2004 Vaughn Meader, comic/musician, The First Family, dies at 62
2002 Rosetta LeNoire, actress, Family Matters, dies at 90
2001 Lance Loud, "actor/early ""reality show"" star", An American Family, dies at 50
2001 Carroll O'Connor, actor, All in the Family, dies at 76
2001 The heir to the Nepalese throne killed his parents and eight other family members before shooting himself, after an argument over his choice of a bride
2000 Larry Rhine, writer, All in the Family, dies at 90
1999 Michelle Thomas, 12/22/98, Family Matters, dies at 30
1998 Russia buries tsar Nicholas II and family, 80 years after they died
1997 Brian Keith, actor (Family Affair), commits suicide at 75
1996 Marcello Mastroiani, actor (8, Assassin, Family Diary), dies at 72
1996 Ray Combs, TV host (Family Feud), commits suicide at 40
1995 Graves of czar Nicholas and family found in St. Petersburg
1994 Raul Julia, actor (Addams Family), dies of stroke at 54
1994 Raul Julia, actor (Addams Family), suffers a stroke
1994 International Year of Family
1993 Carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91
1992 Vincent Gardenia, actor (All in the Family, LA Law), dies at 71
1992 "Small Family Business" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 48 performances
1992 Dan Quayle sites Murphy Brown as a poor example of family values
1992 "Small Family Business" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 48 performances
1991 Ann Sorg Coston, actress (Anna-Aldrich Family), dies at 62
1991 "La Toya: Growing Up in The Jackson Family" goes on sale
1990 Supreme Court rules family members cannot end lives of comatose relatives unless those relatives previously made their wishes known
1990 Jill Ireland, actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at 54
1989 Final TV episode of "Family Ties" airs
1989 Milton Frome, actor (Family Jewels), dies
1989 Kenneth McMillan, actor (Our Family Honor, Malone), dies at 67
1988 Charles Addams, cartoonist (Addams Family), dies of heart attack at 76
1988 Givens' Family reports Mike Tyson beats his wife Robin Givens
1987 Maria Augusta Trapp, singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 82
1985 Morton Downey, singer (Star of the Family), dies at 83
1985 Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in New York City
1984 11 members of Colombo crime family arrested
1984 Jackie Coogan, actor (Uncle Fester-Addams Family), dies at 69
1984 Supreme Court reinstated $10M award to Karen Silkwood's family
1983 Carolyn Jones, actress (Morticia-Addams Family), dies at 54 of cancer
1983 John Williams, actor (Family Affair, Dial M for Murder), dies at 80
1983 Lois Wilson, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 88
1982 Russell Thorson, actor (One Man's Family), dies at 72
1981 Brian Bonsall, actor, Family Ties, Star Trek Next Generation
1981 Sara Haden, actress (A Family Affair), dies at 83
1980 Victor Sen Yung, actor (Hop Sing-Bonanza, Bachelor Family), dies at 65
1980 Jimmy Workman, actor, Pugsley-Addams Family
1980 Charles McGraw, actor (Michael-Falcon, Smith Family), dies at 66
1980 Ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88
1980 Christina Ricci, actress, Wednesday-Addams Family, Mermaids, Casper
1979 Shah and family sentenced to death in Teheran
1979 204th and final episode of "All in the Family"
1979 200th episode of "All in the Family"
1979 Ted Cassidy, actor (Lurch-Addams Family), dies at 46
1979 Sara Carter, vocalist and guitarist (Carter Family), dies at 80
1978 30th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Ed Asner and Sada Thompson win
1978 Blossom Rock, actress (Grandmamma-Addams Family), dies at 81
1977 Jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at 63
1977 Marjorie Gateson, actress (One Man's Family), dies at 86
1977 Burt Mustin, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show), dies at 92
1976 Billy Halop, actor (Bert Munson-All in the Family), dies at 56
1976 Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80
