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2003 Stanley Fafara, kid actor, Leave It to Beaver, dies at 53

1994 Richard McClure Scarry, U.S. kid book illustrator/writer, dies at 74

1993 Shari Beadley weds Christopher Martin (Kid 'n Play)

1993 Billy Conn, boxer/actor (Pittsburgh Kid), dies at 75

1992 Gene O'Donnell, actor (Ape, Miracle Kid), dies of lung cancer at 81

1991 Hotze de Roos, carpenter/kid book writer (Chameleon series), dies

1991 New Kid Donnie Wahlberg, arrested on arson charges in Kentucky

1990 Eva Sully Block, actress (Kid Millions), dies of heart failure at 88

1990 New Kid on the Block Donnie Wahlberg release from hospital after fall

1990 Sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62

1986 [Irving] Lee Dorsey, Kid Chocolate, U.S. boxer/singer, dies at 59

1985 "Tap Dance Kid" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 669 performances

1984 Duncan Renaldo, actor (Cisco Kid), dies at 80

1984 Ethel Merman, singer and actress (Kid Million), dies in her sleep at 76

1983 "Tap Dance Kid" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 669 performances

1983 Musical "Tap Dance Kid" with H Battle premieres in New York City

1981 Patsy Kelly, actress (Brigid Murphy-Cop and the Kid), dies at 71

1980 Duncan Renaldo, actor (Cisco Kid, Guns of Fury), dies at 76

1974 Hilary Swank, born in Bellingham, Washington, actress, Karate Kid 4

1973 Veda Ann Borg, actress (Kid Galahad), dies at 54

1971 Kid Rock, American Musician

1968 John Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73

1968 Whitfield Crane, rocker, Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad

1967 Alice Lake, silent screen actress (Frisco Kid, Wicked), dies at 72

1966 Sean Kanan, actor, AJ-General Hospital, Rich Girl, Karate Kid Part 3

1966 Jack Mather, actor (Cisco Kid), dies of heart attack at 58

1966 Tamlyn Tomita, Okinawa, actress, Karate Kid 2, Ming Li-Santa Barbara

1965 Minor Watson, actor (Woman of the Year, Viva Cisco Kid), dies at 75

1965 Jason Gedrick, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Heavenly Kid, Class of '96

1965 Cordell Crockett, rocker, Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad

1964 Matt Dillon, born in New Rochelle, New York, actor, Flamingo Kid, Tex, Kansas

1963 Bryant Washburn, actor (Nabonga, Millionaire Kid), dies at 74

1962 Benny "Kid" Paret, U.S. welterweight boxer, dies after fight, at 24

1962 Billy Dean, born in Quincy, Florida, country singer, Billy the Kid

1961 Ralph Macchio, Huntington, New York, actor, Karate Kid, 8 is Enough

1961 Leo Carrillo, actor (Pancho-Cisco Kid), dies at 81

1961 Janet Jones, Bridgeton, Missouri, actress, American Anthem, Flamingo Kid

1960 Greta Scacchi, Milan Italy, actress, Coca-Cola Kid, White Mischief

1960 Tierre Turner, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Waverly Wonders, Cop and the Kid

1959 Wayne Morris, actor (Kid Galahad), dies of heart attack at 45

1957 Graeme Kelling, British pop guitarist, Deacon Blue-Real Gone Kid

1956 Sinbad, David Adkins, Benton Harbor, Michigan, actor, 1st Kid, Vibe

1953 KID (now KIDK) TV channel 3 in Idaho Falls, Idaho (CBS) 1st broadcasting

1953 Tracy Scoggins, Galveston, Texas, actress, Colbys, Gumshoe Kid

1953 Cliff Clark, actor (Golden Hoofs, Kid Glove Killer), dies at 63

1952 Paul LeMat, Rahway, New Jersey, actor, Fuirehouse, Hanoi Hilton, PK and the Kid

1951 William Katt, U.S., actor, Butch and Sundance Kid, Carrie

1950 ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic and Acrobat Ranch)

