1997 Godfrey Baseley, British radio executive, dies at 92
1994 Godfrey Quigley, actor (Barry Lyndon, Educating Rita), dies at 71
1984 William Powell, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 91
1983 Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79
1980 Gail Patrick, actress (My Man Godfrey), dies of leukemia at 69
1979 Allan McLeod Cormack and Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield win Nobel Prize for medicine for developing CAT scan
1976 Godfrey Cambridge, actor (Watermelon Man), dies at 43
1973 Randall Godfrey, linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys
1972 "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio
1968 Godfrey Myles, NFL linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys
1967 Mischa Auer, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 61 of a heart attack
1962 Edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies
1954 Eugene Pallette, actor (It's a Date, My Man Godfrey), dies at 65
1953 Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey
1953 Godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68
1951 1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from New York City to 4 cities
1949 "Arthur Godfrey and His Friends" premieres on CBS TV
1948 Godfrey Turner, composer, dies at 35
1947 Godfrey Harold Hardy, British Mathematician
1945 "Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio
1939 Alice Brady, actress (My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee), dies at 46
1939 Marion Marlowe, born in St. Louis, Missouri, singer, Arthur Godfrey and Friends
1933 Godfrey Cambridge, New York City, actor, Cotton comes to Harlem
1932 Godfrey Lawrence, cricketer, South African fast bowler, 8-53 vs. NZ 1961
1930 Julius LaRosa, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air
1926 Godfrey Kenton, actor
1924 Peter Godfrey, chartered accountant
1923 Godfrey Quigley, actor, Barry Lyndon, Educating Rita, Rooney
1920 [Thomas] Godfrey Evans, English cricket keeper, 1950's
1919 Dick Spooner, England, cricket wicketkeeper, Godfrey Evans' shadow
1918 Godfrey Ridout, composer
1915 Godfrey Brown, England, 4 x 400m runner 1936 Olympics gold
1913 Godfrey Turner, composer
1911 Gail Patrick, Birmingham, Alabama, actress, My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy
1909 Carol Lombard, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, actress, My Man Godfrey, In Name Only
1909 Archie Bleyer, born in Corona, New York, orch leader, Arthur Godfrey
1908 Bernie Green, born in New York City, orch leader, Arthur Godfrey Show, Garry Moore Show
1905 Mischa Auer, [Ounskowsky], St. Petersburg Rus, actor, My Man Godfrey
1904 Godfrey Baseley, radio executive
1903 Arthur Godfrey, New York City, radio/TV host, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout
1903 Frank Parker, born in New York City, singer, Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party
1902 Godfrey Kenton, actor, Well's Theater
1892 Alice Brady, New York City, actress, My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee, Zenobia
1892 William Powell, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Thin Man, My Man Godfrey
1884 Godfrey Tearle, English/US actor, 39 Steps
1877 Godfrey H Hardy, England, number theorist
1877 Godfrey Harold Hardy, British Mathematician
1865 Godfrey Cripps, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. England 1892, 18 and 3
1853 George Godfrey, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, heavyweight boxer, Old Chocolate
1835 Godfrey Weitzel, Union volunteers Major general, died in 1884
1807 17 die and 15 wounded in a crush to witness execution of Holloway, Heggerty and Elizabeth Godfrey in England
1753 Benjamin Franklin receives Godfrey Copley-Penny
1723 Godfrey Kneller, English painter (74-77), dies
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