1995 "Glass Menagerie" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 57 performances
1994 "Glass Menagerie" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 57 performances
1994 "Broken Glass" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 73 performances
1994 "Broken Glass" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 73 performances
1993 Robert J Glass, film producer (ET), is killed at 53
1992 Evelyn Wesler Zemel, U.S. author (American Glass Animals), dies
1991 Andries D Copier, Dutch glass designer (Guild glass), dies
1987 Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon
1984 Ned Glass, actor (Charade, Street Music), dies of heart failure at 78
1980 Billy Joel's Glass Houses album tops charts
1980 Billy Joel's "Glass Houses" hits #1
1975 Eugeen Yoors, Flemish draftsman/glass painter, dies at 95
1973 "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" by Looking Glass peaks at #33
1972 Looking Glass releases "Brandy"
1966 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Glass City Golf Classic
1965 Gaston Glass, actor (Opening Your Eyes), dies after long illness at 65
1960 Bert Haanstra wins Oscar for "Glass"
1959 Ira Glass, American Journalist
1959 Helen Parrish, actress (Hour Glass), dies of cancer at 36
1957 Nancy Glass, TV broadcaster, American Journal
1957 World's biggest glass oven used
1955 Hazel O'Connor, Coventry, England, singer and actress, Breaking Glass
1955 Judith Tarr, U.S., sci-fi author, Isle of Glass, Ars Magica
1954 Jimmy Destri, rock keyboardist, Blondie-Heart of Glass, Rapture
1949 Chris Stein, Brooklyn, rock guitarist, Blondie-Heart of Glass, Call Me
1947 Photosensitive glass developed
1946 Carter Glass, American Politician
1946 1st hour long entertainment TV show, "NBC's Hour Glass" premieres
1946 1st variety show on TV "NBC's Hour Glass," premieres
1945 Ron Glass, born in Evansville, Indiana, actor, Harris-Barney Miller, Frank's Place
1945 Ron Glass, born in Evansville, Indiana, actor, Ron-Barney Miller, New Odd Couple
1945 Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie," premieres in New York City
1944 Tennessee Williams' play "Glass Menagerie," premieres in Chicago
1944 Charles Burnett, director, When it Rains, Glass Shield
1941 Dale Chihuly, born in Tacoma, Washington, artist in glass, Louis Tiffany Award 1967
1937 Philip Glass, born in Baltimore, Maryland, minimal composer, Einstein on the Beach
1936 200" telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, New York-Cal Tech
1936 Louis Glass, composer, dies at 71
1933 Michelangelo Pistoletto, Italian artist, glass painter
1933 Patent on invisible glass installation
1930 Harry Glass, German DR, 1st E German Olympic medalist, bronze-1956
1927 Evelyn Wesler Zemel, U.S., author, American Glass Animals
1926 Robert Schuller, televangelist, Glass Cathedral, Hour of Power
1922 Helen Parrish, born in Columbus Georgia, actress, Hour Glass, Show Business
1917 Paul Rogers, British actor, Looking Glass War, Billy Budd
1914 Edward Andrews, Griffin Georgia, actor, Tea and Sympathy, Glass Bottom Boat
1911 Eddie Mayehoff, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Hour Glass, How to Murder Your Wife
1911 Georg Meistermann, born in German, glass, painter, Raumplanen
1910 Arthur John Howard, actor, Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso, Glass Cage
1906 Ned Glass, born in Poland, actor, Sol-Julia, Uncle Moe-Bridget Loves Bernie
1904 Emile Galle, French glass/marble/ceramic artist dies at 56
1902 Irving W. Colburn patents sheet glass drawing machine
1901 Brian Donlevy, Ireland, actor, Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island
1901 Andries D Copier, Dutch glass manufacturer, Gildeglass
1899 Gaston Glass, Paris, France, film executive
1879 Eugeen Yoors, Flemish etcher/glass painter
1879 Milk was sold in glass bottles for 1st time
1864 Louis Glass, composer
1858 Carter Glass, American Politician
1848 Louis Comfort Tiffany, glassmaker, stained glass windows
1846 Emile Galle, French glass/marble/ceramic artist, Galle Glaze
1839 John Herschel takes 1st glass plate photograph
1814 Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian glass painter
1739 Caspar Wistar begins glass manufacturing in Allowaystown, New Jersey
1556 David Jorisz, Flemish glass blower/sect leader, dies at about 54
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