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2000 "William ""Oliver"" Swofford", singer, ", Good Morning, Starshine, ", dies at 54
1998 Esther Rolle, actress, Good Times, dies at 78 1998 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 Negotiators from various factions sign the Good Friday Agreement, a plan for peace in Northern Ireland. 1998 J T Walsh, actor (Good Morning Vietnam), dies at 54 1994 Sophie Winter, actress (She's a Good Fighter), dies at 33 1994 Stephen Kritsick, veterinarian (Good Morning America), dies at 42 1993 Ken England, U.S. screenwriter (Good Girls Go to Paris), dies at 82 1992 Bobby Mcclure, U.S. singer (Don't mess up a good thing), dies at 50) 1991 "Good Time" by Ziggy Marley and Melody Makers peaks at #85 1991 "Good and Evil" premieres on ABC TV 1991 "Good and Evil" and "Sibs" premieres on ABC TV 1991 Rita Marechal, actress (Good During Only During), dies 1991 "Our Country's Good" closes at Nederlander Theater New York City after 48 performances 1991 Armand HF Boni, Armand the Good, Flemish poet and writer, dies 1991 "Our Country's Good" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 48 performances 1991 "Few Good Men" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 497 performances 1990 Frans Kellendonk, Dutch writer (Good for Nothing), dies at 39 1989 Lee Van Cleef, U.S. actor (Good, Bad and Ugly), dies at 64 1989 Lee Van Cleef, actor (Good Bad and Ugly, Sabata), dies at 64 1989 "Few Good Men" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 497 performances 1989 Aaron Sorkin's "Few Good Men," premieres in New York City 1989 Sergio Leone, Italian director (Good, Bad and Ugly), dies at 60 1988 Timberlake Westenbaker's "Our Country's Good," premieres in London 1987 David Hartman quits ABC's "Good Morning America," after 11 years 1981 Roy James Brown, U.S. boxer/singer (Good rockin' tonight), dies at 55 1981 Elijah Wood, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, actor, Radio Flyer, Good Son 1980 George Brett goes 0-for-4 dropping his avg below .400 for good 1976 "Very Good Eddie" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 307 performances 1976 Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon 1975 "Very Good Eddie" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 307 performances 1975 "Good News" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 16 performances 1974 Tilly Losch, actress (Duel in the Sun, Good Earth), dies at 70 1974 "Good News" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 16 performances 1974 "Good Evening" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 438 performances 1974 Billy DeWolfe, actor (Good Morning World), dies at 67 1974 "Good Times," debuts on CBS TV 1974 "Good Times" (spinoff from "Maude") premieres on CBS TV 1973 Neil Simon's "Good Doctor," premieres in New York City 1973 "Good Evening" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 438 performances 1973 Good Morning America premieres on ABC (David Hartman and Nancy Dussault) 1973 Pearl S[ydenstricker] Buck, author (Good Earth-Nobel 1938), dies at 80 1972 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 P[eter] J[ason] Farley, Hackensack, bass, Trixter-Give It To Me Good 1971 "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" closes at Golden New York City after 31 performances 1971 Jack Good, actor (Father Goose), dies 1971 "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" opens at Golden New York City for 31 performances 1971 Minnie Driver, actress, Good Will Hunting 1970 Steven J Brown, born in Hackensack, New Jersey, guitarist, Trixter-Give It To Me Good 1969 Brooke Theiss, California, actress, Wendy-Just the 10 of Us, Good and Evil 1969 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 Mark Scott, Paramus, New Jersey, rock drummer, Trixter-Give It To Me Good 1968 Cuba Gooding, Jr., actor, Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men 1967 Paul Muni [Muni Weisenfreund] actor (Good Earth), dies at 71 1967 Paul Muni, actor (Good Earth), dies after lengthy illness at 71 1967 Clark Gesner's musical "You're a Good Man, premieres in New York City 1967 Peter Loran, born in Teaneck, New Jersey, rock vocalist, Trixter-Give It To Me Good 1966 Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Prayer for a Good End), dies at 70 1965 Richard P Blackmur, U.S., critic/publisher (Good European), dies at 61 1964 Rod Steward records his 1st