2005 Don Rose, American Entertainer
2004 Syreeta Wright, singer, Don't You Know With You I'm Born Again, dies at 58
2003 Don Gibson, songwriter/singer, I Can't Stop Loving You, dies at 75
2003 Jean Kerr, writer, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, dies at 79
2000 Christopher Pettiet, actor, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, dies at 24
2000 Don Martin, Mad cartoonist, dies at 68
1998 Don Harrison, Headline News anchor, dies at 61
1998 Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1997 Don Messick, cartoon voice (Astro-Jetsons, Bamm Bamm), dies at 62
1997 Don Mattingly's #23 is retired by New York Yankees
1997 Don Steele, LA radio personality (KRTH), dies of cancer at 61
1997 Don Porter, actor, Gidget, dies at 84
1996 Don Kenyon, cricketer, dies at 72
1996 Don Grolnick, jazz musician, dies at 48
1996 Miami Dolphin coach Don Shula announces his retirement
1995 Don Anthony, bandleader/songwriter, dies at 85
1995 Don E Cherry, jazz Musician, dies at 58
1995 Don Richard Carpenter, novelist, dies at 64
1995 Don Pullen, pianist/composer, dies at 53
1995 Don Cook, British foreign correspondent, dies at 74
1994 Don Watson, race car driver, dies in an accident at 46
1994 Don Mattingly becomes 6th New York Yankee to get 2,000 hits
1994 Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan, 22, weds Don Burton, 32
1994 Don Mattingly plays 1st base 1,469 game for Yankees (2nd most)
1993 Don DeFore, actor (George Baxter-Hazel), dies of cardiac arrest at 76
1993 Deadline for Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza, they don't
1993 Don Ameche, actor (Cocoon), dies of prostate cancer at 85
1993 Don Shula becomes winningest coach in NFL history
1993 Don Getz, U.S. filmer (Playpoint)
1993 New York City radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes for 2nd time
1993 New York City radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes
1993 New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits his 200th HR
1993 David Brian, U.S. actor (Damned Don't Cry, Fort Worth), dies at 78
1993 Don Imus begins broadcasting to Boston on WEEI (590 AM)
1993 Don Drysdale, pitcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 56
1993 Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass (Don Carlos), dies at 79
1993 Don Henley booed in Milwaukee when he dedicates the song "It's Not Easy Being Green" to President Clinton
1993 Don Randolph, actor (Harem Girl), dies of pneumonia at 87
1992 Bobby Mcclure, U.S. singer (Don't mess up a good thing), dies at 50)
1992 Don Keller makes his 18,000th sky dive
1992 Don Baylor appointed 1st manager of Colorado Rockies
1992 Conn Gov Lowell Weicker and WFAN DJ Don Imus change places for 1 day
1991 Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory
1991 Don Nute, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56
1991 Don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63
1991 Don[ald] Siegel, U.S. director (Coogan's Bluff/Dirty Harry), dies at 78
1991 Marc Camoletti's "Don't Dress for Dinner," premieres in London
1991 Don Mattingly named 10th New York Yankee Captain
1991 Luis Escobar, Spanish actor (Don Juan My Love), dies at 78
1991 Don Beddoe, actor (Bullwhip, Loophole, Texas), dies at 87
1991 UN's deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait (they don't)
1990 Don Draper, actor (Pepper Agent 00X), dies of AIDS at 61
1990 Ronnie Dyson, U.S. singer (Salvation-I Don't Wanna Cry), dies at 40
1990 Ben Frank, actor (Don't Answer the Phone), dies of heart attack at 56
1990 Don Appell, dies
1990 Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees
1989 US troops invade Panama and oust Manuel Noriega, but don't catch him
1989 Dakota Johnson, son of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson
1989 Glenn Frey joins Don Henley on-stage (for 1st time since 1981)
1989 Jeff Richards, actor (Don't Go Near the Water), dies at 66
1989 Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson marry for 2nd time
1989 Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson remarry
1989 Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33
1989 1st Seniors Golf Tradition: Don Bies wins
1989 31st Grammy Awards: Don't Worry Be Happy, Faith, Tracy Chapman
1988 Los Angeles Dodger Orel Herschiser breaks former Dodger Don Drysdale mark by pitching 59 consecutive scoreless innings
1988 Doughnutgate incident: New Jersey Devils' coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee Don Koharski to 'eat another doughnut you fat pig!,' he is suspended
