2014 Event Seth Meyers hosts the 66th Annual Emmy Awards; winning series include 'Modern Family' for best comedy and 'Breaking Bad' for best drama; winning actors include Julianna Margulies ('The Good Wife') and Bryan Cranston ('Breaking Bad') 2014 Event President Obama sends his 2015 budget to Congress, announcing that it is a 'roadmap for creating jobs with good wages and expanding opportunity for all Americans' 2014 Event The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing to revise food labels by providing realistic serving sizes, emphasizing calories and sugar amounts, and breaking down fat listings into 'good' and 'bad' fats 2013 Event In a poll, only 30 percent of people in Brazil considered President Dilma Rousseff's administration 'great' or 'good' 2012 Event The U.S. State Department states the U.N. Secretary-General's decision to attend the 120-member Non-Aligned Movement summit is 'strange' and 'not a good signal' 2000 Death "William ""Oliver"" Swofford", singer, ", Good Morning, Starshine, ", dies at 54 1998 Death Esther Rolle, actress, Good Times, dies at 78 1998 Event Tony Awards, Side Man, Death of a Salesman revival, Annie Get Your Gun revival and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown revival won major awards 1998 Event Negotiators from various factions sign the Good Friday Agreement, a plan for peace in Northern Ireland. 1998 Death J T Walsh, actor (Good Morning Vietnam), dies at 54 1994 Death Sophie Winter, actress (She's a Good Fighter), dies at 33 1994 Death Stephen Kritsick, veterinarian (Good Morning America), dies at 42 1993 Death Ken England, U.S. screenwriter (Good Girls Go to Paris), dies at 82 1992 Death Bobby Mcclure, U.S. singer (Don't mess up a good thing), dies at 50) 1991 Event "Good Time" by Ziggy Marley and Melody Makers peaks at #85 1991 Event "Good and Evil" premieres on ABC TV 1991 Event "Good and Evil" and "Sibs" premieres on ABC TV 1991 Death Rita Marechal, actress (Good During Only During), dies 1991 Event "Our Country's Good" closes at Nederlander Theater New York City after 48 performances 1991 Death Armand HF Boni, Armand the Good, Flemish poet and writer, dies 1991 Event "Our Country's Good" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 48 performances 1991 Event "Few Good Men" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 497 performances 1990 Death Frans Kellendonk, Dutch writer (Good for Nothing), dies at 39 1989 Death Lee Van Cleef, U.S. actor (Good, Bad and Ugly), dies at 64 1989 Death Lee Van Cleef, actor (Good Bad and Ugly, Sabata), dies at 64 1989 Event "Few Good Men" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 497 performances 1989 Event Aaron Sorkin's "Few Good Men," premieres in New York City 1989 Death Sergio Leone, Italian director (Good, Bad and Ugly), dies at 60 1988 Event Timberlake Westenbaker's "Our Country's Good," premieres in London 1987 Event David Hartman quits ABC's "Good Morning America," after 11 years 1981 Death Roy James Brown, U.S. boxer/singer (Good rockin' tonight), dies at 55 1981 Birthday Jessica Alba, born in Pomona, California, actress, appeared in television series, 'Dark Angel', films include, 'Sin City', 'Into the Blue', 'Good Luck Chuck' 1981 Birthday Elijah Wood, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, actor, Radio Flyer, Good Son 1980 Event George Brett goes 0-for-4 dropping his avg below .400 for good 1976 Event "Very Good Eddie" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 307 performances 1976 Event Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon 1975 Event "Very Good Eddie" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 307 performances 1975 Event "Good News" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 16 performances 1974 Death Tilly Losch, actress (Duel in the Sun, Good Earth), dies at 70 1974 Event "Good News" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 16 performances 1974 Event "Good Evening" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 438 performances 1974 Death Billy DeWolfe, actor (Good Morning World), dies at 67 1974 Event "Good Times," debuts on CBS TV 1974 Event "Good Times" (spinoff from "Maude") premieres on CBS TV 1973 Event Neil Simon's "Good Doctor," premieres in New York City 1973 Event "Good Evening" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 438 performances 1973 Event Good Morning America premieres on ABC (David Hartman and Nancy Dussault) 1973 Death Pearl S[ydenstricker] Buck, author (Good Earth-Nobel 1938), dies at 80 1972 Birthday Ben Affleck, born in Berkeley, California, actor, director, screenwriter, Academy-award winner for Good Will Hunting, 1987, founded production company LivePlanet with actor Matt Damon 1972 Birthday P[eter] J[ason] Farley, Hackensack, bass, Trixter-Give It To Me Good 1971 Event "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" closes at Golden New York City after 31 performances 1971 Death Jack Good, actor (Father Goose), dies 1971 Event "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" opens at Golden New York City for 31 performances 1971 Birthday Tracy Kennick, beauty pageant winner, anchor for Good Morning Southeast Texas, semifinalist for Miss USA 1996, Miss Utah 1996, Miss Utah Teen USA 1989 1971 Birthday Minnie Driver, actress, Good Will Hunting 1970 Birthday Matt Damon, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, actor, writer, Academy-Award winner for 'Good Will Hunting', starred in 'Saving Private Ryan', 'Bourne' films 1970 Birthday Steven J Brown, born in Hackensack, New Jersey, guitarist, Trixter-Give It To Me Good 1969 Birthday Brooke Theiss, California, actress, Wendy-Just the 10 of Us, Good and Evil 1969 Birthday Mica Paris, born in South London, England, born Michelle Wallen, rocker, singer, actress, radio and television presenter, known for 1988 debut platinum-selling album 'So Good' 1968 Birthday Mark Scott, Paramus, New Jersey, rock drummer, Trixter-Give It To Me Good 1968 Birthday Cuba Gooding, Jr., actor, Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men 1967 Death Paul Muni [Muni Weisenfreund] actor (Good Earth), dies at 71 1967 Death Paul Muni, actor (Good Earth), dies after lengthy illness at 71 1967 Event Clark Gesner's musical "You're a Good Man, premieres in New York City 1967 Birthday Peter Loran, born in Teaneck, New Jersey, rock vocalist, Trixter-Give It To Me Good 1966 Death Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Prayer for a Good End), dies at 70 1965 Death Richard P Blackmur, U.S., critic/publisher (Good European), dies at 61 1964 Event Rod Steward records his 1st single "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" 1964 Death Flannery O'Connor, writer (Good Man is Hard to Find), dies at 39 1963 Birthday Willow Bay, TV host, Good Morning America 1963 Birthday Wendy Smith, rocker, Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good 1962 Birthday Paddy McAloon, rocker, Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good 1962 Birthday Martin McAloon, rocker, Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good 1961 Death Sumner Welles, U.S. diplomat (Good Neighbor Policy), dies at 68 1961 Birthday Sophie Winter, actress, She's a Good Fighter 1960 Birthday Neil Gaiman, born in Portchester, Hampshire, author, science fiction, wrote, 'Good Omens', 'The Sandman' comic book series 1958 Event 1st radio broadcast from space (President Eisenhower voice "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men Everywhere") 1958 Birthday Feargal Sharkey, rocker, Undertones-Never Never, Good Heart 1958 Birthday Nik Kershaw, singer and songwriter, Wouldn't it be Good 1956 Birthday Lynda Barry, born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, cartoonist, author, known for comic strip, 'Ernie Pook's Comeek', wrote 'The Good Times are Killing Me', 'What It Is' 1955 Event "Captain Kangaroo" premieres on CBS-TV, Good Morning, Captain! 1952 Birthday Gus Van Sant, born in Louisville, Kentucky, film director, musician, author, Academy-Award winning director of film, 'Good Will Hunting', other movies include, 'Milk', 'Elephant' 1952 Birthday Henk Westbroek, Dutch singer, Good Cause 1951 Birthday Henk Temming, Dutch vocalist/keyboardist, Good Cause 1951 Birthday Robert Wuhl, Union, New Jersey, actor, Bull Durham, Good Morning Vietnam 1951 Birthday Frans Kellendonk, author, Ruin, The Good for Nothing 1950 Birthday Margaret Whitton, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Good and Evil, Major League 1950 Birthday Joan Lunden, Fair Oaks California, news host, Good Morning America 1949 Birthday Simon Callow, born in London, England, actor, Good Father 1948 Birthday Jim Slattery, born in Good Intent, Kansas, Representative-D-Kansas 1983 - 1995 1948 Death Charles Fillmore, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, mystic, co-founder, Unity, a