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2008 Gordon B. Hinckley, dies in Salt Lake City, Utah, of natural causes, at 97
2005 Gordon Gould, American Physicist 2004 Gordon Cooper, astronaut/businessman, dies at 77 2003 Gordon Jump, actor, WKRP, dies at 71 2002 Gordon Matthews, engineer, inventor of voice mail, dies at 65 2001 Gordon R. Dickson, writer, The Dragon and the George, dies at 77 2000 Leo Gordon, actor/writer, War and Remembrance, dies at 78 2000 "Gordon ""Tex"" Beneke", band leader/saxophonist, led the Glenn Miller Orchestra after Miller's death, dies at 86 1997 Henry C. Gordon, USAF/astronaut (Dynasoar), dies at 71 1997 At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history 1996 Irving Gordon, songwriter, dies at 81 1996 Gordon Scarrott, engineer, dies at 80 1996 W Gordon Smith, playwright, dies at 67 1996 Peter Malcolm Gordon Raleigh, journalist, dies at 77 1996 Peter Gordon Dorrell, archaeologist/photographer, dies at 68 1995 Gordon DeMarco, writer/activist, dies at 51 1995 Vincent Gordon Lindsay White, tycoon, dies at 72 1995 Gail Gordon, actor (Our Miss Brooks, Lucy Show), dies of cancer at 89 1995 Gale Gordon, comedian (Our Miss Brooks, Here's Lucy), dies at 89 1995 Gordon Reynolds, musician, dies at 74 1995 Chris Pyne, Norman Christopher Chris Pyne, musician, trombonist, played with Humphrey Lyttelton, recorded with Ronnie Scott, toured with Frank Sinatra's backing bands, Gordon Beck, Charlie Watt's big band, dies at 56 1994 Gordon Cullen, architect, dies at 80 1994 Arthur Gordon Clough, journalist, dies at 59 1993 Gordon Douglas, actor and director (Tony Rome), dies of cancer at 85 1993 Gordon Douglas, director (Call Me Mr. Tibbs, Our Gang), dies at 85 1993 Michael Gordon, actor and director (Pillow Talk), dies at 83 1991 Gordon Heath, actor (Sapphire, Staircase, Animal Farm), dies 1991 William Gordon, screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies 1991 Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge 1991 Gordon Greenidge scores 223 vs. Aus, his last Test Cricket knock at home 1991 Jean Rogers, actress (Flash Gordon, Hot Cargo), dies at 74 1990 Gordon Metcalfe, actor (Monster in the Closet), dies of AIDS at 43 1990 Dexter Gordon, Jazz saxophonist, dies of kidney failure at 67 1990 Gordon Jackson, actor (Hamlet), dies after a short illness at 66 1987 [Gordon] Randall [P D] Garrett, author (Lord Darcy), dies at 60 1986 Gordon MacRae, singer (Oklahoma, Carousel), dies at 64 1985 Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88 1984 Gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88 1984 Gordon Sinclair, Canadian Journalist 1984 Gordon Jenkins, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 73 1983 Gavin Gordon, television actor (Romance, Lone Cowboy), dies at 82 1982 Closest Indy 500, Gordon Johncock beats Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds 1981 Jonny Lang, born in Fargo, North Dakota, born Jon Gordon Langseth, Jr., singer, songwriter, guitarist, rock, gospel, blues musician, plays Benedict guitars, Fender Telecaster Thinline, voice sounds like veteran blues singer, toured with Sting, performed for President Bill Clinton 1979 31st Emmy Awards: Taxi, Lou Grant, Ron Leibman and Ruth Gordon 1975 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr 1974 Test Cricket debut of Gordon Greenidge and Viv Richards, at Bangalore 1974 Kitty Gordon, entertainer, dies at 96 1974 "The Americans (A Canadian's Opinion)" by Gordon Sinclair peaks at #24 1974 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr 1973 Paige Gordon, born in North Vancouver BC, diver, Olympics-16-92, 96 1973 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr 1972 GiGi Gordon, Butler, Pennsylvania, Miss America-Pennsylvania 1997 1972 Colin Gordon, actor (John-Baron), dies at 61 1972 Gordon Laro, NFL tight end for the Jacksonville Jaguars 1971 Robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76 1970 Darrien Gordon, NFL cornerback, San Diego Chargers, Broncos Superbowl 32 1969 Apollo 12 (Conrad/Gordon/Bean) launched for 2nd manned Moon landing 1969 Dwayne Gordon, NFL linebacker, San Diego Chargers, New York Jets 1969 Robert Gordon, CFL receiver