1975 Ruth Lee, actress (Middleton Family at 1939 World's Fair), dies at 79
1975 James Rupers kills his family to inherit
1975 Ben Blue, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 73
1975 "Jeffersons" spinoff from "All in the Family" premieres on CBS
1973 The Family Station Inc buys shortwave Radio Station WNYW, changes calls to WYFR and moves station from New York City to Scituate Mass
1973 Tina Yothers, actress, Family Ties
1973 Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family), dies at 76
1973 Betty Burfeindt wins LPGA Child and Family Service Golf Opens
1973 Luis Van Rooten, actor (One Man's Family), dies at 66
1973 25th Emmy Awards: Waltons, All in the Family and Mary Tyler Moore
1972 Janet Munro, actress (Crawling Eye, Swiss Family Robinson), dies at 38
1972 Danny Ponce, born in Waltham, Massachusetts, actor, Willie-Valerie/Hogan Family
1972 24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner and Jean Stapleton
1971 John List kills family and moves to Colorado
1971 23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman and Jean Stapleton
1971 John Buchanan, actor, Sidekicks, Black Stallion, Family Man
1971 Probably 1st gay theme TV episode - All in the Family
1971 "All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV
1971 Jeremy Licht, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Mark-Valerie/Hogan Family
1969 Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders
1969 Sharon Tate, murdered by the Manson family at 26
1969 Ricky Seagall, rocker, Partridge Family
1969 Jason Kent Bateman, Rye, New York, actor, David-Valerie, Hogan Family
1967 Melora Hardin, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Family Tree, Best Times
1966 Cynthia Nixon, born in New York City, actress, Addams Family Values, Pelican Brief
1966 Daphne Ashbrook, born in Long Beach, California, actress, Liz-Our Family Honor
1965 Connie Ann Hearn, Anchorage Alaska, actress, New Kind of Family
1965 Nancy Carroll, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 60
1965 "King Family Show" (musical variety) premieres on ABC TV
1964 Cheerio Meredith, actress (One Happy Family), dies at 74
1964 Eric Brown, born in New York City, actor, Buzz-Mama's Family
1964 Calvin Thomas, actor (Judge Hunter-One Man's Family), dies at 79
1964 Courtney Cox, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actress, Family Ties, Monica-Friends
1963 Suzanne Crough, rocker, Partridge Family
1962 Vaughn Meader's "1st Family," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 12 weeks
1962 Joan Cusack, born in Evanston, Illinois, actress, SNL, Addams Family Values
1962 "Family Affair" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 65 performances
1962 "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 65 performances
1961 Michael-James Wixted, born in Santa Monica, California, actor, Smith Family
1961 Michael J. Fox, actor, Family Ties, Back to the Future, Teen Wolf
1960 Alvin Carter, vocalist (Carter Family), dies at 69
1960 Tracy Pollan, born in New York City, actress, Family Ties, /aka Mrs. Michael J Fox
1960 Brian Forster, rocker, Partridge Family Drums
1960 Bil Keane's "Family Circus" cartoon strip debuts
1960 Johan E Elias, Dutch historian (Elias Family), dies at 84
1959 John Whitaker, Van Nuys California, actor, Family Affair, Snowball Expr
1959 Tony DeFranco, rocker, DeFranco Family
1959 Danny Bonaduce, actor, Danny-Partridge Family, /Chicago DJ, WLUP
1959 Susan Benjamin, actress, Tracy-Accidental Family
1959 Kathy Sledge, Philadelphia, vocalist, Sister Sledge-We are Family
1958 Sheree J Wilson, Rochester, Minnesota, actress, Our Family Honor, Dallas
1958 Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for (Death in the Family)
1958 Lisa Loring, actress, As the World Turns, Wednesday-Addams Family
1957 Kim Sledge, Philadelphia, vocalist, Sister Sledge-We are Family
1957 Merlina Defranco, rocker, Defranco Family
1956 Nino DeFranco, rocker, DeFranco Family
1956 [Joan] Joni Sledge, born in Philadelphia, vocalist, Sister Sledge-We are Family
