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1993 Billy Conn, boxer (fought Joe Louis 1951), dies of pneumonia at 75
1993 Billy Conn, boxer/actor (Pittsburgh Kid), dies at 75 1989 Trumbull Conn, is 1st U.S. team since 1983 to win Little League WS 1979 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WCCC in Hartford, Conn 1974 Conal Groom, Northford Conn, rower 1996 Olympics 1973 Stacy Perrone, Wolcott Conn, Meet Miss America-Connecticut 1997 1972 Eileen Richetelli, Milford Conn, diver 1996 Olympics 1970 Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe Trophy and Bill Masterson trophy stolen from NHL hall of fame 1970 Steven "Scrappy" Segaloff, New Haven, Conn, rower, Olympics-5th-1996 1969 Jennifer Guthrie, Willimantic Conn, actress, Dawn-General Hospital 1969 Christine Smith, Darien Conn, rower 1996 Olympics 1968 Sean Groom, Northford Conn, rower 1996 Olympics 1967 Mo Vaughn, Norwalk Conn, infielder, Boston Red Sox, MVP-1995 1966 Chryssandra Hines, Bristol Conn, team handball wing 1996 Olympics 1966 Todd Reynolds, Norwalk Conn, pairs skaters 1994 Olympics 1965 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Conn, 4 die 1965 Krista Blomquist, New Haven Conn, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-7th-1995 1965 Lucy Han, born in Hartford, Conn, WPVA volleyballer, Nationals-7th-1994 1965 Courtenay Becker-Dey, Greenwich Conn, Europe yachter, Olympic-bronze-1996 1965 Bianca Yasmin Salahshourian, Fairfield Conn, Miss Conn-America 1991 1963 Lonnie Quinn, Cheshire Conn, actor, Will Cooley-All My Children 1963 Stephen Peterson, born in Detroit, Michigan, Conn, rower 1996 Olympics 1963 Linda Muri, Killingly Conn, rower 1996 Olympics 1962 James Carpenter, Canton Conn, fencer-epee 1996 Olympics 1959 Timothy Patrick Murphy, Hartford Conn, actor, Dallas, Glitter 1959 Bud Schultz, Meriden Conn, tennis star 1955 Pierre J Thuot, Groton Conn, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-36, 49, 62 1955 1st atomic sub, USS Nautilus, launched at Groton Conn 1953 Kevin Nealon, Bridgeport Conn, actor, SNL, Hot Shot, Coneheads 1952 78th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Blue Man wins in 1:57.4 1952 Terry Moor, Hartford Conn, tennis star 1952 Grant Goodeve, New Haven Conn, actor, David-8 is Enough, Dynasty 1951 Didi Conn, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Denise-Benson, Grease 1951 77th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Count Turf wins in 2:02.6 1947 Meg Foster, Conn, actress, Sunshine, Cagney and Lacey 1946 1st TV sports spectacular-Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn 1946 Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for heavyweight boxing title 1944 World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum and Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford Conn) 1944 70th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 1:59.2 1944 70th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 2:04.2 1941 Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 13 for heavyweight boxing title 1930 Conn Findlay, born in Stockton, California, coxswain, Olympics - 2 gold/bronze - 1956, 1964, 1976 1930 Donny Conn, rocker, Playmates 1923 Frank Silver and Irving Conn release "Yes, We Have No Bananas" 1922 Malcolm Baldrige, Conn, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1981 - 1987 1920 Sloan Wilson, Norwalk, Conn, novelist, Man in the Gray Flannal 1920 Eileen Farrell, Willimantic Conn, opera soprano, Interrupted Melody 1915 Igor Buketoff, Hartford Conn, conductor, Iceland Symph 1964-65 1914 Gary Merrill, Hartford Conn, actor, Young Dr. Kildare, All About Eve 1897 John Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist, polio-Nobel 1954 1882 Knights of Columbus forms in New Haven, Conn 1857 Henry Osborn, Conn, paleontologist/author, 52 Years of Research 1833 Prudence Crandall, a white woman, arrested for conducting an academy for black females at Canterbury Conn 1817 1st U.S. school for deaf (Hartford, Conn) 1810 Phineas Taylor Barnum, Bethel Conn, circus promoter, Barnum and Bailey |
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