1988 "Don't Get God Started" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 86 performances
1987 New York Jets retire Don Maynards #13
1987 "Don't Get God Started" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 86 performances
1987 New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits record 6th grand slam of year
1987 Don Brown sets flight record for handbow (1,336 yds 1'3")
1987 Don Mattingly ties 1st base fielding record with 22 put-outs
1987 Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 cons games
1987 New York Yankees Don Mattingly ties record of home runs in 8 cons games
1987 Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit home runs in 7 straight AL games (en route to 8)
1987 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 Don Baylor sets career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 (Pitcher Rick Rhoden)
1987 Don Mattingly wins highest salary arbitration ($1,975,000 per year)
1986 Phils Don Carmen perfect game bid is broken in 9th
1986 "Papa Don't Preach," goes #1 for 2 weeks
1986 Don Baylor gets hits by a pitch for a record 25th time in a season
1986 Don Rogers, of Cleveland Browns, dies of cocaine poisoning
1986 Don Sutton becomes 19th pitcher to win 300 games
1986 Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats White Sox Tom Seaver (306 wins) 3-0
1986 New York Yankee Don Mattingly is 6th to hit 3 sacrifice flies in a game
1985 Alice Miller/Don January wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship
1985 New York Yankee Don Mattingly easily wins AL MVP
1985 On a poor call in 6th game, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of events costing Cardinals the World Series
1985 "Don't Lose My Number" by Phil Collins peaks at #4
1985 New York Yankee Don Baylor is hit by a pitch for a record 190th time
1985 New York Devil Don Lever becomes 57th NHLer to score 300 goals
1985 Don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies
1984 New York Yankee Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 avg
1984 Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Don Drysdale, Pee Wee Reese, and Luis Aparicio inducted into Hall of Fame
1984 Michail A Sholochov, Russian writer (Ocean Don, Nobel 1965), dies
1983 Don Ida, balloonists, dies during a race
1983 Don Sutton becomes 8th pitcher to strikeout 3,000 batters
1983 Don Genalo needs just 3 of 5 pins to win Southern California Open bowling tournament, miscalculates his score and intentionally gutters his ball
1983 STS-6 specialist Story Musgrave and Don Peterson 1st STS spacewalk
1983 Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:51:49)
1983 Don Muraco beats Pedro Morales to become WWF Intercontinental Champ
1982 Don Lever becomes 1st captain of New Jersey Devils
1982 Don Wilson, TV announcer (Jack Benny Show), dies at 81
1981 Don Fagan and Walter Becker quit Steely Dan
1979 California's Don Baylor, wins AL MVP
1979 Don Martina's MAN party wins election in Dutch Antilles
1979 Brenda Spencer kills 2, inspires Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays"
1978 Neil Diamond and Barbra Striesand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" hits #1
1978 Streisand and Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," goes #1
1978 Don Ritchie runs world record 100k (6:10:20)
1978 Ump Doug Harvey ejects Don Sutton after discovering 3 scuffed balls
1978 Cully Richards, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie), dies at 68
1978 Reds don green uniforms for St. Patricks Day
1978 Ranger's Don Murdoch failed on 4th penalty shot against Islanders
1978 Don Ellis, American Musician
1978 Don Gillis, U.S. composer (Symphony #5 ), dies at 65
1978 Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies
1977 Don Ritchie runs world record 100 mile (11:30:51)
1977 Don Blackman, actor (Old Man and Sea, Desert Legion), dies at 65
1977 Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his NL record tying 5th one-hitter
1977 All star MVP: Don Sutton (Los Angeles Dodgers)
1976 Yanks sign free agent Don Gullett
1976 "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" closes at Playhouse New York City after 16 performances
1976 "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" opens at Playhouse New York City for 16 performances
1976 Don Bolles, U.S. journalist (against Arizona), dies
1976 Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed-Yanks win 9-7
