949 Christopher Rouse, composer 1949 John Christopher Parry, rocker, Cure 1949 Christopher Durang, Montclair, New Jersey, playwright/actor, Sister Mary 1948 Christopher Gent, CEO, Vodafone Group 1948 Christopher Guest, born in New York City, actor, SNL, Heartbeeps, This is Spinal Tap 1948 Christopher Moran, English financier/multi-millionaire 1947 Christopher Parkening, born in Los Angeles, California, guitarist, transcribed sacred music 1946 Christopher Keene, born in Berkeley, California, conductor, La Traviata 1946 Christopher Francis Palmer, orchestrator/Author 1946 Christopher Fry's "Phoenix too Frequent," premieres in London 1946 Christopher Hampton, Azores, playwright, Oviri, Hotel du Lac 1945 Christopher Cazenove, England, actor, Ben-Dynasty 1945 Christopher Shays, born in Stamford, Connecticut, Representative-R-Connecticut 1987 - 2009 1944 Christopher N Dlamini, South African union/SACP-leader 1944 Christopher Needler, English sand industrialist, TCG Materials 1944 Christopher Dodd, born in Willimantic, Connecticut, Senator-D-Connecticut 1981- 1944 Christopher Dodd, American Politician 1943 Christopher Brown, composer 1943 Christopher Taylor White, rocker 1943 Christopher Walken, born in Astoria Queens, actor, Deer Hunter, Brainstorm 1942 Christopher Stone, Manchester, New Hampshire, actor, Dave-Dallas, Interns 1942 Christopher Howes, Crown Estate Second Commissioner 1941 Christopher Jones, Jackson, Tennessee, actor, Wild in the Streets 1940 Christopher Timothy, English actor, All Creatures Great and Small 1940 Christopher Bernau, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Guiding Light 1939 Christopher Wates, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1939 Christopher Bond, Sen-R Missouri 1939 Chris Pyne, born in Bridlington, England, Norman Christopher Chris Pyne, musician, trombonist, played with Humphrey Lyttelton, recorded with Ronnie Scott, toured with Frank Sinatra's backing bands, Gordon Beck, Charlie Watt's big band 1939 Charles Christopher Steel, composer 1938 Jordan Christopher, Youngstown Ohio, actor, Secrets of Midland Heights 1938 Christopher Lloyd, Stamford, Connecticut, actor, Taxi, Back to the Future 1938 Christopher Glenn, born in New York City, news anchor, CBS Nightwatch 1937 Christopher Tugendhat, born in England, born Christopher Samuel Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat of Widdington in the County of Essex, politician, Conservative Party, journalist, author, businessman 1937 Christopher Rose, born in England, Lord Justice Rose, Sir Christopher Rose, judge, member, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, served Court of Appeal of England and Wales 1936 Christopher Alexander, American Architect 1936 Christopher Hogg, CEO, Courtaulds and Reuters 1935 Dennis Christopher George Potter, playwright, Karaoke, Midnight Movie 1935 Christopher Ball, linguist/warden, Keble College-Oxford 1934 Christopher France, British permanent secretary, Department of Health 1933 Christopher Staughton, British Lord Justice of Appeal 1932 William Christopher, Evanstown, Illinois, actor, Father Mulcahy-M*A*S*H 1932 Christopher Price, Director, Leeds Metropolitan U 1931 Christopher Chataway, British MP/athlete, world record 5k 1930 Christopher John Magenis Headington, composer 1930 Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson, born in England, life peer as Baron Browne-Wilkinson, studied at Lancing College and Magdalen College, Oxford, former head of the Privy Council and Vice-Chancellor of the High Court 1929 Christopher Plummer, Toronto, actor, Sound of Music, Doll's House 1929 Christopher George, Royal Oak, Minnesota, actor, Rat Patrol, Immortal 1928 Christopher Hornsrud chosen Prime Minister of Norway at age 101 1927 Christopher Whelen, composer 1926 Christopher Logue, British poet/stage writer, Trials 1925 Jeffrey Hunter, Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage 1925 Warren M. Christopher, American diplomat and lawyer 1925 Anthony Christopher, British trade unionist 1925 Christopher Ball, born in Oxford, warden, Keble College 1924 Christopher Shaw, composer 1924 Christopher Prater, screen printer 1922 Christopher Lee, born in London, England, actor, Hound of Baskervilles 1922 Christopher Samuel Youd, UK, sci-fi author, Tripods Trilogy 1920 Christopher R. Milne, son of Alan A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh 1920 Christopher Dark, born in New York, actor, Suddenly, Tenderfoot 1917 Gene Rayburn, born in Christopher, Illinois, TV game show host, Match Game 1917 Christopher J. Forster, British RAF-pilot/captain, dies in battle 1914 Christopher "Kit" Cradock, English admiral, dies in battle 1914 Charles Hubert Sisson, author and poet, Christopher Homm 1912 Christopher Hill, English Historian 1912 John Edward Christopher Hill, English Historian 1912 Christopher Casson, Irish actor, Zardoz, Educating Rita 1910 Christopher Cockerell, inventor, Hovercraft 1909 Christopher KH de Neree tot Babberich, cartoonist, dies at 29 1909 Helen Chandler, Charleston, South Carolina, actress, Christopher Strong, Dracula 1907 Christopher Fry, Bristol England, playwright, Ring Around the Moon 1904 Christopher W. Bradshaw-Isherwood, British/US writer, Goodbye to Berlin 1904 Christopher Isherwood, American Author 1901 Christopher Clarkson, test Pilot 1893 Christopher K Ingold, English chemist 1890 Christopher Morley, author, Kitty Foil 1880 Christopher K H de Neree tot Babberich, cartoonist 1873 William Christopher Handy, American Musician 1868 Christopher Latham Sholes patents "Type-writer" 1829 Christopher Columbus Andres, Major General Union volunteers 1821 Christopher Columbus Augur, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor, typewriter 1809 Christopher "Kit" Carson, Kentucky, Union Brigadier-General/indian fighter 1805 Christopher Anstey, English Poet 1803 Christopher Gustavus Memminger, Secretary Treasury, Confederacy 1795 Curacao slaves opponents returns to St. Christopher 1782 French fleet occupies St. Christopher 1770 Christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of U.S. Revolution 1724 Christopher Anstey, English Poet 1723 Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies at 90 1722 Christopher Smart, English poet and journalist, Ceremony of Carols 1676 Christopher Gibbons, composer, dies at 61 1669 Christopher Simpson, composer, dies 1666 Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique and St. Christopher; thousands die 1632 Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect 1615 Christopher Gibbons, composer 1612 Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) 1593 Christopher Marlowe, British dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), murdered 1564 Christopher Marlowe, English Dramatist 1564 Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist, Dr. Faustus 1506 Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55 1502 Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his 4th and last voyage 1498 Christopher Columbus lands on "Isla Santa" near Venezuela 1498 Christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad 1494 On 2nd voyage to New World, Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica 1494 Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica 1493 Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico, on his 2nd voyage 1493 Christopher Columbus discovers island of Dominica 1493 Christopher Columbus discovers island of Dominica 1493 Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after 1st new world voyage 1493 1st sight of manatees by Christopher Columbus 1492 Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco 1492 Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba 1492 Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba and claims it for Spain 1492 Christopher Columbus and ship Santa Maria land in Dominican Republic 1492 Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find Indies 1448 Christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies |
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