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2002 Eddie Bracken, actor, Miracle of Morgan's Creek, dies at 87

1990 72nd PGA Championship: Wayne Grady shoots a 282 at Shoal Creek Ala

1985 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Moss Creek Women's Golf Invitational

1984 66th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 273 at Shoal Creek Ala

1984 Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic of Deer Creek

1983 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda of Deer Creek Golf Classic

1982 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek

1981 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek

1980 Jessica Bowman, Walnut Creek California, actress, Colleen Cooper-Dr. Quinn

1980 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek

1977 James Van Der Beek, actor, Dawson's Creek

1976 Sally Little wins LPGA Ladies Masters at Moss Creek Golf Tournament

1974 Lake Isaac in Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation dedicated

1974 Mark Wetges, Walnut Creek California, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics

1972 Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, kills 125

1971 WUHQ TV channel 41 in Battle Creek, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting

1971 -80 degrees F (-62 degrees C) in Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska (U.S. record)

1970 Debbie Graham, Walnut Creek California, tennis star, 1993 Taranto doubles

1969 Doug Creek, born in Winchester, Virginia, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants

1968 Tinker Creek Gorge of Cleveland Metroparks is dedicated

1966 Darcy Wakaluk, born in Pincher Creek, NHL goalie for the Dallas Stars

1966 Frank Pettingell, actor (Becket, Up the Creek), dies at 75

1965 Larry Silveira, Walnut Creek California, Nike golfer, NIKE Knoxville Open-2nd

1964 Nolan Jay Henke, Battle Creek, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1990 BC Open

1963 Matt Anger, born in Walnut Creek, California, tennis star

1957 Tom Candiotti, Walnut creek California, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1956 Jeff Madrigali, Walnut Creek California, soling yachter, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics

1955 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Battle Creek Golf Open

1955 Leann Hunley, actress, Dane Carrington-Dynasty, Dawson's Creek

1954 Lani O'Grady, Walnut Creek California, actress, Mary-8 is Enough

1950 Eugene Fodor, born in Turkey Creek, Colorado, violinist, 1974 Tchaikovsky Award

1949 Don Johnson, born in Flatt Creek, Missouri, actor, Miami Vice, Harrad Experiment

1947 Tim Matheson, born in California, actor, Animal House, Fletch, Up the Creek

1945 Mel Watt, born in Steele Creek, North Carolina, Representative-D-North Carolina 1993 -

1945 Richard Manuel, rock pianist and vocalist, Band-Up on Cripple Creek

1944 Gary Busey, born in Goose Creek, Texas, actor, Buddy Holly Story, Star in Born

1940 Joanna Miles, born in Nice, France, actress, Cross Creek, Delta County USA

1935 Ron Harper, Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, actor, Wendy and Me, Planet of the Apes

1909 7.17" (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec)

1908 Edward R. Murrow, Pole Creek, North Carolina, newscaster, Person to Person

1907 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Penn

1907 Gas explosion at Jacobs Creek Pa, coal mine kills 239

1906 Will Keith Kellogg found Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co.

1896 Gold discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Ala

1896 Grease fire ignites ton of dynamite at Cripple Creek Colorado

1896 Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire (Cripple Creek Colorado)

1883 Northern Pacific RR's last spike driven at Independence Creek, Mont

1865 Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off

1864 Skirmish at Ebenezer Creek/Cypress Swamp, Georgia

1864 Battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) GA

1864 Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia

1864 Battle of New Creek, WV (Rosser's Raid, Ft. Kelly)

1864 Skirmish at Shoal Creek, AL

1864 Battle of Marais Des Cygnes River, Kansas (Mine Creek)

1864 Skirmish at Mine Creek, KS and Turkeytown, AL

1864 Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, Union beats back Confederate attackers

1864 Skirmish at Mud Creek/Noyes's (Nose) Creek, Georgia

1864 Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek) Virginia

1864 Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia

1864 Battle of Cloyd's Mt, and Swift Creek, Virginia (Drewery's Bluff, Ft. Darling)

1864 Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)

1864 Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee

1864 Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta) Tennessee

1864 Miridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek and Wyatt, Mississippi

1864 Battle of Cosby Creek, TN

1863 Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee

1863 Battle of Buffington's Island (St. George Creek), Ohio

1863 Battle of Falling Waters, MD (Beaver Creek)

1862 General Read army pulls out of Antietam Creek Virginia

1862 Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads)

1862 Battle of Big Sandy River, Kentucky (Middle Creek)

1861 Battle of Bird Creek, Indian Terr (High Shoal, Chusto-Talasah)

1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek, MI (Springfield)

1861 Battle of Dumfries, Virginia (Quantico Creek)

1861 Skirmish at Boone Court House WV and Blue Creek WV

1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek MO (Springfield, Oak Hills)-General Lyon killed

1841 Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek NY, kills 300

1825 Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government and migrate west by Sept 1, 1826

1813 U.S. invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek


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