1976 A's trade prospective free agents Reggie Jackson and Ken Holtzman, to Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell
1975 Cleveland Browns' Don Cockroft kicks club record 5 field goals
1975 Al Lettieri, actor (Beautiful but Deadly, Don is Dead), dies at 47
1975 Don Robey, U.S. gospel/impresario/producer, dies at 71
1975 Tony Orlando and Dawn receives gold record for "He Don't Love You"
1975 Don Wilson, pitcher (Astro), dies at 29 of carbon monoxide poisoning
1974 James Morrison, actor (Don't, Black Beauty), dies on his 86th birthday
1974 "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" closes at Playhouse New York City after 1065 per
1974 "Papa Don't Take No Mess Part 1" by James Brown peaks at #31
1974 Brewer Don Money sets record of consec errorless games at 3rd, 78
1974 Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number"
1974 Gino Cervi, actor (Becket, Don Camillo), dies at 72
1973 Don Reid, NBA guard and forward, Detroit Pistons
1973 New York Jets trade pro footballs leading receiver Don Maynard to St. Louis
1973 Willie Mays hits 660th and last HR (off Don Gullett of Cincinnati)
1972 Don Davis, linebacker for the New Orleans Saints
1972 Jet's Don Maynard becomes all time pro reception leader (632)
1972 Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal
1972 "Don't Play Us Cheap" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 164 performances
1972 Don Sasa, NFL defensive tackle for the San Diego Chargers
1972 Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas, U.S. jazz saxophonist, dies at 59
1972 Don Byas, American Musician
1972 "Don't Play Us Cheap" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 164 performances
1972 "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" opens at Playhouse New York City for 1,065 performances
1971 Don McLean's 8+ minute version of "American Pie" released
1971 New York Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet
1971 Orioles' Don Buford struck out 5 times in a game
1971 Don McPherson, rocker, dies at 29
1971 Ringo releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK
1971 Raymond Herreman, Flemish writer (Don't Forget to Live), dies at 74
1971 Henri Tomasi, French composer (Don Juan de Manara), dies at 69
1970 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson
1970 Don MacLean, NBA forward, New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets
1969 Don Wengert, Sioux City, Iowa, pitcher for the Oakland A's
1969 Don Drysdale retires because of damage to his right shoulder
1969 Don Sutton breaks his 13-game losing streak to Cubs with a 4-2 win
1969 21st Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Don Adams and Susan St. James
1969 Houston Don Wilson 2nd no-hitter beats Cin Reds, 4-0
1969 Bobby Brown, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, vocalist, Ghostbusters, Don't Be Cruel
1968 Don Silvestri, NFL/WLAF kicker, New York Jets, London Monarchs
1968 AL expansion draft, Kansas City pick Roger Nelson and Pilots pick Don Mincher 1st
1968 Don Lillis, NFL president for the New York Jets
1968 Giovanni Guareschi, Italian author: Don Camillo/Peppone, dies at 60
1968 Houston Astro Don Wilson strikes-out 18, beats Reds 6-1
1968 Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning
1968 Don Drysdale pitches his 6th straight shutout, en route to 58 innings
1968 Don Davey, NFL defensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars
1968 Don Smith, born in North Tonawanda, New York, rower 1996 Olympics
1967 49th PGA Championship: Don January shoots a 281 at Columbine CC Colo
1967 Houston Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0
1967 19th Emmy Awards: Mission Impossible, Monkees, Don Knotts and Lucy Ball
1967 Dylan's 1965 U.K. Tour is released as film "Don't Look Back"
1967 Don Alvarado, actor (Morning Glory, Big Steal), dies at 62
1966 Kevin Paige, vocalist, Don't Shut Me Out
1966 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 Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47
1966 92nd Preakness: Don Brumfield aboard Kauai King wins in 1:55.4
1966 Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Dodgers
1966 Don Anurasiri, cricketer, Sri Lankan slow left-armer
1966 Don Myrah, born in Oakland California, cyclist, Olympics-20th-96
1965 Los Angeles Dodger Don Drysdale (23-12) wins 13th straight game, 7 by shutouts
1965 Fresh Prince, [Will Smith], rapper, Parents Just Don't Understand
