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2002 Harold Russell, Oscar winner, The Best Years of Our Lives, dies at 88
2001 Harold Stassen, perennial presidential candidate/politician, resigned as governor of Minnesota to enlist for WWII, dies at 93 2000 Harold Nicholas, dancer, the Nicholas Brothers, dies at 79 1998 Derek Harold Richard Barton, British Scientist 1997 Harold Robbins, salacious novelist, dies at 81 1997 Harold Robbins, novelist, The Carpetbaggers, dies at 81 1996 Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist, dies at 85 1996 Harold C Fox, Fashion designer/musician, dies at 86 1996 Harold William Woolhouse, plant scientist, dies at 63 1996 Harold Brodkey, writer, dies at 65 1996 Harold E. Hughes, American Politician 1996 Harold Wolpe, sociologist lawyer/South African activist, dies at 70 1996 Harold Walter Bailey, philologist, dies at 96>> 1995 Harold Francis Collison, trade unionist, dies at 84 1995 Harold Watkinson, politician/businessman, dies at 85 1995 Harold Sheperdson, soccer Trainer, dies at 76 1995 Harold Larwood, cricket (98 wkts bowling for England 1926-34), dies at 91 1995 Stephen Harold Spender, writer, dies at 86 1995 Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister (1964-70, 74-76), dies of cancer at 79 1995 Harold Berens, comedian, dies at 92 1995 Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist, dies at 100 1994 Harold Horace Hopkins, inventor (Endoscope), dies at 75 1994 Danny Harold Rolling, sentenced to death in Florida, for killing 5 1994 Harold Myers, film journalist, dies at 81 1994 Harold Acton, English/Italian historian/art collector, dies at 84 1994 Harold Schneider, U.S. producer (5 Easy Pieces, War Games), dies at 55 1993 Harold Innocent, actor (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves), dies at 60 1992 Harold Wilson's academy award is auctioned for $60,500 1992 G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72 1991 Harold Grange, American Athlete 1989 White Sox trade Harold Baines to Rangers for Scott Fletcher and Sam Sosa 1989 Harold E. Ballard sells CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats to David Braley 1987 Harold Washington, 1st black mayor of Chicago (D, 1983-87), dies at 65 1987 Robert Preston, actor (Harold Hill-Music Man), dies at 68 1986 [Maurice] Harold MacMillan, Prime Minister of Great Britain 1957 - 1963, dies at 92 1986 Harold MacMillan, English Politician 1986 Harold Arlen, [Hyman Arluck], U.S. composer, murdered at 81 1985 Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer 1985 Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery 1985 Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 76 1984 Harold Laurence Walters, composer, dies at 66 1983 Harold Washington sworn in as Chicago's 1st black mayor 1983 Harold Washington elected 1st black mayor of Chicago 1983 Harold Washington becomes Chicago's 1st black mayor 1983 Harold Washington wins Chicago's Democratic mayoral primary 1982 Harold Sakata, actor (Kenji-Sarge), dies at 62 1981 Harold C Urey, U.S. chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), dies at 87 1980 Harold Carmichael ends NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions 1978 Harold Pinter's "Betrayal," premieres in London 1977 White Sox draft Harold Baines #1 1976 Harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes Prime Minister of England 1976 British premier Harold Wilson resigns 1975 Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land," premieres in London 1974 Harold Wilson replaces resigning Ed Heath as British premier 1973 Harold B Lee, U.S. head of Mormon Church, dies at 74 1973 Harold Morrow, full back for the Minnesota Vikings 1972 Harold Carmichael begins NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions 1972 Harold "Pie" Traynor, hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72 1971 Harold Lloyd, Jr., actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies at 40 1971 Harold Lloyd, Jr., actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies at 40 1971 Harold Miner, NBA guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers 1971 Harold Lloyd, U.S. comic/actor (Why Worry), dies of cancer at 77 1970 Harold Ellis, NBA forward for the Denver Nuggets 1970 Harold Vanderbilt, America Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85 1970 Harold Nash, CFL halfback, Montreal Alouettes 1970 Harold Bishop, NFL tight end for the Cleveland Browns 1970 Nixon nominates G Harold Carswell to Supreme Court (fails) 1969 Gale Harold, American Actor 1969 Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, British field marshal, dies at 78 1969 Harold Pruett, rocker, Outsiders-Time Won't Let Me 1968 Harold Gray, U.S. comic strip artist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 74 1968 Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71 1968 Harold Green, NFL running back, Cincinnati Bengals, Atlanta Falcons 1967 Harold Holt, Australian premier (1966-67), drowns at 59 1967 John Doherty, born in the Bronx, New York, John Harold Doherty, pitcher, played for Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball teams 1967 Harold Edward Holt, Australian Politician 1966 Harold Burrage, U.S. singer/pianist (Got to Find a Way), dies at 35 1966 Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in US 1964 Harold Wilson's Labour party wins British election 1964 Harold Morris, composer, dies at 74 1963 British premier Harold MacMillan, resigns 1962 Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, comedian (Olsen and Johnson), dies at 70 1961 American Harold Graham makes 1st rocket belt flight 1960 Harold Reynolds, baseball player 1960 Robert Harold Lohr, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, PGA golfer, 1988 Walt Disney 1959 Harold Huber, actor (I Cover Times Square), dies at 49 1959 Harold Baines, born in Easton, Maryland, outfielder for the Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers 1958 Premiere of Harold Pinter's "Birthday Party," in London 1957 Harold MacMillan becomes British PM 1957 Anthony Eden resigns and Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister Britain 1956 William Shawn succeeds Harold Ross as editor of New Yorker 1954 Harold Arlen/Truman Capotes musical premieres in New York City 1954 Harold Hoffman, (Gov-NJ), dies at 58 1952 Bobby Buntrock, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Harold Baxter-Hazel 1951 Harold Ross, American Editor 1951 Harold Vincent Milligan, composer, dies at 62 1949 Harold Carmichael, NFL wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles 1947 Harold Dow, Hackensack, New Jersey, news correspondent, CBS, 48 Hours 1947 Godfrey Harold Hardy, British Mathematician 1946 Harold Brown, born in Long Beach, California, rock drummer, War-Summer, Galaxy 1946 Harold Jackson, Hattiesburg, MS, NFL wide receiver, LA, New Engl 1945 Harold W. Hennep, Arubians/Dutch dancer/actor, Plus Echo 1945 Harold Ford, Sr., born in Memphis, Tennessee, Representative-D-Tennessee 1975 - 1997 1944 Harold Ramis, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor and director, SCTV, Stripes 1944 Harold Arlen/ET Harburgs musical premieres in New York City 1944 Harold Fraser-Simson, composer, dies at 71 1939 Harold W. Reid, Augusta County, Virginia, singer, Statler Bros-Class of '57 1939 Harold Kalin, singer 1938 Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL records off one hurler in a single inning 1936 Harold "Dusty" Rhodes, England cricket pace bowler, 1959 1936 Harold Melvin, U.S. singer, Blue Notes-My Hero 1936 Harold Budd, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, avant-garde, ambient music, created soundtrack for 2005 film Mysterious Skin, with Robin Guthrie 1936 Pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn) 1936 Harold Innocent, [HS Harrison], English actor, Tall Guy 1935 Ian Stewart, born in Scotland, born Bernard Harold Ian Halley Stewartby, Baron Stewartby of Portmoak in the District of Perth and Kinross, Member of Parliament for Hitchin 1935 Harold Gimblett scores 123 in 80 minutes on debut for Somerset 1935 Harold Martina, Netherland Antilles, pianist/conductor 1934 Nobel for chemistry awarded to Harold C. Urey (deuterium) 1934 Harold Ralph Henning, Johannesburg South Africa, PGA golfer, 1966 Texas Open 1933 Harold "Dickie" Bird, cricketer, noted England Test umpire 1932 Harold William Woolhouse, plant scientist 1932 Harold "Heart" Crane, U.S. poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32 1931 Wiley Post and Harold Catty took off for flight around world 1931 Harold Volkmer, born in Jefferson City, Missouri, Representative-D-Missouri 1977 - 1997 1931 Harold Burrage, U.S. singer and pianist, Hi Yo Silver 1931 Hal Linden, [Harold Lipshitz], actor, Barney Miller, Blacke's Magic 1931 Harold Lloyd, Jr., actor, Frankenstein's Daughter 1930 Harold Pinter, born in London, England, playwright, Homecoming, Servant 1930 Harold Bloom, American Critic 1929 Harold Farberman, New York City, conductor and composer, Medea 1928 Harold Evans, British Journalist 1928 Harold Hanham, vice chancellor, Lancaster University 1928 Harold Prince, U.S. producer/director, West Side Story, Evita 1927 [Harold] Bud Grant, Wisconsin, CFL/NFL player and coach, Winnipeg, Minnesota 1927 John Harold Kander, composer, Cabaret, Funny Lady, Kramer vs. Kramer 1926 Harold Wolpe, sociologist lawyer/Soth African activist 1924 Harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs) 1924 Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray, debuts 1924 Harold Nicholas, U.S. actor, Tap, 5 Heartbeats, Stormy Weather 1923 Harold Gould, Schenectady, New York, actor, He and She, Martin-Rhoda, Big Bus 1922 Harold Washington, 1st black mayor of Chicago, D, 1983-87 1922 Harold Hughes, Gov-D-NJ 1922 Harold E. Hughes, American Politician 1920 Harold Samuel Shapero, born in Lynn, Massachusetts, composer, 9 Minute Opera 1919 [Harold] Pee Wee Reese, Hall of Fame shortstop, Dodgers 1919 Louis Hirsch and Harold Atteridge's musical premieres in New York City 1918 Harold Horace Hopkins, inventor, Endoscope 1918 Harold Sheperdson, soccer trainer 1918 Harold Laurence Walters, composer 1918 Derek Harold Richard Barton, British Scientist 1916 Harold Locke, archdeacon of Loughborough 1916 Harold Robbins, New York City, author, Moneychangers, Carpetbaggers, Betsy 1916 [James] Harold Wilson, L, British Prime Minister, 1964-70, 1974-76 1916 Harold Wilson, English Statesman 1914 Harold Gimblett, cricketer, legendary Somerset and England batsman 1914 Harold Taylor, Canada, educator, Art and the Future 1914 Harold Russell, actor, Best Years of Our Life 1913 Harold Butler, cricketer, England pace bowler late 40's 1912 Harold Myers, film journalist 1912 Harold Maguire, British air marshal 1911 Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist 1910 Harold C Fox, fashion designer/musician 1910 Harold Watkinson, politician/businessman 1909 Harold Francis Collison, trade Unionist 1909 Stephen Harold Spender, England, poet and critic, Vienna, Edge of Darkness 1909 Harold Beeley, British diplomat 1908 Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, 1966-67, ; supported U.S. in Vietnam 1908 Harold Edward Holt, Australian Politician 1908 Harold Rome, composer, Fanny, Pins and Needles 1907 Harold Stassen, St. Paul, Minnesota, Gov-R-Minn, perennial President candidate 1905 Harold Arlen, [Hyman Arluck], U.S., composer, Over the Rainbow 1904 Harold Larwood, cricketer, England bodyline bowler 1904 Harold Acton, English/Italian historian/art collector 1903 Harold "Red" Grange, "Galloping Ghost" of football, Illinois Bears 1903 Harold Grange, American Athlete 1903 Harold Edgerton, foremost high-speed photographer 1903 Harold Berens, comedian 1902 Harold Roxbee Cox Kings Norton, aeronautical engineer 1901 Harold Clurman, producer/director, Deadline at Dawn 1899 Harold Walter Bailey, philologist 1899 Harold Guinzburg, publisher, founder of Literary Guild 1899 Harold "Pie" Traynor, baseball hall of fame 3rd baseman, Pirates 1897 Harold French, director, Encore, actor 1896 Ruth Gordon, Massachusetts, actress, Rosemary's Baby, Harold and Maude 1896 Harold Hoffman, South Amboy, New Jersey, Gov-NJ 1894 Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist 1894 [Maurice] Harold MacMillan, London, C, British Prime Minister, 1957-63 1894 Harold MacMillan, English Politician 1894 Harold L Gray, creator, Little Orphan Annie 1893 Harold/Joseph Laski, English economist/Labour leader, 1945-.. 1893 Harold C Urey, Indiana, physicist, Deuterium, Nobel 1934 1893 Harold C. Urey, Physicist 1893 Harold Lloyd, Burchard, Nebraska, silent comic, Why Worry, Safety Last 1892 Harold Ross, American Editor 1892 Harold Foster, cartoonist, created "Prince Valiant" 1891 Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Olsen and Johnson 1891 Harold RLG, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Governor-General of Canada, 1945 - 1952 1890 Harold Morris, composer 1888 Harold Vincent Milligan, composer 1886 Harold G Nicolson, English diplomat/author, Good Behaviour 1884 Jimmy Conlin, Camden, New Jersey, actor, Sin of Harold Diddlebock 1884 Harold Vanderbilt, New York, America Cup, 1930,34,37, invented contract bridge 1883 Harold Baumgartner, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. England 1913 1883 Harold "Hal" Chase, baseball player/manager 1879 7th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Harold wins in 2:40 1877 Godfrey Harold Hardy, British Mathematician 1876 Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old 1876 Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria 1874 Harold L. Ickes, social activist, New Deal politician 1873 Harold Bauer, English/US pianist, Beethoven-Association 1872 Harold Fraser-Simson, composer 1868 Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere/Newspaper publisher 1834 Hector Berlioz's "Harold in Italy," premieres 1818 Lord Byron completes "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (4th canto) 1066 Harold II, King of England (1066), dies 1066 Battle of Stampford Bridge King Harold Godwinson II of England, beaten by his brother King Harold Hardrada of Norway 1040 Harold, British King (1035-40), dies 1040 Harold I, King of England (1035-40), dies |
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