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2008 John Michael Hayes, dies in New Hampshire, of natural causes, at 89
2007 Brad Delp, dies in New Hampshire, of suicide, at 55 1997 Michael Dorris, writer, scholar, first unmarried man to adopt child, Raynold Abel, wrote about Reynold in 'The Broken Cord', commits suicide in Concord, New Hampshire, at age 52 1996 Dean Headley takes 3rd cricket hat-trick of season, Kent vs. Hampshire 1996 Dean Jones takes career-best 5-112 for Derbyshire vs. Hampshire 1993 John Castrios, 1st murder in Washington, New Hampshire in 200 years, killed at 45 1992 Thomas J McIntyre, Sen-New Hampshire, 1963 - 1979, dies at 77 1991 Janel Bishop, 17, of New Hampshire, crowned 9th Miss Teen USA 1991 Pamela Smart (High School teacher) found guilty in New Hampshire of manipulating her student-lover to kill her husband 1985 Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice 1958 - 1981, dies in New Hampshire at 70 1984 New York City subway gunman Bernhard Goetz surrenders to police in New Hampshire 1981 William Loeb, publisher of Manchester Union Leader, New Hampshire, dies at 75 1980 Bonnie Lynn Gagnon, Miss New Hampshire Teen USA 1997 1978 Melissa Coish, Miss New Hampshire Teen USA 1996 1977 Liam Botham, cricketer, son of Ian Hampshire all-rounder 1996 1977 Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on New Hampshire licenses 1977 Stephanie Ann Foisy, Concord, New Hampshire, Miss America - New Hampshire 1996 1975 Gretchen Durgin, Miss USA-New Hampshire 1997 1974 Julie Minta Gleneck, Miss New Hampshire USA 1996 1973 Michelle Tolson, Manchester, New Hampshire, Miss America - New Hampshire 1997 1971 Jennifer LaVoie, Nashua, New Hampshire, playmate, Aug, 1993 1970 22nd Emmy Awards: Marcus Welby, Robert Young and Susan Hampshire 1970 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mount Washington, New Hampshire (state 24-hour rec) 1970 26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington, New Hampshire a state record 1969 WXPO (now WNDS) TV channel 50 in Manchester, New Hampshire (IND) 1st broadcast 1969 John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut vs. WI at Lord's 1969 WEDB TV channel 40 in Berlin, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 Phil Plantier, Manchester, New Hampshire, outfielder, San Diego Padres, Red Sox, A's 1968 John Connelly, born in Toledo, Ohio, Nike golfer, 1991 New Hampshire Open 1968 WEKW TV channel 52 in Keene, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 WLED TV channel 49 in Littleton, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Mount Washington cog railway train derails, kills 8 in New Hampshire 1967 Melanie Denise Bridges, Derry, New Hampshire, Miss New Hampshire - America 1991 1966 WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, New Hampshire (NBC) begins broadcasting 1965 Yorkshire all out for 23 vs. Hampshire at Middlesbrough 1965 Joe Cioe, Cranston, Rhode Island, Canadian Tour golfer, New Hampshire Open - 1992, 1993 1963 Robert Lee Frost, U.S. poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88 1961 Paul McCrane, actor, Hotel New Hampshire, We're Fighting Back 1960 Bob Tewksbury, Concord, New Hampshire, pitcher for the San Diego Padres 1960 Colin Firth, born in Hampshire, England, actor, Femme Fatale, Hostages 1959 WENH TV channel 11 in Durham, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Jay Feenan, born in Windham, New Hampshire, rower 1996 Olympics 1957 Paul-Jan Bakker, cricketer, Hampshire and Netherlands pace bowler 1957 Richard Swett, born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-New Hampshire 1991 - 1995 1957 Amanda Plummer, born in New York City, actress, Hotel New Hampshire, Dollmaker 1955 Gary Streeter, born in Hampshire, England, educated at King's College London, Member of Parliament for South West Devon 1954 WMUR TV channel 9 in Manchester, New Hampshire (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Peter Isacksen, Dover, New Hampshire, actor, CPO Sharkey, Jessie 1952 Lee M Morin, Manchester, New Hampshire, Commander USN/astronaut 1951 Barbara Ann Cochran, Claremont, New Hampshire, slalom skier, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1949 John Shea, born in North Conway, New Hampshire, actor, Honeymoon, New Life, Lois and Clark 1948 Gordon Clapp, North Conway, New Hampshire, actor, Greg Medavoy-NYPD Blue 1947 Judd Gregg, born in Nashua, New Hampshire, Representative-R-New Hampshire 1981 - 1989, Governor-R-New Hampshire 1989 - 1993, Senator-R-New Hampshire 1993 - 1945 Jane Blalock, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, LPGA golfer 1972 Colgate-Dinah Shore 1943 Russ Giguere, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, rock