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2003 Edward Teller, scientist/professor, The father of the H-bomb, dies at 95

2000 Elian Gonzalez is snatched by a SWAT team from his Florida relatives to return him to his father in Cuba

1998 Jon Postel, Father of the Internet, dies at 55

1998 Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby, sentenced to 7 years

1997 James Komack, producer (Courtship of Eddie's Father), dies at 67

1997 Peter Graf, father of Steffi, enters German jail for tax evasion

1997 Todd and Mel Stottlemyre become 1st father and son to win 100 games

1996 "Father" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 52 performances

1996 "Father" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 52 performances

1994 "Shakespeare after My Father" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 266 perf

1993 Leon Ames, actor (Father of the Bride), dies at 91 of stroke

1993 James Jordan, NBA Michael Jordan's father, found dead near McColl SC

1993 Jordan, father of Michael Jordan, murdered

1993 "Shakespeare for My Father" opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 266 performances

1993 Klaas Schenk, Dutch speed skater/coach/father of Ard, dies at 86

1993 Juan of Borbon y Battemberg, father of king Juan Carlos I, dies

1993 "Conversations with My Father" closes at Royale New York City after 462 performances

1992 "Conversations with My Father" opens at Royale New York City for 462 performances

1992 Herb Gardner's "Conversations With My Father," premieres in New York City

1992 Earl Spencer, father of Lady Diana, dies at 68

1992 Karel Poons, father of Paul Deen, dies

1991 Carmine Coppola, composer/father of Francis Ford Coppola, dies

1990 Ken Griffey Sr &, Jr. are 1st father and son to play on same team each goes 1 for 4 for Seattle Mariners

1990 Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey, Jr. become 1st father and son to play on same team (Seattle Mariners), both single in 1st inning

