2014 Event Sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to Microsoft ex-CEO Steve Ballmer has gone through, despite attempts by former owner Donald Sterling to stop the transaction; Sterling was forced to sell after being banned from the NBA for his racist remarks 2013 Event Angola's Ministry of Justice and Human Rights deny the country has banned Islam and is dismantling mosques in an effort to stop the spread of Muslim extremism; they claim mosques are closed because Islam has not gone through the process of approval or legalization 2011 Event John Corzine, former CEO of MG Global, testifies before a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, stating he doesn't know where hundreds of millions of dollars of his customers' money has gone 2003 Death Rand Brooks, actor/businessman, 'Gone With the Wind', dies at 84 1995 Death Butterfly McQueen, actress 'Gone With the Wind', dies in a fire at 84 1994 Death Louis Kaufman, U.S. violinist and conductor, 'Gone with the Wind', dies at 88 1982 Event George Harrison releases "Gone Troppo" album 1976 Event 'Gone With the Wind' televised 1976 Death Leonard Lee, U.S. R&B-singer (Shirley and Lee-I'm Gone), dies at 40 1975 Event NBC paid $5M for rights to show 'Gone with the Wind' one time 1971 Event T McNally's "Where has Tommy Flowers gone?," premieres in New York City 1968 Birthday Paula Cole, born in Rockport, Massachusetts, singer, songwriter, Grammy-Award winning single, 'Where Have All the Cowboys Gone' 1967 Death Vivian Leigh, actress, Scarlet 'Gone with the Wind', dies at 53 1965 Event Shooting begins on Star Trek 2nd pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" 1965 Death David O. Selznick, producer, 'Gone With the Wind', dies at 63 1963 Birthday Dermot Mulroney, Alexandria, Virginia, actor, Samantha, Sunset, Long Gone 1962 Death Hattie McDaniel actress, 'Gone With the Wind', dies at 67 1960 Death Clark Gable, actor, 'Gone With the Wind', dies at 59 1959 Death George Reeves, actor 'Superman', 'Gone with the Wind', shoots self at 45 1957 Birthday Graeme Kelling, British pop guitarist, Deacon Blue-Real Gone Kid 1950 Birthday Ronnie McDowell, born in Fountain Head, Tennessee, country singer, King is Gone 1950 Birthday Ann Sexton, U.S. vocalist, You're Gone too Long 1949 Death Margaret Mitchell, U.S. writer, 'Gone With the Wind', dies at 48 1949 Death Victor Fleming, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind), dies at 65 1948 Event Dutch police actions up Java gone on strike 1946 Birthday Brenda Holloway, U.S. singer and songwriter, When I'm Gone 1945 Birthday Jeremy Clyde, born in England, rocker, Chad and Jeremy-Yesterday's Gone 1944 Birthday Jonathan King, born in London, England, Kenneth George King, singer, songwriter, pop music producer, wrote song 'Everyone's Gone to the Moon', successful writer, producer for other musical artists 1944 Birthday Carol White, born in England, actress, Daddy's Gone a Hunting 1941 Birthday Buffy Sainte-Marie, Maine, folksinger, Now That the Buffalo Are Gone 1940 Event 12th Academy Awards 'Gone with the Wind', Robert Donat and Vovoem Leigh win 1940 Event 'Gone with the Wind' wins 8 Oscars 1939 Event 'Gone With the Wind' premieres in Atlanta 1939 Event Victor Fleming replaces George Cukor as director of 'Gone With the Wind' 1939 Event Filming begins on 'Gone With the Wind' 1937 Event Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for 'Gone With the Wind' 1936 Event 'Gone With the Wind' by Margaret Mitchell, published 1936 Event Margaret Mitchell's novel 'Gone with the Wind' published 1936 Birthday Marge Piercy, author, Small Changes, Gone for Soldiers 1935 Death Frans, MJ Francois, Erens, literary (Years Gone By), dies at 78 1927 Birthday Ferlin Husky, country singer, Born to Lose, Gone 1925 Birthday B[lues] B[oy] King, Itta Bena Mississippi, blues singer, Thrill is Gone 1922 Birthday Ralph Roberts, Salisbury, North Carolina, actor, Tradition, Gone are the Days 1920 Birthday Richard Adams, author, Day Gone By 1914 Birthday George Reeves, born in Ashland, Kentucky, actor, Superman, 'Gone With the Wind' 1913 Birthday Vivien Leigh, Gone With Wind, Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn 1911 Birthday Butterfly McQueen, Thelma, born in Tampa, Florida, actress, 'Gone With the Wind' 1902 Birthday David O Selznick, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, producer, 'Gone With the Wind' 1901 Birthday Enrico Fermi, born in Rome, U.S. physicist, gone fission/fermium, Nobel-1938 1901 Birthday Clark Gable, born in Cadiz, Ohio, actor, 'Gone With the Wind' 1900 Birthday Margaret Mitchell, author, 'Gone With the Wind' 1898 Birthday Hattie McDaniel, born in Wichita, 1st Black to win Oscar, 'Gone With The Wind' 1893 Birthday Leslie Howard, born in London, actor, 'Gone With the Wind' 1888 Birthday Max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer, Gone With Wind 1883 Birthday Victor Fleming, born in Pasadena, California, director, Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind 1879 Birthday Laura Hope Crews, U.S., actress, Camille, 'Gone with the Wind'