2012 Event John Hume, Ireland's former Social Democratic Party Leader, receives the papal knighthood at a special mass at St. Eugene's Cathedral in Derry 2011 Event Heavy rain in Pennsylvania causes 1,000 Hershey Middle School students in the Derry Township School District to be stranded 1970 Birthday Derry Brownson, rock keyboardist, EMF-Unbelievable 1967 Birthday Melanie Denise Bridges, Derry, New Hampshire, Miss New Hampshire - America 1991 1961 Birthday Roma Downey, Derry Ire, actress, 1 Life to Live, Touched by an Angel 1923 Birthday Alan B. Shepard, Jr., East Derry, New Hampshire, Rear Admiral USN astronaut, Mercury 3, Apollo 14 1920 Birthday Derry Jeffares, Honorary Professor of English Studies, Stirling U
