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2013 Event - In Los Angeles, California, the 85th Academy Awards is held; 'Argo' wins best picture, Ang Lee wins for best director, Daniel Day-Lewis wins for best actor, and Jennifer Lawrence wins for best actress

2012 Event - 2011 Tucson shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, is given 7 consecutive life sentences

2011 Event - A state of emergency is declared by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal after Tropical Storm Lee in the northern Gulf of Mexico

2007 Death - Lee Hazlewood, dies in Henderson, Nevada, of renal cancer, at 78

2004 Death - Anna Lee, actress, General Hospital, dies at 90

2002 Death - J. Lee Thompson, British Director

2002 Death - Peggy Lee, singer, Is That All There Is?, dies at 81

2001 Death - John Lee Hooker, bluesman, dies at 83

2001 Death - Henry Lee Lucas, American Criminal

2000 Death - Kenneth Lee Pike, American Sociologist

2000 Death - Anthony Dwain Lee, actor, dies at 39

2000 Death - Lee Petty, American Celebrity

1998 Event - Pamela Lee has husband Tommy Lee arrested on battery charges

1997 Death - G. Harry Stine, writer, Also wrote as Lee Correy, dies at 69

1997 Event - Judge finds Pamela Lee not guilty of breaking a contract

1997 Event - Brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Universe) as Miss USA

1997 Event - Brook Mehealani Lee, 26, of U.S. crowned 46th Miss Universe

1997 Death - Laurie Lee, writer

1997 Event - Sara Lee LPGA Classic

1997 Event - Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Sara Lee Classic

1997 Event - Brook Lee, Hawaii, crowned 46th Miss USA (en route to Miss Universe)

1996 Event - Christie Lee Woods, 18, of Texas, crowned 14th Miss Teen USA

1996 Event - New York Yankee John Weteland ties Lee Smith's record of 19 consecutive saves

1996 Event - Meg Mallon wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic

1996 Death - Jeffrey Lee Pierce, musician, dies at 37

1996 Death - Joseph Lee Pope, singer, dies at 62

1996 Death - W R Lee, language teacher, dies at 84

1995 Death - Benny Lee, entertainer, comedy actor, singer, appeared in radio comedy programs, including It's a Square World, appeared in episodes of Are You Being Served?, and the television series Minder, dies at 84

1995 Death - John Lee Admiral-Barber, dies at 90

1995 Death - Brad Lee Sexton, bass guitarist, dies at 47

1995 Event - Michelle McGann wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic

1995 Event - Pamela Anderson (Baywatch) and Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) wed

1994 Death - Jimmy Buddy Lee Land Ace, singer, dies at 57

1994 Death - Lee Allen, saxophonist, dies at 68

1994 Death - Robert E Lee, dies of cancer at 75

1994 Death - Helen Lee Mai, Hong Kong actress, dies at 63

1994 Event - Laura Davies wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic

1994 Event - 55th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino wins

1994 Death - Lee Brilleaux, British R&B-singer/guitarist (Stupidity), dies at 41

1994 Event - Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee charge with possession of loaded firearm

1994 Death - Dixy Lee Ray, chairwoman (US Atomic Energy Commission), dies at 79

1994 Death - Dixie Lee Ray, American Politician

1993 Event - Lee Aspen resigns as Secretary of Defense

1993 Event - Spike Lee weds Tonya Lewis

1993 Event - St. Louis reliever Lee Smith is fastest to get 40 saves

1993 Birthday - Cassidy Gifford, daughter of Frank and Kathy Lee

1993 Event - 93rd U.S. Golf Open: Lee Janzen shoots a 272 at Baltusrol Golf Club New Jersey

1993 Event - Meg Mallon wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic

1993 Event - David Lee Roth arrested in New York City for purchasing marijuana for

1993 Death - Pinky Lee, kiddie host (Pinky Lee Show), dies of heart attack at 85

1993 Death - Brandon Lee, U.S. actor (Crow)/son of Bruce Lee, accidentally shot at 28

1992 Event - Lee Jang Rim predicts that today would be the end of the world!

1992 Death - Lee Tully, entertainer, dies

1992 Death - Irving Allen Lee, actor (Newspaper Boys), dies of AIDS at 43

1992 Event - Maggie Will wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic

1992 Event - 53rd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino

1992 Event - Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne)

1992 Event - 4th Seniors Golf Tradition: Lee Trevino

1992 Death - Vanessa Lee, actress (Split), dies at 71

1991 Death - Lee Remick, actress (Days of Wine and Roses), dies of cancer at 55

1991 Event - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic

1991 Death - Lee Atwater, political strategists (R), dies of brain tumor at 40

1991 Death - Lee Donn, pianist, dies of stroke at 96

1991 Event - Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney

1990 Event - Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew resigned, ends his reign longest-serving PM

1990 Event - 11th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Lee Trevino

1990 Event - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic

1990 Birthday - Cody Newton Gifford, son of Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford

1989 Death - Lee Van Cleef, U.S. actor (Good, Bad and Ugly), dies at 64

1989 Death - Lee Van Cleef, actor (Good Bad and Ugly, Sabata), dies at 64

1989 Death - Billy Lee, actor (Sons of Legion, Biscuit Eater), dies

1989 Event - 1st black owners (Betram Lee and Peter Bynoe) to own a major sports team, purchasing Denver Nuggets for $65m

1989 Death - Lee Calhoun, hurdler, Gold Medals 1956, 1960 Olympics, dies at 66

1989 Death - Lee Quencey Calhoun, hurdler, Gold Medals 1956, 1960 Olympics, dies at 56

1989 Event - Jerry Lee Lewis gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

1989 Event - New York Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season

1989 Event - Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic

1988 Death - Oren Lee Staley, 1st President of National Farmers Org (1955-79), dies at 65

1988 Death - Robert Lee "Bobby" Dodd, U.S. football coach

1988 Event - Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic

1988 Death - Lee Goodman, actor (Imitation of Life), dies of TB at 64

1987 Death - Lee Marvin, actor (Cat Ballou, Gorky Park), dies in Tucson Ariz at 63

1987 Event - New York Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman and Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play

