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2012 Event - Soyuz, a spacecraft originally designed for the Soviet space program, lands safely in Kazakhstan, with Oleg Kononenko of Russia, Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, and Don Pettit of the United States, onboard 2011 Event - The U.S. officially ends its Don't ask, don't tell military policy, allowing gay and lesbian personnel to publicly declare their sexual orientation 2010 Event - The U.N. environment agency appoints actor Don Cheadle Goodwill Ambassador at a ceremony in Rwanda to mark World Environment Day 2005 Death - Don Rose, American Entertainer 2004 Death - Syreeta Wright, singer, Don't You Know With You I'm Born Again, dies at 58 2003 Death - Don Gibson, songwriter/singer, I Can't Stop Loving You, dies at 75 2003 Death - Jean Kerr, writer, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, dies at 79 2002 Death - Don Pease, Representative-D-Ohio 1977 - 1993 2000 Death - Christopher Pettiet, actor, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, dies at 24 2000 Death - Don Martin, Mad cartoonist, dies at 68 1998 Death - Don Harrison, Headline News anchor, dies at 61 1998 Event - Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1997 Death - Don Messick, cartoon voice (Astro-Jetsons, Bamm Bamm), dies at 62 1997 Event - Don Mattingly's #23 is retired by New York Yankees 1997 Death - Don Steele, LA radio personality (KRTH), dies of cancer at 61 1997 Death - Don Porter, actor, Gidget, dies at 84 1996 Death - Don Kenyon, cricketer, dies at 72 1996 Death - Don Grolnick, jazz musician, dies at 48 1996 Event - Miami Dolphin coach Don Shula announces his retirement 1995 Death - Don Anthony, bandleader/songwriter, dies at 85 1995 Death - Don E Cherry, jazz Musician, dies at 58 1995 Death - Don Richard Carpenter, novelist, dies at 64 1995 Death - Don Pullen, pianist/composer, dies at 53 1995 Death - Don Cook, British foreign correspondent, dies at 74 1994 Death - Don Watson, race car driver, dies in an accident at 46 1994 Event - Don Mattingly becomes 6th New York Yankee to get 2,000 hits 1994 Event - Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan, 22, weds Don Burton, 32 1994 Event - Don Mattingly plays 1st base 1,469 game for Yankees (2nd most) 1993 Death - Don DeFore, actor (George Baxter-Hazel), dies of cardiac arrest at 76 1993 Event - Deadline for Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza, they don't 1993 Death - Don Ameche, actor (Cocoon), dies of prostate cancer at 85 1993 Event - Don Shula becomes winningest coach in NFL history 1993 Death - Don Getz, U.S. filmer (Playpoint) 1993 Event - New York City radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes for 2nd time 1993 Event - New York City radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes 1993 Event - New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits his 200th home run 1993 Death - David Brian, U.S. actor (Damned Don't Cry, Fort Worth), dies at 78 1993 Event - Don Imus begins broadcasting to Boston on WEEI (590 AM) 1993 Death - Don Drysdale, pitcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 56 1993 Death - Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass (Don Carlos), dies at 79 1993 Event - Don Henley booed in Milwaukee when he dedicates the song "It's Not Easy Being Green" to President Clinton 1993 Death - Don Randolph, actor (Harem Girl), dies of pneumonia at 87 1992 Death - Bobby Mcclure, U.S. singer (Don't mess up a good thing), dies at 50) 1992 Event - Don Keller makes his 18,000th sky dive 1992 Event - Don Baylor appointed 1st manager of Colorado Rockies 1992 Event - Connecticut Governor Lowell Weicker and WFAN DJ Don Imus change places for 1 day 1991 Event - Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory 1991 Death - Don Nute, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56 1991 Death - Don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63 1991 Death - Don[ald] Siegel, U.S. director (Coogan's Bluff/Dirty Harry), dies at 78 1991 Event - Marc Camoletti's "Don't Dress for Dinner," premieres in London 1991 Event - Don Mattingly named 10th New York Yankee Captain 1991 Death - Luis Escobar, Spanish actor (Don Juan My Love), dies at 78 1991 Death - Don Beddoe, actor (Bullwhip, Loophole, Texas), dies at 87 1991 Event - UN's deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait (they don't) 1990 Death - Don Draper, actor (Pepper Agent 00X), dies of AIDS at 61 1990 Death - Ronnie Dyson, U.S. singer (Salvation-I Don't Wanna Cry), dies at 40 1990 Death - Ben Frank, actor (Don't Answer the Phone), dies of heart attack at 56 1990 Death - Don Appell, dies 1990 Event - Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees 1989 Event - U.S. troops invade Panama and oust Manuel Noriega, but don't catch him 1989 Birthday - Dakota Johnson, son of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson 1989 Event - Glenn Frey joins Don Henley on-stage (for 1st time since 1981) 1989 Death - Jeff Richards, actor (Don't Go Near the Water), dies at 66 1989 Event - Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson marry for 2nd time 1989 Event - Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson remarry 1989 Death - Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33 1989 Event - 1st Seniors Golf Tradition: Don Bies wins 1989 Event - 31st Grammy