for the Edmonton Eskimos 1969 Keith Gordon, U.S. baseball outfielder, Cincinnati Reds 1968 John Gordon Mein, U.S. ambassador in Guatemala, dies 1968 Charles Gordon, CFL defensive back, Montreal Alouettes 1967 Tom Gordon, Sebring, Florida, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1967 Bridgette Gordon, WNBA forward, Sacramento Monarchs, Olympics gold 88 1967 Gordon Harker, actor (Inspector Hornleigh), dies at 81 1967 Peter (Asher) and Gordon (Waller) discontinue their singing partnership 1966 Gordon Ramsay, Scottish Celebrity 1966 Gemini XI (Conrad/Gordon) returns to Earth 1966 Gemini XI (Charles Conrad and R Gordon) launched for 71-hour flight 1966 Edward Gordon Craig, British Actor 1966 Rexton Gordon, Jamaican dj/rapper, Shabba Ranks-Extra Naked 1966 Shabba Ranks, born in Sturgetown, St. Ann, Jamaica, born Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon, reggae singer, recording artist, sex symbol, popular dancehall DJ, toaster, successful U.S. crossover artist, became first Grammy-Award winning dancehall artist 1965 Mike Gordon, American Musician 1964 Peter and Gordon release "World Without Love" 1963 Gordon Jones, actor (Mike the Cop-Abbott and Costello), dies at 52 1963 Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends U.S. Proj Mercury 1963 Last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched 1962 Gloria Gordon, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 81 1961 Charlie Finley, changes A's manager Joe Gordon (26-33) for Hank Bauer 1961 Keith Gordon, New York City, actor, Dressed to Kill, Legend of Billie Jean 1960 Detroit trades manager Jimmy Dykes for Cleveland's manager Joe Gordon 1959 O'Neil Gordon Collie Smith, WI cricket all-rounder, dies in car crash 1959 Gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies 1957 Gordon Strachan, soccer player 1956 Alvin Greenidge, cricketer, WI opener, no relation to Gordon or Geoff 1956 Gordon Bruks, England, Dr/cosmonaut 1955 Ornella Muti, born in Rome, Italy, actress, Flash Gordon, Most Beautiful Wife 1954 Sir Gordon Richards retires as a jockey with record 4,870 wins 1953 Kim Gordon, American Musician 1953 Charles Gordon Curtis, inventor of (Curtis-steam turbine), dies at 92 1952 Gordon McQueen, born in Kilbirnie, Scotland, footballer, soccer player, central defender, coach, played for Manchester United and Leeds, led team to win FA Cup Final, 1979, coached Airdrieonians, manager for Middleborough, pundit for Sky Sports 1952 Gordon Smith, American Politician 1951 Sting, Gordon Sumner, rock vocalist, Police-Roxanne, actor, Dune 1951 Peter Gordon, born in New York City, New York, Peter Laurence Gordon, experimental composer, musician, opera, world music, jazz, rock influences, founder, Love of Life Orchestra, composed for Suzanne Vega, Laurie Anderson, worked on Desperate Housewives soundtrack 1951 Gordon Greenidge, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1974-91 1951 Gordon Brown, born in Govan, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, former television journalist 1951 Gordon Prentice, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, serves as Member of Parliament for Pendle, joined Graham Stringer in calling for resignation of Gordon Brown in July, 2008 1950 Greg Gordon, rock vocalist, Boys Band 1950 Braves Sid Gordon ties season grand slam record with 4 1950 Peter Hain, born in Nairobi, Kenya, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the House of Commons, Cabinet member for Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Member of Parliament for Neath 1949 Mary Gordon, U.S., author 1949 Yankees trade Joe Gordon to Cleveland for Allie Reynolds 1949 Bart Gordon, born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Representative-D-Tennessee 1985 - 1948 Barry Gordon, Brookline Massachusetts, actor, Gary-Archie Bunker's Place 1948 Gordon Clapp, North Conway, New Hampshire, actor, Greg Medavoy-NYPD Blue 1948 Geoff Greenidge, cricketer, no relation to Gordon, WI opener 1972-74 1946 Gordon Frederic Norton, composer, dies at 77 1946 Buddy Miles, born in Omaha, Nebraska, George Allen Miles, Jr., drummer, member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys, played