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
1995 Jim Gilbert, artist, dies at 61
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 Japs
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 adm 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 Japs
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
1933 Jim Gilbert, artist
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, MP
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, Engl 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], Juarez Mex, 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 Billy Gilbert, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Great Dictator, His Gal Friday
1894 Billy Gilbert, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio
1894 Philip Gilbert Hamerton, English Artist
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 Isadore Gilbert Mudge, U.S., librarian and author, Thackeray Dictionary
1875 Gilbert Newton Lewis, American Scientist
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, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1901
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, Bvt Major General Union volunteers
1822 Charles Champion Gilbert, Brig General Union volunteers
1817 John Gilbert, painter/illustrator
1793 Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies
1788 Joseph Gilbert Totten, Bvt Major General Union Army, died in 1864
1755 Gilbert Stuart, U.S., portrait painter, painted Washington
1720 Gilbert White, "father of British naturalists"
1643 Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury/author
1618 Capt 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
|
|
