1976 Death Howlin' Wolf, singer and guitarist, dies following brain surgery at 65 1959 Death Olin Howlin, actor (Swifty-Circus Boy), dies at 63 1910 Birthday Howlin' Wolf, Chester Arthur Burnett, harmonica, Big City Blues 1896 Birthday Olin Howlin, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Swifty-Circus Boy