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2003 Edwin Starr, American Musician
1997 Paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54 1997 Edwin Haig Alberian, TV celebrity, played Clarabell 1996 Charles Edwin Molnar, computer pioneer, dies at 61 1996 Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman, dies at 35 1996 Edwin Clarke, historian/neurologist, dies at 76 1996 Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher, dies at 89 1995 Edwin "Russell" House, saxophonist, dies at 65 1995 Donald Edwin White, ad copywriter/opera administrator, dies at 59 1993 Edwin A Walker, U.S. Major-General, dies of lung cancer at 84 1993 Edwin "Rick" Bakker, author (Rick's Report/AIDS Diary), dies at 31 1993 Edwin Louis Battle, actor (Almost Blue, Chase), dies of stroke at 33 1991 Edwin M McMillan, U.S., chemist (neptunium, plutonium, Nobel 1951), dies 1991 Edwin H Land, inventor (Polaroid Camera), dies at 81 1991 Edwin Jongejans of Netherlands wins 1-meter springboard diving title 1987 Danny Harris beats Edwin Moses, ends streak of 122 cons hurdle wins 1987 "Mystery of Edwin Drood" closes at Imperial New York City after 608 performances 1986 Caroline Kennedy (28) marries Edwin Schlossberg (41) 1986 40th Tony Awards: I'm Not Rappaport and Mystery of Edwin Drood win 1985 "Mystery of Edwin Drood" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 608 performances 1985 Rupert Holmes' musical "Mystery of Edwin Drood," premieres in New York City 1985 Edwin Meese III becomes U.S. Attorney General 1985 U.S. Senate confirms Edwin Meese III as attorney general 1984 Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race 1984 Edwin Newman retires from NBC News after 35 years with the network 1983 Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "because food is free and that's easier than paying for it" 1983 Edwin Moses of USA sets 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz 1971 Edwin van Holten, soccer player, FC Volendam 1970 Edwin Huizinga, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Emmen 1970 Edwin van der Sar, Dutch soccer goalkeeper, Ajax 1970 Edwin Land patents Polaroid camera 1970 Edwin Zoetebier, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam 1970 Edwin de Kruyf/Kruijff, soccer player, FC Utrecht, FC Groningen 1969 1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11 1968 Edwin Vurens, Dutch soccer player, FC Twente 1968 Edwin O'Connor, U.S. writer, dies at 49 1964 Edwin John Pratt, Canadian poet (Towards the Last Spike), dies at 81 1963 Edwin Gorter, soccer player, Lommel/FC Utrecht 1961 Edwin "Rick" Bakker, Dutch author: Rick's Report, AIDS Diary 1961 Edwin Newman becomes news anchor of Today Show 1961 Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman 1959 Edwin Muir, Scottish Poet 1956 Edwin Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 78 1955 Edwin Corley Moses, Dayton, 400m hurdler, Gold Medals 1976, 1984 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1988 Olympics 1955 Edwin Scharff, German painter/sculptor (Rossebandiger), dies at 68 1954 Edwin Armstrong, American Inventor 1954 Edwin H Armstrong, U.S. radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63 1953 Edwin P Hubble, astronomer, designer of telescopes, dies at 63 1953 Edwin Powell Hubble, American Scientist 1951 Robert Edwin Wadkins, Richmond, Virginia, PGA golfer, 1994 Kemper Open-2nd 1949 Brigadier General Edwin K. Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1948 Edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62 1947 Brigadier General Edwin K Wright, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA 1946 Fighting Mack, Edwin Alberto, Antillian welterweight boxer 1945 Edwin Schlossberg, husband of Carolyn Kennedy 1943 1st president of a black country to visit U.S. (Edwin Barclay, Liberia) 1942 Edwin Starr, U.S. singer, War 1940 Edwin Markham, American Poet 1938 Edwin Elliason, Washington, U.S. archer 1992 Olympics 1937 Edwin Roxburgh, born in England, composer, principal oboist, Sadler's Wells Opera, wrote, Manuhin Music Guide 1935 Donald Edwin White, advertising copywriter/opera administrator 1935 Edwin Cannan, economist, dies 1934 Edwin Lehare, composer, dies at 69 1934 Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars 1931 Edwin Meese III, prude, U.S. attorney General, 1985-88 1930 Edwin Justus Mayer's "Children of Darkness," premieres in New York City 1929 BINGO invented by Edwin S Lowe 1929 Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe 1929 Edwin London, composer 1927 Edwin W. Edwards, Gov-La 1927 Edwin W. Edwards, Politician 1927 Edwin Edwards, American Politician 1926 Edwin "Duke" Snider, Brooklyn Dodger centerfielder, 406 home runs 1926 Edwin James Nairn Carr, composer 1925 Edwin Gordon, New York City, VOA correspondant 1924 Edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems 1923 Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star 1919 Edwin C Tubb, Brits sci-fi writer, Earth is Heaven, Earthfall 1919 Edwin Clarke, historian and neurologist 1919 Edwin Newman, New York City, newscaster/journalist/author, NBC-TV, Comment 1918 Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher, Brooklyn Dodgers 1914 Edwin Mirvish, owner, Old Vic 1911 Edwin Boaler Alletson hits 189 in 90 minutes Notts vs. Sussex 1911 Edwin Arthur Jones, composer, dies at 57 1909 Edwin Gerschefski, composer 1909 Edwin Arrowsmith, diplomat 1909 Edwin H Land, inventor, instant photography, Polaroid, 1909 Edwin H. Land, American Inventor 1907 Edwin M McMillan, U.S., physicist/discoverer plutonium, Nobel prize 1906 Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher 1903 Edwin Denby, Tientsin China, U.S. dance critic/poet, Snoring in N 1900 Edwin McLeod, cricketer, played in New Zealand's 2nd-ever Test 1930 1900 Edwin S Votey patents pneumatic piano player 1900 Edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80 1898 Edwin Prescott patents roller coaster 1898 Edwin E. Dwinger, German writer, General Vlassov 1893 Edwin Booth, American Actor 1893 Royal Butler, Edwin Richey, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor 1890 Edwin Howard Armstrong, New York City, radio pioneer inventor, FM 1889 Edwin Hubble, astronomer, discoverer of galaxies, red shift 1889 Edwin Powell Hubble, American Scientist 1889 Edwin Hatch, English Theologian 1887 Edwin Muir, Scottish Poet 1887 Edwin Scharff, German "entartet" painter/sculptor 1886 Ed Wynn, Isaiah Edwin Leopold, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, comedian, Ed Wynn Show 1885 General Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, mayor (Elzas-Lothar'n), dies 1878 Edwin Franko Goldman, composer 1877 Edwin T. Holmes installs 1st telephone switchboard burglar alarm 1869 Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, U.S. Secretary of War 1861 - 1865, dies at 55 1869 Edwin M. Stanton, American Lawyer 1869 Edwin Arlington Robinson, U.S., poet, Richard Corey 1869 Edwin Lutyens, architect, London 1867 President A Johnson defies Congress suspending Secretary of War Edwin Stanton 1865 Edwin Lehare, composer 1864 William Edwin Baldwin, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies 1863 Edwin Vose Sumner, U.S. Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66 1862 William Edwin Starke, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 48 1859 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn by Edwin Drake 1858 Edwin T. Holmes installs 1st electric burglar alarm (Boston, Massachusetts) 1856 Robert Edwin Peary, U.S., arctic explorer, North Pole-Apr 6 1909 1855 Edwin H Hall, U.S. physicist, Hall effect 1853 Edwin Arthur Jones, composer 1852 Edwin Markham, U.S., poet, 1st winner of American Academy of Poets Award 1937 1849 1st performance by U.S. actor Edwin Booth (Richard III) 1848 Edwin Howland Blashfield, decorated the dome of Library of Congress 1838 Edwin Henry Stoughton, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1836 Edwin Gray Lee, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1835 Edwin Hatch, English Theologian 1833 Edwin Thomas Booth, U.S., U.S. Hall of Fame/actor, Hamlet 1833 Edwin Booth, American Actor 1832 Edwin Arnold, English writer, Light of India 1830 Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever 1819 Edwin George Monk, composer 1819 Edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive U.S. oil well 1814 Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, Ohio, U.S. Secretary of War, 1861 - 1865 1814 Edwin M. Stanton, American Lawyer 1811 Edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War, Confederacy 1809 Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, governor/viceroy, Elzas-Lutherian 1800 Edwin Chadwick, British social reformer 1797 Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General Union volunteers 1561 Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony |
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