Awards: Don't Worry Be Happy, Faith, Tracy Chapman 1988 Event - Los Angeles Dodger Orel Herschiser breaks former Dodger Don Drysdale mark by pitching 59 consecutive scoreless innings 1988 Event - Doughnutgate incident: New Jersey Devils' coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee Don Koharski to 'eat another doughnut you fat pig!,' he is suspended 1988 Event - "Don't Get God Started" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 86 performances 1987 Event - New York Jets retire Don Maynards #13 1987 Event - "Don't Get God Started" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 86 performances 1987 Event - New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits record 6th grand slam of year 1987 Event - Don Brown sets flight record for handbow (1,336 yards 1'3") 1987 Event - Don Mattingly ties 1st base fielding record with 22 put-outs 1987 Event - Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 cons games 1987 Event - New York Yankees Don Mattingly ties record of home runs in 8 cons games 1987 Event - Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit home runs in 7 straight AL games (en route to 8) 1987 Event - Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season and ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8) 1987 Event - Don Baylor sets career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 (Pitcher Rick Rhoden) 1987 Event - Don Mattingly wins highest salary arbitration ($1,975,000 per year) 1986 Event - Phils Don Carmen perfect game bid is broken in 9th 1986 Event - "Papa Don't Preach," goes #1 for 2 weeks 1986 Event - Don Baylor gets hits by a pitch for a record 25th time in a season 1986 Death - Don Rogers, of Cleveland Browns, dies of cocaine poisoning 1986 Event - Don Sutton becomes 19th pitcher to win 300 games 1986 Event - Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats White Sox Tom Seaver (306 wins) 3-0 1986 Event - New York Yankee Don Mattingly is 6th to hit 3 sacrifice flies in a game 1985 Event - Alice Miller/Don January wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship 1985 Event - New York Yankee Don Mattingly easily wins AL MVP 1985 Event - On a poor call in 6th game, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of events costing Cardinals the World Series 1985 Event - "Don't Lose My Number" by Phil Collins peaks at #4 1985 Event - New York Yankee Don Baylor is hit by a pitch for a record 190th time 1985 Event - New York Devil Don Lever becomes 57th NHLer to score 300 goals 1985 Death - Don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies 1984 Event - New York Yankee Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 avg 1984 Event - Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Don Drysdale, Pee Wee Reese, and Luis Aparicio inducted into Hall of Fame 1984 Death - Michail A Sholochov, Russian writer (Ocean Don, Nobel 1965), dies 1983 Death - Don Ida, balloonists, dies during a race 1983 Event - Don Sutton becomes 8th pitcher to strikeout 3,000 batters 1983 Event - Don Genalo needs just 3 of 5 pins to win Southern California Open bowling tournament, miscalculates his score and intentionally gutters his ball 1983 Event - STS-6 specialist Story Musgrave and Don Peterson 1st STS spacewalk 1983 Event - Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:51:49) 1983 Event - Don Muraco beats Pedro Morales to become WWF Intercontinental Champ 1982 Event - Don Lever becomes 1st captain of New Jersey Devils 1982 Death - Don Wilson, TV announcer (Jack Benny Show), dies at 81 1981 Event - Don Fagan and Walter Becker quit Steely Dan 1979 Event - California's Don Baylor, wins AL MVP 1979 Event - Don Martina's MAN party wins election in Dutch Antilles 1979 Event - Brenda Spencer kills 2, inspires Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays" 1978 Death - Don Ellis, American Musician 1978 Event - Neil Diamond and Barbra Striesand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" hits #1 1978 Event - Streisand and Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," goes #1 1978 Event - Don Ritchie runs world record 100k (6:10:20) 1978 Event - Ump Doug Harvey ejects Don Sutton after discovering 3 scuffed balls 1978 Death - Cully Richards, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie), dies at 68 1978 Event - Reds don green uniforms for St. Patricks Day 1978 Event - Ranger's Don Murdoch failed on 4th penalty shot against Islanders 1978 Death - Don Gillis, U.S. composer (Symphony #5 ), dies at 65 1978 Death - Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies 1977 Event - Don Ritchie runs world record 100 mile (11:30:51) 1977 Death - Don Blackman, actor (Old Man and Sea, Desert Legion), dies at 65 1977 Event - Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his NL record tying 5th one-hitter 1977 Event - All star MVP: Don Sutton (Los Angeles Dodgers) 1976 Event - Yankees sign free agent Don Gullett 1976 Event - "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" closes at Playhouse New York City after 16 performances 1976 Event - "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" opens at Playhouse New York City for 16 performances 1976 Death - Don Bolles, U.S. journalist (against Arizona), dies 1976 Event - Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed - Yankees win 9-7 1976 Event - A's trade prospective free agents Reggie Jackson