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2011 Event - Physician Conrad Murray, is found guilty of manslaughter in the death of the American entertainer Michael Jackson

2009 Event - Internet traffic reaches unprecedented levels after entertainer Michael Jackson's death triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief

2004 Death - Jackson Beck, voice over actor, Popeye, dies at 92

2004 Death - J. J. Jackson, DJ/VJ, first VJ on MTV, dies at 62

2003 Death - Maynard Jackson, lawyer/mayor, first black mayor of Atlanta, dies at 65

1999 Death - Iris Murdoch, writer, Jackson's Dilemma, dies at 79

1997 Event - Chicago Bull's coach Phil Jackson is quickest to reach 500 wins

1997 Event - Federal judge sentences Autumn Jackson, who claims to be Bill Cosby's daughter, to 26 months for trying to extort $40 million from him

1997 Event - Autumn Jackson, found guilty of trying to extort $40M from Bill Cosby

1997 Event - 31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and LeAnn Rimes

1997 Event - Michael Jackson and Bee Gees inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1997 Birthday - Michael Jackson, Jr., son of Michael Jackson

1996 Event - 30th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson

1996 Event - Lisa Marie Presley filed for divorce from Michael Jackson in New York

1995 Event - Michael Jackson collapses while rehearsing for an HBO special

1995 Event - 29th Country Music Association Award: Krauss Jackson win

1995 Event - 29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire

1994 Event - MTV awards feature newlyweds Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley

1994 Event - 11th MTV Awards: Aerosmith, Lisa Marie and Michael Jackson win

1994 Event - Actor Jackson Pinckney awarded $487,000 for being partially blinded by Jean-Claude Van Damme during filming of "Cyborg"

1994 Event - 28th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Ray Stevens

1994 Death - Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson, drummer, dies at 61

1994 Event - Michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26)

1994 Event - Lennox Lewis TKOs Phil Jackson in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

1994 Event - Colin Jackson runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.30 sec)

1994 Event - Medgar Evers' murderer Byron De La Beckwith sentenced to life, in Jackson Miss, 30 years after the crime

1994 Event - Accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy, Michael Jackson settles a civil lawsuit out of court

1994 Death - Grady "Fats" Jackson, tenor Sax Player, dies at 66

1993 Event - Colin Jackson runs world record 110m hurdles (12.91)

1993 Event - Reggie Jackson Day - New York Yankees retire 13th # (#44)

1993 Event - Reggie Jackson enshrined in Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York

1993 Event - 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Vince Gill

1993 Event - "Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC and drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people

