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