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2008 Richard Widmark, dies in Connecticut, after a long illness, at 93

2008 William F. Buckley, Jr., dies in Stamford, Connecticut, at 82

2007 Brett Somers, dies in Westport, Connecticut, at 83

2007 Leona Helmsley, dies of congestive heart failure at 87, in Greenwich, Connecticut

2004 WNBA Championships, Seattle Storm beat Connecticut Sun 2 games to 1

1998 Matt Beck, an angry lottery accountant kills 4 at Connecticut state lottery

1998 Abraham A. Ribicoff, Senator-D-Connecticut 1963 - 1981, Governor of Connecticut 1955 - 1961

1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford, Connecticut on WCCC 106.9 FM

1992 Connecticut Governor Lowell Weicker and WFAN DJ Don Imus change places for 1 day

1987 Madeline Zima, born in New Haven, Connecticut, actress, Grace Sheffield-Nanny

1979 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WCCC in Hartford, Connecticut

1979 Alita Dawson, Miss Connecticut Teen USA 1997

1978 Marissa Perez, Miss Connecticut Teen USA 1996

1977 Amy Zappone, born in Wolcott, Connecticut, Miss America-Connecticut 1996

1976 Will Friedle, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Eric-Boy Meets World, Gift of Love

1976 Jonathan Brandis, born in Danbury, Connecticut, actor, Lucas Wolenczak-seaQuest DSV

1974 Mike DuHaney, born in New Haven, Connecticut, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold

1971 Wanda Gonzalez, Miss Connecticut USA 1996

1970 Katherine "Katie" Scanlon, Fairfield, Connecticut, rower 1996 Olympics

1970 30,000 attend Powder Ridge Rock Festival, Middlefield, Connecticut

1970 6 days of race rioting in Hartford, Connecticut

1969 Race riot in Hartford Connecticut

1969 Brad Ausmus, born in New Haven, Connecticut, catcher for the Detroit Tigers

1968 72nd Boston Marathon won by Amby Burfoot of Connecticut in 2:22:17

1967 Melanie Sullivan, Branford, Connecticut, WPVA volleyballer, National-13th-1994

1967 Sarah Malin, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, actress, Stephane Prescott-Another World

1967 Kari Wuhrer, Brookfield, Connecticut, MTV/actress, Beverly Hills 90210

1967 Charles Nagy, Fairfield, Connecticut, pitcher, Cleveland Indians

1966 Joseph Wanag, Wilson, Connecticut, U.S. judoka 1992 Olympics

1965 Lawrence Clay-Bey, Hartford, Connecticut, super heavyweight boxer 1996 Olympics

1965 Dawn Whiteham, born in New London, Connecticut, bodybuilder, Penthouse Nov 1995

1965 Supreme Court rules 1879 Connecticut law ban of contraceptives unconstitutional

1964 Shawn Sheldon, Norwich, Connecticut, 114 lbs greco-roman wrestler 1996 Olympics

1964 Amy Brenneman, born in New London, Connecticut, actress, Janice-NYPD Blue

1964 Rob Dibble, Bridgeport, Connecticut, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds

1964 Karen Josephson, Bristol, Connecticut, synchronized swimmer 1992 Olympics gold

1964 Sarah Josephson, Bristol, Connecticut, synchronized swimmer 1992 Olympics gold

1962 Jasper McLevy, socialist mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, dies

1962 Eriq La Salle, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Dr. Peter Benton-ER

1962 Robert Mailhouse, New Haven, Connecticut, actor, Brian-Days of our Life

1961 Meg Ryan, Bethel, Connecticut, actress, When Harry Met Sally, As the World Turns

1961 Barbara Potter, Connecticut, tennis player, changed shirt on Wimbledon Court

1961 Daniel C Burbank, born in Manchester, Connecticut, Lieutenant Commander USCG/astronaut

1960 Richard A. Mastracchio, Waterbury, Connecticut, astronaut

1958 Jayne Modean, Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Nurse Hooter-Trauma Center

1958 Bill Dawley, born in Norwich, Connecticut, baseball player, pitcher, played Major League Baseball with the Houston Astros, Chicago Whitesox, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Oakland Athletics

