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