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2004 Spalding Gray, actor/writer, Swimming to Cambodia, dies at 62

2001 43rd Grammy Awards, U2, Steely Dan, Macy Gray and Sting win major awards

2000 Charles Gray, actor, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, dies at 71

1999 Elizabeth Gray Vining, American Writer

1998 Hurd Hatfield, actor, Picture of Dorian Gray, dies at 80

1997 Milner Connorton Gray, designer, dies at 97

1997 Douglas Gray, archivist, dies at 74

1996 Sidney George Gray, company secretary, dies at 82

1996 Christopher John Gray, priest, dies at 42

1996 Piers Gray, critic/writer, dies at 49

1995 Georgia Neese Gray, 1st Woman Treasurer of USA, dies at 95

1995 Colin Gray, airman, dies at 80

1995 Maggie Kuhn, activist (Gray Panthers), dies at 89

1994 "Gray's Anatomy" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 8 performances

1994 Nadia Gray, actress (La Dolce Vita, Naked Summer), dies at 70

1994 Nadia Gray, actress (Naked Runner, Maniac, Candide), dies at 71

1994 "Gray's Anatomy" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 8 performances

1994 "Gray's Anatomy" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 13 performances

1993 "Gray's Anatomy" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 13 performances

1992 Rebop Rundgren, son of Michelle Gray and Todd

1989 Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas

1988 Jean-Michel Basquiat, U.S. musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies

1987 Geraldine Page, actress (Blue and Gray), dies at 62

1986 New Orleans Saints Mel Gray returns kickoff 101 yards for a touchdown

1986 Sterling Hayden, actor (Blue and Gray), dies at 70

1982 Mel Gray ends NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions

1981 Simon Gray's "Quartermaine's Terms," premieres in London

1980 Earnest Gray becomes 2nd New York Giant to score 4 TDs (vs St. Louis)

1978 Hannah H Gray inaugurated as 1st female head of U.S. university (Chic)

1977 Heather Gray, Miss West Virginia Teen USA 1996

1976 Alexander Gray, singer (This is Music), dies at 74

1975 Ed Gray, NBA guard for the Atlanta Hawks

1975 Simon Gray's "Otherwise Engaged," premieres in London

1974 Most complete early man skeleton found (Johanson and Gray in Ethiopia)

1974 Torrian Gray, safety for the Minnesota Vikings

1973 Mel Gray begins NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions

1973 Acting FBI director L Patrick Gray resigns after admitting he destroyed evidence in the Watergate scandal

1972 Tod Andrews, actor (Gray Ghost, Counterthrust), dies at 52

1972 Oscar Gray, NFL fullback for the Seattle Seahawks

1971 Rebecca Lynn Gray, Indianapolis Indiana, Miss America-Indiana 1996

1971 Simon Gray's "Butley," premieres in London

1971 Carlton Gray, NFL cornerback, Seattle Seahawks, Indianapolis Colts

1971 Derwin Gray, NFL center for the Indianapolis Colts

1970 Macy Gray, American Musician

1970 Chris Gray, NFL guard, Miami Dolphins, Chicago Bears

1968 Chris Gray, Perth, Washington, Australasia golfer

1968 Harold Gray, U.S. comic strip artist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 74

1968 Cecil Gray, NFL tackle for the Arizona Cardinals

1964 Christopher John Gray, priest

1961 Mel Gray, NFL wide receiver/kick returner, Houston/Tennessee Oilers

1960 Jean-Michel Basquiat, Haiti/US graffiti artist/painter, Gray, SAMO

1960 Johnny Lee Gray, Jr., born in Los Angeles, California, 800m runner, Olympics-7th-1996

1959 Gilda Gray, actress (Piccadilly), dies of heart attack at 60

1955 Andy Gray, English soccer player

1951 Cecil Gray, composer, dies at 56

1951 Michael Gray, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Ronnie-Brian Keith Show

1950 Erin Gray, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actress, Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers

1948 Linda Esther Gray, opera singer

1948 Eddie Gray, rock guitarist, Tommy James and Shondells-Crystal Blue

1947 Piers Gray, critic/writer

1946 Les Gray, vocalist, Mud-Cat Crept In

1945 1 armed outfielder, St. L Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4

