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2007 Mary Douglas, dies in London, from complications of cancer, at 86
2004 William Manchester, biographer, Douglas McArthur, dies at 82 2001 Douglas Adams, hysterically-funny writer, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, dies at 49 2000 "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr", actor, dies at 90 1999 Douglas Leigh, Broadway sign designer, dies at 92 1998 Marjory Stoneman Douglas, environmentalist/author, dies at 108 1997 Douglas Ranger, surgeon, dies at 81 1997 Douglas Gray, archivist, dies at 74 1996 Douglas Hyde, socialist/Christian, dies at 85 1996 Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician, dies at 76 1996 128th Belmont: Rene Douglas aboard Editor's Note wins in 2:28.96 1996 Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, civil servant, dies at 97 1996 Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay, politician, dies at 88 1995 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (aviator), dies 1995 Douglas John Gorman, businessman, dies at 58 1995 Douglas Gunsekera, banker, dies at 77 1994 Douglas MacKenzie Davey, psychometrist, dies at 72 1994 Boxer Buster Douglas comes out of a diabetic coma 1993 Douglas Hopkins, guitarist (Gin Blossoms), dies of gun shot at 32 1993 Gordon Douglas, actor and director (Tony Rome), dies of cancer at 85 1993 Gordon Douglas, director (Call Me Mr. Tibbs, Our Gang), dies at 85 1993 Douglas Marland, soap writer (As the World Turns), dies at 58 1993 Douglas Heyes, director/writer (Kitten with a Whip), dies at 73 1992 Cardew "the Cad" [Douglas] Robinson, English comedian (Alfie), dies at 75 1992 Actress Barbara Hershey weds artist Stephen Douglas 1991 Douglas Kiker, newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at 61 1991 Douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch), dies 1990 21st New York City Marathon won by Douglas Wakiihuri in 2:12:39 1990 Evander Holyfield KOs Buster Douglas in 3 for heavyweight boxing title 1990 Douglas Edwards, WW II correspondent, dies of cancer at 73 1990 James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to win heavyweight boxing crown 1990 Buster Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title 1990 1st elected U.S. black governor inaugurated (Douglas Wilder-Virginia) 1989 Douglas Wilder elected 1st U.S. black governor (Virginia) 1989 Douglas Wilder elected 1st U.S. black governor (D-Va) 1989 Jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80 1988 45th Golden Globes: Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas 1987 Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg admitted using marijuana 1987 Douglas Wakiihuri wins marathon (2:11:48) 1987 Tony Tucker TKOs Buster Douglas in 10 for heavyweight boxing title 1987 Douglas Sirk, director (Zu Neuen Ufern, Boefje), dies at 86 1986 Tommy Douglas, Canadian Clergyman 1986 Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer, dies at 86 1986 1st black lt Governor since reconstruction sworn in (Douglas Wilder of Va) 1984 Douglas H Mitchell, QC of Calgary becomes 6th CFL Commissioner 1982 Douglas Bader, British Soldier 1981 Melvyn Douglas, Hesselberg, actor (Woman's Face, Hud), dies at 80 1981 Donald W. Douglas, U.S. aircraft pioneer/builder, dies at 88 1981 Donald W. Douglas, U.S. aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88 1980 William Douglas Denny, composer, dies at 70 1980 William O Douglas, member U.S. Supreme court (1939-75), dies at 81 1980 William O. Douglas, American Judge 1979 Temple City Kazoo Orchestra appears on Mike Douglas Show 1978 1st flight of McDonnell Douglas F-18A Hornet 1978 Douglas Osmond, born in Provo, Utah, vocalist for Osmond Boys 1977 Clive Martin Douglas, composer, dies at 73 1975 Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired after 36 years 1974 Douglas Emerson, born in Glendale California, actor, Robbie-Herbie the Love Bug 1973 Douglas Kennedy, actor (Lone Ranger and Lost City of Gold), dies at 57 1972 Georgina Douglas, Australian rower 1996 Olympics 1972 Omar Douglas, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants 1972 