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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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