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1997 15th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Larry Gilbert
1995 Package bomb, linked to Unabomber, blows up killing Gilbert B. Murray 1995 Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar, dies at 84 1994 Roswell Gilbert, who mercy killed his ailing wife, dies at 85 1994 Gilbert Roland, Mexican/US actor (Armand in Camille), dies at 88 1988 Gilbert is strongest (26.13 barometer) hurricane in Western Hemisphere 1988 Gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica 1988 Hurricane Gilbert, kills 300 in Jamaica, Texas and Yucatan 1986 Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo, became 12th NHLer to score 500 goals 1979 Kiribati (formerly Gilbert Islands) declares independence from U.K. 1979 Jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies 1978 Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies 1976 Britain gives Gilbert Island (Kiribati) self rule 1975 Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands, take name "Tuvalu" 1975 Martyn Green, actor (Gilbert and Sullivan, Mikado), dies at 75 1975 Sara Gilbert, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Melissa-Roseanne 1973 Bob Gilbert, actor (Never the Twain Shall Meet), dies of hepatitis 75 1971 Billy Gilbert, actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio), dies at 77 1971 Billy Gilbert, U.S. actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday), dies at 76 1971 Gilbert Brown, NFL defensive tackle, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 1971 Gilbert M Anderson, actor (1st Movie Cowboy), dies at 88 1970 Sean Gilbert, defensive tackle for the Washington Redskins 1969 Gilbert Schaller, Bruck Austria, tennis star 1968 Glenroy Gilbert, Trinidad, Canadian 4X100m sprinter, 1996 Olympics gold 1966 Gilbert H Grosvenor, president National Geographic Society, dies at 90 1964 Melissa Gilbert Brinkman, Louisiana, actress, Little House on the Prairie 1964 Melissa Gilbert, American Actress 1961 Gale Gilbert, NFL quarterback for the San Diego Chargers 1961 Brad Gilbert, born in Oakland California, tennis star 1961 Gillian Gilbert, Manchester England, rocker, New Order-Round and Round 1960 Dave Gilbert, cricketer, Aussie pace bowler in 9 Tests 1985-86 1959 Gilbert Adrian, costume designer, dies of heart attack at 56 1957 Gilbert Murray, British Diplomat 1957 Gilbert Hernandez, American Artist 1955 Gilbert Gottfried, comedian, Beverly Hills Cop 1954 Gilbert "Gibus" Duclos-Lassalle, French cyclist 1950 Ieremia Tabai, President of Kiribati, Gilbert Islands, 1979-91 1950 Gilbert Perreault, NHL center, over 500 goals 1947 Bruce Gilbert, producer, China Syndrome, 9 to 5, On Golden Pond 1946 Gilbert O'Sullivan, Ireland, singer, Alone Again Naturally 1946 Ronnie Gilbert, rocker, Lifeline, Harp 1946 Gilbert Newton Lewis, American Scientist 1945 Gilbert Dodds, record miler (4:05.3), retires to do gospel work 1943 U.S. forces take control of Tarawa, Gilbert Island and Makin from Japanese 1943 U.S. troops land on Abemada, Gilbert Island 1943 U.S. forces land on Tarawa and Makin Atoll in Gilbert Island 1943 Joint Chiefs of Staff question Admiral Nimitz (landing Gilbert Island) 1942 Jean Gilbert, Max Winterfield, German composer, dies at 63 1942 Lawrence Allen Gilbert, Fort Knox, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1994 Dallas Reunion 1942 Carlson's Raiders land on Makin, Gilbert islands, kill 350 Japanese 1941 Rod Gilbert, Canada, NHL wing for the New York Rangers 1941 C L "Gibby" Gilbert, Jr., Chattanooga, Tennessee, PGA golfer, 1976 Danny Thomas 1936 Gilbert Amy, French composer, Coeur de Fumee 1936 Gilbert K Chesterton, English writer/poet (Father Brown), dies 1936 Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer 1936 John Gilbert, actor (Love, Downstairs), dies at 40 1935 Gilbert Kalish, born in Brooklyn, New York, pianist/professor, SUNY Stony Brook 1934 Anthony Gilbert, composer 1934 Cass Gilbert, American Architect 1932 Gilbert Parker, British Politician 1932 Walter Gilbert, American Scientist 1931 Bill Gilbert, born in Washington D.C., sports author, They Also Served, Big E 1930 Harry Gilbert Trythall, composer 1928 Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer, dies at 59 1927 John Gilbert, born in England, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Dudley East, life peer as Baron Gilbert, of Dudley in the County of West Midlands 1920 Lewis Gilbert, born in London, England, director/actor, You Only Live Twice 1916 Britain proclaims Gilbert and Ellice Is colony in Pacific 1915 Britain annexes Gilbert and Ellice archipelago 1911 William Schwenck Gilbert, English writer (Gilbert and Sullivan), dies at 74 1911 William Gilbert, British Composer 1911 Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar 1909 Gaston Gilbert Litaize, composer 1909 Gilbert Inglefield, Mayor of London, 1967-68 1906 Gilbert Highet, Scottish Writer 1905 Gilbert Roland, Luis Alonso, born in Juarez, Mexico, actor, Juarez, Barbarosa 1903 Gilbert Adrian, Greenberg, born in Naugatuck, Connecticut, costume designer 1901 Richard D'Oyly Carte, promotor (Gilbert and Sullivan operas), dies 1900 Gilbert Jessop hits his 2nd 100 before lunch in same cricket match 1899 Martyn Green, born in London, actor, Gilbert and Sullivan, Iceman Cometh 1898 Bobby Gilbert, PA 1896 Gilbert and Sullivan's last operette "Grand Duke," premieres in London 1895 John Gilbert, Pringle, Logan, Utah, actor, Heart o' the Hills 1894 Philip Gilbert Hamerton, English Artist 1894 Billy Gilbert, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Great Dictator, His Gal Friday 1894 Billy Gilbert, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio 1889 Gilbert and Sullivans "Gondoliers," premieres in London 1888 Gilbert Ledward, British sculptor 1885 Gilbert and Sullivan's "Mikado," premieres in London 1885 Gilbert and Sullivan's opera "Mikado," premieres in London 1882 Boston's Bijou Theatre, 1st American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity, 1st performance, Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe" 1882 Gilbert M. Anderson, Max Aronson, Little Rock AR 1881 Gilbert and Sullivan's opera "Patience" produced in London 1879 Gilbert/Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance," premieres in New York City 1879 Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance," premieres 1879 Jean Gilbert, Max Winterfield, German composer, Prince Regent 1879 Gilbert and Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater New York City 1879 Jean Gilbert, composer 1878 Gilbert/Sullivans opera "HMS Pinafore," premieres in London 1878 George Gilbert Scott, architect, dies 1877 Gilbert/Sullivans operette "Sorcerer," premieres in London 1875 Gilbert Newton Lewis, American Scientist 1875 Isadore Gilbert Mudge, U.S., librarian and author, Thackeray Dictionary 1874 Gilbert Keith Chesterton, England, novelist, Man Who Made Gold 1874 Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer 1874 Gilbert Laird Jessop, cricketer, The Croucher 1868 Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer 1866 Gilbert Murray, British Diplomat 1864 Joseph Gilbert Totten, U.S. Union general-major, dies at 76 1862 Gilbert Parker, British Politician 1859 Cass Gilbert, American Architect 1854 Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith 1848 William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer 1843 Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah 1842 Arthur Seymour Sullivan, born in London, England, composer, Gilbert and Sullivan 1838 Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1836 William Schwenck Gilbert, London, composer, Gilbert and Sullivan 1836 William Gilbert, British Composer 1834 Philip Gilbert Hamerton, English Artist 1828 Gilbert Charles Stuart, painter, dies 1823 James Isham Gilbert, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Charles Champion Gilbert, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1817 John Gilbert, painter/illustrator 1793 Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies 1788 Joseph Gilbert Totten, Major General Union Army 1755 Gilbert Stuart, U.S., portrait painter, painted Washington 1720 Gilbert White, "father of British naturalists" 1643 Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury/author 1618 Captain John Gilbert patents 1st dredger in Britain 1603 William Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh renews Humphrey Gilbert's patent to explore N Amer 1583 Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America) 1578 England grants Sir Humphrey Gilbert a patent to explore and colonize US 1544 William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist, researcher into magnetism 1462 Gilbert of Lannoy, master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes, dies 1189 Gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies 1154 Gilbert de la Porree, French philosopher/bishop of Poiters, dies |
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