1965 Willie Mays's 500th HR (off Don Nottebart), Giants 11th straight win
1965 Jazzy Jeff Townes, rapper, Parents Just Don't Understand
1964 Don Beebe, NFL wide reciever, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31
1964 Don Redman, orch leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 64
1964 Don Cheadle, actor, Boogie Nights
1964 Ann Curless, singer, Expose-What You Don't Know
1964 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 Don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph)
1964 Don Griffin, NFL cornerback for the Cleveland Browns
1964 Don Majkowski, NFL quarterback, Detroit Lions
1963 Edith Piaf, French singer (No, I don't regret anything), dies at 47
1963 1st 200 meter freestyle swum under 2 minutes (Don Schollander 1:58)
1963 Ringo admits he wrote a song "Don't Pass Me By"
1963 Don August, baseball player
1963 Brian Nash, Glendale, California, actor, Joel-Please Don't Eat Daisies
1963 Don Simington, jockey
1962 Don Diamont, actor, Brad-Young and Restless
1962 Don Drysdale wins Cy Young Award
1962 Marilyn, rocker, You Don't Love Me
1962 Don Fardon, Toowoomba QLD, Australasia golfer
1962 Princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain
1961 Don Wilson, CFL linebacker for the BC Lions
1961 Don Mattingly, born in Indiana, 1st baseman, New York Yankees/MVP 1985
1961 Don Van Spall, guitarist, Sleeze Beez
1960 Don Franklin, actor, Seaquest 2032, Noah Dixon-The Young Riders
1960 Phyllis Haver, actress (Don Juan), commits suicide at 61
1960 Chic Cub Don Cardwell no-hits St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0
1959 Yanks trade Marv Thronberry, Don Larsen, Hank Bauer and Norm Seibern for Roger Maris, Kent Hadley and Joe Deaestri
1959 Gerard Philipe, French actor (El Cid, Don Carlos), dies at 36
1959 Jane Winton, actress (Hell's Angel, Patsy, Don Juan), dies at 53
1959 Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day HR
1959 Bill White traded to St. Louis for pitchers Sam Jones and Don Choate
1959 Richard Drummie, rocker, Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down
1959 Don Letts, rocker, Big Audio Dynamite
1958 Paul Hardcastle, keyboardist, Don't Waste My Time, Just for Money
1958 Jay Don Blake, St. George, Utah, PGA golfer, 1991 Shearson Lehman Open
1958 Don Slaught, born in Long Beach, California, catcher, California Angels, New York Yankees
1958 "Flip Top Box" by Dicky Doo and The Don'ts hits #46
1958 Jeff Fithian, actor, Trevor Nash-Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1958 Joe Fithian, actor, Tracey Nash-Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1957 Cleveland Browns' Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburgh 24-0
1957 Jerry Don Gleaton, baseball player
1957 Don Bowden becomes 1st American to break 4 minute mile (3m58s7)
1957 Don McBride, actor (Mr Clyde-My Friend Flicka), dies at 68
1957 1st U.S. runner breaks 4 minute mile (Don Bowden)
1957 Don Snow, rocker, Squeeze
1956 Don Newcombe, wins NL MVP and 1st-ever Cy Young Award
1956 Don Larsen, New York, pitches only perfect World Series game, vs Brooklyn
1956 Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" reaches #1
1956 Elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel"
1956 Phil Fearon, rocker, Galaxy, Kandidate-I Don't Want to Lose You
1956 Elvis Presley records "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel"
1956 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 Peter Cox, rocker, Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down
1955 Cathy Ladman, comedienne, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1955 Leo Barnes, Irish saxophonist, Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry, Don't Go
1955 Don Zimmer, hits 4,000th Dodger home run
1955 Phillies Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th HR of season
1955 Keith Whitley, Sandy Hook, Kentucky, country singer, Don't Close Your Eyes
1955 Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in SF
1955 Rocky Marciano TKOs Don Cockell in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
1955 1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed
1954 Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 49
1954 Bo [Robert] Donaldson, rock vocalist, Billy Don't Be a Hero
1954 Kim Tyler, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Kyle-Please Don't Eat Daisies
1954 Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record)
1954 BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Don Carter
