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2009 Chuck Daly, basketball coach, head coach, successful 14-year NBA career included leading Detroit Pistons to two NBA Championships, led Dream Team to win gold at 1992 Summer Olympics, dies at 78 in Jupiter, Florida
2007 Paul Gillmor, dies in Arlington, Virginia, of head and neck trauma from falling down stairs, at 68 2001 Eleven die after two trucks collide, head on, in a mountain tunnel in Switzerland 1998 New York Rangers fire head coach Colin Campbell 1998 Dallas Cowboys sign Chan Gailey as their 4th head coach 1998 Decapitated head of Danish Little Mermaid is returned 1997 South African and U.S. surgeons separate Zambian Siamese twins joined at the head 1997 Dawn Steel, film maker, first woman to head a major Hollywood studio, responsible for 'Flashdance', 'Fatal Attraction', dies at 51 1997 Abe Gibron, head coach (Chicago Bears), dies at 72 1997 Beam Dai, head of South Vietnam (1949-55), dies 1997 Joshua Hassan, head of Gibraltar (1964-69, 72-87), dies 1997 Deng Xiaoping, head of the Chinese Communist Party, dies at 92 1997 Bill Parcells becomes head coach of New York Jets 1996 Arthur Axmann, head of Hitler Youths in (1940-45), dies at 83 1996 Howard Frank Trayton Smith, diplomat/head of MI5, dies at 76 1995 Arthur Benfield, formed head of Cheshire CID, dies at 82 1995 Azeddine Medjoubi, head Algerian nationally theater, murdered at 49 1994 Herman H Felderhof, radio-announcer/head (NRU/NOS Radio), dies at 83 1994 Jakob Kaplan, French head rabbi (1955-81), dies at 99 1994 William Leonard, head (CBS News), dies of a stroke at 78 1994 Dennis Richardson sworn in as head of St. Maarten 1994 Mildred Mcafee Horton, U.S. 1st head mistress of WAVES, dies 1994 Grete Schickedanz, German head mistress, dies at 82 1994 Johnny Morey Downs, actor/singer (Algiers, Red Head), dies at 80 1994 Ezra Taft Benson, 13th head of Mormon Church, dies at 94 1994 Michalis Vranopoulos, head of Greek state bank, murdered at 48 1993 Jacques Lemaire is named New Jersey Devils 8th Head Coach 1993 Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head and goes over fence for a home run 1993 Judd Nelson pleads no contest to kicking Kim Evans in the head 1992 Carlos Martinez hits a ball off Jose Canseco's head for a home run 1992 James E Webb, head of NASA (1961-68), dies at 84 1992 Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball 1992 Sarah Ferguson wears paper bag over her head on airline ride 1991 Gorbachev resigns as head of U.S.S.R. Communist Party 1991 Robert M. Gates becomes head of CIA 1991 Apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell 1991 John A McCone, Head of CIA (1961-65), dies 1990 Elizabeth Allan, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Camille, Java Head), dies 1990 Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher, head of Cambridge Buddhist Association, dies 1989 Conrad Beck, composer, studied with Jacques Ibert, head of Radio Basel music department for 30 years, dies at 88 1989 Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage and knocks himself out 1989 Barry Switzer resigns as head coach of Oklahoma's football 1989 Bill White named NL president; 1st black major-league sports head 1988 John Loder, actor (Sabotage, Java Head), dies at 90 1988 U.S. Olympic diver Greg Louganis hits his head on diving board 1988 David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73 1987 Head of Salvadoran Human Rights Commission assassinated by death squads 1986 Paul McCartney release "Pretty Little Head" 1986 Bessie Head, writer, dies 1985 Spencer W. Kimball, U.S. head of mormon church, dies at 90 1985 "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3 1985 Sarah Blanding, 1st U.S. fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86 1985 -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C), Caesar's Head, South Carolina (state record) 1984 Bess Flowers, actress (View from Pompey's Head), dies at 85 1983 Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury 1982 Bill Parcells becomes 12th head coach of New York Giants 1981 Lt Jerry Rawlings becomes head of Ghana, suspends constitution 1981 O A "Bum" Phillips becomes head coach of New Orleans Saints 1980 Alfred Andersch, German writer (Red Head), dies at 66 1980 Head of narcotic brigade arrested for drug smuggling in Belgium 1979 Nematullah Nassiri, Iran general/head of Savak, executed 1978 Hannah H Gray inaugurated as 1st female head of U.S. university (Chic) 1978 Yamada Mumon Roshi appointed head of Zen Rinzai Sect 1978 Terry Kath, rock guitarist (Chicago), accidently shot in head at 32 1978 Judge William H Webster appointed head of FBI 1976 Michael Dewar Head, composer, dies at 76 1976 General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup 1975 Petra Begerow, born in Germany, tennis star, 1996 quarter Hilton Head 1974 Lewis L Strauss, head U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (1953-58), dies at 78 1973 Harold B Lee, U.S. head of Mormon Church, dies at 74 1972 Lord Michael Killanin succeeds Avery Brundage as head of Olympics 1972 Jean Westwood is 1st woman chosen to head Democratic National Committee 1972 J Edgar Hoover, head of FBI (1924-72)/cross dresser, dies at 77 1972 Phil King, rock (Blue Oyster Cult), shot in head at 24 while gambling 1970 Taizan Maezumi Roshi, head of LA Zen Center, receives dharma 1970 Dena Head, WNBA guard for the Utah Starzz 1969 Rain Pryor, actress, Head of the Class, daughter of Richard 1969 General Hafez al-Assad becomes head of Syria via miltary coup 1969 Vince Lombardi, becomes part owner, Vice President, General Manager and head coach of Redskins 1969 John Madden is named head coach of NFL's Oakland Raiders 1969 The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO 1968 Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference 1968 Famous photo: Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to head 1967 Ruth Fuller Sasaki, head of 1st Zen Institute of America, dies at 75 1967 George Lincoln Rockwell, head of American Nazi Party, assassinated 1965 William F. Raborn, Jr. replaces John A. McCone as 7th head of CIA 1964 Brezhnev and Kosygin replace Khrushchev as head of Russia 1963 Cardinal Montini elected Pope Paul VI, 262nd head of RC Church 1962 Rob Burnett, born in North Caldwell, New Jersey, head writer, David Letterman 1961 Jane Sibbett, actress, Teddy Z, Heddy Newman-Herman's Head 1961 Roland Orzabal, rock vocalist, Tears for Fears-Shout, Head over Heels 1961 Max Hymans, WW II resistance fighter/Head of Air France, dies at 60 1960 Prince Norodom Sihanoek becomes head of Cambodia 1960 Keith Musa[kawukhathi] Zondi, South Africa head, Inkatha Youth Brigade 1960 Rob Derksen, Australian baseball head coach 1996 Olympics 1959 Edmund Gwenn, actor (Them, Java Head, Miracle on 34th St), dies at 83 1959 Joe Cronin signs 7 year pact to become head of AL 1958 King Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation 1958 Bob Crudgington, Australian softball head coach 1996 Olympics bronze 1957 Danny Heep, born in San Antonio, Texas, Daniel William Heep, athlete, baseball player, outfielder, coach, played for Houston Astros, played in two World Series, 1986 with New York Mets, 1988 with Los Angeles Dodgers, head coach for University of the Incarnate Word, Texas 1956 Leon N H Jungschlaeger, head military intelligence Netherlands-Indies, dies at 52 1956 Jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at 84 1955 Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, born in Hokkaido, Japan, sumo wrestler, 58th yokozuna, greatest, highest ranked sumo in recent times, won 31 tournament championships, coming in second to Taiho, noted as lightest yokozuna since Tochinoumi in the 1960's, head coach for Kokonoe stable 1954 Johnny Ace, Memphis rocker, accidently shot self in head at 25 1954 West German secret service head Otto John defects to East Germany 1954 Dr. Peter Murray Marshall becomes 1st black to head an AMA unit 1954 Joseph Hergesheimer, novelist (Java Head), dies 1954 Anthony Stewart Head, actor, Buffy Vampire Slayer 1952 Mr. Potato Head, introduced 1952 Mr. Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on television 1952 Richard Charsworth, Australian women field hockey head coach 1996 Olympics 1950 Walter Bedell Smith replaces Roscoe H Hillenkoetter as 4th CIA head 1950 Ronnie McDowell, born in Fountain Head, Tennessee, country singer, King is Gone 1950 Stephen Chatman, born in Faribault, Minnesota, Canadian composer, received Fulbright grant for study at Hochschule fur Misik in Cologne, since 1976 has served as professor and Head of the Composition Division at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver 1949 Lukas D. Barnard, head of South Africa secret service, NIS 1947 Lt General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA 1947 Michael Mavor, Head Master, Rugby School 1947 William Dawson becomes 1st black to head congressional committee 1946 Al Luginbill, Pomona California, WLAF head coach for the Amsterdam Admirals 1946 Dawn Steel, born in America, film maker, first woman to head a major Hollywood studio, responsible for 'Flashdance', 'Fatal Attraction' 1946 Brooklyn Dodger Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0 1946 Murray Head, born in London, England, born Murray Seafield Saint-George Head, actor, singer, hit song, 'One Night in Bangkok' 1945 Jacobus W. G. Balfoort, Dutch actor (Heimwee, Head On), dies at 57 1945 Rod Argent, rocker, She's Not There-Zombies, Hold Your Head Up-Argent 1944 Klaus Barbie, Gestapo head of Lyon France leaves for Auschwitz 1944 Enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti fascists 1944 General Eisenhower becomes head commander of allied air fleet 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Office of War with Elmer Davis as head 1942 John Lewis, Head Master, Eton College 1941 Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide 1941 Paul Anka, born in Ottawa, Ontario, singer, Put Your Head on My Shoulder 1941 Martin Bormann is named head of Nazi Party Chancellery in Germany 1941 Vichy-France's head of government Admiral Dalan consults with Hitler 1940 David Hart, General-Secretary, National Association of Head Teachers 1940 Galen Hall, WLAF Head Coach, Orlando Thunder, Rhein Fire 1940 James Blyth, born in Britain, businessman, head of defense sales for Ministry of Defense, chairman, London Business School, CEO, The Boots Company 1940 Jim Criner, WLAF head coach for the Scottish Claymores 1940 Howard Hesseman, Salem Or, actor, Dr. Johnny Fever-WKRP, Head of Class 1940 Anthony Gaurdine, Little Anthony and Imperials-Goin Out of My Head 1939 France Nuyen, born in Marseilles, France, actress, St. Elsewhere, Diamond Head 1939 N R Bomford, head master, Harrow School 1939 Bernard Glassman, New York, Zen teacher/head, Zen Center of New York 1939 Hermann Goering appoints Reinhard Heydrich head of Jewish Emigration 1938 LP Beria follows Nikolai Jezjov as head of Russian secret police 1938 New York Yankees suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd "hit every colored person in Chicago over head with a club" 1938 Keith Peters, born in Baglan, Wales, physician, head of the School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge 1938 Dutch writer Maurits Dekker sentenced to 50 days for "offending a friendly head of state" (Hitler) 1938 Jack Bicknell, WLAF head coach, Barcelona Dragons 1938 Mary Frances Berry, educator/head, US Commission on Civil Rights 1937 David Summerscale, head master, Westminster School England 1936 James Darren, born in Philadelphia, actor, TJ Hooker, Diamond Head, Venus in Furs 1935 Jakusho Kwong, Santa Rosa California, head of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center 1935 Lord Grenfell, head of External affairs European office, world bank 1934 Maggis Lena Walker, 1st U.S. (black) woman to head a bank, dies at 69 1934 Yakubu Gowon, born in Kanke, Nigeria, politician, General, Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria 1966 - 1975 1934 Jane Byrne, born in Chicago, Illinois, first female Mayor of Chicago, Illinois 1979 - 1983, served as head of consumer affairs 1934 Malcolm Gill, deputy head, Bank for International Settlements 1934 Franz Ehrle, German jesuit/head of Vatican library, dies at 88 1933 59th Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Head Play wins in 2:02 1932 Wernher von Braun named head of German liquid-fuel rocket program 1932 Karl Kroeger, born in Louisville, Kentucky, composer, studied with Claude Almand, head, American Music Collection, New York Public Library 1932 Former Chinese emperor Henry Pu-Yi installed as head of Manchuria 1931 Roone Arledge, born in Forest Hills, New York, head of sports broadcasting, ABC 1930 G[eorge] Gordon Liddy, head CIA/ate a rat/Watergate felon/radio host 1930 Chuck Daly, born in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, basketball coach, head coach, successful 14-year NBA career included leading Detroit Pistons to two NBA Championships, led Dream Team to win gold at 1992 Summer Olympics 1930 Elijah Barayi, head of South Africa union centre, COSATU 1930 Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson, born in England, life peer as Baron Browne-Wilkinson, studied at Lancing College and Magdalen College, Oxford, former head of the Privy Council and Vice-Chancellor of the High Court 1927 Carel W. H. Boshoff, South African head, Broederbond/Volkswag 1925 Gertrude Shope, South African head, ANC female section 1925 Queen Wilhelmina names H Colijn head of government 1925 Ernie Stautner, NFL tackle, Steelers, WLAF head coach, Galaxy 1924 Darrell Royal, born in Hollis, Oklahoma, football coach, in 20 years as head coach, University of Texas Longhorn never lost a season, elected to College Football Hall of Fame, 1983 1924 J. Edgar Hoover appointed head of FBI 1924 William H. Webster, U.S., judge and head FBI/CIA 1923 Lee Teng-hui, president of ROC, Taiwan, head of KMT, 1988- 1922 Michael Palliser, head of British diplomatic service 1922 Eileen Ford, modeling agency head, Ford Modeling Agency 1922 Megan Bull, British head mistress, Holloway Jail 1921 Whitney M. Young, Jr., civil rights leader, head of Urban League 1921 Logan Ramsey, born in Long Beach, California, actor, Head, Joy Sticks, Say Yes 1920 Ray Chapman, hit in the head by Yankees' Carl Mays pitch, dies 1920 Ray Chapman, of Indians is hit in head by Yankees' Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, only