single "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" 1964 Flannery O'Connor, writer (Good Man is Hard to Find), dies at 39 1963 Willow Bay, TV host, Good Morning America 1963 Wendy Smith, rocker, Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good 1962 Paddy McAloon, rocker, Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good 1962 Martin McAloon, rocker, Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good 1961 Sumner Welles, U.S. diplomat (Good Neighbor Policy), dies at 68 1961 Sophie Winter, actress, She's a Good Fighter 1958 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 Feargal Sharkey, rocker, Undertones-Never Never, Good Heart 1958 Nik Kershaw, singer and songwriter, Wouldn't it be Good 1955 "Captain Kangaroo" premieres on CBS-TV, Good Morning, Captain! 1952 Henk Westbroek, Dutch singer, Good Cause 1951 Henk Temming, Dutch vocalist/keyboardist, Good Cause 1951 Robert Wuhl, Union, New Jersey, actor, Bull Durham, Good Morning Vietnam 1951 Frans Kellendonk, author, Ruin, The Good for Nothing 1950 Margaret Whitton, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Good and Evil, Major League 1950 Joan Lunden, Fair Oaks California, news host, Good Morning America 1949 Simon Callow, born in London, England, actor, Good Father 1948 Jim Slattery, born in Good Intent, Kansas, Representative-D-Kansas 1983 - 1995 1948 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 Spencer Christian, weatherman, Good Morning America 1946 Oliver Stone, born in New York City, director, Wall St, Good Morning Vietnam, Platoon 1945 Oliver, rock vocalist, Good Morning Starshine, Jean 1944 Jessie Ralph, actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at 79 1944 Boudouin de Groot, Dutch singer, Good night mister president 1944 Moe Bandy, Meridian Ms, country vocalist, Just Good Ol' Boys 1944 Anton Korteweg, Dutch poet, For the Good Order 1942 Carla Thomas, U.S. singer, Let Me Be Good to You 1942 Norman Kuhlice, England, rocker, Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good 1942 Ray Ennis, England, guitar, Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good 1942 Bobby McClure, U.S. gospel singer, Don't Mess Up a Good Thing 1942 Ralph Ellis, England, rhythm, Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good 1942 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 Paul Revere, rock keyoardist, Good Thing 1941 Les Braid, England, bass, Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good 1940 Delbert McClinton, Lubbock, Texas, singer, Gonna Find a Good Woman 1940 Julie Parrish, Middlesboro, Kentucky, actress, Good Morning World, Capitol 1940 Walter Connolly, actor (It Happened One Night, Good Earth), dies at 53 1940 Thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor, Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas 1939 John Amos, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Good Times, Coming to America 1938 Nobel for literature awarded to Pearl Buck (Good Earth) 1937 Johnny Brown, born in St. Petersburg, Florida, comedian, Good Times, Leslie Uggams 1937 Dorothy Provine, Deadwood, South Dakota, actress, Good Neighbor Sam, Darn Cat 1936 Red Sox Wes Ferrell, walks off mound when he feels he did no get good feilding, Sox suspend him 1936 Leonard Lee, U.S. vocalist, Shirley and Lee-Let the Good Times Roll 1936 Shirley Goodman, U.S. R&B singers, Shirley and Lee-Feels so Good 1935 David Hartman, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, TV personality, Good Morning America 1934 Joyce Van Patten, born in Queens, New York, actress, Good Guys, Don Rickles Show 1934 Huey "Piano" Smith, pianist, Having a Good Time 1932 George Furth, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor/dir, Tammy, Good Guys, Dumplings 1932 Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S. Buck (Good Earth) 1932 George Bernard Shaw's "Too True to be Good," premieres in New York City 1931 Ronnie Schell, Richmond Cal, comedian, Gomer Pyle, Good Morning World 1930 Herb Edelman, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Good Guys, Strike Force, 9 to 5 1929 Moses Gunn, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Amityville II, Good Times, Shaft 1929 Claes Oldenburg, born in Stockholm, Sweden, U.S. pop artist, Alphabet/Good Humor 1928 Stothard, Kalmar and Ruby's musical "Good Boy," premieres in New York City 1927 B. G. DeSylva/Lew Brown's musical "Good News," premieres in New York City 