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2003 Christopher Hill, English Historian

2003 John Edward Christopher Hill, English Historian

2002 George Roy Hill, director, The Sting, dies at 80

2000 Air Philippines flight 541 crashes into a hill near Davao, killing 131

1999 41st Grammy Awards, Celine Dion, Lauryn Hill and Eric Clapton win major awards

1997 Phil Mickelson wins Bay Hill Golf Invitiational

1996 Elizabeth Hill, teacher of Salvonic languages, dies at 96

1996 Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician, dies at 63

1996 Dana Hill, actress (Vacation), dies at 32

1996 Alfred Marks, actor (Fanny Hill, Desert Mice), dies at 75

1996 Raymond Earl Hill, saxophonist, dies at 62

1996 Richard Leslie Hill, historian, dies at 94

1996 Julian Hill, research chemist, dies at 91

1995 Martha Hill, modern dancer/teacher, dies at 94

1995 31st Ryder Cup: Europe beats U.S., 14 -13 at Oak Hill CC (NY)

1995 Ken Hill, playwright/director, dies at 57

1994 James Hill, English director/screenwriter (Born Free), dies at 75

1994 James Hill, director, dies at 75

1994 Carolyn Hill wins McCall's LPGA Golf Classic at Stratton Mountain

1994 John Bayard Britton, abortion doctor, killed by Paul Hill

1993 C-130 flies into a Philippines hill and explodes, 16 killed

1993 Jacqueline Hill, dies of cancer at 63

1993 Phyllis Hill, actress (Singing in the Dark), dies of lung cancer at 72

1992 Benny Hill, comedian (Benny Hill Show), dies of a heart attack at 67

1992 Maurice J Hill, writer (Track of Thunder), dies of pneumonia at 89

1992 Avon Jaeger Hill, entertainer, dies of cancer at 44

1991 Anita Hill testifies Clarence Thomas sexually harrased her

1991 Law Professor Anita Hill accuses Supreme nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriat comments to her

1990 Rene Enriquez, actor (Hill St. Blues), dies of pancreatic cancer at 56

1990 Ken Hill, actor (Cobra, Protocol), dies

1989 Patti Rizzo/Mike Hill wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship

1989 89th U.S. Golf Open: Curtis Strange shoots a 278 at Oak Hill CC New York

1989 Harry Andrews, actor (Equus, Helen of Troy, Hill), dies at 77

1988 Trindad Silva, actor (Hill St. Blues), dies at 38 in an auto accident

1987 Cindy Hill wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic

1986 Oliver North's sect, Fawn Hill, smuggles documents out of his office

1986 Siobhan McKenna, actress (Dr. Zhivago, Hungry Hill), dies at 63

1985 Henry Hathaway, actor and director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at 86

1984 36th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Cheers, John Ritter and Tyne Daly

1984 Cindy Hill wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic

1984 Larry Stock, songwriter (Blueberry Hill), dies

1983 David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53

1983 Michael Conrad, actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 58

1983 35th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Cheers, Ed Flanders and Shelley Long

1983 Lorene Scott, actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74

1982 34th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Barney Miller, Alan Alda and Carol Kane

1982 Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph

1981 33rd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Hill St. Blue, Judd Hirsh and Isabel Sanford wins

1981 "Hill Street Blues" premieres on NBC-TV

1980 62nd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 274 at Oak Hill, New York

1980 112th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Temperence Hill wins in 2:29.8

