2000 David Brower, ecological activist, executive director of the Sierra Club for nearly 20 years, dies at 88
1999 Leonard Goldenson, TV executive, dies at 94
1998 Federal court rules President Clinton does not have executive privilege in the Lewinsky case so he must testify
1997 Godfrey Baseley, British radio executive, dies at 92
1996 Willaim Brown, British TV executive, dies at 67
1996 Bruce Matthews, newspaper executive, dies at 71
1996 Frank Henry Copplestone, TV executive, dies at 71
1996 Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, bBC Executive, dies at 88
1989 Mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union
1988 George Alpert, railroad executive, dies at 90
1987 Gerrit John Heijn, senior executive (Ahold), kidnapped/murdered
1987 Al Campanis, Dodger executive for more than 40 years, resigns, after making racial remarks on "Nightline"
1983 Howard Deitz, MGM executive, dies at 86 of Parkinson's disease
1981 Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence (No 12333)
1981 Roy Wilkins, longtime executive director of NAACP, dies at 80
1978 Carter Executive Order on Intelligence
1976 Benjamin Hooks, succeeds Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP
1975 Ford Executive Order on CIA Activities within the U.S. (No 11828)
1968 Executive Council decides both AL and NL to divide into 2 divisions
1967 Joe DiMaggio is hired as executive VP of A's by Charlie Finley
1961 Whitney Young, Jr. named executive director of National Urban League
1959 Abigail Kingsley Alling, New York City, executive, Biosphere 2
1959 Joanne Gail Abbott, executive, MTV
1955 1st black executive on White House staff, E. Frederic Morrow
1955 Leigh J McCloskey, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Dallas, Executive Suite, Gen Hosp
1953 Robert Pittman, TV executive/developer, MTV
1952 Lyn Perrin, executive administrator, WIC
1952 1st black executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC New York)
1952 Wendy Phillips, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Executive Suite, Promised Land
1950 Heather North, born in Pasadena, California, actress, Barefoot Executive
1948 President Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment and opportunity" in armed forces
1948 John Browne, group chief executive, British Petroleum Company
1948 Executive Order 9981, end segregation in U.S. Armed Forces signed
1947 President Truman signs executive order calling for loyalty
1947 President Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States
1946 Steve Friedman, TV news executive/actor, American Anthem
1946 Anthony Mayer, chief executive, Housing Corporation
1945 President Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom
1944 Personnel and executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food
1944 Marcia "Marcy" Carsey, TV executive/producer
1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination
1940 Frank Lorenzo, airline executive, Continental, Texas Air, Eastern
1934 John Akers, business executive
1934 Richard Darryl Zanuck, film producer/executive
1934 Madlyn Rhue, Washington D.C., actress, Bracken's World, Executive Suite
1932 Kazuo Inamori, Japanese business executive, Kyocera Ceramics Co
1930 James Weldon Johnson resigns as executive secretary of NAACP
1930 Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar
1929 Willaim Brown, television executive
1928 Aaron Spelling, TV executive producer, Charlie's Angels
1928 Mitchell Ryan, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Chase, Executive Suite
1926 Stan Freberg, born in Los Angeles, California, satirist/ad executive/cartoon voice, Bertie
1926 Grant Tinker, broadcasting executive, NBC-TV
1925 Bruce Matthews, newspaper executive
1925 Frank Henry Copplestone, TV executive
1923 Ewart G Abner, record company executive
1922 Don Hewitt, New York City, CBS news executive producer, 60 Minutes
1921 Ben Bradlee, Boston, editor/journalist/executive, Washington Post
1921 Gene Roddenberry, El Paso Texas, executive producer, Star Trek
1918 President Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside U.S. while in office
1917 John Cunningham, executive director, British Aerospace
1917 Robert Cowans, executive director, British Aerospace
1916 Michael Burke, sports executive, New York Yankees, New York Knicks
1908 Pat Weaver, born in Los Angeles, California, TV Executive, started Today show
1908 Frank Stanton, born in Muskegon, Michigan, broadcasting executive, CBS
1907 Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive, BBC
1907 Norton Simon, business executive, Simon and Schuster
1904 Godfrey Baseley, radio executive
1903 Olive Ann Beech, aircraft industry executive
1902 President Teddy Roosevelt became 1st U.S. chief executive to ride in a car
1901 Theodore Roosevelt renames "Executive Mansion," "The White House"
1899 Gaston Glass, Paris, France, film executive
1898 George Alpert, railroad executive
1885 Louis B Mayer, Minsk Russia, motion-picture executive, MGM
1881 Branch Rickey, baseball executive, Dodgers
1873 Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive, Paramount
1862 Connie Mack, HOF baseball executive/manager, Philadelphia A's 1900-1950
1861 U.S. Sanitary Commission is given executive approval
1836 Jay Gould, U.S. railroad executive, financier
1792 Washington lays cornerstone of Executive Mansion (White House)
1625 Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension executive of Lead, dies at 64
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