2014 Event 24-year-old Matthew Miller, one of three Americans currently held in North Korea, has been convicted of unlawful entry into the country for the purpose of spying; he has been sentenced to six years of hard labor 1997 Death Richard Vernon, British actor (Gandhi, Hard Days Night), dies at 72 1996 Event "Spy Hard," starring Leslie Nielsen is released 1995 Death Ida Lupino, actress/director (Hard Way, High Sierra), dies at 77 1994 Death Alan Owen, English screenplay/actor (Hard Day's Night), dies at 69 1994 Death Lina Basquette, actress (Night for Crime, Hard Hombre), dies at 87 1994 Death James Clay, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins, dies at 59 in Dallas, Texas 1993 Death Daniel Fuchs, U.S., screenwriter (Hard Way), dies at 84 1990 Event Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas, Nevada 1989 Death Joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81 1988 Event 9 hard/software manufacturers announce EISA computer bus in New York 1985 Death Wilfrid Brambell, actor (Hard Day's Night, Boys), dies at 72 1972 Birthday Gwyneth Paltrow, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Pallbearer, Emma, Hard Eight 1972 Event "Hard Job Being God" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 6 performances 1972 Event "Hard Job Being God" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 6 performances 1965 Birthday Vaden Todd Lewis, born in Fort Worth, Texas, guitarist, vocalist, hard rock, post-grunge genre, co-founded Burden Brother band, toured with Toadies band 1965 Event Ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other data 1964 Event Beatles' "A Hard Days Night" opens in New York City 1964 Death Flannery O'Connor, writer (Good Man is Hard to Find), dies at 39 1964 Event Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1964 Event Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 14 weeks 1964 Event Beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premieres in London 1964 Event Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album 1964 Event WMCA (New York City) plays Beatles' Hard Days Night Album (10 days prior to its scheduled release date), they decide to release it June 26th 1964 Event Beatles begin filming "Hard Days Night," Harrison meets Patti Boyd 1964 Birthday John Norum, born in Vardo, Norway, musician, hard rock guitarist, co-founder of Swedish band Europe 1964 Birthday Doug Aldrich, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, guitarist, hard rock, plays electric guitar, Gibson Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster, member of Whitesnake, founded Burning Rain 1962 Event 76th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Darlene Hard (97 64) 1962 Birthday Sam Phillips, singer and actress, Die Hard with a Vengeance 1961 Event 75th U.S. Womens Tennis: Darlene R Hard beats Ann Haydon Jones (63 64) 1961 Birthday David Huff, born in America, David Lyndon Huff, drummer, songwriter, producer, session musician, founder, Giant, 1980's hard rock band, member of White Heart, a Christian rock band 1961 Birthday Kip Winger, born in Denver, Colorado, Charles Frederick Kip Winger, musician, songwriter, bass guitarist, hard rock, heavy metal, classical, experimental genres, lead singer, Alan Parsons Project, played with Alice Cooper, had band called, Winger, released new CD, 2008 1960 Birthday Eric Martin, born in Long Island, New York, singer, hard rock genre, played with Mr. Big, rock band that produced hit song, 'To Be With You' 1960 Event 74th U.S. Womens Tennis: Darlene R Hard beats Maria Fraser (64 1012 64) 1959 Birthday John Sykes, Irish hard rock guitarist, Thin Lizzy-Blue Murder 1959 Event 66th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Darlene Hard (64 63) 1958 Birthday Nikki Sixx, born in San Jose, California, musician, songwriter, member, Motley Crue, plays hard rock, heavy metal genres, wrote, most successful album 'Dr. Feelgood' 1958 Event 72nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene R Hard (36 61 62) 1957 Event 64th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene Hard (63 62) 1957 Birthday Steve Harris, born in London, hard rock bassist, Iron Maiden-Gypsy's Kiss 1956 Birthday Hart Bochner, Toronto, actor, Aron-East of Eden, Supergirl, Die Hard 1956 Birthday Mark Mendoza, born in Long Island, New York, born Mark Glickman, known as Mark 'The Animal' Mendoza, bassist, songwriter, musician, member of band, Twisted Sister, also performed with The Dictators, Blackfoot, genres include hard rock, shank rock 1955 Birthday Bruce Willis, born in Penna Grove, New Jersey, actor, Moonlighting, Die Hard 1954 Birthday Michael Anthony, born in Chicago, Illinois, Michael Anthony Sobolewski, bassist, founding member, Van Halen, hard rock, heavy metal genres, plays bass, vocals, has performed with Sammy Hagar, Chickenfoot, noted for custom bass guitars, now markets Mad Anthony hot sauce 1954 Birthday Michael "Nicko" McBain, English hard rock drummer, Iron Maiden-Powerslave 1953 Birthday Jimmy McCulloch, born in Glasgow, Scotland, guitarist, hard rock genre, played lead guitar in Paul McCartney's Wings from 1974 to 1977, member of band One in a Million 1952 Birthday Neil Peart, born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, born Neil Ellwood Peart, songwriter, drummer, percussionist, progressive rock, hard rock, jazz, swing, genres, member of Toronto band, Rush 1952 Birthday Reginald Veljohnson, actor, Carl Winslow-Family Matters, Die Hard 1952 Birthday Joel Silver, South Orange, New Jersey, producer, Warriors, Xanadu, Die Hard 1951 Birthday Janet Eilber, born in Detroit, Michigan, actress, Hard to Hold, Romantic Comedy 1951 Birthday Brad Delp, born in Massachusetts, musician, rock, hard rock, lead vocalist for rock band 'Boston' 1951 Birthday Steven Seagal, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Above the Law, Hard to Kill 1951 Birthday Scott Gorham, Irish hard rock guitarist, Thin Lizzy-21 Guns 1951 Birthday John McTiernan, born in Albany, New York, actor, Predator, Die Hard, Medicine Man 1950 Birthday Joey Kramer, born in New York City, hard rock drummer, Aerosmith-Toys in the Attic 1949 Birthday [Boris] Alexander Godunov, Sakhalin U.S.S.R., dancer/actor, Die Hard 1949 Birthday Joao Botelho, Lamego Portugal, director, Trafico, Hard Times 1948 Birthday Ian Paice, British hard rock drummer, White Snake, Deep Purple 1947 Birthday Brian Johnson, Australia, hard rocker, AC/DC-Whole Lotta Rosie 1946 Birthday Bonnie Bedelia, Culkin, New York City, actress, Die Hard, Heart Like a Wheel 1945 Birthday Roger Glover, British hard rock bassist, Episode Six-Deep Purple 1944 Birthday Paul Gleason, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, Breakfast CLub, Die Hard 1940 Birthday Lance Henriksen, actor, Aliens, Pumpkinhead, Knights, Hard Target 1939 Birthday Neil Sedaka, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and songwriter, Breaking Up is Hard to Do 1938 Birthday Lenny Welch, Asbury Park, New Jersey, Breaking up is Hard to Do 1935 Birthday James Clay, born in Dallas, Texas, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins 1935 Birthday Loren Rush, born in America, composer, works include, the drone piece 'Hard Music' 1934 Birthday Tom Baker, actor, Angels Die Hard, Vault of Horror 1932 Birthday Richard Lester, movie director, Hard Day's Night, Help!, Petulia 1930 Birthday John Junkin, actor and writer, A Hard Day's Night 1928 Birthday Al Held, U.S., painter/sculptor, hard edge-style 1927 Birthday Elvin Jones, born Pontiac, Michigan, musician, jazz drummer, played hard bop, avant-garde jazz, post-bop, member of John Coltrane quartet, appearing in A Love Supreme 1925 Birthday Alun Owen, North Wales, writer, Hard Days Night, actor, Servant 1925 Birthday Flannery O'Connor, born in Georgia, novelist, A Good Man is Hard to Find 1925 Birthday Richard Vernon, born in England, actor, Servant, Gandhi, Hard Days Night 1919 Event American Association for Hard of Hearing forms (New York City) 1915 Birthday Charles Hard Townes, born in Greenville, South Carolina, physicist, developed lasers 1912 Birthday Wilfrid Brambell, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, Hard Day's Night 1910 Birthday Josef Tal, born in Pinne, Poland, born Joseph Gruenthal, composer, pianist, played hard with Palestine Orchestra, developed notational system for computer-generated compositions at Hebrew University 1895 Event Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years hard labor for being a sodomite 1890 Birthday Art Acord, Glenwood Sevier, Utah, western actor, Arizona Kid, Hard Fists 1854 Birthday Richard T. Ely, U.S. economist, Hard Times 1794 Event Hard frost in southern New England
