2003 Death Edwin Starr, American Musician 1997 Death Paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54 1997 Death Edwin Haig Alberian, TV celebrity, played Clarabell 1996 Death Charles Edwin Molnar, computer pioneer, dies at 61 1996 Death Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman, dies at 35 1996 Death Edwin Clarke, historian/neurologist, dies at 76 1996 Death Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher, dies at 89 1995 Death Edwin "Russell" House, saxophonist, dies at 65 1995 Death Donald Edwin White, ad copywriter/opera administrator, dies at 59 1993 Death Edwin A Walker, U.S. Major-General, dies of lung cancer at 84 1993 Death Edwin "Rick" Bakker, author (Rick's Report/AIDS Diary), dies at 31 1993 Death Edwin Louis Battle, actor (Almost Blue, Chase), dies of stroke at 33 1991 Death Edwin M McMillan, U.S., chemist (neptunium, plutonium, Nobel 1951), dies 1991 Death Edwin H Land, inventor (Polaroid Camera), dies at 81 1991 Event Edwin Jongejans of Netherlands wins 1-meter springboard diving title 1987 Event Danny Harris beats Edwin Moses, ends streak of 122 cons hurdle wins 1987 Event "Mystery of Edwin Drood" closes at Imperial New York City after 608 performances 1986 Event Caroline Kennedy (28) marries Edwin Schlossberg (41) 1986 Event 40th Tony Awards: I'm Not Rappaport and Mystery of Edwin Drood win 1985 Event "Mystery of Edwin Drood" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 608 performances 1985 Event Rupert Holmes' musical "Mystery of Edwin Drood," premieres in New York City 1985 Event Edwin Meese III becomes U.S. Attorney General 1985 Event U.S. Senate confirms Edwin Meese III as attorney general 1984 Event Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race 1984 Event Edwin Newman retires from NBC News after 35 years with the network 1983 Event Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "because food is free and that's easier than paying for it" 1983 Event Edwin Moses of USA sets 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz 1971 Birthday Edwin van Holten, soccer player, FC Volendam 1970 Birthday Edwin Huizinga, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Emmen 1970 Birthday Edwin van der Sar, Dutch soccer goalkeeper, Ajax 1970 Event Edwin Land patents Polaroid camera 1970 Birthday Edwin Zoetebier, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam 1970 Birthday Edwin de Kruyf/Kruijff, soccer player, FC Utrecht, FC Groningen 1969 Event 1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11 1968 Birthday Edwin Vurens, Dutch soccer player, FC Twente 1968 Death Edwin O'Connor, U.S. writer, dies at 49 1964 Death Edwin John Pratt, Canadian poet (Towards the Last Spike), dies at 81 1963 Birthday Edwin Gorter, soccer player, Lommel/FC Utrecht 1961 Birthday Edwin "Rick" Bakker, Dutch author: Rick's Report, AIDS Diary 1961 Event Edwin Newman becomes news anchor of Today Show 1961 Birthday Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman 1959 Death Edwin Muir, Scottish Poet 1956 Death Edwin Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 78 1955 Birthday Edwin Corley Moses, Dayton, 400m hurdler, Gold Medals 1976, 1984 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1988 Olympics 1955 Death Edwin Scharff, German painter/sculptor (Rossebandiger), dies at 68 1954 Death Edwin Armstrong, U.S. radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63 1953 Death Edwin P Hubble, astronomer, designer of telescopes, dies at 63 1953 Death Edwin Powell Hubble, American Scientist 1951 Birthday Robert Edwin Wadkins, Richmond, Virginia, PGA golfer, 1994 Kemper Open-2nd 1949 Event Brigadier General Edwin K. Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1948 Death Edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62 1947 Event Brigadier General Edwin K Wright, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA 1946 Birthday Fighting Mack, Edwin Alberto, Antillian welterweight boxer 1945 Event Edwin Schlossberg, husband of Carolyn Kennedy 1943 Event 1st president of a black country to visit U.S. (Edwin Barclay, Liberia) 1942 Birthday Edwin Starr, U.S. singer, War 1940 Death Edwin Markham, American Poet 1938 Birthday Edwin Elliason, Washington, U.S. archer 1992 Olympics 1937 Birthday Edwin Roxburgh, born in England, composer, principal oboist, Sadler's Wells Opera, wrote, Manuhin Music Guide 1935 Birthday Donald Edwin White, advertising copywriter/opera administrator 1935 Death Edwin Cannan, economist, dies 1934 Death Edwin Lehare, composer, dies at 69 1934 Event Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars 1931 Birthday Edwin Meese III, prude, U.S. attorney General, 1985-88 1930 Event Edwin Justus Mayer's "Children of Darkness," premieres in New York City 1929 Event BINGO invented by Edwin S Lowe 1929 Event Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe 1929 Birthday Edwin London, composer 1927 Birthday Edwin W. Edwards, born in Marksville, Louisiana, Governor