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2011 Event - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Dr.John, Tom Waits, Alice Cooper, Darlene Love and Neil Diamond into its Hall of Fame

2006 Death - Jeff Cooper, American Celebrity

2005 Death - T. Cooper Evans, Representative-R-Iowa, 1981 - 1987

2004 Death - Gordon Cooper, astronaut/businessman, dies at 77

1997 Death - Glen Buxton, guitarist (Alice Cooper), dies of pneumonia at 49

1995 Death - Davie Cooper, David 'Davie' Cooper, professional soccer player, signed by Ranger for 100,000 pounds, won Scottish Cup with Motherwell in 1991, dies at 39

1992 Death - Ralph Cooper, creator (Amateur Night at the Apollo), dies of cancer

1991 Event - Evander Holyfield TKOs Bert Cooper in 7 for heavyweight boxing title

1991 Event - Iran releases British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years

1988 Birthday - Justin Cooper actor, Liar, Liar, General Hospital

1986 Death - Edna Mae Cooper, actress (Folly of Vanity, Grounds for Divorce), dies

1986 Death - Diana Cooper, English Celebrity

1984 Death - Tommy Cooper, comedian, dies at 61

1984 Death - Tommy Cooper, comedian, collapses and dies on stage

1982 Event - Susan Cooper/Hume Cronyns "Foxfire," premieres in New York City

1982 Death - Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55

1980 Event - Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper and Money hit grand slams)

1979 Event - Billy Martin is involved in a barroom altercation with Joseph Cooper, a Minnesota marshmallow salesman. Cooper requires 15 stitches

1979 Death - Melville Cooper, TV panelist (I Got a Secret), dies at 82

1975 Event - Rocker Alice Cooper falls off stage in Vancouver, breaks 6 ribs

1975 Birthday - Bradley Cooper, American Actor

1971 Event - "Dan Cooper" jumps with $200,000 out of plane over Washington

1971 Event - Dan "DB" Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200,000

1971 Death - Gladys Cooper, actress (Margaret-The Rogues), dies at 83

1971 Death - Melville Cooper, actor (Diane, Bundle of Joy), dies of cancer at 75

1970 Birthday - Cooper Harris, CFL linebacker for the Hamilton Tiger Cats

1968 Birthday - Michael Weatherly, born in New York City, actor, Cooper Alden-The City/Loving

1968 Birthday - Adrian Cooper, NFL tight end for the Minnesota Vikings

1967 Birthday - Anderson Cooper, American Journalist

1966 Event - Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Henry Cooper in London

1966 Event - Muhammad Ali TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title

1965 Birthday - Kim Cooper, Australian softball 3rd baseman/shortstop, Olym-bronze-96

1965 Event - Astronauts Cooper and Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5

1964 Birthday - Richard Cooper, NFL tackle, NO Saints, Philadelphia Eagles

1963 Birthday - Jay B Cooper, Coral Gables, Florida, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Jamaica

1963 Event - Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends U.S. Proj Mercury

1963 Event - Last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched

1963 Birthday - Cynthia Cooper, WNBA guard, Houston Comets, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics

1961 Birthday - Kip Winger, born in Denver, Colorado, Charles Frederick Kip Winger, musician, songwriter, bass guitarist, hard rock, heavy metal, classical, experimental genres, lead singer, Alan Parsons Project, played with Alice Cooper, had band called, Winger, released new CD, 2008

1961 Death - Gary Cooper, 2 time Academy award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60

1958 Event - 78th U.S. Mens Tennis: A J Cooper beats M J Anderson (62 36 46 108 86)

1958 Event - 72nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: A Cooper beats N Fraser (36 63 64 13-11)

1957 Event - 77th U.S. Mens Tennis: M J Anderson beats Ashley J Cooper (108 75 64)

1957 Event - 71st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ashley J Cooper (62 61 62)

1956 Birthday - Jeffrey Cooper, rock guitarist, Midnight Star-No Parking

1956 Birthday - Michael Cooper, NBA star, Los Angeles Lakers

1956 Birthday - Davie Cooper, born in Hamilton, Scotland, David 'Davie' Cooper, professional soccer player, signed by Ranger for 100,000 pounds, won Scottish Cup with Motherwell in 1991

1955 Death - Wyllis Cooper, TV narrator (Volume One), dies at 56

1954 Birthday - Jim Cooper, born in Nashville, Tennessee, Representative-D-Tennessee 1983 - 1995, 2003 -

1954 Event - Patty Berg/Pete Cooper wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament

1953 Birthday - Betty Wright, born in Miami, Florida, singer, rhythm and blues, soul music, influenced the world of hip hop, sang with Alice Cooper, Gloria Estefan, song Shoorah! Shoorah!, used in movie Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