1990 Marla Maples father sues National Enquirer for $12M

1988 Richard Castellano, aqctor (Honor thy Father), dies at 55

1988 Judith Barsi, child actress, shot dead with mother by her father at 11

1987 Lisa Steinberg, battered into coma by her adoptive father Joel

1986 Cary Grant, Brit/US actor (Awful Truth, Charade, Father Goose), dies

1986 Lurene Tuttle, actress (Father of Bride, Julia), dies at 79

1985 Ransom Sherman, comedian (Father of Bride), dies at 87

1984 Martin Luther King Sr, U.S. vicar/father of MLK Jr, dies at 84

1984 Marvin Gaye, rocker (Sexual Healing), shot dead by his father at 45

1984 Marvin Gaye, shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA at 44

1981 [Walter] Furry Lewis, father of blues, dies at 88 of a heart attack

1980 Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, dies at 91

1979 Lewis Charles, actor (Feather and Father Gang), dies at 59

1977 Steve Dunne, actor (Professional Father), dies at 59

1976 Freddie Lennon, father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63

1976 James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73

1973 David Ben-Gurion, founding father of Israel, dies in Tel Aviv at 87

1973 Murray Wilson, father of beachboys Brian, Carl and Dennis, dies at 55

1971 Kimberly Williams, actress, Father of the Bride

1971 Jack Good, actor (Father Goose), dies

1971 Dalton James, actor, My Father the Hero, Mark-Beverly Hills 90201

1970 Del Moore, actor/announcer (Cal-Bachelor Father), dies at 53

1969 Joseph P Kennedy, John F. Kennedy/RFK/TMK father, dies in Hyannis Port Massachusetts, at 81

1968 Brandon Douglas, born in Oklahoma City, actor, Dr. Quinn, Father's Homecoming

1968 Robert Anderson's "I Never Sang for My Father," premieres in New York City

1967 Stuart Erwin, actor (Trouble With Father), dies of heart attack at 64

1967 Spencer Tracy, U.S. actor (7th Cross, Father ot Bride), dies at 67

1967 Timothy Gibbs, born in Burbank, California, actor, Father Murphy, Santa Barbara

1966 Russel Crouse, U.S. stagewriter (Life with Father), dies at 73

1964 Sammee Tong, actor (Bachelor Father, Mickey), dies at 63

1964 John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years

1963 Tracy Nelson, California, actress, Glitter, Square Pegs, Father Dowling

1963 Zasu Pitts, actress (Wedding March, Life With Father), dies at 65

1962 Brandon Cruz, actor, Eddie-Courtship of Eddie's Father

1961 John Viscardi, New York City, actor, Father Tony-One Life to Live

1960 Vernon Presley (father of Elvis) weds Dee Alliot

1958 Lesley Player, born in Redhill, England, Sarah Fergusson's father's lover

1957 "Bachelor Father" with John Forsythe premieres

1957 "Black Jack" Bouvier, father of Jacqueline Kennedy, dies of cancer

1955 Dorothy Bernard, actress (Margaret-Life With Father), dies at 65

1955 King Norodom Sihanukh of Cambodia succeeded by his father

1954 "Father Knows Best" premieres

1953 Katherine Cannon, born in Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Father Murphy, Survivors

1949 Simon Callow, born in London, England, actor, Good Father

1948 Carole Drinkwater, actress, Father, All Creatures Great and Small

1947 Robert Gilliot, father of Gerda Havertongs daughter Zulema

1947 Cat Stevens, [Yusaf Islam], rock vocalist, Peace Train, Father and Son

1944 Filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67

1944 Kristina Holland, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Tina-Courtship of Eddie's Father

1943 Noreen Corcoran, Quincy Massachusetts, actress, Kelly-Bachelor Father

1943 Robert Cooper, father of Card pitcher Mort and catcher Walker, dies

1943 Robert Crumb, U.S., cartoonist, Father Time, Fritz Cat

1943 Aron Kincaid, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Warren-Bachelor Father, Ski Party

1943 Bob Blewett, cricketer, father of Greg South Aust batsman 1975-79

1942 Don Novello, [Father Guido Sarducci], Ashtabula, Ohio, comedian, SNL

1941 Peter Pollock, cricketer, bro of Graeme/father of Shaun, S Af quickie

1940 Merlin Olsen, Utah, NFL tackle, Rams, /sportscaster/actor, Father Murphy

1940 Jimmy Boyd, McComb, Missouri, singer and actor, Howard-Bachelor Father

1939 H Lindsay and R Crouse' "Life with Father," premieres in New York City

1939 Marti Wilder, father of rocker Kim Wilde

1938 Wynne Bradburn, cricketer, father of Grant NZ batsman vs. South Africa 1964

1938 1st documented anti-semitic remarks over U.S. radio (by Father Coughlin)

1938 Yvonne Lime, born in Glendale, California, actress, Father Knows Best, Dobie Gillis

1937 Joseph Lee, father of Playgrounds movement, dies

1937 Elinor Donahue, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Father Knows Best, Get a Life

1936 Gilbert K Chesterton, English writer/poet (Father Brown), dies

1936 Sue Ane Langdon, born in Paterson, New Jersey, actress, Bachelor Father, Arnie

1935 Clarence Day, writer (Life with Father), dies

1935 Pierre Kartner, [Father Abraham], Dutch singer, Smurf Song

1935 Burt Metcalfe, born in Saskatchewan Canada, actor/dir, Father of the Bride

1935 President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Ataturk: Father of Turkey"

1934 Henry WAE, Prince of Netherlands/father of Queen Juliana, dies

1932 Gerard van den Berg, Dutch TV host, Like Father, Like Son

1932 William Christopher, Evanstown, Illinois, actor, Father Mulcahy-M*A*S*H

1932 Gay Talese, author, Honor Thy Father

1931 Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer, father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman

1931 Leslie Caron, born in Boulogne-Biliancourt, France, actr, Lili, Father Goose

1930 James Komack, born in New York City, writer/director/actor, Courtship of Eddie's Father

1929 Miyoshi Umeki, born in Japan, actress, Mrs Livingston-Courtship of Eddie's Father

1928 Datta Gaekwad, cricketer, father of Anshuman, batted in 11 Tests 50's

1927 Zin Harris, cricketer, father of Chris NZ batsman in 50's and 60's

1925 Walter Camp, father of American football, dies at 65

1924 8th earl Spencer, English large landowner/father of Diane

1922 BBC sends 1st British radio play "Truth about Father Christmas"

1922 Dmitri B Shostakovitch, father of Russian composer Dmitri D S, dies

1920 Don Taylor, Freeport, Pennsylvania, actor, Father's Little Dividend

1920 Lewis Charles, New York City, actor, Feather and Father Gang

1920 Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, Dutch author, Anna and her Father

