2004 Edward B. Lewis, American Scientist
2003 Edward Said,
2003 Edward Teller, scientist/professor, The father of the H-bomb, dies at 95
2003 John Edward Christopher Hill, English Historian
2001 Edward Winter, actor, TV's M*A*S*H, dies at 63
2000 Edward Craven Walker, gadfly, invented the lava lamp, dies at 82
2000 Edward L. Bernds, director, The Three Stooges shorts, dies at 94
2000 Edward Gorey, author, Amphigorey, dies at 75
1997 Hugh Edward Conway Seymour, marquis of Hertford, dies at 67
1997 Edward Mulhare, actor, TV's The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, dies of lung cancer at 74
1997 Edward Barker, cartoonist, dies at 46
1997 Edward M. Purcell, American Scientist
1997 Edward Osobka-Morawski, prime minister of Poland (1945-47), dies
1996 Edward Leadbitter, politician, dies at 77
1996 Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster, dies at 76
1996 Edward George Edwards, chenist, dies at 82
1996 Edward Kassner, music publisher, dies at 76
1996 Edward Albert Radice, economist, dies at 89
1996 Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant, aristocrat, dies at 39
1996 Edward Greenall, businessman/sportsman, dies at 67
1996 Edward Digby Baltzell, Ivy League sociologist, dies at 80
1996 Thomas Edward Montgomery, drummer, dies at 73
1996 Edward Morris Bernstein, economist, dies at 91
1996 Edward McInnes, German scholar, dies at 60
1996 Prince Edward and girl-friend Sophie visited Graystoke Castle
1996 Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist, dies at 78
1996 Terence Edward Armstrong, polar geographer, dies at 75
1996 Edward Adamson, art therapist/collector, dies at 84
1996 Edward Frederick Weston Goodman, property Developer, dies at 81
1996 Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert, dies at 77
1995 Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng, dies at 66
1995 Alun Edward Islwyn Pask, rugby International, dies at 58
1995 Wallace Edward Rowling, PM of NZ (1974-1975), dies at 68
1995 Edward Totah, art Dealer, dies at 46
1995 Edward Gill, baseball player, dies at 100
1995 Edward Firth Henderson, arabist, dies at 77
1995 Hugh Edward R O'Connor, actor (In the Heat of the Night), ODs at 32
1995 Edward Bernays, Businessman
1995 Edward Sutcliffe, judge (British Central Criminal Court), dies at 77
1994 John Edward Caulwell Hearne, writer, dies at 68
1994 Edward Moss Hutchinson, educationalist, dies at 85
1994 Karl Edward Wagner, writer, dies at 48
1994 John Edward Teddy Buckner, trumpeter, dies at 85
1994 Edward Kienholz, U.S. sculptor (Back seat of a '38 Dodge), dies at 66
1994 Edward James "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player
1994 Frederick Edward Nicklin, architect, dies at 68
1994 Actress Lorraine Bracco (39) weds actor Edward James Olmos (46)
1994 Edward Duke, actor (Decadence, Silver Bears), dies of cancer at 40
1993 Edward B A M Raczynski, Polish pres-in-exile (1979-86), dies at 97
1993 Edward S "Ted" Haworth, U.S. set designer (Sayonara, Marty), dies at 76
1993 Edward P. Morgan, American Journalist
1992 Marina CAK Windsor, granddaughter of English prince Edward
1992 Helen Windsor (daughter of English prince Edward) weds Timothy Taylor
1992 Edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies
1991 Edward M Love, choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43
1991 Shite Moslems release U.S. hostage Edward Tracy
1991 John Edward Craven, dies
1991 Leueen McGrath, actress (Edward My Son, Saint's Vacation), dies at 77
1991 Edward A Blatt, director (Between 2 Worlds), dies at 88
1990 Edward Binns, U.S. actor (12 Angry One), dies of heart attack at 74
1989 George W. Bush and Edward W. Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers
1989 Edward Abbey (environmental author), dies after surgery at 62
1988 Edward EMG baron Downpatrick, grandson of English prince Edward
1988 Edward Chodorov, playwright/director (Louis Pasteur), dies at 84
1987 Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training
1986 Edward A Doisy Sr, discoverer of vitamin K (Nobel 1943), dies at 92
1986 U.S. writer Edward A. Tracy kidnap in Beirut
1986 Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, (Edward abdicated for her), dies at 89
1985 Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack
1982 Edward H Carr, British historian, dies at 90
1981 Edward M McIntrye elected 1st black mayor of Augusta Georgia
1981 Poland Communist Party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek
1980 Poland party leader Edward Gierek resigns
1980 Edward Albee's "Lady from Dubuque," premieres in New York City
1979 Edward Bennett Williams buys Orioles from Hoffberger for $12.3 million
1978 Edward D Wood Jr, director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54
1978 Edward Durrell Stone, U.S. architect, dies at 76
1977 Edward Chapman, actor (Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75
1977 Edward Furlong, born in Pasedina, California, actor, John Connor-Terminator 2
1977 Edward W Stack replaces Paul Kerr president of Hall of Fame
1976 Edward Ellis, tackle for the New England Patriots
1976 Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies
1976 Darius McCrary, actor, Edward Winslow-Family Matters
1976 Edward Benjamin Britten, composer, dies at 62
1975 Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership
1975 Edward Albee's "Seascape," premieres in New York City
1975 Edward Lawrie Tatum, American Scientist
