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1996 Event - Shiv Chanderpaul scores 303* for Guyana vs. Jamaica at Kingston

1994 Death - Gundaris Pone, composer, professor, State University College at New Paltz, New York, dies of cancer in Kingston, New York, at age 61

1993 Death - Lenore Kingston Jenson, dies of cancer at 79

1991 Event - Boon completes 10th Test Cricket century, 109* vs. WI at Kingston

1980 Event - Fire in nursing home in Kingston Jamaica, kills 157

1978 Event - Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston

1978 Event - WI all set to lose cricket test vs. Australia at Kingston till riots end game

1974 Birthday - Brandon Convery, Kingston, NHL center for the Toronto Maple Leafs

1973 Event - WI vs. Australia at Kingston, 1st time since 1955 without Sobers

1972 Event - Glenn Turner carries his bat for 223* vs. WI at Kingston

1972 Event - Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe WI vs. New Zealand Kingston, 214 and 100

1971 Birthday - Karin Taylor, Kingston Jamacia, playmate, June, 1996

1970 Birthday - Dan Howe, Kingston Ontario, canoeist 1996 Olympics

1968 Birthday - Katie Anderson, Kingston Jamaica, Canada 100m hurdler, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1967 Death - Winifred Kingston, silent screen actress (David Garrick), dies at 72

1966 Event - Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica

1966 Birthday - Kirk Muller, Kingston, NHL center for the Toronto Maple Leafs

1965 Birthday - Marc Dunn, Kingston Ontario, volleyball player 1996 Olympics

1963 Birthday - John Barnes, born in Kingston, Jamaica, British professional soccer player, manager for Tranmere Rovers Football Club

1963 Event - Kingston Trio are mystery guest on "What's My Line?"

1963 Birthday - Doug Gilmour, Kingston, NHL center for the Toronto Maple Leafs

1962 Birthday - Devon White, Kingston Jamacia, outfielder for the Florida Marlins

1962 Birthday - Marilyn, born in Kingston, Jamaica, born Peter Robinson, singer, famous for hit song, 'Calling Your Name', associated with Boy George

1962 Birthday - Sandra Marie Miller Farmer-Patrick, Kingston Jamaica, 400m hurdler

1960 Birthday - Chili Davis, born in Kingston, Jamacia, outfielder for the California Angels

1957 Birthday - Michael Rose, born in Kingston, Jamaica, rocker, Black Uhuru-Brutal, Positive

1956 Birthday - Tessa Sanderson, born in Kingston, Jamaica, British javelin thrower 1984 Olympics gold

1955 Event - Australia score 8-758 vs. West Indies at Kingston, their best ever

1955 Birthday - Buster Mottram, born in Kingston upon Thames, in south-west London, English tennis player, ranked 15th best tennis player in the world, represented Great Britain in Davis Cup eight times

1955 Birthday - Jack Kingston, born in Bryan, Texas, Representative-R-Georgia 1993 -

1955 Event - Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut WI vs. Australia, Kingston

1954 Birthday - John Colwell, Kingston Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1978 Simon Fraser

1954 Event - Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers vs. England at Kingston

1953 Birthday - Sandra "Puma" Jones, Kingston Jamaica, rocker, Black Uhuru

1953 Birthday - Bruce Heuchan, Kingston Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Alberta-7th

1953 Birthday - Grace Jones, born in Kingston, Jamacia, she claims but actually 5/19/48

1952 Birthday - Sly Dunbar, Kingston Jamaica, reggae drummer, Sly and Robbie

1951 Event - Hurricane winds drive 6 ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica

1950 Birthday - Derrick Simpson, born in Kingston Jamaica, rocker, Black Uhuru

1948 Birthday - Errol Brown, Kingston Jamaica, rock vocalist, Hot Chocolate

1948 Birthday - Kenia Jayantilal, cricketer, 5 at Kingston 71 his only inns for India

1944 Birthday - John Glover, born in Kingston, New York, actor, 52 Pick-Up, Something Special

1942 Event - -23 degrees F (-31 degrees C), Kingston, Rhode Island (state record)

1941 Birthday - John Butterfill, born in Kingston upon Thames, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament Bournemouth West

1940 Birthday - Maxine Hong Kingston, U.S., author

1939 Birthday - John Stewart, born in San Diego, California, rocker, Kingston Trio-Fire in the Wind

1939 Birthday - Peter Bogdanovich, born in Kingston, New York, director/producer, Last Picture Show

1938 Birthday - Madge Sinclair, Kingston Jamaica, actress, Bell-Roots, Trapper John

1937 Birthday - Paul Bailey, born in England, novelist, George Orewell prize-winner, lecturer at North Dakota State University, writer in residence, Kingston University, wrote At The Jerusalem, radio and television plays, and non-fiction books

1935 Event - George Headley completes 270 in cricket vs. England at Kingston

1934 Birthday - Dave Guard, born in San Francisco, California, singer, songwriter, recording artist, guitar and banjo player, founding member of The Kingston Trio

1934 Birthday - David Guard, rocker, Kingston Trio

1934 Birthday - Mark Kingston, actor, Intimate Contact

1934 Birthday - Bob Shane, vocalist, Kingston Trio-Scarlet Ribbons

1933 Birthday - Nick Reynolds, rocker, Kingston Trio-Scarlet Ribbons

1930 Event - George Headley scores 223 vs. England at Kingston

1930 Event - England out for 849 vs. WI Kingston, Sandham out for 325

1925 Birthday - Edie Adams, born in Kingston, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Ernie Kovacs, Murial Cigar, actress

1924 Birthday - Audie Murphy, born in Kingston, Texas, WW II hero/actor, Destry, Joe Butterfly

1923 Birthday - Robert Craft, Kingston, New York, conductor, Stravinsky-follower

1920 Birthday - Robert Hutton, Kingston, New York, actor, Torture Garden, Rocket

1914 Birthday - Frank Silvera, Kingston Jamaica, actor, High Chaparral

1906 Event - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Queen's U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games

1905 Birthday - Chick Chandler, Kingston, New York, actor, Barney-One Happy Family

1899 Event - Stanley Cup: Mont Shamrocks sweep Queens U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games

1897 Event - Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston

1895 Event - Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias awarded cup, as Queens University (Kingston Ont) loses to Montreal AAA, 5-1

1894 Birthday - Winifred Kingston, England, silent screen actress, David Garrick

1882 Birthday - Samuel Rayburn, born in Kingston, Tennessee, Representative-D-Texas 1913 - 1961, speaker of the House, 1940 - 1957

1865 Event - Battle of Kingston, North Carolina (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks)

1864 Event - Kingston, Georgia burned during Sherman's March to Sea

1841 Event - Queens University in Kingston is chartered

1841 Event - 1st Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario

1826 Birthday - Robert Kingston Scott, Major General Union volunteers

1776 Event - Duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy

1692 Event - Kingston, Jamaica founded

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