1979 Richard Ward, actor (Beacon Hill), dies at 64

1978 Flora Campbell, actress (Faraway Hill, Date With Judy), dies at 67

1978 78th U.S. Golf Open: Andy North shoots a 285 at Cherry Hill CC in Denver

1977 Thomas Hearns KOs Jerome Hill in 2 rounds in his 1st pro fight

1976 Sidney James, actor (Lavander Hill Mob, Carry On), dies at 65

1976 Phil Ochs, rock producer (Joe Hill), dies at 35

1976 Danielle Garrett, born in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, soccer forward 1996 Olympics

1976 Jeff O'Neill, Richmond Hill, NHL center, Hartford Whalers

1975 Arafath Hill, soccer player, FC Groningen

1975 Lauryn Hill, American Musician

1973 Frederic Meyer, actor (Faraway Hill), dies at 63

1972 Kevin Sally, Richmond Hill Ontario, archer 1996 Olympics

1972 Grant Hill, born in Dallas, Texas, NBA forward and guard, Det Pistons, Oly-gold-96

1972 Jeff Hill, NFL wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals

1972 Elvis Stojko, Richmond Hill Ontario, 1994 Olympics silver

1972 Greg Hill, NFL running back for the Kansas City Chiefs

1972 Lee McIntyre, Peak Hill Aust, golfer, T3 1995 NSW Trainee Champ

1971 Roy van de Hill, soccer player, Roda JC

1971 Sean Hill, NFL cornerback for the Miami Dolphins

1971 "Benny Hill Show" tops TV ratings

1970 Guy Hill, Atlanta Georgia, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 NCAA-3rd

1970 Napoleon Hill, American Writer

1970 Shane Heal, Box Hill Melbourne VIC Austral, basketball guard 1996 Olympics

1970 74th Boston Marathon won by Ron Hill of Great Britain in 2:10:30

1970 Ron Hill's 2:10:30 at Boston, sets new U.S. marathon record

1970 Sean Hill, Duluth, NHL defenseman, Ottawa Senators

1970 Napolean Hill, American Author

1969 Travis Hill, NFL linebacker for the Carolina Panthers

1969 Ron Hill wins European marathon (2:16:47.8)

1969 Randal Hill, NFL wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins

1969 U.S. troop capture Hill 937/Hamburger Hill Vietnam

1969 U.S. troop begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill

1968 Ron Hill sets record 10-mile run (46:44) at Leicester England

1968 68th U.S. Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 275 at Oak Hill CC NY

1968 Babette Van Veen, Neth, actress, Linda-GTST, Blueberry Hill

1968 Hill, Hawkins and Coghill's musical premieres in London

1968 Tyrone Hill, NBA forward, Milwaukee Bucks

1968 Tyrone Hill, NBA forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers

1967 Faith Hill, American Musician

1966 Ron Coomer, Crest Hill, Illinois, infielder for the Minnesota Twins

1966 Eric Hill, NFL middle linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals

1966 Luke Perry, born in Mansfield, Ohio, actor, Dillon-Beverly Hill 90210

1966 Graham Hill wins Indianapolis 500 car race (232.2 kph)

1966 Supreme Court reverses Mass ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene

1965 Ken Hill, Lynn, Massachusetts, pitcher for the Texas Rangers

1965 Michael Dolan, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, actor, Hamburger Hill, Liberace

1964 Don Redman, orch leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 64

1964 Scotti Hill, Manhasset, New York, rock guitarist, Skid Row-Psycho Love

1964 Dana Hill [Goetz], Van Nuys California, actress, 2 of Us, Shoot the Moon

1964 Willie Bryant, singer (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 55

1964 Virgil Hill, Missouri, middleweight boxer 1984 Olympics silver

1963 Corinne Russell, Birmingham England, comedienne, Benny Hill Show

1962 Jack Warren Pierce, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, hurdler

1961 "Jail, No Bail" Jail-in movement starts in Rock Hill SC

1960 Alfred Hill, composer, dies at 89

1960 Edward Burlingame Hill, composer, dies at 86

1960 South Africa police kills 11 Pondo's at Nqusa Hill

1960 Courtney B. Vance, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Hamburger Hill

1959 Carolyn Hill, born in Santa Monica, California, LPGA golfer, 1994 McCall's Classic

1958 Race riots in Notting Hill Gate, London

1956 Anita Hill, professor of law, Clarence Thomas' nemesis

1956 38th PGA Championship: Jack Burke at Blue Hill CC Boston

1956 56th U.S. Golf Open: Cary Middlecoff shoots a 281 at Oak Hill CC NY

1955 WUNorth Carolina TV channel 4 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting

1954 Ken Olin, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Hill St. Blues, Michael-30 Something

1954 Dan Hill, rocker, Sometimes When We Touch

1953 Baron Hill, American Politician

1952 78th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Gail wins in 2:01.6

