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1997 Richard Vernon, British actor (Gandhi, Hard Days Night), dies at 72
1996 "Spy Hard," starring Leslie Nielsen is released 1995 Ida Lupino, actress/director (Hard Way, High Sierra), dies at 77 1994 Alan Owen, English screenplay/actor (Hard Day's Night), dies at 69 1994 Lina Basquette, actress (Night for Crime, Hard Hombre), dies at 87 1994 James Clay, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins, dies at 59 in Dallas, Texas 1993 Daniel Fuchs, U.S., screenwriter (Hard Way), dies at 84 1990 Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas, Nevada 1989 Joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81 1988 9 hard/software manufacturers announce EISA computer bus in New York 1985 Wilfrid Brambell, actor (Hard Day's Night, Boys), dies at 72 1972 Gwyneth Paltrow, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Pallbearer, Emma, Hard Eight 1972 "Hard Job Being God" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 6 performances 1972 "Hard Job Being God" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 6 performances 1965 Ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other data 1964 Beatles' "A Hard Days Night" opens in New York City 1964 Flannery O'Connor, writer (Good Man is Hard to Find), dies at 39 1964 Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1964 Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 14 weeks 1964 Beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premieres in London 1964 Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album 1964 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 Beatles begin filming "Hard Days Night," Harrison meets Patti Boyd 1964 John Norum, born in Vardo, Norway, musician, hard rock guitarist, co-founder of Swedish band Europe 1964 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 76th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Darlene Hard (97 64) 1962 Sam Phillips, singer and actress, Die Hard with a Vengeance 1961 75th U.S. Womens Tennis: Darlene R Hard beats Ann Haydon Jones (63 64) 1961 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 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 74th U.S. Womens Tennis: Darlene R Hard beats Maria Fraser (64 1012 64) 1959 John Sykes, Irish hard rock guitarist, Thin Lizzy-Blue Murder 1959 66th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Darlene Hard (64 63) 1958 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 72nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene R Hard (36 61 62) 1957 64th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene Hard (63 62) 1957 Steve Harris, born in London, hard rock bassist, Iron Maiden-Gypsy's Kiss 1956 Hart Bochner, Toronto, actor, Aron-East of Eden, Supergirl, Die Hard 1956 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 Bruce Willis, born in Penna Grove, New Jersey, actor, Moonlighting, Die Hard 1954 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 Michael "Nicko" McBain, English hard rock drummer, Iron Maiden-Powerslave 1952 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 Reginald Veljohnson, actor, Carl Winslow-Family Matters, Die Hard 1952 Joel Silver, South Orange, New Jersey, producer, Warriors, Xanadu, Die Hard 1951 Janet Eilber, born in Detroit, Michigan, actress, Hard to Hold, Romantic Comedy 1951 Brad Delp, born in Massachusetts, musician, rock, hard rock, lead vocalist for rock band 'Boston' 1951 Steven Seagal, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Above the Law, Hard to Kill 1951 Scott Gorham, Irish hard rock guitarist, Thin Lizzy-21 Guns 1951 John McTiernan, born in Albany, New York, actor, Predator, Die Hard, Medicine Man 1950 Joey Kramer, born in New York City, hard rock drummer, Aerosmith-Toys in the Attic 1949 [Boris] Alexander Godunov, Sakhalin U.S.S.R., dancer/actor, Die Hard 1949 Joao Botelho, Lamego Portugal, director, Trafico, Hard Times 1948 Ian Paice, British hard rock drummer, White Snake, Deep Purple 1947 Brian Johnson, Australia, hard rocker, AC/DC-Whole Lotta Rosie 1946 Bonnie Bedelia, Culkin, New York City, actress, Die Hard, Heart Like a Wheel 1945 Roger Glover, British hard rock bassist, Episode Six-Deep Purple 1944 Paul Gleason, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, Breakfast CLub, Die Hard 1940 Lance Henriksen, actor, Aliens, Pumpkinhead, Knights, Hard Target 1939 Neil Sedaka, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and songwriter, Breaking Up is Hard to Do 1938 Lenny Welch, Asbury Park, New Jersey, Breaking up is Hard to Do 1935 James Clay, born in Dallas, Texas, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins 1935 Loren Rush, born in America, composer, works include, the drone piece 'Hard Music' 1934 Tom Baker, actor, Angels Die Hard, Vault of Horror 1932 Richard Lester, movie director, Hard Day's Night, Help!, Petulia 1930 John Junkin, actor and writer, A Hard Day's Night 1928 Al Held, U.S., painter/sculptor, hard edge-style 1927 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 Alun Owen, North Wales, writer, Hard Days Night, actor, Servant 1925 Flannery O'Connor, born in Georgia, novelist, A Good Man is Hard to Find 1925 Richard Vernon, born in England, actor, Servant, Gandhi, Hard Days Night 1919 American Association for Hard of Hearing forms (New York City) 1915 Charles Hard Townes, born in Greenville, South Carolina, physicist, developed lasers 1912 Wilfrid Brambell, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, Hard Day's Night 1910 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 Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years hard labor for being a sodomite 1890 Art Acord, Glenwood Sevier, Utah, western actor, Arizona Kid, Hard Fists 1854 Richard T. Ely, U.S. economist, Hard Times 1794 Hard frost in southern New England |
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