1974 Birthday Jim Carey, Dorchester, Massachusetts, NHL goalie for the Washington Capitals 1933 Birthday Sheldon Adelson, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, property developer, billionaire businessman, investing in gambling and leisure businesses, CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., Forbes' third riches person in the U.S. in 2008 1928 Death Thomas Hardy, novelist (Maddening Crowd), dies near Dorchester at 87 1904 Birthday Ray Bolger, Dorchester Massachusetts, actor/dancer, Wizard of Oz 1901 Birthday Maurice Evans, Dorchester England, actor, Maurice-Bewitched 1794 Birthday Edward Everett, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Governor of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Representative 1825 - 1835 1639 Event Dorchester Massachusetts, forms 1st school funded by local taxes
