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2004 Cotton Fitzsimmons, American Coach
1994 Woody Strode, actor (Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante), dies at 80 1993 Adelaide Hall, U.S. jazz singer (Cotton Club), dies at 92 1990 Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84 1989 Norris Cotton, American Politician 1980 Princess Theater (Latin Quarter, Cotton Club) opens at 200 W 48th New York City 1975 James Cotton, NBA guard, Seattle Supersonics 1974 Kenyon Cotton, full back for the Baltimore Ravens 1969 Curtis Cotton, NFL/WLAF cornerback, Oak Raiders, Frankfurt Galaxy 1966 Jose Torres beats Eddie Cotton to retain light-HW boxing title 1957 Nashville's new Hattie Cotton Elementary School dynamited 1954 Rose and Cotton Bowl are 1st sports colorcasts 1953 James Remar, Boston, actor, 48 Hours, Rent-a-Cop, Cotton Club 1949 Richard Gere, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actor, Breathless, Cotton Club, Pretty Woman 1943 Paul Cotton, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, Poco 1935 James Cotton, blues vocalist 1933 Godfrey Cambridge, New York City, actor, Cotton comes to Harlem 1931 Cotton Fitzsimmons, American Coach 1930 Raymond St. Jacques, actor and director, Cotton Comes to Harlem, Mr. Moses 1928 Bill Cotton, CEO, Noel Gay TV 1927 Duke Ellington opens at Cotton Club in Harlem 1925 Gwen Verdon, born in Louisiana, actress/singer/dancer, Cotton Club, Sweet Charity 1921 Mario Puzo, New York City, novelist, Godfather, Cotton Club, Earthquake 1914 Woody Strode, actor, Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante, Scream 1907 Henry Cotton, English golf champion, won 3x British Open 1907 Henry Cotton, English golfer, British Open 1934, 1937, 1948 1900 Norris Cotton, American Politician 1895 Charles T Stork, great industrialist (cotton mach factory), dies at 73 1891 Cotton pickers organize union and staged strike in Texas 1885 11th Kentucky Derby: Babe Henderson aboard Joe Cotton wins in 2:37 1879 Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb 1863 Frederick William Faber, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham, dies 1814 Frederick William Faber, born in Calverley, England, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham 1794 Eli Whitney patents cotton gin 1793 Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin 1793 Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin 1790 1st successful U.S. cotton mill to spin yarn (Pawtucket, RI) 1765 Eli Whitney, inventor, Cotton Gin 1663 Cotton Mather, witchcraft authority 1652 John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 1630 Charles Cotton, English Poet 1584 John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony 1571 Robert Bruce Cotton, English antiquary, politician |
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