1974 Edward Thomas, CFL linebacker, Montreal Alouettes
1974 Edward Platt, actor (Chief-Get Smart), dies at 58
1973 Edward Hervey, NFL wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys
1973 Edward Steichen, pioneer of U.S. photography, dies at 93
1973 Edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67
1973 Edward G Robinson, [Goldenberg], actor (Little Caesar), dies at 79
1973 Edward Jasper, defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles
1972 Edward Earle, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90
1972 Edward Reevey, St. John NB, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 South Carolina Intercol
1972 Edward VIII, King of Gr Brit/N Ireld/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77
1972 King Edward VIII, English Royalty
1971 Edward Sedgwick, director, dies of barbiturate overdose at 28
1971 Edward "Ted" Murphy, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rower, Olympics-5th-1996
1971 Winona Ryder, born in Minnesota, actress, Heathers, Edward Scissorhand
1971 Edward Ballantine, composer, dies at 84
1971 Tricia Nixon and Edward F Cox marry at White House
1971 Edward Fryatt, born in Rochdale, England, Nike golfer, 1994 NCAA West Regional
1971 Edward van der Merwe, cricket keeper (South Africa in 2 Tests in 30's), dies
1971 Apollo 14, 3rd U.S. manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro Alan Shepard and Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hrs
1970 Edward Gierek succeeds Wladyslaw Gomulka as Poland's party leader
1970 Edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84
1970 Nicholas CEJ Windsor, son of English prince Edward, duke of Kent
1970 British government of Edward Heath forms, with Margaret Thatcher
1970 Edward M Forster, British writer (Maurice, passage to India), dies at 91
1970 Ralph Edward Flanders, (Sen-VT), dies at 89
1969 Edward Norton, American Actor
1969 Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne
1969 Peter Stone and Sherman Edward's "1776," premieres in New York City
1969 John Edward, American Entertainer
1968 Edward Linskens, soccer player, PSV
1968 Edward Kilenyi, composer, dies at 84
1968 Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant U.S. Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86
1968 Edward Kaminski, born in Kansas City, Kansas, javelin thrower
1968 Edward Burns, American Actor
1967 Edward Eagan, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32), dies at 69
1967 Edward G Givens Jr, Major USAF/astronaut, dies in an car crash at 47
1967 Edward Hopper, U.S. painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84
1967 1st British ombudsman sir Edward Compton begins work
1967 Edward M. Fincke, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Capt USAF/astronaut
1967 Edward Higgins White II, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), dies at 36
1967 Harold Edward Holt, Australian Politician
1967 Edward Brooke, takes (Sen-R-Mass) seat as 1st popular elected black
1966 Edward W Brooke (Rep-R-Mass) becomes 1st black elected to Senate
1966 Edward Albee's "Delicate Balance," premieres in New York City
1966 Edward G Craig, English actor/dir (On Art of Theatre), dies at 94
1966 Edward Gordon Craig, British Actor
1966 [Edward] Montgomery Clift, actor (From Here to Eternity), dies at 45
1965 Scott Edward Gump, Rockledge, Florida, PGA golfer, 1991 International-2nd
1965 Glen Edward Day, Mobile AL, PGA golfer, 1994 Anheuser-Busch-2nd
1965 Edward E "Doc" Smith, U.S., sci-fi writer (Subspace encounter), dies
1965 Edward Heath succeeds Alec Douglas-Hume as leader of British Cons party
1965 Edward Hartman, born in Skalica CZE, hockey goalie, Team Slovakia
1965 Edward Odumbe, cricketer, Kenyan pace bowler 1996 World Cup
1965 Edward R Murrow, newscaster (Person to Person), dies at 57
1965 Edward R. Murrow, American Journalist
1965 Edward V Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72
1965 Edward Appleton, English Scientist
1964 Edward Albee's "Tiny Alice," premieres in New York City
1964 Edward Steuermann, composer, dies at 72
1964 Helen Marina Lucy Windsor, England, daughter of Prince Edward
1964 Edward Anthony Richard Louis, Prince of Britain/Elizabeth II grandson
1963 William Edward Burghardt du Bois, educational editor/author, dies
1963 Edward Tsang Lu, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, astronaut, STS 84
1963 Edward Sturing, soccer player, Vitesse
1963 Brett Edward Garsed, born in Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist, Nelson
1962 Edward M. Kennedy 1st elected Senator
1962 Edward W Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts
1962 Edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies
1962 George P N earl of St. Andrews, under English prince Edward
1962 Hugh Edward Ralph O'Connor, actor, In the Heat of the Night
1961 English prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley
1961 James Edward Murray, (Sen-D-Montana) (1935-61), dies
1961 Edward Albee's "American Dream," premieres in New York City
1960 Edward Burlingame Hill, composer, dies at 86
1960 Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at 65
1960 Prince Andrew, Albert Christian Edward, of Britain/Duke of York
1959 Edward FLW Halifax, English viscount/viceroy of India, dies at 78
1959 Edward Metgod, Dutch soccer goalie, Haarlem, Sparta
1959 Edward C Tolman, U.S. psychologist (behaviorism), dies
1959 Edward Franklin Albee's "zoo story," premieres in Berlin
