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2006 Jack Wild, actor, theater, stage, Academy Award nominee at age 16 for role of Artful Dodger in film production of 'Oliver!', favorite subject, teen magazines, dies of cancer, in Tebworth, England, at age 53

2001 Ray Walston, actor, TV's My Favorite Martian, dies at 86

1997 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Countess Diana, Elmhurst, Ajina, Spinning World, Favorite Trick, Chief Bearhart, Skip Away

1996 Clay Jones, horticulturalist, broadcaster, Chairman of the program Gardener's Question Time on BBC Radio 4, voted tenth alongside Carol Klein as the nation's all-time favorite gardener, dies at 72

1993 Bill Bixby, actor (My Favorite Martian), dies from cancer at 59

1993 Bill Bixby, actor (My Favorite Martian), dies of prostate cancer at 59

1993 "My Favorite Year" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City after 37 performances

1992 "My Favorite Year" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City for 37 performances

1991 John Hoyt, actor (My Favorite Brunette), dies of lung cancer at 87

1991 Joan Caulfield, actress (My Favorite Husband), dies of cancer at 69

1990 Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite Netherlands 1-1 in World Cup game

1986 Alan Hewitt, actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian), dies at 71

1985 Pat J O'Malley, actor (My Favorite Martian, Maude), dies at 83

1982 Dan Tobin, actor (I Married Joan, My Favorite Martian), dies at 73

1980 Roy Engle, actor (Police Chief-My Favorite Martian), dies at 67

1974 Pamela Britton, actress (Blondie, My Favorite Martian), dies at 50

1973 Max Adrian, actor (Boy Friend, Her Favorite Husband), dies at 69

1963 "My Favorite Martian," starring Ray Walston, debuts on CBS-TV

1958 Walter Kingsford, actor (My Favorite Blonde, Fly by Night), dies at 76

1952 Jack Wild, actor, theater, stage, Academy Award nominee at age 16 for role of Artful Dodger in film production of 'Oliver!', favorite subject, teen magazines

1943 Sweden's Gunther Hagg beats favorite Greg Rice by 35 yards in 5,000m at national AAU track and field championship in NY

1938 Joseph Bologna, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Citizen Cohn, My Favorite Year

1934 Bill Bixby, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Incredible Hulk, My Favorite Martian

1928 Vanessa Brown, born in Vienna, Austria, actress, My Favorite Husband

1927 George Nichols, actor (His Favorite Pastime, Star Boarder), dies at 62

1923 Clay Jones, born in England, horticulturalist, broadcaster, Chairman of the program Gardener's Question Time on BBC Radio 4, voted tenth alongside Carol Klein as the nation's all-time favorite gardener

1922 Joan Caulfield, East Orange, New Jersey, actress, Liz-My Favorite Husband

1920 Barry Nelson, born in Oakland, actor, Airport, My Favorite Husband

1917 Oswald Chambers, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning, dies from a ruptured appendix

1915 Alan Hewitt, New York City, actor, Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian

1914 Ray Walston, Laurel MS, actor, My Favorite Martian

1914 Ray Walston, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees

1913 Roy Engle, Missouri, actor, Police Chief-My Favorite Martian

1911 James Gregory, Bronx New York City, actor, My Favorite Martian, Barney Miller

1903 "Sweet Adaline," a barbershop quartet favorite, is 1st sung

1902 Jack Larue, New York City, actor, Lights Out, Mouthpiece, My Favorite Brunette

1881 Walter Kingsford, Redhill England, actor, My Favorite Blonde

1874 Oswald Chambers born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning

1734 Grigori G Orlov, Russian guard officer/favorite of Catharina II


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