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2009 Kelly Groucutt, bass player, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, musician, pop, rock, rock and roll genres, dies in Worcester, England, at age 63
1998 Michael Zaslow, actor, The Guiding Light, dies at 56 1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Michelob Light Classic 1997 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen 1997 Vince Williams, actor (Hamp-Guiding Light), dies of cancer at 39 1996 Vicki Fergon wins LPGA Micelob Light Heartland Golf Classic 1996 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Ernie Schlegel 1995 William Roerick, actor (Guiding Light), dies in car crash at 83 1995 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Mike Aulby 1995 Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away) 1992 Wilson Phillips release their 2nd album "Shadows and Light" 1991 Steve Kemp, British light enterpeneur, dies 1990 Herbert Nelson, actor (Guilding Light), dies of a stroke at 76 1986 "Into the Light" closes at Neil Simon Theater New York City after 6 performances 1986 "Into the Light" opens at Neil Simon Theater New York City for 6 performances 1986 Marvin Johnson wins record 3rd time, light heavyweight boxing title 1984 Ashley Peldon, born in Staten Island, New York, actress, Marsha-Guilding Light, Deceived 1983 Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io 1980 Bryan Buffinton, born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, actor, Bill Lewis Jr-Guiding Light 1978 Enoch Light, orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70 1978 Janet Coles wins LPGA Natural Light Lady Tara Golf Classic 1977 Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life," goes #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks 1976 David Diaz, born in Chicago, Illinois, light welterweight boxer 1996 Olympics 1975 University of California reports galaxy 3C123 at 8 billion light years distance 1974 1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope towards M 41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away 1973 David Reid, Philadelphia, light middleweight boxer, 1996 Olympics gold 1973 Oscar de la Hoya, born in Los Angeles, California, boxer, light middleweight, Mexican-American, nicknamed 'The Golden Boy', defeated 17 world championships, won 10 world titles in six different weight classes 1971 "Light, Lively and Yiddish" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 87 performances 1970 Nia Long, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Guiding Light, Made in America, Soul Food 1970 "Light, Lively and Yiddish" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 87 performances 1969 Paige Turco, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Melanie-Guiding Light 1968 Antonio Tarver, Orlando, Florida, light heavyweight boxer, Olympics-br-96 1968 Conrad Richter, U.S. writer (Light in the Forest), dies at 78 1968 Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is 1st woman to light Olympic flame 1968 Suzy Cote, born in Santa Barbara, California, actress, Samantha-Guiding Light 1968 Beth Ehlers, born in Queens, New York, actress, Harley Cooper-Guiding Light, Hunger 1968 Jeff Phillips, born in Westwood, New Jersey, actor, Hart Jessup-Guiding Light 1968 Carl Evans, Actor, Guilding Light 1967 Doors' "Light My Fire" hits #1 1967 Henry C Rumke, psychiatrist (Light of Man), dies at 74 1967 Melina Kanakaredes, born in Akron, Ohio, actress, Eleni Andros-Guiding Light 1966 Jeff Healey, Canada, blind pop guitarist, See the Light 1965 Allison Daughtry, actress, Guilding Light 1964 Morgan Englund, actor, Dylan Lewis-Guiding Light 1964 Leonard Stabb, actor, Hunter Guthrie-One Life to Live, Guiding Light 1963 Beth Chamberlin, Danville Vt, actress, Beth Spaulding-Guiding Light 1961 1st black light is sold 1960 Mark Derwin, Park Forest, Illinois, actor, AC Mallet-Guiding Light 1960 Cassius Clay captures Olympic light heavyweight gold medal 1960 Fiona Hutchison, born in Miami, Florida, actress, One Life to Live, Guiding Light 1959 Vincent Irizarry, Queens, New York, actor, Guiding Light, Santa Barbara 1959 John H Kliegl, developer of Klieg light, dies at 89 1959 Grant Aleksander, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Guiding Light, All My Children 1959 Billy Mayerl, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees, dies at 56 1958 Mark King, bass/vocalist, Level 42-Standing in the Light, Love Games 1958 Robert Newman, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Joshua Lewis-Guiding Light 1958 Tony Sibson, born in Leicester, England, professional boxer, Middleweight, Light heavyweight, during the 1970's and 1980's 1958 Alexandra Neil, born in Boston, actress, Rose-Guiding Light 1958 Last Municipal arc light, Mission and 25th removed (installed in 1913) 1958 After warming to 100,000,000 degrees, 2 light atoms are bashed together to create a heavier atom, resulting in 1st man-made nuclear fusion 1957 Vince Williams, actor, Hamp-Guiding Light 1957 Frank Dicopoulos, born in Akron, Ohio, actor, Frank Cooper-Guiding Light 1956 Debby Boone, born in Hackensack, New Jersey, singer, You Light Up My Life 1955 Ellen Dolan, Monticello IO, actress, Guiding Light, Margo Hughes-ATWT 1954 Lisa Brown, KC, Missouri, actress, Guiding Light, Iva-As the World Turns 1953 Michael Zaslow, Inglewood California, actor, One Life to Live, Guiding Light 1953 Gregory Beecroft, Chorpus Christi, Texas, actor, Guiding Light 1952 "Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV 1952 Melvyn Gale, born in London, England, musician, classical musician, cellist, member, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, runs CD factory 1951 Kim Zimmer, Michigan, actress, Guiding Light, Doctors, One Life to Live 1949 Bonnie Raitt, born in Burbank, California, country singer, Green Light, The Glow 1949 John Baldwin, Detroit, light middleweight boxer 1968 Olympics bronze 1949 1st automatic street light (New Milford, Ct) 1949 Judith Light, Trenton, New Jersey, Angela-Who's the Boss, 1 Life to Live 1948 "Pumpkin Papers" come to light (claimed to be from Alger Hiss) 1948 Vincent Schiavelli, actor, Playroom, Waiting for the Light 1948 Michael Tylo, Detroit, actor, Guiding Light, Blade-Young and Restless 1948 Diane Ackerman, born in Waukegan, Illinois, American poet, author and naturalist, wrote 'Wife of Light' and 'A Natural History of Love' 1948 Enrique Basilio, hurler, 1st lady to light Olympic flame, Mexico-1968 1948 A flash of light is observed in crater Plato on Moon 1947 Rolando Garbey, Oriente Cuba, light MW boxer, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 1947 Cindy Pickett, born in Norman, Oklahoma, actress, Guiding Light, St. Elsewhere 1946 Robbie Kreiger, born in Los Angeles, California, guitarist, Doors-Come on Baby Light My Fire 1945 John Densmore, Louisiana, drummer, Doors-C'mon Light My Fire 1945 Kelly Groucutt, born in Coseley, England, bass player, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, musician, pop, rock, rock and roll genres 1944 Bev Bevan, born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England, born Beverley Bevan, rocker musician, played drums, percussion, original member of ELO, founded Electric Light Orchestra Part II, toured as a drummer for band Black Sabbath 1944 Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry occupies Hoven at Geilenkirchen 1944 Charles Jay Hammer, actor, Fletcher Reade-Guiding Light 1944 Rick Price, born in Birmingham, England, bassist, rock music, bass player, played with Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, The Move 1943 Tina Sloan, New York, actress, Lillian-Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow 1942 Michael Zaslow, Inglewood California, actor, Roger Thorpe-Guiding Light 1942 Marie Cheatham, Oklahoma, actress, Search for Tomorrow, Guiding Light 1940 Jerzy Kulej, Poland, light welterweight boxer, Gold Medals 1964, 1968 Olympics 1940 Beverlee McKinsey, Oklahoma, actress, Iris-Another World, Guiding Light 1940 Christopher Bernau, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Guiding Light 1939 Carmelo Bossi, Italy, light middleweight boxer 1960 Olympics silver 1939 Jason Miller, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, actor and writer, Exorcist, Light of Day 1937 1st broadcast of Soap Opera "Guiding Light" on NBC radio 1935 Don Stewart, actor, Guiding Light 1933 Reynolds Price, U.S. writer, Strengthened by a Pale Green Light 1932 Paul Anderson, U.S., light super heavyweight lifter 1956 Olympics gold 1932 Charles Adkins, U.S., light welterweight boxer 1952 Olympics gold 1932 William Faulkner completes his novel "Light in August" 1930 James Felton Boyd, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, light HW boxer 1956 Olympics gold 1929 SF Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system 1929 1st trade show at Atlantic City Convention Center, electric light 1928 Rudolph Plukfelder, U.S.S.R., light heavyweight 1964 Olympic gold 1928 Henrich Federer, Switzerland, writer (I Switch Off The Light), dies at 61 1927 George Hunter, born in South Africa, light heavyweight boxer, Gold Medal 1948 Olympics 1926 Edmund Cooper, UK, sci-fi author, Seed of Light, All Fool's Day 1924 Light Brigade forms 1922 Charita Bauer, Newark, New Jersey, actress, Guiding Light, Aldrich Family 1915 Larry Gates, St. Paul, Minnesota, actor, Guiding Light, Body Snatchers 1915 Gus Lesnevich, light heavyweight boxing champ, 1947 fight of year 1914 1st traffic light installed, Euclid Ave and E 105th St, Cleveland 1912 Henry Armstrong, held feather/light/welterweight boxing titles, 1938 1911 William Roerick, actor, Guiding Light 1908 Albert Einstein presents quantum theory of light 1908 Louis Hostin, born in France, Light Heavyweight, Gold Medals 1932, 1936 Olympics 1907 Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orchestra leader, Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith 1904 Maxie Rosenbloom, born in New York City, light heavyweight boxing champ, 1930-34 1904 Willem De Kooning, born in Rotterdam Netherland, artist, North Atlantic Light 1902 Billy Mayerl, born in London, England, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees 1901 Irna Phillips, born in Chicago, created 6 soap operas, Guiding Light 1896 Harvey Hubbell patents electric light bulb socket with a pull chain 1895 Anaheim completes it's new electric light system 1892 U.S. Patent Office says J. W. Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp 1890 Conrad Richter, writer, Light in the Forest 1882 Anton H Blaauw, Dutch botanist, Perception of Light 1879 Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park 1879 James Clerk Maxwell, Scotish physicist (speed of light), dies at 48 1879 Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb 1879 Thomas Edison demonstrates electric light 1879 1st electric arc light used in the California Theater 1879 Joseph Swan demonstrates light bulb using carbon glow 1878 Edison Electric Light Company incorporated 1877 Color organ (for light shows) patented, by Bainbridge Bishop 1876 1st public exhibition of electric light in San Francisco 1876 Jack Root, boxing's 1st light heavyweight champion 1870 Georges Claude, inventor, neon light 1868 Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity 1854 Lord Tennyson's poem, "Charge of the Light Brigade," published 1854 Charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die 1832 Edwin Arnold, English writer, Light of India 1827 William Holdman Hunt, English painter, Light of the World 1819 Franz von Suppe, Spalato Dalmatia, composer, Light Cavalry Over 1816 Gas Light Co of Baltimore founded 1773 Thomas Young, British philologist/physician, light interference 1756 Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, Rep/Gov-Va, general 1644 Olaus Romer, Denmark, 1st to accurately measured speed of light 1618 Francesco M. Grimaldi, mathematician and physicist, light defraction 1596 David Fabricius discovers light variation of Mira (1st variable star) |
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