1959 Edward Liddie, born in Union, Georgia, Judo fighter 1984 Olympics bronze
1959 Edward F. Humenik, born in Detroit, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1994 Kmart Greater-2nd
1959 Thomas Edward Lehman, born in Austin, Minnesota, PGA golfer, 1994 Memorial Tournament
1959 Fidel Castro is interviewed by Edward R. Murrow
1958 George Edward Moore, English Philosopher
1958 Edward Weston, American Photographer
1957 Lord Dunsany, [Edward J M D Plunkett], author (Jorkens), dies at 79
1957 Melvin Edward Mays, one of FBI's most wanted
1957 Albert Edward Sammons, composer, dies at 71
1957 Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant, aristocrat
1956 Edward Arnold, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 66
1956 Howard Edward Davis, Jr., Glen Cove, New York, lw boxer 1976 Olympics silver
1954 George Edward Robey, English comic/actor (Henry IV), dies at 85
1954 Charles Edward Ives, U.S. composer (Unanswered Question), dies at 79
1954 Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow
1954 Edward R. Murrow criticizes Sen Joseph McCarthy (See it Now)
1954 Edward Ka-spel, English singer and songwriter, Legendary Pink Dots
1953 Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, British composer (Coronation March), dies at 69
1953 John Edward Stevens, New York City, bank robber, FBI Most Wanted List
1953 Edward B B Shanks, British poet/critic, dies at 60
1953 Edward Ray Fiori, born in Lynwood, California, PGA golfer, 1979 Southern Open
1953 Edward Marsh, British Editor
1952 Thomas Edward Henderson, South Carolina, basketballer 1972 Olympics silver
1951 J Edward Bromberg, dies at 47
1951 Edward Witten, American Mathematician
1951 Edward Rigby, dies at 72
1951 Edward Collins, Hall of Fame infielder (White Sox, A's), dies at 63
1951 Edward Albert, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Jeff-Falcon Crest, Butterflies are Free
1950 Coronation Stone, taken from Scone in Scotland by Edward I in 1296, stolen from Westminster Abbey and smuggled back to Scotland
1950 Edward Faber Schneider, composer, dies at 77
1950 Edward Barker, cartoonist
1949 Edward R Stettinius, U.S. foreign minister (1944-45)/diplomat, dies
1949 Edward Thorndike, American Psychologist
1949 Edward Totah, art dealer
1949 Edward Hardin, New York City, rock guitarist, Spencer Davis Group
1947 Aleister Edward S Crowley, British occultist, dies at 72
1947 Edward Yang, director, Tewrrorizers
1947 Edward Matt Dougherty, Chester, Pennsylvania, PGA golfer, 1995 Deposit Guaranty
1947 Edward F Feighan, Rep-D-OH, 1983-
1947 Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Vo–te begins
1947 Lee Edward Evans, Madera California, 400m runner, Olympic-2 gold-1968
1947 Edward James Olmos, Cal, actor, Miami Vice, Stand and Deliver, Triumph
1946 Marc Edward Neikrug, composer
1946 Edward J Markey, Rep-D-MA, 1976-
1946 Edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71
1946 Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer, dies at 71
1945 Karl Edward Wagner, U.S., sci-fi author, Bloodstone, Night Winds
1945 Edward J. Caruthers, Jr., Troy Ala, high jumper, 1968 Olympics silver
1944 King Edward VI visits Montgomery's HQ in Normandy
1944 Charles Edward Greene, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 4x100m runner, 1968 Olympics gold
1944 Edward Chodorov's "Decision," premieres in New York City
1944 Edward G. Rendell, American Politician
1943 Edward H "Butch" O'hare, U.S. pilot/lt-comdr, dies in battle
1943 James Edward Sellars, composer
1943 Edward Cowie, composer
1943 Edward Herrmann, born in Washington D.C., actor, Day of the Dolphin, Reds
1943 Edward Skorek, Poland, volleyball player 1976 Olympics gold
1942 Derek Jarman, actor and director, Angelic Conversation, Edward II
1942 Edward "Sonny" Bivins, U.S. singer, Manhattans-Kiss and Say Goodbye
1941 Count Desmond, [Edward Benjamin], Binghamton, New York, sword swallower
1941 Richard Edward Wilson, composer
1941 Edward Harper, composer
1940 Edward Boguslawski, composer
1940 Edward Frederic Benson, novelist, dies
1939 Edward Patten, U.S. soul singer, Gladys Knight and the Pips
1939 Edward Pattern, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, Gladys Knight and the Pips
1939 Edward Sapir, U.S. linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55
1938 Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail, dies at 81
1937 Peter Edward Cook, Torquay England, actor/comedian, Bedazzled
1937 Edward Applebaum, composer
1937 Alun Edward Islwyn Pask, rugby International
1937 Duke of Windsor (Edward 8) weds Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson in France
1937 Edward Fox, born in London, England, actor, M-Never Say Never Again
1936 King Edward VIII marries Mrs. Wallis Simpson; abdicates throne Duke of York becomes King George VI
1936 King Edward VIII abdicates throne to marry Mrs. Wallis Simpson
1936 England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI
1936 Edward German, composer, dies at 74
1936 Edward George Gibson, Buffalo, New York, astronaut, Skylab 4
1936 Edward Villella, Bayside Queens, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet
1936 Edward Jones, U.K. military rep to NATO
1936 Anthony Edward Payne, composer
1936 Edward Ravenscroft patents screw-on bottle cap with a pour lip
1936 Edward Cazalet, British High Court Judge
1936 Edward Bach, English Scientist
1936 Edward VIII succeeds British king George V