1957 Heather Thomas, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, actress, Jody-Fall Guy, Coed Fever

1957 Daniel Stern, Stamford, Connecticut, actor, City Slickers, Wonder Years

1957 John G. Rowland, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Governor of Connecticut 1995 - 2004

1957 U.S. launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton, Connecticut

1957 61st Boston Marathon won by John J Kelley of Connecticut in 2:20:05

1957 Mary Cadorette, born in East Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Vicky-3's a Crowd

1956 Dorothy Hamill, born in Riverside, Connecticut, figure skater 1976 Olympics gold

1955 Melanie Chartoff, West Haven, Connecticut, actress, Fridays, Parker Lewis

1955 Linda Purl, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, actress, Gloria-Happy Days, Matlock

1955 32.4 cm precipitation at Burlington, Connecticut (state record)

1955 Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage

1955 Glenne Headly, born in New London, Connecticut, actress, Dick Tracy, Making Mr. Right

1954 Ron Palillo, born in Connecticut, actor, Arnold Horshack-Welcome Back Kotter

1953 Daniel T Barry, Norwalk, Connecticut, PhD/MD/astronaut, STS-72

1953 Katherine Cannon, born in Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Father Murphy, Survivors

1953 Michael Bolton, Connecticut, rock vocalist, That's What Love Is All About

1953 Gary Franks, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Representative-R-Connecticut 1991 - 1997

1953 Pamela Sue Martin, Westport, Connecticut, actress, Nancy Drew, Fallon-Dynasty

1952 Howard Donald Saunders, born in Danbury, Connecticut, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List

1952 Catherine Watkins, Hartford, Connecticut, actress, It's Not Easy, Mary

1951 David Naughton, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, My Sister Sam, Separate Vacations

1950 Elmar Oliveira, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, violinist, Naumburg 1978

1950 Karen Carpenter, born in New Haven, Connecticut, vocalist and drummer, We Only Just Begun

1949 Shelley Hack, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, actress, Tiffany Welles-Charlie's Angel

1948 Tony DiCicco, Wethersfield, Connecticut, U.S. women's soccer coach 1996 Olympics

1947 William Atherton, born in Connecticut, actor, Real Genius, Ghostbusters, Class of 44

1947 Donna Elizabeth De Varona, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, swimmer, Olympic-2 gold-64

1947 John Ratzenberger, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor, Cliff Clavin-Cheers

1947 Glenn Close, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, actress, The Big Chill, Fatal Attraction

1947 Jill Eikenberry, New Haven, Connecticut, Ann Kelsey-LA Law, Manhattan Project

1946 Richard Carpenter, New Haven, Connecticut, vocalist, Carpenters-Close to You

1946 1st commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport Connecticut

1945 Christopher Shays, born in Stamford, Connecticut, Representative-R-Connecticut 1987 - 2009

1944 Sherwood C "Woody" Spring, Hartford, Connecticut, Col USA/astronaut, STS-61B

1944 170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford, Connecticut

1944 Christopher Dodd, born in Willimantic, Connecticut, Senator-D-Connecticut 1981-

1944 Neely Bruce, born in America, composer, conductor, pianist, scholar of American music, Professor of Music and American Studies at Wesleyan University, chorus director for Connecticut Opera

1943 Susan Davenny Wyner, New Haven, Connecticut, soprano, Walter Naumberg Prize

1943 Bruce Weitz, Norwalk, Connecticut, actor, Hill St. Blues, Death of a Centerfold

1943 Rosa DeLauro, born in New Haven, Connecticut, Representative-D-Connecticut 1991 -

1943 -32 degrees F (-36 degrees C), Falls Village, Connecticut (state record)

1942 1st bazooka rocket gun produced Bridgeport, Connecticut

1942 Kris Jensen, born in New Haven, Connecticut, musician, singer, guitarist, recorded with Kapp Records, Leader Records, Hickory Records, recorded chart topping hit 'Torture'

1942 Joe Lieberman, Sen-D Connecticut

1942 Thom Mayne, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, architect, awarded Pritzker Prize, 2005, principal, Morphosis, famous architecture firm in Santa Monica, California, founder, Southern California Institute of Architecture