1953 Don Dokken, heavy metal rocker, Dokken-Alone Again
1953 Bo Donaldson, Billy Don't Be a Hero
1952 Don Barnes, rock guitarist, 38 Special
1952 Don Was, American Musician
1952 Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tenn)
1952 Michael Don McNabb, composer
1952 Narada, [Michael Walden], Michigan, rocker, Don't Want Nobody Else
1951 Yvonne Elliman, U.S. actress and singer, I Don't Know How to Love Him
1951 Ron and Don Gaylon, midwest U.S., siamese twins, Jerry Springer Show
1951 Don [Sheldon George] Pooley, Jr., born in Phoenix, Arizona, PGA golfer, 1980 BC Open
1951 Benny Neyman, Dutch singer, I Don't Know How
1951 Dwight Twilley, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, country singer, Twilley Don't Mind
1951 Melissa Manchester, born in Bronx, New York, vocalist, Don't Cry Out Loud
1951 Crystal Gayle, born in Kentucky, country singer, Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
1950 Don Powell, England, rock drummer, Slade
1950 Billy Squier, Massachusetts, heavy metal guitarist, Don't Say No
1950 Bobby McFerrin, singer, Don't Worry Be Happy-Grammy 1989
1949 Don Johnson, born in Flatt Creek, Missouri, actor, Miami Vice, Harrad Experiment
1949 Don Baylor, born in Texas, baseball player, Rockies, 1979 AL RBI leader, 267 HBP
1949 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 Don Newcombe, 1st start, shuts out Cincinnati on 5 hits to win 3-0
1948 Don Nickles, Sen-R-Okla
1948 Don Boyd, director, Goldeneye, 21, East of Elephant Rock
1948 Don Sweet, Vancouver, CFL, NFL place kicker, Montreal, Green Bay
1947 Jim Messina, rocker, Loggins and Messina-Your Mamma Don't Dance
1947 Don Grolnick, jazz musician
1947 Don Gelder, Gainesville, Florida, rocker, Eagles
1947 Tanith Lee, UK, sci-fi author, Don't Bite the Sun
1947 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a HR on 1st at bat)
1947 Don Henley, born in Linden, Texas, rock drummer/vocalist, Eagles-Desparado
1947 Cleveland Indian Don Black no-hits Philadelphia A's, 3-0
1947 Don Henley, drummer/singer, Eagles, Boys of Summer
1947 Barbara Rhodes, born in Poughkeepsie, New York, actress, Don't Just Stand There
1947 Kiki Dee, born in Yorkshire, England, singer, Don't Go Breaking My Heart
1947 Sandi Shaw, [Sandra Goodrich], Essex, rocker, Girl Don't Come
1946 Jane Birkin, born in London, England, actress, Mrs Don Juan, Dark Places, Dust
1946 Don Chaney, NBA player for the Houston Rockets/coach, Detroit Pistons
1945 Don McLean, New Rochelle, New York, singer and songwriter, American Pie, Vincent
1945 Suzanne Farrell, Cincinnati, ballerina, Don Quioxote
1945 Don Reid, Virginia, country singer, Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall
1945 Don Sutton, baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
1945 Don Ohlmeyer, American Producer
1944 Don Stroud, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actor, Coogan's Bluff, Buddy Holly Story
1944 Rosetta Hightower, U.S. singer, Don't Hang Up
1944 Don Grady, [Agrati], actor, Robbie Douglas-My Three Sons
1944 Don Dannemann, rocker, Cyrkle
1944 Kiri Te Kanawa, born in Gisborne, New Zealand, operatic soprano, Don Giovanni
1943 Don Brewer, rocker
1943 Don Mitchell, born in Houston, Texas, actor, Mark-Ironside
1943 Russian offensive at Don under general Golikov
1942 French Navy at Toulon scuttles ships and subs so Nazis don't take them
1942 Russian 21st Army recaptures Kalatsj at Don
1942 Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along Don front
1942 Don Stevenson, born in Seattle, Washington rock drummer, Moby Grape
1942 Bobby McClure, U.S. gospel singer, Don't Mess Up a Good Thing
1942 WW II Navy flier Don Mason sends message "Sighted sub sank same"
1942 Don Novello, [Father Guido Sarducci], Ashtabula, Ohio, comedian, SNL
1941 Don Francisco, Spanish variety show host, Sabado Gigante
1941 Don Pullen, pianist/composer
1941 Don Nix, U.S. saxophonist, Last Night
1941 Don Cornelius, TV show host, Soul Train
1941 Don Rich, Olympia Wash, guitarist/country singer, Hee Haw
1941 Don McPherson, rocker
1941 Don Sherwood, American Politician
1941 Captain Beefheart, [Don Van Vliet], rocker, Bongo Fury, Shiny Beast
1941 Don Van Vliet, American Artist
1941 Long John Baldry, England, blues vocalist, Don't try to Lay No Boogie
1940 Don Ritter, Rep-R-PA, 1979-
1940 Don Cormier Sr, horse trainer
1940 Don Imus, radio disc jockey, WNBC
1940 Michael Sarrazin, actor, Seduction, They Shoot Horses Don't They
1940 Don Nelson, American Coach
1940 Robert Walker, Jr., New York City, actor, Ceremony, Ms Don Juan, Ensign Pulver
1939 Don Lash wins 6th straight AAU cross-country 10K championship
1939 Herman van Keeken, Dutch singer, Daddy don't run so fast
1939 Don "Sugarcane" Harris, rocker/actor, Soup for 1, Greeased Lightning
1939 Don Williams, Floydada Texas, country singer, I Believe in You
1938 Don Budge becomes 1st tennis player to grand slam
1938 Don Budge wins U.S. Tennis open and completes Grand Slam
1938 58th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats Henry Austin (61 60 63)
1938 Don Pavletich, baseball player
1938 Don Dolan, Staten Island, New York, actor, Guy Lewis- General Hospital
1938 Don Meredith, born in Mount Vernon, Texas, NFL QB, Cowboys, and Monday Night Football
1938 Simon Estes, born in Centerville, Iowa, bass/baritone, Wonton, Don Carlos
1937 Don Marquis, American Poet
1937 Don Bies, Cottonwood ID, PGA golfer, 1975 Sammy Davis Jr
1937 Don Sebesky, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, orch leader, Jimmy Dean Show
1937 Don Bluth, American Artist
1937 Don Wilson, cricketer, England slow left-armer between 1963-71
1937 Chuck Jackson, born in Latta, South Carolina, singer, Any Day Now, I Don't Want to Cry
1937 Don Galloway, born in Brooksville, Kentucky, actor, Arrest and Trial, Ironside
1937 57th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats G von Cramm (63 64 62)
1937 Don Massengale, born in Jackson, Texas, PGA golfer, 1966 Bing Crosby Celebrity
1937 Don Bonker, Rep-D-WA, 1975-
1937 Don Wilson, rock guitarist, Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme
1937 Don Everly, Brownie, Kentucky, vocalist, Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie
1937 Don Maynard, NFL receiver for the New York Jets, #13
1936 Don DeLillo, American Novelist
1936 Don E Cherry, U.S. jazz trumpeter
1936 Don Bowden, U.S., 1st American to run a sub 4 min mile
1936 Charles Pope, U.S. soul singer, Tams-Hey Girl Don't Bother Me
1936 Mark Goddard, Lowell Massachusetts, actor, Don West-Lost in Space
1936 Don Drysdale, born in Van Nuys, California, pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers-Cy Young 1962
1936 Joe Don Baker, Groesback, Texas, actor, Eischied, Walking Tall, Fletch
1936 Linda Lawson, Ann Arbor, Michigan, actress, Don't Call Me Charlie
1935 Don Stewart, actor, Guiding Light
1935 Don[ald] McCullin, British photographer
1935 Don Messick, Buffalo, New York, cartoon voice, Astro-Jetsons, Bamm Bamm
1935 Don Nute, born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, Denver University, actor
1934 Don Ellis, American Musician
1934 Pat McCormick, comedian, Don Rickles Show, New Bill Cosby Show
1934 Don Rose, American Entertainer
1934 Don Kirshner, rock and roll producer, invented bubblegum music
1934 Don Hastings, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Capt Video, Bob-As the World Turns
1934 Joyce Van Patten, born in Queens, New York, actress, Good Guys, Don Rickles Show
1934 Gia Scala, born in Italy, actress in Angry Hills, Don't Go Near the Water
1933 John Mayall, MacClesfield England, pop musician, Don't Washed Me Time
1933 Joseph Pope, U.S. singer, Hey Girl Don't Bother Me
1933 Patricia Crowley, Olyphant, Pennsylvania, actress, Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1933 Don Fuqua, Rep-D-FL, 1963-86
1933 Don McNeill's Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35 year run on NBC
1933 Don Young, Rep-R-AK, 1973-
1933 59th Kentucky Derby: Don Meade aboard Brokers Tip wins in 2:06.8
1932 Don King, American Celebrity
1932 Don King, fight promoter, Mike Tyson
1932 Don Preston, rocker, Mothers Of Invention
1932 Don Francks, Vancouver, actor, Terminal Choice, Finian's Rainbow
1931 Don Richard Carpenter, novelist
1930 Don Bradman takes his 1st Test Cricket wicket (Ivan Barrow, WI, lbw)
1930 Tommy Collins, [Leonard Sipes], country singer, Don't Growl
1930 Don Ho, Hawaii, ukulele player, Tiny Bubbles
1930 Don Leslie Lind, Midvale Utah, astronaut, STS 51-B
1930 Don Conicannon, government minister
1930 Don Tyson, founder, Tyson Foods
1930 Don Shula, winningest NFL coach for the Miami Dolphins
1929 Don January, pro golfer, 1976 Vardon Trophy
1929 Don Larsen, pitcher, New York Yankees, on what must have been a perfect day
1929 Phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a HR
1929 Don Murray, born in California, actor, Bus Stop, Advise and Consent, Endless Love
1929 Don Dubbins, born in Brooklyn, actor, Enchanted Island, Fix
