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1995 Death - Ernest LeRoy Boyer, educator, dies at 67

1991 Event - Leroy Burrell of USA sets 100m record (9.90) in New York City

1987 Death - Mervyn Leroy, actor/screenwriter/director (Quo Vadis), dies at 86

1986 Death - Leroy Holmes, orchestra leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72

1985 Death - Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery

1983 Death - LeRoy Prinz, choreographer, dies at 88

1982 Death - [Leroy] Satchel Paige, U.S. baseball pitcher, dies at 75

1981 Event - LeRoy Irvin sets yards gained on punt returns record (207 yards)

1980 Event - Larry Holmes TKOs Leroy Jones in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

1975 Death - Leroy Anderson, composer, dies at 66

1974 Event - "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Frank Sinatra hits #83

1974 Birthday - Jennifer LeRoy, Craig CO, playmate, Feb, 1993

1971 Death - Leroy Robertson, composer, dies at 74

1968 Birthday - Glenn Leroy McLeay, Invercargill New Zealand, points race cyclist 1996 Olympics

1968 Birthday - Leroy Butler, NFL defensive back, Green Bay Packers - Superbowl 31

1968 Birthday - Leroy Hoard, NFL running back, Cleveland Browns, Minnesota Vikings

1968 Birthday - Leroy Thompson, NFL running back for the Kansas City Chiefs

1967 Birthday - Leroy Russel Burrell, Philadelphia, long jumper 1996 Olympics

1966 Birthday - Leroy Blugh, CFL defensive end for the Edmonton Eskimos

1965 Event - Browns' Leroy Kelly sets club record for most punt return yards (109)

1962 Death - LeRoy B Shield, U.S. pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68

1960 Birthday - Leroy Chiao, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, astronaut, STS-65, 72, sk: 92

1957 Event - U.S. Surgeon General Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer

1950 Event - Leroy Deans awarded 1st Order of Purple Heart in Korea

1948 Event - Cleveland Indians sign Leroy "Satchel" Paige at 42

1935 Death - Leroy Carr, rocker, dies=

1930 Birthday - Phillipe Leroy, Paris, France, actor, Night Porter, Leonardo da Vinci

1929 Birthday - Leroy Van Dyke, Spring Fork, Missouri, country singer, Walk on By

1927 Birthday - Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USAF/astronaut, Mer 9, Gem 5

1918 Birthday - Leroy T Walker, born in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Olympic consultant, 1960, 68, 72

1918 Birthday - LeRoy Walker, born in Atlanta, Georgia, CEO, US Olympic Committee

1913 Birthday - Leroy Holmes, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Tonight Show, 1956-57

1910 Birthday - Richard Cromwell, LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Jezebel

1909 Birthday - Leroy Anderson, U.S., composer, Syncopated Clock

1900 Birthday - Mervyn LeRoy, movie producer, Devil at 4 O'Clock

1896 Birthday - Leroy Robertson, composer

1893 Birthday - Leroy B Shield, U.S. pianist/producer/composer, Laurel and Hardy

1888 Event - Leroy Buffington patents a system to build skyscrapers

1864 Death - Leroy A Stafford, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 42

1822 Birthday - Leroy Augustus Stafford, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1817 Birthday - Leroy Pope Walker, U.S. lawyer/Confederate minister of War, 1861













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