John and Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show 1972 John and Yoko co-host "Mike Douglas Show" for entire week 1972 Bob Douglas is 1st black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame 1971 Hugh Douglas, NFL defensive end for the New York Jets 1970 Donald Douglas, WLAF safety for the Rhein Fire 1969 Douglas Pirini, Auckland New Zealand, decathlete 1996 Olympics 1969 Douglas Stuart Moore, composer, dies at 75 1969 Douglas Lee Mitchell, born in Miles, Michigan, heavy metal artist, Southgang 1968 Douglas Craft, CFL defensive back, Montreal Alouettes 1968 Brandon Douglas, born in Oklahoma City, actor, Dr. Quinn, Father's Homecoming 1968 Douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail), dies in Hollywood 1967 Douglas MacLean, silent film comedian turned producer, dies at 77 1966 Douglas Allan Martin, Bluffton, Ohio, PGA golfer, 1995 Buick-2nd 1966 Douglas Vipond, British pop drummer, Deacon Blue-Raintown 1966 Sherman Douglas, NBA guard, New Jersey Nets 1965 R Duncan Douglas, New York City, biathelete 1994 Olympics 1965 Illeana Douglas, born in Massachusetts, actress, Picture Perfect, To Die For, Hacks 1964 Douglas Wilson, American Entertainer 1964 Douglas MacArthur, U.S. general (Pacific theater-WW II), dies at 84 1963 Douglas Wakiihuri, Kenyan marathon runner 1988 Olympics silver 1963 Melvin Douglas, Topeka, Kansas, 198 lbs/90 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1963 David Hendon and Douglas Cross' musical premieres in London 1961 Douglas Coupland, Canadian Writer 1961 Douglas Walton, actor (Bad Lands), dies of heart attack at 51 1961 George Clooney, Lexington, Kentucky, actor, Dr. Douglas Ross-ER, Batman 1961 Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner 1960 Douglas Spencer, actor (The Thing), dies at 50 1959 Paul Douglas, actor (Adventure Theater), dies at 52 1959 Brian Douglas Jones, born in Auckland New Zealand, tornado class yachter 1996 Olympics 1958 Douglas Mawson, Antarctic explorer, geologist, member, Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition, among first to reach South Magnetic Pole, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Brighton, South Australia, at age 76 1957 Rick Douglas Husband, born in Amarillo, Texas, USAF Major/astronaut 1956 1st use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards and the News) 1956 Douglas Moore/John Latouche' opera "Ballad of Baby Doe," premieres 1956 Douglas Heyes, Jr., born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Captains and Kings, Aspen 1954 Kirk and Anne Douglas married 1953 Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, 1st to break Mach 2 (1,300 MPH) 1953 Marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m 1953 Douglas Feith, American Public Servant 1953 Supreme Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day their 14th anniversary 1953 Denzil Douglas, Statesman 1952 Sarah Douglas, England, actress, Conan, Superman II, Falcon Crest 1952 James H. Douglas, American Politician 1952 Douglas Adams, born in England, author, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1952 Norman Douglas, essayist/novelist, dies 1951 Dee Dee Ramone, Virg, Douglas Colvin, rock bassist, Ramones 1951 John Douglas Cockcroft, physicist, dies 1951 Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket reaches 1,992 kph 1951 General Douglas MacArthur ends his military career 1951 President Truman fires General Douglas McArthur 1951 Lloyd C. Douglas, American Clergyman 1950 General Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, United Nations forces in Korea 1950 Mildred Douglas, Surinames/Dutch singer, Mai Tai 1950 Douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies 1949 Greg Douglas, rock guitarist and vocalist, Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra 1949 Greg Douglas, rocker, Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra 1949 Douglas Fred Tewell, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1980 Sea Pines 1949 Douglas Henderson, British MP 1949 Douglas Barr, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor, Howie-Fall Guy 1949 Douglas Sheehan, born