2009 Death Hugh Leonard, writer, winner, Jacob's Award, for 'Wuthering Heights', wrote Sunday Independent column 'The Curmudgeon', dies at age 82 2004 Death Hugh Cave, pulp writer, a professional writer for over 70 years, dies at 95 2003 Death Hugh Trevor-Roper, English Historian 1999 Death Hugh Casson, British Architect 1998 Death Hugh Reilly, actor, Lassie, dies at 82 1997 Death Hugh Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford, Peerage of Great Britain, dies at 67 1996 Death Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, medical writer, dies at 79 1996 Death Hugh Willatt, solicitor/public servant, dies at 91 1996 Death Hugh Stirling Mackenzie, submariner, dies at 83 1996 Death Mervyn Hugh Cowie, willife conservationist, dies at 87 1996 Death Hugh Davson, physiologist/writer, dies at 86 1996 Death Hugh Henry Home Popham, aviator/writer/poet, dies at 76 1996 Death Hugh Burnton Mitchell, U.S. senator, dies at 89 1996 Death Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist, dies at 78 1996 Death Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist, dies at 77 1996 Death Hugh Francis Lamprey, ecologist, dies at 67 1995 Death Hugh Armstrong Clegg, industrial relations academic, dies at 75 1995 Death Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario, dies at 88 1995 Death Charles Hugh Shirley, publisher, dies at 66 1995 Death Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman, dies at 74 1995 Death Hugh Edward R O'Connor, actor (In the Heat of the Night), ODs at 32 1995 Death Timothy Hugh Brown, theatre critic, dies at 52 1994 Death Hugh Scott, Senator-R-Pennsylvania 1959 - 1977 1990 Death Hugh MacLennan, Canadian Author 1990 Death Hugh McPhillips, dies at 70 1990 Birthday Marston Glenn Hefner, son of Hugh Hefner and Kimberley Conrad 1989 Event Hugh Hefner (Playboy editor) weds playmate Kimberly Conrad 1987 Death Hugh Dempster, actor (Anna Karenina, Candles at Nine), dies 1987 Death Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum, Actor (Mr Green Jeans), dies at 77 1986 Event Hugh Whitemore's "Breaking the Code," premieres in London 1985 Death Hugh Burden, actor (Night of Laughing Dead), dies at 72 1983 Event Hugh Williams' "Pack of Lies," premieres in London 1982 Death Hugh Beaumont, actor (Ward-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 73 1982 Death Hugh Beaumont, actor (Ward-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 73 1982 Death Hugh Marlowe, actor (Jim Matthews-Another World), dies at 71 1980 Death Hugh Griffith, actor (Passover Plot, Ben Hur, Tom Jones), dies at 67 1979 Event Hugh Leonards "Life," premieres in Dublin 1977 Event Hugh Leonard's "Da," premieres in London 1977 Death Hugh Le Caine, composer, dies at 63 1975 Event 48th National Spelling Bee: Hugh Tosteson wins spelling incisor 1971 Death Hugh Wakefield, actress (Blithe Spirit), dies 1971 Birthday Hugh Douglas, NFL defensive end for the New York Jets 1969 Death Hugh Williams, actor (Human Monster), dies after surgery at 65 1968 Birthday Hugh Jackman, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, producer, movies include 'Kate & Leopold', 'The Prestige', 'X-Men', named 'Sexiest Man Alive' by People magazine 1963 Birthday Hugh Millen, NFL quarterback for the Denver Broncos 1963 Birthday Hugh Morris, cricketer, England lefty opening batsman 1991 1963 Death Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell, leader British Labour Party, dies at 56 1962 Birthday Hugh Edward Ralph O'Connor, actor, In the Heat of the Night 1960 Birthday Hugh Grant, born in London, England, 4 Weddings and a Funeral, 9 Months 1959 Birthday Hugh Laurie, born in Oxford, England, James Hugh Calum Laurie, actor, writer, musician, comedian, comedy partner, Stephen Fry, known for the Fry and Laurie double act, appears in successful Fox television drama House, playing role of Dr. Gregory House 1953 Birthday Hugh McDowell, chelloist, ELO-Telephone Line 1952 Birthday Christie Ann Hefner, daughter of Hugh Hefner, CEO, Playboy 1949 Birthday Hugh McKenna, rocker, Alex Harvey Band 1949 Birthday Hugh Cornwell, rocker, The Stranglers-Dreamtime 1949 Birthday Kate Taylor, born in