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2003 Death - Hope Lange, actress, movie version of Peyton Place, dies at 70

2003 Death - Bob Hope, comedian, road movies, dies at 100

1996 Death - John Adrian Hope, politician/businessman, dies at 83

1995 Death - Hope Clara Chenhalls, food inspector, dies at 85

1994 Death - Faith Davis, oldest triplets (Charity and Hope survive), dies at 95

1993 Death - P A Jacob Mees, Dutch banker (Mees and Hope), dies at about 86

1993 Death - Bernard Barrow, actor (Louie-Loving, Johnny-Ryan's Hope), dies

1992 Event - Operation Restore Hope - U.S. Marines land in Somalia

1992 Death - Hope Miller, actress (Bwana Devil), dies of breast cancer at 63

1990 Death - Hope Sansberry, actress (Rats are Coming), dies at 94

1990 Event - Perez de Cuellar says he has lost all hope for peace in Gulf

1989 Event - "Ryan's Hope" ends 13 year run on ABC-TV

1985 Event - Sara Trollinger forms House of Hope in Orlando

1982 Death - Hope Hampton, actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at 83

1979 Death - Hope Summers, actress (Clara-Andy Griffith Show), dies at 78

1978 Event - 4th People's Choice Awards: Star Wars, Carol Burnett and Bob Hope

1977 Death - Emil Bloch, German philosopher (Principle Hope, Traces), dies at 92

1975 Event - TV soap opera "Ryan's Hope" premieres

1973 Death - Hope Landin, actress (I Remember Mama, Sugarfoot), dies at 79

1971 Birthday - David Robert Duval, born in Jacksonville, Florida, PGA golfer, 1995 Bob Hope

1970 Birthday - Charles Hope, WLAF guard for the Frankfurt Galaxy

1969 Birthday - Amanda Hope, born in Austin, Texas, playmate, Jul, 1992

1969 Birthday - Amanda Hope, Austin Texas, playmate, Jul, 1992

1969 Birthday - Tichina Arnold, born in Queens, actress, Ryan's Hope, Sharla-All My Children

1969 Event - 23rd Tony Awards: Great White Hope and 1776 win

1969 Birthday - Traci Lin-Tavi, born in New York City, actress, Ryan's Hope, F/X, Fright Night 2

1968 Event - Howard Sacklers "Great White Hope," premieres in New York City

1968 Birthday - Yasmine Bleeth, born in New York City, actress, Ryan's Hope, 1 Life to Live, Baywatch

1966 Birthday - Hope Marie Carlton, born in Riverhead, New York, playmate July, 1985

1965 Birthday - Maria Pitillo, Matwah, New Jersey, actress, Ryan's Hope

1964 Birthday - Sammi Davis-Voss, born in Kidderminster, England, actress, Hope and Glory

1964 Birthday - Peter Berg, born in New York City, New York, actor, film director, producer, known for role as Dr. Billy Kronk on television medical drama 'Chicago Hope', directed films 'The Kingdom', 'Hancock'

1964 Birthday - Jim Wicek, New York City, actor, Ben-Ryan's Hope

1963 Birthday - Cynthia Stevenson, born in Oakland California, actress, Player, Bob, Hope and Gloria

1963 Birthday - Grant Show, actor, Jake-Melrose Place, Rick-Ryan's Hope

1963 Event - Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke

1962 Birthday - Jim Johnson, New Hope, NHL defenseman for the Washington Capitals

1962 Birthday - Thomas Gibson, actor, Dr. Daniel Nyland-Chicago Hope

1960 Death - Hope Emerson, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn), dies at 62

1958 Birthday - Terry Fox, Canadain one-legged marathoner, 1980 Marathon of Hope

1957 Birthday - Donald William Hammond, born in Frederick, Maryland, PGA golfer, 1986 Bob Hope

1956 Event - "Bob Hope Show," last airs on NBC-TV

1955 Birthday - Mike Huckabee, born in Hope, Arkansas, politician, 44th Governor of Arkansas, Republican, candidate for President in 2008, host of 'Huckabee' television talk show

