1996 Alfred Marks, actor (Fanny Hill, Desert Mice), dies at 75
1995 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled's Song
1993 Kenny Drew, US/Danish jazz pianist (Moonlight Desert), dies at 64
1991 Mother of All Parades - New York City welcomes desert storm troops
1991 Penny Hammel wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International
1991 Operation Desert Storm begins - U.S. led allies vs Iraq
1991 Operation Desert Storm: 1st U.S. pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn)
1990 Desert Shield begins - U.S. deploys troops to Saudi Arabia
1990 Maggie Will wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International
1988 Somalia and Ethiopia sign accord about Ogaden desert
1981 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Desert Inn Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1980 Ivan Triesault, actor (Von Ryan's Express, Desert Fox), dies at 81
1979 Snow falls in Sahara Desert
1978 Ethiopian offensive in Ogaden desert
1977 Don Blackman, actor (Old Man and Sea, Desert Legion), dies at 65
1974 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Desert Inn Golf Classic
1973 "Desert Song" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 15 performances
1973 "Desert Song" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 15 performances
1973 Mary Kornman, actress (Desert Trail, Swing it Professor), dies at 57
1966 Drew Hartt, Calgary Alta, Canadian Tour golfer, 1995 Desert Tour
1964 Lumsden Hare, actor (Oregon Trail, Desert Fox), dies at 89
1956 John Jorgenson, born in Madison, Wisconsin, singer, Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited
1955 Yarkon Water Project opens to supply water to Negev desert in Israel
1953 Steve Duncan, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, singer, Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited
1951 Gwen Welles, U.S. actress, Desert Hearts, Nashville
1951 Gwen Welles, born in New York City, actress, Desert Hearts, Sticky Fingers
1946 Bill Bryson, Evanston, Illinois, singer, Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited
1945 Jay Dee Maness, Loma Linda California, singer, Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited
1944 Herb Pedersen, born in Berkley, California, singer, Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited
1942 1st broadcast of Roy Plomley's "Desert Island Discs" on BBC
1927 Edward Abbey, U.S. author, Desert Solitaire
1926 Gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert and Sown), dies at 57
1924 Lois Andrews, actress, Ganster, Rustlers, Desert Hawk
1922 Lizabeth Scott, Scranton, Pennsylvania, actress, Dark City, Desert Fury
1921 Alfred Marks, actor/comedian, Desert Mice, Scream and Scream Again
1912 Michelangelo Antonioni, born in Ferrara, Italy, director, Blow-up, Red Desert
1910 Uys Krige, South African playwright/novelist, Orphan of the Desert
1909 Chips Rafferty, Broken Hill Australia, actor, Desert Rats
1908 Helen Twelvetrees, actress, State's Attorney, Painted Desert
1893 Charlie Chase, U.S. actor and director, Sons of Desert
1875 Lumsden Hare, Ireland, actor, Oregon Trail, Desert Fox, Young Bess
1868 Gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist, Desert and The Sown
1810 Felicien C. David, French composer, Perle du Bresil, Desert
1709 British sailor Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being marooned on a desert island for 5 years, his story inspires "Robinson Crusoe"
1525 Swiss and German mercenaries desert Francois I's army
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