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1997 Frank Nobilo wins Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic at Forest Oaks
1995 67th Academy Awards - "Forest Gump," Jessica Lange and Tom Hanks win 1994 Forest Cowles Bud Forrest Sagendorf, cartoonist, dies at 79 1989 George Forest's musical "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City 1988 Sting performs his 1st Rain Forest benefit concert 1982 Chris Evert wins her 6th and final U.S. Open Tennis match at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills NY 1976 Frank Forest, actor (Big Broadcast of 1937, Champagne Waltz), dies 1976 Paul M Frank Forest, dies at 80 1975 Jean Kurt Forest, composer, dies at 65 1972 Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24, Chandka Forest India 1969 John Forest, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1968 Conrad Richter, U.S. writer (Light in the Forest), dies at 78 1967 Monkees perform at Forest Hills, New York, Jimi Hendrix is opening act 1963 Cindy Schreyer, Forest Park Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1993 Sun-Times Challenge 1962 Wake Forest coach "Bones" McKinney becomes 2nd person to play and coach 1961 Hans Segers, soccer goaltender, PSV, Nottingham Forest, Wimbledon 1961 Forest Whitaker, born in Longview, Texas, actor, Bloodsport, Platoon, Stakeout 1961 Lee de Forest, inventor of the electron Tube, dies at 87 1960 Mark Derwin, Park Forest, Illinois, actor, AC Mallet-Guiding Light 1953 Christine Ebersole, Park Forest, Illinois, actress, SNL, Valerie, Tootsie 1950 Because of forest fire in Br Columbia, blue moon appears in England 1949 Harry Davenport, actor (Cowboy and Lady, Enchanted Forest), dies at 83 1948 Donna Karan, Forest Hills, New York, fashion designer, Coty Award-1977 1947 Series of forest fires $30 million of timber (New England States) 1946 Lillian Hellman's "Another Part of the Forest," premieres in New York City 1946 Al Green, Forest City Arkansas, singer, Lets Stay Together 1944 Grieg/Work/Forest's musical "Song of Norway," premieres in New York City 1939 Premier De Geer recalls Dutch vacationers in Black Forest 1938 1st aircraft owned by Forest Service in service (Oakland) 1937 Michael Landon, born in Forest Hills, New York, actor, Bonanza, Highway to Heaven 1937 Tom Paxton, Chicago, folk singer and songwriter, Forest Lawn 1937 Forest fire kills 14 and injures 50 in Cody Wyoming 1933 Pete Wilson, born in Lake Forest, Illinois, Senator-R-California, 1983 -1988, Governor-R-California 1991 - 1999 1931 Roone Arledge, born in Forest Hills, New York, head of sports broadcasting, ABC 1929 Joan Shawlee, born in Forest Hills, New York, actress, Prehistoric Women 1926 Lord Murray of Epping Forest, general secretary, TUC 1926 Forest fire burns 900 acres and kills 2 in San Luis Obispo, California 1924 Forest Peters of Montana State University hits 17 of 22 attempted field goals 1924 Gila Wilderness Area established by Forest Service 1923 Lee de Forest demonstrates his sound-on-film moving pictures (New York City) 1922 Lord Murray of Epping Forest, general secretary, TUC 1921 Jack Fletcher, born in Forest Hills, New York, actor, Grady, Bob Crane Show 1918 Cloquet Minnesota and 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die 1918 Forest fire in Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin kills about 800 1915 William Proxmire, born in Lake Forest, Illinois, Senator-D-Wisconsin, 1957 - 1989, Golden Fleece Awards 1915 Forest Sagendorf, cartoonist 1910 Phil Hanna, River Forest, Illinois, singer, Once Upon a Tune 1909 Jean Kurt Forest, composer 1908 David Farrar, Forest Gate England, actor, Beat Girl, I Accuse 1907 3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr. Lee De Forest 1906 U.S. inventor Lee de Forest patents "Audion," a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio and broadcasting 1906 Clancy Cooper, actress, Enchanted Forest, Girls in Chains 1905 Earl "Fatha" Hines, Duquesne, Pennsylvania, jazz pianist, Deep Forest 1905 1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Maine 1905 U.S. Forest Service forms 1894 Forest fires destroy Hinckley Minnesota: about 600 die 1892 Claire DuBrey, Bonner's Ferry ID, actress, Lightnin' in the Forest 1891 National Forest Service organized 1890 Conrad Richter, writer, Light in the Forest 1890 J Patrick O'Malley, Forest City, Pennsylvania, actress, Courage of Black Beauty 1887 H M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist 1885 1st U.S. state (California) establishes a permanent forest commission 1883 Hugh Daily, a one-armed pitcher for Cleveland (Forest City), tosses 1-0 no-hitter against Philadelphia 1882 Epping Forest England dedicated by Queen Victoria 1880 John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, Worcester 1, Cleveland's Forest City 0 1873 Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor, Audion vacuum, radio, tube 1869 Henriette Georgia Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet, Women in Forest 1869 Cleveland's Forest City play their 1st game, vs Cincinnati Red Stockings 1863 Svetolik Rankovic, Serbian writer, Forest King 1858 William Watson, British poet, Prince's Quest, Father of Forest 1845 Hendrick Waelput, Flemish composer and conductor, Forest, Stella 1524 Boer War begins in Germany's Black Forest 1100 William II, Rufus, king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 |
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