and Ken Holtzman, to Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell 1975 Event - Cleveland Browns' Don Cockroft kicks club record 5 field goals 1975 Death - Al Lettieri, actor (Beautiful but Deadly, Don is Dead), dies at 47 1975 Death - Don Robey, U.S. gospel/impresario/producer, dies at 71 1975 Event - Tony Orlando and Dawn receives gold record for "He Don't Love You" 1975 Death - Don Wilson, pitcher (Astro), dies at 29 of carbon monoxide poisoning 1974 Death - James Morrison, actor (Don't, Black Beauty), dies on his 86th birthday 1974 Event - "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" closes at Playhouse New York City after 1065 per 1974 Event - "Papa Don't Take No Mess Part 1" by James Brown peaks at #31 1974 Event - Brewer Don Money sets record of consec errorless games at 3rd, 78 1974 Event - Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number" 1974 Death - Gino Cervi, actor (Becket, Don Camillo), dies at 72 1973 Birthday - Don Reid, NBA guard and forward, Detroit Pistons 1973 Event - New York Jets trade pro footballs leading receiver Don Maynard to St. Louis 1973 Event - Willie Mays hits 660th and last home run (off Don Gullett of Cincinnati) 1972 Birthday - Don Davis, linebacker for the New Orleans Saints 1972 Event - Jet's Don Maynard becomes all time pro reception leader (632) 1972 Event - Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal 1972 Event - "Don't Play Us Cheap" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 164 performances 1972 Birthday - Don Sasa, NFL defensive tackle for the San Diego Chargers 1972 Death - Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas, U.S. jazz saxophonist, dies at 59 1972 Death - Don Byas, American Musician 1972 Event - "Don't Play Us Cheap" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 164 performances 1972 Event - "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" opens at Playhouse New York City for 1,065 performances 1971 Event - Don McLean's 8+ minute version of "American Pie" released 1971 Event - New York Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet 1971 Event - Orioles' Don Buford struck out 5 times in a game 1971 Event - Ringo releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK 1971 Death - Raymond Herreman, Flemish writer (Don't Forget to Live), dies at 74 1971 Death - Henri Tomasi, French composer (Don Juan de Manara), dies at 69 1970 Event - Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson 1970 Birthday - Don MacLean, NBA forward, New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets 1969 Birthday - Don Wengert, Sioux City, Iowa, pitcher for the Oakland A's 1969 Event - Don Drysdale retires because of damage to his right shoulder 1969 Event - Don Sutton breaks his 13-game losing streak to Cubs with a 4-2 win 1969 Event - 21st Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Don Adams and Susan St. James 1969 Event - Houston Don Wilson 2nd no-hitter beats Cincinnati Reds, 4-0 1969 Birthday - Bobby Brown, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, vocalist, Ghostbusters, Don't Be Cruel 1968 Birthday - Don Silvestri, NFL/WLAF kicker, New York Jets, London Monarchs 1968 Event - AL expansion draft, Kansas City pick Roger Nelson and Pilots pick Don Mincher 1st 1968 Death - Don Lillis, NFL president for the New York Jets 1968 Death - Giovanni Guareschi, Italian author: Don Camillo/Peppone, dies at 60 1968 Event - Houston Astro Don Wilson strikes-out 18, beats Reds 6-1 1968 Event - Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning 1968 Event - Don Drysdale pitches his 6th straight shutout, en route to 58 innings 1968 Birthday - Don Davey, NFL defensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars 1968 Birthday - Don Smith, born in North Tonawanda, New York, rower 1996 Olympics 1967 Event - 49th PGA Championship: Don January shoots a 281 at Columbine CC Colorado 1967 Event - Houston Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0 1967 Event - 19th Emmy Awards: Mission Impossible, Monkees, Don Knotts and Lucy Ball 1967 Event - Dylan's 1965 U.K. Tour is released as film "Don't Look Back" 1967 Death - Don Alvarado, actor (Morning Glory, Big Steal), dies at 62 1966 Birthday - Kevin Paige, vocalist, Don't Shut Me Out 1966 Event - 5 Minnesota Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, and Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A's 9-4 1966 Death - Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47 1966 Event - 92nd Preakness: Don Brumfield aboard Kauai King wins in 1:55.4 1966 Event - Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Dodgers 1966 Birthday - Don Anurasiri, cricketer, Sri Lankan slow left-armer 1966 Birthday - Don Myrah, born in Oakland California, cyclist, Olympics-20th-96 1965 Event - Los Angeles Dodger Don Drysdale (23-12) wins 13th straight game, 7 by shutouts 1965 Birthday - Fresh Prince, Will Smith, rapper, Parents Just Don't Understand 1965 Event - Willie Mays's 500th home run (off Don Nottebart), Giants 11th straight win 1965 Birthday - Jazzy Jeff Townes, rapper, Parents Just Don't Understand 1964 Birthday - Don Beebe, NFL wide reciever, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 1964 Death - Don Redman, orchestra leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 64 1964 Birthday - Don Cheadle, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, producer, author, appeared