in Santa Monica, California, actor, Ben-Knots Landing 1946 Douglas H. Bosco, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-D-California 1983 - 1991 1946 Ranger Doug, Douglas Green, Illinois, singer, Riders in Sky-Cowboy Way 1946 Keith Mans, born in England, politician, born Keith Douglas Rowland Mans, Member of Parliament for Wyre, educated at the RAF College Cranwell and the Open University 1945 Donald Douglas II, dies at 40 1945 Alfred Douglas, English Poet 1945 Douglas R Hofstadter, New York City, author, Godel, Escher, Bach 1945 Douglas Hofstadter, American Writer 1945 General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila 1945 U.S. troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla 1945 U.S. soldiers led by General Douglas MacArthur invades Philippines 1944 U.S. forces under General Douglas MacArthur return to Philippines 1944 Michael Douglas, born in New Jersey, actor, Coma, Wall St, Jewel of the Nile 1942 Douglas H Fox, U.S. captain of destroyer Barton, dies in battle 1942 Douglas Dunn, Scottish Poet 1942 Douglas Munro, only U.S. Coast Guard with WW II-Med of Honor, dies 1942 Jim Douglas, jazz guitarist 1942 Ingram Douglas Marshall, composer 1942 Douglas Trumbull, director, Silent Running, Brainstorm 1941 Douglas Scott, mountaineer 1940 Augie Mayer, rocker, Sir Douglas Quintet 1939 Douglas Fairbanks, actor (Zorro, 3 Musketeers, Robin Hood), dies at 56 1938 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland-left New York for California 1938 Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan leaves New York for LA, wound up in Ireland 1938 Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes 1st president of Eire 1938 Douglas Leedy, born in Portland, Oregon, pseudonym, Bhishma Xenotechnites, composer, music scholar, performer, works include 'Trio' 1937 General Douglas MacArthur marries Jean Faircloth 1936 Douglas John Gorman, businessman 1935 Jerry Douglas, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, actor, John Abbott-Young and Restless 1935 Douglas Marland, West Sand Lake, New York, soap opera writer, General Hospital 1935 Actress Mary Pickford marries actor Douglas Fairbanks 1934 Margaret Douglas, chief political adviser, BBC 1933 Donna Douglas, born in Pride, Louisiana, actress, 'Beverly Hillbillies' 1931 L Douglas Wilder, Gov-D-Va 1929 Douglas Kiker, NBC newsman, 1970 Peabody Award 1928 Douglas Applegate, born in Steubenville, Ohio, Representative-D-Ohio 1977 - 1995 1928 Douglas Haig, British Field Marshal, Sudan, Boer war, WW I, dies at 66 1928 Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WW I), dies at 66 1927 Jack Douglas, comedian, My Brother Was an Only Child, Jack Paar Show 1926 Douglas Johnson, historian 1925 Mike Douglas, born in Chicago, Illinois, talk show host, Mike Douglas Show 1925 Douglas Engelbart, American Inventor 1923 Kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66 1923 Douglas Wass, CEO, Equity and Law Life Assurance Company 1923 Diana Douglas, Devonshire Bermuda, actress, The Cowboys 1922 Douglas Gray, archivist 1922 Douglas MacKenzie Davey, psychometrist 1922 Dedication of Frederick Douglas' home in Washington D.C. as national shrine 1922 Herbert P. Douglas Jr., born in Pittsburgh, long jumper, 1948 Olympic bronze 1921 Douglas Townsend, composer 1921 Douglas Allenbrook, composer 1921 Mary Douglas, born in San Remo, Italy, British anthropologist, wrote about symbolism, human culture 1920 Douglas Dick, Charlestown, West Virginia, actor, Carl-Waterfront 1920 Ray[mond Douglas] Bradbury, Illinois, sci-fi author, Fahrenheit 451 1920 Actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford 1920 Film stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks wed 1920 Douglas G. Chapman, biomathematical statistician 1919 Douglas Henley, British auditor-general 1918 Douglas Campbell is 1st U.S. ace pilot (shooting down 5th German plane) 1917 Douglas Gunsekera, banker 1917 Douglas Edwards, born in Alda, Oklahoma, newscaster, CBS Evening News, FYI 1916 Kirk Douglas, American Actor 1916 General Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme in Europe 1916 Douglas