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1992 David Wojuarowicz, artist (U2 album cover), dies of AIDs at 37

1984 Jon-Erik Hexum, accidentally shoots himself on set of "Cover Up" at 27

1983 Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled

1979 Ben Lyon, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Indiscreet), dies at 78

1976 Yamila Diaz, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, model, cover model for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

1975 Charles Brokaw, actor (Outer Gate, I Cover the War), dies at 77

1974 Petty thief Peter Leonard sets fire to cover burglary that torches "Gulliver's" nightclub killing 24 (Port Chester New York)

1973 Dr. Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 and peaks at #6

1972 Nixon and Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate

1968 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album

1968 Private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon and Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on cover

1967 Naomi Sims is 1st black model on U.S. cover (Fashion of the Times)

1967 Cover picture of Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's" is photographed

1966 Beatles pose with mutilated dolls and butchered meat for the cover of the "Yesterday and Today" album, It is later pulled

1964 Barbra Streisand appears on the cover of New York Times Magazine section

1962 "You Can't Judge A Book By Cover" by Bo Diddley peaks at #48

1960 Kim Alexis, born in Lockport, New York, model, Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover

1959 Harold Huber, actor (I Cover Times Square), dies at 49

1955 WINS radio, announces it will not play "copy" white cover versions of R&B (DJs must play Fats Domino's "Ain't It A Shame," not Pat Boone's)

1951 Derek Randall, cricketer, England batsman and animated cover fieldsman

1948 Rosita Marstini, actress (I Cover Waterfront, Big Parade), dies at 54

1948 Sir Laurence Olivier on the cover of LIFE magazine

1946 Richard Loncraine, director, Missionary, Deep Cover, Bellman and True

1942 Time puts Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich on its cover

1938 Colin Bland, cricketer, South African bat Maybe the best cover field

1933 Ernest Torrence, actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at 54

1929 Dory Previn, Rahway, New Jersey, pop singer, Love Be My Cover

1928 Franklin Cover, Cleveland, actor, Tom-The Jeffersons

1928 1st issue of Time magazine, Japanese Emperor Hirohito on cover

1916 Saturday Evening Post cover features Norman Rockwell painting

1901 Ben Lyon, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, I Cover the Waterfront, Night Nurse

1900 Charles Vidor, born in Budapest, Hungary, direct, Rhapsody, Gilda, Cover Girl

1898 Hazel Dawn, LaTout, Utah, actress, Niobe, Under Cover, Feud Girl

1880 Record snow cover in Seattle-120 cm

1860 Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his small force at Ft. Sumter


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