in film, 'Boogie Nights' and Academy Award-nominated 'Hotel Rwanda' 1964 Birthday - Ann Curless, singer, Expose-What You Don't Know 1964 Event - Gillette's 20 year contract with MSG and ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at Cleveland Auditorium 1964 Event - Don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph) 1964 Birthday - Don Griffin, NFL cornerback for the Cleveland Browns 1964 Birthday - Don Majkowski, NFL quarterback, Detroit Lions 1963 Death - Edith Piaf, French singer (No, I don't regret anything), dies at 47 1963 Event - 1st 200 meter freestyle swum under 2 minutes (Don Schollander 1:58) 1963 Event - Ringo admits he wrote a song "Don't Pass Me By" 1963 Birthday - Don August, born in Inglewood, California, Donald Glenn August, baseball player, pitcher, batted right-handed, pitched right-handed, played for Milwaukee Brewers 1988 - 1991, related to Archbishop of Philadelphia Justin Francis Rigali 1963 Birthday - Brian Nash, Glendale, California, actor, Joel-Please Don't Eat Daisies 1962 Birthday - Don Diamont, actor, Brad-Young and Restless 1962 Event - Don Drysdale wins Cy Young Award 1962 Birthday - Don Fardon, Toowoomba QLD, Australasia golfer 1962 Event - Princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain 1961 Birthday - Don Wilson, CFL linebacker for the BC Lions 1961 Birthday - Don Mattingly, born in Indiana, 1st baseman, New York Yankees/MVP 1985 1961 Birthday - Don Van Spall, guitarist, Sleeze Beez 1960 Birthday - Don Franklin, actor, Seaquest 2032, Noah Dixon-The Young Riders 1960 Death - Phyllis Haver, actress (Don Juan), commits suicide at 61 1960 Event - Chicago Cub Don Cardwell no-hits St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0 1959 Event - Yankees trade Marv Thronberry, Don Larsen, Hank Bauer and Norm Seibern for Roger Maris, Kent Hadley and Joe Deaestri 1959 Death - Gerard Philipe, French actor (El Cid, Don Carlos), dies at 36 1959 Death - Jane Winton, actress (Hell's Angel, Patsy, Don Juan), dies at 53 1959 Event - Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day home run 1959 Event - Bill White traded to St. Louis for pitchers Sam Jones and Don Choate 1959 Birthday - Richard Drummie, rocker, Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down 1959 Birthday - Don Letts, rocker, Big Audio Dynamite 1958 Birthday - Paul Hardcastle, keyboardist, Don't Waste My Time, Just for Money 1958 Birthday - Jay Don Blake, St. George, Utah, PGA golfer, 1991 Shearson Lehman Open 1958 Birthday - Don Slaught, born in Long Beach, California, catcher, California Angels, New York Yankees 1958 Event - "Flip Top Box" by Dicky Doo and The Don'ts hits #46 1958 Birthday - Jeff Fithian, actor, Trevor Nash-Please Don't Eat the Daisies 1958 Birthday - Joe Fithian, actor, Tracey Nash-Please Don't Eat the Daisies 1957 Event - Cleveland Browns' Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburgh 24-0 1957 Birthday - Jerry Don Gleaton, born in Brownwood, Texas, professional baseball player, pitcher, played for Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, and Kansas City Royals 1957 Event - Don Bowden becomes 1st American to break 4 minute mile (3m58s7) 1957 Death - Don McBride, actor (Mr Clyde-My Friend Flicka), dies at 68 1957 Event - 1st U.S. runner breaks 4 minute mile (Don Bowden) 1957 Birthday - Don Snow, born in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1992, changed name to John Savannah, musician, guitarist, drummer, saxophonist, toured with Van Morrison, member of Squeeze, Procol Harum, played Hammond organs, piano 1956 Event - Don Newcombe, wins NL MVP and 1st-ever Cy Young Award 1956 Event - Don Larsen, New York, pitches only perfect World Series game, vs Brooklyn 1956 Event - Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" reaches #1 1956 Event - Elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel" 1956 Birthday - Phil Fearon, rocker, Galaxy, Kandidate-I Don't Want to Lose You 1956 Event - Elvis Presley records "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" 1956 Event - Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog," single goes to #1 and stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single) 1955 Birthday - Peter Cox, rocker, Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down 1955 Birthday - Cathy Ladman, comedienne, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead 1955 Birthday - Leo Barnes, Irish saxophonist, Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry, Don't Go 1955 Event - Don Zimmer, hits 4,000th Dodger home run 1955 Event - Phillies Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th home run of season 1955 Birthday - Keith Whitley, Sandy Hook, Kentucky, country singer, Don't Close Your Eyes 1955 Event - Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in San Francisco 1955 Event - Rocky Marciano TKOs Don Cockell in 9 for heavyweight boxing title 1955 Event - 1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed 1954 Death - Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 49 1954 Birthday - Bo [Robert] Donaldson, rock vocalist, Billy Don't Be a Hero 1954 Birthday - Kim Tyler, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Kyle-Please Don't Eat Daisies 1954 Event - Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record) 1954 Event - BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Don