2005 Dennis Rader, the BTK killer, receives 10 consecutive life sentences
2004 Carl Mydans, photographer, Life, dies at 97
2002 Eileen Farrell, singer, Can't Help Singing: The Life of Eileen Farrell, dies at 82
2000 Todd Karns, actor/theater director and founder, It's a Wonderful Life, dies at 79
1998 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life
1997 "Jackie - An American Life," opens at Belasco Theater New York City
1997 British au pair Louise Woodward, 19, sentenced to life in death of Matthew Eappen 8 months (judge changes to time served)00690901
1997 James Stewart, actor, It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, dies at 89
1997 George Fenneman, announcer, You Bet Your Life, dies at 77
1997 "Life," opens at Barrymore Theater New York City
1997 5 sue Japanese PM Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life
1996 NASA announces that life may have existed on Mars
1995 Phyllis Hyman, R&B/Jazz singer (Prime of My Life), suicides at 45
1994 U.S. Ice Skating Federation bars Tonya Harding for life
1994 Medgar Evers' murderer Byron De La Beckwith sentenced to life, in Jackson Miss, 30 years after the crime
1993 Kamaran Abdalla, Iraq/Engl/Neth actor (Best Thing in Life), dies at 34
1993 Tom Fuccella, actor (Paul-One Life to Live), dies of AIDs at 56
1993 Opposition leader Xanana Gusmao of East-Timor sentenced to life
1993 Paul Cezannes still life sells for $28,600,000 in New York City
1992 Microwave Observing Project begins (seeking alien life)
1992 John Gotti begins life sentence in jail
1992 George Berkeley, actor (Life Stinks, Capts and Kings), dies at 70
1991 6,000th episode of One Life To Live
1991 Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode
1991 Dallas Mavericks Roy Tarpley becomes 7th to be banned from NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement
1991 Frank Capra, director (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 94
1991 Toni Gerry, actress (Bullet for Joey, Lust for Life), dies at 61
1991 British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment
1991 Clara Eggink, [Ebbele], Dutch poet (Life with J C Bloem), dies at 84
1991 "Real Life With Jane Pauley" premieres on NBC-TV
1990 Ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65
1990 Roald Dahl, Br short story author (Sweet Mystery of Life), dies at 74
1990 "Normal Life" starring Moon Unit and Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV
1990 Michael Powell, Engl director (Life and Death of Col Blimp), dies at 84
1989 Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent, Dutch soprano (Songs for Life), dies at 91
1989 Irving Stone, U.S. writer (Love is Eternal, Lust for Life), dies
1989 Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling
1989 Hayden Panettiere, actress, One Life to Live
1988 Dick Clair, comedian (Clair and McMahon, Facts of Life), dies of AIDS
1988 "Facts of Life," Lisa Whelchel weds Steve Cauble
1988 Lee Goodman, actor (Imitation of Life), dies of TB at 64
1987 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for attempted assassination of President Gerald R Ford escapes from Alderson Prison
1987 Michael Roman, actor, Al-One Life to Live
1987 Ohio nurse Donald Harvey sentence to triple life (poisoned 24)
1987 Nazi Klaus Barbie, "Butcher of Lyon" sentenced to life in France
1986 Tyler Noyes, actor, CJ-One Life to Live
1985 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge at Aqueduct
1985 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge
1985 Brian Gwynne Horrocks, English lt-general (A Full Life), dies at 89
1985 Actress Judith Licht (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (One Life to Live)
1984 David, spent most of his life in a plastic bubble, dies at 12
1983 "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life," released in France
1983 China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life
1983 Thom Syles keeps a life saver intact in his mouth for over 7 hours
1982 "Doll's Life" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 5 performances
1982 "Doll's Life" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 5 performances
1982 John C Gardner, U.S., writer (Life and Times of Chaucer High), dies at 49
1982 36th Tony Awards: Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby and Nine win
1982 "Is There Life after High School?" closes at Barrymore after 12 performances
1982 "Is There Life after High School?" opens at Barrymore New York City for 12 performances
1981 Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City
1981 Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life for Lennon's murder
1981 Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome to life
1981 William Saroyan, U.S. stagewriter (Time of your life), dies at 72
1981 Beulah Bondi, actress (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 89
1981 Beulah Bondi, actress (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 88
1980 Eliza Dushku, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, This Boy's Life, True Lies, Journey
1980 Rachael Roberts, actress (This Sporting Life), dies at age 53
1980 Supreme Court rules new forms of life created in labs could be patented
1980 Dick Haymes, actor (Real Life, Betrayal), dies
1980 Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run
1979 Ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67
1979 Fulton J Sheen, bishop (Life is Worth Living), dies at 84
1979 Hugh Leonards "Life," premieres in Dublin
1979 Monty Python's "Life of Brian" premieres
1979 Emory Parnell, St. Paul, Minnesota, actor (Life of Riley), dies at 85
1979 Brian Clark's "Whose Life is it Anyway?," premieres in London
1979 Claire Danes, New York City, actress, Angela-My So Called Life, Romeo and Juliet
1978 Devon Gummersall, Colo, actor, Relativity, Brian-My So Called Life
1978 Filming on Monty Python's Life of Brian, begins
1978 David Berkowitz sentenced in New York Supreme Court to 25 years to life
1978 Peggy Wood, actress (One Life to Live, Mama), dies at 86
1977 Paleontologist Elso Barghoorn announces that 3.4-billion-year-old one-celled fossils, the earliest life forms, had been discovered
1977 David Mamet's "Life in the Theater," premieres in New York City
1977 Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life," goes #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks
1977 Jake Patellis, actor, Paul Bowman-Good Life
1977 Andreas Baader and members of Baader-Meinhoff jailed for life after a trial lasting nearly 2 years in Stuttgart, Germany
1977 Bette Davis is 1st woman to receive Life Achievement Award
1977 Onslow Stevens, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life), dies at 74
1976 Scientists in Pasadena, California, announce Viking I found strongest indications to date of possible life on Mars
1976 Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live, dies
1976 Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot President Ford
1975 Lynette Fromme sentenced to life for attempt on President Ford's life
1975 Kellie Martin, Riverside California, actress, Life Goes On, Cristy
1975 William Hartnell, actor (Jackpot, This Sporting Life), dies at 67
1974 Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life"
1974 Devon Odessa, actor, Sharon-My So Called Life, Girl of Limberlost
1973 Wilson Cruz, actor, My So Called Life, Ally McBeal
1973 Christie Clark, Louisiana, actress, Carrie Brady-Days of Our Life
1973 Michael O'Shea, actor (Denny- It's a Great Life), dies at 67
1973 MacKenzie Astin, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Facts of Life, Garbage Pail Kids
1973 Juan Corona sentenced to 25 life sentences for 25 murders
1973 Juan Corona sentenced to 25 consecutive life terms for 25 murders
1973 New Philippine constitution names Marcos president for life
1972 Life magazine ceases publication
1972 Jared Leto, born in Bossier City, Louisiana, actor, Jordan-My So Called Life
1972 Oscar Levant, actor (American in Paris, Dance of Life), dies at 65
1972 Jean-Bedel Bokassa appoints himself President for life of Cent African Rep
1971 Wings release their 1st album "Wild Life"
1971 Trey Ames, born in Canton, Ohio, actor, David-A Year in the Life
1971 Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda sworn in as President for Life of Malawi
1971 50,000 attend Celebration of Life, rock concert, McCrea Louisiana
1971 Charles Manson sentenced to life (Sharon Tate murder)
1971 U.S. Lt Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life
1971 William Calley sentenced to life for Mi Lai Massacre
1971 Selmer Jackson, actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 82
1970 Treblinka SS commander Franz Stangl sentenced to life imprisonment
1969 Salvatore Baccaloni, opera singer and actor (Full of Life), dies at 69
1969 Mark Brettschneider, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Jason-One Life to Live
1969 Kim Fields Freeman, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Tootie-Facts of Life
1969 Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43
1968 "That's Life" premieres-A Broadway musical type TV show
1968 Pope Paul VI, in an encyclical entitled "Humanae Vitae" (Of Human Life), declares any artificial forms of birth control prohibited
1968 "One Life to Live" premieres on TV
1968 Soap opera "One Life To Live" premieres
1968 Yasmine Bleeth, born in New York City, actress, Ryan's Hope, 1 Life to Live, Baywatch
1968 Susan Haskell, actress, Marty-One Life to Live, Strictly Business
1968 LIFE mag calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world"
1967 Sean Moynihan, Burlington, Vermont, actor, Powell-One Life to Live
1967 BBC bans Beatle's "A Day in the Life" (drug references)
1967 Albert DeSalvo (Boston Strangler) sentenced to life in prison
1967 Jeff Bankett, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Tyler-1 Life to Live
1966 Mindy Cohn, Louisiana, actress, Facts of Life
1966 Nancy McKeon, born in Westbury, New York, actress, Jo Polniazek-Facts of Life
1966 Russel Crouse, U.S. stagewriter (Life with Father), dies at 73
1966 Thorsten Kaye, soap actor, Patrick-One Life to Live, Silencers
1966 Bronwen Booth, London, actress, Andy-One Life to Live, Eternal Evil
1965 Gregory Scott [Koenig], Dearborn, Michigan, guitarist, Signs of Life
1965 Auschwitz trials end with 6 life sentences
1965 Lisa Rinna, born in Newport Beach, California, actress, Billie-Days of Our Life
1965 Revised International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect
1965 Fia Porter, Mexia, Texas, actress, Audrey Ames-One Life to Live
1965 Forrest Taylor, actor (This is Life, Man Without a Gun), dies at 81
1964 William Bendix, actor (Life of Riley), dies at 58
1964 Cornelia Guest, debutante, Debutante's Guide to Life
1964 Leonard Stabb, actor, Hunter Guthrie-One Life to Live, Guiding Light
1964 Dave Parsons, rocker, Transvision Vamp, Sham 69-That's Life
1964 Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa
1963 Lisa Howard, actress, Days of Our Life, Rolling Vengeance
1963 Ralph Sanford, actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 64
1963 Zasu Pitts, actress (Wedding March, Life With Father), dies at 65
1963 Lisa Whelchel, Fort Worth Texas, actress, Blair-Facts of Life
1963 Tracey E. Bregman Recht, Munich Germany, actress, Days of Our Life
1963 Jessica Tuck, New York City, actress, Megan-1 Life to Live
1962 Karen Witter, California, actress, Tina-One Life to Live, /playmate, Mar, 1982
1962 Holly Gagnier, Louisiana, actress, One Life to Live
1962 Tonja Walker, Huntington, West Virginia, actress, Alex-One Life to Live
1962 OAS leader general Raoul Salan sentenced to life
1962 "Gay Life" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 113 performances
1962 Robert Mailhouse, New Haven, Connecticut, actor, Brian-Days of our Life
1961 "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 113 performances
1961 Billy House, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg and I), dies at 71
1961 John Viscardi, New York City, actor, Father Tony-One Life to Live
1961 Roma Downey, Derry Ire, actress, 1 Life to Live, Touched by an Angel
1961 John Clarke, actor, Mickey-Days of Our Life
1961 Kassie Wesley, born in Kentucky, actress, Evil Dead 2, Blair-One Life to Live
1961 Jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59
1960 Anna Blaman, Dutch writer (Life and Death), dies at 55
1960 Valerie Pettiford, New York City, actress, Sheila Price-One Life to Live
1960 Chris Elliott, actor/comedian, Get a Life, David Letterman Show
1960 Fiona Hutchison, born in Miami, Florida, actress, One Life to Live, Guiding Light
1959 William Bishop, actor (Steve-It's a Great Life), dies at 42
1959 Basia Trzetrzelevska, Poland, jazz singer, Time and Life
1959 Patricia Pease Jeffers, born in North Carolina, actress, Kimberly-Days of our Life
1959 Lou Bandy, Dutch revue-artist (Life Ain't Bad), commits suicide at 69
1959 Eileen Davidson, born in Artesia, California, actress, Kristen-Days of our Life
1959 Wayne Hussey, rocker, Mission-Lover for Life
1959 Shelley Burch, born in Tucson, Arizona, actress, One Life to Live, Identity Crisis
1958 Billy Hufsey, actor, Christopher-Fame, Days of our Life
1958 14 people named 1st life peers in U.K.
1957 James De Paiva, Hayward California, actor, Max Holden-One Life to Live
1957 Andrea Evans, actress, Young and Restless, Tina-One Life to Live
1957 Hillary Bailey Smith, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Nora-One Life to Live
1956 Juliet Stevenson, Essex England, actress, Secret Rapture, Life Story
1956 Debby Boone, born in Hackensack, New Jersey, singer, You Light Up My Life
1956 Sandra Guiboard, U.S. AFB German FR, actress, Donna-One Life to Live
1956 Julie Montgomery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Samantha-1 Life to Live, Kindred
1956 Woody Brown, Dayton Ohio, actor, Cliff-Facts of Life
1955 Mark Mitchell, actor, Larger than Life, Lift Off, Ground Zero
1955 Patti Weaver, West Virginia, actress, Days of our Life, Gina-Young and Restless
1955 Michael Sabatino, born in California, actor, Days of Our Life, Bold and Beautiful
1955 Marcia McCabe, actress, Alice-One Life to Live
1955 Clive Aslet, British editor, Country Life
1954 Matt Groening, cartoonist, Life in Hell, Simpsons
1953 Roy Firestone, sportscaster, Life's Most Embarrassing Moments
1953 Michael Zaslow, Inglewood California, actor, One Life to Live, Guiding Light
1952 Deborah Adair, actress, Tracey-Dynasty, Kate-Day of Our Life
1951 1st broadcast of "Love of Life" on CBS-TV
1951 Gerald Anthony, actor, Marco Dane-General Hospital, One Life to Live
1951 Tanya Boyd, born in Detroit, Michigan, actress, Celeste-Days of our Life
1951 Kim Zimmer, Michigan, actress, Guiding Light, Doctors, One Life to Live
1951 Life After Tomorrow, 1st film to receive an "X" rating, premieres
1950 Dutch NSB leader C van Gelderen sentenced to life
1950 Nathan Purdee, actor, Nathan-Young and Restless, Hank-1 Life to Live
1950 Robert S. Woods, born in California, actor, Bo-One Life to Live, Waltons
1949 Arthur Chesney, actor (Lodger, Chelsea Life), dies at 67
1949 Jeremy Thomas, actor, Family Life
1949 "Love Life" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 252 performances
1949 Patti LuPone, born in Northport, New York, actress and singer, Evita, Life Goes On
1949 John Shea, born in North Conway, New Hampshire, actor, Honeymoon, New Life, Lois and Clark
1949 Ric Ocasek, born in Baltimore, rock vocalist, Cars-Double Life, Bye Bye Love
1949 Denny Albee, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, actor, Dr. Janssen-One Life to Live
1949 Judith Light, Trenton, New Jersey, Angela-Who's the Boss, 1 Life to Live
1949 Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison
1948 "Love Life" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 252 performances
1948 Bijz Criminal division sentences war criminal Jacob Folks to life
1948 Sir Laurence Olivier on the cover of LIFE magazine
1947 "You Bet Your Life," with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio
1947 Linda Thorson, born in Toronto, actress, Tara-Avengers, Julia-1 Life to Live
1947 Judy Loe, born in Urmston Manchester, United Kingdom, actress, Singles, Meaning of Life
1947 Grace Moore, U.S. soprano/actress (1 Night of Life), dies at 45
1946 Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life," premieres
1946 Gloria Loring, New York City, actress and singer, Days of our Life
1946 Jacqueline Courtney, New Jersey, actress, Another World, One Life to Live
1946 Alison Steadman, Liverpool England, actress, Life is Sweet
1946 Erika Slezak, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Viki-One Life to Live
1946 Lasse Hallstrom, director, Once Around, My Life as a Dog, ABBA
1945 Thaao Penghlis, actor, Mission Impossible, Tony-Days of Our Life
1945 Catherine Burns, New York City, actress, Last Summer, One Life to Live, Catcher
1945 Tobias Wolff, U.S. writer, This Boy's Life
1945 Robin Strasser, New York City, actress, Dorian-One Life to Live, Another World
1944 Henry J Wood, English conductor (My Life of Music, Proms), dies at 75
1944 Colin Nutley, director and writer, Such is Life, Black Jack
1944 E J Peaker, Tulsa Oklahoma, actress, That's Life
1943 Winfred "Blue" Lovett, U.S. singer, Manhattans-One Life to Live
1943 Susan Seaforth Hayes, actress, Days of our Life, Young and Restless
1943 Metropolitan Life Insurances issues a $225 million check to Chase
1943 4 chaplains drown after giving up their life jackets to others
1943 Alexander Goode, rabbi who surrended his life jacket, drowns
1943 Kenneth Kelley, U.S. singer, Manhattans, One Life to Live
1942 Patricia Elliot, born in Gunnison, Colorado, actress, Renee-Empire, One Life to Live
1942 Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life)
1942 Sandra Dee, [Zuck], Bayonne, New Jersey, actress, Gidget, Imitation of Life
1941 "Life Certificates" issued to some Jews of Vilna, rest exterminated
1941 Robin Leach, born in London, England, TV host, Life Styles of Rich and Famous
1940 George Reinholt, Philadelphia, actor, Steve-Another World, One Life to Live
1940 Emma Goldman, U.S. anarchists/feminist/author (Living My Life), dies
1939 H Lindsay and R Crouse' "Life with Father," premieres in New York City
1939 William Saroyan's "Time of Your Life," premieres in New York City
1939 Robert Nye, writer, Facts of Life and other fiction, 3 Views of Man
1939 Gwen Taylor, British actress, Life of Brian, Sob Sisters, Screaming
1938 Clifford Goldsmith' "What a Life," premieres in New York City
1938 "Our Town," Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winner of small-town life in Grover's Corners, NH, premieres (NJ)
1937 Richard Foreman, New York City, theatrical director, Daily Life
1937 Elinor Donahue, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Father Knows Best, Get a Life
1936 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce
1936 Life magazine hit newsstands
1936 Susan Kohner, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Imitation of Life, Gene Krupa Story
1936 Harriet Monroe, U.S. poet (Poet's Life), dies at 75
1936 Hans Haacke, Cologne Germany, artist, Right to Life, Dripper Boxes
1936 Timothy Spall, actor, 1871, Life is Sweet, Crusoe, Remembrance
1935 Clarence Day, writer (Life with Father), dies
1934 Judith Herzberg, Dutch poet and author, Charlotte Life or Theater
1934 Al Freeman, Jr., born in Texas, actor, One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie
1934 Stalin ends 17th CPSU-congress, says "Life becomes merrier"
1931 Robert Morse, Newton Massachusetts, actor, That's Life, Jack Frost
1930 Ben Gazzara, New York City, actor, Run for Your Life, QB VII
1928 Michael Blakemore, British theater director, Country Life
1927 Martin Milner, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Route 66, Adam 12, Life of Riley
1926 Charlotte Rae, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, actress, Edna-Facts of Life
1926 Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Josef Stalin/author, My Life
1925 Barbara Bates, born in Denver, Colorado, actress, Kathy-It's a Great Life
1925 Phil Carey, born in Hackensack, New Jersey, actor, Asa Buchanan-One Life to Live
1925 Bill Hayes, born in Harvey, Illinois, actor, Your Show of Shows, Days of our Life
1923 Douglas Wass, CEO, Equity and Law Life Assurance Company
1923 Bob Elliot, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Bob and Ray, Get a Life
1922 Greek parliament bans prince Andreas for life
1922 Erving Goffman, sociologist, presentation of self in everyday life
1922 John Braine, English novelist, Life at the Top
1921 Donna Reed, born in Denison, Iowa, From Here to Eternity, Wonderful Life
1920 Carmen McRae, Clark, U.S. jazz singer/pianist, Dream of Life
1919 Steve Brodie, Eldorado, Kansas, actor, Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1919 George Fenneman, Peking China, TV announcer, You Bet Your Life
1919 Bruce F Cummings, English author (Enjoying Life), dies at 30
1919 Liberty Life Insurance Co (Chicago) organized by blacks
1918 Maurice Laing, life president, John Laing
1917 William Bishop, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actor, Steve-It's a Great Life
1917 Robert Conquest, English author, Back to Life
1917 Glenn Reeves, Massillon, Ohio, actor, Defending Your Life
1917 Joop Waasdorp, Dutch writer, Naked Life
1916 Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live
1916 John Vivyan, actor, Mr Lucky, Wrong Man, Imitation of Life
1916 John Vivyan, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Imitation of Life, Mr. Lucky
1915 Assn for study of Negro Life and History forms by Carter G Woodson
1915 Assn of Negro Life and History founded
1915 Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life
1915 Signe Hasso, Stockholm Sweden, actress, Johnny Angel, Double Life
1915 US Coast Guard created from Life Saving and Revenue Cutter services
1914 Harold Russell, actor, Best Years of Our Life
1913 Assn for Study of Negro Life and History organizes in Chicago
1913 Ralph Edwards, born in Merino, Colorado, TV host, This is Your Life
1913 MacDonald Carey, born in Sioux City, Iowa, actor, One Life to Live, Dream Girl
1913 Ralph Edwards, Merino Colo, TV host, This is Your Life
1912 Garson Kanin, born in Rochester, New York, playwright/producer, Double Life
1912 Ann Dvorak, [McKim], New York City, actress, G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface
1912 Roy Winsor, born in Chicago, producer, Search for Tomorrow, Love of Life
1908 Yousuf Karsh, portrait photographer, Life Magazine
1908 William Saroyan, U.S., novelist/playwright, Time of Your Life
1908 Jimmy Stewart, Pennsylvania, actor, Mr Smith Goes to Wash, Wonderful Life
1907 Sid Tomack, actor, Life of Riley
1906 Oscar Levant, Pittsburgh, actor, American in Paris, Dance of Life
1906 Hermione Baddeley, England, actress, Camp Runamuck, Maude, Good Life
1906 Hendrikus G "Han" Hoekstra, poet, Ongerijmde life
1906 Frank Parker, born in New York City, actor, Shawn-Days of our Life
1906 Roger Livesey, born in Barry, Wales, actor, Drums, Life and Death of Col Blimp
1906 Clara Eggink, [Ebbele], Dutch poet, Life with JC Bloem
1906 Michael O'Shea, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Denny-It's a Great Life
1906 William Bendix, New York City, actor, Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley
1905 Atlanta Life Insurance Company forms
1904 Fifi D'Orsay, born in Montreal, actress, Life Jimmy Dolan, Girl from Calgary
1903 Irving Stone, U.S., author, Love is Eternal, Lust for Life
1903 Malcolm Muggeridge, English writer, Observer of Life
1902 Gerard[us M] Rutten, director, Miraculous Life of Willem Parel
1902 Onslow Stevens, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Mr Fisher-This is the Life
1901 James Dunn, New York City, actor, Tree Grows in Brooklyn, It's a Great Life
1901 Clara Maass, army nurse sacrificied her life at 25 to prove that the mosquito carries yellow fever
1900 Maurice Gilliams, Flemish writer/poet/essayist, Maria's Life
1900 Fjodor Godunov-Tcherdynchev, Russian poet, Life of Tchernyshevsky
1900 William Haines, Staunton, Virginia, actor, Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney
1899 Ralph Sanford, Springfield Massachusetts, actor, Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1898 Henry R. Luce, born in Tengchow, China, publisher, Time, Fortune, Life
1898 1st installment of William Dean Howell's "Life and Letters" appears
1898 ZaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress, Life With Father, Dames
1897 Frank Capra, Italy, director, Its a Wonderful Life, Arsenic and Old Lace
1896 Edna Purviance, Lovelock NV, Dog's Pleasure, Dog's Life
1895 Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher, Songs of Life
1895 Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher, Songs of Life
1895 Fulton J Sheen, El Paso, Illinois, bishop, Life is Worth Living
1894 Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84
1893 Russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright, Life with Father
1893 Henry C Rumke, Dutch psychiatrist, Periods in Man's Life
1892 Beulah Bondi, Chicago, actress, It's a Wonderful Life
1892 Peggy Wood, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, One Life to Live, Mama
1890 Groucho Marx, New York City, comedian, Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life
1890 Billy House, Minnesota, actor, Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg and I
1888 Selmer Jackson, Iowa, actor, Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1887 Muriel Aked, Bingley England actress, Happiest Days of Your Life
1887 Juan Gris, born in Spain, cubist painter, Still Life Before an Open Window
1885 Maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Neth
1884 Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in 3 game series Oct 23-25 at Polo Grounds New York City to determine baseball champion
1883 Scott Nearing, U.S. sociologist/pacifist/author, The Good Life
1881 Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35
1879 John Erskine, U.S., poet/pianist, Private Life of Helen of Troy
1879 Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst, Life and Work of Sigmund Freud
1876 Frank L Gillespie, Arkansas, founded Supreme Life Insurance Company
1874 Clarence Shepard Day, New York City, author, Life with Father
1873 Jakob Wassermann, born in Germany, novelist, My Life as German and Jew
1873 Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author/novelist, Pages from My Life
1869 Herbert David Croly, U.S. author, Promise of American Life
1868 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms
1859 Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet, A Buried Life
1859 Arthur Conan Doyle, UK, author brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice
1858 Vladimir Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, playwright, Life in Russian Theater
1858 Arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist and author, From Life
1858 French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed
1857 George Gissing, English author, Thyrza, Crown of Life
1856 Richard B. Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor, Life of A Smith
1856 Frank Harris, England, journalist and writer, My Life and Loves
1846 Mildred Childe "Life" Lee, daughter of confederate gen Robert E Lee
1843 1st chartered mutual life insurance company opens
1841 Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (New York City)
1841 N E Guerin of New York patents cork-filled life preserver
1834 Lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies
1832 Moncure Daniel Conway, U.S., abolitionist, Life of Thomas Paine
1817 George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer, Life of Goethe
1809 Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, Belg, paleont, life cycle of tapeworms
1808 David F Strauss, Germany, theologist, Jesus' Life
1802 Napoleon declared "Counsel for Life"
1794 John G Lockhart, [Scorpion], biographer, Life of Sir Walter Scott
1792 1st life insurance policy issued in U.S. (Phila)
1779 Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin, French still life painter, dies at 80
1761 1st life insurance policy in U.S., issued in Philadelphia
1759 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia
1757 ALF, alien life form, ALF
1755 Nathan Hale, hanged patriot, had but one life to give for his country
1749 Jan van Huysum, Dutch still life painter, dies at 66
1739 35 Jews sentenced to life in prison in Lisbon Portugal
1710 Willem van Haren, Frisian nobleman/poet, Human Life
1699 Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin, French still life painter
1695 Melchior de Hondecoeter, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 58
1693 Willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73
1687 Jurriaen van Streeck, Dutch still life painter, buried
1679 Abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38
1661 Pieter Claesz, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 64
1640 Abraham Mignon, still life painter
1620 John Evelyn, British diarist, Life of Mrs. Godolphin
1619 Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison
1612 Piotr Skarga, Polish theology/PM (Sanctity of Life), dies at 76
1583 Richard Martin of London takes out 1st life insurance policy, on William Gibbons, premium was 383 pounds
1253 Clara van Assisi leads rules of life in order of Clarissen
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