1998 Florence Griffith Joyner, Olympic runner, dies at 38
1994 Jack Dodson, actor (Howard Sprague-Andy Griffith Show), dies at 63
1994 Hal Smith, actor (Otis Campbell-Andy Griffith Show), dies at 77
1991 Byron Q Griffith, producer/actor, dies at 73
1989 Dakota Johnson, son of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson
1989 Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson marry for 2nd time
1989 Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson remarry
1988 Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 200m woman's record (21.34)
1988 Florence Griffith Joyner runs Olympic record 100m in 10.54s
1988 Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 100m woman's record (10.49)
1986 Blanche Sweet, U.S. actress (DW Griffith movies), dies at 90
1984 Calvin Griffith signs letter of intent to sell ownership of Twins
1980 Hugh Griffith, actor (Passover Plot, Ben Hur, Tom Jones), dies at 67
1979 Hope Summers, actress (Clara-Andy Griffith Show), dies at 78
1979 Corine Griffith, dies at 84
1977 Burt Mustin, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show), dies at 92
1973 Ohio State's Archie Griffith begins record 31 cons 100 yd rushing
1972 Marcia M. Griffith, born in Washington D.C., Miss America-Maryland, 1996
1971 Adrian Griffith, cricketer, West Indian Test opening batsman 1997
1971 William Griffith Wilson, American Celebrity
1970 Robert Griffith, NFL strong safety for the Minnesota Vikings
1970 Jenny Griffith, born in Burbank, California, WPVA volleyballer, National-13th-1995
1969 Richard Griffith, NFL tight end for the Jacksonville Jaguars
1967 Howard Griffith, NFL running back, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32
1967 Kenneth Charlie Griffith Benjamin, cricketer, WI like his namesake
1961 Robert Griffith, producer of Pajama Game, dies
1959 Florence Griffith Joyner, born in Los Angeles, California, runner, Olympic-3 gold-1988
1959 Clark Griffith of Senators says team will not move the franchise
1958 Calvin Griffith says Senators will prob accept offer to move to Minn
1957 Melanie Griffith, actress, Working Girl, Milk Money, Now and Then
1956 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Washington D.C.
1955 Clark Griffith, baseball player/manager (New York Yankees), dies at 85
1955 "No Time for Sergeants" opens on Broadway, starring Andy Griffith
1953 Nanci Griffith, U.S. singer and songwriter, Poet in My Window
1953 Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) HR in Washington D.C.'s Griffith Stadium
1950 Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st to hit 3 HR in a game at Griffith Stadium
1948 D[avid] W[ark] Griffith, U.S. director/producer, dies
1948 D. W. Griffith, American Director
1948 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie
1948 Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut Eng vs. WI, out for 140
1946 11 players Tinker, Evers, Chance, Burkett, McCarthy, Waddell, Plank, Walsh, Chesbro, Griffith, and McGinnity are named to Hall of Fame
1945 Joe Kuhel hits inside-the-park HR, only HR hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium
1941 1st night game at Washington D.C., Griffith stadium (Yanks 6, Senators 5)
1941 New York Yankees nip Washington Senators 6-5 in 1st night game at Griffith Stadium
1938 Charlie Griffith, cricketer, WI fast bowler, or did he chuck?,
1937 5th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 8-3 at Griffith Stadium, Wash
1935 Griffith Planetarium opens in Los Angeles, 3rd in US
1934 While Washington player-mgr Joe Cronin honeymoons with Mildred Robertson owner Clark Griffith's niece and adopted daughter, he is sold to Red Sox
1933 Aneta Corsaut, Jutchinson, Kansas, actress, Helen Crump-Andy Griffith
1932 Clark Griffith announces Walter Johnson will be manager of Senators
1931 Jack Dodson, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Howard Sprage-Andy Griffith Show
1931 Bradman bowled by Herman Griffith for a duck as W I win the Test
1926 Andy Griffith, Mount Airy, North Carolina, actor, Andy Griffith Show, Matlock
1922 Arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies
1921 Katherine Griffith, actress (Pollyanna), dies at 45
1919 Dodgers trade Jake Daubert to Reds for Tommy Griffith Daubert
1916 James Griffith, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Sheriff of Cochise
1915 DW Griffith shows "Clansman" at a sneak preview
1914 Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court
1914 Stewart Cathie "Billy" Griffith, cricketer, 140 for England, 1948
1914 Stewart Griffith, secretary, MCC
1912 Hugh Griffith, Wales, actor, Ben Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver!
1911 Clark Griffith is named manager of Washington Senators
1908 Yanks replace Clark Griffith with Kid Elberfeld as manager who is destined to have worse won-lost pct of any Yankee mgr 27-71 (.276)
1905 Arthur Griffith forms Sinn Fein in Dublin
1905 Howard McNear, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Floyd-Andy Griffith Show, Jetsons
1902 Frances Beauvier, actress, Aunt Bea-Andy Griffith Show
1895 William Griffith Wilson, American Celebrity
1894 Corinne Griffith, Texarkana, Texas, actress, 3 Hours, Lilies of Field
1893 Herman Griffith, cricketer, pioneering WI pace bowler
1884 Burt Mustin, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show
1876 Katherine Griffith, born in San Francisco, California, actress, Pollyanna, Fast Company
1875 D. W. Griffith, movie producer/director, Birth of a Nation
1875 D. W. Griffith, American Director
1872 Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist, founder of Sinn Fein
1869 Clark Griffith, Missouri, baseball player/manager, New York Yankees
1862 Richard Griffith, U.S. Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 48
1850 Paddle-wheeler "G P Griffith" burns off Mentor Ohio, 206 die
1814 Richard Griffith, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1862
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