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1998 Tony Awards, Side Man, Death of a Salesman revival, Annie Get Your Gun revival and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown revival won major awards
1995 David Healy, actor (Supergirl, Doomsday Gun, Patton), dies at 64 1995 Singer Bobby Brown escapes injury in gun battle 1994 Noah Beery, Jr., U.S. actor (Gung Ho!, Heaven With a Gun), dies at 81 1994 "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult," released in France 1994 Kurt Cobain, grunge rocker (Nirvana), commits suicide by gun at 27 1994 Singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop 1993 Douglas Hopkins, guitarist (Gin Blossoms), dies of gun shot at 32 1993 President Clinton signs Brady Gun Control Bill 1993 Tony Brafa, actor (Enrico Pallazzo-Naked Gun), dies at 72 1993 Harry Connick, Jr. arrested at a New York airport for gun possession 1992 Harry Connick, Jr. is caught with 9mm gun in New York's JFK airport 1991 Jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction 1991 Fred D Scott, actor (2 Gun Troubador), dies 1991 Mary Bacon, jockey, dying of cancer, commits suicide by gun at 43 1989 Lynn Bari, actress (Shock, Nocturne, 6 Gun Law), dies at 71 1989 Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors 1988 "Naked Gun" premieres, a movie based on TV's "Police Squad" 1986 "Top Gun," premieres 1984 Jon-Erik Hexum, actor (Bear), dies by a gun loaded with blanks at 26 1982 Brenda Benet, actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at 36 1981 Richard Boone, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel), dies at 63 1976 Dalton Trumbo, U.S. writer and director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70 1976 Fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74 1974 "Man With Golden Gun" premieres in US 1973 Lane Bradford, actor (Dead Man's Gold, Gun Hawk), dies at 50 1971 Frank Wolff, actor (Erotic Illusion, Last Gun), suicide at 43 1970 Bowie Kuhn suspends Denny McLain for carrying a gun 1970 Keith Mitchell, born in Palm Springs, California, actor, Jeffrey-Waltons, Gun Shy 1969 Kam Tong, actor (Have Gun Will Travel, Mr. Garlund), dies at 62 1968 Adam Rich, New York City, actor, Nicholas-8 is Enough, Code Red, Gun Shy 1967 James Dunn, actor (Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 6 Gun Law), dies at 61 1965 Adrian Pasdar, born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, actor, C Oliver Resor-Feds, Top Gun 1965 Forrest Taylor, actor (This is Life, Man Without a Gun), dies at 81 1965 Derek B, rocker, Bullet from a Gun 1961 Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies 1960 CBS radio cancels "Have Gun Will Travel" 1959 Val Kilmer, actor, Top Secret, Top Gun, Willow 1959 "Weird Al" Yankovic, California, parody singer, Eat It, UHF, Naked Gun 1958 Jeffrey Lee Pierce, singer and songwriter, Gun Club 1957 Rick Rossovich, Palo Alto California, actor, Top Gun, Roxanne, ER 1957 Kelly McGillis, born in Newport Beach, California, actress, Top Gun, Accused, Witness 1954 86th Belmont: Eric Guerin aboard High Gun wins in 2:30.8 1952 Brad Whitford, Massachusetts, rock guitarist, Aerosmith-Jamie Got a Gun 1950 Jerry Zucker, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, director, Airplane, Naked Gun 1949 Frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59 1949 "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 1147 performances 1948 Steven Tyler, born in New York City, rock vocalist, Aerosmith-Janie Got a Gun 1947 David Zucker, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, director, Airplane, Naked Gun, Top Secret 1946 "Annie Get Your Gun" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 1147 performances 1946 Musical "Annie Get Your Gun," starring Ethel Merman premieres in New York City 1945 Priscilla Presley, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Jenna-Dallas, Naked Gun 1944 Tony Scott, director, Top Gun, Revenge, Days of Thunder 1942 1st bazooka rocket gun produced Bridgeport, Connecticut 1940 Giorgio Moroder, born in Ortisei, Italy, composer, Let it Ride, Cat People, Top Gun 1935 Geoffrey Lewis, Plainsfield, New Jersey, actor, Earl-Flo, Gun Shy 1931 David Healy, actor, Supergirl, Doomsday Gun, Patton, Be My Guest 1928 Rex Reason, Berlin Germany, actor, Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s 1928 Joyce Brothers, New York City, pop psychologist, $64,000 Question, Naked Gun 1924 Jim Reeves, U.S. country singer and actor, Gun Fury, Kimberley Jim 1924 Lloyd Bochner, Toronto, Cecil-Dynasty, Lonely Lady, Naked Gun 2 1922 Leslie Nielsen, Regina Sask, actor, Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun 1917 Richard Boone, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel 1912 Henry Jones, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actor, Phyllis, Falcon Crest, Gun Shy 1912 U.S. Army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane 1912 John Payne, Roanoke, Virginia, actor, Restless Gun 1911 Gun magazine of French battleship Liberte explode 1911 Benay Venuta, born in San Francisco, California, actress, Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister 1910 Marc Lawrence, New York City, actor, Man With Golden Gun 1905 Dalton Trumbo, U.S., writer/film director, Johnny Got His Gun 1903 Richard J Gatling, U.S. inventor (Gatling Gun), dies at 84 1898 Machine gun 1st used in battle 1894 Walter Brennan, born in Swampscott, Massachusetts, actor, Real McCoys, At Gun Point 1890 Frank Morgan, Francis P Wupperman, New York City, actor, Annie Get Your Gun 1862 Richard Gatling patents Gatling gun 1862 Dr. Richard Gatling patents machine gun (Indianapolis) 1862 Dr. Richard Gatling patents machine gun 1862 Odore R Timby patents revolving gun turret 1861 Gatling gun patented 1844 12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes 1818 Richard Jordan Gatling, U.S., inventor, hand-cranked machine gun 1793 Eliphalet Remington, U.S. gun maker 1776 1st gun salute - for U.S. Andrea Doria at Ft. St. Eustatius 1775 Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx) 1718 James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents world's 1st machine gun |
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