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2002 Denys Fisher, inventor, created the Spirograph, dies at 84

2000 Gail Fisher, actress, Mannix, dies at 65

1996 Nigel Thomas Loveridge Fisher, politician, dies at 83

1996 Sylvia Fisher, opera Singer, dies at 86

1996 Humphrey Fisher, TV Producer, dies at 72

1995 June Rosemary Fisher, teacher/trade unionist, dies at 66

1995 Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, lawyer, dies at 67

1995 Edmund Boyd Fisher, publisher, dies at 56

1994 Sandra Fisher, painter, dies at 47

1994 Amy Fisher's lover Joey Buttafuoco is released from jail

1994 Avery Fisher, U.S. audio manufacturer (1st hi-fi), dies at 87

1993 Mattel and Fisher Price toys merge

1992 Amy Fisher sentenced 5-15 years for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco

1992 Bobby Fisher beats Boris Spassky to with Chess title in Belgrade

1992 M F K Fisher, cook book author, dies of Parkinson Disease at 83

1992 M. F. K. Fisher, American Writer

1992 Amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco in Massapequa LI

1989 Singer Natalie Cole marries record producer Andre Fisher

1989 "Les Miserables," opens at Fisher Theatre, Detroit

1984 Yankees trade catcher Rick Cerone to Braves for pitcher Brian Fisher

1984 Anna Fisher becomes 1st "mom" to go into orbit

1983 Paul Simon weds Carrie Fisher

1979 Natasha Fisher, Miss Nebraska Teen USA 1997

1976 Isla Fisher, Australian Actress

1975 Mike Fisher, Naperville, Illinois, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold

1974 Regina Fisher, Miss West Virginia USA 1996

1974 Amy Fisher, born in Long Island, New York, shot Mary Jo Buttafucco

1974 Derek Fisher, NBA guard, Los Angeles Lakers

1972 Geoffrey Fisher, Clergyman

1968 Vardis A. Fisher, U.S. writer, Darkness and Deep, dies at 73

1968 Vardis A Fisher, U.S. writer (Passion Spin the Plot), dies at 73

1967 Joely Fisher, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Paige-Ellen

1964 Liz Taylor's 4th divorce (Eddie Fisher)

1963 Fisher Stevens, Chicago, actor, My Science Project, Short Circuit

1963 Scott Fisher, born in San Jose, California, Australian basketball forward 1996 Olympics

1962 NY's Philharmonic Hall (since renamed Avery Fisher Hall) opens as 1st unit of Lincoln Center for Performing Arts

1962 Ronald Fisher, English Mathematician

1961 Roger Maris hits HR #60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record

1961 Oriole Jack Fisher walks 12 LA Angels in a 9 inning game

1960 Ted Williams last at bat is his 521st HR (off Jack Fisher)

1959 Liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher)

1956 Rob Fisher, Bath England, rock keyboardist, Naked Eyes

1956 Carrie Fisher, Beverly Hills, actress, Princess Lelia-Star Wars

1952 Michael Jeter, born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, actor, Fisher King

1950 Morgan Fisher, rock keyboardist, British Lions

1949 Anna Lee Fisher, St. Albans, New York, MD/astronaut, STS-51-A

1947 Sandra Fisher, painter

1947 Irving Fisher, U.S. economist, dies at 80

1946 Matthew Fisher, born in England, keyboardist, Procol Harum-Conquistador

1946 William Frederick Fisher, Dallas Texas, MD/astronaut, STS-51-I

1946 Matthew Fisher, born in London, rock keyboardist, Procol Harum

1943 Richard Goode, Bronx, concert pianist, 1980 Avery Fisher Award

1940 Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher, historian, dies

1939 Edmund Boyd Fisher, publisher

1936 United Auto Workers stage 1st sit-down strike, at Fisher Body Plant

1935 Gail Fisher, Orange, New Jersey, actress, Peggy-Mannix

1930 Buddy Bregman, Chicago, orchestra leader, Eddie Fisher Show

1929 June Rosemary Fisher, teacher/trade unionist

1928 Eddie Fisher, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, singer, Oh My Papa, Lady of Spain

1928 Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, lawyer

1924 Fred Fisher, cricketer, one Test for New Zealand vs. SA 1953

1923 Fred Robbins, born in Baltimore, Maryland, DJ, Coke Time with Eddie Fisher, Robbins Nest

1923 Humphrey Fisher, TV producer

1921 William Preston, Columbia Penn, actor, Fisher King, Waterworld

1921 Lady Fisher, founder, British Women Caring Trust

1913 Nigel Thomas Loveridge Fisher, politician

1912 Irving Fisher patents archiving system with index cards

1910 Alva Fisher patents electric washing machine

1910 Sylvia Fisher, soprano, Albert Herring Opera

1908 M. F. K. Fisher, American Writer

1895 Vardis A Fisher, U.S. author, Darkness and Deep

1890 Ronald Fisher, English Mathematician

1887 Lord Geoffrey Fisher of Lambeth, archbishop of Canterbury

1887 Geoffrey Fisher, Clergyman

1886 14th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Bard wins in 2:45

1884 12th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Knight of Ellerslie wins in 2:39

1879 Dorothy Canfield Fisher, U.S., novelist, Book-of-Month-Club

1867 Irving Fisher, U.S. economist, compensating dollar

1865 Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Ft. Fisher NC, 40 die

1865 Ft. Fisher, North Carolina falls to Union troops

1865 Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC

1864 Battle of Fisher's Hill, Virginia, General Early Retreats to Brown's Gap

1841 John Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet

1810 Oliver Fisher Winchester, rifle maker, Winchester

1808 Fisher Ames, Representative-Massachusetts 1789 - 1797, dies

1758 Fisher Ames, born in Dedham, Massachusetts, Representative-Massachusetts 1789 - 1797

1656 1st Quakers (Mary Fisher/Ann Austin) arrives in Boston (arrested)

1535 John Fisher, English bishop (1504-35)/cardinal, beheaded at about 65


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