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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 Reverend 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. England 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. New Zealand 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, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Major 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 Senator 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, Cleveland Rockers, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics 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 Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotron, Nobel Prize in Physics 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 Summers, American Economist 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 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, born in Munich, Germany, singer, Lawrence Welk Show 1949 Lawrence Rowe, cricketer, prolific WI batsman, 302 vs. England 1974 1948 Takeshi Kitano, Tokyo, Japan, actor, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 1947 George Lawrence James, New Jersey, 4X400m relayer, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 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 1945 Paul Monette, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, writer, wrote, 'Becoming a Man', wrote about gay relationships, taught writing, Milton Academy 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, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-D-Florida 1983 - 1993 1940 Stephen Lawrence Pruslin, composer 1939 Nobel for physics awarded to Ernest Lawrence for the 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, Lawrence of Arabia, dies in a motorcycle crash 1934 Lawrence Martin Jenco, priest 1934 Carol Lawrence, Illinois, dancer/actress, West Side Story 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, 2 Gold Medals 1952 Olympics 1932 Godfrey Lawrence, cricketer, South African fast bowler, 8-53 vs. New Zealand 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, born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Pennsylvania 1969 - 1993 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, orchestra leader, Guide Right, Howard Cosell 1924 Syd Lawrence, bandleader, Syd Lawrence Orchestra 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, orchestra 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 Herbert Lawrence Block, American Cartoonist 1909 Marjorie Lawrence, Australia, soprano, Venus-Tannhauser 1909 Hugh Beaumont, Lawrence, Kansas, actor, Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver 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 Lawrence, born in Canton, South Dakota, inventor of the cyclotron, Nobel Prize in Physics 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 Brigadier-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, Major General Union volunteers 1820 Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1819 Henry Lawrence Eustis, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1815 Lawrence Pike Graham, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1813 Captain John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship" 1802 James Lawrence Lardner, Commander Union Navy 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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