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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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