1993 Event - 20th American Music Award: Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey win

1993 Event - Reggie Jackson elected to Hall of Fame

1992 Death - Jackson Weaver, voice of Smokey Bear, dies of diabetes

1992 Event - 26th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks

1991 Event - Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premieres on FOX TV

1991 Event - Jermaine Jackson releases "Word to the Badd!!" anti Michael song

1991 Event - "La Toya: Growing Up in The Jackson Family" goes on sale

1991 Event - "Michael Jackson: Magic and Madness" goes on sale

1991 Event - Bo Jackson signs 1-year contract with Chicago White Sox

1991 Event - Michael Jackson signs $65M 6 album deal with Sony records

1991 Event - Kansas City Royals announce they are putting Bo Jackson on waivers

1991 Event - Janet Jackson signs $40M 3 album deal with Virgin records

1991 Event - 18th American Music Award: M C Hammer and Janet Jackson

1990 Event - Shoeless Joe Jackson's signature is sold for $23,100

1990 Event - 1st Billboard Music Awards: Janet Jackson wins

1990 Event - Bo Jackson hits 4th of 4 consecutive home runs

1990 Event - Michael Jackson is hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage

1990 Event - Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains

1990 Event - 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson

1990 Death - Gordon Jackson, actor (Hamlet), dies after a short illness at 66

1989 Event - 60th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim All star MVP: Bo Jackson (Kansas City Royals)

1988 Event - Jose Canseco is 1st unanimous AL MVP since Reggie Jackson

1988 Event - San Antonio (Texas League) beats Jackson 1-0 in 26 innings

1988 Event - Jackson Pollock's "Search" sold for $4,800,000

1987 Event - Carlton Fisk clubs his 300th career home run off Danny Jackson

1987 Death - Travis Jackson, baseball player (New York Giants), dies at 83

1987 Event - Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains

1987 Event - 1st Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross

1986 Event - "Captain EO" with Michael Jackson premieres

1986 Event - Bo Jackson's 1st home run - a 475-foot blast (longest at Royal Stadium)

1986 Event - Bo Jackson, Heisman Trophy winner, singns with Kansas City Royals

1986 Event - Reggie Jackson hit his 537th home run passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place

1985 Event - 51st Heisman Trophy Award: Bo Jackson, Auburn (RB)

1985 Event - Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle songs) for $47 million

1985 Event - Reggie Jackson hits his 513th home run to move into 10th place

1984 Event - Reggie Jackson is 13th to hit 500 home runs

1984 Event - 26th Grammy Awards: Beat It, Michael Jackson wins 8

1984 Event - Reverend Jesse Jackson acknowledges that he called New York City, "Hymietown"

1984 Event - Michael Jackson awarded a 4-ft-high platinum disc by CBS

1984 Event - Michael Jackson is burned during filming for Pepsi commercial

1984 Event - Syria frees captured U.S. pilot after appeal from Jesse Jackson

1983 Event - Jesse Jackson launches his 1st campaign for presidency

1983 Event - Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson release "Say, Say, Say" in the United Kingdom

1983 Death - Henry M. Jackson, Senator-D-Washington 1941 - 1983, dies at 71 of an aortic aneurysm

1983 Death - Henry M. Jackson, American Politician

1983 Event - 11th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Hollis Stacy

1983 Birthday - Richard Jackson, Redlands, California, actor, Ryan Meyers-Saved by the Bell

1983 Event - Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times

1983 Event - Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 37 weeks

1982 Event - Michael Jackson releases 'Thriller'

1982 Event - Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson release "Girl is Mine"

1982 Event - 10th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Sandra Haynie

1982 Birthday - Jonathan Jackson, Orlando, Florida, actor, Lucky-General Hospital

1982 Event - Travis Jackson and Happy Chandler elected to Hall of Fame

1981 Event - 9th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Jan Stephenson

1980 Birthday - Jeremy Jackson, born in Newport Beach, California, actor, Shout, Baywatch

1980 Event - Yankees Reggie Jackson hits his 400th home run off Chicago's Britt Burns

1980 Event - 8th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Pat Bradley

1980 Death - Eddie Jackson, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 84

1979 Event - 7th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Amy Alcott

1978 Event - New York Yankee Reggie Jackson causes World Series controversy by getting in the way of a throw to 1st and deflects the ball away

1978 Event - Dodgers Bob Welch dramatically strikes out Reggie Jackson in 9th

1978 Event - Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 home run in 11 straight years

1978 Event - Billy Martin resigns as Yankee manager after "one is a born liar the other a convicted one" comment about Steinbrenner and Jackson

1978 Event - Reggie Jackson returns and helps Yankees win their 5th straight

1978 Event - Reggie Jackson refusal to bunt causes manager Billy Martin to suspend him

1978 Birthday - Joshua Jackson, actor, Mighty Ducks

1978 Event - 6th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): JoAnne Carner

1978 Event - Jackson slugs a 3-run home run in the 1st inning, and the field is showered

1977 Event - Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive homers tying Ruth's series record

1977 Event - 5th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Judy Rankin

1977 Event - Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation

1977 Birthday - Trina Jackson, 4X200m freestyle swimmer, 1996 Olympics gold

1976 Event - Free agent Reggie Jackson signs 5 year pact with New York Yankees

1976 Event - 1st mass-market free-agent reentry draft, Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Gullett, Tenace, Fingers, Baylor, Grich and McCovey, available

1976 Birthday - Shar Jackson, American Actress

1976 Event - Baltimore Oriole Reggie Jackson homers in 6th straight game

1976 Event - Yankees trade May, Martinez, Pagan, MacGregor and Demsey to Baltimore for Holtzman, Alexander, Grant Jackson, Elrod Henrick and Jim Freeman

1976 Event - 4th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Donna Caponi

1976 Death - Allan Jackson, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand), dies at 60

1976 Event - A's trade prospective free agents Reggie Jackson and Ken Holtzman, to Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell

1975 Death - Al Jackson, rock drummer (Booker T and The MG's), dies at 39

1975 Birthday - Karan Ashley Jackson, Odessa, Texas, actress, Aisha-Mighty Power Rangers

1975 Birthday - Curtis Jackson, American Musician

1975 Event - 3rd du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): JoAnne Carner

1974 Birthday - Lysa Jackson, Miss South Carolina USA 1996

1974 Event - 2nd du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Carole Jo Skala

1974 Event - A's Reggie Jackson and Bill North engage in clubhouse fight at Detroit

1974 Event - 46th Academy Awards - "Stng," Glenda Jackson and Jack Lemmon win

1973 Event - Oakland A's Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP unanimously

1973 Event - Maynard Jackson elected 1st black mayor of Atlanta

1973 Event - Jackson Pollocks painting "Blue Poles" sold for $2,000,000

1973 Birthday - Cara Jackson, born in Chandler, Arizona, Miss America-Arizona 1996

1973 Birthday - Aaron Jackson, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Mark Winkle-California Dreams

1973 Birthday - Bobby Jackson, NBA guard for the Denver Nuggets

1973 Birthday - Raymond Jackson, NFL defensive back for the Buffalo Bills

1973 Birthday - Grady Jackson, defensive tackle for the Oakland Raiders

1972 Birthday - Waverly Jackson, DL for the Carolina Panthers

1972 Death - Mahalia Jackson, vocalist (Got Whole World in His Hands), dies at 61

1972 Birthday - Jack Jackson, NFL/CFL wide receiver, Chicago Bears, Toronto Argonauts

1972 Birthday - Calvin Jackson, NFL cornerback for the Miami Dolphins

1972 Birthday - Tia Jackson, WNBA forward, Phoenix Mercury

1972 Event - Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, and Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain Georgia

1972 Event - Aretha Franklin sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral

1972 Death - Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60

1972 Birthday - Jeff Jackson, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies

1971 Event - Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) form Jesse Jackson

1971 Event - People United To Save Humanity (PUSH) forms by Jesse Jackson in Chic

1971 Birthday - Tyoka Jackson, defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1971 Birthday - Coni Lyn Hull, Jackson Michigan, Miss America-Michigan 1996

1971 Death - George Jackson, U.S. prisoner, shot to death at 29

1971 Birthday - Willie Jackson, NFL wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars

1971 Birthday - Selena, born Selena Quintanilla-Perez, born in Lake Jackson, Texas, Mexican American singer, called 'The Queen of Tejano music', released first album at age 12

1971 Event - 43rd Academy Awards - "Patton," George C Scott and Glenda Jackson win

1971 Death - Selmer Jackson, actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 82

1970 Birthday - Jim Jackson, NBA guard, Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers

1970 Event - WAPT TV channel 16 in Jackson, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting

1970 Birthday - Trise Jackson, WNBA guard for the Los Angeles Sparks

1970 Death - Jonathan P Jackson, U.S. black activist, shot dead

1970 Event - Mississippi Highway Patrol kills 2 at Jackson State College

1970 Event - Cops kill 2 students in racial disturbance (Jackson State U, Miss)

1970 Event - Jackson 5 make TV debut on American Bandstand

1970 Event - WMAA TV channel 29 in Jackson, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting

1969 Birthday - Leon Searcy, NFL offensive tackle, Pittsburgh Steelers, Jackson Jaguars

1969 Event - Jackson Five made their 1st appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show"

1969 Event - 1st Jackson Five record to enter top 100 (I Want You Back)

1969 Birthday - Tim Crabtree, Jackson, Michigan, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

1969 Birthday - Tim Jackson, Australian 100m/200m 1996 Olympics

1969 Event - Oakland A's Reggie Jackson gets 10 RBIs to beat Red Sox 21-7

1969 Birthday - Michael Jackson, NFL wide receiver, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens

1969 Birthday - Steve Jackson, NFL cornerback, Houston/Tennessee Oilers

1969 Birthday - Jennifer Lyn Jackson, born in Cleveland, Ohio, playmate, April, 1989

1969 Birthday - Victoria Fair, Jackson Michigan, Miss Michigan-America 1991

1968 Birthday - Jeff Barlow, born in Jackson, Mississippi, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Carolina Classic-5th

1968 Birthday - Lisa Marie Presley Keough Jackson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, daughter of Elvis

