2013 Event The FBI reports they have discovered who stole $580 million in masterpieces from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990, the greatest art heist in American history 2003 Death Herb Gardner, writer, A Thousand Clowns, dies at 68 2002 Death John W. Gardner, American Educator 1996 Death Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist, dies at 59 1995 Death Kenneth Burslam Gardner, librarian/Orientalist, dies at 70 1995 Death James Gardner, designer, dies at 87 1992 Event Herb Gardner's "Conversations With My Father," premieres in New York City 1991 Event Expo's Mark Gardner no hits Dodgers for 9 innings, but loses in 10th 1990 Event Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen 1990 Death Ava Gardner, actress (Barefoot Contessa), dies of pneumonia at 67 1989 Death Hy Gardner, newspaper columnist, dies at 80 1986 Death Gardner F[rancis] Fox, author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman), dies at 75 1985 Event Herb Gardner's "I'm Not Rappaport," premieres in New York City 1985 Death Gardner Cowles, Jr., U.S. publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82 1984 Event Blackhawk Bill Gardner scores on 10th penalty shot against Islanders 1984 Death Samuel Gardner, composer, dies at 92 1982 Death John C Gardner, U.S., writer (Life and Times of Chaucer High), dies at 49 1979 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Tai Babilonia and R Gardner USA 1977 Death Jack Gardner, actor (Wild Bill Hickok, 3 Russian Girls), dies at 77 1974 Event Herb Gardner's "Thieves," premieres in New York City 1970 Death Erle Stanley Gardner, U.S. writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80 1968 Death Helen Gardner, silent film actress (Sandra), dies 1968 Birthday Moe Gardner, NFL nose tackle for the Atlanta Falcons 1966 Birthday Carwell Gardner, NFL fullback, Buffalo Bills, San Diego Chargers 1962 Event Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns," premieres in New York City 1962 Birthday Janet Patricia Gardner, born in Juneau, Alaska, rocker, Vixen-Rev It Up 1962 Birthday Mark Gardner, born in Los Angeles, California, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants 1962 Birthday Mark Gardner, U.S. baseball player for the Florida Marlins 1956 Birthday Mark Daniel Gearan, born in Gardner, Massachusetts, campaign manager, Al Gore 1954 Event "Barefoot Contessa" starring Ava Gardner premieres at the Capitol 1954 Birthday Piers Gardner, director, British Institute of International and Comparative Law 1948 Birthday Dale A Gardner, Fairmont, Minnesota, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-8, STS-51A 1948 Birthday Guy Spencer Gardner, Alta Vista, Virginia, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, STS-27, STS-35 1946 Birthday Kim Gardner, England, rock bassist, Ashton, Gardner and Dyke 1945 Birthday Roy Dyke, Liverpool, rock drummer, Ashton, Gardner and Dyke 1943 Birthday Howard Gardner, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, psychologist, invented theory of multiple intelligences, influenced by Jerome Bruner, Nelson Goodman, Jean Piaget, MacArthur Prize Fellowship, 1981 1938 Birthday Kim Gardner, rocker, Byrds 1936 Birthday Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist 1933 Birthday John C Gardner, scholar/writer, Grendel, Sunlight Dialogues 1933 Birthday Bunk Gardner, rocker, Mothers Of Invention 1932 Birthday Andrew Gardner, British broadcaster 1932 Birthday Leon Hughes, born in Los Angeles, California, born Thomas Leon Hughes, member of The Coasters with Bobby Nunn, Carl Gardner, Billy Guy 1932 Birthday Gardner McKay, born in New York City, actor, Pleasure Seekers, Boots and Saddles 1929 Birthday Keith A St. H Gardner, Jamaica, 4x400m runner 1960 Olympics bronze 1928 Birthday Carl Gardner, born in Tyler, Texas, rock vocalist, Coasters-Searchin 1926 Birthday Brother Dave Gardner, Novelty singer/comedian 1924 Birthday Kenneth Burslam Gardner, librarian/orientalist 1922 Birthday Ava Gardner, born in Grabtown, North Carolina, actress, On the Beach, Night of the Iguana 1917 Birthday John Gardner, composer 1914 Birthday Martin Gardner, Scientific American math and puzzles columnist 1913 Birthday Gardner Read, Evanston, Illinois, composer 1912 Birthday John W. Gardner, American Educator 1912 Birthday Edward Gardner, Queen's Court/MP 1911 Birthday Gardner F[rancis] Fox, U.S., sci-fi author, Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman 1907 Birthday James Gardner, designer 1903 Birthday Gardner Cowles, Iowa, publisher/founder, Look Magazine 1891 Birthday Samuel Gardner, composer 1889 Birthday Erle Stanley Gardner, U.S. detective writer, Perry Mason 1877 Birthday Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor, elecrostatic precipitator 1864 Death Stephen Gardner Champlin, Brigadier-General (Union), dies at about 36 1858 Event Streetcar patented (E A Gardner of Philadelphia) 1831 Birthday Eliza Ann Gardner, underground railway conductor 1824 Birthday William Montgomery Gardner, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1823 Birthday Franklin Gardner, Major General Confederate Army
