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 Greig, journalist, dies at 63
1995 Gordon Reynolds, musician, dies at 74
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 Jacob, composer, dies at 88
1984 Gordon Sinclair, Canadian Journalist
1984 Gordon Jenkins, orch 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
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 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 Gordon Ramsay, Scottish Celebrity
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 mgr Jimmy Dykes for Cleve's mgr 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, soccer player
1952 Gordon Smith, American Politician
1951 Sting, [Gordon Sumner], rock vocalist, Police-Roxanne, /actor, Dune
1951 Peter Gordon, composer
1951 Gordon Greenidge, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1974-91
1951 Gordon Brown, British MP
1951 Gordon Prentice, British MP
1950 Greg Gordon, rock vocalist, Boys Band
1950 Braves Sid Gordon ties season grand slam record with 4
1949 Mary Gordon, U.S., author
1949 Yanks trade Joe Gordon to Cleveland for Allie Reynolds
1949 Bart Gordon, Rep-D-TN, 1985-
1948 Barry Gordon, Brookline Massachusetts, actor, Gary-Archie Bunker's Place
1948 Gordon Clapp, North Conway NH, actor, Greg Medavoy-NYPD Blue
1948 Loncoln Gordon, rocker
1948 Dervin Gordon, rocker
1948 Geoff Greenidge, cricketer, no relation to Gordon, WI opener 1972-74
1946 Gordon Edwards, rocker
1946 Gordon Frederic Norton, composer, dies at 77
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 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, Yanks 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, Sen-R-NH, 1979-
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 Crosse, Bury Lancashire England, composer, Grace of Todd
1937 Gordon Banks, English Athlete
1936 Gordon Honeycombe, broadcaster/author
1935 Gordon Mumma, composer
1934 Arthur Gordon Clough, journalist
1934 Gordon Getty, American Businessman
1934 "Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts
1933 Gordon Getty
1932 Gordon Jump, born in Dayton, Ohio, actor, Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains
1931 Gordon Greig, journalist
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., Seattle, Capt USN/astronaut, Gemini 11, Apol 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 NZ 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
1917 Alex Gordon, architect
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, orch leader, Gordon MacRae Show
1915 Irving Gordon, songwriter
1914 Gordon Cullen, architect
1914 Gordon Tex Beneke, saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist, Glenn Miller Orch
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 Jenkins, Webster Grove, Missouri, orch leader, NBC Comedy Hour
1908 Gordon Weir, cricketer, NZ 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, Univ of California
1887 Alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/Brit gen/director of Palestine, 1945-48
1885 Gordon Harker, born in London, England, actor, Facts of Love, Champagne
1885 Charles George Gordon, British Governor-General (Sudan), executed at 51
1885 Gen Wolseley receives last distress signal of Gen 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, PM of New Zealand, 1925-28
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 brig-gen, 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, Brig Gen Confederate Army, died in 1911
1833 Charles George Gordon, London, general, China, Khartoum
1832 John Brown Gordon, Major General Confederate Army, died in 1904
1824 George Gordon Byron, Scottish Poet
1823 George Henry Gordon, Bvt Major General Union volunteers
1822 Gordon Granger, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1876
1822 James Byron Gordon, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1864
1815 George Gordon Meade, Major General Union Army, died in 1872
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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