1929 Arte Johnson, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Laugh-in, Don't Call Me Charlie
1928 Test Cricket debut of Don Bradman, who scored 18 and 1 vs England
1928 Don Gibson, born in Shelby, North Carolina, singer/writer, I can't Stop Loving You, Oh Lonesome Me
1927 Cricket 1st-class debut of Don Bradman, NSW vs. South Australia
1927 Ricardo Guiraldes, Argentine poet and writer (Don Segundo Sombra), dies
1927 Don Messick, cartoon voice, Bam-bam, Astro, Scooby-Doo
1927 Don Revie, English soccer coach, Leeds, National team
1927 Michael Constantine, Penn, actor, Room 222, Don't Drink the Water
1927 Don Barbour, born in Greencastle, Indiana, singer, 4 Freshmen
1927 Tom Kennedy, born in Louisville, Kentucky, quiz host, You Don't Say, Name That Tune
1926 Don Gordon, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Prentiss-Lucan
1926 Don Juan with John Barrymore shown
1926 1st talkie movie "Don Juan" at Warner Theatre, New York
1926 Don Carter, bowler, 6-time Bowler of Year, 1953-54, 57-58, 60-61
1926 Don Carter, bowling great, 1st PBA president
1926 Don Rickles, Queens, New York, comedian, Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey
1926 Don Adams, born in New York City, comedian, Maxwell Smart-Get Smart, Check it Out
1925 Don Costa, actor, Impossible Years, Soul of Nigger Charlie
1924 Don Knotts, born in Morgantown, West Virginia, actor, Amdy Griffth Show, 3's Company
1924 Don Kenyon, cricketer, England batsman in 8 Tests 1951-55
1924 Nick Perito, born in Denver, Colorado, orch leader, Don Knotts Show, Big Show
1924 Gloria Vanderbilt, don't my jeans look great, poor little rich girl
1924 Don Cherry, Wichita Texas, singer, Dean Martin Summer Show
1923 Jean Kerr, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, novelist, Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1923 Franco Corelli, born in Anconia, Italy, tenor, Don Jose-Carmen
1923 Don Taylor, cricketer, NZ 3 Tests, Auck stands w/Sutcliffe in Wisden
1922 Don Hewitt, New York City, CBS news executive producer, 60 Minutes
1922 Jeff Richards, born in Portland, Oregon, actor, Don't Go Near the Water
1922 Paul Schalluck, German writer, Don Quixote in Cologne
1920 Don Taylor, Freeport, Pennsylvania, actor, Father's Little Dividend
1920 Don Cook, foreign Correspondent
1920 F Don Miller, born in Racine, Wisconsin, Boxing coach 1946 Olympics
1920 Don Saddler, Van Nuys California, dancer, Holiday Hotel
1918 Don Castle, Texas, actor, Born to Speed, Tombstone, Motor Patrol
1918 Don Pardo, Westfield Massachusetts, TV announcer, Jeopardy, SNL
1917 Don Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor, George-Hazel, Ozzie and Harriet
1917 Don Herbert, born in Waconia, Minnesota, scientist/TV host, Watch Mr. Wizard
1916 Don Tallon, cricketer, perhaps Australia's greatest wicket-keeper
1916 Vic Mizzy, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Don Rickles Show
1915 Harry Hickox, Big Springs, Texas, Herb-Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1915 Ann Nagel, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Don Winslow of the Navy
1915 New York Yankees don pinstripes and hat-in-the-ring logo for 1st time
1915 Don Edwards, Rep-D-CA, 1963-
1914 Bill Tallon, cricketer, brother of Don, Queensland leggie
1914 John Hubbard, born in Indiana Harbor, Indiana, actor, Don't Call Me Charlie
1913 Vivien Leigh, Gone With Wind, Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn
1913 Gig Young, St. Cloud, Minnesota, actor, They Shoot Horses Don't They
1913 Don Hutson, NFL end, Packers
1912 Don[ald] Siegel, born in Chicago, Illinois, director, Escape from Alcatraz, Shootist
1912 Carlos Don Byas, U.S. jazz saxophonist
1912 Don Porter, Miami Oklahoma, actor, Russ Lawrence-Gidget, Ann Sothern Show
1912 Don Gillis, born in Cameron, Missouri, composer, Symphony #5
1912 Wilhelmus H L "Willem" Tollenaar, actor and director, Don Carlos
1912 Don Byas, American Musician
1909 Don Cleverley, cricketer, two Tests for NZ 1932 and 1946, took 0-130
1909 Don Large, Canada, choral director, Wayne King
1909 Robert Douglas, [Finlayson], Bletchley England, actor, Adv of Don Juan
1908 Don Ameche, Kenosha WI, actor, Cocoon, Trading Places
1908 Giovanni Guareschi, Italian writer, Don Camillo, Peppone
1907 Don McNeill, Galena, Illinois, host, Don McNeill TV Club
1907 32nd Preakness: G Mountain aboard Don Enrique wins in 1:45.4
1907 Eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orch leader, Don McNeill TV Club