1952 Dave Hill, born in England, rock guitarist, Slade-Coz I Love You

1952 Ian Hill, bass guitarist, Judas Priest-Breakin the Law

1951 Dr. William Shockley invents junction transistor (Murray Hill NJ)

1950 U.S. Mustangs accidentally bombs British on Hill 282 Korea, 17 killed

1950 76th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Prince wins in 1:59.2

1950 Phototransistor invention announced, Murray Hill, New Jersey

1950 Steve Hill, country vocalist, A Winning Hand

1950 Ed Marinaro, actor on Hill Street Blues

1949 Thomas Lionel Hill, New Orleans, 110m hurdler 1972 Olympics bronze

1949 Dusty Hill, rocker, ZZ Top

1948 Stefanie Marrian, Paris, France, comedienne, Benny Hill Show

1948 Taurean Blacque, actor, Hill Street Blues

1948 Cindy Hill, LPGA golfer

1947 Calvin Hill, NFL running back for the Dallas Cowboys

1946 TV's 1st network dramatic serial "Faraway Hill" ends 2 month run

1946 Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78

1946 David Hill, Australian TV-reporter/owner, Fox Sports

1945 Michael Nouri, Washington D.C., actor, Beacon Hill, Bay City Blues

1945 David Dukes, actor, Beacon Hill, 79 Park Avenue, Winds of War

1945 William Hill Boner, Rep-D-TN, 1979-

1945 Mick Hill, cricketer, NSW all-rounder 1964-75

1944 Mike Post, composer, Rockford Files, Hill St. Blues, Magnum PI

1944 US 28th Infantry division occupies Hill 555 at Roscheid

1944 Germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy

1944 Polish 1st Division occupies Hill 262 (Mont Ormel), Normandy

1944 U.S. troops occupy le Mesnil-Herman/Hill 183 Normandy

1944 Brit/Canadian troops occupy Hill 67/Ifs/Bras/Frenouville, Normandy

1944 British troops occupy Bourquebus hill range Normandy

1944 Kitty Winn, Washington D.C., actress, Beacon Hill

1943 Steven Bochco, prod, Hill St. Blues, LA Law, St. Elsewhere, New YorkPD Blue

1943 Bruce Weitz, Norwalk, Connecticut, actor, Hill St. Blues, Death of a Centerfold

1943 U.S. 34th Division occupies Hill 609, North Tunisia

1942 Bernard Hill, Manchester, actor, Bellman and True, New World, Bounty

1942 Amy Hill, actress, Grandma-Seinfeld, Pauly Shore

1942 Susan Hill, English playwright, Magic Apple Tree

1942 Walter Hill, director, 48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice

1941 Jackson Hill, composer

1941 Terence Hill, born in Venice, Italy, actor, Super Fuzz, They Call Me Trinity

1941 Charlie McCoy, born in Oak Hill, West Virginia, harmonica player, Hee Haw

1940 Phil Ochs, born in El Paso, Texas, anti-war folk singer, Joe Hill, War is Over

1940 Bruce Chatwin, England, writer, On the Black Hill

1940 Daniel J. Travanti, born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, actor, Frank Furillo on Hill St. Blues

