1968 Death Helen Keller, blind and deaf/author (Let us Have Faith), dies at 87 1965 Birthday Marlee Matlin, Illinois, deaf actress, Children of Lesser God-Academy Award 1857 Event Gallaudet College (National Deaf Mute college) forms (Washington D.C.) 1848 Birthday Caroline Ardelia Yale, U.S., educated deaf 1817 Event 1st U.S. school for deaf (Hartford, Conn) 1817 Event 1st American school for the deaf opens in Hartford, Connecticut 1789 Death Charles-Michel abbe de l'Epee, (school for the deaf), dies at 77 1787 Birthday Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Philadelphia, pioneer of educating the deaf 1786 Death John Goodricke, English deaf and dumb astronomer, dies at 21 1712 Birthday Charles-Michel abbe de l'Epee, French educator, school for the deaf