1967 Birthday - Jaren Jackson, NBA guard and forward, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs

1967 Birthday - Alfred Jackson, NFL cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings

1967 Birthday - Alfred Jackson, CFL receiver for the BC Lions

1967 Event - Phillies Larry Jackson beats New York Mets for 18th straight time

1967 Birthday - Colin Jackson, Cardiff, Wales, 100m hurdler 1988 Olympics silver

1966 Birthday - Greg Jackson, NFL strong safety, Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers

1966 Event - New York Mets pass up Reggie Jackson to draft Steve Chilcott #1

1966 Birthday - Janet Jackson, born in Gary, Indiana, singer, Michael's sister, Control

1966 Birthday - Mark Jackson, NBA guard for the Indiana Pacers

1966 Event - Twister hits Jackson, Mississippi; 3 minutes after 1st sighting, 57 die

1966 Birthday - Kate Schellenbach, musician, Luscious Jackson

1965 Birthday - Gabrielle Glaser, musician, Luscious Jackson

1965 Birthday - Chuckii Booker, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, singer, songwriter, bandleader, rhythm and blues artist, musical director, recorded and produced with Barry White, Janet Jackson

1965 Death - Shirley Hardie Jackson, U.S. author (Road Through the Wall), dies at 45

1965 Birthday - Mark Jackson, NBA guard for the Indiana Pacers

1965 Birthday - Matt Jackson, Birmingham, Michigan, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Payless

1965 Death - Jimmie Lee Jackson, civil rights activist, dies of injuries

1965 Birthday - John Jackson, NFL offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers

1964 Birthday - Mike Jackson, born in Houston, Texas, pitcher for the Seattle Mariners

1964 Birthday - Kevin Jackson, Highland Falls, New York, 180 lbs freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1964 Birthday - Wendy Wyland, Jackson, Michigan, platform diver 1984 Olympics bronze

1964 Birthday - Dave Ellefson, born in Jackson, Minnesota, bass guitar player, founder and member, thrash metal band, Megadeth

1964 Birthday - Mary-Louise Parker, Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, actress, Fried Green Tomatoes

1963 Birthday - Zina Garrison Jackson, born in Houston, Texas, tennis star, 1988/90 Wimbledon

1963 Death - Medgar Evers, NAACP official, shot in Jackson Miss at 37

1962 Birthday - Tammy Jackson, WNBA forward and center for the Houston Comets

1962 Birthday - Bo Jackson, baseball/football player, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Raiders

1962 Birthday - Steven R "Randy" Jackson, U.S. percussionist/singer, Enjoy Yourself

1962 Birthday - Clive "Doctor" Jackson, rocker, Dr. and Medics-Laughing at Pieces

1962 Event - Donald Jackson of Canada, is 1st to land a triple lutz ice skate jump

1962 Birthday - Danny Jackson, U.S. baseball pitcher, Royals/Phillies/Cardinals

1961 Birthday - Paul Jackson, cricketer, slow lefty bowler for Victoria and Queensland

1961 Birthday - Peter Jackson, New Zealander Director

1961 Birthday - Randy Jackson, born in Gary, Indiana, rocker, Jackson 5-ABC

1961 Birthday - Grace Jackson, born in St. Ann, Jamaica, 200m runner 1988 Olympics silver

1961 Event - 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson, Mississippi

1960 Birthday - Karch Kiraly, Jackson, Michigan, volleyballer, Gold Medals 1984, 1988, 1996 Olympics

1960 Birthday - Karch Kiraly, Jackson, Michigan, volleyballer, 3 Gold Medals 1984, 1988, 1996 Olympics

1960 Birthday - Curt Ford, born in Jackson, Mississippi, professional baseball player, played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies Major League Baseball teams

1960 Birthday - Alice Regina Brown, born in Jackson, Mississippi, 4X100 runner, Gold Medals 1984, 1988 Olympics

1960 Birthday - Tom Jackson, Oakville, Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 CPGA Winter

1960 Birthday - Stoney Jackson, Richmond, Virginia, actor, White Shadow, Insiders

1960 Birthday - Eddie Jackson, bassist, Queensryche-Breaking the Silence

1959 Birthday - Missy Cleveland, Jackson, Mississippi, playmate, April, 1979

1959 Birthday - Victoria Jackson, born in Miami, Florida, actress, Casual Sex, SNL, UHF

1959 Birthday - Victoria Jackson, born in Miami, Florida, comedian, SNL, Casual Sex

1958 Birthday - Linda Jackson, born in Montreal, Quebec, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1958 Birthday - Alan Jackson, born in Newnan, Georgia, country singer, Here in the Real World

