2014 Event A new world record is achieved by the United Kingdom's Lewis Clarke of Bristol; the 16 year-old becomes the youngest person to trek to the South Pole 2008 Death Arthur C. Clarke, dies in Sri Lanka, at 90 2004 Death Caitlin Clarke, actress/teacher, Dragonslayer, dies at 52 2000 Death Cyril Clarke, British Scientist 2000 Death Frederick Clarke, writer/publisher, Cinefantastique, dies at 51 1997 Death Shirley Clarke, actress (Cool World), dies at 78 1996 Death Henry Clarke, fashion photographer, dies at 75 1996 Death Edwin Clarke, historian/neurologist, dies at 76 1996 Event 1st full ODI for the Netherlands, vs. New Zealand, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47 1993 Death Michael Clarke, drummer (Byrds), dies of liver failure at 49 1992 Death Mae Clarke, actress (Public Enemy, Frankenstein), dies at 84 1990 Death Alan Clarke, director (Elephant, Road, Scum, Firm), dies at 54 1988 Event Yankees home run 9,999 (D Winfield) 10,000 (C Washington) 10,001 (J Clarke) 1981 Event Sylvester Clarke knocks out spectator with brick, WI vs. Pakistan 1980 Birthday [Clarke] Isaac Hanson, Tulsa, Oklahoma, singer, Hansons-MMMMbop 1979 Death Rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93 1979 Death Rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93 1973 Birthday Stephen Clarke, born in Sutton Coldfield, England, Canada swimmer, 1992, 1996 Olympics Bronze 1970 Event New York Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for 3rd time in 28 days 1970 Event Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 2nd of 3 times in 28 days 1970 Event Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 1st of 3 times in 28 days 1968 Birthday Richard Clarke, born in Toronto, Ontario, Yachter Finn 1996 Olympics 1965 Event Australian Ronald Clarke runs world record 10k (27:39.4) 1965 Birthday Kim Clarke, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, team handball back court, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1963 Event Clarke runs world record 10k (28:15.6) 1962 Birthday Gilby Clarke, U.S. pop guitarist, Guns n' Roses-Civil War 1961 Death Clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68 1961 Birthday Vince Clarke, born in Basildon, Essex, rock keyboardist, Erasure 1961 Birthday Kit Clarke, rocker, Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer 1961 Birthday John Clarke, actor, Mickey-Days of Our Life 1957 Birthday Michael Clarke Duncan, American Actor 1954 Birthday Sylvester Clarke, cricketer, West Indian fast bowler and brick-thrower 1953 Birthday Lenny Clarke, born in Boston, actor, Officer Hampton-John Larroquette Show 1952 Birthday Brian Patrick Clarke, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, actor, Merle-Eight is Enough 1951 Birthday Stanley Clarke, born in Philadelphia, rock bassist, New Barbarians-Find Out Hideaway 1950 Birthday Mark Clarke, born in Liverpool, England, musician, bass guitarist, member of bands, Uriah Heep and Colosseum 1949 Birthday Bobby Clarke, Manitoba, NHL player and coach, Philadelphia Flyer 1948 Birthday Nolan Clarke, cricketer, Barbados bat 1970-77, later Holland stalwart 1944 Birthday Eugene Clarke, Tipton Missouri, rock guitarist 1944 Birthday Michael Clarke, born in New York City, rock drummer, Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn! 1944 Event Actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke 1943 Birthday Denis Payton, rocker, Dave Clarke 5-Glad All Over 1942 Birthday Allan Clarke, rock vocalist, Hollies-Air That I Breathe 1940 Birthday Kenneth Clarke, British minister 1940 Birthday Horace Clarke, baseball 2nd baseman, New York Yankees 1937 Birthday Ron Clarke, Australia, runner, held 19 world records 1936 Birthday Gary Clarke, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Hondo, Virginian, Michael Shayne 1935 Birthday Ruth Clarke, Moderator, General Assembly of the United Reform Church 1927 Death Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88 1919 Birthday Shirley Clarke, film director 1919 Birthday Edwin Clarke, historian and neurologist 1918 Birthday Henry Clarke, fashion photographer 1918 Birthday C B Bertie Clarke, cricketer, Barbados and West Indian leg-spinner 1917 Birthday Ellis Clarke, president Trinidad and Tobago, 1976-87 1917 Birthday Arthur C. Clarke, sci-fi author, 2001, 2010, Childhood's End 1917 Birthday Arthur C. Clarke, born in Somerset, England, science fiction author, inventor, wrote '2001: A Space Odyssey' 1914 Birthday Kenny [Klook] Clarke, Pittsburgh, jazz/drummer, composer, Epistrop 1912 Birthday Clarke Hinkle, NFL fullback for the Green Bay Packers 1910 Event Fred Clarke makes a record 4 outfield assists for Pittsburgh 1907 Event Cyril Astley Clarke, British geneticist 1907 Birthday Cyril Clarke, British Scientist 1907 Birthday Mae Clarke, Klotz, Philadelphia, actress, Frankenstein, Waterloo Bridge 1907 Birthday Henry Leland Clarke, composer 1903 Birthday Ashley Clarke, president, Venice in Peril Fund 1899 Event -47 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Camp Clarke, Nebraska (state record) 1893 Birthday Clarke Ashton Smith, U.S., sci-fi author, Lost Worlds, Genius Loci 1886 Birthday Rebecca Clarke, composer 1881 Death Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 1865 Death William Clarke Quantrill, criminal/Confederate bushwhacker, dies at 27 1863 Death Clement Clarke Moore, ('Twas the Night Before Xmas), dies at 83 1839 Birthday Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer 1837 Birthday William Clarke Quantrill, Col Confederate Army 1787 Birthday Charles Cowden Clarke, English editor/Shakespearean critic 1779 Birthday Clement Clarke Moore, U.S., author, 'Twas the Night Before Xmas 1729 Death Samuel Clarke, theologian, dies 1707 Death Jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies
