2013 Event The world's first plastic gun, produced by a 3-D printer by Defense Distributed fires successfully in Austin, Texas. Security officials fear plastic weapons would not be detected at airport screenings 2013 Event In the U.S., a centerpiece proposal on background checks aimed at tightening gun control, fails in a Senate vote 2009 Event A gun battle between U.S. agents and suspected people smugglers shuts down San Ysidro U.S. Mexico border crossing 1998 Event 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 Death David Healy, actor (Supergirl, Doomsday Gun, Patton), dies at 64 1995 Event Singer Bobby Brown escapes injury in gun battle 1994 Death Noah Beery, Jr., U.S. actor (Gung Ho!, Heaven With a Gun), dies at 81 1994 Event "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult," released in France 1994 Death Kurt Cobain, grunge rocker (Nirvana), commits suicide by gun at 27 1994 Event Singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop 1993 Death Douglas Hopkins, guitarist (Gin Blossoms), dies of gun shot at 32 1993 Event President Clinton signs Brady Gun Control Bill 1993 Death Tony Brafa, actor (Enrico Pallazzo-Naked Gun), dies at 72 1993 Event Harry Connick, Jr. arrested at a New York airport for gun possession 1992 Event Harry Connick, Jr. is caught with 9mm gun in New York's JFK airport 1991 Event Jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction 1991 Death Fred D Scott, actor (2 Gun Troubador), dies 1991 Death Mary Bacon, jockey, dying of cancer, commits suicide by gun at 43 1989 Death Lynn Bari, actress (Shock, Nocturne, 6 Gun Law), dies at 71 1989 Event Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors 1988 Event "Naked Gun" premieres, a movie based on TV's "Police Squad" 1986 Event "Top Gun," premieres 1984 Death Jon-Erik Hexum, actor (Bear), dies by a gun loaded with blanks at 26 1982 Death Brenda Benet, actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at 36 1981 Death Richard Boone, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel), dies at 63 1976 Death Dalton Trumbo, U.S. writer and director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70 1976 Death Fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74 1974 Event "Man With Golden Gun" premieres in US 1973 Death Lane Bradford, actor (Dead Man's Gold, Gun Hawk), dies at 50 1971 Death Frank Wolff, actor (Erotic Illusion, Last Gun), suicide at 43 1970 Event Bowie Kuhn suspends Denny McLain for carrying a gun 1970 Birthday Keith Mitchell, born in Palm Springs, California, actor, Jeffrey-Waltons, Gun Shy 1969 Death Kam Tong, actor (Have Gun Will Travel, Mr. Garlund), dies at 62 1968 Birthday Adam Rich, New York City, actor, Nicholas-8 is Enough, Code Red, Gun Shy 1967 Death James Dunn, actor (Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 6 Gun Law), dies at 61 1965 Birthday Adrian Pasdar, born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, actor, C Oliver Resor-Feds, Top Gun 1965 Death Forrest Taylor, actor (This is Life, Man Without a Gun), dies at 81 1961 Death Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies 1960 Event CBS radio cancels "Have Gun Will Travel" 1959 Birthday Val Kilmer, actor, Top Secret, Top Gun, Willow 1958 Birthday Julie Brown, born in Van Nuys, California, singer, comedienne, screenwriter, appeared in 'Earth Girls are Easy', songs include, 'The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun' 1958 Birthday Jeffrey Lee Pierce, singer and songwriter, Gun Club 1957 Birthday Rick Rossovich, Palo Alto California, actor, Top Gun, Roxanne, ER 1957 Birthday Kelly McGillis, born in Newport Beach, California, actress, Top Gun, Accused, Witness 1954 Event 86th Belmont: Eric Guerin aboard High Gun wins in 2:30.8 1952 Birthday Brad Whitford, Massachusetts, rock guitarist, Aerosmith-Jamie Got a Gun 1950 Birthday Jerry Zucker, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, director, Airplane, Naked Gun 1949 Death Frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59 1949 Event "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 1147 performances 1948 Birthday Steven Tyler, born in New York City, rock vocalist, Aerosmith-Janie Got a Gun 1947 Birthday David Zucker, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, director, Airplane, Naked Gun, Top Secret 1946 Event "Annie Get Your Gun" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 1147 performances 1946 Event Musical "Annie Get Your Gun," starring Ethel Merman premieres in New York City 1945 Birthday Priscilla Presley, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Jenna-Dallas, Naked Gun 1944 Birthday Tony Scott, director, Top Gun, Revenge, Days of Thunder 1942 Event 1st bazooka rocket gun produced Bridgeport, Connecticut 1940 Birthday Giorgio Moroder, born in Ortisei, Italy, composer, Let it Ride, Cat People, Top Gun 1935 Birthday Geoffrey Lewis, Plainsfield, New Jersey, actor, Earl-Flo, Gun Shy 1931 Birthday David Healy, actor, Supergirl, Doomsday Gun, Patton, Be My Guest 1928 Birthday Rex Reason, Berlin Germany, actor, Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s 1924 Birthday Jim Reeves, U.S. country singer and actor, Gun Fury, Kimberley Jim 1924 Birthday Lloyd Bochner, Toronto, Cecil-Dynasty, Lonely Lady, Naked Gun 2 1922 Birthday Leslie Nielsen, Regina Sask, actor, Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun 1917 Birthday Richard Boone, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel 1912 Birthday Henry Jones, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actor, Phyllis, Falcon Crest, Gun Shy 1912 Event U.S. Army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane 1912 Birthday John Payne, Roanoke, Virginia, actor, Restless Gun 1911 Event Gun magazine of French battleship Liberte explode 1911 Birthday Benay Venuta, born in San Francisco, California, actress, Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister 1910 Birthday Marc Lawrence, New York City, actor, Man With Golden Gun 1905 Birthday Dalton Trumbo, U.S., writer/film director, Johnny Got His Gun 1903 Death Richard J Gatling, U.S. inventor (Gatling Gun), dies at 84 1898 Event Machine gun 1st used in battle 1894 Birthday Walter Brennan, born in Swampscott, Massachusetts, actor, 'Real McCoys', 'At Gun Point' 1890 Birthday Frank Morgan, Francis P Wupperman, New York City, actor, Annie Get Your Gun 1862 Event Richard Gatling patents Gatling gun 1862 Event Dr. Richard Gatling patents machine gun (Indianapolis) 1862 Event Dr. Richard Gatling patents machine gun 1862 Event Odore R Timby patents revolving gun turret 1861 Event Gatling gun patented 1844 Event 12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes 1818 Birthday Richard Jordan Gatling, U.S., inventor, hand-cranked machine gun 1793 Birthday Eliphalet Remington, U.S. gun maker 1776 Event 1st gun salute - for U.S. Andrea Doria at Ft. St. Eustatius 1775 Event Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx) 1718 Event James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents world's 1st machine gun