1939 Mike Hill, Jackson, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1977 Ohio Kings Island Open

1938 Ja'net Dubois, born in Philadelphia, actress, Willona-Good Times, Beverly Hill 90210

1938 Carla Bley, [Carla Borg], Oakland, musician, Escalator Over the Hill

1938 John Corigliano, born in New York City, composer, Fern Hill, Ghosts of Versailles

1937 Dave Hill, Jackson, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1967 Memphis

1937 Barbara Babcock, born in Pasadena, California, actr, Dr. Quinn, Dallas, Hill St. Blues

1937 Ken Hill, playwright/director

1936 Ralph Taeger, born in Richmond Hill, New York, actor, Klondike, Acapulco, Hondo

1936 Tom T. Hall, Olive Hill, Kentucky, country singer and writer, Harper Valley PTA

1934 James B Sikking, California, actor, Hill St. Blues, Star Trek 3, Doogie Howser

1933 Raymond Earl Hill, saxophonist

1933 Goldie Hill, Karnes County, Texas, country singer, Grand Ole Opry

1932 Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician

1932 Alistair Graham, headmaster, Mill Hill School

1932 Vince Hill, singer, Roses of Picardy, La Vie en Rose

1930 David Rounds, Bronxville, New York, actor, Terence-Beacon Hill

1929 Jack Hogan, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, ator, Combat, Adam 12, Sierra

1929 Fats Domino, rocker, Blueberry Hill

1929 Graham Hill, London, auto racer, 1962, 68 international racing champ

1928 Jimmy Hill, British Athlete

1928 Nancy Marchand, born in Buffalo, New York, actress, Beacon Hill, Margaret-Lou Grant

1928 Antione "Fats" Domino, NO, Louisiana, rhythm and blues pianist, Blueberry Hill

1927 Jack Cassidy, born in Richmond Hill, Virginia, actor, Oscar/Jetman-He and She

1926 Jules Van de Hill, Belgian lawyer/politician, dies

1925 Harry Guardino, New York City, actor, Monty Nash, Perry Mason, Hill St. Blues

1924 Benny Hill, born in Southampton, England, comedian, Benny Hill Show

1923 Jack Hill, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner of mid 50's

1922 George Roy Hill, dir, Slap Shot, Little Drummer Girl, Little Romance

1922 Arthur Hill, born in Saskatchewan, Canada, actor, Owen Marshall, Glitter

1922 Steven Hill, born in Seattle, Washington, actor, Goddess, Raw Deal, Yentl, Law and Order

1921 Michael Conrad, Washington Hgts, New York, actor, Delvecchio, Hill St. Blues

1920 Dave Bartholomew, Louisiana, jazz artist/songwriter, Blueberry Hill

1920 George Rose, Bicester England, actor, Beacon Hill, Holocaust

1919 Mel Brandt, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Faraway Hill

1916 Mildred J Hill, composer/musician (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 56

1916 James J. Hill, American Businessman

1915 Joe Hill, Labor leader/songwriter, executed for murder

1915 Jimmie Rogers, born in Detroit, Michigan, singer, Sugar Hill Time

1915 Richard Ward, born in Glenside, Pennsylvania, actor, Beacon Hill

1914 Polly Hill, Dr/anthropologist

1914 Rose Hill, singer and actress, Nicholas Nickleby, Shot in the Dark

1914 George W. Hill, U.S. astronomer (moon orbit), dies at 76

1914 IWW-leader/songwriter Joe Hill arrested "Girl from Utah" East-Prussia

1913 Morton Gould, born in Richmond Hill, New York, prolific composer, Verdun

1913 John Jacob Weinzweig, born in Toronto, Canada, composer, Enchanted Hill

1912 Christopher Hill, English Historian

1912 John Edward Christopher Hill, English Historian

1911 Vincent Price, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, House on Haunted Hill, Fly, Laura

1910 Allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies

1910 Abram Hill, director/playwright/founder, American Negro Theater

1909 Chips Rafferty, Broken Hill Australia, actor, Desert Rats

1908 Ralph Hill, U.S., 5K runner, Olympic-1932

1908 Willie Bryant, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, Sugar Hill Times

1908 C Hill and R J Hartigan make 8th wkt partnership 243 for Aust

1904 Julian Hill, research chemist

1903 Castle on top of Telegraph Hill closes

1901 Richard Leslie Hill, historian

1900 Elizabeth Hill, teacher of Salvonic languages

1900 Don Redman, Piedmont, West Virginia, orch leader, Sugar Hill Times

1900 Battle at Diamond Hill: British troops chase General Botha

1900 Battle at Hart's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)

