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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 1947 Jim Nollman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, graduated from Tufts University, composer, musical theater, conceptual artist, environmental activist, recorded interspecies music with wolves, whales, dolphins, deer, elk, desert rats 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 1920 Harri Webb, Swansea, Wales, journalist, nationalist, poet, volunteered for the Royal Navy, published The Green Desert, a collection of poetry in 1969, Poems and Points in 1983 1912 Michelangelo Antonioni, born in Ferrara, Italy, Italian modernist film 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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