2004 Jerome Lawrence, American Playwright
2002 Lawrence Tierney, actor/businessman, Dillinger, dies at 81
2001 Herbert Lawrence Block, American Cartoonist
2000 Jacob Lawrence, American Artist
1998 Lawrence Sanders, American Novelist
1997 Lawrence Payton, singer, The Four Tops, dies at 59
1996 Lawrence Martin Jenco, priest, dies at 61
1996 Comedian Martin Lawrence suffers a nervous breakdown
1995 Patric Reginald Lawrence Knowles, actor (Chisum, Mutiny), dies at 84
1995 Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Gales, bassist, dies at 59
1995 Lawrence Josset, engraver, dies at 84
1995 Lawrence Allan Laurie Scott, script writer, dies at 87
1994 New York Giants retire Lawrence Taylor's #56
1994 Richard Lawrence Millington Synge, chromatographer, dies at 79
1994 Lawrence E Spivak, journalist (Meet the Press), dies at 93
1993 Lindsay Wagner (Bionic Woman) files for divorce from Lawrence Mortorff
1993 Joyce Carey, [Lawrence], English actress (Number 27), dies at 94
1992 Lawrence Welk, bandleader (L Welk Show), dies of pneumonia at 89
1992 Lawrence Welk, conductor/accordionist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies at 89
1992 BPAA U.S. Open by Robert Lawrence
1991 Mary Lawrence, actress (Best Man), dies of respiratory failure at 73
1991 Sarah Sally Lawrence, entertainer, dies at 61
1991 John Lawrence, doctor, dies
1991 John Lawrence, examined effect of neutron radiation on fabric, dies
1991 Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, U.S. jazz saxophonist (Eel), dies at 84
1991 Lawrence Lott, actor (Real Men, Philadelphia Experiment), dies of AIDS at 40
1990 Lawrence Durrell, Indian/English author (Mount Olive), dies at 78
1989 Lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river
1987 Lawrence Kohlberg, American Educator
1987 Andrew Lawrence, Philadelphia, actor, Andy Roman-Brotherly Love
1986 Lebanese kidnappers released Rev Lawrence Martin Jenco
1984 "Quilters" closes at Jack Lawrence Theater New York City after 24 performances
1984 "Quilters" opens at Jack Lawrence Theater New York City for 24 performances
1982 Lawrence Collingwood, composer, dies at 95
1982 Betty Walker, actress (Steve Lawrence Show), dies at 54
1982 Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs
1980 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Lawrence R Klein
1980 Matthew Lawrence, Philadelphia, actor, Dynasty, Matthew-Brotherly Love
1980 Matthew Lawrence, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, actor, Matthew-Gimme a Break
1975 Lawrence Phillips, running back for the St. Louis Rams
1975 Joey Lawrence, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actor, Gimme a Break, Blossom, Summer Rental
1974 Lawrence Rowe completes 302 vs. Eng Bridgetown, 36 fours 1 six
1973 Tracy Noonan, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, soccer goalkeeper 1996 Olympics
1972 Lawrence Moten, NBA guard, Vancouver Grizzlies
1972 Bill Lawrence, news anchor (ABC), dies at 56
1972 Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe WI vs. NZ Kingston, 214 and 100
1972 Mark Lawrence, Burlington, NHL right wing for the Dallas Stars
1970 Lawrence Funderburke, NBA forward for the Sacramento Kings
1969 Suzanne Lawrence, Humble Texas, Miss Texas-America 1991, 4th
1968 Donald Wolfit, actor (Lawrence of Arabia), dies of heart ailment at 65
1968 Tracy Lawrence, Atlanta, Texas, country singer, Sticks and Stones
1967 Robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32
1967 Lawrence Dawsey, NFL wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1967 Michael Lawrence Marsh, born in Los Angeles, California, sprinter, Oly-2 gold/silver-92, 96
1967 Maj Robert H Lawrence, Jr. named 1st black astronaut
1967 Lawrence Rucchin, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998
1966 Ellen Minzner, born in Lawrence Massachusetts, rower in 1996 Olympics
1965 Lawrence Clay-Bey, Hartford, Connecticut, super heavyweight boxer 1996 Olympics
1965 Martin Lawrence, comedian, Martin
1965 1st U.S. Senate black page, Lawrence W. Bradford Jr, 16, appointed by New York Sen Jacob Javits
1965 Jerry Burke, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies
1963 35th Academy Awards - "Lawrence of Arabia," A Bancroft and G Peck win
1963 "Go Away Little Girl" by Steve Lawrence peaks at #1
1962 David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres
1962 Sharon Lawrence, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, actress, Civil Wars, New YorkPD Blue, Fired Up
1962 Janice Lawrence Braxton, WNBA center, Cleve Rockers, Olym-gold-1984
1961 Lawrence Donegan, rock bassist
1961 Lawrence Lessig, American Educator
1961 Albert Lawrence, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer 1984 Olympics silver
1960 Lawrence Mervil Tibbett, baritone, dies after surgery at 63
1960 DH Lawrence' "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (New York City)
1959 Wendy B. Lawrence, born in Jacksonville, Florida, astronaut, STS 67, 86, sk:91
