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2004 Gibson Kente, wrote about life in South African black townships, known as Father of Black Theater in South Africa, dies
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 Claude Mauriac, writer, journalist, author, personal secretary to Charles de Gaulle1944 - 1949, co-scripted his father's novel titled Therese Desqueyroux, wrote study of Marcel Proust, dies at 81 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, South Carolina 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 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 Australia 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 New Zealand 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 Gibson Kente, born in South Africa, wrote about life in South African black townships, known as Father of Black Theater in South Africa 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, actress, 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 New Zealand 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 Shostakovich, father of Russian composer Dmitri D S, dies 1921 Dobrica Cosic, born in Velika Drenova, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now Serbia, writer, political, national theorist, first president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1992 - 1993, called 'Father of the Nation' 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, New Zealand batsman 40's 1914 Claude Mauriac, born in France, writer, journalist, author, personal secretary to Charles de Gaulle1944 - 1949, co-scripted his father's novel titled Therese Desqueyroux, wrote study of Marcel Proust 1912 H "Giff" Vivian, cricketer, father of Graham 1st Test for New Zealand 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 McCartney 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 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 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" 1841 Catherine McAuley, founder, the Sisters of Mercy, established 12 foundations in Ireland, 2 in England, inherited fortune from father, used money to care for, educate, homeless women and children, dies at her House of Mercy 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 1778 Catherine McAuley, born in Dublin, Ireland, founder, the Sisters of Mercy, established 12 foundations in Ireland, 2 in England, inherited fortune from father, used money to care for, educate, homeless women and children 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 1694 Francis Hutcheson, born in Drumaleg, Ireland, philosopher, Scottish Presbyterian, founding father of Scottish Enlightenment, proponent of Utilitarianism 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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