1984 Death Richard Deacon, actor (Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 62 1982 Death Kenneth Goncalves, Deacon of Surinamese order of advocate, murdered 1966 Birthday Bruce Deacon, Ottawa Ontario, marathoner 1996 Olympics 1966 Death Hewlett Johnson, Red Deacon of Canterbury, dies 1966 Birthday Douglas Vipond, British pop drummer, Deacon Blue-Raintown 1964 Birthday Lorraine McIntosh, British pop singer, Deacon Blue-Fellow Hoodlums 1964 Birthday Ewen Vernal, British pop bassist, Deacon Blue-Your Town 1960 Birthday James Prime, British rock keyboardist, Deacon Blue-Pay Day 1957 Birthday Ricky Ross, British rock vocalist, Deacon Blue-Raintown 1957 Birthday Graeme Kelling, British pop guitarist, Deacon Blue-Real Gone Kid 1951 Birthday John Deacon, British pop guitarist, Queen-Somebody to Love 1939 Death James Deacon White, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi), dies at 91 1938 Birthday [David] Deacon Jones, NFL defensive end, LA, South Dakota, Washington 1924 Birthday Betsy Haworth, deacon/minister 1922 Birthday Richard Deacon, actor, Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show 1871 Event 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft. Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double 1860 Birthday William R Inge, English theologist/Deacon St. Paul's Cathedral 1847 Birthday James Deacon White, Canton, New York, ball player jumped teams in 1876, Chi 1307 Death Arnoud van Foreest, Dom deacon of Utrecht, dies