New Thought movement church, created metaphysical interpretations of the Bible, promoted idea that God is good, God is available, God is in you, wrote, 'The Twelve Powers of Man', dies 1947 Birthday Spencer Christian, weatherman, Good Morning America 1946 Birthday Oliver Stone, born in New York City, director, Wall St, Good Morning Vietnam, Platoon 1945 Birthday Oliver, rock vocalist, Good Morning Starshine, Jean 1944 Death Jessie Ralph, actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at 79 1944 Birthday Boudouin de Groot, Dutch singer, Good night mister president 1944 Birthday Moe Bandy, Meridian Ms, country vocalist, Just Good Ol' Boys 1944 Birthday Anton Korteweg, Dutch poet, For the Good Order 1942 Birthday Carla Thomas, U.S. singer, Let Me Be Good to You 1942 Birthday Norman Kuhlice, England, rocker, Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good 1942 Birthday Ray Ennis, England, guitar, Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good 1942 Birthday Bobby McClure, U.S. gospel singer, Don't Mess Up a Good Thing 1942 Birthday Ralph Ellis, England, rhythm, Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good 1942 Birthday Barbara Lynn, born in Beaumont, Texas, American guitarist, singer, rhythm and blues, toured with soul music greats like Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, recorded the song Oh Baby (We've Got A Good Thing Goin') with The Rolling Stones 1942 Birthday Paul Revere, rock keyoardist, Good Thing 1941 Birthday Les Braid, England, bass, Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good 1940 Birthday Delbert McClinton, Lubbock, Texas, singer, Gonna Find a Good Woman 1940 Birthday Julie Parrish, Middlesboro, Kentucky, actress, Good Morning World, Capitol 1940 Death Walter Connolly, actor (It Happened One Night, Good Earth), dies at 53 1940 Birthday Thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor, Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas 1939 Birthday John Amos, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Good Times, Coming to America 1938 Event Nobel for literature awarded to Pearl Buck (Good Earth) 1937 Birthday Johnny Brown, born in St. Petersburg, Florida, comedian, Good Times, Leslie Uggams 1937 Birthday Dorothy Provine, Deadwood, South Dakota, actress, Good Neighbor Sam, Darn Cat 1936 Event Red Sox Wes Ferrell, walks off mound when he feels he did no get good feilding, Sox suspend him 1936 Birthday Leonard Lee, U.S. vocalist, Shirley and Lee-Let the Good Times Roll 1936 Birthday Shirley Goodman, U.S. R&B singers, Shirley and Lee-Feels so Good 1935 Birthday David Hartman, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, TV personality, Good Morning America 1934 Birthday Joyce Van Patten, born in Queens, New York, actress, Good Guys, Don Rickles Show 1934 Birthday Huey "Piano" Smith, pianist, Having a Good Time 1932 Birthday George Furth, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor/dir, Tammy, Good Guys, Dumplings 1932 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S. Buck (Good Earth) 1932 Event George Bernard Shaw's "Too True to be Good," premieres in New York City 1931 Birthday Ronnie Schell, Richmond Cal, comedian, Gomer Pyle, Good Morning World 1930 Birthday Herb Edelman, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Good Guys, Strike Force, 9 to 5 1929 Birthday Moses Gunn, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Amityville II, Good Times, Shaft 1929 Birthday Claes Oldenburg, born in Stockholm, Sweden, U.S. pop artist, Alphabet/Good Humor 1928 Event Stothard, Kalmar and Ruby's musical "Good Boy," premieres in New York City 1927 Event B. G. DeSylva/Lew Brown's musical "Good News," premieres in New York City 1927 Birthday Bob Keeshan, born in Lynbrook, New York, aka Captain Kangaroo/Clarabelle, Good Morning 1926 Birthday Ray Price, country singer, Good Times 1925 Birthday Roy James Brown, New Orleans, boxer/soul singer, Good Rockin' Tonight 1925 Birthday Flannery O'Connor, born in Georgia, novelist, A Good Man is Hard to Find 1925 Birthday Nina [Mary] Bawden, English author, Afternoon of a Good Woman 1924 Event George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Lady Be Good," premieres in New York City 1923 Birthday Hank Williams, country singer, Cold, Cold Heart, Hey Good Lookin' 1923 Birthday Louis Simpson, Jamaican and US poet, Good News of Death 