1950 Kid Creole, born in the Bronx, New York, born Thomas August Darnell Browder, singer, lyricist, composer, arranger, producer, founder of Kid Creole and the Coconuts

1950 David Jensen, born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, David 'Kid' Jensen, popular British radio DJ, played progressive music, hosted BBC pop network, Radio 1, Top of the Pops presenter, interviewed Duran Duran, promoted The Police before they were commercially successful

1949 Jeannie Berlin, LA Cal, actress, Heartbreak Kid, Portnoy's Complaint

1946 Noah Beery, actor (Beau Geste, Cimarron Kid, Mammy), dies at 62

1946 Howard Scott, born in San Pedro, California, rock guitarist and vocalist, War, Cisco Kid

1943 Spencer Charters, actor (Big Town Girl, St. Louis Kid), dies at 68

1941 Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, New York gangster/police informer, killed

1938 A Copland and E Lorings ballet "Billy the Kid," premieres in Chicago

1938 Dorothy Lathrop wins 1st Caldecott Medal, kid books author

1935 Charles Grodin, actor, Woman in Red, Lonely Guy, Heartbreak Kid

1933 Pat Morita, born in California, actor, Arnold-Happy Days, Karate Kid

1932 [Moriyuki] Pat Morita, Isleton California, actor, Hiroshima, Karate Kid

1931 Willie Mays, baseball centerfielder, "Say Hey Kid", 660 home runs, MVP 1954

1928 Mr [Fred] Rogers, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, kid host, Mr Roger's Neighorhood

1927 James Goldman, author/playwright, Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid

1924 Lola Albright, born in Akron, Ohio, actress, Delta Country, Kid Galahad

1923 H Tierney/J McCarthy's musical "Kid Boots," premieres in New York City

1923 Flyweights Gene LaRue and Kid Pancho KO each other simultaneously

1923 Bobby Jordan, born in New York, actor, Bowery Champs, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild

1921 "The Kid," starring Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan, released

1918 Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox manager

1914 Charlie Chaplin debuts "The Tramp" in "Kid Auto Races at Venice"

1908 Yankees replace Clark Griffith with Kid Elberfeld as manager who is destined to have worse won-lost percentage of any Yankee manager 27-71 (.276)

1905 Clara Bow, silent screen actress, It, Saturday Night Kid

1904 Duncan Renaldo, Spain, actor, Cisco Kid

1901 Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid rob train of $40,000 at Wagner Montana

1900 Aaron Copeland, Brooklyn, composer, Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring

1900 Boston hurler Kid Nichols notches his 300th career victory

1899 Humphrey Bogart, born in New York City, actor, Here's looking at you, kid, Casablanca

1897 Betty Compson, Beaver, Utah, actress, Millionaire Kid, Mad Youth

1894 Johnnie Gough, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Smooth as Satin, Circus Kid

1894 Kit Guard, Denmark, actor, El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous

1890 Art Acord, Glenwood Sevier, Utah, western actor, Arizona Kid, Hard Fists

1889 Minor Watson, Marianna AR, actor, Woman of the Year, Viva Cisco Kid

1889 Cliff Clark, actor, Kid Glove Killer, Golden Hoofs, Vigilante Hideout

1889 Bryant Washburn, born in Chicago, actor, Exposure, Millionaire Kid, Nabonga

1889 Warner Baxter, born in Columbus, Ohio, actor, In Old Arizona, Cisco Kid

1881 Leo Carrillo, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Pancho-Cisco Kid

1881 Leo Carrillo, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, American Empire, Cisco Kid

1881 William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21

1867 Laura Ingalls Wilder, Wisconsin, kid book author, Little House on Prarie

1865 George C Pearce, actor, Country Kid, British Agent, Valiant

1859 Billy the Kid, William H Bonney, New York City, criminal


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