1986 Death - Lee Dorsey, R&B singer, dies at 59

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

1986 Death - Lee Bonnell, dies

1986 Event - Tommy Lee, drummer of Motley Crue, marries Heather Locklear

1985 Event - "Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" by David Lee Roth hits #12

1984 Event - 66th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 273 at Shoal Creek Ala

1984 Death - Lee Krasner Pollock, U.S. painter, dies at 75

1984 Death - John Lee Mahin, screenwriter, dies of emphysema at 81

1983 Death - Shawn Lewis, 5th wife of Jerry Lee Lewis, dies of methadone overdose

1983 Event - AL President Lee MacPhail threw out umpire's decision and allows

1983 Birthday - Lee Ryan, British Musician

1983 Event - AL President Lee MacPhail suspends Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for one week, for his public criticism of umpires

1983 Event - Lee Chin Yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul

1982 Death - Lee Patrick, actress (Henrietta-Topper, Maltese Falcon), dies at 75

1982 Death - Lee Strasberg, acting coach/actor (And Justice for All), dies at 81

1982 Event - Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce

1981 Birthday - Amy Lee, born in Riverside, California, singer, songwriter, pianist, member and lead vocalist for Evanescence rock band

1981 Death - Lee Hays, rocker, dies of a heart attack

1981 Event - Jerry Lee Lewis appears on "Donahue" to defend Telethons

1981 Event - Montreal Expo Charlie Lee no-hits San Francisco Giants, 4-0

1981 Death - Bernard Lee, actor (M in James Bond Movies), dies at 73

1981 Death - Bernard Lee, actor (Fallen Idol, Dr. No), dies at 73

1980 Birthday - Kristin Lee, born in Bethesda, Maryland, rhythmic gymnast, U.S. team 1996

1979 Death - Lee Bowman, actor (Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover), dies at 64

1979 Birthday - Aiesha Lee Hendrick, Miss New York Teen USA 1996

1978 Birthday - Stephanie Lee Hamilton, Williston ND, Miss America-ND 1997

1978 Event - Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor President by chairman Henry Ford II

1978 Event - Lee Lacy hits record 3rd consecutive pinch-hit home run

1977 Birthday - Christie Lee Woods, Texas, Miss Teen USA 1996

1977 Birthday - Lee San San, Miss Hong Kong Universe 1997

1977 Birthday - Lee EunHee, Miss Korea Universe 1997

1977 Birthday - Lindsay Lee, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Woodlands TX

1976 Birthday - John Lee, born in Chicago, Illinois, dance skater, & Julia Bikbova

1976 Birthday - Brett Lee, cricketer, brother of Shane, AIS representative

1976 Death - Leonard Lee, U.S. R&B-singer (Shirley and Lee-I'm Gone), dies at 40

1976 Event - Jerry Lee Lewis, attempting to shoot soda bottles hits his bass player Norman Owens twice in the chest

1976 Death - Lee J Cobb, actor (12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies at 64

1976 Death - Lee J. Cobb, American Actor

1975 Death - Ruth Lee, actress (Middleton Family at 1939 World's Fair), dies at 79

1975 Event - Los Angeles Dodgers W Crawford and Lee Lacy are 5th to hit consecutive pinch home runs

1975 Event - House of Representatives votes to restore citizenship to General Robert E. Lee

1975 Event - Golfer Lee Trevino is struck by lightning at Western Open (Ill)

1975 Birthday - Travis Lee, born in San Diego, California, baseball 1st baseman 1996 Olympics bronze

1975 Birthday - Lee Maxwell Francis Vertongen, Palmerston North New Zealand, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1975 Birthday - Coco Lee, Chinese Musician

1974 Death - Lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36

1974 Birthday - Lee Vaughn, cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys

1974 Event - 56th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 276 at Tanglewood NC

1974 Birthday - Lee Cole, WLAF cornerback for the Rhein Fire

1974 Event - "$6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV

1974 Event - Lee MacPhail takes over as AL president, succeeding Joe Cronin

1973 Death - Harold B Lee, U.S. head of Mormon Church, dies at 74

1973 Birthday - Reginald Lee, WLAF linebacker for the Frankfurt Galaxy

1973 Death - Lila Lee, actress (Blood and Sand), dies of stroke at 68

1973 Event - Yankee General Manager and President Lee MacPhail named AL president

1973 Event - Lee Trevino's 1st hole-in-one

1973 Birthday - Shane Lee, cricket all-rounder, NSW and Somerset, Australian ODI 1995-

1973 Birthday - Robert Lee, NFL cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons

1973 Death - Bruce Lee, Lee Yuen Kam, actor (Enter the Dragon), dies at 32

1973 Birthday - Lee Westwood, born in Workshop, England, professional golfer, top 10 in the Official World Golf Rankings between 1998 - 2001

1972 Birthday - Jessica Lee McMinn, Miss North Carolina USA 1996

1972 Birthday - Jonny Lee Miller, British Actor

1972 Birthday - Lee DeRamus, for the New Orleans Saints

1972 Birthday - Lee McClinton, NFL running back for the Miami Dolphins

1972 Event - 101st British Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots 278 at Muirfield Gullane

1972 Event - Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, and Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain Georgia

