1995 Former WMMS engineer William Alford is sentenced to 10 days and $1,000 fine for cutting feed during Howard Stern's broadcast from Cleveland
1991 Sylvia Fine Kaye, U.S. lyricist/composer, dies at 78
1989 Robert McFarlane gets $20,000 fine, 2 years probation for Iran-Contra
1988 Mercedes-Benz pays $20.2-M fine failed to meet '86 government fuel standard
1988 Drexel agrees guilt to security felonies, pays a $650 million fine
1988 Chuck Berry pays $250 fine to resolve New York City assault charges
1981 George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" "My Sweet Lord" with "He's So Fine"
1976 U.S. courts find George Harrison guilty of plagiarism (He's So Fine)
1975 Larry Fine, actor (3 Stooges), dies at 72
1972 Police fine Paul and Linda McCartney 800 pounds in Sweden cannabis possession
1970 John Lennon pays 1,344 pounds fine for 96 protesting South African rugby team playing in Scotland
1968 Nehemiah Perry, cricketer, fine Jamaican off-spinner
1967 Palace of Fine Arts reopens (1st time during 1915 exposition)
1967 Travis Fine, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Ike McSwain-Young Riders
1964 Beatles' "I Feel Fine," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks
1964 Beatles release "I Feel Fine" and "She's a Woman"
1963 Yazz, [Yasmin Evans], Mrs. Simon La Bon/rocker, Fine Time
1962 Irving Fine, composer (Toccata), dies at 47
1961 Roland Gift, UK, rocker, Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy
1960 David Steele, Birmingham, rock keyboardist, Fine Young Cannibals
1956 Boston Red Sox fine Ted Williams $5,000 for spitting at Boston fans
1956 Andy Cox, rock guitarist, Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy
1954 D. W. Moffett, Highland Park, Illinois, actor, Fine Things, Lisa, Chicago Sons
1953 Jane Badler, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Fine Gold, Easy Kill, V
1949 Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years and $10,000 fine
1947 Barbara Lee, U.S. singer, Chiffons, He's So Fine
1947 Patricia Bennett, U.S. singer, He's So Fine
1946 Rick McCosker, cricketer, fine Australian opener 1975-80
1946 Sylvia Peterson, U.S. vocalist, Chiffons-He's So Fine
1945 Ruben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid chess games blindfolded
1945 Alan Dukes, Irish president (Fine Gael
1939 Richard Kiel, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, So Fine, Jaws-Moonraker, Skidoo
1936 Peter Parfitt, cricketer, fine England batsman of the 1960's
1930 Johnny Preston, Port Arthur, Texas, rocker, Feel So Fine
1925 After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and slaps a $5,000 fine on him
1924 Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Vinton, Louisiana, blues singer, Mary is Fine
1920 Liam Cosgrave, leader, Fine Gael Party
1919 John Cox, Flemish/US painter/dir, Museum of Fine Physician, Boston
1914 Irving Fine, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, Toccata
1913 Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in SF
1913 Vivian Fine, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, Women in the Garden
1904 Isamu Noguchi, sculptor, 1963 Fine Arts Medal
1902 Larry Fine, Pennsylvania, comedian, 3 Stooges
1862 Bernard Maybeck, U.S. architect, Palace of Fine Arts, SF
1805 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts established, Philadelphia
1651 Massachusetts General Court ordered a fine (five shillings) for "observing any such day as Christmas"
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