1907 George Bernard Shaw's "Don Juan in Hell," premieres in London
1905 Jane Winton, Philadelphia, actress, Hell's Angel, Patsy, Don Juan
1905 Mikhail Sholokhov, U.S.S.R., writer, And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965
1904 Don Alvarado, [Jose Page], Albuquerque, New Mexico, actor, Captain Thunder
1904 Don Goddard, born in Binghamton, New York, news anchor, ABC Evening News 1958-59
1903 Don Robey, U.S. gospel singer
1901 Henri Tomasi, Marseilles France, composer, Don Juan de Manara
1900 Don Redman, Piedmont, West Virginia, orch leader, Sugar Hill Times
1898 Richard Straus' "Don Quixote," premieres in Keulen
1889 Snub Pollard, Melbourne Australi, actor, Don't Shove, Arizona Days
1889 Efrem Zimbalist, Rostov on Don Russia, composer and violinist
1886 Ricardo Guiraldes, Argentina, novelist/poet, Don Segundo Sombra
1882 Don Blackie, cricketer, Australian off-spinner in 1928-29 yes, age 46
1881 Pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright, Vengeanza de Don Mendo
1879 Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86
1878 Don Marquis, Illinois, journalist/poet, archy and mehitabel
1875 Ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney, Spanish writer, Don Quixote and Celestine
1875 Enrique Larreta, [E R Maza], Argentine diplomat, Gloria de Don Ramiro
1872 William Heath Robinson, England, illustrator/cartoonist, Don Quixote
1870 Henry Kolker, Quincy, Illinois, actor, Real Glory, Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
1867 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos," premieres in Paris
1864 Richard Georg Strauss, Munich Germany, composer, Don Quixote
1844 Jose Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid
1843 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Don Pasquale," premieres in Paris
1825 1st French Liszts operette Don Sanche premieres in Paris
1819 Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer, Don Quiotte
1818 Don Carlos Buell, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1898
1813 Capt John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship"
1792 Don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/fieldmarshal
1788 Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet, Don Juan
1787 Opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague)
1781 James Lawrence, naval hero, War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!"
1775 Yemelyan Pugachov, Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia
1766 Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Terr from French
1754 Don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Sp min of Foreign affairs, dies
1734 Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples
1696 Czar Peter I's fleet occupies Azov at mouth of Don River
1685 Don Francisco de Agurto installed as land guardian of S Netherlands
1679 Don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies
1675 Don Carlos de Gurrea/Aragon becomes Spanish land guardian of S Neth
1670 Don Juan Domingo Zuniga y Fonseca becomes Governor-General of Southern Neth
1661 Don Luis Mendez de Haro, premier of Spain (1643-61), dies at about 63
1641 Don Francisco de Mello appointed land guardian of South Netherlands
1616 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69
1613 Don Carlo Gesauldo, composer, dies
1607 Don Juan Alvarez, Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle
1578 Don Juan d'Austria, Spanish land guardian of Netherlands, dies at 31
1578 Juan de Escobedo, sec of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered
1577 Treason of Don Juan in Brussels
1577 Spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict"
1576 Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Netherlands (1573-76), dies at 70
1573 Don Luis de Requesensy Zuniga succeeds duke of Alva as land guardian of Netherlands
1573 Don Frederik disbands siege of Alkmaar
1572 Don Frederiks troops occupy/plunder Zutphen
1572 Duke of Alva's son Don Fredrik begins siege for Haarlem
1572 Spanish army under Alva's son Don Frederik plunders Mechelen
1568 Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23
1567 Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique
1547 Miguel de Cervantes, novelist, Don Quixote
1547 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer, Don Quioxite
1545 Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II
1424 Don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews
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