1989 Event Last graffiti covered New York City subway car retired 1988 Death Jean-Michel Basquiat, U.S. musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies 1973 Event "American Graffiti" opens in New York City 1960 Birthday Jean-Michel Basquiat, Haiti/US graffiti artist/painter, Gray, SAMO 1958 Birthday Keith Haring, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, graffiti artist, Vanity Fair, Paris Review 1954 Birthday Ron Howard, Oklahoma, actor and director, American Graffiti, Happy Days 1953 Birthday Charles Martin Smith, Van Nuys California, actor, American Graffiti 1947 Birthday Candy Clark, born in Oklahoma, actress, Man Who Fell to Earth, Q, American Graffiti
