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2003 Death - Graham Jarvis, actor, Seventh Heaven, dies at 72

2002 Death - Signe Hasso, actress, original movie version of Heaven Can Wait, dies at 91

1994 Death - Noah Beery, Jr., U.S. actor (Gung Ho!, Heaven With a Gun), dies at 81

1994 Death - Dennis Potter, British TV writer (Pennies from Heaven), dies at 59

1993 Event - 35th Grammy Awards: Tears in Heaven, Eric Clapton wins

1992 Death - John Bleifer, actor (Highway to Heaven), dies at 90

1991 Death - Gene Tierney, U.S. actress (Laura/Heaven can wait), dies at 70

1991 Death - Aline MacMahon, U.S. actress (Backdoor to Heaven), dies at 92

1991 Death - Michael Landon, actor (Bonanza, Hwy to Heaven), dies of cancer at 54

1989 Death - Victor French, actor (#44-Get Smart, Highway to Heaven), dies at 54

1984 Death - Clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92

1982 Birthday - Jessica Biel, born in Ely, Minnesota, actress, appeared in television series, '7th Heaven', films include, 'The Illusionist', 'Valentine's Day', 'Summer Catch'

1980 Event - UA withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for reediting

1980 Event - "Heaven's Gate" premieres

1977 Birthday - Orlando Bloom, born in Canterbury, England, actor, appeared in 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Pirates of the Caribbean', 'Kingdom of Heaven' films

1969 Death - Dick Ryan, actor (For Heaven's Sake), dies after long illness at 72

1968 Death - Virginia Weidler, actress (All This and Heaven Too), dies at 42

1967 Death - Albert Conti, actor (Eagle, Jazz Heaven, Topaz), dies at 79

1966 Birthday - Tracy Byrd, born in Vidor, Texas, Tracy Lynn Byrd, country singer, musician, known for Number One Billboard hit single 'Holdin' Heaven', recorded nine studio albums, 30 hit singles, 11 top ten hits

1966 Birthday - Sherman Alexie, born in Wellpinit, Washington, writer, filmmaker, Native American, known for book, 'The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven', and 'Smoke Signals' film

1965 Birthday - Kevin Dillon, New York, actor, Heaven Help Us, Remote Control, Platoon

1965 Death - Howard Spring, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76

1962 Death - Frank Borzage, U.S., director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), dies at 69

1961 Death - Charles Coburn, actor (Heaven Can Wait, Idiot's Delight), dies at 84

1961 Birthday - Joan Chen, born in Shanghai, China, actress, Heaven and Earth

1960 Birthday - Kim Thompson, Bath England, actress, Stealing Heaven

1959 Birthday - Bryan Adams, born in Vancouver, Canada, singer, Heaven

1959 Birthday - Eddie MacDonald, rocker, The Alarm-Knocking on Heaven's Door

1958 Birthday - Belinda Carlisle, born in Hollywood, California, GoGos lead singer, 'Heaven on Earth'

1958 Birthday - Mitch Albom, born in Passaic, New Jersey, author, screenwriter, sold over 26 million books worldwide, works include, 'Tuesdays with Morrie', 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven'

1956 Birthday - Ian Craig Marsh, England, rocker, Heaven 17-Electric Dreams

1956 Birthday - David Grant, Jamaica, singer and songwriter, Stop and Go, Heaven Knows

1956 Birthday - Martyn Ware, rocker, Heaven 17-Electric Dreams

1956 Birthday - Timothy Daly, born in Sufferin, New York, actor, Joe-Wings, Diner, Made in Heaven

1955 Birthday - Angela Molina, born in Madrid, Spain, actress, Streets of Gold, Half of Heaven

1955 Event - "7th Heaven" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 44 performances

1955 Event - "7th Heaven" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 44 performances

1955 Birthday - Isabelle Huppert, born in Paris, France, actress, Cactus, Heaven's Gate

1952 Birthday - Alec John Such, born in Yonkers, New York, rocker, musician, former bassist for band Bon Jovi, managed local New Jersey bands and Heaven band in Chicago with James Young of Styx

1950 Birthday - Bill Irwin, born in Santa Monica, actor, My Blue Heaven, Scenes From a Mall

1948 Event - "Heaven on Earth" closes at Century Theater New York City after 12 performances

1948 Event - "Heaven on Earth" opens at Century Theater New York City for 12 performances

1948 Birthday - John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham, drummer, Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven

1946 Death - Countee Cullen, U.S. poet (Black Christ, One Way to Heaven), dies at 42

1946 Birthday - John Paul Jones, rocker, Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven

1945 Birthday - Eric Clapton, born in Ripley, England, singer/guitarist, Tears in Heaven

1944 Birthday - Jimmy Page, born in London, rock guitarist, Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven

1943 Birthday - Alan Rudolph, actor, Endangers Species, Love at Large, Made in Heaven

1940 Birthday - Sam Waterson, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor, Capricorn One, Heaven's Gate

1937 Birthday - Michael Landon, born in Forest Hills, New York, actor, Bonanza, Highway to Heaven

1937 Birthday - Dyan Cannon, born in Tacoma, Washington, Mrs. Cary Grant, actress, 'Heaven Can Wait'

1934 Birthday - Victor French, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Highway to Heaven

1934 Event - SN Behrman's "Rain from Heaven," premieres in New York City

1933 Birthday - Patsy Byrne, born in Ashford, England, actress, Stealing Heaven

1930 Birthday - Kate Reid, born in London, England, actress, Heaven Help U.S.

1929 Birthday - Christa Wolf, German novelist, Divided Heaven

1923 Birthday - Edith Fellows, Boston, actress, Pennies From Heaven, City Streets

1922 Birthday - Vasko Popa, Yugoslavia/Serbian poet, Heaven is a Side Issue

1919 Birthday - Edwin C Tubb, Brits sci-fi writer, Earth is Heaven, Earthfall

1914 Birthday - Giuseppe Berto, Italian writer, Heaven Sees Red

1901 Birthday - John Bleifer, born in Zawiercie, Poland, actor, Highway to Heaven

1900 Birthday - Jobyna Ralston, South Pittsburgh, Tennessee, actress, For Heaven's Sake

1899 Birthday - Aline MacMahon, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, actress, Backdoor to Heaven

1896 Birthday - Dick Ryan, CT, actor, For Heaven's Sake, Born to be Bad

1893 Birthday - Frank Borzage, born in Salt Lake City, director, 7th Heaven, Strange Cargo

1888 Birthday - Maurice Chevalier, Paris, thanked heaven for little girls, Gigi

1887 Birthday - Albert Conti, born in Trieste, Austria, actor, Jazz Heaven, Doomed Battalion

1886 Birthday - Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, Dutch author, Between Heaven and Earth

1880 Death - John Goss, composer, organist, wrote hymn 'Praise my Soul, the King of Heaven', dies at 79

1879 Birthday - Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, U.S., poet, General William Booth enters Heaven

1800 Birthday - John Goss, born in Fareham, England, composer, organist, wrote hymn 'Praise my Soul, the King of Heaven'

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