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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