with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon 1945 Gordon "Snowy" Fleet, Merseyside, rock drummer, Easybeats 1945 Gordon Waller, born in Scotland, singer, Peter and Gordon-World Without Love 1945 Gordon Thompson, born in Ottawa Canada, actor, Adam Carrington-Dynasty 1944 Gordon DeMarco, writer/activist 1944 Quentin Davies, born in Oxford, England, Member of Parliament for Grantham and Stamford 1987 - 1997, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defense under Prime Minister, Gordon Brown 1944 Florence LaRue Gordon, Penn, rocker, 5th Dimension-One Less Bell 1944 Gordon Gee, American Educator 1943 Yankee 2nd baseman Joe Gordon announces retirement (hates New York) 1943 Gordon Black, English industrialist 1942 Despite Ted Williams wins Triple Crown, Yankees Joe Gordon wins AL MVP 1942 Gordon Roddick, English cosmetic manufacturer, Body Shop 1941 Mariangela Melato, Milan Italy, actress, Flash Gordon, Summer Night 1941 Hannah Gordon, actress, Oh Alfie 1940 Gordon J. Humphrey, born in Bristol, Connecticut, Senator-R-New Hampshire, 1979 - 1990 1939 Chris Pyne, born in Bridlington, England, Norman Christopher Chris Pyne, musician, trombonist, played with Humphrey Lyttelton, recorded with Ronnie Scott, toured with Frank Sinatra's backing bands, Gordon Beck, Charlie Watt's big band 1938 Gordon Lightfoot, Ontario Canada, folksinger, Sundown 1938 Gordon Rorke, cricketer, Australian quickie, 4 Tests at end of 50's 1938 Philip Gordon Winsor, composer 1937 Gordon Banks, English Athlete 1937 Gordon Crosse, Bury Lancashire England, composer, Grace of Todd 1936 Gordon Honeycombe, broadcaster/author 1935 Gordon Mumma, born in Framingham, Massachusetts, composer, musician, co-founder, the Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1934 Gordon Getty, born in San Francisco, California, fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, sold Getty Oil to Texaco, became classical music composer, contributes to the San Francisco Opera 1934 Arthur Gordon Clough, journalist 1934 "Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts 1932 Gordon Jump, born in Dayton, Ohio, actor, Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains 1931 Nicholas Gordon Lennox, diplomat 1930 G[eorge] Gordon Liddy, head CIA/ate a rat/Watergate felon/radio host 1929 G. Gordon Liddy, American Entertainer 1929 Richard F. Gordon, Jr., born in in Seattle, Washington, Captain USN and astronaut, Gemini 11, Apollo 12 1929 Gordon Moore, American Businessman 1928 W Gordon Smith, playwright 1928 Andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask, cybernetician stage producer/lyricist 1928 Gordon Downey, British Comptroller General/Reader Rep, Independent 1928 Peter Gordon Dorrell, archaeologist/photographer 1927 Gordon Scott, born in Portland, Oregon, actor, Tarzan and the Trappers 1927 Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USAF/astronaut, Mer 9, Gem 5 1927 Gordon Cooper, American Astronaut 1926 Don Gordon, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Prentiss-Lucan 1926 Karl Gordon Henize, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, astronaut, STS-51-F 1926 Gordon Leggat, cricketer, open batsman for New Zealand in 9 Tests 1953-56 1925 Henry C Gordon, USAF/astronaut, Dynasoar 1925 Edwin Gordon, New York City, VOA correspondant 1923 Gordon R[upert] Dickson, Canada, sci-fi author, Genetic General 1923 Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian Author 1923 Lord Gordon "Gordy" White, English industrialist/multi-millionaire 1923 Vincent Gordon Lindsay White, tycoon 1923 Dexter Gordon, U.S., tenor saxophonist/actor, Connection 1922 Leo V Gordon, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Circus Boy, Enos, Winds of War 1922 Phil Gordon, Meridian Mississippi, singer and actor, Jasper-Bev Hillbillies 1921 Gordon Reynolds, musician 1921 Gordon MacRae, born in East Orange, New Jersey, singer and actor, Oklahoma, Carousel 1920 Gordon Gould, American Physicist 1920 Hayes Gordon, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Sky Pirates, Dark Room 1919 Bruce Gordon, born in London, England, actor, Frank Nitti-Untouchables 1919 Peter Malcolm Gordon Raleigh, journalist 