1958 Event - Jackie Pung wins LPGA Jackson Golf Open

1958 Birthday - Michael Jackson, born in Gary, Indiana, singer, Thriller, Bad

1958 Death - Judge Jackson, composer, dies at 75

1958 Birthday - Rickey Jackson, NFL defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers

1957 Birthday - Chico Walker, born in Jackson, Mississippi, professional baseball player, second base, played for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, California Angels, New York Mets

1957 Event - Floyd Patterson TKOs Tommy Jackson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

1957 Birthday - Marlon D. Jackson, born in Gary, Indiana, singer, Jackson 5-Maybe Tomorrow

1956 Birthday - Freddie Jackson, U.S. R&B singer and songwriter, Rock Me Tonight

1956 Death - Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton)

1956 Birthday - La Toya Yvette Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer, Playboy, Millipede

1956 Birthday - LaToya Jackson, singer, If You Feel the Funk

1956 Birthday - Charly McClain, born in Jackson, Tennessee, country singer, Radio Heart

1956 Birthday - Philip Jackson Ford, Jr., North Carolina, basketball player 1976 Olympics gold

1955 Birthday - Stu Jackson, Reading, Pennsylvania, NBA coach, New York Knicks, 1989-90

1955 Birthday - Cassandra Wilson, born in Jackson, Mississippi, jazz singer, guitar player, jazz and blues genres, album 'New Moon Daughter' won Grammy Award

1955 Birthday - Martin Jackson, rocker, Swing Out Sister-Swing Out

1955 Event - WBBJ TV channel 7 in Jackson, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting

1955 Birthday - Randy Jackson, New Orleans, guitarist, Zebra-Tell Me What You Want

1954 Birthday - Jermaine Jackson, born in Gary, Indiana, singer, Jackson 5-ABC

1954 Death - Robert H. Jackson, American Statesman

1954 Birthday - Joe Jackson, English singer/pianist/composer, The Harder they Come

1953 Event - WLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Birthday - Tom Sanders, Jackson Wyoming, aerial cameraman, Living Daylights

1953 Birthday - [Toriano] Tito Jackson, singer, Jackson 5-ABC, Never Can Say Goodbye

1953 Birthday - Tito Jackson, American Musician

1953 Birthday - Ron Jackson, born in Birmingham, Alabama, professional baseball player, played Major League Baseball, hitting coach for Boston Red Sox, 2003 - 2006

1953 Event - WJTV TV channel 12 in Jackson, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting

1952 Birthday - Beth Henley, Jackson, Mississippi, actress/playwright, Miss Firecracker

1951 Death - "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, of baseball's black sox scandal, dies

1951 Death - Shoeless Joe Jackson, American Athlete

1951 Event - William H. Jackson, ends term as deputy director of CIA

1951 Birthday - Jackie Jackson, Sigmund, born in Gary, Indiana, rocker, Jackson 5-ABC

1951 Birthday - Jackson Spires, rock drummer, Blackfoot

1951 Event - South Carolina House urges "Shoeless Joe" Jackson be reinstated

1951 Birthday - Walt Willey, Ottawa, Illinois, actor, Jackson Montgomery-All My Children

1950 Event - William H. Jackson, becomes deputy director of CIA

1950 Birthday - Rebbie [Maureen] Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer, R U Tuff Enuff

1950 Birthday - Sheila Jackson Lee, American Politician

1948 Birthday - Samuel L. Jackson, actor, Amos and Andrew, White Sand, Pulp Fiction

1948 Birthday - Kate Jackson, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actress, Rookies, Charlie's Angels

1948 Birthday - Jackson Browne, U.S. Base in Germany, rock voclaist, Lawyers in Love

1948 Event - Actor Eli Wallach marries actress Anne Jackson

1947 Birthday - Tommy James, born in Dayton, Ohio, born Thomas Gregory Jackson, musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, led rock band Tommy James and the Shondells