1941 Deborah Walley, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actress, Mothers-in-Law, Beach Blanket

1941 Jim Mitchum, Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor, Blackout, Invincible 6

1941 1st helicopter flight of 1 hour duration, Stratford, Connecticut

1941 Gene Pitney, Hartford, Connecticut, vocalist/songwriter, Town Without Pity

1940 Gordon J. Humphrey, born in Bristol, Connecticut, Senator-R-New Hampshire, 1979 - 1990

1940 Joan Joyce, Waterbury, Connecticut, softball pitcher, Hall of Fame 1983

1940 1st successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Connecticut

1940 Paul Rudd, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'

1939 Connecticut finally approves Bill of Rights (148 years late)

1939 Barbara Kolb, Hartford, Connecticut, composer, Trobar Jus

1938 Porter Goss, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Representative-R-Florida 1989 - 2004, Director of CIA 2004 - 2006

1938 Christopher Lloyd, Stamford, Connecticut, actor, Taxi, Back to the Future

1938 Mickey Stratton, born in Meriden, Connecticut, softball catcher, Hall of Fame 1969

1938 Brian Dennehy, born in Connecticut, actor, Check is in the Mail, F/X, Cocoon, Ants

1937 1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Connecticut)

1936 Barbara B. Kennelly, born in Hartford, Connecticut, Representative-D-Connecticut 1982 - 1999

1936 Tony Musante, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor, David Toma-Toma, Nowhere to Hide

1932 Marian Christy, Ridgefield, Connecticut, author, Invasions of Privacy

1931 Hope Lange, Redding Ridge, Connecticut, actress, Ghost and Mrs. Muir

1930 Ben Cooper, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Rose Tattoo, Outcast, Arizona Raiders

1930 Patricia Smith, New Haven, Connecticut, actress, Bob Newhart Show

1928 Sol LeWitt, born in Connecticut, artist, modern art pioneer, famous for wall drawings and "structures"

1928 Bob Crane, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, actor, Col Hogan-Hogan's Heroes, Donna Reed

1927 Rodgers and Hart's musical "Connecticut Yankee," premieres in New York City

1927 Donn Trenner, born in New Haven, Connecticut, orchestra leader, ABC's Nightlife

1926 Biff McGuire, New Haven, Connecticut, actor, Serpico, Heart is Lonely Hunter

1926 105 degrees F (41 degrees C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record)

1926 Tom Tryon, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Cardinal, All That Glitters

1925 Frank Latimore, Kline, Darien, Connecticut, actor, Patton, Breakin Up

1925 Phillip Pine, born in Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Set-Up, Under the Ground

1924 Mimi Benzell, Bridgeport, Connecticut, operatic soprano, Gilda-Rigoletto

1923 Ted Knight, born in Terryville, Connecticut, Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort

1922 Mike Kellin, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Honestly Celeste, Fitz and Bones

1922 Larry Elgart, born in New Haven, Connecticut, bandleader/alto sax, Elgart Orchestra

1921 Hayden Carruth, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, novelist, Crow and Heart

1921 Bernie Leighton, West Haven, Connecticut, orchestra leader, Chance of a Lifetime

1920 1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Connecticut

1920 Maria Karnilova, born in Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Olga-Ivan the Terrible

1920 Stan Freeman, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, pianist, Melody Tour

1919 Ella Grasso, born in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, Ella Giovanna Oliva Tambussi, politician, Democratic Party, first woman elected Governor of Connecticut, served 1975 - 1980

1917 Elyse Knox, Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Hit the Ice, Black Gold

1917 Robert Mitchum, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor, Winds of War, North and South

1917 Ted Steele, born in Hartford, Connecticut, orchestra leader, Cavalcade of Stars

1917 Ernest Borgnine, Hamden, Connecticut, actor, Ice Station Zebra, McHale, Marty

1914 Brendan Gill, born in Hartford, Connecticut, writer, film critic, author, wrote film critiques for Film Comment, wrote articles for The New Yorker, and a book about his time at The New Yorker magazine

1914 Stewart Alsop, born in Avon, Connecticut, columnist and political analyst, worked for Saturday Evening Post and Newsweek