Carter 1953 Birthday - Don Dokken, heavy metal rocker, Dokken-Alone Again 1953 Birthday - Bo Donaldson, Billy Don't Be a Hero 1953 Birthday - Ruby Wax, born in Evanston, Illinois, born Ruby Wachs, comedian, films include, 'Shock Treatment', 'Omen III: The Final Conflict', host of show, 'Don't Miss Wax' 1952 Birthday - Don Barnes, rock guitarist, 38 Special 1952 Birthday - Don Was, American Musician 1952 Event - Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tennessee) 1952 Birthday - Narada, Michael Walden, Michigan, rocker, Don't Want Nobody Else 1951 Birthday - Yvonne Elliman, U.S. actress and singer, I Don't Know How to Love Him 1951 Birthday - Ron and Don Gaylon, midwest U.S., siamese twins, Jerry Springer Show 1951 Birthday - Don [Sheldon George] Pooley, Jr., born in Phoenix, Arizona, PGA golfer, 1980 BC Open 1951 Birthday - Benny Neyman, Dutch singer, I Don't Know How 1951 Birthday - Dwight Twilley, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, country singer, Twilley Don't Mind 1951 Birthday - Melissa Manchester, born in Bronx, New York, vocalist, Don't Cry Out Loud 1951 Birthday - Crystal Gayle, born in Kentucky, country singer, Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue 1950 Birthday - Don Powell, England, rock drummer, Slade 1950 Birthday - Billy Squier, Massachusetts, heavy metal guitarist, Don't Say No 1950 Birthday - Bobby McFerrin, singer, Don't Worry Be Happy-Grammy 1989 1949 Birthday - Don Johnson, born in Flatt Creek, Missouri, actor, Miami Vice, Harrad Experiment 1949 Death - Richard Strauss, German composer 'Don Quixote' and 'Metamorphosis', dies at 85 1949 Birthday - Don Baylor, born in Texas, baseball player, Rockies, 1979 AL RBI leader, 267 HBP 1949 Event - Charley Lupica begins stay on 4' platform atop a 60' pole, vowing to stay until Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, and stays 117 days) 1949 Event - Don Newcombe, 1st start, shuts out Cincinnati on 5 hits to win 3-0 1948 Birthday - Don Nickles, born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, Senator-R-Oklahoma 1981 - 2005 1948 Birthday - Don Brewer, born in Flint, Michigan, musician, drummer, performed with Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band, Silver Bullet Band and rock band Grand Funk Railroad 1948 Birthday - Don Boyd, director, Goldeneye, 21, East of Elephant Rock 1948 Birthday - Don Sweet, Vancouver, CFL, NFL place kicker, Montreal, Green Bay 1947 Birthday - Jim Messina, rocker, Loggins and Messina-Your Mamma Don't Dance 1947 Birthday - Don Grolnick, jazz musician 1947 Birthday - Don Gelder, Gainesville, Florida, rocker, Eagles 1947 Birthday - Tanith Lee, UK, sci-fi author, Don't Bite the Sun 1947 Event - 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a home run on 1st at bat) 1947 Birthday - Don Henley, born in Linden, Texas, rock drummer/vocalist, Eagles-Desparado 1947 Event - Cleveland Indian Don Black no-hits Philadelphia A's, 3-0 1947 Birthday - Don Henley, drummer/singer, Eagles, Boys of Summer 1947 Birthday - Barbara Rhodes, born in Poughkeepsie, New York, actress, Don't Just Stand There 1947 Birthday - Kiki Dee, born in Yorkshire, England, singer, Don't Go Breaking My Heart 1947 Birthday - Sandi Shaw, Sandra Goodrich, Essex, rocker, Girl Don't Come 1946 Birthday - Jane Birkin, born in London, England, actress, Mrs Don Juan, Dark Places, Dust 1946 Birthday - Don Chaney, NBA player for the Houston Rockets/coach, Detroit Pistons 1945 Birthday - Don McLean, New Rochelle, New York, singer and songwriter, American Pie, Vincent 1945 Birthday - Suzanne Farrell, Cincinnati, ballerina, Don Quioxote 1945 Birthday - Don Reid, Virginia, country singer, Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall 1945 Birthday - Don Sutton, baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers 1945 Birthday - Don Ohlmeyer, American Producer 1944 Birthday - Don Stroud, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actor, Coogan's Bluff, Buddy Holly Story 1944 Birthday - Rosetta Hightower, U.S. singer, Don't Hang Up 1944 Birthday - Jon Hiseman, born in Woolwich, London, musician, drummer, record producer and music publisher, formed bands Colosseum, Coloseeum II with Don Airey, Gary Moore and Tempest with Alan Holdsworth 1944 Birthday - Don Grady, Agrati, actor, Robbie Douglas-My Three Sons 1944 Birthday - Don Dannemann, rocker, Cyrkle 1944 Birthday - Kiri Te Kanawa, born in Gisborne, New Zealand, operatic soprano, Don Giovanni 1943 Birthday - Don Mitchell, born in Houston, Texas, actor, Mark-Ironside 1943 Event - Russian offensive at Don under general Golikov 1942 Event - French Navy at Toulon scuttles ships and subs so Nazis don't take them 1942 Event - Russian 21st Army recaptures Kalatsj at Don 1942 Event - Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along Don front 1942 Birthday - Don Stevenson, born in Seattle, Washington rock drummer, Moby Grape 1942 Birthday - Bobby McClure, U.S. gospel singer, Don't Mess Up a Good Thing 1942 Event - WW II Navy flier Don Mason sends message "Sighted sub sank same" 1942 Birthday - Don Novello, Father Guido Sarducci, Ashtabula, Ohio, comedian, SNL 1941 Birthday - Don Francisco, Spanish variety show host, Sabado Gigante 1941 Birthday - Don Pullen, pianist/composer 1941 Birthday - Don Nix, U.S. saxophonist, Last Night 1941 Birthday - Don Cornelius, TV show host, Soul Train 