2003 Kamato Hongo, old man, world's oldest well-documented man for almost four years, dies at 116
2001 Charlotte Coleman, actress, Four Weddings and a Funeral, dies at 33
2001 19 Islamist terrorists hijack four commercial jets, killing nearly 3,000 in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania
1999 During a bombing run over Belgrade, NATO accidentally bombs the Chinese embassy, killing four which launches massive protests throughout China
1997 Lawrence Payton, singer, The Four Tops, dies at 59
1995 Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years
1991 Winnie Mandela sentenced to 6 years for complicity in kidnapping and beating of four youths, one of whom died, She is freed pending appeal
1991 Four Los Angeles Police severly beat Rodney King, captured on amateur video
1984 WA beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield
1983 Jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64
1976 Mao Tse-Tung's widow Jiang Qing and "Gang of Four," arrested and charged with plotting a coup
1976 "Gang of Four" arrested in Beijing
1975 Richard Conte, actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at 65
1971 Jayne Fenner, born in Four Marks, England, U.S. sailing 1992 Olympics
1970 Jim Bouton's controversial "Ball Four" is published
1970 Com Bowie Kuhn reprimands Astro Jim Bouton for writing "Ball Four"
1968 1st date in controversial Jim Bouton baseball diary "Ball Four"
1965 Norman Brokenshire, TV moderator (Four Square Court), dies at 66
1963 Robert Bailey, cricketer, England batsman in four Tests 1988-90
1962 Fab Four have their 1st recording session under name Beatles
1961 Sanath Kaluperuma, cricketer, four Tests for Sri Lanka 1984-88
1960 "Got A Girl" by The Four Preps hits #24
1957 Dirk Blocker, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Ryan's Four
1955 Anwar Khan, cricketer, bowled four overs for Pakistan 1979
1952 Ajit De Silva, cricketer, Sri Lankan lefty spinner in four Tests 1982
1951 Peter Ustinov's "Love of Four Colonels," premieres in London
1948 Samuel E Wright, Camden, South Carolina, actor, Enos, Ball Four
1947 Wilbert Hart, U.S. singer, Four Gents, Delfonics-Didn't I
1945 U.S. planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato and four destroyers were sunk
1945 Jaime Tirelli, born in New York City, actor, Orlando Lopez-Ball Four
1943 Bobby Fuller, Texas, rock vocalist and guitarist, Bobby Fuller Four
1942 Bob Gaudio, born in Bronx, New York, rocker, Four Seasons-Sherry
1942 U. N. Kulkarni, cricketer, Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68
1940 Ben Davidson, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Rhino-Ball Four, Code R
1940 Erapalli Prasanna, cricketer, one of India's big four spinners
1939 Len Cariou, Winnipeg Manitoba, actor, Four Seasons-Sherry
1939 Marco St. John, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Rayford-Ball Four
1939 Jim Bouton, born in Newark, New Jersey, pitcher, New York Yankees, author of Ball Four
1937 Frankie Valli, [Castelluccio], Newark, New Jersey, singer, Four Seasons-Sherry
1935 Abdul "Duke" Fakir, born in Detroit, Michigan, rock vocalist, Four Tops
1935 Tommy Devito, born in Montclair, New Jersey, rock vocalist, Four Seasons-Sherry
1934 Four centuries for SA as they make 7-644 vs. Qld before 6,180
1933 Tom Skerritt, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Ryan's Four, Alien, Big Bad Mama
1930 Ken Errair, rocker, Four Freshmen
1929 Michael Medwin, English actor, Four in a Jeep, Scrooge, Checkpoint
1929 Sydney Gedye, cricketer, opening batsman in four Tests for NZ 1964
1926 Bob Flannigan, rocker, Four Freshmen
1920 Anwar Hussain, cricketer, four Tests for Pakistan vs. India 1952-53
1918 Jack Somack, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show
1915 Joe Hitchcock, darts player, leader of St. Dunstan's Four
1907 Interprovincial Rugby Football union (Big Four) forms with Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Foot Ball
1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Sign of Four"
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