1936 Edward R Madigan, Rep-R-IL, 1973-
1935 Edward Benes becomes president of Czechoslovakia
1935 Edward GNPP, English prince/duke of Kent
1935 Edward McInnes, German scholar
1935 Edward McGrady, MP
1935 John Edward Porter, Rep-R-IL, 1980-
1935 Edward H Thompson, U.S. archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78
1935 Edward Arlington Robinson, U.S. poet, dies
1934 Edward Bond, English playwright/director, Blow-up
1934 Warden Uncle, [Edward Vermeulen], Flemish landlord/writer, dies at 73
1934 Edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67
1934 Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode), dies at 76
1934 Edward Elgar, British Composer
1933 Edward Julius Biedermann, composer, dies at 84
1933 Greer Garson wed Edward Snelson
1933 Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/Foreign minister, dies
1933 Edward Lucie-Smith, poetry critic
1932 Edward Kennedy, American Politician
1931 Edward Kellett-Bowman, British MEP
1930 Edward H White II, born in San Antonio, Texas, Lt Col USAF/astronaut, Gemini 4
1930 Edward H. White II, Astronaut
1930 Edward Woodward, Croydon England, actor, Breaker Morant, Wickerman
1930 Edward Seaga, PM, Jamaica
1930 Edward V "Ned" Regan, Planfield, New Jersey, Controller-R-NY, 1978-
1930 Hugh Edward Conway Seymour, marquis of Hertford
1930 Esteban Edward Torres, Rep-D-CA, 1983-
1930 Edward W. Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66
1930 Edward Galven Givens, Jr., Quanah Texas, Major USAF/astronaut
1929 Edward Asner, Kansas City Kansas, actor, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant
1929 Edward Carpenter, English Activist
1929 Edward O. Wilson, American Scientist
1929 Edward Anson, British vice-admiral
1929 Edward Levy Irving, composer
1929 Edward Crook, born in Detroit, Michigan, middleweight boxer 1960 Olympics gold
1928 Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng
1928 Edward Greenall, businessman/sportsman
1928 Edward Zorinsky, Sen-D-NB, 1976-88
1928 James Edward Bradford, DC, HW weightlifer, Olympic-silver-1952, 56
1928 Edward "Whitey" Ford, hall of fame pitcher, New York Yankees
1928 Edward Hamm of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 11"
1928 John Ingle, actor, Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital
1928 Edward Albee, born in Washington, D.C., playwright, Virgina Woolfe, Zoo Story
1928 Edward Gerard Schurmann, composer
1927 Edward Ralph Keinholz, sculptor
1927 Edward Kienholz, U.S. sculptor, Roxy
1927 Edward Abbey, U.S. author, Desert Solitaire
1926 John Edward Caulwell Hearne, writer
1925 Frederick Edward Nicklin, architect
1925 Edward Fursdon, British Maj-Gen, defense council
1925 Edward Gorey, Chicago, author/artist, Curious Sofa
1924 Edward I Koch, New York City, Mayor-D-NYC, 1977-89, /judge, People's Court
1924 Edward Koch, Politician
1924 Edward Everett Rice, composer, dies at 75
1924 Edward D Wood, Jr., Poughkeepsie, New York, director, Plan 9 from Outer Space
1924 Edward du Cann, CEO, Lonrho
1923 Edward A de Jongh, Antillian author, The Arch
1923 Edward Mulhare, Cork, Ireland, actor, Daniel Gregg-Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1923 George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, egyptologist, dies at 56
1923 Edward E Barnard, U.S. astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65
1923 Edward E. Barnard, American Scientist
1922 Edward Gailliard, Flemish language/archaeologist, dies at 81
1921 Edward Gourdin of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 2 3/4"
1920 Edward Bennett Williams, lawyer/team owner, Redskins, Baltimore Orioles
1920 Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster
1920 Terence Edward Armstrong, polar geographer
1920 Edward Kassner, music publisher
1919 Edward W. Brooke, 1st black senator in over 80 years, Sen-R-Mass
1919 Edward L Feightner, U.S. rear-admiral, WW II-Santa Cruz Islands
1919 Edward Leadbitter, politician
1918 Edward B. Lewis, American Scientist
1918 Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert
1917 Rev Edward Flanagan forms Boys Town outside Omaha, Neb
1917 Edward Firth Henderson, arabist
1917 Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Neb
1917 Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist
1917 Edward Toner Cone, composer
1917 Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I
1917 Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84
1916 David Lewis, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital
1916 Edward D Pain, English journalist (New York World), dies in battle at 36
1916 Edward Heath, British Prime Minister, 1970-74
1916 Edward H J Keurvels, Flemish conductor and composer (Parisina), dies at 62
1916 Edward Platt, Staten Island, New York, actor, Chief-Get Smart
1916 Edward R Roybal, Rep-D-CA, 1963-
1916 Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62
1915 Edward Digby Baltzell, Ivy League sociologist
1915 British transport Royal Edward sank by German U boat kills 1000
1915 Edward Miller, Master, Fitzwilliam College Cambridge
1915 Edward Stone, 1st U.S. combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded
1915 Edward Frederick Weston Goodman, property developer
1914 Edward "Henricus" Schillebeeckx, Dutch theologist
1914 Edward J Day, U.S. Postmaster General, 1961
1914 Edward Andrews, Griffin Georgia, actor, Tea and Sympathy, Glass Bottom Boat
1914 Edward T. Hall, American Scientist
1914 Edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87