Ranger, surgeon 1916 General Douglas Haig reports "The men are in splendid spirits" 1916 Douglas Guest, organist 1915 Douglas Gordon Lilburn, composer 1915 Douglas Kennedy, born in New York, actor, Lone Ranger and Lost City of Gold 1915 40th Preakness: Douglas Hoffman aboard Rhine Maiden wins in 1:58 1914 Stan Jones, born in Douglas, Arizona, actor, Sheriff of Cochise 1913 Douglas Black, physician 1911 Douglas Fowley, New York City, actor, Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats 1911 Douglas Hyde, socialist and Christian 1910 William Douglas Denny, composer 1910 Douglas R S Bader, British pilot, WW II 1910 Douglas Spencer, actor, Thing, This Island Earth, River of No Return 1910 Douglas Bader, British Soldier 1909 Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., New York City, actor, Ghost Story 1909 Robert Douglas, Finlayson, Bletchley England, actor, Adv of Don Juan 1909 C. Dillon Douglas, born in Geneva, Switzerland, U.S. Secretary of Treasury, 1961 - 1965 1909 Douglas Hall, Governor, Somaliland Protectorate 1907 Roy Douglas, born in Tunbridge Wells, England, Richard Roy Douglas, composer, pianist, member London Symphony Orchestra, pianist, organist, celesta player, fourth percussionist, created orchestration for 'Les Sylphides' 1907 Paul Douglas, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actor, Adventure Theater, Clash by Night 1907 Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay, politician 1905 Donald Douglas, Scotland, actor, I Love You Again 1904 Tommy Douglas, Canadian Clergyman 1904 Douglas Evans, actor, South Pacific Trail 1903 Clive Martin Douglas, composer 1903 Douglas Packard, British Lt General 1901 Melvyn Douglas, born in Macon, Georgia, actor, Hud, Ghost Story 1900 Douglas Jardine, cricketer, England's Bodyline captain 1900 Douglas L. Mays, cartoonist, Punch 1900 Douglas Sirk, director, Zu Neuen Ufern, Boefje 1900 Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer 1899 Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76 1899 Phyllis Haver, Douglas, Kansas, silent screen actress, What Price Glory 1898 William O Douglas, Maine, 81st Supreme Court justice, 1939-75 1898 William O. Douglas, American Judge 1898 Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, politician/trade unionist 1897 John Douglas Cockroft, English physicist, Radar, Nobel 1951 1893 Douglas Stuart Moore, Cutchogue, New York, composer, Good Night Harvard 1892 Donald Wills Douglas, U.S., aircraft pioneer, McConnell Douglas 1890 Marjory Stoneman Douglas, environmentalist, 1st Lady of Everglades 1890 Douglas MacLean, Philadelphia, silent film comedian/producer, Going Up 1889 George Douglas Howard Cole, socialist/novelist 1883 Douglas Fairbanks, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Zorro/3 Musketeers/Robin Hood 1882 Douglas Mawson, born in Yorkshire, England, Antarctic explorer, geologist, member, Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition, among first to reach South Magnetic Pole 1880 Douglas MacArthur, Little Rock, Arkansas, general, WW II, he did return! 1877 Lloyd Cassel Douglas, novelist 1877 Lloyd C. Douglas, American Clergyman 1870 Lord Alfred Douglas, British 1870 Alfred Douglas, English Poet 1865 Whymper, Hudson, Croz, Douglas and Hadow 1st to climb Matterhorn 1861 Douglas Haig, British Field Marshal, Sudan, WW I 1861 Stephen A Douglas, "Little Giant", senator (Lincoln Debates), dies 1861 Stephen Douglas, American Politician 1857 Alexander Douglas patents the bustle 1856 Kate Douglas Wiggins, author, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1848 Thomas Douglas becomes 1st San Francisco public teacher 1822 Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer, rails/trains 1815 Douglas Hancock Cooper, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1813 Stephen Arnold Douglas, Little giant, U.S. senator, Lincoln debates 1813 Stephen Douglas, American Politician 1803 James Douglas, father of British Columbia 1803 Douglas William Jerrold, London, author/playwright/wit, Punch Mag 1802 George Douglas Ramsey, Major general Union Army |
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