Louisiana 1972 - 1980 1984 - 1988 and 1992 - 1996, Democrat 1927 Birthday Edwin W. Edwards, Politician 1927 Birthday Edwin Edwards, American Politician 1926 Birthday Edwin "Duke" Snider, Brooklyn Dodger centerfielder, 406 home runs 1926 Birthday Edwin James Nairn Carr, composer 1925 Birthday Edwin Gordon, New York City, VOA correspondant 1924 Event Edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems 1923 Event Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star 1919 Birthday Edwin C Tubb, Brits sci-fi writer, Earth is Heaven, Earthfall 1919 Birthday Edwin Clarke, historian and neurologist 1919 Birthday Edwin Newman, New York City, newscaster/journalist/author, NBC-TV, Comment 1918 Birthday Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher, Brooklyn Dodgers 1914 Birthday Edwin Mirvish, owner, Old Vic 1911 Event Edwin Boaler Alletson hits 189 in 90 minutes Notts vs. Sussex 1911 Death Edwin Arthur Jones, composer, dies at 57 1909 Birthday Edwin Gerschefski, composer 1909 Birthday Edwin Arrowsmith, diplomat 1909 Birthday Edwin H Land, inventor, instant photography, Polaroid, 1909 Birthday Edwin H. Land, American Inventor 1907 Birthday Edwin M McMillan, U.S., physicist/discoverer plutonium, Nobel prize 1906 Birthday Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher 1903 Birthday Edwin Denby, Tientsin China, U.S. dance critic/poet, Snoring in N 1900 Birthday Edwin McLeod, cricketer, played in New Zealand's 2nd-ever Test 1930 1900 Event Edwin S Votey patents pneumatic piano player 1900 Death Edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80 1898 Event Edwin Prescott patents roller coaster 1898 Birthday Edwin E. Dwinger, German writer, General Vlassov 1893 Death Edwin Booth, American Actor 1893 Birthday Royal Butler, Edwin Richey, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor 1890 Birthday Edwin Armstrong, born in New York City, radio pioneer inventor, FM 1889 Birthday Edwin Hubble, astronomer, discoverer of galaxies, red shift 1889 Birthday Edwin Powell Hubble, American Scientist 1889 Death Edwin Hatch, English Theologian 1887 Birthday Edwin Muir, Scottish Poet 1887 Birthday Edwin Scharff, German "entartet" painter/sculptor 1886 Birthday Ed Wynn, Isaiah Edwin Leopold, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, comedian, Ed Wynn Show 1885 Death General Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, mayor (Elzas-Lothar'n), dies 1878 Birthday Edwin Franko Goldman, composer 1877 Event Edwin T. Holmes installs 1st telephone switchboard burglar alarm 1869 Death Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, U.S. Secretary of War 1861 - 1865, dies at 55 1869 Death Edwin M. Stanton, American Lawyer 1869 Birthday Edwin Arlington Robinson, U.S., poet, Richard Corey 1869 Birthday Edwin Lutyens, architect, London 1867 Event President A Johnson defies Congress suspending Secretary of War Edwin Stanton 1865 Birthday Edwin Lehare, composer 1864 Death William Edwin Baldwin, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies 1863 Death Edwin Vose Sumner, U.S. Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66 1862 Death William Edwin Starke, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 48 1859 Event 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn by Edwin Drake 1858 Event Edwin T. Holmes installs 1st electric burglar alarm (Boston, Massachusetts) 1856 Birthday Robert Edwin Peary, U.S., arctic explorer, North Pole-Apr 6 1909 1855 Birthday Edwin H Hall, U.S. physicist, Hall effect 1853 Birthday Edwin Arthur Jones, composer 1852 Birthday Edwin Markham, U.S., poet, 1st winner of American Academy of Poets Award 1937 1849 Event 1st performance by U.S. actor Edwin Booth (Richard III) 1848 Birthday Edwin Howland Blashfield, decorated the dome of Library of Congress 1838 Birthday Edwin Henry Stoughton, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1836 Birthday Edwin Gray Lee, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1835 Birthday Edwin Hatch, English Theologian 1833 Birthday Edwin Thomas Booth, U.S., U.S. Hall of Fame/actor, Hamlet 1833 Birthday Edwin Booth, American Actor 1832 Birthday Edwin Arnold, English writer, Light of India 1830 Event Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever 1819 Birthday Edwin George Monk, composer 1819 Birthday Edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive U.S. oil well 1814 Birthday Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, Ohio, U.S. Secretary of War, 1861 - 1865 1814 Birthday Edwin M. Stanton, American Lawyer 1811 Birthday Edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War, Confederacy 1809 Birthday Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, governor/viceroy, Elzas-Lutherian 1800 Birthday Edwin Chadwick, British social reformer 1797 Birthday Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General Union volunteers 1561 Birthday Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony
