1982 Event British ship Atlantic Conveyor and Coventry were hit in Falkland war 1981 Event Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament 1980 Event Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament 1979 Event Jane Blalock wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament 1978 Event Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament 1977 Event Jane Blalock wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament 1976 Event Jan Stephens wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Naples Golf Classic 1973 Event KISS plays their 1st show (Coventry Club in Queens New York) 1967 Birthday Debee Ashby, born in Coventry, England, topless model, There's Girl in My Soup 1964 Birthday Clive Owen, born in Coventry, England, appearance in film, 'Closer', won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 1963 Birthday Laura Davies, Coventry England, LPGA golfer, 1989 Lady Keystone Open 1959 Birthday Martin Atkins, born in Coventry, England, Martin Clive Atkins, rocker, musician, worked with post-punk, industrial group Public Image Ltd., Ministry 1959 Birthday Terry Hall, born in Coventry, England, singer, The Specials, member of Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, collaborated with Sinead O'Connor, David A Stewart and others 1957 Birthday Gordon Strachan, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, professional soccer player, played for Dundee, Leeds United, Coventry City, Manchester United, manager of Celtic and Middlesbrough 1955 Birthday Hazel O'Connor, Coventry, England, singer and actress, Breaking Glass 1953 Birthday David Moorcroft, born in Coventry, England, British athlete, long distance runner, 5,000 meters record holder, Chief Executive of UK Athletics from 1997 to 2007 1952 Birthday Robert Ainsworth, born in Coventry, England, Robert William Ainsworth, politician, Labor Party, 2009, assumed roles of Secretary of State for Defense, since 1992, serves as a Member of Parliament for Coventry North East 1944 Birthday Robert Iliffe, English publisher, Coventry Evening Telegraph 1940 Event During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England 1932 Birthday Billie Whitelaw, born in Coventry, England, actress, Omen, Adding Machine 1930 Birthday Simon Barrington-Ward, born in England, educated at Eton College, Cambridge, 7th Bishop of Coventry in the Church of England, 1985 - 1997, Bishop with pastoral care, University of Cambridge 1925 Event 51st Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Coventry wins in 1:59 1922 Birthday Philip Larkin, born in Coventry, England, writer, North Ship, Jill 1908 Birthday Lord Iliffe, English publisher, Coventry Evening Telegraph/Autocar 1897 Birthday Dennis King, Coventry England, comedian, Devil's Brother 1847 Birthday Ellen Alice Terry, Coventry Engl, actress/director, Imperial Theatre 1823 Birthday Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore, English poet 1678 Event Lady Godiva rode naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes 1649 Death Margaret Coventry, 1st English earl of Shaftesbury, dies
