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2010 Event - Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly, Mahmoud Abbas communicates that Palestinians desire a 'comprehensive and just' peace agreement; he requests Israel cease its policy of building settlements in the West Bank

2002 Death - Kim Hunter, actress, movie version of A Streetcar Named Desire,

1992 Event - "Streetcar Named Desire" closes at Ethel Barrymore New York City after 137 perf

1992 Event - "Streetcar Named Desire" opens at Ethel Barrymore New York City for 137 performances

1982 Death - Lehman Engel, U.S. composer (Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 71

1982 Death - Rudy Bond, actor (Streetcar Named Desire), dies of heart attack at 68

1974 Death - Edna Lewis Thomas, U.S. actress (Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 88

1971 Death - Joseph Desire Fernandel, comedian, dies of cancer at 67

1964 Birthday - Gail Harris, Dewsbury England, actress, Virtual Desire

1960 Death - George Zucco, actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Desire Me), dies at 74

1957 Birthday - Clio Goldsmith, born in Paris, France, actress, Gift, Heat of Desire

1955 Birthday - Michael Pollan, born in Long Island, New York, professor of journalism, U of C, Berkeley, author, columnist, activist, wrote, 'The Omnivore's Dilemma', 'The Botany of Desire', 'In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto'

1953 Birthday - Jack Scalia, actor and director, Amore, Deadly Desire, Donor, T-Force

1953 Event - John Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union

1949 Birthday - Stuart Marshall, director, Desire

1947 Event - Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire," premieres in New York City

1941 Birthday - Bruno Ganz, born in Zurich, Switzerland, actor, Strapless, Wings of Desire

1939 Death - Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer, dies at 72

1938 Birthday - Pascale Petit, PAris, actor, Code Name: Jaguar, End of Desire

1935 Event - Plebiscite in Saar, indicates a desire (90.3%) to join Nazi Germany

1934 Birthday - Sophia Loren, born in Rome, actress, Desire Under the Elms, Black Orchid

1933 Birthday - Lajos Kovacs, Hungary, actor, Wings of Desire

1927 Birthday - Ettore Manni, Rome, Italy, actor, Fatal Desire, Heroes in Hell

1926 Death - Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal, dies at 74

1912 Birthday - Richard Carlson, Minnesota, actor, All I Desire, Flat Top, Valley of Gwangi

1910 Birthday - Lehman Engel, Jackson, Mississippi, conductor/comp, Streetcar Named Desire

1910 Birthday - Irene Mayer Selznick, producer, Street Car Named Desire

1909 Birthday - Elia Kazan, Constaninople Turkey, director, Streetcar Named Desire

1903 Birthday - Joseph Desire Fernandel, Marseilles France, comedian, Grand Chef

1899 Event - Farmers send/guide belegerd Ladysmith Kerstpudding/desire in grenade

1897 Birthday - John Laurie, born in Dumfries, Scotland, actor, Jericho, Island of Desire

1890 Death - Desire de Haerne, Belgian priest/Congressional leader, dies at 85

1888 Birthday - Eugene O'Neill, born in New York City, dramatist, Desire Under the Elms-Nobel 1936

1867 Birthday - Herbert Prior, born in England, actor, Caught Short, Slave of Desire

1867 Birthday - Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer

1851 Birthday - Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal

1833 Event - Charles Darwin celebrates Christmas in Port Desire, Patagonia

1804 Birthday - Desire de Haerne, Belgian priest/Congressional leader

1753 Birthday - Evariste Desire Desforges chevalier de Parny, French poet

1655 Event - Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam

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