1995 Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike
1995 Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years
1995 "Late Late Show" with Tom Snyder premieres on CBS at 12:30 AM
1993 "Late Night with David Letterman" airs for last time on NBC-TV
1992 "Late Night's 10th Anniversary Show At Radio City Music Hall" on NBC
1990 Final episode of Pat Sajak's late night TV show on CBS
1988 Jimmy Edwards, actor (Plank, Bottoms Up, Late Mr. H), dies at 68
1987 "Late Nite Comic" closes at Ritz Theater New York City after 4 performances
1987 "Late Nite Comic" opens at Ritz Theater New York City for 4 performances
1986 Cher called David Letterman an asshole on Late Night on NBC
1984 Late Night's 1st Tower Drop
1982 "Late Night with David Letterman" premieres on NBC
1982 "Late Night With David Letterman," debuts on NBC-TV
1981 China's Communist Party condemns late Mao Tse-tung's policy
1978 Muriel, wife of late Hubert Humphrey (Sen-D-Minn) takes his office
1978 Muriel Humphrey (D-Mn) appointed to fill late husband's Senate seat
1973 Rupert Crosse, actor (Too Late Blues), dies of cancer at 45
1964 Britain sets memorial for the late President John F. Kennedy
1963 Conan Chris O'Brien, born in Brookline, Massachusetts, TV host, Late Night
1963 Julian Lennon, John's son and singer, Too Late for Goodbyes
1962 Sumner Arthur Long's "Never Too Late," premieres in New York City
1961 Chandrakant Pandit, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, late 80's
1960 Trailing 38-7 late in 3rd quarter, Buffalo Bills tie Broncos at 38-38
1960 Carlyle Best, cricketer, WI batsman late 80's
1960 Jon Agnew, cricketer, England pace bowler late 80's
1958 Arshad Ayub, cricketer, Indian off-spinner of the late 1980's
1957 Sikander Bakht, cricketer, Pakistani change bowler late 70's
1957 Clyde Butts, cricketer, West Indies off-spinner late eighties
1955 Graeme "Jock" Edwards, cricketer, beefy NZ lefty batsman late 70's
1955 Mohsin Khan, cricketer, Pakistani opening batsman late 70s early 80s
1954 Sheik Faoud Ahamul Bacchus, cricketer, West Indian bat late 70's
1953 Joe Toplyn, Boston, comedic writer, Late Night with David Letterman
1953 Haroon Rashid, born in cricketer, Pakistani and WSC batsman late 70's
1952 Yajurvindra Singh, cricketer, Indian batsman late 70's
1952 Warren Lees, NZ cricket wicket-keeper, late 70's
1951 Craig Serjeant, cricketer, Australian batsman late seventies
1951 Collis King, cricketer, WI all-rounder late 70s
1950 Will Lee, rock guitarist, Late Show with David Letterman
1949 Peter Willey, cricketer, England batsman late 70's early 80's
1948 Norbert Phillip, cricketer, WI pace bowler late 70s
1948 Mike Selvey, cricketer, England pace bowler of late 70's
1947 David Letterman, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, comedian, Late Night
1944 Eric Freeman, Australian cricket pace bowler, late 60's
1941 Bob Cunis, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's
1940 Ricky Nelson, New Jersey, rock star, Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party
1939 Connecticut finally approves Bill of Rights (148 years late)
1939 Massachusetts Legislature vote to ratify the Bill of Rights - 147 years late
1938 Norbert Fonteyne, Flemish writer (How Flemings Came Late), dies
1935 Geoff Pullar, cricketer, England opening batsman late 50's early 60's
1934 John Guy, cricketer, solid left-handed batsman for NZ in late 1950's
1934 Roy Gilchrist, cricketer, volatile WI fast bowler of late 50s
1934 Ron Gaunt, cricketer, Australian fast bowler late 50s early 60s
1933 Roy Swetman, cricketer, England wicket-keeper late 50's
1933 Joan Rivers, born in Brooklyn, comedienne, Late Show, Hollywood Sq
1931 Basil D'Oliveira, cricketer, England all-rounder of late 60's
1931 Spring training site of New York Yankees in St. Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager
1929 Les Favell, cricketer, stoic Australian batsman late 50's
1928 Arthur Milton, cricketer, England opening batsman late 50's
1927 Eric Petrie, cricketer, NZ wicketkeeper of the late 1950's
1926 John Dewes, cricketer, England opener late 40's early 50's
1926 Probir Sen, cricket wicketkeeper, India in late 40's/early 50's
1925 After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and slaps a $5,000 fine on him
1924 Bill Wendell, born in New York City, TV announcer, Late Night With David Letterman
1923 Sadu Shinde, cricketer, Indian leg-spinner late 1940's/early 1950's
1922 Allan Watkins, cricketer, England batsman late 40s early 50s
1922 Brun Smith, cricketer, NZ right-handed batsman of late 1940's
1921 Sam Loxton, cricketer, flamboyant Australian batsman of late 40's
1918 Doug Ring, cricketer, Australian leggie of the late 40's early 50's
1918 Ranga Sohoni, Indian cricketer, pace bowler of late 40's avg 101
1917 Ron Saggers, cricket wicket-keeper, effective NSW and Aussie late 40's
1915 Colin McCool, cricketer, Australian leg-spin all rounder late 40s
1915 Jack Iverson, Australian cricket mystery spinner, late 40's
1915 Norman Yardley, English cricket captain, late 40's
1913 Harold Butler, cricketer, England pace bowler late 40's
1911 C P "Chilla" Christ, cricketer, Qld spinner late 30's
1909 Frank Ward, cricketer, Australian leggie late 30s
1906 Alan Fairfax, cricketer, Australian all-rounder late 20's early 30's
1906 Ernie McCormick, cricketer, Australian quickie of late 30's
1901 George Duckworth, cricket wicket-keeper, England late 20's early 30's
1870 T R McKibbin, cricketer, NSW and Aust off-spinner late 19th century
1867 John James Ferris, cricketer, mighty Australian bowler of late 1880's
1865 George Lohmann, cricketer, England's great bowler late 19th cent
1862 John Briggs, cricketer, mighty England all-rounder late 19th century
1860 Affie Jarvis, cricketer, Australian WK of the late 19th century
1856 Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer, dominant England bat late 19th cent
1840 Thomas Nast, political cartoonist of late 1800s America
1681 Georg Philipp Telemann, Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer
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