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 sport colorcasts
1953 James Remar, Boston, actor, 48 Hours, Rent-a-Cop, Cotton Club
1950 Michael Cotton, rocker, Tubes
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
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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