1918 T Berry Brazelton, doctor, On Being a Father

1918 John Forsythe, born in New Jersey, actor, Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty

1918 Steve Dunne, Northampton Massachusetts, actor, Professional Father

1917 Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Neb

1917 Robert Anderson, born in New York, writer, Tea and Sympathy, Never Sang for My Father

1917 John Raitt, Bonnie Raitt's father/singer/actor, Pajama Game

1915 Walter Hadlee, cricketer, father of Richard and Dayle, NZ batsman 40's

1912 H "Giff" Vivian, cricketer, father of Graham 1st Test for NZ at 18

1912 Jane Wyatt, Campgaw, New Jersey, actress, Father Knows Best, Star Trek

1910 Father's Day celebrated for 1st time (Spokane, Wash)

1910 Jahangir Khan, cricketer, father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36

1907 Robert Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby MD

1906 Lurene Tuttle, Pleasant Lake, Indiana, actress, Father of Bride, Julia

1906 Howard Zahniser, Father of Wilderness Act

1903 Leon Ames, Portland Indiana, actor, Mr Ed, Father of the Bride

1902 James McCartney, father of Beatle, Paul

1902 Ruby Dandridge, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress in Father of the Bride

1900 Spencer Tracy, born in Milwaukee, actor, Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib

1900 Hyman G Rickover, U.S. Admiral, father of modern nuclear navy

1898 Father Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, Germany, Jesuit priest/Zen teacher

1898 ZaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress, Life With Father, Dames

1896 Doris Lloyd, actress, Bachelor Father, Charley's Aunt, Sarah and Son

1896 Michael Balcon, Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon

1893 Ann O'Neal, Missouri, actress, Nana-Professional Father

1893 Fritz Perls, father of Gestalt therapy

1893 [Walter] Furry Lewis, father of the blues

1893 Russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright, Life with Father

1889 John B Kelly, Olympic champion rower/father of Grace Kelly

1889 A Provost Idell, father of modern volleyball

1889 Vladimir K Zworykin, U.S.S.R., electronics engineer/inventor, father of TV

1889 Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank

1888 Joseph P. Kennedy, born in Boston, Massachusetts, diplomat, father of John F. Kennedy, RFK and Teddy

1888 John Logie Baird, Scotland, inventor, father of TV

1887 Peter "Peerke" Donders, missionary (Father of Melaatsen), dies at 77

1884 Robert Flaherty, Michigan, father of documentary film, Nanook of North

1875 Ludwig Prandtl, Germany, physicist, father of aerodynamics

1874 Clarence Shepard Day, New York City, author, Life with Father

1867 Fred Tate, cricketer, father of Maurice, 1 Test, Eng vs. Aus 1902

1866 Sun Yat-sen, father of modern China, ROC and PRC, traditional

1859 Walter Camp, Connecticut, father of American football, Yale

1858 William Watson, British poet, Prince's Quest, Father of Forest

1856 Louis Henri Sullivan, born in Boston, Massachusetts, father of modern U.S. architecture

1856 Sigmund Freud, Austria, cigar smoker, father of psychology

1856 Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management

1850 Lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist

1850 Harishchandra, India, poet/dramatist/father of modern Hindi

1850 Tomas G. Masaryk, born in Czechoslovakia, Father/President of Czechoslovakia, 1918-35

1849 Edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic, Father and Son

1849 Juliusz Slowacki, Pol poet (Father of the Plague-Patient), dies at 39

1849 James E Smith, became father at 100 with woman 64 years younger

1849 Lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father

1846 Desiderio FA Pietri, Italian baker and marathon runner Dorando's father

1844 Patrick Manson, "Father of tropical medicine"

1840 Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii

1839 Ned Gregory, cricketer, bro of Dave, father of Syd Played 1st Test

1839 Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies

1838 Cleveland Abbe, U.S., meteorologist, Father of Weather Bureau

1835 Emile Gaboriau, author, father of French detective novels

1832 William Le Baron Jenney, U.S., architect/"father of skyscraper"

1820 Isvar Chandra Vidyasagar, father of Bengali prose, Exile of Sita

1817 Alexander Tilloch Galt, a Canadian founding father

1812 Aaron Lufkin Dennison, father of American watchmaking

1809 Nikolai Gogol, father of 19th-century Russian realism, Dead Souls

1805 Thomas Graham, father of colloid chemistry

1803 James Douglas, father of British Columbia

1793 Father Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st U.S. Roman Catholic priest ordained

1777 John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77

1771 Charles Brockden Brown, father of American novel, Wieland

1769 Father Junipero Serra founds Mission San Diego, 1st mission in California

1764 Jose Gervasio Artigas, general/father of Uruguay

1756 Christian G Korner, German lawyer/father of Karl

1753 Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of Mexican independence

1746 Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney/father of emperor Napoleon

1743 Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry, Oxygen

1720 Gilbert White, "father of British naturalists"

1707 Jacob V succeeds his father Pedro II as king of Portugal

1699 John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany

1694 Marcello Malpighi, father of microscopic anatomy, dies

1674 Father Marquette builds 1st dwelling in what is now Chicago

1660 Jacob Cats, [Father Cats], pension advisor of Holland, dies at 82

1658 Richard Cromwell succeeds his father as English Lord Protector

1647 Thomas Hooker, clergyman, father of American democracy, dies

1645 Aleksei Mihailovitch Romanov succeeds his father Michael as czar

1645 Aleksei Romanov succeeds his father Michael as czar of Russia

1619 Tsar Michails father Filaret becomes patriarch of Moscow

1598 Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry", Hercules

1597 Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"

1583 Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law

1577 Jacob Cats, [Father Cats], Dutch grand pensionary/poet, Houwelyck

1564 Maximilian II succeeds his father Ferdinand II as RC emperor

1556 Akbar (14) succeeds his father Humajun on as Sultan of Delhi

1554 Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed

1535 John, the Old, earl of Nassau/tribal father Netherlands royal family

1520 Suleiman I succeeds his father Selam I as sultan of Turkey

1494 Alfonso II replaces his father as king of Naples

1416 Alfonso V succeeds his father as king of Aragon

1031 Henry I succeeds father Robert II as King of France



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