1955 Thea Vidale, actress, Family Matters
1955 Ken Weatherwax, actor, Pugsley-Addams Family
1955 Marisa DeFranco, rocker, DeFranco Family
1955 James Agee, U.S. critic/writer (Death in Family), dies in NY
1954 Julie Halston, actress, Juror, Drunks, Addams Family Values
1954 Bert Lytell, actor (Henry-One Man's Family), dies at 69
1954 Benny Defranco, rocker, Defrnco Family
1954 Debbie Sledge, Philadelphia, vocalist, Sister Sledge-We are Family
1953 Michael Dudikoff, born in Redondo Beach, California, actor, Star of the Family
1952 Susan Hallock Dey, Illinois, actress, 1st Love, Partridge Family, LA Law
1951 Edie McClurg, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Cinderella-1985, Hogan Family
1951 Al Franken, comedian/writer/actor, SNL, Stuart Saves His Family
1950 General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist
1950 David Cassidy, New York City, singer and actor, Keith-Partridge Family
1949 "One Man's Family" premieres on TV
1949 Michael Evans, Salisbury, North Carolina, actor, Lionel-All in the Family
1949 Jeremy Thomas, actor, Family Life
1949 Kevin Corcoran, actor, Swiss Family Robinson, Babes in Toyland
1949 Vicki Lawrence, born in Inglewood, California, actress, Carol Burnette, Mama's Family
1949 1st Jewish family show "Goldbergs" premieres on CBS
1948 Telma Hopkins, Louisville, singer, Tony Orlando, Family Matters
1948 Beverly Archer, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actress, Iola-Mama's Family
1947 Peter Hope-Evans, British singer/harmonicaist, Family
1947 Sally Struther, born in Portland, Oregon, actress, Gloria-All in the Family
1947 Rob Townsend, rock drummer, Family Leicester
1947 Meredith Baxter-Birney, California, actr, Family Ties, Bridget Loves Bernie
1947 Michael Gross, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Family Ties, FBI murders
1947 Dorothy Lyman, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, All my Children, Naomi-Mama's Family
1946 John Rubinstein, born in Los Angeles, California, actor/composer, Family, Boys from Brazil
1946 Maureen Anderman, actress, Once Upon a Family, Rupture Fatale
1946 Greg Errico, U.S. drummer, Sly and Family Stone-Stand!
1946 Gregg Errico, rocker, Sly and Family Stone
1946 Dreyfuss family, owners of Pittsburgh Pirates since 1900, sells club to Frank McKinney and John Galbreath for $25 million
1946 Fred Stone, rock guitarist, Sly and Family Stone-Stand
1946 Sandy Duncan, Henderson, Texas, actress, Hogan Family
1946 Cynthia Robinson, rock trumpeteer, Sly and Family Stone-Everyday People
1945 Rosemary Stone, vocalist/pianist, Sly and Family Stone-Everyday People
1945 Rob Reiner, born in Bronx New York, actor and director, All in the Family, Stand By Me
1944 Germans raid Achterhuis, home of Anne Frank and family
1944 Theresienstadt Family camp disbands, with 4,000 people gased
1944 Charlie Whitney, rock guitarist, Family
1944 Hywel Bennett, born in South Wales, actor, Family Way, Shelley
1944 Sly Stone, born in Dallas, rocker, Sly and the Family Stone-Everyday People
1944 Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder
1943 Jerry Maitini, U.S. saxophonist, Sly and Family Stone-Sex Machine
1943 Jim Martini, rocker, Sly and Family Stone-Everyday People
1943 John "Poli" Palmer, rocker, Family K
1943 Poli Palmer, rocker, Family
1943 Harve Brosten, comedy writer/producer/director, All in the Family
1942 Anne Frank, 13, goes into hiding with her family and 4 other Jews
1942 Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in After House, Amsterdam
1942 James Cromwell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Stretch-All in the Family, Babe
1941 Alan Feinstein, New York City, actor, Max-Berrengers, Family Tree
1940 Raul Julia, actor, Addams Family, Kiss of the Spider Woman
1939 Lenore Coffee and William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres
1938 Derek Jacobi, London, actor, Lanner-Strauss Family, Dead Again
1938 Dick Anthony Williams, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Our Family Honor
1938 Lee Chamberlin, New York City, actor, Once Upon a Family, Rupture Fatale
1938 Sherman Hemsley, Philadelphia, actor, All in the Family, Jeffersons, Amen
1937 William Devane, born in Albany, New York, actor, Family Plot, Missles of October
1937 Allegra Kent, U.S. actress, Addams Family
1937 Lodewijk Boer, Dutch violinist and playwright, The Family
1936 Emperor Haile Selassie and family flee Abyssinia
1935 Barbara Harris, [Sandra Mankwitz], actress, Plaza Suite, Family Plot
1934 Turkish regiment decrees importing family names
1934 "The Aldrich Family" premieres on radio
1934 Eric Schneider, Dutch actor, Drop Out, Family, Flanagan
1933 Ken Berry, actor, Sam-Mayberry RFD, Vinton-Mama's Family
1933 Shirley Jones, born in Smithton, Pennsylvania, actress, Partridge Family, Elmer Gantry
1932 Richard Dawson, Hampshire England, actor, Hogan's Heroes, Family Feud
1932 Richard Tyler, New York City, actor, Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family
1932 Ted Cassidy, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Lurch-Addams Family
1932 Ted Cassidy, actor, Lurch-Addams Family
1932 Della Reese, Detroit, singer and actress, Della Reese Show, Royal Family
1932 1st broadcast of "One Man's Family" on NBC-radio
1930 Ken Berry, Moline, Illinois, actor, F Troop, Mayberry RFD, Mama's Family
1930 Marcia Henderson, born in Andover, Massachusetts, actress, Kathleen-Aldrich Family
1930 John Astin, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Addams Family
1930 Kenneth Nelson, born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, actor, Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family
1929 Sada Thompson, Des Moines, Iowa, actress, Family, Pursuit of Happiness
