2013 Event 'Hareetz', Israel's oldest daily newspaper, publishes a story in which Israel admits it has administered birth-control injections to Ethiopian Jewish immigrants, without fully educating recipients of its effects 2001 Death Michael Williams, supporting actor, Educating Rita, dies at 65 1996 Death Christopher Casson, actor (Educating Rita, Zardoz), dies at 84 1994 Death Godfrey Quigley, actor (Barry Lyndon, Educating Rita), dies at 71 1980 Event Willy Russell's "Educating Rita," premieres in London 1950 Birthday Julie Walters, England, actress, Educating Rita, Prick Up Your Ears 1947 Birthday Willy Russell, author/playwright, Shirley Valentine, Educating Rita 1946 Birthday Maureen Lipman, actress, Educating Rita, Wonderworks 1923 Birthday Godfrey Quigley, actor, Barry Lyndon, Educating Rita, Rooney 1912 Birthday Christopher Casson, Irish actor, Zardoz, Educating Rita 1787 Birthday Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Philadelphia, pioneer of educating the deaf