1900 Battle at Wynne's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)

1899 Battle at Talana Hill Natal: British army vs Boers

1898 Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill

1897 Naomi Mitchison, author, African Heroes, Return to Fairy Hill

1895 U.S. Ship Canal (W 225th St) in the Bronx completed; cutting Marble Hill off from Manhattan

1893 Wilton St. Hill, WI cricketer, 3 Tests 1928-30

1890 John Hill Hewitt, composer, dies at 89

1889 Daniel H. Hill, American Soldier

1883 Napoleon Hill, American Writer

1883 Napolean Hill, American Author

1882 Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor, Hill Songs

1882 Telegraph Hill Observatory opens in San Francisco

1882 Telegraph Hill RR Co organized

1881 Natal: British troops under gen-major Colley occupy Majuba Hill

1879 Joe Hill, Jevla Sweden, organizer, IWW, /songwriter, Union Scab, /martyr

1879 Rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84

1877 Clem Hill, cricketer, all-time great Australian batsman

1874 Jesse James gang robs train at Gads Hill, Missouri

1873 Edward Burlingame Hill, composer

1870 Alfred Hill, composer

1870 Irish Fenians raid Eccles Hill, Quebec

1868 Patty Smith Hill, author and songwriter, Happy Birthday To You

1867 90 kegs of powder used to get rock from Telegraph Hill for seawall

1866 Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, Quebec

1865 Ambrose Powell Hill, Confederate general, killed in action at 39

1864 Battle of Honey Hill South Carolina (Broad River) 96 dead/665 wounded

1864 Battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee (Thomason's Station)

1864 Battle of Fisher's Hill VA-Gen Early Retreats to Brown's Gap

1864 Battle of Front Royal Virginia (Guard Hill)

1864 Battle of Laurel Hill, West Virginia

1864 Battle of Antietam, Virginia (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill)

1864 Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, 2870 causalities

1864 Skirmish at Crump's Hill (Piney Woods), Louisiana

1864 Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapids) Louisiana

1863 Skirmish at Sporting Hill, Pennsylvania

1863 Battle of Champion's Hill, MS-bloodiest action of Vicksburg Campaign

1862 Battle at Cane Hill, Arkansas (475 casualties)

1862 Battle at Chantilly (Ox Hill) Virginia (2100 casualties)

1862 Skirmish at Big Hill, Kentucky (2 Federal regiments)

1862 Confederate forces defeated at More's Hill, Mo

1862 Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia (Harrison's Landing, Crew's Farm)

1862 Day 7 of 7 Days-Battle of Malvern Hill (Poindexter's Farm) Day 7 of Seven Days US15,249 CS17,583

1861 Battle of Laurel Hill, Virginia

1859 Mildred J. Hill, composer/musician, Happy Birthday To You

1845 Allen Hill, cricketer, took the 1st wicket in Test cricket

1838 Octavia Hill, British reformer, leader of open-space movement

1838 James J Hill, Canada, RR entrepreneur, Great Northern Railroad

1838 James J. Hill, American Businessman

1838 George W. Hill, U.S. astronomer, Moon orbit

1836 Charles Darwin climbs Green Hill on Ascension

1825 Ambrose Powell Hill, Lieutenant General, Confederate 3rd Army Corp, died in 1865

1825 Benjamin Jefferson Hill, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1880

1821 Daniel Harvey Hill, Lieutenant General Confederate Army, died in 1889

1821 Daniel H. Hill, American Soldier

1819 Thomas Hill Watts, Atty Gen, Confederacy, died in 1892

1801 John Hill Hewitt, composer

1795 Rowland Hill, introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp, 1840

1775 Battle of Bunker Hill, actually it was Breed's Hill

1775 Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it is Breed's Hill)

1775 Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx)

1772 Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount/general

1770 Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)

1744 Rowland Hill, preacher

1685 Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet, Tragedy of Zara

1646 Elias Hill, German architect of Augsburg, dies at 72

1573 Elias Hill, German architect/city builder, Augsburg

1420 Battle at Vitkov Zizka's hill (Prague): Taboriets beat Bohemia



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