1954 Birthday - Peter MacNicol, born in Dallas, Texas, actor, Chicago Hope, Sophie's Choice

1954 Birthday - Peter Erling Jacobsen, born in Portland, Oregon, PGA golfer, 1990 Bob Hope

1952 Death - Victor Alexander John Hope, viceroy of India (1936-43), dies at 64

1951 Birthday - Leslie Easterbrook, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Ryan's Hope, Police Acadamy 5

1950 Event - Bob Hope's 1st TV appearance

1949 Birthday - Dave Hope, rock bassist, Kansas

1942 Birthday - Wilbert Bank, actor and director, On Hope of Blessing

1941 Birthday - Sarah Miles, born in Essex, England, actress, Ryan's Hope, Big Sleep, Venom

1939 Birthday - Melinda Dillon, Hope, Arkansas, actress, Close Encounters, Slap Shot

1938 Death - August TC Kiehl, actor (Hope of Blessing), dies at 84

1937 Death - Esther de Farmer-of Rich, actress (Kniertje-On hope of blessing), dies

1936 Death - John Hope, president of Atlanta University, dies at 67

1936 Death - Dame Clara Butt, alto singer (Country of Hope and Glory), dies at 62

1935 Event - Bob Hope 1st heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue"

1934 Event - Bob and Dolores Hope marry

1932 Birthday - Nagisa Oshima, born in Kyoto, Japan, director, Town of Love and Hope

1931 Birthday - Hope Lange, Redding Ridge, Connecticut, actress, Ghost and Mrs. Muir

1930 Event - Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope/Fred Astaire premieres in New York City

1927 Birthday - Bernard Barrow, New York City, actor, Ryan's Hope, Louie Slavinsky-Loving

1926 Birthday - Helen Gallagher, born in Brooklyn, actress, Ryan's Hope, Strangers When We Meet

1926 Birthday - Richard DeVos, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, World War II veteran, businessman, author, billionaire, co-founder Amway - now Alticor, owner Orlando Magic, wrote 'Hope from My Heart: Ten Lessons For Life'

1924 Death - Herman Heijermans, Jr., author (On Hope, Heap of Blessing), dies

1920 Event - Bob Hope became an American citizen

1915 Birthday - John Hope Franklin, historian

1912 Birthday - John Adrian Hope, politician and businessman

1910 Birthday - E. G. Marshall, born in Owatonna, Minnesota, actor, Playhouse 90, Chicago Hope

1910 Event - Cape of Good Hope becomes part of Union of South Africa

1910 Birthday - Hope Clara Chenhalls, food inspector

1906 Event - John Hope becomes 1st black president of Morehouse College

1903 Birthday - Bob Hope, Kent, England, entertainer, famous profile

1900 Event - Herman Heijermans' "Hope of Blessing" premieres in Amsterdam

1897 Birthday - Hope Emerson, Hawarden Iowa, actress, I Married Joan, Peter Gunn

1893 Birthday - Hope Landin, Minneapolis MN

1891 Birthday - Germaine Loosveldt, Flemish actress, Kniertje in On hope

1879 Birthday - Laura Hope Crews, U.S., actress, Camille, 'Gone with the Wind'

1873 Birthday - [Louise] Sophie de Vries, actress, On Hope of Blessing

1873 Birthday - Clara Butt, Southwick Sussex, contralto, Country of Hope and Glory

1867 Birthday - Philippine "Pine" Belder, Mary de Klerk, actress, Hope of Blessing

1864 Event - Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia

1863 Birthday - Anthony Hope, British Writer

1836 Event - HMS Beagle anchors in Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope

1814 Event - Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch

1806 Event - Britain occupies Cape of Good Hope

1781 Event - French fleet stopped Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope

1767 Event - Gentlemen 17 forbid private slave transport India to Cape of Good Hope

1687 Event - 1st Huguenots depart France to Cape of Good Hope

1651 Event - John van Riebeeck departs to Cape of Good Hope

1647 Event - Cape of Good Hope: tour ship Haerlem stranded in Tafel Bay

1595 Event - Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope

1497 Event - Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope

1497 Event - Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope

1488 Event - Bartholomeus Diaz returns to Portugal after sailing round Cape of Good Hope













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