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2009 Frank McCourt, author, teacher, wrote Pulitzer-Prize winning book, 'Angela's Ashes', a memoir of his impoverished life in Ireland, dies at age 78 in Manhattan, New York

2005 Dennis Rader, the BTK killer, receives 10 consecutive life sentences

2004 Gibson Kente, wrote about life in South African black townships, known as Father of Black Theater in South Africa, dies

2004 Carl Mydans, photographer, Life, dies at 97

2003 Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, author and feminist, 'In the Last Analysis' and 'Writing a Woman's Life', committed suicide

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 Rodney Harvey, actor, model, featured in Life Magazine spread with Madonna, appeared in Fox series, 'The Outsiders', guest on television show 'Twin Peaks', appeared in 'My Own Private Idaho', died at age 30, of a heroin overdose

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 Jeffrey Bernard, journalist, wrote column, 'Low Life', for The Spectator magazine, dies in Soho, England, after refusing dialysis treatment

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 Prime Minister 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

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/English/Netherlands 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, Captains 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, English 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

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 Lieutenant-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, born in Colorado, actor, 'Relativity', Brian in '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

1975 Maxwell Maltz, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals, dies

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 Rodney Harvey, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actor, model, featured in Life Magazine spread with Madonna, appeared in Fox series, 'The Outsiders', guest on television show 'Twin Peaks', appeared in 'My Own Private Idaho'

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 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, born in U.S. AFB West Germany, 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 Peter Gordon, born in New York City, New York, Peter Laurence Gordon, experimental composer, musician, opera, world music, jazz, rock influences, founder, Love of Life Orchestra, composed for Suzanne Vega, Laurie Anderson, worked on Desperate Housewives soundtrack

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 Keith Bradley, born in Birmingham, England, British politician, life peer, Labour Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington

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 Helene Hayman, born in England, Baroness Helene Hayman, Helene Valerie Hayman, Member of Parliament, Life Peer, Lord Speaker of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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 Kalevi Aho, born in Forssa, Finland, composer, large-scale works, symphonies, vocal works, concertos, operas, including 'The Key', 'Insect Life'

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 Lyndon Harrison, born in Britain, Baron Harrison, life peer, House of Lords, Member of the European Parliament 1989 - 1999

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 Lewis Moonie, born in Dundee, England, Baron Moonie, politician, life peer, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Kircaldy

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

1946 Dan Millman, born in America, author, wrote, published 14 self-help books focusing on human potential, wrote 'The Life You Were Born to Live'

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 John Lodge, born in Birmingham, England, musician, singer, songwriter, bass guitar player, member of The Moody Blues rock band, created songs 'Candle of Life', 'Eyes of a Child', 'Send Me No Wine'

1945 Tobias Wolff, U.S. writer, This Boy's Life

1945 Robin Strasser, New York City, actress, Dorian-One Life to Live, Another World

1945 Sam Abell, born in Toledo, Ohio, photographer, published in National Geographic, artistic photographic style, noted for transcendent qualities, graduate, University of Kentucky, photographic books include 'The Photographic Life', 'The Life of a Photograph'

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 Tom McNally, born in England, Thomas McNally, Baron McNally, politician, Liberal Party, Liberal Democrat leader in the House of Lords, life peer, Baron of Blackpool in the County of Lancashire

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 Tessa Blackstone, born in England, Baroness Blackstone, politician, university administrator, Labor Party, life peer, House of Lords, Baroness Blackstone of Stoke Newington in Greater London

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 Florence Scovel Shinn, artist, book illustrator, metaphysical writer, wrote, 'The Game of Life and how to Play it", 1925, writings follow thought principles of Emma Curtis Hopkins, Myrtle Fillmore, Phineas Quimby, Charles Fillmore, dies

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 Volker Braun, born in Dresden, German, writer, poet, playwright, wrote 'Das ungezwungne Leben Kasts' or 'The Unrestrained Life of Kast'

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, New Hampshire, premieres

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"

1933 Richard Schickel, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, documentary filmmaker, film critic, author, journalist, historian, received Guggenheim Fellowship, published in Time, and Life, magazines, books include, 'Woody Allen: A Life in Film', 'Elia Kazan: A Biography'

1932 Gibson Kente, born in South Africa, wrote about life in South African black townships, known as Father of Black Theater in South Africa

1932 Jeffrey Bernard, born in London, England, journalist, wrote column, 'Low Life', for The Spectator magazine

1931 Robert Morse, Newton Massachusetts, actor, That's Life, Jack Frost

1931 Leslie Thomas, born in Newport, Wales, author, published 'In My Wildest Dreams', recounting childhood in South Wales, in early life, wrote columns for London Evening News newspaper

1930 Ben Gazzara, New York City, actor, Run for Your Life, QB VII

1930 Frank McCourt, born in Brooklyn, New York, author, teacher, wrote Pulitzer-Prize winning book, 'Angela's Ashes', a memoir of his impoverished life in Ireland

1930 Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson, born in England, life peer as Baron Browne-Wilkinson, studied at Lancing College and Magdalen College, Oxford, former head of the Privy Council and Vice-Chancellor of the High Court

1928 Michael Blakemore, British theater director, Country Life

1927 Martin Milner, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Route 66, Adam 12, Life of Riley

1927 John Gilbert, born in England, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Dudley East, life peer as Baron Gilbert, of Dudley in the County of West Midlands

1926 Louise L. Hay, born in Los Angeles, California, motivational author, professional speaker, self-help and motivational writer, 'You Can Heal Your Life', 1984, on the New York Times Bestseller list, sold 35 million copies in 30 languages, made into movie of the same title, founder, Hay House Publishing

1926 Cranley Onslow, born in England, politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Woking, called for lower middle class taxes, life peer as Baron Onslow of Working in Surrey County

1926 Charlotte Rae, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, actress, Edna-Facts of Life

1926 Richard DeVos, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, World War II veteran, businessman, author, billionaire, co-founder Amway - now Alticor, owner Orlando Magic, wrote 'Hope from My Heart: Ten Lessons For Life'

1926 Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Josef Stalin/author, My Life

1926 Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, born in East Orange, New Jersey, author and feminist, 'In the Last Analysis' and 'Writing a Woman's 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

1925 Peter Lane, born in England, Baron Lane of Horsell, Lord Land of Horsell, politician, businessman, Conservative Party, served in Royal Navy, life peer, House of Lords

1923 Douglas Wass, CEO, Equity and Law Life Assurance Company

1923 Bob Elliot, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Bob and Ray, Get a Life

1923 Pamela Sharples, born in England, Baroness Sharples, BConservative Party, made a Life Peer of Chawton in the County of Hampshire, after husband, Sir Richard Sharples, was assassinated

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

1920 William Butterfield, born in England, born William John Hughes Butterfield, Lord Butterfield, life peer as Baron Butterfield of Stechford, Order of the British Empire, medical researcher, clinician, administrator

1919 Steve Brodie, Eldorado, Kansas, actor, Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1919 George Fenneman, born in in 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 Mervyn Pike, born in England, Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike, Baroness Pike, Conservative, Life Peerk, knighted, Member of Parliament for Melton, in the county of Leicestershire

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 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 U.S. Coast Guard created from Life Saving and Revenue Cutter services

1914 Donald Stokes, born in Plymouth, England, born Donald Gresham Stokes, Baron Stokes, Lord Stokes, industrialist, life peer in the House of Lords, managing director of British Leyland Motor Corporation

1914 Harold Russell, actor, Best Years of Our Life

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, born in Merino, Colorado, 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

1912 Cuthbert Alport, born in England, born Cuthbert James McCall Alport, Lord Alport, Baron Alport, politician, Conservative Party, Cabinet Minister, life peer, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex

1910 Arthur Hazlerigg, born in England, Lord Hazlerigg, 2nd Baron Hazlerigg, awarded Military Cross, judge, Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire, soldier, served during World War II, life peer

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 Belle Stewart, born near Bloirgowrie, Scotland, Scottish traditional singer, led life of a Scottish Traveler, daughter Sheila Stewart wrote her biography 'Queen Amang the Heather; the Life of Belle Stewart'

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, born in 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

1899 Maxwell Maltz, born in America, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals

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, born in 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 Netherlands

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

1871 Florence Scovel Shinn, born in New Jersey, artist, book illustrator, metaphysical writer, wrote, 'The Game of Life and how to Play it", 1925, writings follow thought principles of Emma Curtis Hopkins, Myrtle Fillmore, Phineas Quimby, Charles Fillmore

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 General 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"

1798 Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life, dies at age 73

1794 John G Lockhart, Scorpion, biographer, Life of Sir Walter Scott

1792 1st life insurance policy issued in U.S. in Philadelphia

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

1725 Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life

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

1681 Pedro Calderon de la Barca, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream', dies at 81

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/Prime Minister (Sanctity of Life), dies at 76

1600 Pedro Calderon de la Barca, born in Madrid, Spain, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream'

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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