Boston, Massachusetts, singer, songwriter, musical family members include Alex, Livingston, Hugh and James, albums include Sister Kate, Kate Taylor, famous hit 'It's In His Kiss' 1947 Death Hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61 1946 Death Hugh Allen, musician, dies 1945 Birthday Hugh Hopper, rocker, Soft Machine 1945 Birthday Hugh Grundy, born in Winchester England, drummer, Zombies-She's Not There 1944 Birthday William Hugh Albright, composer 1944 Death Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies 1943 Birthday Hugh Davies, born in Exmouth, England, composer, musicologist, invented musical instruments from household items, 1970's member of the Artist Placement Group 1943 Event F. Hugh Herbert's "Kiss and Tell," premieres in New York City 1942 Event Jacqueline Kennedy's mother marries Hugh Auchincloss 1942 Birthday Timothy Hugh Brown, theatre critic 1942 Birthday Hugh Shelton, American Soldier 1941 Death Hugh S Walpole, British writer (Killer and the Slain), dies 1941 Event 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies) 1940 Event 1st U.S. merchant ship "Booker T Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware 1939 Birthday Hugh Delane Thompson, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1991 MONY Syracuse 1939 Birthday Hugh Dykes, born in England, served as Conservative Member of Parliament for Harrow East, member of the European Parliament, Vice President of the British-German Association 1939 Birthday Hugh Masekela, born in Wilbank, South Africa, trumpeter, I Am Not Afraid 1934 Birthday Hugh Bidwell, mayor, London 1934 Birthday David Hugh Jones, Poole Dorset England, director, Betrayal 1932 Birthday Hugh Wood, born in Parbold, England, composer, studied with William Lloyd Webber, Anthony Milner, Iain Hamilton, works include Symphony and Violin Concerto 1930 Birthday Hugh Seymour, born in Britain, 8th Marquess of Hertford, Peerage of Great Britain 1929 Birthday Hugh Desmond Hoyte, president, Guyana, 1985-92 1929 Birthday Hugh Tayfield, cricketer, celebrated South African off-spinner 1949-60 1928 Birthday Hugh McElhenny, NFL halfback, SF, Minnesota, Giants, Detroit 1928 Birthday Charles Hugh Shirley, publisher 1928 Birthday Hugh Francis Lamprey, ecologist 1927 Death Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88 1927 Birthday Hugh Byatt, British diplomat 1926 Birthday Hugh Leonard, born in Dublin, Ireland, writer, winner, Jacob's Award, for 'Wuthering Heights', wrote Sunday Independent column 'The Curmudgeon' 1926 Birthday Hugh Hefner, born in Chicagp, magazine publisher, Playboy 1925 Birthday Hugh O'Brian, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Wyatt Earp, Search 1925 Birthday Hugh Leggatt, art dealer 1925 Event French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, and Hugh Jennings 1923 Birthday Hugh Beach, British General 1923 Birthday Hugh Lloyd, actor, Punch and Judy Man, Dunroamin' Rising 1923 Birthday Hugh Overton, British diplomat 1922 Birthday Thomas Hugh Eastwood, composer 1921 Birthday Hugh Neill, Lord-Lieutenant, South Yorkshire 1921 Birthday Hugh Downs, born in Akron, Ohio, TV journalist, 20/20, Concentration 1920 Birthday Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman 1920 Birthday Hugh Armstrong Clegg, industrial relations academic 1920 Birthday Hugh Henry Home Popham, aviator/writer/poet 1919 Birthday Hugh Carey, New York Governor, Democrat 1919 Birthday Hugh FitzRoy, born in Cape Town, South Africa, 11th Duke of Grafton, Deputy Lieutenant, KG, patrilineal descendant of King Charles II's third eldest illegitimate son 1919 Birthday Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist 1917 Birthday Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, medical writer 1917 Birthday Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist 1916 Death Hector Hugh Munro, British Novelist 1916 Event Groundbreaking begins on Hugh Grant Circle in Bronx 1914 Birthday Hugh Martin, American Composer 1914 Birthday Hugh Le Caine, composer 1914 Birthday Hugh Trevor-Roper, English Historian 1913 Birthday Hugh Ford, FRS mechanic engineer 1913 Birthday Hugh Stirling MacKenzie, British vice admiral 1912 Birthday