2012 Event A Beijing court announces it will hear artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, held and gagged on tax evasion charges by the People's Republic of China 1991 Event U.S. Supreme Court begins to hear Joseph Doherty case 1991 Event U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Joseph Doherty case 1988 Event U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Yonkers argument they aren't racist 1986 Event 300 invitees pay $5,000 to hear Barbra Striesand's benefit concert 1980 Event 175,000 pay to hear Frank Sinatra sing in Rio de Janeiro 1977 Event Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman and John Mitchell 1973 Event Ron Howard appears on M*A*S*H in "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet" 1967 Event Robert Anderson's "You Know I Can't Hear You ...," premieres in New York City 1965 Event Supremes release "I Hear a Symphony" 1965 Event "Do I Hear a Waltz?" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 220 performances 1965 Event "Do I Hear a Waltz?" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 220 performances 1958 Birthday Joan Severance, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Hear No Evil, See No Evil 1947 Birthday Tom Sullivan, born in Boston, Massachusetts, blind actor, If You Could See What I Hear 1913 Birthday Smiley Lewis, Louisiana, vocalist, I Hear You Knockin' 1902 Birthday Lillian Bronson, Lockport, New York, actress, Next Voice you Hear