1941 Birthday - Don Rich, Olympia Wash, guitarist/country singer, Hee Haw 1941 Birthday - Don Sherwood, American Politician 1941 Birthday - Captain Beefheart, Don Van Vliet, rocker, Bongo Fury, Shiny Beast 1941 Birthday - Don Van Vliet, American Artist 1941 Birthday - Long John Baldry, England, blues vocalist, Don't try to Lay No Boogie 1940 Birthday - Don Imus, radio disc jockey, WNBC 1940 Birthday - Michael Sarrazin, actor, Seduction, They Shoot Horses Don't They 1940 Birthday - Don Nelson, American Coach 1940 Birthday - Robert Walker, Jr., New York City, actor, Ceremony, Ms Don Juan, Ensign Pulver 1939 Event - Don Lash wins 6th straight AAU cross-country 10K championship 1939 Birthday - Herman van Keeken, Dutch singer, Daddy don't run so fast 1939 Birthday - Don "Sugarcane" Harris, rocker/actor, Soup for 1, Greeased Lightning 1939 Birthday - Don Williams, Floydada Texas, country singer, I Believe in You 1938 Event - Don Budge becomes 1st tennis player to grand slam 1938 Event - Don Budge wins U.S. Tennis open and completes Grand Slam 1938 Event - 58th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats Henry Austin (61 60 63) 1938 Birthday - Don Pavletich, baseball player 1938 Birthday - Don Dolan, Staten Island, New York, actor, Guy Lewis- General Hospital 1938 Birthday - Don Meredith, born in Mount Vernon, Texas, NFL quarterback, Cowboys, and Monday Night Football 1938 Birthday - Simon Estes, born in Centerville, Iowa, bass/baritone, Wonton, Don Carlos 1937 Death - Don Marquis, American Poet 1937 Birthday - Don Bies, Cottonwood ID, PGA golfer, 1975 Sammy Davis Jr 1937 Birthday - Don Sebesky, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, orchestra leader, Jimmy Dean Show 1937 Birthday - Don Bluth, American Artist 1937 Birthday - Don Wilson, cricketer, England slow left-armer between 1963-71 1937 Birthday - Chuck Jackson, born in Latta, South Carolina, singer, Any Day Now, I Don't Want to Cry 1937 Birthday - Don Galloway, born in Brooksville, Kentucky, actor, Arrest and Trial, Ironside 1937 Event - 57th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats G von Cramm (63 64 62) 1937 Birthday - Don Massengale, born in Jackson, Texas, PGA golfer, 1966 Bing Crosby Celebrity 1937 Birthday - Don Bonker, born in Denver, Colorado, Representative-D-Washington 1975 - 1989 1937 Birthday - Don Wilson, rock guitarist, Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme 1937 Birthday - Don Everly, Brownie, Kentucky, vocalist, Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie 1937 Birthday - Don Maynard, NFL receiver for the New York Jets, #13 1936 Birthday - Don DeLillo, American Novelist 1936 Birthday - Don E Cherry, U.S. jazz trumpeter 1936 Birthday - Don Bowden, U.S., 1st American to run a sub 4 minute mile 1936 Birthday - Charles Pope, U.S. soul singer, Tams-Hey Girl Don't Bother Me 1936 Birthday - Mark Goddard, Lowell Massachusetts, actor, Don West-Lost in Space 1936 Birthday - Don Drysdale, born in Van Nuys, California, pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers-Cy Young 1962 1936 Birthday - Don Sundquist, born in Moline, Illinois, Representative-R-Tennessee 1983 - 1995, Governor of Tennesse 1995 - 2003 1936 Birthday - Joe Don Baker, Groesback, Texas, actor, Eischied, Walking Tall, Fletch 1936 Birthday - Linda Lawson, Ann Arbor, Michigan, actress, Don't Call Me Charlie 1935 Birthday - Don Stewart, actor, Guiding Light 1935 Birthday - Don McCullin, British photographer 1935 Birthday - Don Nute, born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, Denver University, actor 1934 Birthday - Don Ellis, American Musician 1934 Birthday - Pat McCormick, comedian, Don Rickles Show, New Bill Cosby Show 1934 Birthday - Don Rose, American Entertainer 1934 Birthday - Don Kirshner, rock and roll producer, invented bubblegum music 1934 Birthday - Don Hastings, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Captain Video, Bob-As the World Turns 1934 Birthday - Joyce Van Patten, born in Queens, New York, actress, Good Guys, Don Rickles Show 1934 Birthday - Gia Scala, born in Italy, actress in Angry Hills, Don't Go Near the Water 1933 Birthday - John Mayall, MacClesfield England, pop musician, Don't Washed Me Time 1933 Birthday - Joseph Pope, U.S. singer, Hey Girl Don't Bother Me 1933 Birthday - Patricia Crowley, Olyphant, Pennsylvania, actress, Please Don't Eat the Daisies 1933 Birthday - Don Fuqua, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Representative-D-Florida 1967 - 1987 1933 Event - Don McNeill's Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35 year run on NBC 1933 Birthday - Don Young, born in Meridian, California, Representative-R-Alaska 1973 - 1933 Event - 59th Kentucky Derby: Don Meade aboard Brokers Tip wins in 2:06.8 1932 Birthday - Don King, American Celebrity 1932 Birthday - Don King, fight promoter, Mike Tyson 1932 Birthday - Don Preston, rocker, Mothers Of Invention 1932 Birthday - Don Francks, Vancouver, actor, Terminal Choice, Finian's Rainbow 1931 Birthday - Don Pease, born in Toledo, Ohio, Representative-D-Ohio 1977 - 1993 1931 Birthday - Don Richard Carpenter, novelist 1930 Event - Don Bradman takes his 1st Test Cricket wicket (Ivan Barrow, WI, lbw) 1930 Birthday - Tommy Collins, Leonard Sipes, country singer, Don't Growl 1930 Birthday - Don Ho, Hawaii, ukulele player, Tiny Bubbles 1930 Birthday - Don Leslie