2000 Roger Vadim, director, And God Created Woman, dies at 72
1999 Jean Shepherd, writer/radio artist, ", In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, ", dies at 78
1996 "God Said, Ha!" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 22 performances
1996 "God Said, Ha!," opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 22 performances
1994 Barry Sullivan, actor (Streets of SF, Oh, God!), dies at 81
1989 Irving Berlin, composer (God Bless America), dies at 101
1988 "Don't Get God Started" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 86 performances
1987 "Don't Get God Started" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 86 performances
1987 PTL's Jim Bakker and Rich Dortch dismissed from Assemblies of God
1986 Kate Smith, singer (God Bless America), dies in Raleigh North Carolina at 78
1984 Piet van Aken, Flemish writer (Failing God, Niggers), dies at 64
1982 John Pielmeier's "Agnes of God," premieres in New York City
1980 34th Tony Awards: Children of a Lesser God and Evita win
1980 Mark Medoff's "Children of a Lesser God," premieres in New York City
1979 David Lopez, Queens, New York, actor, and God Created Women, Ghostwriter
1976 Rev Sun Myung Moon holds "God Bless America" convention
1976 God Shammgod, NBA guard, Washington Wizards
1975 "Thank God I'm a Country Boy," by John Denver hits #1
1972 Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91
1972 "Hard Job Being God" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 6 performances
1972 "Hard Job Being God" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 6 performances
1967 Jan Mens, Dutch writer (Honor to God Alone), dies at 70
1967 Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Jokaste against God), dies at 87
1961 Frank Fay, actor (God's Gift to Women), dies in Santa Monica CA
1961 U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God
1958 Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies
1956 Photography begins on "... and God Created Women"
1956 Lyle Lovett, born in Klein, Texas, country singer, God Will, Joshua Judges Ruth
1956 U.S. motto, In God We Trust, authorized
1955 Claus Strigel, director, Obituary for the Automobile, Act of God
1955 Congress authorizes all U.S. currency to say "In God We Trust"
1955 Congress orders all U.S. coins bear motto "In God We Trust"
1954 President Eisenhower signs order adding words 'under God' to the Pledge
1953 Midge Ure, Glasgow Scot, rocker, Dear God, Ultravox-We Came to Dance
1950 William Hurt, born in Washington D.C., actor, Big Chill, Children of a Lesser God
1950 Johanna E "Joke" Beerens, actress, Schipper Next to God
1946 Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god
1943 John Denver, New Mexico, singer, Rocky Mt High, thank God he's a country boy
1940 Lee Greenwood, country singer, God Bless the USA
1939 Kate Smith 1st sings Irving Berlin's "God Bless America"
1938 1st play telecast with original Broadway cast, "Susan and God"
1934 Brigitte Bardot, born in Paris, France, sex kitten, And God Created Women
1931 Kristin Hunter, [Eggleston], U.S. author, God Bless the Child
1929 Charles Van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God on Sea), dies
1928 Jack Lord, New York City, actor, Steve McGarrett-Hawaii 5-0, God's Little Acre
1928 Larry Gelbart, writer/producer/actor, Oh God!, M*A*S*H
1928 Roger Vadim, born in France, director, And God Created Women, Barbarella
1927 Thomas J J Altizer, Massachusetts, U.S. Radical theologian, God is Dead
1926 Aldo Ray, Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, actor, God's Little Acre, Green Beret
1926 Eugene O'Neill's "Great God Brown," premieres in New York City
1913 Stuart J[ames] Byrne, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Man, God Man
1911 Jan Lode Cantens, Flemish dramatist, God's Murderer
1910 Donald Coggan, English archbishop of York/Canterbury, Glory of God
1909 Kate Smith, singer, God Bless America, /Philadelphia Flyer luck charm
1907 Anghelos Terzakis, Greece, writer, Without God
1906 William Empson, English poet and critic, Milton's God
1903 Erskine P Caldwell, author, Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre
1899 Marnix Gijsen, [baron Jan-Albert Goris], Flemish writer, Grote God Pan
1898 Leopold Infeld, Polish nuclear physicist, Whom the God's Love
1897 Frank Fay, born in San Francisco, California, actor, God's Gift to Women, Love Nest
1896 George Burns, New York City, actor/comedian, Oh God
1896 Rex Ingram, Ireland, actor and director, Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre
1895 Anton G J van de Velde, Flemish writer and director, God and the Worms
1888 John Crowe Ransom, U.S. poet and critic, God Without Thunder
1882 Wyndham Lewis, English author/painter, Tarr, Apes of God
1881 Cecil B deMille, Massachusetts, directed God, 10 Commandments, Cleopatra
1878 Jozef C. Bittremieux, Flemish theologist, Virgin and Mother of God
1878 Karel van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet, God at Sea
1873 Charles Pierre Peguy, Orleans Fr, Catholic writer, God Speaks
1864 U.S. mints 2 cent coin (1st appearance of "In God We Trust")
1855 Josiah Royce, U.S., philosopher, conception of God
1844 Samuel FB Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph msg)
1843 Mormon leader Joseph Smith say God OKs polygamy
1797 John Winebrenner, U.S., clergyman, founded Church of God
1793 France ends forced worship of God
1646 Mass uses death penalty for denying that Saint Copybook is God's word
1607 "God Save the King" is 1st sung
1563 John Bull, composer of British national anthem (God Save The King), dies
1502 Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader, Children of God
600 Pope Gregory the Great decreea saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze
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