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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 1982 Roy Webb, composer, arranger for over 200 films, Academy Award nominee, wrote fight song 'Roar, Lion, Roar', dies at 94 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 1946 Barbara Benary, born in America, composer, co-founder, Gamelan Son of Lion, New York City repertory ensemble, composes theater music, chamber music 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 1936 Daniel Goode, born in America, composer, clarinetist, studied with Henry Cowell, influenced by Indonesian gamelan music, bird song, Cape Breton fiddling, minimal music, member, Gamelan Son of Lion, Director, Electronic Music Studio, Rutgers University 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 1888 Roy Webb, born in New York City, New York, composer, arranger for over 200 films, Academy Award nominee, wrote fight song 'Roar, Lion, Roar' 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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