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2002 Billy Wilder, director, Some Like it Hot, dies at 95

1995 Burl Ives, folk singer and actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at 85

1992 Joan Dixon, actress (Hot Lead, Bunco Squad, Gunplay), dies at 66

1991 Jack Ryan, inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies at 65

1991 Eileen Sedgwick, silent film actress (Hot Heels), dies at 93

1991 Jean Rogers, actress (Flash Gordon, Hot Cargo), dies at 74

1990 Jimmy Starr, actor (Hot Flashes), dies at 86

1990 "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 149 performances

1990 "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens at Eugene O'Neill New York City for 149 performances

1987 Peter Adams, actor (Alternative, Blowing Hot and Cold), dies at 69

1986 "Uptown... It's Hot!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 24 performances

1986 "Uptown... It's Hot!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 24 performances

1983 Pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83

1983 Tennessee Williams, U.S. playwright (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at 71

1982 Leigh Snowden, actress (Hot Rod Rumble), dies at 51 of cancer

1981 Britney Spears, born in McComb, Mississippi, singer, songwriter, dancer, entertainer, number one Billboard Hot 100 hit 'Baby One More Time'

1981 Stanley Clements, actor (Boys' Prison, Army Bound, Hot News), dies

1978 Tracie Spencer, born in Waterloo, Iowa, singer, songwriter, actress, model, performed pop, rhythm and blues, dance pop, quiet music genres, 'This House' reached Billboard Hot 100, guest on ABC sitcom Family Matters, sang background vocals for Eve, Kanye West, 50 Cent

1976 Chris Kenner, rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, recording artist, 1961 hit I Like It Like That was on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, song Land of a Thousand Dances was recorded by Patti Smith, and others, dies

1975 Kalin Olson, Hot Springs, Arkansas, playmate, Aug 1997

1975 "Hot l Baltimore" situation comedy premieres on ABC TV

1973 Roger Delgado, actor (Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enought for June), dies at 55

1972 1st hot air balloon flight over Alps

1972 "Hot Rod Lincoln," by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen hits #9

1969 Neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers," premieres in New York City

1967 Cyril Ring, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Red Hot and Blue), dies at 74

1964 Clinton Gregory, born in Martinsville, Virginia, singer, songwriter, recording artist, fiddler, country and bluegrass genres, recorded seven studio albums, chartered 11 Billboard Hot country Singles and Tracks, including Play, Ruby, Play, which reached no. 25 on the charts

1963 Hot Line communications link between Washington D.C. and Moscow begins

1963 U.S. and U.S.S.R. agree to set up Hot Line

1963 Mossimo Giannulli, fashion designer, hot

1963 "Hot Spot" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 43 performances

1963 "Hot Spot" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 43 performances

1962 Anthony Kiedis, rock vocalist, Red Hot Chili Peppers

1962 Flea, Michael Balzary, bassist, Red Hot Chili Peppers

1961 Virginia Madsen, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Dune, Hot Spot, Class

1959 "Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon premieres

1958 Shelly West, born in Cleveland, Ohio, country singer, Red Hot, West by West

1957 Marilynn Smith/Fay Crocker wins Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament

1956 Beverly Hanson/Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Hot Springs Golf Invitational

1955 Betty Jameson/Mary Faulk wins Virg Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament

1955 Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof)

1955 Tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens for 694 performances

1954 Michael Anthony, born in Chicago, Illinois, Michael Anthony Sobolewski, bassist, founding member, Van Halen, hard rock, heavy metal genres, plays bass, vocals, has performed with Sammy Hagar, Chickenfoot, noted for custom bass guitars, now markets Mad Anthony hot sauce

1953 Kevin Nealon, Bridgeport Conn, actor, SNL, Hot Shot, Coneheads

1953 Jules Shear, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, musician, singer, performed with The Funky Kings, Raisins in the Sun, created, hosted, first 13 episodes of MTV series, Unplugged, song, All Through the Night, recorded by Cyndi Lauper, ranked number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, co-wrote title track for Everything's Different Now album, with Matthew Sweet

