2004 John Randolph, actor, Prizzi's Honor, dies at 88
1997 William Hickey, actor, Prizzi's Honor, dies of emphysema at 68
1993 Last honor guard at Lenin's mausoleum
1992 John Foreman, producer (Prizzi's Honor), dies at 67 of heart attack
1992 Avonne Taylor, actress (My Best Girl, Honor Among Lovers), dies at 93
1989 Machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines
1989 Kenneth McMillan, actor (Our Family Honor, Malone), dies at 67
1988 Richard Castellano, aqctor (Honor thy Father), dies at 55
1987 Rookie of the Year Award is renamed to honor Jackie Robinson
1979 Susan B. Anthony dollar is issued, 1st U.S. coin to honor a woman
1978 Susan B. Anthony dollar, 1st U.S. coin to honor a woman, issued
1978 James G Cozzens, U.S. writer (Guard of Honor, Pulitzer), dies at 74
1977 Yehonathan Netanyou Lane in the Bronx named in honor of Bronx-born
1974 Pope Paul VI encyclical "To Honor Mary"
1970 New York Yankees honor Casey Stengel, retiring his number 37 (BTG was there)
1968 Marine James Anderson, Jr. is 1st black Medal of Honor winner
1967 Jan Mens, Dutch writer (Honor to God Alone), dies at 70
1966 Daphne Ashbrook, born in Long Beach, California, actress, Liz-Our Family Honor
1965 Japanese community of San Francisco holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor 1st Japanese player to play in major leagues
1960 Emory Johnson, director (Phantom Express, Shield of Honor), dies at 66
1958 Sheree J Wilson, Rochester, Minnesota, actress, Our Family Honor, Dallas
1958 Rachel Ticotin, New York City, actress, Grace-For Love and Honor, Total Recall
1957 Cynthia Rothrock, born in Wilmington, Delaware, actress, Lady Dragon, Honor and Glory
1956 Ford Frick inaugurates Cy Young Award, to honor to outstanding pitcher
1953 John Mengatti, New York City, actor, Nick-White Shadow, For Love and Honor
1952 Maria Schneider, born in Paris, actress, Last Tango in Paris, Crime of Honor
1951 Anjelica Huston, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Prizzi's Honor, Alien
1947 Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover
1945 Major Courtney, U.S. medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf
1944 Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. receives congressional medal of honor
1942 Douglas Munro, only U.S. Coast Guard with WW II-Med of Honor, dies
1941 Young Park (2) in the Bronx named in honor of Samuel Young
1941 Jewish veterans honor their dead
1941 Pennsylvania declares legal holiday to honor A's manager Connie Mack
1940 Jeffrey Archer, born in England, Tory-Commons, /author, Matter of Honor
1938 Dick Anthony Williams, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Our Family Honor
1935 Alain Delon, France, actor, Honor Among Thieves, Return of Zorro
1933 Young Park (1) in the Bronx named in honor of James Young
1932 Gay Talese, author, Honor Thy Father
1931 Charlie Chaplin receives France's distinguished Legion of Honor
1931 Spring training site of New York Yankees in St. Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager
1928 William Hickey, actor, Prizzi's Honor
1926 Honor Blackman, London, actress, Pussy Galore-Goldfinger
1926 Paul Bocuse, France, great chef, Legion of Honor
1924 Palace of Legion of Honor dedicated (SF)
1915 F F Fletcher is 1st Admiral to receive Congressional Medal of Honor
1906 Shields/Cobbs musical "His honor, the Mayor," premieres in New York City
1905 Lili Krus, born in Budapest Hungary, pianist, Austrian Cross of Honor 1978
1903 James Gould Cozzens, U.S., novelist, 1949 Pulitzer-Guard of Honor
1900 Henry O. Tanner, painter, wins Medal of Honor at Paris Exposition
1899 Webb Hayes son of President Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor
1865 Mary Edward Walker, 1st Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor
1864 Black Soldiers given Medal of Honor
1863 1st Army Medal of Honor awarded
1862 Congress authorizes Medal of Honor
1861 1st military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor
1857 Hermann Sudermann, German writer, Honor, That Ehre, Frau Sorge
834 1st All Hallows Eve (Halloween) observed to honor the saints
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