1914 Edward George Edwards, chemist
1913 Edward Dowden, Irish Critic
1913 Edward Sheldons "Romance," premieres in New York City
1913 Edward Gierek, party leader, Polish CP
1912 Edward M Purcell, U.S. physicist, Nobel 1952
1912 Edward M. Purcell, American Scientist
1912 Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals
1912 Edward Gardner, Queen's Court/MP
1912 Edward Blake, Canadian Politician
1912 John Edward Christopher Hill, English Historian
1911 Edward Knoblock's "Kismet," premieres in New York City
1911 Edward P Boland, Rep-D-MA, 1953-
1911 Edward Whymper, English mountaineer (Ascent of Matterhorn), dies
1911 Edward Levi, professor, Intro to Legal Reasoning
1911 Edward Adamson, art therapist/collector
1911 Edward Warner, diplomat
1910 Edward Forster publishes "Howards End"
1910 Edward Ford, registrat Order of Merit
1910 Edward P. Morgan, American Journalist
1910 Funeral for Britain's King Edward VII
1910 Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), dies at 68
1909 Edward L Tatum, U.S., molecular geneticist, Nobel 1958
1909 Edward H. Harriman, American Businessman
1909 English King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill
1909 John Edward "Teddy" Buckner, trumpeter
1909 Edward Moss Hutchinson, educationalist
1909 Edward Playfair, British senior civil servant
1909 Edward Lawrie Tatum, American Scientist
1908 Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A, premieres
1908 Edward Dmytryk, director, Carpetbaggers, Young Lions, Caine Mutiny
1908 Harold Edward Holt, Australian Politician
1908 Edward R. Murrow, Pole Creek, North Carolina, newscaster, Person to Person
1908 Edward Roberts, bishop, Ely
1908 Edward Lansdale, general/model, Quiet American, Ugly American
1908 Edward Staempfli, composer
1908 Edward Alexander MacDowell, U.S. composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47
1908 Edward Teller, born in Budapest, Hungary, fathered H-bomb, Manhattan Project
1907 Edward Albert Radice, economist
1906 Edward Lansing Gordon, Jr., Jackson, Mississippi, long jumper, Olympics gold 32
1906 English Minister of Foreign affairs Edward Grey's wife Dorothy fatally injured
1905 Edward Milton Royle's "Squaw Man," premieres in New York City
1905 Edward Lockspeiser, composer
1904 Edward Morris Bernstein, economist
1904 Edward Chodorov, playwright/director, Story of Louis Pasteur
1904 1st performance of Edward Elgar's "In the South (Alassio)"
1903 J Edward Bromberg, Hungary, actor, Mark of Zorro, Under 2 Flags
1902 Edward VII of England crowned after death of his mother Victoria
1902 Order of Merit instituted by King Edward VII
1902 Edward Wayne, physician, Queen of Scotland
1902 Edward Durell Stone, U.S., architect, U.S. Embassy, New Delhi
1902 Edward Uhler Condon, atomic scientist, Manhattan Project
1901 Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica), dies at 86
1901 Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance March," premieres in Liverpool
1901 Edward Chapman, Harrogate England, actor, Promoter, Rembrandt
1901 Edward Lambert, British diplomat
1901 Edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82
1901 Benjamin Edward Woolf, composer, dies at 64
1901 After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series and begins King Edward VII series
1900 Edward R Stettinius, U.S., foreign minister, 1944-45, /diplomat
1900 Edward Elgar/Cardinal Newmans oratorium premieres in Birmingham
1900 Edward J "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player, 1st witnessed 147 break
1900 Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII
1900 Edward VII, King, assassinated
1899 Edward Pollock, saxophone/clarinet
1899 Duke Ellington, Washington D.C., [Edward Kennedy], bandleader, Take A Train
1899 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Concerto in D
1898 Edward Bellamy, U.S. author (Looking Backward), dies
1898 Edward Bellamy, writer, dies at 48
1898 Edward PF Eagan, Denver, boxer, Oly-gold-20, /bobsledder, Oly-gold-32
1898 Edward Noyes Westcott, U.S. attorney/writer (David Harum), dies
1897 Edward Orval Gourdin, Jacksonville, long jumper 1924 Olympics silver
1897 Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator
1897 Thomas Edward Brown, British Poet
1896 Edward Macdowell's 2nd Suite in E, premieres
1895 King Edward VII says "We are all Socialists nowadays"
1895 Edward Gill, baseball player
1895 Harry F V Edward, born in British Guiana, 100m/200m runner, Oly-bronze-1920
1895 Edward Brophy, actor, Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, Cameraman, Doughboys
1895 Edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39
1894 Yakima Canutt, [Enos Edward], Colfax, Washington, actor/dir, Texas Terror
1894 Edward VIII, King of Great Brit/N-Ireland/emperor of India, 1936
1894 King Edward VIII, English Royalty
1893 Edward G Robinson, [Goldenberg], Romania, actor, 10 Commandments
1893 Edward A Doisy Sr, U.S. bio-chemist, Vitamin K1, Nobel 1943
1893 Edward Hart, Rep-D-NJ, /1st chairman of Com on Un-American Activities
1893 Edward Acheson, Penn, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum"
1893 Edward Mcdowell's "Hamlet and Ophelia," premieres in Boston
1892 Edward V Appleton, English physicist, Appleton-layer
1892 Edward Appleton, English Scientist
1892 Edward H Carr, born in England, historian, History of Soviet Russia
1892 Edward Steuermann, composer
1892 Edward B B Shanks, British poet and critic
