2003 John Schlesinger, director, Midnight Cowboy, dies at 77
1998 Gene Autry, actor/singing cowboy/businessman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, dies at 91
1998 Roy Rogers, cowboy actor, dies at 86
1998 Barry Switzer resigns as Dallas Cowboy coach
1996 James Leo Herlihy, author (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66
1996 Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Lash of the West), dies at 78
1996 Ben Johnson, cowboy actor (Tex, Dillinger), dies of heart attack at 77
1994 Woodrow "Woody" Strode, U.S. rugby player/black cowboy actor (Oil), dies
1993 James Leo Herlihy, novelist (Midnight Cowboy), dies at 66
1992 John Dehner, actor (Apache, Cowboy, Boys from Brazil), dies at 76
1991 Mike Sokoll, cowboy actor, dies at 97
1990 Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
1990 Sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62
1989 Dallas Cowboy, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle
1988 Amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy), dies at 78
1983 Gavin Gordon, television actor (Romance, Lone Cowboy), dies at 82
1976 Ray "Crash" Corrigan, cowboy (Crash Corrigan's Ranch), dies at 74
1976 Fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74
1972 William Boyd, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy), dies at 77
1971 Gilbert M Anderson, actor (1st Movie Cowboy), dies at 88
1971 Kermit Maynard, cowboy actor (Saturday Roundup), dies at 68
1970 42nd Academy Awards - "Midnight Cowboy," John Wayne and Maggie Smith win
1970 Heather Graham, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, actress, Drugstore Cowboy, Diggstown
1969 Dallas Cowboy kicker Mike Clark, attempting an on-side kick against Cleveland, missed the ball
1969 Ty Murray, rodeo cowboy, 5-time all-around world champion
1969 "Midnight Cowboy" released with an X rating
1967 Smiley Burnette, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction), dies at 55
1965 Wild Bill Elliott, cowboy actor (49'ers), dies of cancer at 60
1962 Hoot Gibson, silent screen cowboy actor (Last Outlaw), dies at 70
1962 Herschel Walker, WFL/NFL running back for New Jersey Generals, Dallas Cowboy
1961 Margo Timmins, singer, Cowboy Junkies
1960 Cowboy QB Eddie LeBaron throws shortest touchdown pass (2")
1960 Eric Shea, actor, Castaway Cowboy
1959 Tina Gayle, Frankfurt GFR, Cowboy cheerleader/actress, Kathy-Chips
1959 Kelly Lynch, actress, Drugstore Cowboy
1956 Suzy Bogguss, born in Aledo, Illinois, singer, I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart
1949 Harry Davenport, actor (Cowboy and Lady, Enchanted Forest), dies at 83
1943 Steve Miller, Milwaukee, rocker, Abracadabra, Space Cowboy
1942 Buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried
1941 Harry Nilsson, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer/guitarist, Midnight Cowboy
1939 David Allan Coe, country musician, Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy
1938 Jon Voight, born in Yonkers, New York, actor, Deliverance, Midnight Cowboy
1936 Rodeo Cowboy's Association founded
1936 Mickey Gilley, born in Ferriday, Louisiana, country singer, Urban Cowboy
1933 Floyd Cramer, Louisiana, cowboy singer, Last Date, On the Rebound
1932 Sylvia Miles, New York City, actress, Midnight Cowboy, Farewell My Lovely
1926 John Schlesinger, born in London, England, director, Midnight Cowboy, Darling
1922 Rex Allen, Wilcox, Arizona, cowboy singer, Dr. Baxter-Frontier Doctor
1921 Chuck Connors, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa
1918 Anne Gwynne, Waco, Texas, actress, Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein
1917 Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor, Black Lash, Lash of the West
1911 Roy Rogers, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, cowboy, Happy Trails, Roy Rogers Show
1911 Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor, Galitzianer Cowboy
1911 Smiley Burnette, Summum, Illinois, cowboy, Charlie-Petticoat Junction
1905 Rex Bell, Chicago, cowboy actor, Cowboys and Injuns, /lt-gov, Nevada
1903 1st cowboy film "Kit Carson," premieres in U.S.
1902 Kermit Maynard, Vevey, Indiana, cowboy actor, Saturday Roundup
1902 Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Milwaukee, cowboy, Crash Corrigan's Ranch
1897 Mae Busch, Australian/US actress, Cowboy Socialist
1895 Ken Maynard, born in Texas, cowboy/actor/producer, Bigfoot
1895 William Boyd, born in Ohio, cowboy, Hopalong Cassidy
1893 Cowboy Bob Pickett invents bulldogging
1880 Tom Mix, Mix Run, Pennsylvania, silent screen cowboy actor, Dick Turpin
1878 Franklyn Farnum, actor, Cowboy and Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days
1874 Norman Angell, [Lane], English cowboy/journalist, Nobel 1933
1859 Andy Adams, U.S. writer, Log of a Cowboy
1837 "Wild Bill" Hickok, [James Butler], cowboy/scout
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