2013 Event The famous final New Year's Eve countdown in Times Square will be lead by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor; she will have the honor of pushing he ceremonial countdown button to start the descent of the Times Square New Year's Eve ball 2011 Event Over 5,000 red-winged blackbirds suddenly die in Beebe, Arkansas, on New Year's Eve; scientists investigate causes of the bird die-off 1997 Death Eve Lister, actress and singer (No Limit, Hyde Park), dies at 84 1995 Death Eve Perrick, journalist, dies at 78 1994 Event Howard Stern's New Year's Eve Beauty Pageant 1994 Event Jacobs Field opens with "Gateway's New Year's Eve Countdown to '94" 1993 Death Joseph L Mankiewicz, U.S. writer and director (All about Eve), dies at 83 1992 Death Eve Merriam, poet (Inner City Mother Goose), dies of cancer at 75 1990 Death Eve Arden, actress (Our Miss Brooks), dies at 82 1990 Death Werner Janssen, U.S. composer (New Years Eve in New York), dies at 91 1989 Death Bette [Ruth E] Davis, actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81 1979 Birthday Eve Chalom, born in Detroit, Michigan, dance skater, & Gates--1995 Nat, Jr. champ 1978 Birthday Tracie Spencer, born in Waterloo, Iowa, singer, songwriter, actress, model, performed pop, rhythm and blues, dance pop, quiet music genres, 'This House' reached Billboard Hot 100, guest on ABC sitcom Family Matters, sang background vocals for Eve, Kanye West, 50 Cent 1977 Death Eve Meyer, actress and pin-up model, dies in a plane crash at 46 1976 Death Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66 1975 Birthday Elana Eve Chomiszak, born in Providence, Rhode Island, Miss America-Rhode Island 1997 1974 Death Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer (La Chanson d'Eve), dies at 88 1974 Death Eve March, actress (Adam's Rib, Danny Boy), dies at 63 1972 Event Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Eve Golf Open 1969 Death Thelma Ritter, actress (All About Eve, Pillow Talk), dies at 63 1959 Birthday Mark Price, bass/vocals, All About Eve, Tin Huey-Contents Dislodged 1958 Birthday Eve Plumb, born in Burbank, actress, Jan-Brady Bunch, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka 1957 Birthday Julian Cope, Welsh pop musician, Eve's Volcano 1954 Event 6th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Donald O'Connor and Eve Arden wins 1952 Birthday Marilu Henner, born in Chicago, actress, Taxi, Man Who Loved Women, Eve Shade 1951 Birthday Trevor Eve, Wales, actor, Shadow Chasers 1951 Event 23rd Academy Awards - "All About Eve," Judy Holliday and J Ferrer win 1948 Death Charles D Brown, actor (Eve Knew Her Apples), dies at 61 1943 Birthday Eve Graham, rocker, New Seekers 1942 Event Maxwell Andersons "Eve of St. Mark," premieres in New York City 1937 Event Mae West performs Adam and Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC radio 1937 Birthday Barry McGuire, Oklahoma City, singer, Eve of Destruction 1936 Birthday Eve Queler, New York City, conductor 1930 Birthday Joanne Woodward, born in Thomasville, Georgia, actress, 3 Faces of Eve, Rachel 1926 Birthday Alice Ghostley, Eve Montana, actress, Bewitched, Designing Women 1924 Death Hans Thoma, painter, style reminiscent of the Pre-Raphaelites, works include 'Eve in Paradise', at the Frankfurt Museum, dies in Karlsruhe, Germany, at the age of 85 1919 Event Guy Bolton and George Middleton's "Adam and Eve," premieres in New York City 1919 Birthday Celeste Holm, born in New York City, actress, Gentleman's Agreement, All About Eve 1916 Birthday Eve Perrick, journalist 1915 Birthday Anna van Beers, Graeve, actress, A Woman like Eve 1914 Birthday Gary Merrill, Hartford Conn, actor, Young Dr. Kildare, All About Eve 1913 Birthday Eve Lister, actress and singer, No Limit, Hyde Park 1912 Birthday Eve Arden, born in Mill Valley, California, actress, Connie-Our Miss Brooks 1910 Birthday Eve March, California, actress, Curse of the Cat People 1909 Birthday Edgar Pangborn, U.S., sci-fi author, Judgment of Eve, Davy 1907 Birthday Alan Reed, New York City, actor, Mr Adams and Eve, voice, Fred Flintstone 1906 Birthday Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], Berlin, actress, Gloria, Gold 1905 Birthday Jan [Johannes] Teulings, Dutch actor and director, That Joyous Eve 1904 Birthday Eve Denise Curie, French pianist/author/daughter of Madame Curie 1899 Birthday Werner Janssen, New York City, conductor and composer, New Years Eve in New York 1869 Birthday William V Moody, U.S. poet, Death of Eve, Faith Healer 1839 Birthday Hans Thoma, born in Bernau, Germany, painter, style reminiscent of the Pre-Raphaelites, works include 'Eve in Paradise', at the Frankfurt Museum 1727 Death Alphonse d' Eve, composer, dies at 61 1666 Birthday Alphonse d' Eve, composer 1646 Birthday Johann Theile, German composer, Adam and Eve 834 Event 1st All Hallows Eve (Halloween) observed to honor the saints
