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1998 New York Rangers fire head coach Colin Campbell

1997 Colin Franklin, doctor, dies at 67

1997 James Colin Ross Welch, journalist, dies at 72

1996 Colin Campbell Mitchell, soldier, dies at 70

1996 Colin Morris, playwright/documentary filmmaker, dies at 80

1995 Colin Gray, airman, dies at 80

1995 Colin Fergusson found guilty of killing 6 people on the LIRR in NY

1994 Colin Berry Haycraft, publisher, dies at 65

1994 Colin Turnbull, anthropologist, dies at 69

1994 Colin Jackson runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.30 sec)

1993 General Colin Powell retires at 56

1993 Colin Jackson runs world record 110m hurdles (12.91)

1987 Alan and Colin Wells make 303* partnership for Sussex vs. Kent

1987 Colin Blakely, dies at 56

1982 Colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles

1982 Colin Chapman, English Inventor

1977 Colin Croft takes 8-29 against Pakistan at Port-of-Spain

1977 Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft and Joel Garner vs. Pakistan Bridgetown

1977 Colin Hanks, American Actor

1976 Colin Farrell, Irish Actor

1975 Veronica and Colin Scargill (England) complete tandem bicycle ride, a record 18,020 miles around the world

1974 Colin Daynes, Windsor, Ontario, 68 kg Greco Roman wrestler 1996 Olympics

1974 Veronica and Colin Scargill (England) begin tandem bicycle ride a record 18,020 miles around the world, completed on August 27, 1975

1973 Colin Morgan, Calgary Alberta, 78 kg judoka 1996 Olympics

1972 Colin Gordon, actor (John-Baron), dies at 61

1972 Colin Quiney, CFL tackle for the Hamilton Tiger Cats

1970 Colin Cowdrey becomes Test Crickets' leading run scorer (7,250)

1970 Colin Scrivener, CFL defensive tackle for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1969 Colin Greenwood, British Musician

1969 Colin Keely, Buffalo, New York, water polo driver 1996 Olympics

1968 Start of Colin Cowdrey's 100th Test, 1st person to do so

1967 Colin Jackson, Cardiff England, 100m hurdler 1988 Olympics silver

1964 New Zealand Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in 1 work day

1964 Colin C McPhee, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles), dies at 62

1962 Colin Vearncombe, rocker, Black-Wonderful Like

1961 Colin Angus, Scottish pop musician, Shamen, Ebeneezer Goode

1960 Colin Firth, born in Hampshire, England, actor, Femme Fatale, Hostages

1959 Intikhab Alam bowls Colin McDonald with 1st ball in Tests

1959 Colin Beashel, Australian star yachter 1996 Olympics

1959 Colin Quinn, American Comedian

1958 Colin Ferguson, murderer, 6 people on the LIRR on Dec 7, 1993

1957 Chris Cowdrey, cricketer, son of Colin, captain of England 1988

1957 Margaret Colin, actress, Independence Day, Three Men and a Baby

1955 Colin Moulding, English pop guitarist, XTC

1954 Test Cricket debut of Colin Cowdrey vs. Australia at Gabba

1953 Colin G Fink, U.S. chemist (electro-chemistry), dies

1953 Colin Hay, born in Scotland, rock vocalist, Men At Work

1953 Colin Croft, cricketer, West Indian fast bowler 1977-82

1947 Colin Sanders, British computer engineer, Solid State Logic

1945 Colin Blunstone, born in England, rocker, Zombies-Never Even Thought

1944 Jesse Colin Young, New York City, rock vocalist, Youngbloods-Soul of a City Boy

1944 Colin Nutley, director and writer, Such is Life, Black Jack

1943 Colin Baker, actor, Dr. Who, Swallows and Amazons

1943 Paul Colin, Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed

1942 Colin Earl, rocker

1942 Colin Sanders, founder, Solid State Logic

1941 Colin Milburn, cricketer, England bat whose career was cut short

1941 Colin Niven, Headmaster, Alleyn's School

1939 Colin Cooper, rocker, Climax Blues Band

1939 Colin Webb, general manager, Press Assn

1938 Colin Southgate, CEO, Thorn EMI

1938 Colin Bland, cricketer, South African bat Maybe the best cover field

1937 Colin Berry, professor, morbid anatomist

1937 Colin Clive, actor (Bride of Frankenstein, Jane Eyre), dies at 39

1937 Colin Powell, born in Bronx, New York, general and Secretary of State

1936 Colin Meads, rugby player

1934 Colin Welland, born in Liverpool, England, actor, Straw Dogs, Sweeney

1932 Colin Cowdrey, cricketer, in India England batsman, 1st to 100 Tests

1932 [Michael] Colin Cowdrey, English cricket player

1932 Colin Hope, CEO, T/N

1931 Colin Wilson, author, Afterlife, Book of Great Mysteries

1930 Colin Dexter, author

1930 Colin Blakely, Bangor N Ireland, actor, Shattered, Equus, King Lear

1929 Colin Berry Haycraft, publisher

1928 Colin McDonald, cricketer, stalwart Australian opening bat for 1950's

1928 Colin Chapman, English Inventor

1927 Colin Rex Davis, Weybridge England, conductor, New York Met 1967-71

1925 Colin Campbell Mitchell, soldier

1925 Colin Spedding, CEO, Council of Science and Technology Institutes

1924 Colin Turnbull, anthropologist

1924 Colin Romoff, New York City, orch leader, Andy Williams Show

1924 Colin Welch, columnist/critic

1924 James Colin Ross Welch, journalist

1922 Colin Cole, Principal King of Arms

1922 Colin Fletcher, author, Walking Through Time

1920 Colin Franklin, doctor

1918 Colin Snedden, cricketer, Test NZ vs. England 1947, 0-46, did not bat

1917 Colin Cowe, senior bursar, Magdalen College Oxford

1916 Colin Morris, playwright/documentary filmmaker

1915 Colin McCool, cricketer, Australian leg-spin all rounder late 40s

1915 Colin Purdie Kelly, U.S., 1st U.S. air hero, during WW II

1914 Colin Gray, airman

1911 Colin Gordon, Ceylon, actor, John-Baron

1908 42nd Belmont: Joe Notter aboard Colin win

1907 Colin Buchanan, town planner

1901 Colin McPhee, born in Montreal, Canada, composer, H2O, Mechanical Princibles

1898 Colin Clive, [Greig], St. Malo France, actor, Bride of Frankenstein

1883 Colin Campbell, born in Falkirk, Scotland, actress, High Bright Sun, Leather Boys

1881 Colin G Fink, U.S. chemist, electro chemistry

1879 Colin Blythe, cricketer, outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I

1863 Colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70

1792 Colin Campbell/Lord Clyde, British officer, Sepoy-uprising



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