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2004 Jack Paar, TV host, early Tonight Show host, dies at 85
2002 Mildred Wirt Benson, journalist/writer, wrote many early Nancy Drew books, dies at 96 2001 Lance Loud, "actor/early ""reality show"" star", An American Family, dies at 50 2001 William Hewlett, "started an early ""garage"" company", co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, dies at 87 2000 Steve Allen, writer/TV host, early Tonight Show host, dies at 80 1999 Early Wynn, American Athlete 1994 Kay Petre, early racing driver, dies at 91 1985 1st AIDS theme TV movie - "An Early Frost" 1981 Astro's Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as all-time walk leader, 1,777 1975 Chinese archeologists discover a 3-acre burial site with 6,000 clay statues of warriors dating as early as 221 BC 1974 Most complete early man skeleton found (Johanson and Gray in Ethiopia) 1972 Hall of Fame inducts Berra, Sandy Koufax, Lefty Gomez and Early Wynn 1972 Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, and Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame 1965 1st use of satellite TV, Today Show on Early Bird Satellite 1965 Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service 1965 Quinn Early, NFL wide receiver, NO Saints, Buffalo Bills 1965 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st coml geosynchronous communication satellite 1963 Early Wynn, wins his 300th and last game at 43 1963 Early Wynn wins his 300th baseball game 1960 Eldine Baptiste, cricketer, WI all-rounder early 80's 1959 Paul Di'anno, rocker, Iron Maiden Chingford, London V Early Vocalist 1959 White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own home run 1958 Yograj Singh, cricketer, Indian pace bowler early 80's 1957 Graeme Fowler, cricketer, England left-handed opener early 80s 1957 Everton Mattis, cricketer, WI batsman early 80's 1956 Mansoor Akhtar, cricketer, Pakistani batsman early 80's 1956 Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field 1955 Roger Binny, Indian cricket medium-pace all-rounder, early 80's 1955 Mohsin Khan, cricketer, Pakistani opening batsman late 70s early 80s 1955 Garry Christian, born in Liverpool, England, rocker, musician, singer, played with brother Russell and Roger Christian in sophisti-pop band, The Christians, known for late 1980's, early 1990's chart-topping hits 1954 Derick Parry, cricketer, WI off-spinner early 80's 1954 Yashpal Sharma, cricketer, Indian right-handed batsman early 80' 1953 Peter McEwan, cricketer, New Zealand batsman early 80's 1953 Elquemedo Willett, cricketer, WI lefty spinner early 70's 1951 Geoff Howarth, cricketer, New Zealand captain early 80's 1951 Karsan Ghavri, cricketer, Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s 1951 German general F Christian freed early from Dutch prison 1949 Peter Willey, cricketer, England batsman late 70's early 80's 1945 Steven Camacho, cricketer, WI batsman early seventies 1945 Robin Jackman, cricketer, England medium-pacer early eighties 1944 Roy Agnew, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, pianist, considered best composer of early 20th century Australia, dies at 51 1943 Michael Findlay, cricket wicket-keeper, WI early 70's 1942 Barry Wood, cricketer, England opener in early 70's 1942 Arthur Barrett, cricketer, WI leggie early 70's 1939 Clem Cattini, born in Stoke Newton, North London, England, musician, drummer, played with The Tornados in the 1960's, appeared for diverse array of artists, featured on 45 different UK number one singles, considered most beloved early British rock n' roll figure 1939 Brian Luckhurst, cricketer, England opener of 60's and early 70's 1938 Chester Watson, West Indian cricket fast bowler, early 60s 1937 V B Ranjane, Indian cricket fast bowler, early 1960's 1937 Barry Shepherd, cricketer, Australian lefty bat early 60's 1937 R Surendranath, cricketer, Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s 1936 Eric Russell, cricketer, England opening batsman early 60s 1935 Paul Barton, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in early 1960's, century vs. South Africa 1935 Peter Frankl, born in Hungary, pianist, performs classical music, Romantic period, early Modern, recorded the complete solo piano music of Debussy, performed with world class orchestras throughout America and Europe 1935 Geoff Pullar, cricketer, England opening batsman late 50's early 60's 1934 Ron Gaunt, cricketer, Australian fast bowler late 50s early 60s 1934 Brian Bolus, cricketer, England opening batsman early 60's 1933 Joseph D. Early, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1975 - 1993 1931 Leslie Thomas, born in