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1997 Joan Rice, actress, Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up, dies at 66

1995 John Trevor Key, photographer, dies at 48

1995 Key Arena opens, Seattle Supersonics beat Los Angeles Lakers 103-89

1992 New York Yankees sign free agent pitcher Jimmy Key

1992 Richard Brooks, director (Blackboard Jungle, Key Largo), dies at 79

1992 Dorothy Alison, actress (Maggie, 3rd Key, Long Arm), dies

1981 Kevin Wade's "Key Exchange," premieres in London

1975 Maxwell Maltz, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals, dies

1974 Edna Best, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape), dies at 74

1973 Nixon's personal sec, Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court she accidentally caused part of 18 -minute gap in a key Watergate tape

1969 Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself at Dinner Key Auditorium

1965 Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese writer (Key), dies at 79

1964 Amanda Sandrelli, Rome, Italy, actress, The Key

1961 Jimmy Key, born in Huntsville, Alabama, pitcher, Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Orioles

1960 Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established, 1st underwater park

1959 Maxwell Anderson, U.S. dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70

1958 Buses replace Key System trains at 3 AM

1954 Lionel Barrymore, Blythe, actor (Dr. Kildare, Key Largo), dies at 76

1953 Lewis Stone, actor (Just This Once, Key to the City), dies at 73

1949 Ken Follet, born in Cardiff, Wales, author, sold over 100 million copies of books including 'The Key to Rebecca', 'World Without End'

1949 Kalevi Aho, born in Forssa, Finland, composer, large-scale works, symphonies, vocal works, concertos, operas, including 'The Key', 'Insect Life'

1947 John Trevor Key, photographer

1946 Richard "Dick" N Richards, Key West, USN/astr, STS-28, 41, 50, 64

1946 Stefania Sandrelli, born in Viareggio, Italy, actress, Afredo, Key

1945 Robert Key, MP/British undersecretary for National Heritage

1939 Maxwell Anderson's "Key Largo," premieres in New York City

1938 Hitler seizes control of German army and puts Nazi in key posts

1930 Joan Rice, actress, Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up

1926 Ellen K S Key, Swed author/feminist (Century of the Child), dies at 76

1924 Lauren Bacall, born in New York City, actress, Dark Passage, Key Largo

1922 President Harding is 1st U.S. president to use radio, dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial in Baltimore

1912 Percy Aldridge Grainger's "Shepherd's Key," premieres

1905 Thomas Gomez, born in New York City, actor, Force of Evil, Key Largo, Kim, Sellout

1903 Yerba Buena is 1st Key System ferry to cross San Francisco Bay

1901 Brian Donlevy, Ireland, actor, Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island

1900 Edna Best, born in Hove, England, actress starred in Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo

1899 Maxwell Maltz, born in America, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals

1895 Susanne Langer, U.S., philosopher/educator, Philosophy in a New Key

1875 Thomas Hewitt Key, English Writer

1866 J Osterhoudt patents tin can with key opener

1849 Ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist, Courageous Woman

1843 Francis Scott Key, composer (Star Spangled Banner), dies at 63

1814 Francis Scott Key inspired to write "Star-Spangled Banner"

1799 Thomas Hewitt Key, English Writer

1779 Francis Scott Key, composer, Star-Spangled Banner

1627 Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67

1568 Willem Key, painter, dies at about 47


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