Lind, Midvale Utah, astronaut, STS-51-B 1930 Birthday - Don Conicannon, government minister 1930 Birthday - Don Tyson, founder, Tyson Foods 1930 Birthday - Don Shula, winningest NFL coach for the Miami Dolphins 1929 Birthday - Don January, pro golfer, 1976 Vardon Trophy 1929 Birthday - Don Larsen, pitcher, New York Yankees, on what must have been a perfect day 1929 Event - Phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a home run 1929 Birthday - Don Murray, born in California, actor, Bus Stop, Advise and Consent, Endless Love 1929 Birthday - Don Dubbins, born in Brooklyn, actor, Enchanted Island, Fix 1929 Birthday - Arte Johnson, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Laugh-in, Don't Call Me Charlie 1928 Event - Test Cricket debut of Don Bradman, who scored 18 and 1 vs England 1928 Birthday - Don Gibson, born in Shelby, North Carolina, singer/writer, I can't Stop Loving You, Oh Lonesome Me 1927 Event - Cricket 1st-class debut of Don Bradman, NSW vs. South Australia 1927 Death - Ricardo Guiraldes, Argentine poet and writer (Don Segundo Sombra), dies 1927 Birthday - Don Revie, English soccer coach, Leeds, National team 1927 Birthday - Michael Constantine, Penn, actor, Room 222, Don't Drink the Water 1927 Birthday - Don Barbour, born in Greencastle, Indiana, singer, 4 Freshmen 1927 Birthday - Tom Kennedy, born in Louisville, Kentucky, quiz host, You Don't Say, Name That Tune 1926 Birthday - Don Gordon, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Prentiss-Lucan 1926 Birthday - Don Messick, born in Buffalo, New York, cartoon voice, Astro-Jetsons, Bamm Bamm 1926 Event - Don Juan with John Barrymore shown 1926 Event - 1st talkie movie "Don Juan" at Warner Theatre, New York 1926 Birthday - Don Carter, bowler, 6-time Bowler of Year, 1953-54, 57-58, 60-61 1926 Birthday - Don Carter, bowling great, 1st PBA president 1926 Birthday - Don Rickles, Queens, New York, comedian, Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey 1926 Birthday - Don Adams, born in New York City, comedian, Maxwell Smart-Get Smart, Check it Out 1924 Birthday - Don Knotts, born in Morgantown, West Virginia, actor, Amdy Griffth Show, 3's Company 1924 Birthday - Don Kenyon, cricketer, England batsman in 8 Tests 1951-55 1924 Birthday - Nick Perito, born in Denver, Colorado, orchestra leader, Don Knotts Show, Big Show 1924 Birthday - Gloria Vanderbilt, don't my jeans look great, poor little rich girl 1924 Birthday - Don Cherry, Wichita Texas, singer, Dean Martin Summer Show 1923 Birthday - Jean Kerr, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, novelist, Please Don't Eat the Daisies 1923 Birthday - Franco Corelli, born in Anconia, Italy, tenor, Don Jose-Carmen 1923 Birthday - Don Taylor, cricketer, New Zealand 3 Tests, Auck stands w/Sutcliffe in Wisden 1922 Birthday - Don Hewitt, New York City, CBS news executive producer, 60 Minutes 1922 Birthday - Jeff Richards, born in Portland, Oregon, actor, Don't Go Near the Water 1922 Birthday - Paul Schalluck, German writer, Don Quixote in Cologne 1920 Birthday - Don Taylor, Freeport, Pennsylvania, actor, Father's Little Dividend 1920 Birthday - Don Cook, foreign Correspondent 1920 Birthday - F Don Miller, born in Racine, Wisconsin, Boxing coach 1946 Olympics 1920 Birthday - Don Saddler, Van Nuys California, dancer, Holiday Hotel 1918 Birthday - Don Castle, Texas, actor, Born to Speed, Tombstone, Motor Patrol 1918 Birthday - Don Pardo, Westfield Massachusetts, TV announcer, Jeopardy, SNL 1917 Birthday - Don Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor, George-Hazel, Ozzie and Harriet 1917 Birthday - Don Herbert, born in Waconia, Minnesota, scientist/TV host, Watch Mr. Wizard 1916 Birthday - Don Tallon, cricketer, perhaps Australia's greatest wicket-keeper 1916 Birthday - Vic Mizzy, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Don Rickles Show 1915 Birthday - Harry Hickox, Big Springs, Texas, Herb-Please Don't Eat the Daisies 1915 Birthday - Ann Nagel, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Don Winslow of the Navy 1915 Event - New York Yankees don pinstripes and hat-in-the-ring logo for 1st time 1915 Birthday - Don Edwards, born in San Jose, California, Representative-D-California 1963 - 1995 1914 Birthday - Bill Tallon, cricketer, brother of Don, Queensland leggie 1914 Birthday - John Hubbard, born in Indiana Harbor, Indiana, actor, Don't Call Me Charlie 1913 Birthday - Vivien Leigh, Gone With Wind, Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn 1913 Birthday - Gig Young, St. Cloud, Minnesota, actor, They Shoot Horses Don't They 1913 Birthday - Don Hutson, NFL end, Packers 1912 Birthday - Don[ald] Siegel, born in Chicago, Illinois, director, Escape from Alcatraz, Shootist 1912 Birthday - Carlos Don Byas, U.S. jazz saxophonist 1912 Birthday - Don Byas, American Musician 1912 Birthday - Don Porter, Miami Oklahoma, actor, Russ Lawrence-Gidget, Ann Sothern Show 1912 Birthday - Don Gillis, born in Cameron, Missouri, composer, Symphony #5 1912 Birthday - Wilhelmus H L "Willem" Tollenaar, actor and director, Don Carlos 1909 Birthday - Don Cleverley, cricketer, two Tests for New Zealand 1932 and 1946, took 0-130 1909 Birthday - Don Large, Canada, choral director, Wayne King 1909 Birthday - Robert Douglas, Finlayson, Bletchley England, actor, Adv of Don Juan 1908 Birthday - Don Ameche, Kenosha WI, actor, Cocoon, Trading