Newport, Wales, author, published 'In My Wildest Dreams', recounting childhood in South Wales, in early life, wrote columns for London Evening News newspaper 1930 Michael Melle, cricketer, South African pace bowler of early 1950's 1928 Ken Archer, cricketer, Australian batsman, 5 Tests early 50s 1927 Ramesh Divecha, cricketer, eleven wickets for India in early 50's 1927 Pulitzer prize awarded to Louis Bromfield (Early Autumn) 1926 John Dewes, cricketer, England opener late 40's early 50's 1926 Probir Sen, cricket wicketkeeper, India in late 40's/early 50's 1924 Adolf Hitler freed from jail early 1923 Sadu Shinde, cricketer, Indian leg-spinner late 1940's/early 1950's 1922 Roy Tattersall, cricketer, brilliant England off-spinner early 50's 1922 Allan Watkins, cricketer, England batsman late 40s early 50s 1921 H. C. Artmann, born in Vienna, Australia, born Hans Carl Artmann, also known as Ib Hansen, writer, poet, celebrated for his early Viennese poems 1920 Jack Cheetham, cricketer, South African batsman, Test captain early 50's 1920 Early Wynn, Hartford Ala, baseball Hall of famer, pitcher 1918 Doug Ring, cricketer, Australian leggie of the late 40's early 50's 1918 Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early 1918 Arthur McIntyre, cricket wicket-keeper, England 3 times early 50's 1913 "Dachshund" by Pathe Freres, early animated cartoon, released 1912 Georg Heym, poet, writer, wrote, 'Der ewige Tag', poetry considered early Expressionist style, dies at 24 from falling through the ice, trying to save a friend 1908 Bill Merritt, cricketer, early New Zealand Test leg-spinner, also Northants 1907 Harry Boyle, round-arm cricket bowler (12 of Australia's early Tests), dies 1906 Alan Fairfax, cricketer, Australian all-rounder late 20's early 30's 1905 Ian Cromb, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in the early 1930's 1903 Johnny Blood, aka John McNally, early NFL halfback, Green Bay 1903 Kay Petre, early racing driver 1902 Milford "Curly" Page, cricketer, New Zealand bat early 1930's, All Black half 1901 George Duckworth, cricket wicket-keeper, England late 20's early 30's 1900 An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hours 1896 Louis Bromfield, Mansfield Ohio, writer, Early Autumn, Pulitzer-1926 1896 Cyril Allcott, cricketer, New Zealand all-rounder in their early Tests 1894 Fritz Pollard, early black NFL star, 1920-26 1894 Guy Chamberlin, early NFL end/coach, Canton, Frankford, Cards 1892 Johnny Dodds, early jazz clarinettist 1892 Hal Roach, early film director/producer, 1 Million BC 1891 Roy Agnew, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, pianist, considered best composer of early 20th century Australia 1887 Georg Heym, born in Hirschberg, Germany, poet, writer, wrote, 'Der ewige Tag', poetry considered early Expressionist style 1885 Erich von Stroheim, early film director/actor, Grand Illusion 1885 Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe 1883 Albert "Tibby" Cotter, cricketer, great Aussie quick of early century 1881 Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer, great South Africa all-rounder early 20th cent 1878 Hanson Carter, cricketer, Yorkshire Aussie WK of early 20th century 1876 Bert Vogler, cricketer, early South African googly bowler 1865 General Early's army is defeated at Waynesborough 1864 Battle of Fisher's Hill, Virginia, General Early Retreats to Brown's Gap 1864 Early retreats from Washington City back to Shenandoah Valley 1864 Battle of Fort Stevens, DC (Early's Raid, Tennallytown, MD) 1864 Confederate forces led by General J Early begin invasion of Washington D.C. 1864 Harpers Ferry, West Virginia - Federals evacuate in face of Early's advance 1864 General Early and Confederate forces reach Winchester en route to Washington D.C. 1864 Lee sends Early into Shenandoah Valley 1862 Alexander Early Stone, Confederate, dies in battle 1862 Raid at Early's: Maryland towards Washington D.C. 1857 Conrad Haebler, German historian, Early printers of Spain/Portugal 1851 Oliver Joseph Lodge, born in England, early radio pioneer 1844 'Abdu'l-Baha, early Baha'i leader, 'Azamat 7, 1 1836 Mexico attacks Alamo in the early morning 1818 Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle) 1816 Jubal Anderson Early, Lt General Confederate Army 1801 Novalis, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night', dies from tuberculosis in the Germany, at age 28 1772 Novalis, born in Oberwiederstedt, Germany, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night' 1729 Henry William, Baron, Stiegel, early American glassmaker 1492 Crewman on Pinta sights "land"-a few weeks early |
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