1959 Queen Elizabeth and President Eisenhower open St. Lawrence Seaway
1959 Postmaster General bans D H Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover (overruled by U.S. Court of Appeals in Mar 1960)
1959 St. Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping
1959 Lawrence Taylor, [LT], NFL's greatest linebacker for the New York Giants
1958 Ernest O Lawrence, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57
1958 Ernest Lawrence, American Scientist
1957 Singers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme wed in Las Vegas
1956 Cincinnati Red pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins
1955 "Lawrence Welk Show" premieres on ABC
1955 J Lawrence and R E Lee's "Inherit the Wind," premieres in New York City
1954 Lawrence Watt-Evans, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Sword of Bheleu
1954 Ava Barber, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, country singer, Lawrence Welk Show
1954 Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer, dies at 84
1954 Ice Dance Championship at Oslo won by Jean Westwood/Lawrence Demmy GRB
1954 Lawrence Summers, American Economist
1953 Lawrence Lau, actor, Jamie Frame-Another World
1952 Mr T, [Lawrence Tero], Chicago, actor, A-Team, Rocky III, T and T
1952 Lawrence Grant, actor (Bulldog Drummond), dies at 82
1951 Lawrence J Delucas, born in Syracuse, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS 50
1949 Vicki Lawrence, born in Inglewood, California, actress, Carol Burnette, Mama's Family
1949 Lawrence Kasdan, born in Miami, Florida, director and writer, Accidental Tourist
1949 Tom Netherton, Munich Germany, singer, Lawrence Welk Show
1949 Lawrence Rowe, cricketer, prolific WI batsman, 302 vs. Eng 1974
1948 Takeshi Kitano, Tokyo, Japan, actor, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
1947 George Lawrence James, New Jersey, 4X400m relayer, 1968 Olympics gold
1947 Lol Creme, [Lawrence Creme], England, rock vocalist and guitarist, 10cc
1947 Peggy Lipton, Lawrence, New York, actress, Julie-Mod Squad, Twin Peaks
1946 Lawrence Ascott, rocker, Isotope
1945 Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg
1944 Lawrence A. Hough, U.S., rower, Pairs w/o cox-1968 olympic silver
1943 Lawrence Elkins, football player Florida for the Houston Oilers
1942 Lawrence Allen Gilbert, Fort Knox, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1994 Dallas Reunion
1941 Lawrence J. Smith, Rep-D-FL, 1983-
1940 Stephen Lawrence Pruslin, composer
1939 Nobel for physics awarded to Ernest O Lawrence (cyclotron)
1939 Gertrude Lawrence's "Skylark," premieres in New York City
1939 Lawrence Pressman, born in Kentucky, actor, Man From Atlantis, Hellstrom Chronicle
1939 Henry Lawrence Garett III, born in Miami, Florida, Sect of Navy, 1989-92
1938 Florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48
1938 Jo Ann Campbell, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Lawrence Welk's champagne lady
1936 Buddy Merrill, born in Torrey, Utah, guitarist, Lawrence Welk Show
1936 Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Gales, bassist
1935 Robert H Lawrence, born in Chicago, Illinois, USAF/astronaut
1935 Lawrence Urquhart, CEO, Burmah Castrol
1935 Steve Lawrence, born in Brooklyn, singer and actor, Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy
1935 Thomas E Lawrence (of Arabia), dies in a motorcycle crash
1934 Lawrence Martin Jenco, priest
1934 Carol Lawrence, Illinois, dancer/actress, West Side Story
1933 Robert Goulet, Lawrence Massachusetts, singer and actor, Camelot, Naked Gun 2
1932 Peter O'Toole, born in Ireland, actor, Lord Jim, Beckett, Lawrence of Arabia
1932 U.S. and Canada sign a treaty to develop St. Lawrence Seaway
1932 Andrea Mead Lawrence, Rutland Vt, alpine slalom skier, Oly-2 gold-52
1932 Godfrey Lawrence, cricketer, South African fast bowler, 8-53 vs. NZ 1961
1931 Lawrence K. Grossman, News president, NBC-TV
1930 Tiny Little, Jr., Worthington, Minnesota, pianist, Lawrence Welk Show
1930 Pete Fountain, born in New Orleans, jazz clarinetist, Lawrence Welk 1957-59
1930 David H Lawrence, poet and writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover), dies at 44
1930 Barbara Lawrence, Carnegie, Oklahoma, actress, Joe Dakota
1929 Lawrence Coughlin, Rep-R-PA, 1969-
1927 M Lawrence Antouin, college president, Emeritis
1927 Lawrence Kenneth Moss, composer
1927 Lawrence Kohlberg, American Educator
1926 Lawrence Jackson, Provost Emeritus, Blackburn
1925 Lawrence Byford, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary
1925 Elliot Lawrence, Philadelphia, orch leader, Guide Right, Howard Cosell
1924 Syd Lawrence, bandleader, Syd Lawrence Orch
1922 Artie Malvin, U.S. music director, Julie LaRosa/Steve Lawrence
1921 Frank Scott, born in Fargo ND, pianist, Lawrence Welk Show
1921 Mark Lawrence, Washington D.C., pianist, Alice Pearce
1920 Lawrence R. Klein, American Economist
1920 Lawrence Sanders, American Novelist
1919 Myron Floren, Webster, South Dakota, accordionist, Lawrence Welk Show
1919 Lawrence Ferlinghetti, author, Coney Island of the Mind
1919 Lawrence Tierney, Brooklyn, actor, Abduction, Dillinger
1919 Eddie Lawrence, comedian
1919 Lawrence Ferlinghetti, U.S., beat poet, Coney Island of the Mind
1918 Leonard Bernstein, Lawrence, Massachusetts, conductor and composer, West Side Story
1918 Peanuts Hucko, born in Syracuse, New York, dixieland clarinetist, Lawrence Welk Show
1917 Louis Auchincloss, Lawrence, New York, lawyer/novelist, Watchfires
1917 Lawrence Jacob, Atlantic City, New Jersey, artist, Sanitarium
1917 Jacob Lawrence, American Artist
1917 Lawrence F O'Brien, Watergate conspirators broke into his office
1917 T. E. Lawrence captures Port of Agaba from Turkey
1916 T. E. Lawrence meets with Fasal Hoessein
1915 Jerome Lawrence, American Playwright
1915 Anthony Quinn, born in Mexico, actor, Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia
1914 Richard Lawrence Millington Synge, British bio-chemist, Nobel 1952
1914 Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St. Lawrence R; 1024 die
1913 Anthony Quayle, born in England, actor, Anne of 1000 Days, Lawrence of Arabia
1912 Lawrence Alma Tadema, Dutch/British painter, dies at 76
1912 Lawrence Durrell, Darjeeling India, writer, Alexandria Quartet
1912 Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, MA
1912 Lawrence Durrell, Indian/British writer, Private Country
1911 Patric Reginald Lawrence Knowles, actor, Chisum, Arnold, Mutiny
1911 Reginald Patric Lawrence Knowles, actor
1911 George Cates, New York City, orch leader, Lawrence Welk Show
1911 Jack Lawrence Theater (Playhouse) opens at 137 W 48th St. New York City
1910 Lawrence Josset, engraver
1910 Marc Lawrence, New York City, actor, Man With Golden Gun
1909 Marjorie Lawrence, Australia, soprano, Venus-Tannhauser
1909 Hugh Beaumont, Lawrence, Kansas, actor, Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver
1909 Herbert Lawrence Block, American Cartoonist
1908 David Lean, British director, Lawrence of Arabia
1908 Lawrence Welk, born in Strasburg, North Dakota, orchestra leader, Lawrence Welk Show
1908 Gordon Fraser, Lawrence Massachusetts, newscaster, All Star News
1907 Lawrence Brown, U.S. trombonist, Duke Ellington Orchestra
1906 Bridge in St. Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die
1906 Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, U.S. jazz saxophonist, Eel
1905 Thelma Todd, [Alison Loyd], Lawrence, Massachusetts, actress, Dangerous Female
1902 Lawrence Auchterlonie wins U.S. Open golf tournament
1902 Steve Smith, singer, Lawrence Welk Show
1902 Donald Wolfit, born in England, actor, Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed
1901 Ernest O Lawrence, Canton, South Carolina, inventor, Cyclotron-Nobel 1939
1901 Ernest Lawrence, American Scientist
1900 Lawrence E Spivak, born in Brooklyn, New York, news panelist, Meet the Press
1899 3rd Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia of Mass in 2:54:38
1898 Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, Mimi, Rembrandt
1896 Lawrence Tibbett, Bakersfield California, baritone, Metropolitan 1923-50
1893 John Lawrence Seymour, composer
1891 Lawrence Barrett, American Actor
1890 Florence Lawrence, Hamilton Ont, silent screen actress, Confidence
1887 Lawrence Collingwood, composer
1885 David Herbert "DH" Lawrence, England, writer, Lady Chatterly's Lover
1869 Lawrence Grant, Bournemouth England, actor, Bulldog Drummond
1869 Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer
1869 Lawrence Binyon, Vienna Austria, poet, Symbolic Wounds
1863 Raid at Lawrence KS by William Quantrill
1862 Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, (Rep-D)/Confederate brig-general, dies at 41
1856 Lawrence Kansas captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces
1850 Lawrence Hargrave, inventor, box kite
1836 Lawrence Barrett, American Actor
1836 Lawrence Alma Tadema, Dutch/British painter/husband of Laura Epps
1835 Richard Lawrence misfires at President Andrew Jackson in Washington D.C.
1828 Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Bvt Major General Union volunteers
1820 Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1862
1819 Henry Lawrence Eustis, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1885
1815 Lawrence Pike Graham, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1905
1813 Capt John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship"
1802 James Lawrence Lardner, Commander Union Navy, died in 1881
1781 James Lawrence, naval hero, War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!"
1768 Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France and Italy), dies
1760 Charles Lawrence, British Politician
1745 English fleet occupies Cap Breton on St. Lawrence River
1711 Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St. Lawrence
1709 Charles Lawrence, British Politician
1534 Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St. Lawrence River
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