1947 Birthday - John Wiley Bryant, born in Lake Jackson, Texas, Representative-D-Texas 1983 - 1997

1946 Birthday - Susan Sarandon, born in Jackson Hgts, New York, actress, Bull Durham

1946 Birthday - Robert Jackson, MP/minister of British Civil Service

1946 Birthday - Reggie Jackson, Mr. October - baseball rightfielder, Yankees, A's

1946 Event - Pulitzer prize awarded to Arthur M. Schlesinger (Age of Jackson)

1946 Birthday - Harold Jackson, Hattiesburg, MS, NFL wide receiver, LA, New Engl

1945 Birthday - Phil Jackson, Deer Lodge Montana, NBA star, Knicks, coach, Bulls

1945 Birthday - Alphonso Jackson, American Public Servant

1945 Birthday - Jewell Jackson McCabe, President, national coaltion of 100 black women

1945 Birthday - Charles "Chuck" Jackson, U.S. singer, Playboy, Independents

1944 Birthday - Mac Collins, born in Jackson, Georgia, Representative-R-Georgia 1993 - 2005

1944 Birthday - Millie Jackson, born in Thompson, Georgia, model/singer, Get it out 'cha system

1944 Birthday - Maurice Jackson, U.S. singer, Independents-Leaving You

1943 Birthday - Dan Coats, born in Jackson, Michigan, Representative-R-Indiana 1981 - 1999

1943 Birthday - Kevin Dobson, born in Jackson Heights, New York, actor, Kojak, Knots Landing, Shannon

1943 Birthday - Lee Jackson, rocker, Nice

1942 Birthday - Grant "Mudcat" Jackson, pitcher, 1972 New York Yankees, Phillies

1941 Birthday - Tommy Rettig, Jackson Heights, New York, actor, Jeff's Collie-Lassie

1941 Birthday - Lucas Brown Jackson, San Marcos, Texas, basketballer 1964 Olympic gold

1941 Birthday - Jesse Jackson, born in Greenville, South Carolina, clergyman/presidential candidate, D

1941 Birthday - Christopher Jones, Jackson, Tennessee, actor, Wild in the Streets

1941 Birthday - Doris Coley, born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, lead singer of The Shirelles, married names are Doris Coley Kenner and Doris Kenner Jackson, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1941 Birthday - Jackson Hill, born in Birmingham, Alabama, composer, vocal music, teacher, Ph.D. Musicology, teacher, Duke University, Bucknell University

1940 Death - Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62

1940 Event - Leon Trotsky, revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson, dies Aug 21

1940 Birthday - Tony Jackson, born in Liverpool, rock bassist/vocalist, Searchers

1939 Birthday - Mike Hill, born in Jackson, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1977 Ohio Kings Island Open

