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2004 Hugh Cave, pulp writer, a professional writer for over 70 years, dies at 95

2003 Hugh Trevor-Roper, English Historian

1999 Hugh Casson, British Architect

1998 Hugh Reilly, actor, Lassie, dies at 82

1997 Hugh Edward Conway Seymour, marquis of Hertford, dies at 67

1996 Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, medical writer, dies at 79

1996 Hugh Willatt, solicitor/public servant, dies at 91

1996 Hugh Stirling Mackenzie, submariner, dies at 83

1996 Mervyn Hugh Cowie, willife conservationist, dies at 87

1996 Hugh Davson, physiologist/writer, dies at 86

1996 Hugh Henry Home Popham, aviator/writer/poet, dies at 76

1996 Hugh Burnton Mitchell, U.S. senator, dies at 89

1996 Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist, dies at 78

1996 Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist, dies at 77

1996 Hugh Francis Lamprey, ecologist, dies at 67

1995 Hugh Armstrong Clegg, industrial relations academic, dies at 75

1995 Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario, dies at 88

1995 Charles Hugh Shirley, publisher, dies at 66

1995 Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman, dies at 74

1995 Hugh Edward R O'Connor, actor (In the Heat of the Night), ODs at 32

1995 Timothy Hugh Brown, theatre critic, dies at 52

1990 Hugh McPhillips, dies at 70

1990 Marston Glenn Hefner, son of Hugh Hefner and Kimberley Conrad

1990 Hugh MacLennan, Canadian Author

1989 Hugh Hefner (Playboy editor) weds playmate Kimberly Conrad

1987 Hugh Dempster, actor (Anna Karenina, Candles at Nine), dies

1987 Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum, Actor (Mr Green Jeans), dies at 77

1986 Hugh Whitemore's "Breaking the Code," premieres in London

1985 Hugh Burden, actor (Night of Laughing Dead), dies at 72

1983 Hugh Williams' "Pack of Lies," premieres in London

1982 Hugh Beaumont, actor (Ward-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 73

1982 Hugh Beaumont, actor (Ward-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 73

1982 Hugh Marlowe, actor (Jim Matthews-Another World), dies at 71

1980 Hugh Griffith, actor (Passover Plot, Ben Hur, Tom Jones), dies at 67

1979 Hugh Leonards "Life," premieres in Dublin

1977 Hugh Leonard's "Da," premieres in London

1977 Hugh Le Caine, composer, dies at 63

1975 48th National Spelling Bee: Hugh Tosteson wins spelling incisor

1971 Hugh Wakefield, actress (Blithe Spirit), dies

1971 Hugh Douglas, NFL defensive end for the New York Jets

1969 Hugh Williams, actor (Human Monster), dies after surgery at 65

1968 Hugh Jackman, Australian Actor

1963 Hugh Millen, NFL quarterback for the Denver Broncos

1963 Hugh Morris, cricketer, England lefty opening batsman 1991

1963 Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell, leader British Labour Party, dies at 56

1962 Hugh Edward Ralph O'Connor, actor, In the Heat of the Night

1960 Hugh Grant, born in London, England, 4 Weddings and a Funeral, 9 Months

1959 Hugh Laurie, actor, Strapless

1953 Hugh McDowell, chelloist, ELO-Telephone Line

1952 Christie Ann Hefner, daughter of Hugh Hefner, CEO, Playboy

1949 Hugh McKenna, rocker, Alex Harvey Band

1949 Hugh Cornwell, rocker, The Stranglers-Dreamtime

1947 Hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61

1946 Hugh Allen, musician, dies

1945 Hugh Hopper, rocker, Soft Machine

1945 Hugh Grundy, born in Winchester England, drummer, Zombies-She's Not There

1944 William Hugh Albright, composer

1944 Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies

1943 Hugh Davies, composer

1943 F. Hugh Herbert's "Kiss and Tell," premieres in New York City

1942 Jacqueline Kennedy's mother marries Hugh Auchincloss

1942 Timothy Hugh Brown, theatre critic

1942 Hugh Shelton, American Soldier

1941 Hugh S Walpole, British writer (Killer and the Slain), dies

1941 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies)

1940 1st U.S. merchant ship "Booker T Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware

1939 Hugh Delane Thompson, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1991 MONY Syracuse

1939 Hugh Dykes, MP

1939 Hugh Masekela, born in Wilbank, South Africa, trumpeter, I Am Not Afraid

1934 Hugh Bidwell, mayor, London

1934 David Hugh Jones, Poole Dorset England, director, Betrayal

1932 Hugh Wood, composer

1930 Hugh Edward Conway Seymour, marquis of Hertford

1929 Hugh Desmond Hoyte, president, Guyana, 1985-92

1929 Hugh Tayfield, cricketer, celebrated South African off-spinner 1949-60

1928 Hugh McElhenny, NFL halfback, SF, Minnesota, Giants, Detroit

1928 Charles Hugh Shirley, publisher

1928 Hugh Francis Lamprey, ecologist

1927 Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88

1927 Hugh Byatt, British diplomat

1926 Hugh Hefner, born in Chicagp, magazine publisher, Playboy

1925 Hugh O'Brian, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Wyatt Earp, Search

1925 Hugh Leggatt, art dealer

1925 French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, and Hugh Jennings

1924 Hugh Aitken, composer

1923 Hugh Beach, British General

1923 Hugh Lloyd, actor, Punch and Judy Man, Dunroamin' Rising

1923 Hugh Overton, British diplomat

1922 Thomas Hugh Eastwood, composer

1921 Hugh Neill, Lord-Lieutenant, South Yorkshire

1921 Hugh Downs, born in Akron, Ohio, TV journalist, 20/20, Concentration

1920 Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman

1920 Hugh Armstrong Clegg, industrial relations academic

1920 Hugh Henry Home Popham, aviator/writer/poet

1919 Hugh Carey, Gov-D-NY

1919 Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist

1917 Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, medical writer

1917 Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist

1916 Groundbreaking begins on Hugh Grant Circle in Bronx

1916 Hector Hugh Munro, British Novelist

1914 Hugh Martin, American Composer

1914 Hugh Le Caine, composer

1914 Hugh Trevor-Roper, English Historian

1913 Hugh Ford, FRS mechanic engineer

1913 Hugh Stirling MacKenzie, British vice admiral

1912 Hugh Griffith, Wales, actor, Ben Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver!

1912 Hugh Martell, British Vice Admiral

1912 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)

1911 Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP

1911 Hugh Marlowe, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actor, Ellery Queen

1910 Hugh Casson CH, architect

1910 Hugh Casson, British Architect

1909 Hugh Davson, physiologist/writer

1909 Mervyn Hugh Cowie, willife conservationist

1909 Hugh Murphy, English multi-millionaire

1909 Hugh Beaumont, Lawrence, Kansas, actor, Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver

1907 Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario

1907 Hugh MacLennan, Canadian Author

1906 Hugh Jennings resigns as Balt manager to take over at Detroit in 1907

1906 Todd Naylor "Hugh" Gaitskell, MP, Labour

1905 Hugh Willatt, solicitor/public servant

1904 Hugh Plaxton, Canada, ice hockey player 1928 Olympics gold

1904 Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick in his final Test Cricket match

1904 Hugh Williams, actor and writer, Charley's Aunt, Bank Holiday

1903 23rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Hugh L Doherty beats William A Larned (60 63 108)

1902 Hugh Chilvers, cricketer, great leggie of 30's for NSW but not Aust

1902 Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick vs. England at the MCG

1900 Hugh Scott, Sen-R-Penn

1897 Gustave Kecker/Hugh Martin's musical "Belle of New York City," premieres in New York City

1892 Hugh MacDiarmid, Scotland, writer, Scots Unbound

1888 Hugh Wakefield, Wanstead England, actress, Blithe Spirit

1886 Hugh Lofting, England, writer and illustrator, Dr. Dolittle

1884 Hugh "Shorty" Ray, supervisor of NFL officials, HOF member

1884 1-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fanned 13 hitters

1884 Hugh S. Walpole, born in NZ, novelist and playwright, Jeremy, Maradick at 40

1883 Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Berners, 14th baron/composer

1883 Cleveland Hugh Daily no-hits Philadelphia 1-0

1883 Hugh Daily, a one-armed pitcher for Cleveland (Forest City), tosses 1-0 no-hitter against Phila

1875 Hugh L Doherty, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1903

1872 Ralph Vaughan Williams, Down Amp England, composer, Hugh the Drover

1870 Hector Hugh Munro, British Novelist

1867 Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner, great Aust at turn of century

1865 Con Orem and Hugh O'Neill box 193 rounds before darkness ends match

1854 Hugh Massie, cricketer, Australian batsman of the 1880's

1839 Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer

1838 William Hugh Young, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1901

1836 [Hugh] Judson Kilpatrick, Mjr Gen Union volunteers, died in 1881

1826 Hugh Boyle Ewing, Bvt Major General Union volunteers, died in 1905

1819 Hugh Williamson, American Politician

1819 Arthur Hugh Clough, poet, friend of Matthew Arnold

1813 William Hugh Keim, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1862

1811 Hugh Thompson Reid, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1874

1808 Hugh McCulloch, U.S. Secretary of Treasury

1808 Hugh Weedon Mercer, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1877

1800 Hugh Blair, Scottish Theologian

1788 Hugh Clapperton, Annan Scotland, African explorer

1735 Hugh Williamson, American Politician

1718 Hugh Blair, Scottish Theologian

1640 Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin

1555 Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80

1553 English Hugh Latimer arrested

1297 Hugh de Cressingham, English treasurer, dies in battle



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