1972 Birthday - Lee McIntyre, born in Peak Hill, Australia, golfer, T3 1995 NSW Trainee Champ

1971 Birthday - Gena Lee Nolin, actress/model, Baywatch

1971 Birthday - Lee Gissendaner, NFL/WLAF receiver, Minnesota Vikings, Scottish Claymores

1971 Birthday - Amp Lee, NFL running back, Minnesota Vikings, St. Louis Rams

1971 Birthday - Chesney Lee Haskes, England, singer, Feels So Alive

1971 Event - 100th British Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 278 at Royal Birkdale

1971 Event - 71st U.S. Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 280 at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania

1971 Event - Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. becomes 1st black Admiral in U.S. Navy

1971 Death - Manfred Bonnington Lee, Ellery Queen, detective writer, dies at 65

1971 Birthday - Jessica Collins, Capogna, actress, Dinah Lee Mayberry-Loving

1971 Birthday - Becca Lee, Tennessee, Miss USA, Tenn-3rd-1996

1971 Birthday - Lee Naylor, Australian 400m runner 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Brenda Lee Armstrong, Albert Lea, Minnesota, Miss Minn-America 1991

1971 Birthday - Brook Mahealani Lee, Miss Universe/Miss USA, 1997-Hawaii

1971 Birthday - Kevin Lee, NFL wide receiver for the New England Patriots

1970 Birthday - Lee Parkin Starsky, daughter of Ringo

1970 Birthday - Maureen Lee, born in Melbourne, Australia, golfer

1970 Birthday - Lee Mayberry, NBA guard, Milwaukee Bucks, Vancouver Grizzlies

1970 Death - Gypsy Rose Lee, stripper/actress (Pruitts of S Hampton), dies at 56

1970 Birthday - Jason Lee, born in Orange, California, actor, professional skateboarder, known for playing Earl Hickey on 'My Name Is Earl' television series

1970 Birthday - Sung Hi Lee, Korean Model

1970 Event - 12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius, Crosby Stills and Nash, Peggy Lee win

1969 Birthday - Michelle McGann, West Palm Beach, Florida, golfer, 1995 Sara Lee Classic

1969 Birthday - Lee Anne Ketcham, Tallahassee, Florida, female pitcher, Silver Bullets

1969 Birthday - Lee Woodall, NFL linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers

1969 Birthday - Lee O'Leary, born in Compton, California, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox

1969 Event - Cincinnati Red Lee May hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader

1969 Birthday - Douglas Lee Mitchell, born in Miles, Michigan, heavy metal artist, Southgang

1968 Birthday - Lee Germon, cricketer, New Zealand keeper and captain 1995-

1968 Event - Lee Evans sets world record of 43.8 seconds in 400 meter dash

1968 Death - Lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70

1968 Event - Lee Evans of U.S. sets 400 meter record at 43.86

1968 Birthday - Dina Ammaccapane, Bayport, New York, LPGA golfer, 1994 Sara Lee Classic-4th

1968 Birthday - Mike Lee, born in Neptune, New Jersey, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Tommy Armour Tour