1953 Event - 25th Academy Awards - "Greatest Show on Earth," Gary Cooper and Shirley Booth win (1st time televised)

1952 Birthday - Louise Cooper, UK, sci-fi author, Nemesis, Inferno, Infanta, Nocturne

1951 Birthday - Chris Cooper, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Thousand Pieces of Gold, Matewan

1951 Birthday - Ralph Cooper, born in Australia, drummer, Air Supply-All Out of Love

1950 Event - Chuck Cooper becomes 1st black to play in NBA

1949 Event - Cincinnati Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs

1948 Birthday - Michael Cooper, born in San Francisco, California, sodomizer, FBI Most Wanted List

1948 Birthday - Alice Cooper, Vincent Furnier, Detroit, rocker, School's Out

1946 Birthday - Dennis Dunaway, rocker, guitarist for "The Spiders", "The Earwigs", and for the "Alice Cooper group"

1943 Death - Robert Cooper, father of Card pitcher Mort and catcher Walker, dies

1943 Event - St. Louis Card Mort Cooper pitches his 2nd consecutive 1 hitter

1943 Event - Cards Mort Cooper pitches 1st of back-to-back one-hitters

1942 Event - Mort Cooper wins NL MVP

1942 Event - 14th Academy Awards - "How Green was My Valley," Cooper and Fontaine win

1941 Birthday - Kenneth Cooper, New York City, harpsichordist/professor, Barnard, Bkln

1939 Birthday - Marilyn Cooper, New York City, actress, Broadway Bound, Survivors

1939 Birthday - Colin Cooper, rocker, Climax Blues Band

1937 Birthday - Jilly Cooper, British Author

1936 Birthday - Ashley J Cooper, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1957

1933 Birthday - Terence Cooper, born in Northern Ireland, actor, Casino Royale

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

1930 Birthday - Leon Cooper, U.S. physicist, Nobel 1972

1928 Birthday - Jeanne Cooper, Minneapolis, actress, Kay-Young and Restless

1927 Birthday - Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USAF/astronaut, Mer 9, Gem 5

1927 Birthday - Gordon Cooper, American Astronaut

1926 Birthday - Edmund Cooper, UK, sci-fi author, Seed of Light, All Fool's Day

1925 Birthday - George Cooper, general

1924 Birthday - T. Cooper Evans, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Representative-R-Iowa, 1981 - 1987

1921 Birthday - Jackie Cooper, born in Los Angeles, California, actor and director, Hennesey, People's Choice

1920 Birthday - Jeff Cooper, American Celebrity

1913 Birthday - Mort Cooper, baseball player, NL MVP 1942

1906 Birthday - Clancy Cooper, actress, Enchanted Forest, Girls in Chains

1901 Birthday - John Sherman Cooper, Sen-Kentucky

1901 Birthday - Gary Cooper, Montana, actor, 2 Academy Awards-Sergeant York, High Noon

1899 Birthday - Wyllis Cooper, Pekin, Illinois, TV narrator, Volume One

1896 Birthday - Melville Cooper, Birmingham England, TV panelist, I Got a Secret

1894 Event - Daniel Cooper patents time clock

1892 Birthday - Diana Cooper, English Celebrity

1888 Birthday - Gladys Cooper, Lewisham England, actress, My Fair Lady

1888 Birthday - Gladys Cooper, England, actress, Margaret-Rogues

1863 Death - James Cooper, U.S. attorney/senator/Union-Brigadier-General, dies at 52

1852 Death - James F Cooper, writer, dies at 62

1844 Birthday - Bransby Cooper, cricketer, in Dhaka Batsman in Australia's 1st Test

1823 Birthday - Joseph Alexander Cooper, Major General Union volunteers

1815 Birthday - Douglas Hancock Cooper, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1810 Birthday - James Cooper, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1798 Birthday - Samuel Cooper, Sect of War/General Confederate Army

1791 Birthday - Peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist, Cooper Union

1789 Birthday - James Fenimore Cooper, 1st major U.S. novelist, Last of Mohicans

1789 Birthday - James F. Cooper, American Novelist

1713 Death - Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, writer, dies

1709 Death - William Cowper/Cooper, English anatomist, dies at about 62

1683 Death - Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61

1621 Birthday - Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury/minister, 1660-73

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