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2013 Event - Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., publishes a letter to Chinese customers, addressing issues regarding the company's warranty policies in China

2012 Event - In Illinois, a Cook County Circuit Court rules that the tax Amazon.com levied on Internet businesses by the U.S. state of Illinois is unconstitutional

2011 Event - Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs resigns over poor health issues; Tim Cook takes over as CEO

2011 Event - New Zealand's highest mountain, the south ridge of Aoraki/Mount Cook, is renamed Hillary Ridge after Sir Edmund Hillary, first to conquer Mt. Everest

2010 Event - The first ever HIV infection is announced in the Cook Islands

2005 Death - Robin Cook, Scottish Politician

2001 Death - Justin Wilson, Cajun cook/storyteller, dies at 87

2000 Death - Mary Jenkins Langston, cook, cooked peanut butter and banana sandwiches for Elvis, dies at 77

1999 Death - Jennifer Paterson, cook/writer/motorcyclist, Two Fat Ladies, dies at 71

1996 Event - Christie Brinkey gets married for 4th time, she marries Peter Cook

1995 Death - Elisha Cook, Jr., actor (Maltese Falcon, Shane), dies at 91

1995 Death - Don Cook, British foreign correspondent, dies at 74

1995 Death - Peter Cook, English comic/actor (Peter n' Dud, Bedazzled), dies at 57

1994 Event - Wim Cook government forms in Netherlands

1994 Death - Norman Cook, British museum curator, dies at 87

1992 Event - FCC vote 4-1 to allow Infinity to purchase Cook Inlet stations

1992 Death - M F K Fisher, cook book author, dies of Parkinson Disease at 83

1990 Death - Roderick Cook, actor (Rockabye), dies of apparent heart attack at 58

1990 Event - Stanton Cook becomes CEO of Chicago Cubs

1988 Death - Nathan Cook, actor (White Night), dies of an allergic reaction at 38

1987 Event - "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." closes at Ambassador New York City after 13 performances

1987 Event - "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." opens at Ambassador New York City for 13 performances

1984 Death - Clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92

1981 Birthday - Alicia Keys, born in New York City, New York, born Alicia Augello Cook, singer, recording artist, actress, debut album, 'Songs in A Minor', won five Grammy Awards

1980 Birthday - Jason Cook, American Actor

1979 Birthday - Rachael Leigh Cook, American Actress

1977 Event - Sex Pistols Johnny Rotten and Paul Cook, beaten and robbed by London pub

1972 Birthday - Allison Cook, Australian basketballl player 1996 Olympics bronze

1972 Birthday - Anthony Cook, NFL defensive end/defensive tackle, Tenn Oilers

1972 Birthday - Dane Cook, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Dane Jeffrey Cook, comedian, stand up comic, released five comedy albums, 'Retaliation' went double platinum, the highest charting comedy album in 28 years, appeared in 15 films since 1997, including 'My Best Friend's Girl'

1972 Birthday - Simon Cook, cricketer, Victorian pace bowler joined NSW 1995-96

1970 Birthday - Nicole Jeray, Cook County, Illinois, LPGA golfer, 1995 Sprint Champ-22nd

1966 Death - Tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's King by Captain Cook (1773), dies

1965 Event - Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand

1964 Birthday - Toi Cook, cornerback for the Carolina Panthers

1963 Birthday - Norman Cook, rocker, Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There

1962 Birthday - Dennis Cook, Lamarque, Texas, pitcher for the Texas Rangers

1961 Death - Donald Cook, actor (Too Young To Go Steady), dies at 60

1961 Birthday - Jeff Cook, Muncie, Indiana, Nike golfer, 1990 Greater Ozarks Open

1959 Death - Joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69

1957 Birthday - John Neuman Cook, born in Toledo, Ohio, PGA golfer, 1981 Bing Crosby

1956 Birthday - Paul Cook, London, rock drummer, Sex Pistols

1956 Birthday - Nick Cook, cricketer, England lefty slow bowler in 15 Tests 1983-89

1953 Birthday - Jimmy Cook, cricketer, South African opening batsman 1992

1952 Birthday - Scott David Cook, born in Glendale California, CEO, Intuit-Quicken

1950 Birthday - Nathan Cook, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actor, Milton-White Shadow, Billy-Hotel

1949 Birthday - Jeff Cook, Fort Payne, Alabama, country guitar/vocalist, Alabama - Mountain Music

1949 Birthday - Sue Cook, British broadcaster

1947 Birthday - David Essex, Cook, London, rock vocalist/actor, That'll be the Day

1946 Birthday - Robin Cook, Scottish Politician

1945 Birthday - Helen Mirren, born in England, actress, Cook Thief Wife

1945 Birthday - Stu Cook, rock bassist, Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary

1944 Death - Will Marion Cook, composer, dies at 75

1944 Birthday - Glen [Charles] Cook, U.S., sci-fi author, Shadowline, Star's End

1943 Birthday - Roger Cook, investigative journalist and broadcaster

1940 Birthday - Chris Farlowe, born in North London, England, John Henry Deighton, rocker, singer, soul, rhythm and blues, jazz rock, signed with Columbia and Immediate, once used pseudonym 'Little Joe Cook'