1891 Edward L Bernays, Vienna Austria, 1st public relations agent
1891 Edward Bernard Andre Maria Raczynski, Poland, pres-in-exile, 1979-86
1891 Edward Bernays, PR expert
1891 Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, London, composer, Olympians
1890 Edward Arnold, New York City, actor, Mr Smith Goes to Washington
1890 Edward Macdowell's "Lancelot and Elaine," premieres
1889 Edward Ciannelli, Ischia Italy, actor, You Can't Escape Forever
1889 Edward Sydney Smith, composer, dies at 49
1888 Edward Lear, poet/author, dies at 75
1887 Edward Collins, New York, Hall of Fame infielder, White Sox, A's
1886 Edward MacDowell's "Ophelia," premieres
1886 Edward Bach, English Scientist
1886 Edward Ballantine, composer
1886 Ned Buntline, [Edward Zane Carroll Judson], author, dies
1886 Edward C. Tolman, U.S. psychologist, behaviorism
1886 Edward Weston, American Photographer
1886 Edward Everett Horton, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor/narrator, Bulwinkle Show
1886 Edward Kendall, chemist, isolated cortisone, Nobel 1950
1886 Albert Edward Sammons, composer
1885 Edward Stephen, composer, dies at 62
1884 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Piano suite
1884 Edward Sapir, Germany, linguist/antropologist, indians
1884 Edward Kilenyi, composer
1883 Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, born in London, England, composer, Farewell My Youth
1882 Edward Hopper, U.S. painter, House by the Railroad
1882 Edward Earle, born in Toronto, Ontario, actor, Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight
1881 Edward Leveaux patents automatic player piano
1881 William Edward Boeing, founded aircraft co, Boeing
1881 Edward Frederick Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to U.S., 1940-46
1880 Edward Wolff, composer, dies at 64
1880 Ralph Edward Flanders, Barnet VT, Sen-VT
1879 Edward Steichen, pioneered American photography
1879 Edward Rigby, England, actor, Star Look Down, Young and Innocent
1879 Edward M Forster, England, novelist, Howards End, Passage to India
1879 Edward M. Forster, English Novelist
1878 Edward Scripps and John Sweeney found Penny Press (Cleveland Press)
1878 Edward Pooley completes record 8 stumpings in a cricket match
1878 Lord Dunsany, [Edward JMD Plunkett], Irish sci-fi writer, Time and Gods
1878 Edward Thomas, English Poet
1876 Edward Bouchet, is 1st black to recieve a PhD in U.S. college (Yale)
1876 Charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53
1875 Aleister [Edward S] Crowley, 75 pseudonames, British occultist
1874 Charles Edward Ives, Danbury, Connecticut, composer, Holiday Quick Step
1874 Edward Thorndike, American Psychologist
1874 Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer
1874 Edward Bowes, radio host, Major Bowes Amateur Hour
1873 Edward Burlingame Hill, composer
1873 Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province
1873 Prince Edward Island joins Canada
1873 George Edward Moore, English Philosopher
1872 Edward Faber Schneider, composer
1872 Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer, dies at 63
1872 Edward Marsh, British Editor
1872 Edward G Craig, actor and director, On the art of theatre
1872 Edward Gordon Craig, British Actor
1869 George Robey, [George Edward Wade], comic
1867 Edward Hodges, composer, dies at 71
1867 Edward Naylor, composer
1867 Charles Edward Montague, English author/critic, Fiery Particles
1865 Mary Edward Walker, 1st Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor
1863 Edward Needle Kirk, U.S. Union brig-general, dies in battle at about 35
1863 Edward Payson Chapin, Union brig general, dies at 31
1863 Edward Dorr Tracy, U.S. Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29
1862 James Edward Rains, lawyer/Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 29
1862 Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/minister of Foreign affairs
1862 Edward German, Jones, Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer
1861 Edward Dickinson Baker, U.S. attorney/senator, dies in battle at 50
1861 Warden Oncle, [Edward Vermeulen], Flemish farmer/writer
1861 On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration
1860 Edward Alexander MacDowell, U.S., composer, Indian Suite
1860 1st British royalty to visit U.S., Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)
1860 Edward Albert Filene, merchant, established U.S. credit union movement
1859 Edward Bradley, horse owner, 1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners
1859 Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet, A Buried Life
1857 Edward Emerson Barnard, Tennessee, astronomer, Jupiter's 5th satellite
1857 Edward William Elgar, born in Broadheath, England, composer, Pomp and Circumstance
1857 Edward Elgar, British Composer
1857 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32
1857 Edward E. Barnard, American Scientist
1856 Edward Herbert Thompson, Massachusetts, archaeologist, Mayan civilization
1856 Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT
1855 James Edward Kelly, U.S., sculptor "Sculptor of American History"
1855 Edward Solomon, composer
1854 Edward Wyllis Scripps, publisher/journalist
1854 Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader, Irish Unionist Party
1854 Edward Forbes, British Scientist
1853 Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer, Parisina
1852 Edward Austin Abbey, U.S., painter, Quest of the Holy Grail
1850 Scottish explorer Edward Eyre reaches Albany, W-Australia