1927 Bob Keeshan, born in Lynbrook, New York, aka Captain Kangaroo/Clarabelle, Good Morning 1926 Ray Price, country singer, Good Times 1925 Roy James Brown, New Orleans, boxer/soul singer, Good Rockin' Tonight 1925 Flannery O'Connor, born in Georgia, novelist, A Good Man is Hard to Find 1925 Nina [Mary] Bawden, English author, Afternoon of a Good Woman 1924 George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Lady Be Good," premieres in New York City 1923 Hank Williams, country singer, Cold, Cold Heart, Hey Good Lookin' 1923 Louis Simpson, Jamaican and US poet, Good News of Death 1923 Jaroslav Hasek, Czechoslovakian writer, Good Soldier Schweyk 1923 Jaroslav Hasek, Czechoslovakian writer (Good Soldier Schweyk), dies at 39 1916 Clare Kummer's "Good Gracious Annabelle," premieres in New York City 1915 J Kern/S Greene's musical "Very Good Eddie," premieres in New York City 1910 Cape of Good Hope becomes part of Union of South Africa 1910 Luise Rainer, Austria, actress, Escapade, Good Earth, Big City 1909 Armand H F Boni, the Good One, Flemish poet/writer 1907 Billy Dewolfe, Wollaston Massachusetts, actor, Good Morning World 1906 Hermione Baddeley, England, actress, Camp Runamuck, Maude, Good Life 1904 Richard P Blackmur, Massachusetts, critic/poet, Good European 1897 John McNally's musical "Good Mr. Best," premieres in New York City 1894 John B[oynton] Priestly, author, Good Companions, wed Jessica Hawkes 1893 Douglas Stuart Moore, Cutchogue, New York, composer, Good Night Harvard 1892 Sumner Welles, U.S. undersecretary/diplomat, Good neighbor policy 1892 Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, born in China, author, Good Earth-Nobel 1938 1892 Edmund Lowe, actor in Black Sheep, Good Sam, Dillinger, Hot Pepper 1889 Ray Collins, born in Sacramento, California, actor, Homecoming, Good Sam, Rose Marie 1887 Walter Connolly, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl 1886 Harold G Nicolson, English diplomat/author, Good Behaviour 1885 Wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher, New York Yankees, 1905 1885 Jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet, Men of Good Will 1885 "Good Housekeeping" magazine is 1st published 1883 Scott Nearing, U.S. sociologist/pacifist/author, The Good Life 1876 Al Spalding opens his sporting good shop 1854 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 HMS Beagle anchors in Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope 1833 Johannes Brahms, Hamburg Germany, composer, enjoys a good lullaby 1814 Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch 1806 Britain occupies Cape of Good Hope 1793 Ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary 1781 French fleet stopped Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope 1773 Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace" 1767 Gentlemen 17 forbid private slave transport India to Cape of Good Hope 1692 Sarah Good and Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem 1687 1st Huguenots depart France to Cape of Good Hope 1651 John van Riebeeck departs to Cape of Good Hope 1647 Cape of Good Hope: tour ship Haerlem stranded in Tafel Bay 1595 Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope 1497 Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope 1497 Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope 1488 Bartholomeus Diaz returns to Portugal after sailing round Cape of Good Hope 1467 Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 70 1453 Battle at Gavere: Philip the Good beats Gentse rebellion 1430 Duke Philip the Good of Bourgondy visits Brussels 1430 Duke Philip the Good marries Isabella of Portugal 1428 Treaty of Delft-between Jacoba of Bayern and Philip the Good 1428 Jacoba of Bavaria signs cease fire with Philip the Good 1425 Duke John VI van Brabant pledges Holland/Zealand to Philip the Good 1396 Philips, the Good, Duke of Burgundy//Brabant/Limburg/count 1396 Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy 1376 English "Good Parliament" meets 1364 Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44 1337 Willem III the Good, earl of Holland/Zealand, dies at about 49 1319 Jean II, the Good, king of France, 1350-64 1127 Charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered 1119 Charles the Good becomes earl of Flanders 1103 Erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies |
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