1929 Carolyn Jones, born in Amarillo, Texas, actress, Morticia-Addams Family
1928 Patrick Tilley, UK, sci-fi author, 1st Family, Blood River
1927 George Kaufman and Moss Hart's "Royal Family," premieres in New York City
1927 Robert Casey, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Henry-Aldrich Family Show
1926 Bud Yorkin, producer, All in the Family, 1959, 1960 Emmy
1925 Bob Hastings, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, McHale's Navy, All in the Family
1924 Margaret Whiting, born in Detroit, singer, Kreisler Bandstand, Strauss Family
1923 Jackie Kelk, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Homer-Aldrich Family
1923 Allan Melvin, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Brady Bunch, Barney-All in Family
1923 Jean Stapleton, New York City, actress, Damn Yankees, Klute, All in the Family
1922 Charita Bauer, Newark, New Jersey, actress, Guiding Light, Aldrich Family
1922 Larry D Mann, born in Toronto, Canada, actor, Marty-Accidental Family
1922 Carroll O'Connor, New York City, actor, All in the Family, Heat of the Night
1922 Norman Lear, TV writer/producer, All in The Family
1922 Vincent Gardenia, Naples Italy, actor, All in the Family, LA Law
1921 Abe Jan Koldijk, SS-physician, Limburg's family doctor
1921 Janet Blair, born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, actress, Leave it to the Girls, Smith Family
1920 Billy Halop, New York City, actor, Bert Munson-All in the Family
1919 Betty Garrett, St. Joseph, Missouri, actress, Irene-All in the Family
1917 Isabel Sanford, New York City, actress, Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family
1917 British Royal family changes its name from Hanover to Windsor
1917 After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames, they take the name Windsor
1917 Secret Service extends protection of president to his family
1916 Liam Dunn, New Jersey, actor, Koska and his Family
1916 Natalia Ginzburg, Italian author, Family dictionary
1915 Victor Sen Yung, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Hop Sing-Bonanza, Bachelor Family
1914 Jackie Coogan, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Uncle Fester-Addams Family
1914 Charles McGraw, New York City, actor, Michael-Falcon, Smith Family
1914 Jim Boles, Lubbock, Texas, actor, Joe-One Man's Family
1913 Stefan Heym, German/U.S. author, Crusaders, Family Benda
1912 Alfons "Alphons" Berckmans, Flemish/British actor, Family Stastok
1912 Bill Quinn, New York City, actor, Rifleman, Van Ranseleer-All in the Family
1912 Charles Addams, cartoonist, New Yorker, Addams Family
1911 Cleve's League Park hosts 1st unofficial ML All Star game (benefit game for Addie Joss' family). Cleveland Naps lose to All Stars 5-3
1911 Alvino Rey, born in Cleveland, Ohio, orch leader, King Family
1909 James Agee, American author, African Queen, Death in Family
1906 Luis Van Rooten, Mexico City Mexico, actor, One Man's Family
1905 Chick Chandler, Kingston, New York, actor, Barney-One Happy Family
1904 Nancy Carroll, [Ann V LaHiff], New York City, actress, Alice-Aldrich Family
1904 Cecil Beaton, England, royal family photographer
1901 Morton Downey, Wallingford, Connecticut, singer, Star of the Family
1901 Ben Blue, Montreal, actor, Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show
1898 Sara Carter, Virginia, vocalist and guitarist, Carter Family
1897 Sara Haden, Galveston, Texas, actress, A Family Affair
1897 Billy Greene, actor, Burton-One Man's Family
1896 Blossom Rock, actress, Grandmamma-Addams Family
1895 Ruth McDevitt, Coldwater, Michigan, actress, Jo-All in the Family
1894 Lois Wilson, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actress, Alice-Aldrich Family
1893 Adriaan F. Dussenbroek, Dutch family dr/co-founder, Union National Arubano
1891 Alvin Carter, born in Virginia, vocalist, Carter Family
1891 Marjorie Gateson, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, One Man's Family
1885 Bert Lytell, New York City, actor, Henry-One Man's Family
1884 Burt Mustin, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show
1862 Justinus A C Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer, dies at 75
1861 Leopold Courouble, Belgian writer, Family Kaekebroeck
1830 Hector H. Malot, French writer, Without Family
1826 Mikhail Saltykov, Spas-Ugol Russia, satirist, Family of Noblemen
1816 France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever
1808 Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names
1808 French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names
1791 Sergey Aksakov, Russia, novelist, Chronicles of a Russian Family
1791 Fleeing French King Louis XVI and family captured at Varennes-en-Argonne
1786 Justinus AC Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer
1782 Johann Wyss, Swiss folklorist/writer, Swiss Family Robinson
1770 Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname
1762 Mozart family moves from Vienna to Salzburg
1644 200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide
1642 King Charles I and family flee London for Oxford
1610 Polish king Sigismund III, Forges Dimitri #2 and Romanov family sign covenant against czar Vasili Shushki
1535 John, the Old, earl of Nassau/tribal father Netherlands royal family
1500 "Blood Wedding" of Astorre Baglione and Lavinia Colonna in Perugia family Baglione massacre
1494 Family de' Medici become rulers of Florence
1235 Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names
1165 Ramjbam and his family reach Acre Palestine
1150 Tichborne family of Hampshire England started tradition of giving a Gallon of flour to each resident to keep deathbed promise
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