1850 Edward John Gregory, painter/engraver
1850 Edward Bellamy, author, Looking Backward
1849 Edward Julius Biedermann, composer
1848 Edward Everett Rice, composer
1848 Edward H. Harriman, American Businessman
1846 Charles Edward Pickering, pioneered American spectroscopist
1844 Edward Carpenter, English Activist
1843 Edward Dowden, Irish Critic
1843 1st Catholic governor in U.S., Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office
1841 [Albert] Edward VII, king of England, 1901-10
1841 Edward John Armstrong, poet
1841 Edward Gailliard, Flemish linguist/archaeologicalist
1840 Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn, 1865
1839 Edward Sydney Smith, composer
1836 Edward Livingston, American Judge
1836 Benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer
1835 Edward Porter Alexander, Brig General Confederate Army
1834 Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom, Bvt Major General Union volunteers
1834 Edward Irving, Scottish Clergyman
1833 Edward Dorr Tracy, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1863
1833 Edward Burne-Jones, England, Pre-Raphaelite painter/designer
1833 Edward Moody McCook, Bvt Mjr General Union volunteers, died in 1909
1833 James Edward Rains, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1862
1833 Edward Blake, Canadian Politician
1832 Edward Hatch, Bvt Major General Union volunteers, died in 1889
1832 Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist
1832 Edward Harland, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1915
1832 Alfred Pollard Edward, Civil War journalist, died in 1872
1831 Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India
1831 Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Statesman
1831 Edward Payson Chapin, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1863
1831 David Edward Hughes, inventor, microphone, teleprinter
1831 Edward Cary Walthall, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1898
1831 Edward Aylesworth Perry, Brig General Confederate Army
1831 Edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General Union volunteers, died in 1899
1830 Edward Winslow Hinks, Bvt Major General Union volunteers
1830 Thomas Edward Brown, British Poet
1828 Edward Saloman, Gov, Union, died in 1909
1828 Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed, Amherst College
1828 Calvin Edward Pratt, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1896
1827 Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General Union volunteers
1827 Edward Mollenhauer, composer
1827 Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1912
1825 Edward Augustus Wild, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1891
1825 Raleigh Edward Colston, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1896
1825 Edward Henry Hobson, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1901
1825 Edward Lloyd Thomas, Brig General Confederate Army died in 1898
1825 George Edward Pickett, Major General Confederate Army, died in 1875
1824 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer
1824 Edward Jones, composer, dies at 72
1824 Edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies
1823 Edward Elmer Potter, Bvt Mjr General Union volunteers, died in 1889
1822 Charles Edward Horsley, composer
1822 Edward Stephen, composer
1822 Edward Everett Hale, U.S., clergyman/author, Man without a Country
1821 Edward Winston Pettus, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1907
1820 Patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General Union volunteers
1820 Edward Bransfield aboard Williams discovers Antarctica (UK claim)
1818 Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1883
1818 Edward John Hopkins, composer
1817 Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, Major General Union volunteers
1816 Edward Wolff, composer
1816 Edward "Old Allegheny" Johnson, Major General Confederate Army
1815 Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor, Jamaica
1815 Martin Edward Green, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1863
1815 James Edward Harrison, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1875
1815 Edward Forbes, British Scientist
1815 Edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle
1812 Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, Complete Nonsense Book
1811 Edward Dickinson Baker, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1861
1809 Edward FitzGerald, born in England, writer, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
1808 Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer
1808 Henry Edward Manning, cardinal and archbishop, Westminster
1807 Edward Miller, composer, dies at 71
1807 Robert Edward Lee, Stratford, Virginia, General-in-Chief, Confederacy
1803 Edward Despard, last person drawn and quartered in England
1801 Edward William Lane, translator, Thousand and 1 Nights
1800 Edward Rutledge, U.S. attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at 50
1799 Edward Stanley, Earl Derby, C, British Prime Minister, 1852, 1858-59, 1866-68
1799 Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination is introduced
1796 Edward Hodges, composer
1796 1st smallpox inoculation administered, by Edward Jenner
1794 Edward Everett, Dorchester Massachusetts, Gov-Mass, statesman/orator
1794 Edward Gibbon, historian (Decline and Fall), dies in London at 56
1793 Edward Bates, Atty Gen, Union, died in 1869
