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1998 Sandy Hume, correspondent (Fox News), commits suicide at 28

1997 Nancy Kerring and Tonya Harding pre-record a show to air on FOX on Feb 5

1997 "Keenan Ivory Wayan Show," premieres on Fox TV

1997 "Married With Children" final episode on Fox TV

1997 Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox and Willie Wells for Hall of Fame

1996 Harold C Fox, Fashion designer/musician, dies at 86

1996 Michael Fox, actor (Amos-Falcon Crest, Skinheads), dies at 75

1995 Curley Fox, fiddler, dies at 85

1994 1st NFL game on Fox network (exhibition - San Francisco vs Denver)

1994 "Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego," debuts on Fox TV

1992 Fox is to launch Tuesday night network TV, rescheduled to Decemeber

1992 Fox broadcasting adds Wednesday night TV programming

1992 Barry Diller resigns as CEO of Fox

1992 100th episode of "Cops" airs on Fox

1991 Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premieres on FOX TV

1988 Fox Harris, actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid and Nancy), dies

1988 Michael J. Fox marries Tracy Pollan

1987 Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children

1986 Gardner F[rancis] Fox, author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman), dies at 75

1986 38th Emmy Awards: Golden Girls, Cagney and Lacey and Michael J Fox win

1980 Walt Disney's "Fox and The Hound," released

1980 Ivan Triesault, actor (Von Ryan's Express, Desert Fox), dies at 81

1979 Darryl F Zanuck, film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77

1979 Sean Fox, actor, 3 Ninjas Kick Back, Calendar Girl

1977 Catherine Fox, 400m freestyle relay, 1996 Olympics gold

1974 Billy Fox, Protestant Dublin MP, assassinated

1974 Ron Fox, soccer player, Willem II

1973 Robby Kiger, born in Encino, California, actor, Josh Fox-Crazy Like a Fox

1971 David Fox, U.S., 50m freestyle, Olympics-6th-96

1971 Andy Fox, Sacramento California, infielder, New York Yankees

1970 Morgan Fox, Prince George BC, playmate, Dec, 1990

1969 Rick Fox, NBA guard and forward, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics

1967 Jordan Whitfield, actor (Swamp Fox), dies of heart attack at 50

1967 Mike Fox, NFL defensive end for the Carolina Panthers

1967 Clare Carey, actress, Kelly Fox Rosebrock-Coach

1966 Matthew Fox, born in Crowheart, Wyoming, actor, Party of 5, Fredhman Dorm

1966 Samantha Karen Fox, born in East End London, England, singer, Touch Me

1966 Samantha Fox, English Model

1964 Lumsden Hare, actor (Oregon Trail, Desert Fox), dies at 89

1964 Vivica Fox, American Actress

1962 Anne-Marie Fox, born in Los Angeles, California, playmate, Feb, 1982

1961 Michael J. Fox, actor, Family Ties, Back to the Future, Teen Wolf

1960 David Duchovny, born in New York City, actor, Fox Mulder-X Files

1960 Tracy Pollan, born in New York City, actress, Family Ties, /aka Mrs. Michael J Fox

1959 White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL's MVP

1959 Harry Fox II, dies at 77

1958 Nellie Fox sets record for consecutive games without striking out (98)

1958 Terry Fox, Canadain one-legged marathoner, 1980 Marathon of Hope

1958 Mark Fox, congas/percussionist, Haircut 100-Nobody's Fool

1957 WTIC TV channel 61 in Hartford, CT (CBS/FOX) begins broadcasting

1955 After playing 274 straight games at 2nd base, Nellie Fox is given a day off he comes back next 798 consecutive games

1952 William Fox, [Fried], U.S. film pioneer (Nickelodeon), dies at 73

1951 Emmet Fox, American Author

1949 20th Century Fox announces it would produce TV programs

1949 White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox

1949 A's trade 2nd baseman Nellie Fox to White Sox for Joe Tipton

1948 Terry Bradshaw, NFL QB for the Pittsburgh Steelers/announcer, CBS, FOX

1946 Ronald Fox, senior partner, Fox Williams

1946 David Hill, Australian TV-reporter/owner, Fox Sports

1945 Vadim Abdrashitov, director, Fox Hunt, Parade of Planets

1944 WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in New York City (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast

1942 Douglas H Fox, U.S. captain of destroyer Barton, dies in battle

1942 Vicente Fox, Mexican Statesman

1942 Vincente Fox, Mexican Statesman

1941 Jim Fox, England, pentathlete, Olympics-1972

1941 Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie for 20th Century Fox

1939 James Fox, born in London, England, actor, Greystoke

1937 Edward Fox, born in London, England, actor, M-Never Say Never Again

1936 John Madden, NFL coach for the Oakland Raiders/sports commentator, CBS, FOX

1933 Fox signs Shirley Temple, 5, to a studio contract

1932 Charlie "Silver Fox" Rich, Colt, Arkansas, vocalist, Behind Closed Doors

1932 Roses Fox, Trade union leader, dies at 71

1931 Rupert Murdoch, born in Australia, publisher, New York Post and CEO of FOX

1931 Frederick Alfred Fox, composer

1930 62nd Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:31.6

1930 56th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:07.6

1930 56th Preakness: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:00.6

1928 Leos Janacek, Czech composer and conductor (Sly Little Fox), dies at 74

1927 Nellie Fox, White Sox infielder, AL MVP 1959

1927 Marcus Fox, conservative MP/chairman, 1922 Committee

1927 Fox Studios exhibits Movietone

1923 Paula Fox, U.S. children's books author, Poor George

1921 Michael Fox, U.S., actor, Quincy, Dallas, Bold and the Beautiful

1920 Jack Warden, Newark, New Jersey, actor, NYPD, Crazy Like a Fox, Norby

1918 James MacGregor Burns, political writer, The Lion and the Fox

1917 Jordan Whitfield, Pennsylvania, actor, Swamp Fox

1914 Foxtrot 1st danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden (NYC, by Harry Fox)

1911 Gardner F[rancis] Fox, U.S., sci-fi author, Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman

1910 Harold C Fox, fashion designer/musician

1907 1st U.S. fox hound association forms in New York City

1902 Darryl F Zanuck, film magnate/president, 20th Century Fox

1898 23rd Preakness: Willie Simms aboard Sly Fox wins in 1:49.75

1892 David Garnett, England, novelist and editor, Lady into Fox

1886 Emmet Fox, American Author

1882 Harry Fox, entertainer

1879 William Fox, U.S. film pioneer, Nickelodeon

1877 William Henry Fox Talbot, photographic pioneer, dies at 77

1875 Lumsden Hare, Ireland, actor, Oregon Trail, Desert Fox, Young Bess

1862 Skirmish at Mountain MD (Boonesboro, Crampton's Gap, Fox's Gap)

1846 William Fox Talbot, pioneer photographer/inventor

1832 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac and Fox indians, end Black Hawk War

1830 3 Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk and Fox, signs a treaty giving the U.S. most of Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri

1821 Navy Gustavus Vasa Fox, Assistant Secretary, Union, died in 1883

1806 Charles James Fox, English Politician

1800 William Henry Fox Talbot, Wiltshire England, photographic pioneer

1774 Henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68

1755 Henry Fox appointed English Secretary of State

1749 Charles James Fox, English Politician

1705 Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, England, corrupt politician, Chiswick

1691 George Fox, founder of Quakers, dies at 66

1667 John Fox, Amsterdam writer, buried

1499 Neithart Fox, [Jonker Fox], German passage leader, slain in battle



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