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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













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