1792 Edward John Trelawney, England, traveler/author, Adv of Younger Son
1792 Edward Irving, Scottish Clergyman
1784 1st U.S. balloon flight, 13 year old Edward Warren
1766 James III Edward, Old Pretender/king of Gt Britain/Ireland, dies at 77
1765 Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81
1764 Edward Livingston, American Judge
1757 Edward Moore, English Dramatist
1755 Edward Braddock, British general, dies in battle at Pittsburgh
1752 Edward Jones, composer
1749 Edward Rutledge, Gov-SC, /attorney/signer, Decl of Independence
1749 Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination
1737 Edward Gibbon, England, historian, Decline and Fall of Roman Empire
1737 Edward Gibson, England, historian, Decline and Fall of Roman Emp
1737 Edward Gibbon, English Historian
1735 Edward Miller, composer
1722 Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st U.S. divinity professor (Harvard)
1720 [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne
1720 Charles Edward Stuart, [Bonnie Prince Charlie/Young Pretender]
1718 Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, English pirate, killed off Virginia coast
1716 Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France
1715 Pro-James Edward Stuart-rebellion surrenders
1712 Edward Moore, English Dramatist
1692 Edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft
1692 Edward Cave, England, printer, Gentlemen's Magazine
1688 James III Edward, Old Pretender, recognized as King of Britain by Pope
1683 Edward Young, English poet, Revenge, Complaint
1674 Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65
1671 Edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68
1648 Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65
1634 Edward Coke, English Chief Justice/politician, dies
1625 Edward Montagu, England
1609 Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM, 1660-67
1583 Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military and philosopher
1553 Edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15
1553 King Edward VI accept archbishop Cranmers "42 Articles"
1552 Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician, defended common law
1552 Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, beheaded for treason
1551 English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested
1550 English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset, freed
1547 English demand Edward VI, 10, wed Mary Queen of Scots, 5
1547 King Edward VI of England was enthroned following death of Henry VIII
1547 9-year-old Edward VI succeeds Henry VIII as king of England
1537 Edward VI, Tudor, King of England, 1547-53
1534 Jacques Cartier discovers Prince Edward Islands Canada
1499 Edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded
1497 "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork
1487 Imposter Lambert Simnel ceremony crowned as King Edward VI of Dublin
1486 King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV
1483 Edward V, king of England (Apr 9-Jun 25, 1483), murdered
1483 Edward I (12) succeeds Edward IV as king of England
1483 Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38
1471 Battle of Tewkesbury - King Edward IV vs Ex-queen Margaretha
1471 Battle of Barnet-King Edward IV vs Earl of Warwick
1471 King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI
1470 Edward V, King of England, Apr 9-Jun 25 1483
1461 Edward IV crowned king of England
1461 Battle at Towton: Duke Edward of York beats English queen Margaretha Edward IV recognized as king of England
1442 Edward IV, King of England, 1461-70, 71-83
1442 Edward IV, King, England, 1461-83
1377 Richard II succeeds Edward III as king of England
1377 Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies
1376 "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46
1356 Scottish king Edward Baliol resigns
1355 English invasion army under king Edward lands at Calais
1355 Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward II, dies at 36
1340 English king Edward III proclaimed king of France
1336 English King Edward III endswool export to Flanders
1330 Edward, the black prince, prince of Wales, 1343-1376
1328 King Edward III of England marries Philippa of Henegouwen
1327 Edward II, king of England (1307-1327), assassinated at 43
1327 King Edward III accedes to British throne
1322 Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence
1307 Edward I, King of England (1272-1307), dies at 68
1301 Edward of Caernarion (later Edward II) becomes 1st prince of Wales
1291 Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I
1290 Last of 16,000 English Jews expelled by King Edward I, leaves
1290 King Edward I of England orders expulsion of Jews
1290 Jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I
1284 Edward II, King of England, 1307-27
1275 King Edward I of England orders cessation of persecution of French Jews
1272 Edward I proclaimed King of England
1265 Battle at Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort
1239 Edward I, King of England, 1272-1307, /chased Jews out of England
1093 Edward Macduncan, Scot crown prince/son of Malcolm II, dies in battle
1066 Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies
1043 Edward the Confessor crowned king of England
978 Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15
924 Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies
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