1968 Event - 68th U.S. Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 275 at Oak Hill CC NY

1968 Event - Lee Trevino is 1st to play all 4 rounds of golf's U.S. open under par

1968 Birthday - Toni Lee Jameson, Minneapolis, team handball back court 1996 Olympics

1968 Death - Lee Tracy, actor (Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 69

1967 Death - Lee Krieger, actor (Clambake, One Way Wahini), dies at 48

1967 Birthday - Kendra Lee Ruwe, born in Madison, Idaho, Miss Idaho-America 1991

1967 Birthday - Deborah Lee, Hamilton Ontario, LPGA golfer, 1989 National Amat France

1967 Birthday - Sheryl Lee, born in Boulder, Colorado, actress, Twin Peaks, Love Lies and Murder

1967 Death - Lee Morgan, actor (Dungeons of Harrow, Last Rebel), dies

1967 Death - Jack Ruby, assassin who killed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, dies at 55

1966 Event - Love, Moby Grape and Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East

1966 Birthday - Koji Kanemoto, wrestler, NJPW/AAA/UWA, Tiger Mask, King Lee

1966 Birthday - Shawn Lee, NFL defensive tackle for the San Diego Chargers

1966 Birthday - Lee Ann Womack, American Musician

1966 Birthday - Lee Porter, born in Greensboro, North Carolina, Nike golfer, 1992 Texarkana Open-5th

1966 Birthday - Loretta Lee, Lee Lai Chan, China, actress, Happy Ghost

1965 Death - Johnny Lee, actor (Calhoun-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 67

1965 Event - Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) in Utah

1965 Birthday - Maria Lee Ostapiej, La Mess California, Miss California-America 1991

1965 Birthday - Cindy Lee Berryhill, U.S. singer and songwriter, Baby

1965 Birthday - Virginia Lee, Australian rower 1996 Olympics

1965 Death - Jimmie Lee Jackson, civil rights activist, dies of injuries

1965 Birthday - Lee Knight, CFL full back for the Hamilton Tiger Cats

1965 Birthday - Ben Lee, Rangoon Burma, U.S. badminton player 1992 Olympics

1965 Birthday - Brandon Lee, born in Emerson, Colorado, actor, Showdown in Little Tokyo

1964 Birthday - Maggie Will, Whiteville, North Carolina, LPGA golfer, 1992 Sara Lee Classic

1964 Event - Warren Commission released, finds Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone

1964 Birthday - Lee MacLeod Janzen, Austin, Minnesota, PGA golfer, 1993 U.S. Open

1964 Birthday - Harry Lee "Butch" Reynolds, U.S., 400m runner, world record

1964 Birthday - Butch [Harry Lee] Reynolds, Jr., born in Akron, Ohio, 4X400m runner

1964 Birthday - Dee C Lee, Diane Sealey, rocker, Style Council-You're Best Thing

1964 Event - Dallas jury sentences Jack Ruby to death in Lee Harvey Oswald murder

1963 Event - 1st live murder on TV-Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald

1963 Death - Lee Harvey Oswald, John F. Kennedy's assassinator, shot dead by Jack Ruby

1963 Event - Historian Lee Allen says Indians-Senators game is 100,000th in history

1963 Event - Jerry Lee Lewis quits Sun Records

1963 Death - Robert Lee Frost, U.S. poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88

1962 Birthday - Keith Lee, basketball player, Memphis State

1962 Birthday - Tommy Lee, Greece, drummer, Motley Crue, wed H Locklear/Pam Anderson

1962 Event - Lee Harvey Oswald departs Rotterdam on SS Maasdam to U.S.

1962 Event - Lee Harvey Oswald arrives by train in Oldenzaal, Netherlands

1962 Birthday - Lee Terry, American Politician

1961 Birthday - Lee Johnson, NFL punter/kicker for the Cincinnati Bengals

1961 Birthday - Brian Lee Diemer, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, steeplechase, Bronze Medal 1984 Olympics

1961 Birthday - Lee Rocker, Leon Drucker, rock bassist, Stray Cats-Gonna Ball

1961 Death - Lee de Forest, inventor of the electron Tube, dies at 87

1961 Event - Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee for To Kill a Mockingbird

1961 Event - Lee Harvey Oswald marries Marina Prusakova in Minsk U.S.S.R.

1961 Death - Lee Moran, actor (Circus Clown), dies of heart ailment at 72

1961 Death - Belinda Lee, actress (Joseph and his Brethren), dies in car crash at 25

1961 Birthday - Luann L Lee, born in Santa Monica, California, playmate, Jan, 1987

1961 Birthday - Lee Curreri, New York City, actor, Bruno Martelli-Fame

1960 Birthday - Lee Cross Rinker, Stuart, Florida, PGA golfer, 1995 Greater Milwaukee-6th

1960 Death - Lee Duncan, owner/trainer (Rin Tin Tin), dies of heart attack at 67

1960 Birthday - Johnny Lee Gray, Jr., born in Los Angeles, California, 800m runner, Olympics-7th-1996

1960 Birthday - Steve Vai, guitarist, Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth Band, Whitesnake

1960 Birthday - William Lee Glasson, Jr., born in Fresno, California, PGA golfer, 1985 Kemper Open

1960 Birthday - Lee Ann Michelle, born in Surrey, England, playmate, Feb, 1979

1960 Birthday - Lee Chill, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Canadian Tour golfer, 1977 Ohio Jr

1959 Birthday - Lee Haney, American Athlete

1959 Event - Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to US

1959 Event - Lee Harvey Oswald signs guestbook in hotel Helsinki

1959 Event - Lee Harvey Oswald arrives in Southampton

1959 Birthday - Beverly Lee, born in Passaic, New Jersey, singer, member, trademark holder for The Shirelles, an all girl vocal pop group

1959 Event - 85th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Tomy Lee wins in 2:02.2

1959 Birthday - Sammy Lee, born in Liverpool, England, professional soccer player, midfielder, played for Liverpool, represented England fourteen times

1958 Birthday - Jamie Lee Curtis, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Anything But Love, Halloween

1958 Birthday - Lee Guetterman, Chattanooga, Tennessee, pitcher, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners

1958 Birthday - Terry Lee Miall, England, rock drummer, Adam and The Ants

1958 Birthday - Jeffrey Lee Pierce, singer and songwriter, Gun Club

1958 Birthday - Nancy Lee Grahn, actress, Santa Barbara

1958 Event - Lee Walls hits 3 home runs, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2

1958 Birthday - Lee Pattinson, rock bassist, Echo and Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here

1958 Birthday - Lee Crystal, rocker, Joan Jett and Blackhearts-Ashes in the Wind

1958 Event - Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1

1957 Birthday - Steve Buscemi, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, studied at Lee Strasberg Institute, known for role of Carl Showalter in 'Fargo', Mr. Pink in 'Reservoir Dogs', cast member of 'The Sopranos'

