1996 Clay Jones, gardener, dies at 72
1995 James Clay, saxophonist, dies at 59
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, gen/gov 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
1942 Muhammad Ali, heavyweight champ boxer, 1964-7 74-8
1939 E Clay Shaw, Jr., Rep-R-FL, 1981-
1936 Trevor Clay, Gen-Sec, Royal College of Nursing
1935 James Clay, saxophonist
1931 William L [Bill] Clay, Rep-D-MO, 1969-
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, 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 brig-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, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1864
1826 Green Clay Smith, Bvt Major General Union volunteers, died in 1895
1824 Jackson, WH Crawford and H Clay Adams eventually declared president
1816 Clement Claiborne Clay, MC, Confederacy, died in 1882
1810 Cassius Marcellus Clay, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1903
1777 Henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], U.S. politician
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