2002 Joseph Nathan Kane, trivia expert, Famous First Facts, dies at 103
2000 Bea Marcus, pitchwoman, famous for saying I've fallen and I can't get up!, dies at 88
1992 Matthews and Warne spin Australia to a famous win vs. Sri Lanka
1991 Del Ballard, Jr. throws most famous gutter ball in PBA Tour history
1978 Harry Winston, U.S. jeweler for the "rich and famous", dies at 82
1975 "Night... Made America Famous" closes at Barrymore New York City after 75 performances
1975 "Night... Made America Famous" opens at Barrymore New York City for 75 performances
1973 Famous victory at the SCG Pakistan chasing 158 all out 106
1968 Famous photo: Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to head
1964 Duncan Miller, rocker, Blue Mercedes-Rich and Famous
1963 David Titlow, rocker, Blue Mercedes-Rich and Famous
1963 Famous cricket draw at Lord's as England hang on against the Windies
1963 Henrietta Kreis, 3rd of famous Wallenda aerialist to fall to death
1956 Hart Bochner, born in Los Angeles, California, actor and director, Rich and Famous
1955 Yo-Yo, Massachusetts, Paris, France, world famous Chinese cellist
1954 Willie Mays famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' 460' drive
1954 Karen Anne Quinlan, born in New Jersey, famous comatose patient, right to die case
1954 Patty Hearst Shaw, SF, famous kidnap hostage, Tanya
1950 3rd edition of Joseph Kane's Famous 1st Facts published
1948 Miranda, famous moon of Uranus, photographed for 1st time
1945 U.S. Marines raise flag on Iwo Jima, famous photo and statue
1943 George Washington Carver, famous black scientist, dies at 81
1941 Robin Leach, born in London, England, TV host, Life Styles of Rich and Famous
1935 Variety's famous headline "Sticks Nix Hick Pix"
1932 George H Clements, famous African
1931 Ida B Wells-Barnett, famous black, dies in Chicago at 78
1927 Famous "Long count" fight (Dempsey loses boxing title to Tunney)
1927 Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens famous Roxy Theater (New York City)
1922 Bert Williams, famous black, dies at 46, in New York City
1911 Albert Cleage, famous African
1910 Pauli Murray, famous African
1908 Bette Davis, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, famous eyes, Of Human Bondage, Jezebel
1908 Alf Gover, cricketer, bowled in 4 Tests for England/famous coach
1906 Famous Cunard passenger liner Lusitania launches
1903 Bob Hope, Kent, England, entertainer, famous profile
1902 England beat Australia by one wicket at The Oval Famous victory
1901 Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast
1899 Joseph Nathan Kane, historian, Famous Firsts
1897 New York Sun runs famous "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus," editorial
1897 Amanda Berry Smith, famous African
1886 Eruption of Tarawera volcano destroys famous pink and white calcium carbonate hot-spring terraces (North Island, New Zealand)
1886 James Van DerZee, famous African
1883 Tom Thumb, famous small person (40"), dies of a stroke at 44
1882 Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo
1874 Arthur Shomburg, famous African
1872 William Monroe Trotter, famous African
1871 Journalist Henry M. Stanley begins his famous expedition to Africa
1866 Alain Locke, famous African
1850 Philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist
1849 Geoirge Washington Williams, famous African
1838 Charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb], famous short person
1825 Frances E. W. Harper, famous African
1825 Arthur Haygarth, cricketer, Middlesex and Surrey bat, famous biographer
1817 Charles Messier, "comet ferret" and catalogs famous "M objects,", dies
1810 Charles Lenox Remond, born in Salem Massachusetts, famous black
1802 Ira Aldridge, famous African
1783 Jarena Lee, famous African
1754 Thomas Bowdler, famous prude, bowdlerized Shakespeare
1619 Cyrano de Bergerac, famous nose, playwright, Voyage to the Moon
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