Places 1908 Birthday - Giovanni Guareschi, Italian writer, Don Camillo, Peppone 1907 Birthday - Don McNeill, Galena, Illinois, host, Don McNeill TV Club 1907 Event - 32nd Preakness: G Mountain aboard Don Enrique wins in 1:45.4 1907 Birthday - Eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orchestra leader, Don McNeill TV Club 1907 Event - George Bernard Shaw's "Don Juan in Hell," premieres in London 1905 Birthday - Jane Winton, Philadelphia, actress, Hell's Angel, Patsy, Don Juan 1905 Birthday - Mikhail Sholokhov, U.S.S.R., writer, And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965 1904 Birthday - Don Alvarado, Jose Page, Albuquerque, New Mexico, actor, Captain Thunder 1904 Birthday - Don Goddard, born in Binghamton, New York, news anchor, ABC Evening News 1958-59 1903 Birthday - Don Robey, U.S. gospel singer 1901 Birthday - Henri Tomasi, Marseilles France, composer, Don Juan de Manara 1900 Birthday - Don Redman, Piedmont, West Virginia, orchestra leader, Sugar Hill Times 1898 Event - Richard Straus' "Don Quixote," premieres in Keulen 1889 Birthday - Snub Pollard, Melbourne Australi, actor, Don't Shove, Arizona Days 1889 Birthday - Efrem Zimbalist, Rostov on Don Russia, composer and violinist 1886 Birthday - Ricardo Guiraldes, Argentina, novelist/poet, Don Segundo Sombra 1882 Birthday - Don Blackie, cricketer, Australian off-spinner in 1928-29 yes, age 46 1881 Birthday - Pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright, Vengeanza de Don Mendo 1879 Death - Don Joaquin BF Espartero, Field Marshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 1878 Birthday - Don Marquis, Illinois, journalist/poet, archy and mehitabel 1875 Birthday - Ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney, Spanish writer, Don Quixote and Celestine 1875 Birthday - Enrique Larreta, E R Maza, Argentine diplomat, Gloria de Don Ramiro 1872 Birthday - William Heath Robinson, England, illustrator/cartoonist, Don Quixote 1870 Birthday - Henry Kolker, Quincy, Illinois, actor, Real Glory, Thoroughbreds Don't Cry 1867 Event - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos," premieres in Paris 1864 Birthday - Richard Strauss, born in Munich, Germany, composer, 'Don Quixote' and 'Metamorphosis' 1844 Event - Jose Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid 1843 Event - Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Don Pasquale," premieres in Paris 1825 Event - 1st French Liszts operette Don Sanche premieres in Paris 1819 Birthday - Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer, Don Quiotte 1818 Birthday - Don Carlos Buell, Major General Union volunteers 1813 Event - Captain John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship" 1792 Birthday - Don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/Field Marshal 1788 Birthday - Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet, Don Juan 1787 Event - Opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague) 1781 Birthday - James Lawrence, naval hero, War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!" 1775 Death - Yemelyan Pugachov, Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia 1766 Event - Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Terr from French 1754 Death - Don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, dies 1734 Event - Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples 1696 Event - Czar Peter I's fleet occupies Azov at mouth of Don River 1685 Event - Don Francisco de Agurto installed as land guardian of S Netherlands 1679 Death - Don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies 1675 Event - Don Carlos de Gurrea/Aragon becomes Spanish land guardian of S Netherlands 1670 Event - Don Juan Domingo Zuniga y Fonseca becomes Governor-General of Southern Netherlands 1661 Death - Don Luis Mendez de Haro, premier of Spain (1643-61), dies at about 63 1641 Event - Don Francisco de Mello appointed land guardian of South Netherlands 1616 Death - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69 1613 Death - Don Carlo Gesauldo, composer, dies 1607 Death - Don Juan Alvarez, Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle 1578 Death - Don Juan d'Austria, Spanish land guardian of Netherlands, dies at 31 1578 Death - Juan de Escobedo, secretary of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered 1577 Event - Treason of Don Juan in Brussels 1577 Event - Spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict" 1576 Death - Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Netherlands (1573-76), dies at 70 1573 Event - Don Luis de Requesensy Zuniga succeeds duke of Alva as land guardian of Netherlands 1573 Event - Don Frederik disbands siege of Alkmaar 1572 Event - Don Frederiks troops occupy/plunder Zutphen 1572 Event - Duke of Alva's son Don Fredrik begins siege for Haarlem 1572 Event - Spanish army under Alva's son Don Frederik plunders Mechelen 1568 Death - Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23 1567 Event - Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique 1547 Birthday - Miguel de Cervantes, novelist, Don Quixote 1547 Birthday - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer, Don Quioxite 1545 Birthday - Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II 1424 Event - Don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews |
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