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2010 A 28-year old Somali male is shot for breaking into Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoonist Jurt Westergaard's home and threatening his family with an axe
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 Amschel Mayor James Rothschild, banker, joined family banking firm N M Rothschild & Sons, chief executive of Rothschild Asset Management dies 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 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 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 Arthur Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh, son of Arthur Benjamin Guinness, member of the Guinness family, founders of the Guinness brewery 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 1955 Amschel Mayor James Rothschild, born in Paris, France, banker, joined family banking firm N M Rothschild & Sons, chief executive of Rothschild Asset Management 1955 Al-Waleed bin Talal, born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, member of the Saudi Royal Family, businessman 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 Kate Taylor, born in Boston, Massachusetts, singer, songwriter, musical family members include Alex, Livingston, Hugh and James, albums include Sister Kate, Kate Taylor, famous hit 'It's In His Kiss' 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, actress, 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 1935 Arthur Hay, born in Scotland, Arthur William Patrick Hay, 15th Earl of Kinnouli, family seat is Dupplin Castle, located outside of Perth, Scotland 1934 Turkish regiment decrees importing family names 1934 "The Aldrich Family" premieres on radio 1934 Eric Schneider, Dutch actor, Drop Out, Family, Flanagan 1934 Simon Mackay, born in Scotland, born Simon Mackay, Baron Tanlaw of Tanlawhill in the County of Dumfries, Lord Tannlaw, crossbench member of the House of Lords, director or family company Inchape 1933 Ken Berry, actor, Sam-Mayberry RFD, Vinton-Mama's Family 1933 John Bradshaw, born in Houston, Texas, educator, speaker, author, popularized dysfunctional family, wrote 'Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child' 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, orchestra 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, born in Montreal, Canada, 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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