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2013 Event - Owen Paterson, UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, convenes with British retailers and the Food Standards Agency to determine how "beef" products containing horsemeat were sold in supermarkets

2013 Event - The 1950's American pop singer Patti Page, known for the songs, '(How Much Is That) Doggie In The Window' and "Tennessee Waltz', dies in Encinitas, California at 85 years old

2012 Event - Four genetically different types of breast cancer are identified by researchers; the study, part of the Cancer Genome Atlas, will help scientists understand how to cure breast cancer in the future

2012 Event - A study describing the Big Bang, published in 'Physical Review', suggests it is actually a phase change ruled by event symmetry, a theory which best supports how spacetime could originate from original matter

2011 Event - An investigation is launched by Pakistani Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gillani to determine how bin Laden lived undetected in Abbottabad

2006 Death - John M. Ford, author, science fiction and fantasy, poet, game designer, wrote, 'The Final Reflection', 'How Much Just for the Planet?', dies of natural causes, at age 49

2004 Death - Laura Branigan, singer, How Am I Supposed to Live Without You?, dies at 47

2001 Death - Albert Hague, composer, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, dies at 81

1996 Death - Roger Tory Peterson, born in Jamestown, New York, ornithologist/writer 'How to Know Birds', dies at 87

1996 Event - "How To Succeed in Business..." closes at R Rodgers New York City after 548 perf

1995 Event - "How To Succeed in Business..." opens at R Rodgers New York City for 548 performances

1991 Death - Bert Bertram, actor (How to Steal a Million), dies of cancer at 97

1991 Event - President Zachary Taylors body is exhumed to test how he died

1973 Death - Betty Grable, U.S. actress (How to Marry a Millionaire), dies at 56

1970 Birthday - Macy Gray, born in Canton, Ohio, singer, songwriter, actress, Grammy-Award winner, films, 'Idlewild', 'Training Day', hit song, 'I Try', famous album, 'On How Life Is'

1970 Event - Robert Morley's "How the Other Half Loves," premieres in London

1969 Birthday - Jamie Walters, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, singer, record producer, appeared on Beverly Hills, 90210, the Heights, song, 'How Do You Talk To An Angel' hit number 1 on Billboard Hot 100

1968 Event - "How Now, Dow Jones" closes at Lunt Fontanne New York City after 220 performances

1968 Birthday - Bill Bellamy, actor, Fled, How to be a Player, Joey Breaker

1968 Event - Elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art"

1967 Event - "How Now, Dow Jones" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 220 performances

1966 Event - Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" airs for 1st time on CBS

1965 Birthday - Corey Parker, born in New York City, actor, How I Got into College, Roger-Eddie Dodd

1965 Event - "How to Succeed in Business" closes at 46th St. New York City after 1415 performances

1964 Birthday - Peter Hanson, English/Sierra Leone/Dutch actor, Darling How Could You

1962 Event - Beatles record "How Do You Do It" at EMI

1962 Event - 16th Tony Awards: Man For All Seasons and How to Succeed win

1961 Birthday - Ann Coulter, born in New York City, New York, conservative political commentator, author, 'Godless: The Church of Liberalism', 'How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)'

1961 Event - "How to Succeed in Business" opens at 46th St. New York City for 1415 performances

1961 Event - 1st movie to become a TV series - How to Marry a Millionaire

1961 Birthday - Toby Keith, born in Clinton, Oklahoma, country singer, hit singles include, 'Should've Been a Cowboy', 'How Do You Like Me Now?', toured with the USO

1958 Birthday - Dorothy Straight, 4 year old author, How World Begun

1957 Birthday - John M. Ford, born in East Chicago, Indiana, author, science fiction and fantasy, poet, game designer, wrote, 'The Final Reflection', 'How Much Just for the Planet?'

1952 Birthday - William Kirby Cullen, born in Santa Ana, California, actor, How the West Was Won

1951 Birthday - Yvonne Elliman, U.S. actress and singer, I Don't Know How to Love Him

1951 Birthday - Benny Neyman, Dutch singer, I Don't Know How

1946 Death - John M. Keynes, English economist (How to pay for the war?), dies at 62

1944 Birthday - Richard Belzer, KOed by Hulk Hogan/comedian, How to be a Stand Up

1942 Event - 14th Academy Awards - "How Green was My Valley," Cooper and Fontaine win

1942 Birthday - Otis Clay, U.S. gospel/R&B-singer, That's how it is

1940 Death - 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

1940 Birthday - Anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor, How to Succeed in Business

1939 Birthday - O. V. Wright, born in Leno, Tennessee, singer, sang gospel, considered southern soul artist, first pop recording, 'That's How Strong My Love Is'

1938 Death - Norbert Fonteyne, Flemish writer (How Flemings Came Late), dies

1935 Birthday - Charles Shere, born in Berkeley, California, composer, music critic, Music Director for radio KPFA, Berkeley, wrote book, 'How I Saw Duchamp'

1935 Death - Charles Shere, composer, music critic, Music Director for radio KPFA, Berkeley, wrote book, 'How I Saw Duchamp', dies

1934 Birthday - Jimmy Holiday, U.S. singer, How Can I Forget

1934 Birthday - Dwayne Hickman, Louisiana, actor, Dobie Gillis, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

1930 Birthday - David Huddleston, Vinton, Virginia, actor, How the West Was Won

1913 Birthday - Willis Lamb, born in Los Angeles, physicist, Nobel Prize winner, discovery of how electrons behave in the hydrogen atom

1912 Birthday - George Mikes, Hungary, British writer, How to Be an Alien

1911 Birthday - Eddie Mayehoff, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Hour Glass, How to Murder Your Wife

1908 Birthday - Roger Tory Peterson, born in Jamestown, New York, ornithologist/writer 'How to Know Birds'

1906 Birthday - Richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist, How Green Was My Valley

1904 Event - GB Shaw's "How He Lied to Her Husband," premieres in New York City

1893 Birthday - Bert Bertram, actor, How to Steal a Million

1888 Birthday - Dale Carnegie, author, How to Win Friends and Influence People

1880 Birthday - Donald Crisp, born in Scotland, actor, How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana

1871 Birthday - 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

1863 Death - Frederick William Faber, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham, dies

1861 Birthday - Uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer, How I Became a Christian

1848 Birthday - Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist, How species emerge

1814 Birthday - Frederick William Faber, born in Calverley, England, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham

1791 Birthday - Lydia Sigourney, U.S., religious author, How to Be Happy

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