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2011 Event - Scientists in New Britain discover the first orchid known to flower at night, Bulbophyllum nocturnum, over the cost of Papua New Guinea

1997 Death - Desmond Flower, publisher, dies at 89

1995 Event - Andy and Grant Flower make 269 stand vs Pak, brotherly record

1992 Event - Floriade (Flower Show) closes at Hague, Netherlands

1992 Death - Sylvia Sims, singer (Flower Drum Song), dies of a heart attack at 74

1992 Death - Youcca Troubatzkoy, actress (Flower of the Night), dies

1992 Event - Floriade (Flower Show) opens at Hague, Netherlands

1992 Event - Andy Flower scores 115* on ODI debut, Zimbabwe vs. Sri Lanka

1991 Death - Harry Thomas, founder (Flower Festival, Dutch Homofielen Party), dies

1986 Event - 1st-class cricket debut of Andy Flower, ZCU Presidents XI vs. Young WI

1986 Event - Congress selects the rose as U.S. national flower

1970 Birthday - Grant Flower, cricketer, bro of Andy Zimbabwe Test opening batsman

1968 Birthday - Andy Flower, cricketer, Zimbabwe keeper and victorious Test captain

1965 Event - Abe Burrows' "Cactus Flower," premieres in New York City

1965 Event - Senator Everett Dirksen introduces a bill to make marigold the national flower

1960 Event - "Flower Drum Song" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 602 performances

1958 Event - "Flower Drum Song" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 602 performances

1939 Birthday - Brenda Vaccaro, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Cactus Flower, Sara, Paper Dolls

1939 Birthday - Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong, actress, Flower Drum Song, World of Suzie Wong

1939 Birthday - Nancy Kwan, born in Hong Kong, actress, Flower Drum Song, Night Creature

1937 Event - World's largest flower blooms in New York Botanical Garden, 12' calla lily

1933 Birthday - Clari Baruch, Clara C de Lieme, actress, Man With White Flower

1927 Birthday - Elis Juliana, Antillian writer/poet, Lady of the Night: A flower

1926 Event - Dahlia is officially designated as San Francisco city flower

1915 Birthday - Ingrid Bergman, born in Stockholm, actress, Casablanca, Cactus Flower

1907 Birthday - Desmond Flower, publisher

1906 Birthday - Kam Tong, actor, Across the Pacific, Flower Drum Song

1896 Birthday - George L Funke, botanist, Flower Physiology

1890 Birthday - Naum Gabo, Pevsner, Russian/US sculptor, Stillife Flower

1886 Birthday - Ronald Firbank, London, novelist, Flower Beneath the Foot

1885 Birthday - Ann Jemima Flower, oldest resident of Netherlands

1877 Death - Prairie Flower, daughter of Ponca and chief Standing Bear, dies

1817 Event - 1st flower show held, Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland

1630 Birthday - Maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter













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