1918 Gordon Pirie, England, Group Captain 1916 Gordon Binkerd, composer 1916 Gordon Scarrott, engineer 1916 Gordon Hobday, Lord Lieutenant, Nottinghamshire 1915 Douglas Gordon Lilburn, composer 1915 Van Alexander, New York City, orchestra leader, Gordon MacRae Show 1915 Irving Gordon, songwriter 1914 Gordon Cullen, architect 1914 Gordon Tex Beneke, saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist, Glenn Miller Orchestra 1913 Gordon Wolstenholme, physician 1912 Gordon Parks, Ft. Scott, Kansas, film director/author, Learning Tree 1912 William Gordon Harris, civil engineer 1912 Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) forms in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low 1911 Norman Gordon, South Africa cricket pace bowler, against England 1938-39 1911 Colin Gordon, Ceylon, actor, John-Baron 1911 Gordon Jones, born in Alden, Iowa, actor, Mike the Cop-Abbott and Costello 1910 Gordon B. Hinckley, born in Utah, religious leader, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1910 Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove, Missouri, orchestra leader, NBC Comedy Hour 1908 Gordon Weir, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in 11 Tests 1930-37 1908 Gordon Fraser, Lawrence Massachusetts, newscaster, All Star News 1906 Edward Lansing Gordon, Jr., Jackson, Mississippi, long jumper, Olympics gold 32 1906 Gale Gordon, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Conklin-Our Miss Brooks, Here's Lucy 1905 Mowbray Henry Gordon Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham 1904 Gordon Richards, British jockey, winner of 4,870 races 1900 Gordon Sinclair, Canadian Journalist 1897 Gordon W. Allport, U.S., psychologist, personalities 1897 Gordon W. Allport, Psychologist 1896 Ruth Gordon, Massachusetts, actress, Rosemary's Baby, Harold and Maude 1895 Caroline Gordon, Kentucky, writer, Green Centuries 1895 Gordon Jacob, composer 1895 Bert I Gordon, New York 1895 Robert Gordon, born in Kansas, actor in Loveless 1891 Robert Gordon Sproul, educator/college President, University of California 1887 Alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/British general/director of Palestine, 1945-48 1885 Gordon Harker, born in London, England, actor, Facts of Love, Champagne 1885 Charles George Gordon, British Governor-General of Sudan, executed at 51 1885 General Wolseley receives last distress signal of General Gordon in Khartoum 1884 General Gordon receives letter of Mahdi 1884 General Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum 1884 General Charles Gordon departs London for Khartoum 1883 John Gordon Cashmans begins "Vicksburg Evening Post" (Miss) 1883 John Gordon Cashmans begins "Vicksburg Evening Post" in Mississippi 1879 Governor-general Charles Gordon of Sudan returns to Cairo 1878 Kitty Gordon, Folkestone England, entertainer 1878 Joseph Gordon Coates, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1925 - 1928 1876 Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan 1872 Edward Gordon Craig, British Actor 1869 Gordon Frederic Norton, composer 1864 James Byron Gordon, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 41 1862 Nat Gordon, last pirate, hanged in New York City for stealing 1,000 slaves 1860 Juliette Gordon Low, activist/founder, Girl Scouts of America 1860 Charles Gordon Curtis, U.S. attorney/inventor, Curtis Turbine 1836 George Washington Gordon, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1833 Charles George Gordon, London, general, China, Khartoum 1832 John Brown Gordon, Major General Confederate Army 1824 George Gordon Byron, Scottish Poet 1823 George Henry Gordon, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Gordon Granger, Major General Union volunteers 1822 James Byron Gordon, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1815 George Gordon Meade, Major General Union Army 1793 Lord George Gordon, British Politician 1788 Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France 1788 Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet, Don Juan 1788 George Gordon Byron, Scottish Poet 1751 Lord George Gordon, British Politician |
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