1957 Event - Jerry Lee Lewis weds his cousin Myra Gale Brown, 13, while still married to his 1st wife Jane Mitcham

1957 Birthday - Lee Smith, Jamestown, Louisiana, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds

1957 Birthday - Lee "Kix" Thompson, saxophonist, Madness-Baggy Trousers

1957 Event - Jerry Lee Lewis makes his 1st TV appearance, Steve Allen Show

1957 Birthday - Lee John, English singer and actor, Body Talk

1957 Birthday - Spike Lee, born in Atlanta, director, Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X

1957 Birthday - Shannon Lee Tweed, St. Johns NF, playmate, Nov 1981, actress, Meatballs 3

1957 Birthday - Jake E Lee, rocker, Badlands-Dreams in the Dark

1956 Birthday - Sheryl Lee Ralph, actress, Moesia, Designing Women

1956 Birthday - Lee Roy Parnell, Abilene Texas, country singer, Oughta be a Law

1956 Event - Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV

1955 Event - Lee Merriwether joins Today Show panel

1955 Birthday - David Lee Roth, Bloomington, rock singer, Van Halen-Jump

1955 Birthday - Tim Berners Lee, English Inventor

1955 Birthday - Lee Horsley, Muleshoe, Texas, actor, Nero Wolfe, Matt Houston

1955 Event - J Lawrence and R E Lee's "Inherit the Wind," premieres in New York City

1954 Birthday - Rickie Lee Jones, Chicago, singer, Chuck E's in Love

1954 Birthday - Ang Lee, director, Ice Storm, Wedding Banquet, Sense and Sensibility

1954 Event - Lee Meriwether (Calif), 19, crowned 27th Miss America 1955 (1st on TV)

1953 Birthday - Ricky Lee Phelps, Paragould Ar, singer, Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett

1953 Birthday - Kathie Lee Gifford, Paris, Florida, hostess, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee

1953 Birthday - Geddy Lee, born in Toronto, Canada, lead vocalist/bassist, Rush-Tom Sawyer

1953 Birthday - Rita Lee, born in Federic, Wisconsin, playmate, November, 1977

1952 Birthday - Lee M Morin, Manchester, New Hampshire, Commander USN/astronaut

1952 Birthday - Mark C Lee, Viroqua WI, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-30, 47, 64, 82,sk: 98

1952 Death - Canada Lee, black actor (Lost Boundaries), dies in New York City at 45

1952 Event - Rocky Marciano defeated Lee Savold for his 39th straight win

1952 Birthday - Lee Hsien Loong, Singaporean Politician

1952 Birthday - Lee Ritenour, born in Los Angeles, California, jazz musician

1951 Birthday - Lee Wilkof, born in Canton, Ohio, actor, WEB, Delta House, Elliot-Newhart

1951 Birthday - David Yip, born in Liverpool, England, of Chinese descent, English actor, played Johnny Ho in The Chinese Detective, played CIA liason agent Chuck Lee in 'A View to a Kill', a 1985 James Bond film

1951 Birthday - Ayako Okamoto, born in Hiroshima, Japan, LPGA golfer, 1990 Sara Lee

1951 Birthday - Lee Atwater, Republican National Committee Chairman, 1989-91

1951 Event - Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

1950 Birthday - Will Lee, rock guitarist, Late Show with David Letterman

1950 Death - Edgar Lee Masters, American Poet

1950 Birthday - Sheila Jackson Lee, American Politician

1949 Birthday - Arthur Lee Washington, Jr., Neptune, New Jersey, murderer, FBI Most Wanted

1949 Birthday - Martin Duiser, pop producer, Vanessa, Lee Towers

1949 Birthday - Mickey Lee Davis, Jr., Tennessee, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List

1949 Birthday - Terry Lee Johnson, Alabama, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List

1949 Birthday - Kathy Postlewait, born in Norfolk, Virginia, LPGA golfer, 1989 Sara Lee

1949 Birthday - Anna Lee Fisher, St. Albans, New York, MD/astronaut, STS-51-A

1949 Birthday - Jimmy Lee Thorpe, Roxboro, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1985 Greater Milwaukee Open

1948 Birthday - Ricki Lee Reynolds, country singer, Black Oak Arkansas

1948 Death - Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee, blues player, dies at 34

1948 Event - Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at MSG, New York City

1947 Birthday - Brad Lee Sexton, bass guitarist

1947 Birthday - Lee Meredith, Judith Lee Sauls, River Edge, New Jersey, actress, Producers

1947 Birthday - Meat Loaf, Marvin Lee Aday, Dallas, rocker, Bat Out of Hell

1947 Birthday - Tanith Lee, UK, sci-fi author, Don't Bite the Sun

1947 Birthday - Lee Purcell, born in Cherry Point, North Carolina, actor, Big Wednesday, Mr. Majestyk

1947 Birthday - Barbara Lee, U.S. singer, Chiffons, He's So Fine

1947 Event - John Lee appointed 1st black commissioned officer in U.S. Navy

1947 Birthday - Lee Edward Evans, Madera California, 400m runner, Olympic-2 gold-1968

1946 Birthday - Alaina Reed, Springfield Ohio, actress, Rose Lee Holloway-227

1946 Birthday - Lee Loughnane, rocker, Chicago

1946 Birthday - Tommy Lee Jones, actor, Executioner's Song, Bloody Monday, Fugitive

1946 Birthday - Lee Oskar, born in Denmark, rock harmonicist, War-Why Can't We Be Friends

1945 Birthday - Lee Michaels, born in Los Angeles, California, guitarist, organist, pianist, known for Top 10 hit 'Do You Know What I Mean'

1945 Birthday - Roger Lee Jones, West Virginia, child molester, FBI Most Wanted List

1945 Birthday - Ric Lee, rock drummer, Ten Years After-Cannock, Staffs

1945 Birthday - Lee Dorman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, rock bassist, Iron Butterfly

1945 Birthday - Dave Lee Travis, born in Derbyshire, England, radio presenter, stage name DLT, hosted shows on Garrison Radio, BBC Radio 1, Magic Network, DAB Digital Radio

1945 Birthday - Laura Lee, Rundless, singer, Dirty Man, Women's Love Rights

1945 Birthday - Arthur Lee, rocker, Vindicator

1944 Birthday - Alvin Lee, Nottingham England, rock vocals/guitarist, 10 Years After

1944 Birthday - Brenda Lee, born in Lithonia, Georgia, singer, I'm Sorry

1944 Birthday - Cathy Lee Crosby, Louisiana, actress, Coach, That's Incredible

1944 Birthday - Francis Lee, English Athlete

1944 Birthday - [Bernard] St. Clair Lee [Calhoun], U.S. singer, Rock the Boat

1944 Birthday - R. Lee Ermey, American Soldier

1944 Birthday - Clyde Lee, born in Nashville, Tennessee, basketball player, Vanderbilt University's 'greatest player', played ten NBA seasons with the Warriors, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers

1944 Birthday - Lee Irvine, cricketer, South African batsman, only Tests in 1970

1943 Birthday - Albert Lee, born in Leominster, Herefordshire, Grammy-award winning English guitarist, musical director, celebrated finger-style and hybrid picking technique, played with the Crickets

1943 Birthday - Chas Hodges, born in Edmonton, London, rocker, pianist, guitarist, vocalist, member of English duo Chas & Dave, worked with producer Joe Meek, backed Jerry Lee Lewis

1943 Birthday - Lee Graziano, born in Chicago, Illinois, rock drummer, American Breed

1943 Birthday - Lee Aaker, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Rusty-Rin Tin Tin

1943 Birthday - Dickey Lee, rocker

1943 Birthday - Lee Jackson, rocker, Nice

1942 Birthday - Robert Lee Stewart, Washington D.C., Brigadier General U.S. Army/astronaut, STS-41B, 51J

1942 Birthday - Michele Lee, born in Los Angeles, California, actress and singer, Karen-Knots Landing, Love Bug

1941 Birthday - Curtis Lee, born in Yuma, Arizona, singer, doo-wop and pop recording artist with Phil Spector, partnered with Tommy Boyce, sang 'Under the Moon of Love', 'Pretty Little Angel Eyes'

1941 Event - 1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico

1941 Event - Lee MacPhail, Dodger General Manager predicts all players will wear batting helmets

1940 Birthday - Bruce Lee, born in San Francisco, California, karate star/actor, Green Hornet

1940 Birthday - Lee Greenwood, country singer, God Bless the USA

1940 Birthday - Lee Majors, Wyandotte, actor, $6,000,000 Man, The Fall Guy

1940 Birthday - Lee Majors, born in Michigan, TV actor, $6,000,000 Man, Stunt Man

1939 Birthday - Wen Ho Lee, American Scientist

1939 Birthday - Lee Buck Trevino, born in Dallas, Texas, PGA golfer, U.S. Open 1968, 71

1939 Birthday - Lee Trevino, American Athlete

1939 Birthday - Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin, John F. Kennedy

1939 Birthday - Robert Lee Dickey, U.S. singer, I'm your puppet

1939 Birthday - Molly Bee, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, actress, Pinky Lee Show

1939 Event - U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee

1938 Birthday - Lee R. Raymond, American Businessman

1938 Event - U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee

1938 Birthday - Lee Chamberlin, New York City, actor, Once Upon a Family, Rupture Fatale

1938 Birthday - Ray Sharpe, born in Fort Worth, Texas, singer, songwriter, guitarist, Lee Hazlewood produced debut album, second album featured Duane Eddy and Al Casey on guitars, recorded with King Curtis

1937 Birthday - Buddy Jimmy Lee Land Ace, singer

1937 Death - Joseph Lee, father of Playgrounds movement, dies

1937 Birthday - Charles Lee Herron, born in Kentucky, FBI most wanted fugitive, Jan 1 1986

1937 Event - U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee

1936 Birthday - Yuan T. Lee, Chinese Scientist

1936 Birthday - Leonard Lee, U.S. vocalist, Shirley and Lee-Let the Good Times Roll

1936 Birthday - Ruta Lee, actress, Operation Eichmann, Marjorie Morningstar

1936 Birthday - Robert Lee Smith, U.S. singer, Tams, You Lied to Your Daddy

1936 Event - "Phantom" cartoon strip by Lee Falk debuts

1936 Event - U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee

1935 Birthday - Lee Remick, born in Quincy, Massachusetts, actress, Days of Wine and Rose, Long Hot Summer

1935 Birthday - Jerry Lee Lewis, born in Feriday, Louisiana, country singer, Whole Lotta Shakin'

1935 Death - Charles Lee Williams, composer, dies at 82

1935 Birthday - Leonard Lee, rocker, Shirley and Lee

1935 Birthday - Belinda Lee, born in Devon, England, actress, Who Done It, Runaway Bus

1935 Birthday - Lee Meriwether, born in Los Angeles, California, Miss America, Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jones

1935 Birthday - Gene Cherico, born in Buffalo, New York, Eugene Valentino Gene Cherico, bassist, American jazz, toured with Toshiko Akiyoshi, recorded with Paul Desmond, accompanied singer Peggy Lee

1935 Event - U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee

1935 Birthday - William Lee Gloden, Brewton Al, country singer, Oak Ridge Boys

1934 Birthday - [Robert] Lee Elder, born in Dallas, Texas, PGA golfer, 1974 Monsanto Open

1933 Birthday - F Lee Bailey, born in Waltham, Massachusetts, attorney, Sam Shepard case, OJ case

1933 Birthday - F. Lee Bailey, American Lawyer

1933 Birthday - Lee Radziwell Ross, born in New York City, princess, Jackie O's sister

1933 Birthday - Lee Calhoun, Laurel Mississippi, hurdler, Olympics gold 56, 60

1933 Birthday - Lee Quencey Calhoun, Laurel MS, 110m hurdler, Gold Medals 1956, 1960 Olympics

1932 Birthday - Ocie Lee "OC" Smith, U.S. jazz singer, Little Green Apples

1932 Birthday - O. C. Smith, born in Mansfield, Louisiana, born Ocie Lee Smith, singer, pastor, "Save the Last Dance for Me" hit number one on Rhythm n' Beach Top 40, founded The City of Angels Church

1931 Birthday - Regis Philbin, host, Joey Bishop Show, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee

1931 Birthday - Lee Hamilton, born in Daytona Beach, Florida, Representative-D-Indiana 1965 - 1999

1931 Birthday - May Wynn, Donna Lee Hickey, New York City, actress, Caine Mutiny, Noah's Ark

1930 Event - Bing Crosby marries Dixie Lee

1930 Birthday - Kenny Ball, born in Essex, England, musician, lead trumpet player, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, appeared in film Live It Up!, featured with Joe Brown, Brenda Lee on Kapp Records

1930 Birthday - Grace Lee Whitney, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, actress, Yeoman Rand-Star Trek

1929 Birthday - Lee Hazelwood, born in Oklahoma, country singer and songwriter, Summer Wine, Jackson

1929 Birthday - Lee Hazlewood, born in Oklahoma, singer, baritone, songwriter, record producer

1929 Birthday - Lee Patterson, born in Vancouver, BC, actor, Dave-Surfside Six, Another World

1928 Birthday - Mitch Leigh, born in Brooklyn, New York, Irwin Michnick, graduated from Yale, composer, musical theater composer, theatrical producer, known for show Man Of La Mancha, composed jingle 'Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee'

1927 Birthday - Lee Grant, Lyova Haskell Rosenthal, New York City, actress, Shampoo, Landlord

1927 Birthday - Lee Montague, born in London, England, actor, Uncle Sasha-Holocaust

1927 Birthday - Lee Philips, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Ellery Queen

1926 Birthday - Lee Kuan Yew, PM, Singapore

1926 Birthday - Lee Richardson, Chicago, actor, Sweet Lorraine, Fly 2, Tiger Warsaw

1926 Birthday - Lee Allen, born in Pittsburg, Kansas, tenor sax, Walkin' With Mr. Lee

1926 Birthday - Harper Lee, author, To Kill a Mockingbird

1926 Birthday - Lee Hoiby, Madison Wisconsin, composer, 1957 Arts and Letters

1925 Birthday - Cora Lee Johnson, social activist for rural poor

1925 Birthday - Roscoe Lee Browne, Woodbury, New Jersey, actor, McCoy, Saunders-Soap

1925 Birthday - Lee Van Cleef, New Jersey, actor, For a Few Dollars More, Escape from New York

1924 Birthday - [Irving] Lee Dorsey, New Orleans, vocalist, Working in the Coal Mines

1924 Death - Lee Stack, British sirdar in Egypt, governer-general of Sudan, murdered

1924 Birthday - Lee A Iacocca, CEO, Chrysler Corp

1924 Birthday - Lee Iacocca, American Businessman

1924 Birthday - Norvel la Follette Ray Lee, lt-HW boxer 1952 Olympics gold

1924 Birthday - Lee Marvin, born in New York City, actor, Paint Your Wagon, Cat Ballou

1923 Birthday - Kent L Lee, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II - Marianas and Palau

1923 Birthday - Oren Lee Staley, 1st President of National Farmers Organization, 1955-79

1923 Birthday - Lee Hale, born in Tacoma, Washington, choral director, The Entertainers

1923 Event - Lee de Forest demonstrates his sound-on-film moving pictures (New York City)

1923 Birthday - Lee Teng-hui, president of ROC, Taiwan, head of KMT, 1988-

1922 Birthday - Stan Lee, writer, editor and co-creator of Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four and many more comic characters

1922 Birthday - Paul Picerni, New York City, actor, Agent Lee Hobson-Untouchables

1922 Birthday - Christopher Lee, born in London, England, actor, Hound of Baskervilles

1920 Birthday - Sammy Lee, born in Fresno, California, platform diver, 2 Medals 1948, 1952 Olympics

1920 Birthday - Peggy Lee, Norma Egstrom, Jamestown ND, singer, Thats All There Is?

1920 Birthday - Lee Russell, born in Cleveland, Ohio, vocalist, Vincent Lopez

1919 Birthday - Lee Krieger, born in Maryland, actor, Clambake, One Way Wahini

1917 Birthday - John Lee Hooker, born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, blues guitarist, Canned Heat

1915 Birthday - Dai-Keong Lee, composer

1914 Birthday - Lee Bowman, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover

1914 Birthday - Dixie Lee Ray, American Politician

1914 Birthday - J. Lee Thompson, British Director

1914 Birthday - Laurie Lee, male poet and author, I Can't Stay Long

1914 Birthday - Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee, blues musician, Down and Out Blues

1914 Birthday - Gypsy Rose Lee, born in Seattle, Washington stripper, or 0109 or 0208

1914 Birthday - Gypsy Rose Lee, Rose Hovick, Seattle, burlesque actress, Gypsy

1913 Birthday - Lee Petty, American Celebrity

1913 Birthday - Rosa Lee Parks, civil rights activist, bus protestor

1912 Birthday - Anna Lee, Ightham England, actress, Scruples, Lila-General Hospital

1911 Birthday - Lee J Cobb, New York City, actor, Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront

1911 Birthday - Lee J. Cobb, American Actor

1911 Birthday - Benny Lee, born in Glasgow, Scotland, entertainer, comedy actor, singer, appeared in radio comedy programs, including It's a Square World, appeared in episodes of Are You Being Served?, and the television series Minder

1911 Birthday - W R Lee, language teacher

1910 Birthday - Fran Lee, New York City, actress, Ms Wong-Major Dell Conway

1910 Birthday - Lee Byung Chull, Korean industrialist/founder, Samsung Business

1909 Birthday - Lee Scott, American Businessman

1908 Birthday - William Bakewell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Stage manager-Pinky Lee Show

1908 Birthday - Bernard Lee, born in London, England, actor, M in James Bond movies

1907 Birthday - Pinky Lee, children's show host, Pinky Lee Show

1907 Birthday - Canada Lee, born in New York City, actor, Lost Boundaries

1907 Event - 3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr. Lee De Forest

1906 Birthday - Ross Lee Finney, Wells Minnesota, composer, Landscapes Remembered

1906 Birthday - Lee Patrick, New York City, actress, Henrietta-Topper, Maltese Falcon

1906 Event - U.S. inventor Lee de Forest patents "Audion," a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio and broadcasting

1906 Event - Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube)

1905 Birthday - Fitzhugh Lee, U.S. pilot/Vice-Admiral, WW II, Navy Cross

1905 Birthday - Lila Lee, Union City, New Jersey, actress, Midnight Girl, Blood and Sand

1905 Birthday - Manfred Bonnington Lee, detective writer, of Ellery Queen

1904 Birthday - Jess Stacy, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, pianist, jazz musician, played with Tommy Dorsey, recorded with Lee Wiley, Nelson Riddle in The Great Gatsby soundtrack

1902 Birthday - Lee Strasberg, Austria, acting coach/actor, And Justice for All

1901 Birthday - Lee Strasberg, Austria, acting coach/actor, Somewhere in the Night

1898 Birthday - Johnny Lee, Missouri, actor, Calhoun-Amos 'n' Andy

1898 Birthday - Lee Tracy, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye

1897 Birthday - Benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist, or 1797

1895 Event - Katherine Lee Bates publishes "America the Beautiful"

1893 Event - Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful," in Colorado

1891 Death - Rooney Lee, American Soldier

1888 Birthday - Lee Moran, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Circus Clown

1880 Event - Theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Hathaway Lee, on his 22nd birthday

1880 Event - John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, Worcester 1, Cleveland's Forest City 0

1877 Birthday - Ivy Lee, American Writer

1873 Birthday - Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor, Audion vacuum, radio, tube

1873 Birthday - Lee Shubert, producer, theatres in New York and LA named after him

1870 Death - Robert E Lee, General of Confederate Army, dies at 63

1870 Death - Robert E. Lee, American Soldier

1868 Birthday - Edgar Lee Masters, American Poet

1865 Event - At Appomattox, General Lee issues General Order #9, his last

1865 Event - Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to U.S. Grant at Appomattox

1865 Event - Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off

1865 Event - Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse

1865 Event - Battle of 5 Forks Virginia, signalling end of Lee's army

1865 Event - Robert E. Lee appointed Confederate General in Chief

1865 Event - Robert E. Lee is named commander-in-chief of Confederate Army

1865 Event - General Robert E Lee named Commander-in-Chief of Confederate Armies

1864 Event - Robert E. Lee's home area, Arlington, Virginia, becomes a military cemetery

1864 Event - Lee sends Early into Shenandoah Valley

1864 Event - General Lee wins his last victory of Civil War at Battle of Cold Harbor

1864 Event - Ulysses S. Grant crosses Rapidan and begins his duel with Robert E. Lee

1864 Event - Rebecca Lee (U.S.) becomes 1st black woman to receive a medical degree

1864 Birthday - Rebecca Lee, 1st black woman to get a medical degree

1863 Event - General Lee's army withdraws from Gettysburg

1863 Event - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Lee's northward advance halted

1863 Event - Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

1863 Event - Planning an invasion of Pennsylvania, Lee's army crosses Potomac

1862 Death - Jesse Lee Reno, Union general-major (Reno Nevada), dies at 39

1862 Event - Lee splits his army and sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry

1862 Event - Lee crosses Potomac and enters Maryland

1862 Event - General Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops

1862 Event - General Lee's adjutant major Stuart captured

1862 Event - General Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of E Virginia and NC

1862 Event - General Lee assumes command after Joe Johnston is injured at 7 Pines

1862 Birthday - Joseph Lee, helped develop playgrounds

1861 Birthday - Alica Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, 1st wife of Theodore Roosevelt

1861 Event - Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry

1861 Event - Robert E. Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces

1861 Event - Colonel Robert E. Lee resigns from Union army

1861 Event - Col Robert E. Lee turns down offer to command Union armies

1861 Event - Robert E Lee resigns from Union army

1859 Birthday - Katharine Lee Bates, U.S., author, America the Beautiful

1856 Birthday - Violet Paget, Vernon Lee, British author, Satan the master

1853 Birthday - Charles Lee Williams, composer

1846 Birthday - Mildred Childe "Life" Lee, daughter of confederate General Robert E Lee

1841 Birthday - [Eleanor] Agnes Lee, daughter of U.S. general Robert E Lee

1837 Birthday - William Henry Fitzhugh "Rooney" Lee, Major General Confederate Army

1837 Birthday - Rooney Lee, American Soldier

1836 Birthday - Edwin Gray Lee, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1835 Birthday - Fitzhugh Lee, Major General Confederate Army

1834 Birthday - Albert Lindley Lee, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1833 Birthday - Stephen Dill Lee, Lieutenant General Confederate Army

1832 Birthday - George Washington Custis Lee, Major General Confederate Army

1832 Birthday - Randall Lee Gibson, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1828 Birthday - Andrew Taylor Still, born in Lee County, Virginia, osteopath, successfully reduced fractures, founded first school of osteopathic medicine

1823 Birthday - Jesse Lee Reno, Major General Union volunteers

1811 Birthday - [Catherine] Mildred Lee, daughter of U.S. general Robert E Lee

1807 Birthday - Robert Edward Lee, Stratford, Virginia, General-in-Chief, Confederacy

1807 Birthday - Robert E. Lee, American Soldier

1805 Event - 30 women meet at Mrs. Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset Maine, organizes

1799 Event - George Washington is eulogized by Col Henry Lee as "1st in war, 1st in peace and 1st in hearts of his countrymen"

1798 Birthday - Benjamin Lee, Baronet Guinness, Irish brewer/Dublin mayor

1797 Death - Francis Lightfoot Lee, U.S. farmer, signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 62

1794 Death - Richard H Lee, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 62

1794 Death - Richard Henry Lee, American Politician

1783 Birthday - Jarena Lee, famous African

1776 Event - Hessians capture Ft. Lee, New Jersey

1776 Event - Richard Lee moves Declaration of Independence in Continental Congress

1774 Event - Founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY

1756 Birthday - Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, Rep/Gov-Va, general

1736 Birthday - Anna Lee, Manchester England, founder, Shaker movement in America

1734 Birthday - Francis Lightfoot Lee, U.S. farmer/signer Declaration of Independence

1732 Birthday - Richard H Lee, U.S. farmer, signed Declaration of Independence

1732 Birthday - Richard Henry Lee, American Politician













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