1944 Helmut Berger, actor, Ash Wednesday, Damned, Picture of Dorian Gray

1942 Dobie Gray, Brookshire, Texas, singer, In Crowd

1942 1st nylon parachute jump, Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray

1942 Gray Davis, American Politician

1941 William H Gray III, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Rep-D-PA, 1978-

1941 Spalding Gray, Rhode Island, actor, Beaches, Clara's Heart, Heavy Petting

1941 William Hjortsberg, New York City, writer, Gray Matters, Fallen Angel

1940 Linda Gray, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Sue Ellen Ewing-Dallas

1938 Henry John Newbolt, poet/author (Studies Green and Gray), dies at 75

1938 Billy Gray, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Bud-Father Knows Best

1936 James H "Simon" Gray, English playwright, Butley

1935 Alan Gray, composer, dies at 79

1934 Milton Gray Campbell, Plainfield, New Jersey, decathelete 1956 Olympics gold

1929 Elspet Gray, Lady Rix, actress, 4 Weddings and a Funeral, Solo, Tenko

1928 Charles Gray, Bournemouth England, actor, Clay-Rawhide

1926 Robert Symonds, Bristow Oklahoma, actor, Robert E Lee-Blue and Gray

1924 Kenneth J Gray, Rep-D-IL, 1955-75, 85-

1924 Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray, debuts

1924 Dolores Gray, born in Chicago, Illinois, singer and actress, Designing Woman, Kismet

1923 Nadia Gray, actress, Naked Runner, Maniac, Candide

1922 Coleen Gray, Staplehurst Nebraska, actress, Apache Drums

1922 Douglas Gray, archivist

1922 Rory Calhoun, actor, Blue and Gray, Judson Tyler-Capitol

1920 Sloan Wilson, Norwalk, Conn, novelist (Man in the Gray Flannal

1919 Dulcie Gray, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, actress, Mine Own Executioner

1919 Richard Todd, born in Ireland, actor, Dorian Gray, Assassin Yangtse Incident

1918 John Gray, FRS/marine biologist

1917 Herbert Lom, Czechoslovakia, actor, Pink Panther Strikes Again, Dorian Gray

1916 Barry Gray, [Bernard Yaroslaw], interviewer, started call-in radio

1915 Pete Gray, one-armed outfielder, St. Louis Browns

1914 Colin Gray, airman

1914 Sidney George Gray, company secretary

1913 Thomas Gray, professor and anaesthetist

1910 Raymod Gray Lewis, Ontario Canada, 4X400 relayer, Olympic-bronze-1932

1905 Maggie Kuhn, activist/co-founder, Gray Panthers

1902 Horace Gray, American Judge

1902 Alexander Gray, Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, actor, This is Music

1902 Elizabeth Gray Vining, American Writer

1901 Elisha Gray, American Inventor

1899 Milner Connorton Gray, designer

1895 Cecil Gray, composer

1894 Harold L Gray, creator, Little Orphan Annie

1892 Clifford Gray, U.S., bobsled 1928 Olympics gold

1889 William Gray patents coin-operated telephone

1888 Asa Gray, U.S. botanist (Flora of North America), dies at 77

1876 A G Bell and Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents Supreme Court eventually rules Bell rightful inventor

1855 Alan Gray, composer

1854 Oscar Wilde, [Fingal O'Flahertie Wills], Dublin, Pic of Dorian Gray

1836 Edwin Gray Lee, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1870

1835 Elisha Gray, American Inventor

1828 Horace Gray, American Judge

1823 John Gray Foster, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1874

1816 Henry Gray, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1892

1810 Asa Gray, Sauquoit, New York, botanist, Flora of North America

1792 Columbia River discovered and named by U.S. Capt Robert Gray

1792 Capt Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)

1790 Robert Gray's Columbia, completes 1st American around world voyage

1790 Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth

1771 Thomas Gray, English poet, dies at 54

1771 Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy), dies at 54

1771 Thomas Gray, English Poet

1751 1st publication of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard"

1716 Thomas Gray, English poet, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard

1715 Nicholas Rowe's "Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray," premieres in London



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