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1997 Francis Paudras, designer/jazz fan, dies at 62

1995 Norman Waterhouse Lees, jazz fan, dies at 90

1995 Selena, Mexican Grammy winning singer, killed by a fan at 24

1992 Frederick Exley, novelist (Fan's Note), dies at 63

1989 Rebecca Schaeffer, actress (My Sister Sam), is shot by a fan at 21

1983 Triple A baseball's Louisville Redbirds breaks 1 million fan mark

1982 New Jersey NHL franchise officially named Devils by fan balloting, runner-up names are Blades, Meadowlanders and Americans

1982 Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan

1980 A's manager Billy Martin restrained by umps from attacking a fan

1978 Ted Nugent autographs a fan's arm with his knife

1972 Official Beatles Fan Club, closes down

1965 Desiree Nosbusch, Luxembourg, actress, The Fan

1957 Richie Ashburn, fouls hit fan Alice Roth twice in same at bat 1st one breaks her nose, 2nd one hits her while she is on the stretcher

1954 Justin Ross, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Sinatra, Chorus Line, Fan, Quick Change

1945 Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher slugged him

1940 Bud Brennan, a fan at Memorial Stadium, races out of stands and attempts to tackle Tom Harmon at 3-yard line, Harmon easily evades Brennan

1911 Karel G. Bakker, Dutch actor, Lady Windermere's Fan

1908 Ypk fan der Fear, Frisian writer, Reade Runen

1905 Norman Waterhouse Lees, jazz fan

1904 Sally Rand, Hickory County, Missouri, stripper, fan dance

1892 "Lady Windermere's Fan" by Oscar Wilde premieres at St. James (London)

1891 H V Porter, basketball pioneer, created fan shape backboard

1857 Henry Clay Folger, Jr., U.S., businessman/Shakespeare fan

1790 Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna

1790 Mozart's opera "Cosi fan tutti" premieres, Vienna


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