1989 Death Douglass Watson, actor (Mac Cory-Another World), dies at 68 1987 Event Sir Rudolph Bing (of New York Met Opera) marries Lady Carroll Douglass 1982 Death Frederick Douglass Hall, composer, dies at 84 1978 Death Brackett Hamilton Leigh, Douglass, author (Ginger Star), dies at 62 1974 Death Douglass Dumbrille, actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at 84 1966 Death Douglass Montgomery, actor (Forbidden, Daybreak), dies at 56 1964 Birthday Maurice Douglass, NFL safety for the New York Giants 1962 Death Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies 1953 Birthday Robyn Douglass, Sendai Japan, actress, Lonely Guy, Romantic Comedy 1946 Event Kingman Douglass, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1946 Event Kingman Douglass, becomes deputy director of CIA 1936 Birthday Dale Douglass, born in Wewoka, Oklahoma, PGA golfer, 1970 Phoenix Open 1921 Birthday Douglass Watson, Jackson Georgia, actor, Satan Murders, Another World 1920 Birthday Douglass North, American Economist 1915 Birthday Brackett Hamilton Leigh, Douglass, U.S., sci-fi author, Ginger Star 1909 Birthday Douglass Montgomery, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Forbidden, Harmony Lane 1898 Birthday Frederick Douglass Hall, composer 1895 Event North Carolina Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass 1895 Death Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77 1889 Birthday Douglass Dumbrille, Hamilton Ont, actor, Mr Deed Goes to Town 1889 Event Frederick Douglass named Minister to Haiti 1888 Event Frederick Douglass is 1st African-American nominated for president 1881 Event Frederick Douglass appointed recorder of deeds for Washington D.C. 1877 Event President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Washington D.C. 1867 Birthday Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Dendrochronologer, study of tree rings 1866 Event Frederick Douglass is 1st U.S. black delegate to a national convention 1847 Event Frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star" 1838 Event Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor 1833 Birthday Louis Douglass Watkins, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1817 Birthday Frederick Douglass, African-American abolitionist/lecturer/editor