guitarist and vocalist, Association 1943 Ernie Anastos, born in Nashua, New Hampshire, news anchor, WCBS, WABC 1942 Christopher Stone, Manchester, New Hampshire, actor, Dave-Dallas, Interns 1942 John Irving, born in New Hampshire, short-story writer, wrote World According to Garp 1941 Beau Bridges, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Hotel New Hampshire, 5th Musketeer 1941 David Warner, born in Manchester, New Hampshire, actor, Star Trek VI, Time Bandits 1941 Robert C. Smith, born in Trenton, New Jersey, Representative-R-New Hampshire, 1985 - 1990, Senator-R-New Hampshire 1990- 2003 1941 John Hampshire, cricketer, of Yorkshire Century on debut for England 1969 1941 Tom Rush, born in New Hampshire, rock guitarist and vocalist, Circle Game, Urge For Going 1940 Gordon J. Humphrey, born in Bristol, Connecticut, Senator-R-New Hampshire, 1979 - 1990 1939 1st American skimobiles, North Conway, New Hampshire 1939 David H Souter, Weir, New Hampshire, 107th Supreme Court Justice, 1990- 1939 Submarine Squalis sank off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 26 die 1938 Peter Bonerz, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, actor, Jerry-Bob Newhart Show, 9 to 5 1938 Susan Hampshire, born in London, England, actress, Vanity Fair, Living Free 1938 "Our Town," Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winner of small-town life in Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, premieres 1937 Richard Moore scores 316 for Hampshire against Warwickshire 1936 Bill Zeliff, born in East Orange, New Jersey, Representative-R-New Hampshire 1991 - 1997 1934 Michael Mates, born in England, born Michael John Mates, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for East Hampshire 1934 Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mount Washington, New Hampshire, 231 mph 1932 Richard Dawson, Hampshire England, actor, Hogan's Heroes, Family Feud 1930 Bradman scores cricket 191 Australia vs. Hampshire, 240 minutes, 26 fours 1930 Warren Rudman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Senator-R-New Hampshire 1980 - 1993 1930 Roy Marshall, cricket opener, prolific Hampshire only 4 Tests for WI 1930 James Broderick, born in Charleston, New Hampshire, actor, Brenner-Brenner, Doug-Family 1927 Phil Mead scores his 100th 100, Hampshire vs. Northants 1925 Ziggy Talent, born in Manchester, New Hampshire, singer, Vaughn Monroe Show 1925 -46 degrees F (-43 degrees C), Pittsburgh, New Hampshire (state record) 1924 Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire) 1923 Alan B. Shepard, Jr., East Derry, New Hampshire, Rear Admiral USN astronaut, Mercury 3, Apollo 14 1923 Pamela Sharples, born in England, Baroness Sharples, BConservative Party, made a Life Peer of Chawton in the County of Hampshire, after husband, Sir Richard Sharples, was assassinated 1911 106 degrees F (41 degrees C) at Nashua, New Hampshire (state record) 1909 13th Boston Marathon won by Henri Renaud of New Hampshire in 2:53:36.8 1908 1st credit union in U.S. forms, Manchester, New Hampshire 1899 Kenneth MacKenna, Canterbury, New Hampshire, actor and director, Those We Love 1888 Stuart Chase, born in New Hampshire, writer/economist, Tragedy of Waste 1882 1st U.S. ski club forms, Berlin, New Hampshire 1872 Harlan Fiske Stone, New Hampshire, Supreme Court, 1925 - 1941, Chief Justice, 1941 - 1946 1869 Franklin Peirce, 14th president 1853 - 1857, dies in Concord, New Hampshire at 64 1840 Constance Fenimore Woolson, born in New Hampshire, writer, Jupiter Lights 1833 1st tax-supported public library in Peterborough, New Hampshire 1810 Overnight temp at Portsmouth, New Hampshire drops 50 degrees F (10 degrees C) 1805 Great Stoneface Mount found in New Hampshire 1804 Franklin Pierce, Hillsboro, New Hampshire, D, 14th President, 1853 - 1857 1797 Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine 1791 Captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire becomes 1st commissioned officer in Revenue Cutter Service 1788 U.S. Constitution goes into effect as New Hampshire is 9th to ratify 1782 Daniel Webster, Salisbury, New Hampshire, orator, politician, and lawyer 1776 Assembly of New Hampshire adopts its 1st state constitution 1774 1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft. William and Mary, New Hampshire 1769 Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter 1725 10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in New Hampshire for bounty 1679 New Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony 1150 Tichborne family of Hampshire England started tradition of giving a Gallon of flour to each resident to keep deathbed promise |
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