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1999 "Forrest Mars, Sr", businessman, Mars candy, dies at 95

1996 William Downie Forrest, journalist, dies at 94

1995 52th Golden Globes: Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks, Jessica Lange

1994 Forest Cowles Bud Forrest Sagendorf, cartoonist, dies at 79

1990 Christine Forrest, actress (Martin), dies

1990 "Les Miserables," opens at Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia

1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia

1986 Forrest Tucker, actor (O'Rourke-F Troop, Dusty Trail), dies at 67

1980 Nottingham Forrest wins 25th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid

1979 Forrest Carter, American Writer

1979 Nottingham Forrest wins 24th Europe Cup 1 at Munich

1977 Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod and Me), dies at 77

1965 Forrest Taylor, actor (This is Life, Man Without a Gun), dies at 81

1961 USN Comdr Forrest S Petersen takes X-15 to 30,720 m

1956 Tom Hanks, born in Concord, California, actor, Bossom Buddies, Forrest Gump, Philadelphia

1955 Gary Sinise, actor, Apollo 13, Forrest Gump

1948 Robert Zemeckis, director, Forrest Gump, Back to the Future

1947 Forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71

1936 Frederic Forrest, Waxahachie, Texas, actor, Music Box, Lonesone Dove

1933 Forrest Gregg, NFL tackle, Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys

1925 Eugene O'Neill Theater (Coronet, Forrest) opens at 230 W 49th St. New York City

1925 Forrest Compton, Reading, Pennsylvania, actor, Gomer Pyle USMC, Edge of Night

1925 Forrest Carter, American Writer

1924 Steve Forrest, Huntsville, Texas, actor, Ben-Dallas, SWAT

1919 Forrest Tucker, born in Plainfield, Indiana, actor, O'Rourke-F Troop, Dusty Trail

1916 Forrest J Ackerman, invented the term "sci-fi"

1915 Nora Dunfee, actress, Forrest Gump, Lorenzo's Oil

1902 William Downie Forrest, journalist

1899 Forrest Lewis, actor, Monster of Piedras Blancas

1899 Forrest "Red" DeBernardi, basketball hall of famer, elected 1961

1894 Forrest Shaklee, founder, Shaklee Products

1877 Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South, dies in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 56

1864 Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tennessee

1864 Battle of Paducah, Kentucky (Forrest's raid)

1864 Jeffery Forrest, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle

1863 Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee

1863 Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Miss; Forrest w/3500 defeats 8000 Feds

1863 Forrest's raid on Brentwood, Tennessee

1862 Brigadier-General Nathan Bedford Forrest occupies Trenton, Kentucky

1862 Battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid)

1862 Forrest's 1st raid

1862 Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Forrest's Raid) US895 CS150

1821 Nathan Bedford Forrest, born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South


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