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2009 Ellie Greenwich, record producer, singer, songwriter, rock and roll, pop music genres, co-wrote 'Da Doo Ron Ron', dies in Manhattan, New York, at age 68

2007 Leona Helmsley, dies of congestive heart failure at 87, in Greenwich, Connecticut

1997 Tea Leoni and David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village

1983 Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Ct collapsed kills 3

1982 David Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41

1969 Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, New York, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days

1967 Sarah Malin, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, actress, Stephane Prescott-Another World

1967 Rachel Williams, born in Greenwich Village, New York, model, Absolut Vodka, Elle

1965 Courtenay Becker-Dey, Greenwich Conn, Europe yachter, Olympic-bronze-1996

1961 Bob Dylan's 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village

1957 Heather Thomas, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, actress, Jody-Fall Guy, Coed Fever

1956 Eric Roberts, born in Mississippi, actor, Pope of Greenwich Village, King of Gypsies

1955 Linda Purl, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, actress, Gloria-Happy Days, Matlock

1953 Hal Ketchum, born in Greenwich, New York, country singer, Small Town Saturday Night

1949 Shelley Hack, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, actress, Tiffany Welles-Charlie's Angel

1947 Donna Elizabeth De Varona, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, swimmer, Olympic-2 gold-64

1947 Glenn Close, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, actress, The Big Chill, Fatal Attraction

1944 Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb

1943 Maria Muldaur, Greenwich Village, New York, singer, Midnight at the Oasis

1943 Ray Buktenica, born in Greenwich Village, New York City, actor, Rhoda, House Calls

1939 Ellie Greenwich, born in Brooklyn, New York, record producer, singer, songwriter, rock and roll, pop music genres, co-wrote 'Da Doo Ron Ron'

1936 Michael Livesay, British admiral and president, RN College Greenwich

1935 Newfoundland changes time to 3 hours W of Greenwich, repeats 44 sec

1916 Penny Santon, Greenwich Village, New York, actress, Roll Out, Matt Houston

1906 John Carradine, Greenwich Village, New York, actor, Grapes of Wrath, Howling

1884 Greenwich established as universal time meridian of longitude

1832 Abijah Hammond, owned large portion of Greenwich Village, dies

1675 King Charles II lays foundation stone of Royal Observatory, Greenwich

1675 Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II

1543 England and Scotland sign Peace treaty of Greenwich

1516 Mary I Tudor, Bloody Mary, Greenwich, queen of England, 1553-58


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