1951 Nick Gilder, born in London, England, singer, Hot Child in the City

1950 John "Jocko" Marcellino, rocker/actor, Tagget, Hot to Trot, Rain Man

1950 David Johansen, New York, singer, Hot! Hot! Hot!

1948 Errol Brown, Kingston Jamaica, rock vocalist, Hot Chocolate

1948 Larry Ferguson, born in Nassau, keyboardist, Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing

1947 Tony Wilson, Trinidad, rock vocalist, Hot Chocolate

1947 Tony Cooner, born in Essex, drummer, Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing

1947 Patrick Olive, percussionist, Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing

1946 Walter "Clyde" Orange, Florida, rocker, Commodores-Too Hot to Trot

1945 David A[llen] Drake, U.S., sci-fi author, Cross the Stars, Rolling Hot

1944 Rita Mae Brown, actress, Long Hot Summer, Slumber Party Massacre

1944 Jim Abrahams, Shorewood, Wisconsin, director, Hot Shots, Top Secret

1944 Jack Casady, born in Washington D.C., rock bassist, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane

1943 Thomas "Fats" Waller, U.S. jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 38

1943 Chris Montez, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, singer, guitarist, rhythm and blues, Latino rock, recording Let's Dance with Monogram Records was on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in the U.S.

1941 Jim McBride, born in New York City, director/actor, Hot Times, Breathless, Big Easy

1940 Jorma Kaukonen, Washington D.C., rock guitarist, Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna

1940 Jesse Carlyle Snead, Hot Springs, Virginia, PGA golfer, 1972 Philadelphia Classic

1939 King and Queen of England taste 1st "hot dogs" at FDR's party

1937 Dutch Django Reinhardts "Quintette, premieres in du Hot Club"

1937 Lanford Wilson, U.S. playwright, Hot L Baltimore

1935 Lee Remick, born in Quincy, Massachusetts, actress, Days of Wine and Rose, Long Hot Summer

1931 Florian Zabach, born in Chicago, Illinois, violinist, Hot Canary, Club Embassy

1931 Rip Torn, born in Texas, actor, Coma, Summer Rental, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1929 Chris Kenner, born in Kenner, near New Orleans, Louisiana, rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, recording artist, 1961 hit I Like It Like That was on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, song Land of a Thousand Dances was recorded by Patti Smith, and others

1928 James Brown, born in Barnwell, South Carolina, soul singer, 'Hot Pants', 'Living in America'

1926 Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jean Mortenson, Louisiana, actress, Some Like It Hot

1925 Louis Armstrong records 1st of Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings

1925 Tony Curtis, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Some Like It Hot

1921 Hot Springs National Park created in Arkansas

1918 Roger Delgado, born in London, actor, Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enought for June

1917 Ossie Davis, born in Cogdell, Georgia, actor and playwright, Hot Stuff, Man Called Adam

1917 Pape John Creech, rocker, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane

1915 Allan Jackson, Hot Springs, Arkansas, newscaster, Youth Takes a Stand

1913 Alan Ladd, Hot Springs AR, actor, Shane, Carpetbaggers

1912 Sam Snead, Hot Springs, Virginia, PGA golfer, PGA-1963, 65, 67, 70, 72, 73

1912 Hugues Panassie, French jazz saxophonist/author, Hot Club of France

1911 Tennessee Williams, born in Columbus, Mississippi, playwright, 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'

1909 Burl Ives, born in Hunt, Illinois, folk singer and actor, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1906 Billy Wilder, Vienna, director, Some Like It Hot, Apartment, Stalag 17

1905 1st race meet at Oaklawn Park (Hot Springs, Ark)

1895 George Raft, born in New York City, actor, Each Dawn I Die, Scarface, Some Like It Hot

1892 Edmund Lowe, actor in Black Sheep, Good Sam, Dillinger, Hot Pepper

1884 Sophie Tucker, Russia, singer/last of red hot mammas

1882 Hendrik N Werkman, painter/printer/resistance fighter, Hot printing

1862 May Irwin, U.S. comedienne/singer, Hot Time in the Old Town


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