2000 Death Alex Comfort, physician, poet, novelist, anarchist, pacifist, 'The New Joy of Sex', dies at 80 1999 Death Hoyt Axton, singer/actor/songwriter, Joy to the World, dies at 61 1996 Death Joy Newton, dancer, dies at 82 1994 Death Norman Beaton, actor (Eureka, Black Joy, Mighty Quinn), dies at 60 1993 Death Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure 1993 Death Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Live), dies of liver failure at 47 1993 Event NY Judge Sol Wachtler indicted for harassing Joy Silverman 1991 Death Joy Finzi, Joyce A Black, British painter, dies at 84 1985 Death Leatrice Joy, silent screen star, dies in Riverdale (Bronx) New York City at 91 1981 Death Jean Dixon, actress (Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once), dies 1980 Death Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23 1980 Death Joy Adamson, author (Born Free), killed by her servant at 69 1978 Birthday Louise Joy Brown, born in Oldham, England, world's 1st "test tube baby" 1977 Birthday Tania Joy Gibson, born in Lake Barrington, Illinois, Miss America-Illinois 1997 1973 Birthday Paul Walker, born in Glendale, California, actor, known for 'The Fast and the Furious' movie, also appeared in films, '2 Fast 2 Furious', 'Joy Ride', 'Eight Below' 1971 Death Melville Cooper, actor (Diane, Bundle of Joy), dies of cancer at 75 1970 Death Giuseppe Ungaretti, writer, poet, modernist, academic, best known work 'L'allegria' or 'The Joy', dies in Milan, Italy, at age 82, of bronchopneumonia 1968 Birthday Joy Fawcett, Inglewood California, soccer defender 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Traylor Howard, born in Orlando, Florida, actress, Joy Byrnes-Boston Common 1964 Birthday Joy Ellen Kitzmiller, born in Los Angeles, California, U.S. badminton player 1992 Olympics 1964 Death Nicholas Joy, actor (Boss Lady), dies at 80 1957 Birthday Stephen Morris, English pop drummer, Joy Division-Atmosphere 1956 Event U.S.S.R. single sculls winner Vyacheslav Ivanov wins Olympic gold medal in his excitement he jumps for joy, and loses his medal, it sinks 1956 Birthday Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist, Joy Division-Transmission 1956 Birthday Bernard Albrecht, English pop guitarist, Joy Division 1952 Birthday Amy Tan, born in Oakland, California, author, wrote, 'The Bonesetter's Daughter', 'Saving Fish From Drowning', novel, 'The Joy Luck Club', became successful film 1951 Birthday Robert Joy, born in Montreal, Quebec, actor, Big Shots, Suicide Club 1945 Birthday Roland Joffe, director, City of Joy, Mission, Killing Fields 1945 Birthday Kevin Ayers, England, progressive rocker, Joy of a Toy 1945 Birthday Joy Garrett, actress, Jo-Days of Our Lives 1945 Birthday [Eileen] Joy[ce] Chant [Rutter], UK, sci-fi author, High Kings 1943 Birthday Joy Harmon, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Cool Hand Luke 1942 Birthday Jeff Neighbour, U.S. bassist, Joy of Cooking 1942 Birthday John McLaughlin, rock guitarist, Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy 1938 Birthday Toni Brown, U.S. guitarist/singer/keyboardist, Joy of Cooking 1938 Birthday Terry Garthwaite, U.S. guitarist/singer, Joy of Cooking 1935 Birthday Reverend Ike, South Carolina, evangelist minister, Joy of Living 1934 Birthday Norman Beaton, actor, Eureka, Black Joy, Mighty Quinn 1933 Birthday Ron Wilson, U.S. percussionist, Joy of Cooking 1924 Birthday Joy Page, American Actress 1923 Birthday Denise Levertov, American poet/essayist, Joy Beneath the Skin 1921 Birthday Joan Tetzel, born in New York City, actress, Hell Below Zero, Joy in the Morning 1921 Birthday Logan Ramsey, born in Long Beach, California, actor, Head, Joy Sticks, Say Yes 1920 Birthday Alex Comfort, born in England, physician, poet, novelist, anarchist, pacifist, wrote "The Joy of Sex", a scholarly approach to sexual behavior 1910 Birthday Joy Adamson, naturalist/author, Born Free 1907 Birthday Joy Finzi, Joyce A. Black, British painter 1904 Birthday John Breeden, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Salute, Madame Racketeer, Joy Street 1902 Birthday Blanche Calloway, U.S. vocalist/dancer, 12 Clouds of Joy 1888 Birthday Giuseppe Ungaretti, born in Alexandria, Egypt, writer, poet, modernist, academic, best known work 'L'allegria' or 'The Joy' 1884 Birthday Nicholas Joy, Paris, France, actor, Boss Lady 1770 Birthday Ludwig Van Beethoven, composer, 5th Symphony, Ode to Joy 1770 Birthday Ludwig von Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer, Ode to Joy 1759 Birthday Frederich von Schiller, Germany, poet/lyricist, Ode to Joy
