1993 Billy Conn, boxer (fought Joe Louis 1951), dies of pneumonia at 75
1993 Billy Conn, boxer/actor (Pittsburgh Kid), dies at 75
1992 Conn Gov Lowell Weicker and WFAN DJ Don Imus change places for 1 day
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, Oly-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, Lt Cmdr 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
1940 Paul Rudd, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Conn Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1934 Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, Unsafe at Any Speed
1930 Conn Findlay, born in Stockton, California, coxswain, Oly-2 gold/bronze-56, 64, 76
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, 1981-87
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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