1994 Death Dedrick Gobert, U.S. actor (Boyz 'n the Hood), shot to death at 22 1993 Death Harold Innocent, actor (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves), dies at 60 1991 Death Brian Haines, actor (Adv of Robin Hood, It), dies at 70 1991 Event "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" opens 1989 Event Robin Hood 16 wins LPGA Planters Pat Bradley Points Golf International 1985 Death Richard Greene, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 67 1979 Death Darla Hood, actress (Our Gang 1935-45), dies at 47 1979 Event Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm 1975 Death Wade Crosby, actor (Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood), dies at 70 1975 Death Ian Hunter, actor (Sir Richard-Robin Hood), dies at 75 1973 Event 54-kg octopus measuring 7m across captured in Hood Canal, Wash 1972 Birthday Graham Hood, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1.5k runner, Olympics 1992, 1996 1969 Birthday Ice Cube, rap singer and actor, Boyz in the Hood, Anaconda 1969 Birthday Christian Slater, born in New York City, New York, actor, films include 'Broken Arrow', 'Heathers', 'Robin Hood' 1969 Birthday Morris Chestnut, actor, Boyz N the Hood 1968 Birthday Cuba Gooding, Jr., actor, Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men 1964 Birthday Robin Hood, Mishawaka, Indiana, LPGA golfer, 1989 Planters Pat Bradley 1963 Birthday Jason Connery, born in London, England, actor, Robin Hood 1962 Birthday Cary Elwes, born in Westminster, London, actor, films include, 'The Princess Bride', 'Liar Liar', 'Twister', 'Lady Jane', 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' 1960 Death Alexander Gauge, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46 1959 Birthday Scott Hood, born in Seattle, Washington Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 Montana Open-2nd 1959 Birthday John Singleton, born in Los Angeles, California, director and screenwriter, 'Boyz n The Hood' 1958 Death Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Robin Hood), dies at 77 1950 Birthday Candice Earley, Ft. Hood, Texas, actress, Donna Tyler-All My Children 1950 Death Alan Hale, actor (Little John-Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 57 1948 Birthday Jimmy Hood, born in Lesmahagow, Scotland, Member of Parliament for Lanark and Hamilton East, Labor Party, worked as a mining engineer 1948 Birthday Alexander Hood, born in England, Alexander Nelson Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport, 7th Duke of Bronte, investment banker, descendent of William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson 1948 Birthday William Hastings-Bass, born in England, William Edward Robin Hood Hastings-Bass, 17th Earl of Huntington, member of the Seventh Creation, Earls of Huntington 1946 Birthday Alan Rickman, actor, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves 1941 Event Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive 1941 Death Lancelot Holland, British Vice-Admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle 1939 Death Douglas Fairbanks, actor (Zorro, 3 Musketeers, Robin Hood), dies at 56 1931 Birthday Darla Hood, Leedey Oklahoma, singer and actress, Little Rascals 1921 Event Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia 1918 Birthday Richard Greene, Plymouth England, composer/actor, Adv of Robin Hood 1916 Birthday Olivia de Havilland, born in Tokyo, Japan, actress, Adventures of Robin Hood 1916 Death Horace Hood, British spy (Battle of Jutland), dies in battle 1914 Death Bai Long, White Wolf, Chinese Robin Hood/crowd leader, dies 1909 Birthday Errol Flynn, born in Hobart, Tasmania, actor, Captain Blood, Robin Hood 1907 Birthday Alan Wheatley, England, actor, Adventure of Robin Hood 1905 Birthday Wade Crosby, Iowa, actor, Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood 1903 Birthday Phil Harris, born in Linton, Indiana, actor, Anything Goes, Robin Hood 1892 Birthday Alan Hale, Rufus A Mackahan, Washington D.C., actor, Little John-Robin Hood 1890 Event Opera "Robin Hood" premieres in Chicago 1889 Birthday Eugene Pallette, born in Winfield, Kansas, actor, Adv of Robin Hood, Mark of Zorro 1883 Birthday Douglas Fairbanks, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Zorro/3 Musketeers/Robin Hood 1879 Death John B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48 1879 Death John B. Hood, American Soldier 1864 Event Skirmish at Hood evacuated confederates from Atlanta GA 1864 Event Battle at Ezra Chapel (Church), Georgia [Hood's Third Sortie] 1864 Event CSA President Davis replaces General Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood 1864 Event General John B Hood replaces General Johnston 1845 Death Thomas Hood, English Poet 1831 Birthday John Bell Hood, General Confederate Army 1831 Birthday John B. Hood, American Soldier 1816 Death Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies 1799 Birthday Thomas Hood, English poet/composer, Song of the Shirt 1247 Death Robin Hood, dies (from "A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hood")