1912 1st U.S. submarines with diesel engines commissioned, Groton, Connecticut

1910 Abraham A. Ribicoff, born in New Britain, Connecticut, Senator-D-Connecticut 1963 - 1981, Governor of Connecticut 1955 - 1961

1909 Katharine Hepburn, Connecticut, actress, African Queen, On Golden Pond

1909 Al Capp, Alfred Gerald Caplin, New Haven, Connecticut, cartoonist, Li'l Abner

1909 Barry Wood, New Haven, Connecticut, vocalist, Your Hit Parade

1908 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., born in New Haven, Connecticut, Representative-D-New York, 1945 - 1972

1908 Rosalind Russell, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, actress, Mame, Take a Letter Darling

1907 Horace McMahon, South Norwalk, Connecticut, actor, Martin Kane Private Eye

1907 Katharine Hepburn, Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond

1906 Michael O'Shea, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Denny-It's a Great Life

1904 John J. Sirica, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, John Joseph Sirica, judge, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, presided over Watergate scandal, Time magazine Person of the Year, 1973

1903 Gilbert Adrian, Greenberg, born in Naugatuck, Connecticut, costume designer

1902 George Murphy, born in New Haven, Connecticut, Senator-R-California 1965 - 1971, actor and dancer, MGM Parade

1902 Blair Moody, New Haven, Connecticut, Senator-Michigan

1902 Walter Keirnan, New Havens, Connecticut, TV panelist, I've Got a Secret

1901 Morton Downey, Wallingford, Connecticut, singer, Star of the Family

1901 Ed Begley, born in Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Mr Koppel-Leave it to Larry

1900 Walter O'Keefe, Hartford, Connecticut, songwriter/TV host, Mayor of Hollywood

1900 Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut

1897 Quincy Porter, New Haven, Connecticut, composer

1895 Peggy Bacon, Ridgefield, Connecticut, author/illustrator, Off With Their Heads

1888 Niles Welch, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Cornered

1887 Everett Horton, Connecticut, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes

1880 Tobacco Growers' Mutual Insurance Company incorporates in Connecticut

1878 1st telephone book issued, 50 subscribers (New Harbor, Connecticut)

1876 Guernsey Cattle Club forms in Farmington, Connecticut

1874 Charles Edward Ives, Danbury, Connecticut, composer, Holiday Quick Step

1874 28th Postmaster General: Marshall Jewell of Connecticut takes office

1866 1st U.S. company to make sewing needles by machine incorporated, Connecticut

1864 Ban Johnson, Norwalk, Connecticut, baseball founder, American League

1862 Galena, 1st U.S. iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, Connecticut

1859 Walter Camp, Connecticut, father of American football, Yale

1854 Allen Wilson of Connecticut patents sewing machine to sew curving seams

1853 1st major U.S. rail disaster kills 46 in Norwalk, Connecticut

1852 18th Postmaster General: Samuel D Hubbard of Connecticut takes office

1844 Anthony Comstock, born in New Canaan, Connecticut, anti-vice crusader/philatelist

1839 Dudley Buck, born in Hartford, Connecticut, organist/church composer

1817 1st American school for the deaf opens in Hartford, Connecticut

1813 Henry Ward Beecher, Litchfield, Connecticut, clergyman/orator, Independent

1812 Charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly, Connecticut, jeweler, Tiffany

1803 1st public library opens (Connecticut)

1798 Rep Matthew Lyon, Vermont spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold,Connecticut, in U.S. House of Representatives, after an argument

1788 Connecticut becomes 5th state

1777 People of New Connecticut, Vermont, declare independence from England

1682 Tornado in Connecticut uproots a 3' diameter oak tree

1664 English colonizing Connecticut

1662 Royal charter granted Connecticut

1662 Connecticut chartered as an English colony

1656 U.S. colony Connecticut passes law against Quakers

1644 1st U.S. livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut

1643 Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Harbor form United Colonies of New England

1639 Connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders

1639 1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford

1639 Rodger Ludlow publishes"Fundamental Orders of Connecticut"

1637 1st battle of Pequot at New Haven, Connecticut kills 500 indians


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