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1996 Clay Jones, horticulturalist, broadcaster, Chairman of the program Gardener's Question Time on BBC Radio 4, voted tenth alongside Carol Klein as the nation's all-time favorite gardener, dies at 72
1994 James Clay, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins, dies at 59 in Dallas, Texas 1992 Andrew "Dice" Clay marries his longtime live-in lover Trinie 1990 Andrew Dice Clay cries on Arsenio Hall Show 1990 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts) 1990 Nora Dunn and Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting 1983 Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour 1982 Andrew "Dice" Clay and George Wendt appear in "Trick or Treatment" 1979 Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end 1978 Clay Aiken, American Musician 1978 Lucius D. Clay, general and Governor U.S. zone W-Germany (airlift), dies at 80 1977 Toby Harrah and Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park-homers off Yankee Ken Clay at Yankee Stadium, Rangers won 8-2 1975 Chinese archeologists discover a 3-acre burial site with 6,000 clay statues of warriors dating as early as 221 BC 1973 Bill Clay, Yokosuka Japan, U.S. sprint cyclist 1996 Olympics 1973 Clay Williams, WLAF OL for the Amsterdam Admirals 1973 Clay Williams, OL for the Indianapolis Colts 1972 Clay Shiver, corner for the Dallas Cowboys 1971 Marine clay under houses liquefies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Quebec) 1970 Willie Clay, NFL safety, Detroit Lions 1970 Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits and Padres lose, 3-0 1967 Phillies Clay Dairymple ties NL record of 6 walks in doubleheader 1967 Mohammed Ali, Cassius Clay, sentenced to 5 years 1967 Heavyweight Cassius Clay beats Ernie Terrell in Houston 1966 Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Brian London 1966 Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Henry Cooper in London 1966 Andrea Temesvari, born in Budapest, Hungary, tennis star, 1985 U.S. Clay Courts 1965 Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Floyd Patterson in Las Vegas 1964 Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali 1964 Cassius Clay TKOs Sonny Liston in 7 for heavyweight boxing title 1964 Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston for the heavyweight boxing title 1961 Clay O'Brien, Ray, Arizona, actor, Weedy-Cowboys 1960 Cassius Clay wins 1st battle as professional boxer 1960 Cassius Clay captures Olympic light heavyweight gold medal 1957 Andrew "Dice" Clay, Silverstien, comedian, Adv of Ford Fairlane 1956 Black students enter Clay Kentucky elementary school 1956 Black students enter and are barred from Clay Kentucky elementary school 1956 Clay Matthews, NFL linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons 1942 Otis Clay, U.S. gospel/R&B-singer, That's how it is 1939 E. Clay Shaw, Jr., born in Miami, Florida, Representative-R-Florida 1981 - 2007 1936 Trevor Clay, General-Secretary, Royal College of Nursing 1935 James Clay, born in Dallas, Texas, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins 1931 Bill Clay, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Representative-D-Missouri 1969 - 2001 1930 Henry Clay Folger, Jr., CEO (Folger Shakespeare Library), dies at 72 1928 Clay Felker, St. Louis, journalist, New York Herald Tribune, Esquire 1923 Clay Jones, born in England, horticulturalist, broadcaster, Chairman of the program Gardener's Question Time on BBC Radio 4, voted tenth alongside Carol Klein as the nation's all-time favorite gardener 1922 Annie Oakley sets record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row 1920 Richard Quine, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor and director, Clay Pigeon 1919 Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke and steel operation, dies at 69 1915 Clay Warnick, born in Tacoma, Washington, choral director, Jimmie Rodgers Show 1908 Bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay and Montgomery 1897 Lucius du Bignon Clay, U.S., general, WW II, gov, West Germany 1893 Heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway) 1884 Henry Clay Work, composer, dies at 51 1882 Jacob Clay, Dutch philospher/phyicist, Mesones 1880 Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters 1873 Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street 1873 1st trial run of San Francisco cable car, Clay Street between Kearny and Jones 1873 Construction begins on Clay St. (SF) for world's 1st cable railroad 1868 Obe Postma, Frisian poet/geography/historian, Frisian Clay Farm 1864 James Clay Rice, lawyer/Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 34 1857 Henry Clay Folger, Jr., U.S., businessman/Shakespeare fan 1852 Henry Clay, the great compromiser, dies at 75 1850 Henry Clay introduces a comprise bill on slavery to U.S. Senate 1849 Henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke and steel operation 1848 Post office at Clay and Pike opens 1844 Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate 1839 Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president" 1832 Henry Clay Work, composer 1829 James Clay Rice, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1826 Green Clay Smith, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Jackson, WH Crawford and H Clay Adams eventually declared president 1816 Clement Claiborne Clay, MC, Confederacy 1810 Cassius Marcellus Clay, Major General Union volunteers 1777 Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser, U.S. politician |
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