2003 Katharine Hepburn, actress, A Lion in Winter, dies at 96
2001 Billie Lou Watt, voice, Kimba the White Lion, dies at 71
2001 Gunther Gebel-Williams, lion tamer, dies at 66
1998 Tony Awards, Lion King, Caberet revival, Ragtime, and The Beauty Queen of Leenane won major awards
1997 Disney's "Lion King" sets Broadway record of $2,700,000 daily sale
1997 "Lion King," opens at New Amersterdam Theater New York City
1994 Disney's "Lion King," opens in theaters with $42 million
1991 Detroit Lion Mike Utley is paralized in a game vs Los Angeles Rams
1991 Lion's Terry Taylor reinstated after 1 year drug related suspension
1990 Capucine, actress (Lion, Red Sun, Fellini Satyricon), dies at 55
1988 Reggie Rogers, Det Lion's # 1 pick, kills 3 by driving intoxicated
1987 Alfred Lion, record founder (Blue Note), dies at 78
1971 Chuck Hughes, Detroit Lion collapses during game and later, dies
1966 James Goldman's "Lion in Winter," premieres in New York City
1963 Paul de Leeuw, Dutch TV host, Cry of the Lion
1962 Lion and Tiger Veldt at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated
1958 Lion Feuchtwanger, Germ/US philosopher (Judische Krieg), dies at 74
1958 Lion Feuchtwanger, philosopher and writer (Der falsche Nero), dies at 74
1951 Det Lion Jack Christiansen returns 2 punts for touchdowns vs Los Angeles Rams
1950 Gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60
1945 Carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver, dies
1941 Frank AM Aendenboom, Flemish actor, Lion of Flanders
1941 Shima Iwashita, actress, Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide
1940 George C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75
1937 Johnny "Clyde" Copeland, U.S. blues guitarist/singer, Lion's Den
1935 Roy Scheider, actor, Jaws, Fren Connection, Marathon Man, Paper Lion
1935 Amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit
1934 Gunther Gebel-Williams, lion tamer, Ringling Bros Circus
1927 George Plimpton, New York City, sports writer, Paper Lion
1925 Bob de Moor, Flemish comic strip artist, Kuifje, Lion of Flanders
1919 Jeanne Cagney, actress, Lion is in the Streets, Quicksand
1918 James MacGregor Burns, political writer, The Lion and the Fox
1915 Jean Stafford, U.S. writer, Boston Adventure, Lion and Carpenter
1913 George Bernard Shaws "Androcles and the Lion," premieres in London
1911 James H[enry] Schmitz, Germany, sci-fi author, Lion Game
1884 Lion Feuchtwanger, German philosopher and writer, Jud Suss
1864 Carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver
1829 "Stourbridge Lion" locomotive goes into service
1815 King Willem I forms Order of Dutch Lion
1770 Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen, Copenhagen Denmark, sculptor, Dying Lion
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies "Elisabeth" battles with HMS Lion
1724 George Stubbs, England, animal painter, House Frightened by Lion
1716 1st lion exhibited in America (Boston)
1226 Louis VIII, the Lion, King of France (1223-26), dies at 39
1194 Richard I Lion Hearted pays Leopold O Fenrik VI's ransom of 100,000
1192 English king Richard I the Lion hearted, captured
1192 Sultan Saladin and king Richard the lion hearted sign cease fire
1191 Richard Coeur de Lion and Crusaders defeat Saracens in Palestine
1189 30 Jews are mnassacred at King Richard I (lion hearted) coronation
1189 Philip II, Henry II and Richard Lion hearted initiate 3rd Crusade
1157 Richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England, 1189-99
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