1940 Death - Frederick A Cook, U.S., explorer (North Pole), dies at 75

1940 Death - Frederick Albert Cook, American Explorer

1938 Birthday - Frank Converse, actor, It's About Time, Dr. Cook's Garden, Movin' On

1937 Birthday - Peter Edward Cook, Torquay England, actor/comedian, Bedazzled

1937 Birthday - Peter Cook, British Writer

1931 Death - Arthur James Cook, union leader (coal miners), dies at 47

1930 Birthday - Tommy Cook, Duluth, Minnesota, actor, Missile to the Moon

1927 Birthday - Barbara Cook, born in Atlanta, Georgia, stage singer and actress, Music Man

1926 Birthday - Beryl Cook, British painter

1921 Birthday - Sam Cook, cricketer, England slow left-armer in only Test

1920 Birthday - Don Cook, foreign Correspondent

1918 Death - Charitonov, cook of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death

1909 Event - University of Coopenhagen rejects Cook's claim that he was 1st to North Pole

1908 Birthday - Elliott Cook Carter, Jr., New York City, composer, Tom and Lily

1908 Event - Frederick A. Cook claims to reach North Pole, he didn't

1906 Birthday - Norman Cook, museum curator

1902 Birthday - Elisha Cook, Jr., born in San Francisco, California, actor, Maltese Falcon, Shane, Magnum PI

1901 Birthday - Donald Cook, Portland, Oregon, actor, Too Young To Go Steady

1901 Event - Cook Islands annexed and proclaimed part of New Zealand

1892 Death - Thomas Cook, CEO (Cook Travel Bureau), dies at 83

1892 Death - Thomas Cook, English tour director (Thomas Cook and Son), dies at 83

1889 Death - Eliza Cook, English Poet

1883 Birthday - Arthur James Cook, England, union leader, coal miners

1869 Birthday - Will Marion Cook, composer

1865 Birthday - Frederick A. Cook, U.S., explorer, claimed falsely to be at North Pole

1865 Birthday - Frederick Albert Cook, American Explorer

1858 Event - Frederick Cook, New Orleans, patents a cotton-bale metallic tie

1841 Event - Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency

1825 Birthday - John Cook, Major General Union volunteers

1820 Death - Joseph Banks, English natural historian (Cook/Australia), dies

1818 Birthday - Eliza Cook, English Poet

1817 Birthday - Philip Cook, Jr., Brigadier General Confederate Army

1808 Birthday - Thomas Cook, England, tour director, Thomas Cook and Son

1808 Birthday - Thomas Cook, founder, Cook travel bureau

1780 Event - Resolution, without Captain Cook, returns to England

1779 Death - James Cook, explorer, murdered by natives in Hawaii

1779 Death - James Cook, Scottish explorer, killed in fracas with Hawaiian

1778 Event - Captain Cook discovers Maui in the Sandwich Islands, now Hawaii

1778 Event - Captain Cook anchors at Alaska

1778 Event - Captain Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering straits

1778 Event - Captain Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state

1778 Event - Nootka Sound, Vancouver Is discovered by Captain Cook

1778 Event - Captain James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay

1778 Event - Captain James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)

1777 Event - Captain Cook leaves Society Islands

1776 Event - Captain Cook begins 3rd and last trip to Pacific (South Sea)

1776 Event - Captain Cook departs with Resolution for 3rd trip to Pacific Ocean

1775 Event - Captain Cook with Resolution returns to England

1774 Event - Captain Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata)

1774 Event - Captain Cook reaches 71 degrees 10' S, 1820 km from S pole (record)

1773 Event - Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66 degrees 33' S)

1772 Event - Captain Cook arrives with ship Resolution in Capetown

1772 Event - Captain James Cook begins 2nd trip (Resolution) to South Seas

1771 Event - James Cook sails Endeavour back to Downs England

1770 Event - Captain James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia

1770 Event - Captain James Cook in Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia

1770 Event - Captain Cook arrives in New South Wales

1770 Event - Captain James Cook 1st sees Australia

1770 Event - Captain James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia)

1768 Event - Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth with Endeavour to Pacific Ocean

1762 Event - James Cook marries Elizabeth Batts

1734 Event - Cook Vincent la Chapelle forms Free Masons Lodge

1728 Birthday - James Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands

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