major league fatality 1920 League of Nations places International head of Justice in Hague 1919 Howard Frank Trayton Smith, diplomat/head, MI5 1919 Iris Murdoch, born in Dublin, Ireland, novelist, Severed Head, Unicorn 1919 Eugen Levine, head of 2nd Bavarian soviet republic, assassinated 1916 Robert S. McNamara, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1961 - 1968, head World Bank 1915 Dany [Daniel S] Tuijnman, head of Dutch traffic and water 1915 David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head, Washington, Paris 1914 Daisy Bates, publisher/head, Arkansas NAACP 1914 Alfred Andersch, German writer, Red Head 1913 Bao Dai, emperor of Annam/Indochina/head of South Vietnam, 1949-55 1913 Arthur Benfield, head of Cheshire CID 1913 Richard Helms, CIA head, 1966-73 1913 Ab [Albert] Visser, Dutch poet and writer, Man Without a Head 1913 Juanita E Jackson Mitchell, U.S. head, NAACP 1911 Clarence M Kelley, FBI head 1909 1st Lincoln head pennies minted 1908 Georg Adler, German statehouse head, dies at 45 1907 Edith Head, fashion designer, MGM 1906 Dick White, head of British secret service, MI-5/MI-6 1906 James E Webb, head of NASA, 1961-68 1906 Galo Plaza Lasso, President of Ecuador, 1948-52, head of OAS, 1968-75 1904 Justus van Maurik, cigar manufacturer/author/head of Red Guard, dies 1904 J. Robert Oppenheimer, born in New York, head of Manhattan, A-bomb, Project 1904 Leon N H Jungschlager, head of military intelligence, Netherlands-Indies 1902 Menachem A. Schneerson, rebee, head of Lubavitcher Jews 1902 Georgy M Malenkov, Stalin's successor as head of CPSU, PM, 1953-55 1901 Conrad Beck, born in Lohn, Switzerland, composer, studied with Jacques Ibert, head of Radio Basel music department for 30 years, composed concertos, symphonies, oratorio, elegy, instrumental, vocal music, and one ballet 1900 Heinrich Himmler, head of Gestapo, war criminal 1900 Josephine Holt Bay, 1st woman to head a firm on New York stock exchange 1900 David Wynne, born in Penderyn, Wales, composer, studied at University of Wales, Cardiff, University of Bristol, Head of Music, Lewis School Pengam, professor of composition, Cardiff College of Music and Drama 1900 Michael Dewar Head, composer 1895 Jakob Kaplan, French head rabbi, 1955-81 1895 Walter Bedell Smith, U.S. general, WW II, head of CIA, 1950 - 1952 1893 Allan W. Dulles, U.S. diplomat and CIA head 1953-61, Germany's Underground 1892 Jack Warner, U.S. movie studio head, Warner Bros 1887 Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence 1886 Bela Kun, Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic, 1919 1882 Pierre H Ritter, Jr., Dutch literary/head, Utrecht Newspaper 1878 Hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer [Head of Jut], dies at 26 1876 Raymond Duchamp-Villon, cubist sculptor, Head of Baudeaire 1875 Michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state 1875 Francis Bond Head, Canadian Statesman 1874 Harry S. Parmelee patents sprinkler head 1865 Margaret Murray Washington, wife of Booker T/head, NACW 1896..1918 1863 General Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac 1862 40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC 1862 Ambrose Burnside replaces McClellen as head of Army of Potomac 1851 Hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer, head of Jut 1844 Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following Joseph Smith death 1793 Francis Bond Head, Canadian Statesman 1773 Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies 1760 Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75 1690 Netherlands-French sea battle at Beachy Head (Cornelis Evertsen) 1690 Battle at Beachy Head: French under Tourville beat Netherlands/English fleet 1644 Johan Mauritius van Nassau resigns as head of Civil rights activists 1619 Miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies 1598 London's head office of Hanze closed 1580 Spanish king Philip II puts 25,000 gold coins on head of prince Willem of Orange 1535 Henry VIII declares himself head of English Church 1534 English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church - a role formerly held by the Pope 1531 Henry VIII recognized as supreme head of Church in England 1530 King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's church 1522 Head inquisitor Adrian Florisz Boeyens elected pope 1481 Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87 1382 Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan 1351 Muso Soseki, Zen teacher/Rinzai line/head of Nanzenji, dies in Japan 1307 William Tell shoots apple off his son's head 1278 Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65 942 Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies 31 Sejanus, Roman head of praetorisch guard, executed |
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