1938 Birthday - Roger Laver, Jackson, rock keyboardist, Tornados

1938 Birthday - Pervis Jackson, rocker, Spinners

1937 Birthday - Wanda Jackson, Maud Oklahoma, country singer, Let's Have a Party

1937 Birthday - Chuck Jackson, born in Latta, South Carolina, singer, Any Day Now, I Don't Want to Cry

1937 Birthday - Dave Hill, born in Jackson, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1967 Memphis

1937 Birthday - Don Massengale, born in Jackson, Texas, PGA golfer, 1966 Bing Crosby Celebrity

1936 Birthday - John Dancy, born in Jackson, Texas, newscaster, Prime Time Sunday

1936 Birthday - Glenda Jackson, Cheshire, England, actress, Women in Love

1935 Birthday - Al Jackson, Jr., born in Memphis, Tennessee, drummer, Booker T and MGs-Chinese Checkers

1935 Birthday - Brendan Jackson, British air marshal

1934 Birthday - Wink Martindale, Jackson, Tennessee, TV host, Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This

1934 Event - Tornoto Maple Leaf Harvey Jackson is 1st to score 4 goals in 1 period

1934 Event - Kenesaw Mountain Landis denies Joe Jackson's appeal for reinstatement

1933 Birthday - Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson, drummer

1932 Birthday - Stonewall Jackson, rocker

1932 Birthday - Carl Perkins, born in Jackson, Tennessee, singer and songwriter, Blue Suede Shoes

1932 Birthday - Alfred M Worden, Jackson Michigan, Colonel USAF/astronaut, Apollo 15

1931 Birthday - Larry Jackson, baseball player

1929 Birthday - Joseph Jackson, American Businessman

1929 Birthday - Lee Hazelwood, born in Oklahoma, country singer and songwriter, Summer Wine, Jackson

1929 Event - Archie Jackson scores 164 on Test Cricket debut vs. England at Adelaide

1928 Birthday - Keith Jackson, Carrolton, Georgia, sportscaster, ABC Monday Night Football

1927 Birthday - Grady "Fats" Jackson, tenor sax player

1927 Birthday - Raymond Jackson, Jaki, British cartoonist

1926 Birthday - Anne Jackson, Penn, actress, Dirty Dingus Magee, Angel Levine

1926 Birthday - Lawrence Jackson, Provost Emeritus, Blackburn

1925 Birthday - Tom Jackson, British union leader, Post Office

1923 Birthday - Milton Jackson, U.S., vibraphonist, Milt of Bags

1922 Birthday - Jackson Mac Low, composer

1921 Birthday - Les Jackson, cricket bowler, England twice, 1949 and 1961

1921 Birthday - Douglass Watson, Jackson Georgia, actor, Satan Murders, Another World

1919 Birthday - Shirley Jackson, U.S., writer, Road Through the Wall

1917 Birthday - Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Ohio, historian, 1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson

1917 Birthday - Francis Jackson, organist and master of Music/York minister

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

1915 Event - White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleveland in exchange for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, and $31,500

1913 Birthday - Juanita E Jackson Mitchell, U.S. head, NAACP

1912 Birthday - Henry M. Jackson, born in Everett, Washington, Senator-D-Washington 1941 - 1983

1912 Birthday - Jackson Pollock, born in Cody, Wyoming, expressionist painter, Lavender Mist

1911 Birthday - Mahalia Jackson, New Orleans, gospel singer, Whole World in his Hands

1911 Birthday - Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

1910 Birthday - Lehman Engel, Jackson, Mississippi, conductor/comp, Streetcar Named Desire

1909 Birthday - Eudora Welty, born in Jackson, Mississippi, novelist, Optimist's Daughter-Pulitzer 1973

1906 Birthday - Edward Lansing Gordon, Jr., Jackson, Mississippi, long jumper, Olympics gold 32

1902 Event - 27th Preakness: L Jackson aboard Old England wins in 1:45.8

1892 Birthday - Robert Houghwout Jackson, 84th Supreme Court justice, 1941-54

1892 Birthday - Robert H. Jackson, American Statesman

1891 Event - Boxers Peter Jackson and Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds

1889 Birthday - Shoeless Joe Jackson, American Athlete

1888 Birthday - Selmer Jackson, Iowa, actor, Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1887 Birthday - Joe Jackson, black sox player, Say it aint so, Joe

1885 Death - Helen Hunt Jackson, American Writer

1883 Birthday - Judge Jackson, composer

1870 Birthday - Stanley Jackson, cricketer, captain of England, governor of Bengal

1870 Event - Memoria of Jackson Kemper, 1st Missionary Bishop in US

1868 Event - Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson

1866 Death - William Jackson, composer, dies at 51

1865 Death - William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies

1864 Event - Federals occupy Jackson, Mississippi

1863 Event - Battle of Jackson, Mississippi and Battle of Birdsong Ferry, Mississippi

1863 Event - Battle of Jackson, Mississippi

1863 Death - Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Confederate general (Civil War), dies

1863 Death - Thomas J. Jackson, American Soldier

1863 Event - Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville, wounded by his own men

1863 Death - Daniel Smith Donelson, Confederate gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61

1862 Event - Skirmish at Jackson/Salem Church, Tennessee (80 casualties)

1862 Death - Conrad Feger Jackson, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 49

1862 Death - James Streshley Jackson, attorney and Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 39

1862 Event - Lee splits his army and sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry

1862 Event - Stonewall Jackson occupies Frederick, Maryland

1862 Event - Prelude to 2nd Manassas, Jackson is victorious at Battle of Cedar Mt., however General Charles S. Winder is killed

1862 Event - Valley Campaign-Stonewall Jackson takes Ft. Royal, Virginia

1862 Event - Battle of Ft. Jackson, Ft. St. Philip and New Orlean's, Louisiana

1862 Event - Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA

1862 Event - General Stonewall Jackson evacuates Winchester Virginia Army of the Potomac, General Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief

1862 Event - Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney, WV

1862 Event - Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson occupies Bath

1862 Event - Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson moves north from Winchester

1861 Birthday - Frederick Jackson Turner, Wisconsin, historian/educator, Harvard U

1861 Event - Colonal Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general

1861 Event - Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers to stop Federates from taking over his state

1861 Death - James T Jackson, U.S. landlord (doodde EE Ellsworth), shot dead)

1861 Event - Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry

1861 Event - Ft. Jackson and Ft. Philip are taken over by LA state troops

1861 Event - U.S. Ft. Pulaski and Ft. Jackson, Savannah, seized by Georgia

1860 Event - Thomas J. Jackson is assigned to command Harpers Ferry

1860 Event - Clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in SF, 89 days out of NY

1860 Birthday - Jackson Showalter, 1st U.S. chess champion

1853 Event - 1st U.S. bronze equestrian statue (of Andrew Jackson) unveiled, Wash

1845 Death - Andrew Jackson, (D) 7th President (1828-37), dies at 78

1837 Event - U.S. president Andrew Jackson and Congress recognizes Republic of Texas

1836 Birthday - Fannie M Jackson, pioneer and educator, 1st U.S. Black woman college grad

1835 Birthday - William Hicks "Red" Jackson, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1835 Event - New Orleans gives U.S. government Jackson Square to be used as a mint

1835 Event - Richard Lawrence misfires at President Andrew Jackson in Washington D.C.

1834 Birthday - Joseph Jackson Bartlett, Major General Union volunteers

1834 Event - Senate censure President Jackson for taking federal deposits from Bank of U.S.

1834 Event - President Jackson orders 1st use of U.S. troops to suppress a labor dispute

1833 Birthday - Charles Jackson Paine, Major General Union volunteers

1832 Event - John Calhoun becomes 1st Vice President to resign over differences with President Jackson

1832 Event - Andrew Jackson re-elected president of US

1832 Event - President Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter 2nd Bank of US

1831 Birthday - Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author, Ramona

1830 Birthday - Helen Hunt Jackson, American Writer

1830 Birthday - Richard Henry Jackson, Major General Union volunteers

1829 Event - President Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses

1829 Event - Andrew Jackson inaugurated as 7th president

1829 Event - Unruly crowd mobs White House during President Jackson inaugural ball

1828 Death - Rachel Jackson, wife of 7th U.S. President Andrew Jackson, dies

1828 Event - Andrew Jackson elected 7th president of US

1827 Birthday - Edmund Jackson Davis, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1824 Event - Jackson, WH Crawford and H Clay Adams eventually declared president

1824 Event - Popular presidential vote 1st recorded; Jackson beats J Q Adams

1824 Birthday - Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1824 Event - Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of 1st public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson

1824 Birthday - Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lieutenant General 2nd Corps, ANV, Confederate

1824 Birthday - Thomas J. Jackson, American Soldier

1822 Death - George Knowil Jackson, composer, dies at 65

1822 Birthday - Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General Union volunteers

1820 Birthday - Henry Rootes Jackson, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1819 Birthday - Henry Jackson Hunt, Major General Union Army

1818 Event - General Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola Florida

1818 Event - General Andrew Jackson conquers St. Marks Florida from Seminole indians

1815 Birthday - Thomas Jackson Rodman, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1815 Birthday - Andrew Jackson Smith, Major General Union volunteers

1815 Birthday - Andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1815 Birthday - William Jackson, composer

1814 Event - Battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians

1814 Event - Battle at Horseshoe Bend: General Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians

1813 Birthday - Conrad Feger Jackson, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1807 Birthday - Alfred Eugene "Mudwall" Jackson, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1803 Birthday - Alexander Jackson Davis, U.S., architect, gothic revivalist

1803 Death - William Jackson, composer, dies at 73

1788 Event - Captain Arthur Phillip hoists English flag on Port Jackson, New South Wales

1787 Event - Andrew Jackson admitted to bar

1782 Birthday - John Caldwell Calhoun, South Carolina, Andrew Jackson's Vice President, 1825 - 1832

1767 Birthday - Rachel Donelson Jackson, wife of President Andrew, 1828-37, died 1828

1767 Birthday - Andrew Jackson, General and 7th President, 1829-37

1757 Birthday - George Knowil Jackson, composer

1730 Birthday - William Jackson, composer













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