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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. New Zealand 1961 1930 Julius LaRosa, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air 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, orchestra leader, Arthur Godfrey 1908 Bernie Green, born in New York City, orchestra 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 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 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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