Hugh Griffith, Wales, actor, Ben Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver! 1912 Birthday Hugh Martell, British Vice Admiral 1912 Event 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox) 1911 Event Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP 1911 Birthday Hugh Marlowe, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actor, Ellery Queen 1910 Birthday Hugh Casson CH, architect 1910 Birthday Hugh Casson, British Architect 1909 Birthday Hugh Davson, physiologist/writer 1909 Birthday Mervyn Hugh Cowie, willife conservationist 1909 Birthday Hugh Murphy, English multi-millionaire 1909 Birthday Hugh Beaumont, Lawrence, Kansas, actor, Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver 1907 Birthday Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario 1907 Birthday Hugh MacLennan, Canadian Author 1906 Event Hugh Jennings resigns as Baltimore manager to take over at Detroit in 1907 1906 Birthday Todd Naylor "Hugh" Gaitskell, MP, Labour 1905 Birthday Hugh Willatt, solicitor/public servant 1904 Birthday Hugh Plaxton, Canada, ice hockey player 1928 Olympics gold 1904 Event Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick in his final Test Cricket match 1904 Birthday Hugh Williams, actor and writer, Charley's Aunt, Bank Holiday 1903 Event 23rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Hugh L Doherty beats William A Larned (60 63 108) 1902 Birthday Hugh Chilvers, cricketer, great leggie of 30's for NSW but not Australia 1902 Event Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick vs. England at the MCG 1900 Birthday Hugh Scott, born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Senator-R-Pennsylvania 1959 - 1977 1897 Event Gustave Kecker/Hugh Martin's musical "Belle of New York City," premieres in New York City 1892 Birthday Hugh MacDiarmid, Scotland, writer, Scots Unbound 1888 Birthday Hugh Wakefield, Wanstead England, actress, Blithe Spirit 1886 Birthday Hugh Lofting, England, writer and illustrator, Dr. Dolittle 1884 Birthday Hugh "Shorty" Ray, supervisor of NFL officials, HOF member 1884 Event 1-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fanned 13 hitters 1884 Birthday Hugh S. Walpole, born in New Zealand, novelist and playwright, Jeremy, Maradick at 40 1883 Birthday Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Berners, 14th baron/composer 1883 Event Cleveland Hugh Daily no-hits Philadelphia 1-0 1883 Event Hugh Daily, a one-armed pitcher for Cleveland (Forest City), tosses 1-0 no-hitter against Philadelphia 1875 Birthday Hugh L Doherty, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1903 1872 Birthday Ralph Vaughan Williams, born in Down Ampney, England, composer, Hugh the Drover 1870 Birthday Hector Hugh Munro, British Novelist 1867 Birthday Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner, great Australia at turn of century 1865 Event Con Orem and Hugh O'Neill box 193 rounds before darkness ends match 1854 Birthday Hugh Massie, cricketer, Australian batsman of the 1880's 1839 Birthday Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer 1838 Birthday William Hugh Young, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1836 Birthday [Hugh] Judson Kilpatrick, Major General Union volunteers 1826 Birthday Hugh Boyle Ewing, Major General Union volunteers 1819 Death Hugh Williamson, American Politician 1819 Birthday Arthur Hugh Clough, poet, friend of Matthew Arnold 1813 Birthday William Hugh Keim, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1811 Birthday Hugh Thompson Reid, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1808 Birthday Hugh McCulloch, U.S. Secretary of Treasury 1808 Birthday Hugh Weedon Mercer, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1800 Death Hugh Blair, Scottish Theologian 1788 Birthday Hugh Clapperton, Annan Scotland, African explorer 1735 Birthday Hugh Williamson, American Politician 1718 Birthday Hugh Blair, Scottish Theologian 1640 Event Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin 1555 Death Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 1553 Event English Hugh Latimer arrested 1297 Death Hugh de Cressingham, English treasurer, dies in battle
