2006 Death 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 Death Ray Walston, actor, TV's My Favorite Martian, dies at 86 1997 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Countess Diana, Elmhurst, Ajina, Spinning World, Favorite Trick, Chief Bearhart, Skip Away 1996 Death 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 Death Bill Bixby, actor (My Favorite Martian), dies from cancer at 59 1993 Death Bill Bixby, actor (My Favorite Martian), dies of prostate cancer at 59 1993 Event "My Favorite Year" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City after 37 performances 1992 Event "My Favorite Year" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City for 37 performances 1991 Death John Hoyt, actor (My Favorite Brunette), dies of lung cancer at 87 1991 Death Joan Caulfield, actress (My Favorite Husband), dies of cancer at 69 1990 Event Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite Netherlands 1-1 in World Cup game 1986 Death Alan Hewitt, actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian), dies at 71 1985 Death Pat J O'Malley, actor (My Favorite Martian, Maude), dies at 83 1982 Death Dan Tobin, actor (I Married Joan, My Favorite Martian), dies at 73 1980 Death Roy Engle, actor (Police Chief-My Favorite Martian), dies at 67 1974 Death Pamela Britton, actress (Blondie, My Favorite Martian), dies at 50 1973 Death Max Adrian, actor (Boy Friend, Her Favorite Husband), dies at 69 1963 Event "My Favorite Martian," starring Ray Walston, debuts on CBS-TV 1958 Death Walter Kingsford, actor (My Favorite Blonde, Fly by Night), dies at 76 1952 Birthday 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 Event Sweden's Gunther Hagg beats favorite Greg Rice by 35 yards in 5,000m at national AAU track and field championship in NY 1938 Birthday Joseph Bologna, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Citizen Cohn, My Favorite Year 1934 Birthday Bill Bixby, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Incredible Hulk, My Favorite Martian 1928 Birthday Vanessa Brown, born in Vienna, Austria, actress, My Favorite Husband 1927 Death George Nichols, actor (His Favorite Pastime, Star Boarder), dies at 62 1923 Birthday 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 Birthday Joan Caulfield, East Orange, New Jersey, actress, Liz-My Favorite Husband 1920 Birthday Barry Nelson, born in Oakland, actor, Airport, My Favorite Husband 1917 Death 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 Birthday Alan Hewitt, New York City, actor, Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian 1914 Birthday Ray Walston, Laurel MS, actor, My Favorite Martian 1914 Birthday Ray Walston, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees 1913 Birthday Roy Engle, Missouri, actor, Police Chief-My Favorite Martian 1911 Birthday James Gregory, Bronx New York City, actor, My Favorite Martian, Barney Miller 1903 Event "Sweet Adaline," a barbershop quartet favorite, is 1st sung 1902 Birthday Jack Larue, New York City, actor, Lights Out, Mouthpiece, My Favorite Brunette 1881 Birthday Walter Kingsford, Redhill England, actor, My Favorite Blonde 1874 Birthday 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 Birthday Grigori G Orlov, Russian guard officer/favorite of Catharina II
