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1997 Jack Kent Cooke, NFL owner for the Washington Redskins, dies at 84

1996 Dean Headley takes 3rd cricket hat-trick of season, Kent vs. Hampshire

1996 Sunday League game Kent 6-314 overhaul Leicestershire's 4-311

1995 Hopper Levett, Kent cricket wicketkeeper (1930-47, Test 1934), dies

1995 Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians vs. Kent

1994 Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Dodgers, 6-0

1994 Walter Kent, U.S. composer (I'll Be Home for Christmas), dies at 82

1992 Mets trade David Cone to Toronto for Jeff Kent and Ryan Thompson

1992 New York Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent

1991 Atlanta Braves Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers and Alejandro Pena pitched 1st combined no-hitter in NL, beating San Diego Padres, 1-0

1991 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent

1989 Jockey Kent Desormeaux sets record with 598 wins in a year

1989 IRA-bomb kills 10 British marines in Kent

1989 Reds reliever Kent Tekulve retires after 1,070 appearances

1988 Kent Tekulve is 2nd pitcher in majors to appear in 1,000 games

1987 Phillies Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief

1987 Alan and Colin Wells make 303* partnership for Sussex vs. Kent

1987 Kent Taylor, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders), dies at 79

1985 Kent Smith, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies at 78

1985 Kent Hrbek signs 5-year, $6 million contract with Minnesota Twins

1980 Jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies

1976 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students

1974 Joey Kent, wide receiver for the Tennessee Oilers

1972 Paul Michael Kent, Australia, NZ breastroker 1996 Olympics

1971 Kent Manderville, Edmonton, NHL left wing for the Edmonton Oilers

1970 Dawn Ponte, born in Kent, Rhode Island, dance skater, & Frey-1995 Eastern, Jr. champ

1970 Nicholas CEJ Windsor, son of English prince Edward, duke of Kent

1970 National Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio

1970 4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard

1969 Mark Ealham, cricketer, Kent and England Test all-rounder 1996

1969 Jason Kent Bateman, Rye, New York, actor, David-Valerie, Hogan Family

1969 Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's Los Angeles Kings, fines each player $100 for "NOT" arguing with the referee

1968 Kent Bottenfield, born in Portland, Oregon, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs

1968 Kent Graham, NFL quarterback, Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals

1968 Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61

1968 Kent Steffes, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, beach volleyballer, 1996 Olympics gold

1968 Dancer Image DQ due to drugs after winning 94th Kent Derby in 2:02

1968 Jeff Kent, born in Bellflower California, infielder for the New York Mets

1968 Kent Mercker, Dublin, Ohio, pitcher, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles

1968 Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star

1967 Andrew Dunkley, Kent England, golfer, 1991-93 Co-Captain University of W Fla

1967 Kent Jones, Portales, New Mexico, golfer, NM State Amateur-1990-91

1963 Kent Ferguson, born in Cedar Rapids Iowa, diver, 1992 and 1996 Olympics

1961 English prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley

1961 Kent Hull, NFL center for the Buffalo Bills

1959 Yanks trade Marv Thronberry, Don Larsen, Hank Bauer and Norm Seibern for Roger Maris, Kent Hadley and Joe Deaestri

1958 Kurt Rambis, NBA forward, Lakers, Hornets, /Clark Kent look-a-like

1957 Siouxsie Sioux, [Susan Ballion], Kent England, Siouxsie and Banshees

1956 Kent V. Rominger, born in Del Norte, Colorado, U.S. Navy /astronaut, STS 73, 80, 85

1953 Arthur Kent, newscaster [Scud Stud], NBC-Gulf War coverage

1953 Martin Kent, cricketer, Queensland batsman played for Australia 1981

1953 Kent Bostick, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, pursuit cyclist, Olympics-84, 96

1952 Joseph Kent Massey, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, soling yachter 1996 Olympics bronze

1950 Peter Frampton, born in Kent, England, guitarist and vocalist, Frampton Comes Alive

1948 Kent Conrad, Sen-D North Dakota

1943 Karin Kent, [Janneke Kanteman], Dutch singer

1943 Lobo, [Kent Lavoie], rocker

1942 Kent McCord, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Officer Jim Reed-Adam 12

1942 Michael G C F, English prince of Kent

1942 Kent Bede Bernard, Trinidad, 4X400 runner 1964 Olympics bronze

1938 Allegra Kent, born in Santa Monica, California, ballerina

1938 Arthur Fagg completes 244 and 202 in the same cricket game for Kent

1937 Allegra Kent, U.S. actress, Addams Family

1936 Richard Rodney Bennett, Broadstairs Kent England, composer

1935 Edward GNPP, English prince/duke of Kent

1934 Mary Quant, Kent England, fashion designer, Chelsea Look, Mod Look

1933 Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley, England, Duchess of Kent

1931 Duke and Duchess of Kent wed

1929 Thom Gunn, Kent England, poet, The Wound

1929 Bruce Kent, British Activist

1928 Arnold Kent, dies

1928 Bob Monkhouse, Kent England, comedian, Bonkers

1927 David Ingram, Vice-Chancellor, University of Kent at Canterbury

1924 Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton, born in Sparta, Wisconsin, Major USAF/astro, Apollo 18

1924 Hattie Jacques, Kent England, actress, Carry on Doctor

1923 Kent L Lee, U.S. vice-admiral, WW II-Marianas/Palau

1921 Jean Kent, born in London, England, actress, Adv of Sir Francis Drake

1919 Bob Boucher, Kent Ohio, orch leader, Music on Ice

1915 Arthur Fagg, cricketer, dual double-centuries in a game for Kent 1938

1915 Alan Watts, Kent England, writer, Book on the Taboo

1913 Kent Wheeler Kennan, composer

1912 Jack Kent Cooke, NFL team owner for the Washington Redskins

1911 Harry Andrews, Kent England, actor, Equus, Man of La Mancha

1909 1st forestry school is incorporated at Kent, Ohio

1907 Kent Smith, born in New York City, actor, Peyton Place, Invaders

1906 Kent Taylor, [Louis Weiss], Iowa, actor, Boston Blackie, Rough Riders

1905 Boyd Neel, Blackheath, Kent England, conductor, Story of an Orch

1904 Anthony Bushell, Kent England, actor, Journey's End

1903 Bob Hope, Kent, England, entertainer, famous profile

1900 Larry Kent, California, director, High Stakes

1888 A P "Tich" Freeman, cricket leg-spinner, legend for Kent and England

1882 Rockwell Kent, artist/painter/illustrator, Canterbury Tales

1863 Alec Hearne, cricketer, brother of George and Frank, Kent 1884-1910

1857 Elisha Kent Kane, Arctic explorer (Kane Basin), dies at 37

1848 Edmund Hickly gets 1st known 10 wicket innings (Kent vs. England)

1820 Elisha Kent Kane, U.S. Arctic explorer, Kane Basin off NW Greenland

1776 James Kent, composer, dies at 76

1763 James Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies

1748 William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies

1700 James Kent, composer

1554 Sir Thomas Wyatt gathers an army in Kent, rebels against Queen Mary

1534 Elizabeth Barton, [St. Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies



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