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1998 John Hopkins, writer for film, television, edited screenplay 'Thunderball', television show 'Play for Today', dies in Woodland Hills, California

1997 Anthony Hopkins, clinical Neurologist, dies at 59

1994 Harold Horace Hopkins, inventor (Endoscope), dies at 75

1994 Nicky Hopkins, rock pianist (Rolling Stones), dies at 50

1993 Douglas Hopkins, guitarist (Gin Blossoms), dies of gun shot at 32

1992 Bruce Hopkins, performer/director, dies at 44

1992 64th Academy Awards - "Silence of Lamb," A Hopkins and Jodie Foster win

1987 Benjamin and Patrick Binder separated at John Hopkins Hospital

1982 Lightning Hopkins, rocker, dies of cancer at 69

1981 Bill Hopkins, British composer, music critic, teacher, pianist, studied at Oxford University with Egon Wellesz and Edmund Rubbra, taught at Birmingham University and University of Newcastle upon Tyne

1972 Miriam Hopkins, actress (Carrie, Barbary Coast), dies at 69

1970 Brad Hopkins, NFL tackle for the Houston Oilers

1969 Nicky Hopkins quits rock and rolls, Jeff Beck Group

1964 Kaitlin Hopkins, New York City, actress, Kelsey-Another World

1960 Helen Hopkins, born in Donneybrook, Australia, golfer, Australian International 1983

1955 Roderick Hopkins Davis, Auckland New Zealand, yachting Star class 1996 Olympics

1951 Bonnie Tyler, Gaynor Hopkins, rocker, Total Eclipse of the Heart

1948 Telma Hopkins, Louisville, singer, Tony Orlando, Family Matters

1946 Harry L Hopkins, U.S. Minister of Business (Loan and Lease law), dies at 55

1946 Harry Hopkins, American Diplomat

1944 John Hopkins hospital performs 1st open heart surgery

1944 Nicky Hopkins, rock pianist, Stones-Ruby Tuesday, Quicksilver

1943 Bill Hopkins, born in Prestbury, Cheshire, England, British composer, music critic, teacher, pianist, studied at Oxford University with Egon Wellesz and Edmund Rubbra, taught at Birmingham University and University of Newcastle upon Tyne

1942 Bo Hopkins, Greenville, South Carolina, actor, Dynasty, Doc Elliot, Rockford Files

1940 Florence Scovel Shinn, artist, book illustrator, metaphysical writer, wrote, 'The Game of Life and how to Play it", 1925, writings follow thought principles of Emma Curtis Hopkins, Myrtle Fillmore, Phineas Quimby, Charles Fillmore, dies

1937 Anthony Hopkins, born in Wales, actor, Elephant Man, QB VII, Magic, Bounty

1937 Anthony Hopkins, clinical neurologist

1936 Thelma Hopkins, born in England, high jumper, 1956 Olympics silver

1933 Larry J. Hopkins, Representative-R-Kentucky 1979 - 1993

1931 John Hopkins, born in London, England, writer for film, television, edited screenplay 'Thunderball', television show 'Play for Today'

1923 John Hale, born in Ashford, Kent, linguist, historian, professor, editor, attended Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University, served as a Fellow of the British Academy

1921 Antony Hopkins, composer

1918 Harold Horace Hopkins, inventor, Endoscope

1912 Lightnin' [Sam] Hopkins, born in Texas, blues stylist, Ball of Twine

1911 Anne Aitken, nee Hopkins, Chicago, co-found, Diamond Sangha

1902 Miriam Hopkins, Bainbridge Georgia, actress, Becky Sharp, These Three

1901 Edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82

1898 Jerome Hopkins, composer, dies at 62

1890 Harry L Hopkins, U.S. politician, Loan and Lease law

1890 Harry Hopkins, American Diplomat

1889 Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, dies at 54

1885 Moses Hopkins, named minister to Liberia

1876 Bert Hopkins, cricketer, Australian pace bowler of the 1900's

1876 Johns Hopkins University opens

1871 Florence Sabin, scientist/1st woman to graduate from Johns Hopkins

1871 Florence Scovel Shinn, born in New Jersey, artist, book illustrator, metaphysical writer, wrote, 'The Game of Life and how to Play it", 1925, writings follow thought principles of Emma Curtis Hopkins, Myrtle Fillmore, Phineas Quimby, Charles Fillmore

1850 William Henry Welch, U.S., pathologist, founded John Hopkins

1844 Gerard Manley Hopkins, England, poet, Windhover

1838 Hopkins Observatory, dedicated in Williamstown, Massachusetts

1836 Jerome Hopkins, composer

1827 William Hopkins Morris, Major General Union volunteers

1826 Robert Hopkins Hatton, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1818 Edward John Hopkins, composer

1816 Henry Hopkins Sibley, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1803 Samuel Hopkins, American Clergyman

1802 Mark Hopkins, U.S., educator/philosopher, Williams College

1795 Johns Hopkins, philanthropist, founded Johns Hopkins University

1790 1st U.S. patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process

1787 Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Philadelphia, pioneer of educating the deaf

1785 Stephen Hopkins, U.S. judge/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 78

1776 U.S. commodore Esek Hopkins occupies Nassau Bahamas

1721 Samuel Hopkins, American Clergyman

1718 Esek Hopkins, U.S., 1st commander-in-chief, U.S. Navy

1707 Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island signed Declaration of Independence


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