1923 Birthday Jaroslav Hasek, Czechoslovakian writer, Good Soldier Schweyk 1923 Death Jaroslav Hasek, Czechoslovakian writer (Good Soldier Schweyk), dies at 39 1916 Event Clare Kummer's "Good Gracious Annabelle," premieres in New York City 1915 Event J Kern/S Greene's musical "Very Good Eddie," premieres in New York City 1910 Event Cape of Good Hope becomes part of Union of South Africa 1910 Birthday Luise Rainer, Austria, actress, Escapade, Good Earth, Big City 1909 Birthday Armand H F Boni, the Good One, Flemish poet/writer 1907 Birthday Billy Dewolfe, Wollaston Massachusetts, actor, Good Morning World 1906 Birthday Hermione Baddeley, England, actress, Camp Runamuck, Maude, Good Life 1904 Birthday Richard P Blackmur, Massachusetts, critic/poet, Good European 1897 Event John McNally's musical "Good Mr. Best," premieres in New York City 1894 Birthday John B[oynton] Priestly, author, Good Companions, wed Jessica Hawkes 1893 Birthday Douglas Stuart Moore, Cutchogue, New York, composer, Good Night Harvard 1892 Birthday Sumner Welles, U.S. undersecretary/diplomat, Good neighbor policy 1892 Birthday Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, born in China, author, Good Earth-Nobel 1938 1892 Birthday Edmund Lowe, actor in Black Sheep, Good Sam, Dillinger, Hot Pepper 1889 Birthday Ray Collins, born in Sacramento, California, actor, Homecoming, Good Sam, Rose Marie 1887 Birthday Walter Connolly, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl 1886 Birthday Harold G Nicolson, English diplomat/author, Good Behaviour 1885 Birthday Wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher, New York Yankees, 1905 1885 Birthday Jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet, Men of Good Will 1885 Event "Good Housekeeping" magazine is 1st published 1883 Birthday Scott Nearing, U.S. sociologist/pacifist/author, The Good Life 1876 Event Al Spalding opens his sporting good shop 1854 Birthday Charles Fillmore, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, mystic, co-founder, Unity, a New Thought movement church, created metaphysical interpretations of the Bible, promoted idea that God is good, God is available, God is in you, wrote, 'The Twelve Powers of Man' 1836 Event HMS Beagle anchors in Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope 1833 Birthday Johannes Brahms, Hamburg Germany, composer, enjoys a good lullaby 1814 Event Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch 1806 Event Britain occupies Cape of Good Hope 1793 Birthday Ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary 1781 Event French fleet stopped Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope 1773 Event Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace" 1767 Event Gentlemen 17 forbid private slave transport India to Cape of Good Hope 1692 Event Sarah Good and Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem 1687 Event 1st Huguenots depart France to Cape of Good Hope 1651 Event John van Riebeeck departs to Cape of Good Hope 1647 Event Cape of Good Hope: tour ship Haerlem stranded in Tafel Bay 1595 Event Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope 1497 Event Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope 1497 Event Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope 1488 Event Bartholomeus Diaz returns to Portugal after sailing round Cape of Good Hope 1467 Death Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 70 1453 Event Battle at Gavere: Philip the Good beats Gentse rebellion 1430 Event Duke Philip the Good of Bourgondy visits Brussels 1430 Event Duke Philip the Good marries Isabella of Portugal 1428 Event Treaty of Delft-between Jacoba of Bayern and Philip the Good 1428 Event Jacoba of Bavaria signs cease fire with Philip the Good 1425 Event Duke John VI van Brabant pledges Holland/Zealand to Philip the Good 1396 Birthday Philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count 1396 Birthday Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy 1376 Event English "Good Parliament" meets 1364 Death Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44 1337 Death Willem III the Good, earl of Holland/Zealand, dies at about 49 1319 Birthday Jean II, the Good, king of France, 1350-64 1127 Death Charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered 1119 Event Charles the Good becomes earl of Flanders 1103 Death Erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies
