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2004 Larry Brown, writer, Big Bad Love, dies at 53

2003 Robert Palmer, resistable performer, Addicted to Love, dies at 54

2003 Barry White, man with velvet voice, ", Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe, ", dies at 58

2002 Caroline Knapp, writer, Drinking: A Love Story, dies at 41

2000 Johnnie Taylor, singer, Who's Makin' Love?, dies at 62

1999 71st Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony, Whoopi Goldberg hosts, Shakespeare in Love wins Best Picture, Roberto Benigni and Gwyneth Paltrow win lead acting awards

1998 Eddie Rabbitt, singer, I Love a Rainy Night, dies at 56

1998 "Triumph of Love," closes at Royale Theater New York City

1997 Nicolette Larson, singer (Lotta Love), dies from brain seizure at 45

1997 Eliot Daniel, composer (I Love Lucy theme), dies at 89

1997 "Triumph of Love," opens at Royale Theater New York City

1997 Davis Love III wins golf's Buick challenge, shooting a 267

1997 Mother Teresa, philanthropist, Nobel (1979), No Greater Love, dies of cardiac arrest at 87

1997 79th PGA Championship: Davis Love III shoots a 269 at Winged Foot GC

1997 "Love Thy Neighbor," closes at Booth Theater New York City

1996 David Sinclair, actor (Love and Hate), dies at 62

1996 Couples, Love and Stewart win Wendy's Men's 3 Tour Golf Challenge

1996 "Love Thy Neighbor," opens at Booth Theater New York City

1995 Beth Daniels/Davis Love III wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic

1995 "Love! Valor! Compassion!" closes at Walter Kerr New York City after 276 performances

1995 Phyllis Hyman, Phyllis Linda Hyman, soul singer, songwriter, actress, jazz, soul, rhythm and blues, disco genres, first solo Top Ten Hit, 'Can't We Fall In Love Again', received Tony-nomination for Broadway musical, Sophisticated Ladies, dies from suicide at 45

1995 49th Tony Awards: Love! Valour! Compassion! and Sunset Boulevard win

1995 "My Thing of Love" closes at Beck Theater New York City after 16 performances

1995 "My Thing of Love" opens at Beck Theater New York City for 16 performances

1995 "Love! Valor! Compassion!" opens at Walter Kerr New York City for 276 performances

1994 Courtney Love cleared of drug charges

1994 Michael Bolton found plagurized Isley Bros "Love is Wonderful Thing"

1994 Dan Hartman, U.S. singer/songwriter, 'Love Sensations', dies at 42

1994 36th Grammy Awards: I Will Always Love You, Toni Braxton wins

1993 Courtney Love sues doctors for leaking news of her methadone treatment

1993 Joseph Warren, actor (Gift of Love, Urban Warriors), dies at 77

1993 "What's Love Got to Do with It", premieres

1992 Stella Adler, U.S. actress (Love on Toast), dies at 90

1992 John Hancock, actor (LA Law, Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51

1992 Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love

1992 Georgia Brown, British singer and actress (Love at Stake), dies at 58

1992 Georges Delerue, French composer (Hiroshima, My Love), dies at 67

1992 Rockers Kurt Corbin (Nirvana) and Courtney Love (Hole), wed

1991 Edward M Love, choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43

1991 "Love Of A Lifetime" by Firehouse peaks at #5

1991 Yves Montand, actor (Lets Make Love, Z), dies at 70

1991 Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies

1991 Vicky Brown, U.S. singer (Power of Love), dies

1991 Peter T. Thwaites, British Brigadier-General and playwright 'Love or money', dies

1991 "Big Love" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 41 performances

1991 "Big Love" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 41 performances

1991 "Aspects of Love" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 377 performances

1991 Webb Pierce, U.S. country singer (Bye Bye Love), dies of cancer at 64

1991 Luis Escobar, Spanish actor (Don Juan My Love), dies at 78

1990 Beth Daniel/Davis Love wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic

1990 Robert Cummings, actor (Love that Bob), dies of kidney failure at 82

1990 "Love and Affection" by Nelson peaks at #1 on pop singles chart

1990 Dorothy Mackaill, actress (Love Affair), dies of kidney failure at 87

1990 Robert D Webb, director/actor (Love Me Tender, Jackals), dies at 87

1990 "Aspects of Love" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 377 performances

1990 Katharine Balfour, actress (Love Story), dies of ALS at 69

1990 David Arkin, actor (I Love You Alice B Toklas), dies

1989 "I Love Lucy" Christmas episode, shown for 1st time in over 30 years

1989 AR Gurney's "Love Letters," premieres in New York City

1989 Irving Stone, U.S. writer (Love is Eternal, Lust for Life), dies

1989 Lucille Ball, comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78

1988 George Harrison releases "This is Love"

1988 Bruce Springsteen "Tunnel of Love Tour," begins in Worcester Mass

1987 Bruce Springsteen releases his 9th album "Tunnel of Love"

1987 29th Grammy Awards: Higher Love, Graceland, Bruce Hornsby wins

1987 Jimmy Holiday, U.S. singer (Baby I Love You), dies at 42

1987 Andrew Lawrence, Philadelphia, actor, Andy Roman-Brotherly Love

1986 Desi Arnaz, actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies at 69 of cancer

1986 Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains"

1986 Corita Kent, artist, educator, mediums include silkscreen, serigraphy, producing fine art with messages of love and peace, famous work includes the 1985 Love Samp and Rainbow Swash, dies of cancer

1986 Frank Nelson, actor (Ralph-I Love Lucy, Jack Benny Show), dies at 75

1986 Bessie Love, actress (Broadway Melody, Isadora), dies at 87

1985 27th Grammy Awards: Whats Love Got to Do With It, Cyndi Lauper wins

1984 Ruth Cummings, actress (Daybreak, Dream of Love), dies at 90

1984 "(What) In Name Of Love" by Naked Eyes peaks at #39

1983 Sam Shepards "Fool for love," premieres in New York City

1983 "My Love" by Lionel Richie peaks at #5

1983 Muddy Waters, U.S. blues singer/guitarist (Mad Love), dies at 68

1983 Maurice Ronet, actor (Circle of Love, Frantic, Sphinx), dies at 55

1983 Dick Emery, actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love), dies at 65

1982 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks

1981 Lotte Lenya, singer and actress (From Russia With Love), dies in New York at 83

1981 Natalie Portman, actress, Professional, Everyone Says I Love You

1980 Barbra Streisand's "Guilty," album goes #1 for 3 weeks and her single "Woman In Love," goes #1 for 3 weeks

1980 "Love Stinks" by J Geils Band peaks at #38

1980 710 families in Love Canal area (Niagara Falls New York) are evacuated

1980 Matthew Lawrence, Philadelphia, actor, Dynasty, Matthew-Brotherly Love

1980 Kay Medford, actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love), dies at 65

1980 Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run

1979 Vivian Vance, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy), diesof cancer at 67

1979 "I Love My Wife" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 864 performances

1979 George Harrison releases "Love Comes to Everyone"

1979 Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress, Sarah Reeves-Party of Five

1979 Mabel Taliaferro, actress (My Love Come Back), dies at 91

1978 1st lesbian theme TV movie - "Question of Love"

1978 Paul McGrath, actor (Witness, No Time for Love), dies at 74

1978 Astrid Allwyn, actress (Love Affair, Girl for Calgary), dies at 68

1978 Faith Baldwin, U.S. author (They Who Love), dies at 84

1977 1st broadcast of "Love Boat" on ABC-TV

1977 Ringo releases "Drowning in Sea of Love"

1977 "I Love My Wife" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 864 performances

1977 George Harrison releases "True Love"

1976 Will Friedle, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Eric-Boy Meets World, Gift of Love

1976 Wings release "Silly Love Songs"

1976 18th Grammy Awards: Love Will Keep Us Together, Natalie Cole wins

1976 "Love Rollercoaster" by Ohio Players hits #1

1976 Michael V. Love, U.S. test pilot, X-24, dies in F-4 crash at 37

1975 James Robertson Justice, actor (DR at Large, Dr. om Love), dies at 70

1975 Tony Orlando and Dawn receives gold record for "He Don't Love You"

1975 Staci Keanan, Anastasia Love Sagorsky, actress, Nicole-My 2 Dads

1975 10cc releases "I'm Not in Love"

1975 17th Grammy Awards: I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win

1975 Eagles' "Best of My Love" reaches #1

1974 Douglas Emerson, born in Glendale California, actor, Robbie-Herbie the Love Bug

1974 Ilona Massey, actress (Love HAppy, Holiday in Mexico), dies at 62

1974 Martin Love, cricketer, high scoring Queensland batsman, Australia 1995

1974 ABC airs final episode of "Love, American Style"

1973 Sidney Blackmer, actor (Love Crazy), dies of cancer at 58

1973 Pablo Neruda, N R R Basoalto, poet (100 Love Sonnets), dies at 69

1973 George Harrison releases "Give Me Love" in the United Kingdom

1973 Stevie Wonder releases "You are the Sunshine of my Love"

1973 Paul McCartney releases "Red Rose Speedway" including "My Love"

1973 After a 5 year run soap "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" ends

1972 Reginald Owen, actor (Above Suspicion, Love on the Run), dies at 85

1972 "From Israel with Love" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 8 performances

1972 "From Israel with Love" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 8 performances

1972 Walter Winchell, writer/actor (Dondi, Love and Hisses), dies at 74

1971 Peter Deuel, actor (Gidget, Love on a Rooftop), commits suicide at 31

1970 Glenn Medeiros, singer, Someday Love

1970 Billy Stewart, singer (I Do Love You), dies in auto-accident at 32

1969 "Love American Style," premieres on ABC-TV

1969 Jackie DeShannon gets Gold Record for "Put Little Love in Your Heart"

1969 Jimmy McHugh, composer (Can't Give You Anything But Love), dies at 74

1969 Max F Eastman, U.S. critic/essayist (Love and Revolution), dies at 86

1969 Vernon Duke, songwriter, composer, memorable songs 'Take a Chance on Love', 'April in Paris', dies at 65

1968 Milwaukee Bucks make their 1st NBA trade, giving Bob Love and Bob Weiss to Chicago Bulls for Flynn Robinson

1968 Supremes and Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"

1968 Supremes release "Love Child"

1968 Sebastian Philip Clerk Bach, born in Bahamas, rock, Skid Row-Psycho Love

1968 Ami Dolenz, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, General Hospital, Can't Buy Me Love

1967 Harry Connick, Jr., New Orleans Louisiana, singer, We Are in Love

1967 Beatles' "All You Need is Love," single goes #1

1967 Rolling Stones release "We Love You"

1967 Beatles' "All You Need is Love" is released

1967 "Somebody To Love" by Jefferson Airplane peaks at #5

1967 Sheryl Lee, born in Boulder, Colorado, actress, Twin Peaks, Love Lies and Murder

1967 Kurt Cobain, rock vocalist, Nirvana, husband of Courtney Love

1966 Love, Moby Grape and Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East

1966 Supremes release "You Can't Hurry Love"

1966 Graeme Clark, bassist, Wet Wet Wet-Angel Eyes, Love is All Around

1966 Love's 1st album released "Love"

1966 Stephen Mailer, born in New York City, actor, Red Meat, League of Their Own, War and Love

1966 William Frawley, actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy), dies at 89

1966 James "Rachel" Bolan, Pt Pleasant, New Jersey, rocker, Skid Row-Psycho Love

1965 Bjork, Iceland, singer, Like Someone in Love

1965 Robert Rusler, actor, Game of Love, Vamp, Thrashin'

1965 Reginald Beckwith, actor and writer (39 Steps, Dr. in Love), dies at 56

1965 Damien Hirst, born in Bristol, England, artist, richest living artist to date, 'For the Love of God' a diamond-encrusted scull sculpture, sold for 50 million pounds in 2007

1965 Supremes release "Stop In the Name of Love"

1965 Searchers' "Love Potion #9" peaks at #3

1964 Marq Torien, rocker, Bullet Boys-For Love of Money

1964 Supremes release "Baby Love"

1964 David Michael Sabo, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, rocker, Skid Row-Psycho Love

1964 Supreme's "Where Did Our Love Go," reaches #1

1964 Sandra Bullock, born in Washington D.C., actress, Speed, Net, Love and War

1964 "Here's Love" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 338 performances

1964 Courtney Love, SF, vocalist, Hole, actress, People vs Larry Flynt

1964 Scotti Hill, Manhasset, New York, rock guitarist, Skid Row-Psycho Love

1964 Beatles' "Love Me Do," single goes #1

1964 "From Russia With Love" premieres in U.S.

1964 Peter and Gordon release "World Without Love"

1964 Davis Milton Love III, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1987 MCI Heritage

1964 Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks

1964 Neneh Cherry, born in Stockholm Sweden, Swedish pop singer, Money Love

1963 "Here's Love" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 338 performances

1963 Duval Love, NFL guard for the Arizona Cardinals

1963 Robert James Affuso, born in Newburgh, New York, rock drummer, Skid Row-Psycho Love

1962 Paul Crowder, rocker, The Adventures-Sea of Love

1962 Marilyn, rocker, You Don't Love Me

1962 Beatles release their 1st record "Love Me Do"

1962 Beatles cut "Love Me Do" and "PS I Love You" with Andy White on drums

1962 Jesse Johnson, born in Rock Island, Illinois, Jesse Woods Johnson, musician, guitarist, funk, rocky, rhythm and blues genres, original member of The Time, contributed to hit singles, 'The Bird', 'Jungle Love', on The Time's third album, 'Ice Cream Castle'

1962 Taylor Dayne, Leslie Wunderman, born in New York, vocalist, I'll Always Love You

1962 David Bryan, rock keyboardist, Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name

1961 Princess, rocker, Desirez Heslop, All For Love

1961 Beatles record "If You Love Me Baby"

1961 El Debarge, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, rocker, Debarge-All this Love

1961 Clark Datchler, vocalist, Johnny Hates Jazz-Don't Say it's Love

1960 Amy Grant, vocalist, That's What Love Is, Baby Baby

1960 Amy Grant, Augusta Georgia, gospel/rock singer, Glory of Love, Baby Baby

1960 Henny Porten, silent screen actress (Mother Love), dies at 70

1960 "Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ricky Valance peaks at #1 in UK

1960 Joan Jett, Philadelphia, singer, Blackhearts-I Love Rock 'n Roll

1960 Evelyn "Champagne" King, born in Bronx, New York, disco singer, Shame, I'm in Love

1960 Theo Vogelaars, pop bassist, Trockener Kecks/Paid Love

1960 Gerard Joling, Dutch singer, Love is in Your Eyes

1960 Guy Chadwick, English singer and songwriter, House of Love

1960 James Spader, born in New York City, actor, Endless Love, Wall St, Mannequin

1959 Sean Young, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actress, Dune, Young Doctor in Love

1959 Eddi Reader, rocker, Fairground Attraction-Find My Love

1959 Mark Nevin, rocker, Fairground Attraction-Find My Love

1959 Richie Sambora, guitarist, Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name

1959 Trisha Yearwood, born in Nashville, Tennessee, singer, She's in Love With the Boy

1959 Kathy Mattea, country singer, Love at the Five and Dime

1959 Eric Blore, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Love Happy), dies at 70

1959 Jody Watley, Chic, dancer, Solid Gold, singer, Looking For a New Love

1959 Per Helmstad Gessle, Sweden, singer, Roxette-Must Have Been Love

1958 Lenny Von Dohlen, Augusta Georgia, actor, Love Kills, Electric Dreams

1958 Mike Mills, U.S. pop bassist, REM-One I Love

1958 Jamie Lee Curtis, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Anything But Love, Halloween

1958 Rachel Ticotin, New York City, actress, Grace-For Love and Honor, Total Recall

1958 Mark Miller, Dayton Ohio, actor, Search for Grace, Love Field

1958 Mark King, bass/vocalist, Level 42-Standing in the Light, Love Games

1958 Angela Bassett, born in New York City, actress, What's Love Got to Do With It

1958 Robert Greig, actor (Devil Doll, Indian Love Call), dies at 78

1958 Marie Fredriksson, Ostra-Lj Swed, singer, Roxette-Must Have Been Love

1958 Ted McGinley, born in Newport Beach, California, actor, Love Boat, MWC, Dynasty

1958 Simon Edwards, rocker, Fairground Attraction-Find My Love

1958 Tony Aire, rocker, Adventures-Sea of Love

1958 Bill Timoney, TV commercial actor, Addicted to Love

1957 Lynette Love, U.S. tai kwan do champ 1987, Olympics 1988

1957 Pete Murphy, rocker, Love Hysteria

1957 "I Love Lucy," last airs on CBS-TV

1957 Philip Chevron, English pop musician, Pogues-Peace and Love

1957 Last broadcast of "I Love Lucy" on CBS-TV

1956 "I Love Lucy" Christmas show airs, never put in syndication

1956 Elvis Presley's 1st film "Love Me Tender," premieres in New York City

1956 "Love Me Tender" with Elvis Presley premieres

1956 "I Love Mickey" by Mickey Mantle and Teresa Brewer peaks at #87

1956 Luis Guzman, born in Cayey, Puerto Rico, actor, voice-over actor, cast in "Boogie Nights", "Magnolia", Punch-Drunk Love"

1956 Elvis Presley begins filming "The Reno Brothers" (Love Me Tender)

1956 Lena Olin, born in Stockholm, Sweden, actress, Enemies A Love Story

1956 James Ingram, vocalist, On the Wings of Love

1956 Ann Magnuson, Charleston, West Virginia, actress, Anything But Love, Hunger

1955 Carlene Carter, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, I Fell in Love

1955 Kevin Welch, California, country songwriter/actor, Thing Called Love

1955 Melinda Culea, Western Springs, Illinois, actress, A-Team, Brotherly Love

1955 Pete Shelley, vocal/guitar, Buzzcocks-Going Steady, Love Bites

1955 Ellen Barkin, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Big Easy, Sea of Love

1954 Rickie Lee Jones, Chicago, singer, Chuck E's in Love

1954 David Paymer, actor, Love Mary, Mr. Saturday Night

1954 Lina Polito, born in Naples, Italy, actress, Love and Anarchy

1954 Nancy Wilson, rock guitarist, Heart-Never, What about Love

1954 Chris Hughes, born in London, England, drummer, musician, record producer, played drums for Dalek I Love You, The Blitz Brothers, member, Adam and the Ants, produced Tears for Fears, The Hurting, Songs from the Big Chair, co-produced Peter Gabriel's 'Red Rain'

1954 6th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Donald O'Connor and Eve Arden wins

1954 Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio and records his 1st two songs, "Casual Love" and "I'll Never Stand in Your Way"

1953 John Mengatti, New York City, actor, Nick-White Shadow, For Love and Honor

1953 Debra Paget, born in Denver, Colorado, actress, Love Me Tender

1953 Michael Bolton, Connecticut, rock vocalist, That's What Love Is All About

1953 5th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Thomas Mitchell and Helen Hayes wins

1952 Susan Hallock Dey, Illinois, actress, 1st Love, Partridge Family, LA Law

1952 1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy)

1952 Bernard Edwards, Greenville, North Carolina, bassist, Chicago-Addicted to Love

1952 Nicolette Larson, born in Kansas City, Missouri, rock vocalist, Twins, Lotta Love

1952 Marianne Williamson, born in Houston, Texas, spiritual activist, author, speaker, lecturer, wrote, 'A Course in Miracles', a program about choosing love over fear, 'A Return to Love', breakthrough success attributed to appearance on Oprah Winfrey

1952 Joey Ramone, Jeffrey Hyman, rock drummer, Ramones - Baby I Love You

1952 Dave Hill, born in England, rock guitarist, Slade-Coz I Love You

1952 Jennie Lynn, born in San Diego, California, actress, Love and Marriage

1952 Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Mysteries of Love), dies at 52

1951 Yvonne Elliman, U.S. actress and singer, I Don't Know How to Love Him

1951 "I Love Lucy" debuts on CBS TV

1951 JoAnna Cameron, born in Colorado, actress, I Love My Wife, Isis

1951 1st broadcast of "Love of Life" on CBS-TV

1951 John Deacon, British pop guitarist, Queen-Somebody to Love

1951 Lorraine Chase, actress/model, Lame Ducks, Love and Bullets

1951 Andre Hazes, Dutch barkeeper/singer, We Love Orange

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 Ann Wilson, born in San Diego, California, rock vocalist, Heart-What About Love

1951 Jorge Santana, born in Autlan, Jalisco, Mexico, musician, member of band Malo, recorded with Malo members to produce solo albums Jorge Santana, It's All About Love, plays green Frender Stratocaster guitar, recorded Santana Brothers album with brother, Carlos Santana, 1994

1951 Deniece Williams, Chandler, Indiana, singer, Love Wouldn't Let Me Wait

1951 John Erskine, U.S. writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71

1951 Peter Ustinov's "Love of Four Colonels," premieres in London

1951 Luther Vandross, born in New York City, rock vocalist, On the Wings of Love

1951 Ralph Cooper, born in Australia, drummer, Air Supply-All Out of Love

1951 Charo, Murcia Spain, actress and singer, Chico and the Man, Love Boat

1950 Terry Bozzio, rock drummer, Missing Persons-Hello I Love You

1950 Richard Keith, Lafayette, Louisiana, actor, Little Ricky-I Love Lucy

1950 Livingston Taylor, Boston, rocker, I Will be in Love With You

1950 Sandra Reemer, Dutch singer, As Love Goes

1950 David Bellamy, born in Darby, Florida, singer, Bellamy Bros-Let Your Love Flow,

1950 Roelof S "Roel" Bakker, Dutch actor and director, Love Potion

1950 Phyllis Hyman, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Phyllis Linda Hyman, soul singer, songwriter, actress, jazz, soul, rhythm and blues, disco genres, first solo Top Ten Hit, 'Can't We Fall In Love Again', received Tony-nomination for Broadway musical, Sophisticated Ladies

1950 Stevie Wonder, singer and songwriter, You are the Sunshine of My Love

1950 William Katt, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Greatest American Hero, 1st Love

1950 Lizzie Borden, director and writer, Love Crimes, Working Girls

1949 Paul Rodgers, Engl, rocker, Bad Company-Feel Like Makin Love, Firm

1949 Airrion Love, U.S. singer, Stylistics-16 Bars

1949 "All after Love" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 121 performances

1949 Stephen Burleigh, Wheeling, West Virginia, actor, Love and Betrayal, Afterburn

1949 "Love Life" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 252 performances

1949 Ric Ocasek, born in Baltimore, rock vocalist, Cars-Double Life, Bye Bye Love

1949 "All for Love" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 121 performances

1949 Teresa Graves, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Laugh-in, Get Christie Love

1948 Donna Summer, Boston, singer, Love to Love You Baby, On the Radio

1948 Lulu, born in Glasgow, Scotland, singer and actress, To Sir With Love

1948 "Love Life" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 252 performances

1948 Jackson Browne, U.S. Base in Germany, rock voclaist, Lawyers in Love

1948 Diane Ackerman, born in Waukegan, Illinois, American poet, author and naturalist, wrote 'Wife of Light' and 'A Natural History of Love'

1948 Judy Geeson, Arundei Sussex England, actress, To Sir With Love, Berserk

1948 Robert Plant, English rock vocalist, Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love

1948 Michael Peters, choreographer, What's Love Got to Do with It

1948 Sergei Bodrov, born in Khabarovsk, Russia, director, Katala, Somebody to Love

1948 Cesar Zuiderwijk, Dutch rock drummer, Golden Earring, Radar Love

1948 Fred Grandy, born in Sioux City, Iowa, Representative-R-Iowa, 1986-, actor, Love Boat

1948 Leo Sayer, Gerard, England, singer, When I Need Love

1948 Steve Winwood, England, rock bassist, A Higher Love

1948 Katie Pierson, born in New Jersey, vocals/guitarist, B-52's-Rock Lobster, Love Shack

1948 Jeffrey Osborne, born in Providence, Rhode Island, rock vocalist, On the Wings of Love

1948 Felice Taylor, R&B singer, I Feel Love Comin' On

1947 Richard Lewis, born in New York City, comedian, Marty Gold-Anything But Love

1947 Karen Valentine, Santa Rosa California, actress, Love American Style, Room 222

1947 Dominique Sanda, born in Paris, France, actress, 1900, First Love

1947 Major Harris, U.S. R&B-singer, Love won't Let me wait

1947 Grace Moore, soprano/actress (One Night of Love), dies at 45

1946 Carrie Jacobs Bond, American composer (I Love You Truly), dies at 85

1946 Lynne Marta, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actress, Love American Style

1946 Deepak Chopra, born in Punjab, British India, author, speaker, physician, co-founded the Chopra Center, made cameo appearance in movie, 'The Love Guru', 2008

1946 Dennis Dugan, born in Wheaton, Illinois, actor and director, Can't Buy Me Love, Howling

1946 Paul Hindemith's "For Those We Love," premieres

1946 Tina Aumont, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Master of Love, Casanova

1946 Howard Bellamy, Darby, Florida, vocalist, Bellamy Bros-Let Your Love Flow

1945 Wayne Fontana, Manchester England, rocker, Groovy Kind of Love

1945 Nikita Mikhalkov, director, Dark Eyes, Slave of Love

1945 Donny Hathaway, Chicago, singer and songwriter, Where is the Love

1945 Dee Dee Sharpe, Dione Larue, U.S. singer, I Love You Anyway

1945 Gordon Waller, born in Scotland, singer, Peter and Gordon-World Without Love

1945 Robert Knight, born in Franklin, Tennessee, singer, rocker, debuted with the Paramounts, recorded hit, signature song, Everlasting Love

1945 Catherine Spaak, born in France, actress, Libertine, Hotel, Circle of Love

1945 Laura Lee, Rundless, singer, Dirty Man, Women's Love Rights

1945 Eric Stewart, rock guitarist, 10cc-I'm Not in Love

1944 Mick Jones, rock guitarist, Foreigner-Want to Know What Love is

1944 Eddie Rabbitt, Brooklyn, country singer, I Love a Rainy Night

1944 Barry White, born in Galveston, Texas, singer, Love's Theme

1944 Jesse Winchester, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, singer and songwriter, Learn to Love it

1944 Billy Cobham, Panama, jazz artist, Same Ole Love

1944 Dave Edmunds, born in Wales, singer/guitarist, Rockpile-Baby I Love You

1944 Ric Rothwell, drummer, Mindbenders-Games of Love

1944 Mary Wilson, born in Detroit, Michigan, vocalist, Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go

1944 Phyllis Frelich, Devil's Lake ND, actor, Love is Never Silent

1944 Peter Eotvos, born in Odorheiu Secuiesc, Hungary, now Romania, composer, conductor, works include 'Love and Other Demons'

1943 Hanna Schygulla, Katowice Silesia, actress, Love is Colder than Death

1943 Stephen Wallace, director, For Love Affair, Hunger, Mail Order Bride

1943 Alan Rudolph, actor, Endangers Species, Love at Large, Made in Heaven

1943 Oscar Harris, Surinames/Dutch singer, Try a Little Love

1943 Randy Newman, New Orleans, vocalist, Short People, Love, Louisiana, Raindrops

1943 Gene Watson, Palestine, Texas, country singer, Heartaches, Love and Stuff

1943 Joe Simon, U.S. singer, Power of Love

1943 Jim McCarty, born in Liverpool, rock drummer, Yardbirds-For Your Love

1943 Montagu Love, actor (Wind), dies at 65

1943 Paul Samwell-Smith, rocker, Yardbirds-For Your Love

1943 Rick Samwell-Smith, rocker, Yardbirds-For Your Love

1943 Ewald Vanvugt, author, Kiss of Delight, Seed of Love

1943 George Benson, born in Pittsburgh, singer/guitarist, Greatest Love of All

1943 Keith Reif, born in England, rocker, Yardbirds-For Your Love, Renaissance

1943 Barbara Acklin, Allen, Chicago, R&B singer, Love Makes a Woman

1942 Philip Barry's "Without Love," premieres in New York City

1942 Elvin Bishop, Tulsa, Oklahoma, rock guitarist, Fooled Around and Fell in Love

1942 Frankie Lymon, New York City, rocker, & Teenagers-Why do Fools Fall in Love

1942 Michele Lee, born in Los Angeles, California, actress and singer, Karen-Knots Landing, Love Bug

1942 Paul McCartney, born in Liverpool, England, rocker, Beatles, writes love songs

1942 Eddie Levert, born in Canton, Ohio, vocalist, O'Jays-For the Love of Money

1942 James Carr, U.S., gospel singer, To Love Somebody

1942 Marsha Mason, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Blume in Love, Cinderella Liberty

1942 Frank Bonner, Little Rock AR, actor, WKRP, Hoax, You Can't Hurry Love

1941 Curtis Lee, born in Yuma, Arizona, singer, doo-wop and pop recording artist with Phil Spector, partnered with Tommy Boyce, sang 'Under the Moon of Love', 'Pretty Little Angel Eyes'

1941 Darlene Love, singer and actress, Lethal Weapon

1941 Ryan O'Neal, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Peyton Place, Paper Moon, Love Story

1941 Billy Fury, Liverpool, singer/guitarist, When Will You Say I Love You

1941 Ryan O'Neal, actor, Love Story, Paper Moon

1941 Mike Love, born in California, rock saxophonist and vocalist, Beachboys

1941 Angelo D'Aleo, Bronx, tenor, Dion and Belmonts-Teenager in Love

1940 Justine "Baby" Washington, U.S. singer, Only Those in Love

1940 Louise Sorel, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, BS I Love You, Crimes of Passion

1940 Phyllis Davis, born in Port Arthur, Texas, actress, Love American Style, Vega$

1940 Penelope Keith, British actress, Norman Conquests, Priest of Love

1940 Chuck Woolery, born in Kentucky, TV game show host, Love Connection

1940 Eleanor Fount, English actress, Women in Love, Bedazzled

1940 Stuart Margolin, Davenport Iowa, actor, Love American Style

1939 Susan Anspach, New York City, actress, Grace-Yellow Rose, Blume in Love

1939 Norman West, U.S. singer, Soul Children, Hearsay, Give 'em Love

1939 O. V. Wright, born in Leno, Tennessee, singer, sang gospel, considered southern soul artist, first pop recording, 'That's How Strong My Love Is'

1939 Johnny Preston singer, Running Bear, Cradle of Love

1939 George Hamilton, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Love at 1st Bite, Where the Boys Are

1939 Dion DiMucci, born in Bronx, rocker, Dion and Belmonts-Teenager in Love

1939 William Bell, Yarborough, U.S. singer, Tryin' to Love Two

1939 Ray Peterson, born in Denton, Texas, singer, Tell Laura I Love Her

1939 Ali MacGraw, born in Pound Ridge, New York, actress, Love Story, Goodbye Columbus

1939 Judy Carne, comedienne, Laugh-In, Love on a Rooftop

1938 Rich Little, Ottawa Canada, impressionist/actor, Love on a Rooftop

1938 Michael V. Love, U.S. test pilot, X-24

1938 Pia Lindstrom, critic, WNBC-TV, journalist, From Russia With Love

1938 Jeff Barry, born in Brooklyn, New York, rock writer, Tell Laura I Love Her

1938 Michael Pataki, Youngstown Ohio, actor, Get Christie Love

1938 Jack Jones, born in Los Angeles, California, singer, Love Boat Theme

1937 Clifford Heatherley, actress (For Love or Money, Cash), dies at 48

1937 John Phillip Law, Hollywood, actor, Barbarella, Love Machine

1937 George Hamilton IV, born in North Carolina, actor, Evel Knievel, Love at 1st Bite

1937 Erich Segal, born in Brooklyn, New York, author, Love Story, Oliver's Story

1937 Billy Stewart, U.S. R&B singer, I Do Love You

1937 Clarence "Frogman" Henry, musician, You Always Hurt the One You Love

1937 Nancy Wilson, Chillicothe Ohio, jazz vocalist, Feel Like Making Love

1937 Dr. Hook, Ray Sawyer, Ala, vocalist, Dr. Hook-When You're in Love

1937 Steve Karmen, born in Bronx, New York, jingle writer, I Love, New York, This Bud's for You

1936 Hector Elizondo, New York City, actor, American Gigolo, Young Doctors in Love

1936 Keith Barron, born in Mexborough, England, actor, At Earth's Core, Baby Love

1936 Shirley Knight, born in Goessei, Kansas, actress, Endless Love, Secrets

1936 Glenda Jackson, Cheshire, England, actress, Women in Love

1936 Virginia Maskell, actress, Suspect, Doctor in Love, Man Upstairs

1936 Jack Scott, vocalist, My True Love

1936 Jack Scott, Canada, rocker, My True Love

1936 Michael White, theater/film producer, From Russia With Love

1936 John Gilbert, actor (Love, Downstairs), dies at 40

1935 Lewis Arquette, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Horror Show, Book of Love

1935 Hans H. Boswinkel, actor and director, Surprise Attack, Tutorials in Love

1935 Ronnie Hawkins, Arkansas, rocker, The Band-Who Do You Love?

1935 Nolan Miller, Burkburnett, Texas, fashion designer, Dynasty, Love Boat

1934 Ketty Lester, Revoyda Frierson, U.S. singer and actress, Love Letters

1934 Pat Boone, Florida, singer and actor, April Love, Cross and Switchblade

1934 David Sinclair, actor, Love and Hate

1934 John D. Loudermilk, rock drummer/vocalist, Language of Love, Norman

1933 Arif Melikov, born in Baku, Azerbaijan, name also Arif Malikov, Soviet composer, nationally acclaimed for composition Legend of Love whose ballet is among the finest works to emerge from the Soviet Union

1933 Debra Paget, Griffin, Denver, actress, Love Me Tender

1933 Joan Weldon, SF, actress, So This is Love, Them

1933 Bernie Kopell, born in New York City, actor, Love Boat, Get Smart, That Girl

1933 Jean-Claude Brialy, born in Aumale, Algeria, actor, Circle of Love, Cousins

1932 Manuel Puig, Argentina, writer, Blood of Requited Love

1932 Petula Clark, Surrey England, rock vocalist, Downtown, My Love

1932 Rene de Clerq, Flemish poet and writer (Book of Love), dies

1932 Nagisa Oshima, born in Kyoto, Japan, director, Town of Love and Hope

1931 Nancy Hadley, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Love That Jill, Joey Bishop Show

1931 Eunice Gayson, born in London, England, actress, Dr. No, From Russia With Love

1931 Phil Phillips [Baptiste], rock vocalist, Sea Of Love

1931 Gavin MacLeod, Mount Kisco, New York, actor, Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boat

1931 Dean Jones, Decatur Ala, actor, Ensign O'Toole, Company, Love Bug

1930 Anders Randolf, actor (Love of Sunya, Dangerous Curves), dies at 59

1930 Robert Evans, born in New York City, director/actor, Love Story, Godfather, Chinatown

1929 Dory Previn, Rahway, New Jersey, pop singer, Love Be My Cover

1929 Don Murray, born in California, actor, Bus Stop, Advise and Consent, Endless Love

1929 Harald Juhnke, born in Berlin, Germany, actor, Guitars of Love

1929 Burt Bacharach, born in Kansas City, Missouri, composer, I'll Never Fall in Love Again

1929 Sonny James, James Loden, Hackelburg AL, rocker, Young Love

1929 Sonny James, singer, Young Love, Running Bear

1929 Ulu Grosbard, Belgium, actor, Straight Time, Georgia, Falling in Love

1928 Roddy McDowall, London England, actor, Planet of Apes, Lord Love a Duck

1927 Jack Kelly, Astoria Queens, actor, Bart-Maverick, Get Christie Love

1927 Elvin Jones, born Pontiac, Michigan, musician, jazz drummer, played hard bop, avant-garde jazz, post-bop, member of John Coltrane quartet, appearing in A Love Supreme

1927 Peter Bayliss, born in Thames, England, actor, From Russia With Love

1927 Maurice Ronet, born in Nice, France, actor, Frantic, Sphinz, Circle of Love

1926 Alfred Slote, author, Love and Tennis, Omega Station

1926 Peter T. Thwaites, British Brigadier-General and playwright, 'Love or Money'

1926 Charles Denner, Tarnow Poland, actor, And Now My Love

1926 Shelley Berman, Chicago, comedian, Son of Blob, Love American Style

1925 Felice Bryant, Milwaukee, rock writer, Bye Bye Love

1925 Martha Vickers, Ann Arbor, Michigan, actress, Alimony, Man I Love, Ruthless

1925 Shecky Greene, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian/actor, Love Machine, Combat

1924 Leo Buscaglia, born in Los Angeles, California, "Dr. Hug", psycholigist, Love

1923 Arthur Hiller, director, Love Story

1922 Michel Auclair, Vujovic, Germany, actor, Story of a Love Story

1922 John Bromfield, born in South Bend, Indiana, actor, Easy to Love

1922 Richard Kiley, born in Chicago, actor, Man of La Mancha, Endless Love

1920 Percy Mayfield, U.S. singer, Please Send Me Someone to Love

1920 Eva Dahlbeck, born in Saltsjo-Duvnas, Sweden, actress, Dreams, Lesson in Love

1920 Bryant Boudleaux, Shellman, Georgia, rock writer, Bye Bye Love

1919 George Gobel, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian/TV personality, I Love My Wife

1918 Red Sox trade Dutch Leonard, Ernie Shore and Duffy Lewis to Yankees for Ray Caldwell and Slim Love, Frank Gilhooey, Al Walters and $15,000

1918 Corita Kent, born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, artist, educator, mediums include silkscreen, serigraphy, producing fine art with messages of love and peace, famous work includes the 1985 Love Samp and Rainbow Swash

1917 P Roger Peyrefitte, French writer, Singular Love

1917 Desi Arnaz, born in Santiago Cuba, actor, I Love Lucy

1917 Dick Emery, born in London, England, actor, Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love

1915 Sydney, Kern and Smith's musical "Love o' Mike," premieres in New York City

1914 Kay Medford, born in New York City, actress, Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love

1914 Julio Cortazar, Argentina, writer, We Love Glenda So Much

1914 Billy Eckstine, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, jazz singer, Tenderly, A Fool in Love

1914 Morton DaCosta, born in Philadelphia, director, Island of Love, Music Man

1913 Jimmy Van Heusen, songwriter, Love and Marriage

1913 Francis De Wolff, England, actor, From Russia With Love

1912 Tony Martin, Oakland Cal, singer, Tony Martin Show, Tonight We Love

1912 Pedro Armendariz, Mexico, actor, From Russia With Love

1912 Roy Winsor, born in Chicago, producer, Search for Tomorrow, Love of Life

1912 Edmund George Love, U.S., teacher/historian/author, A Small Bequest, =

1911 Lucille Ball, born in Jamestown, New York, comedienne/actress, I Love Lucy, Mame

1911 Gail Patrick, Birmingham, Alabama, actress, My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy

1911 Simone Simon, born in France, actress, All Money Can Buy, Ladies in Love

1910 Rosemary DeCamp, Prescott, Arizona, actress, Love That Bob, That Girl

1909 Maurice Denham, Beckenham England, actor, Mr Love, Damn the Defiant

1909 Rollo May, U.S., psychologist, Love and Will

1908 Reginald Beckwith, York England, actor, Genevieve, Doctor in Love

1908 Robert Cummings, born in Joplin, Missouri, actor, Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder

1907 Garmt Stuiveling, Dutch literary, Poet in Love

1907 Vivian Vance, born in Cherryvale, Kansas, actress, Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy

1907 John Hadfield, author/publisher, Love on a Branch Line

1906 Raymond Keane, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Midnight Sun, Love Eagle

1905 Constance Bennett, New York City, actress, Easiest Way, Ladies in Love

1905 Donald Douglas, Scotland, actor, I Love You Again

1905 Dorothy Fields, lyricist, I'm in the Mood for Love

1905 H[erbert] E[rnest] Bates, novelist, Feast for July, Love for Lydia

1905 Phyllis McGinley, U.S., poet, Pulitzer 1961, Love Letters

1904 Nancy Mitford, English author, Love in a cold climate

1904 Paul McGrath, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Witness, No Time for Love

1903 Vernon Duke, born in Parafianovka, Belarus, Vladimir Dokelsky, songwriter, composer, memorable songs 'Take a Chance on Love', 'April in Paris', music was performed by Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra

1903 Irving Stone, U.S., author, Love is Eternal, Lust for Life

1903 Helene Costello, dancer/actress, Love Toy

1901 Marion Gering, actress, Sarumba, Rumba, Ready for Love, 24 Hours

1900 Alfred Newman, born in New Haven, composer, Love is a Many Splendored Thing

1899 Kenneth MacKenna, Canterbury, New Hampshire, actor and director, Those We Love

1898 Bessie Love, born in Midland, Texas, actress, Broadway Melody, Children of Damned

1898 Leopold Infeld, Polish nuclear physicist, Whom the God's Love

1897 Karl H Waggerl, Austria writer, Power of Love

1897 Pencil sharpener patented by J L Love

1897 Frank Fay, born in San Francisco, California, actor, God's Gift to Women, Love Nest

1895 Juanita Hansen, born in Iowa, actress in Fast Company, Broadway Love

1894 William Love hosts ground breaking ceremonies for Love Canal

1893 Faith Baldwin, New Rochelle, New York, author/novelist, They Who Love

1893 Isobel Elsom, actress, My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger

1893 William Frawley, Iowa, actor, Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy, Bub-My 3 Sons

1892 Lupino Lane, born in London, England, actress, Love Parade

1892 Ernst Lubitsch, Germany, actor, Love Parade

1890 Gerrit Engelke, German writer/poet, Love Letters

1890 Theda Bara, born in Cincinnati, actress, Love Goddeses

1888 Clifford Heatherley, Preston England, actress, For Love or Money

1888 Florence Bates, Texas, actress, Moon and Sixpence, Love Crazy, San Antonio

1887 Mabel Taliaferro, New York City, actress, Sentimental Tommy, My Love Come Back

1887 Vital Celen, Flemish writer, Puppy Love

1885 Gordon Harker, born in London, England, actor, Facts of Love, Champagne

1884 Minerva Urecal, California, actress, Accent on Love, Crazy Knights

1877 Georgia B D Camp Johnson, U.S., poet/playwright, Autumn Love Cycle

1876 Hans Bethge, born in Dessau, Germany, writer, short stories, essays, plays, poetry on love, nature, works include, 'Agyptische Reise' 'Egyptian Journey'

1866 Carl Jonas Love Almquist, composer, dies at 72

1864 Louis Van Deyssel, writer, Small Republic, One Love

1862 Carrie Jacobs Bond, Janesville Wisconsin, songwriter, I Love You Truly

1851 Dion Boucicault's "Love in a Maze," premieres in London

1842 Stendhal [Marie-H Beyle], French writer (The Love), buried at 59

1838 Victoria Chaflin Woodhull, Ohio, feminist/reformer/free love

1835 Ann Rutledge, said to be Lincoln's true love, dies in Illinois at 22

1801 Novalis, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night', dies from tuberculosis in the Germany, at age 28

1793 Carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer, Tornrosens Buck

1785 Thomas Love Peacock, English author, Headlong Hall

1772 Novalis, born in Oberwiederstedt, Germany, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night'

1765 Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81

1729 William Congreve, English dramatist (Love for Love), dies at 58

1707 Carlo Goldoni, Italy, lawyer/playwright, Belisario, Love of 3 Oranges

1697 Cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter, Unseemly Love

1695 William Congreve's "Love for Love," premieres in London

1691 George Etherege, English stage writer (Love in a Tub), dies at 56

1678 Andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57

1675 John Vermeer, Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at 43

1673 John de Love I, Vice-Admiral, dies in sea battle at about 54

1671 Colley Cibber, England, dramatist/poet laureate, Love's Last Shift

1631 John Dryden, 1st poet laureate of England, All for Love

1567 Black Box, Catherine Quinol, Guadeloupe, vocalist, Love Sensation


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