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Dover


1987 In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 2, later bodies of 14 of his relatives are found at his home near Dover Ark

1975 8.5" (21.6 cm) of rainfall, Dover, Delaware (state record)

1968 Jennifer Horton, Dover, New Jersey, team handball goalie, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1957 President Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Del, restaurant

1956 Robert Dover, equestrian dressage 1996 Olympics bronze

1953 Peter Isacksen, Dover, New Hampshire, actor, CPO Sharkey, Jessie

1948 1st U.S. house completely sunheated is occupied (Dover Massachusetts)

1920 Kenneth Dover, chancellor, St. Andrews University

1918 Dover Patrol overthrows Germany U-boat in East Sea

1916 Francis Cockfield, born in Horsham, England, born Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield of Dover in the County of Kent, politician, Conservative Party, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

1914 German plane drops bombs on Dover England

1914 British fleet leaves Portland/passes Straits of Dover

1909 Alan Marshal, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia

1822 Matthew Arnold, England, poet and critic, Dover Beach

1660 English King Charles II lands in Dover

1657 Robert Blake, English Admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57


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