1992 Event Connecticut Governor Lowell Weicker and WFAN DJ Don Imus change places for 1 day 1981 Death Lowell Thomas, newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling New York at 89 1979 Death Lowell George, rocker (Mothers of Invention, Little Feat), dies at 34 1977 Death Robert Lowell, U.S. poet/pacifist (Near the Ocean), dies at 60) 1976 Event Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter 1975 Event Lowell W. Perry confirmed as chairman of Equal Opportunity Comm 1974 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin) 1973 Event Yankees trade wife swapper Mike Kekich for Lowell Palmer 1971 Birthday Scott Grimes, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, actor, Together We Stand 1964 Event Robert Lowell's "Benito Cereno," premieres in New York City 1961 Birthday Carey Lowell, New York City, actress, Me and Him, Guardian, Dangerously Close 1960 Death Lowell Gilmore, actor (Calcutta, Roadblock), dies at 53 1957 Birthday Richard M Linnehan, Lowell Massachusetts, astronaut, STS-78, sk: 90 1954 Death Julian Lowell Coolidge, mathematician (Study-Segre school), dies at 80 1953 Birthday Kent Bostick, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, pursuit cyclist, Olympics-84, 96 1945 Birthday Lowell George, rock vocalist and guitarist, Little Feat-Time is a Hero 1941 Birthday Paul Tsongas, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Senator-D-Massachusetts 1979 - 1985 1938 Birthday Lowell Cross, composer 1937 Birthday Jo Anne Worley, born in Lowell, Indiana, comedienne, Laugh-in 1936 Birthday Mark Goddard, Lowell Massachusetts, actor, Don West-Lost in Space 1931 Birthday Olympia Dukakis, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, actress, Moonstruck, Cemetery Club 1931 Birthday Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., born in Paris, France, Representative-R-Connecticut 1969 - 1971, Senator-R-Connecticut 1971 - 1989, Governor-D-Connecticut 1991 - 1995 1931 Birthday Rosalind Elias, born in Lowell Massachusetts, mezzo-soprano, Grimgerde-Die Walkuere 1930 Event Lowell Thomas made debuts on CBS Radio replacing Floyd Gibbons 1930 Event Clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory 1929 Birthday Lowell North, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, yachtsman, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1964 Olympics 1925 Death Amy Lowell, writer, dies at 51 1922 Birthday Michael Ansara, Lowell Massachusetts, actor, Cochise-Broken Arrow, Centennial 1922 Birthday Ray Goulding, born in Lowell Massachusetts, comedian, Bob and Ray 1921 Birthday Nancy Kelly, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, actress, Double Exposure, Jesse James 1917 Birthday Robert Lowell, poet and pacifist, Lord Weary's Castle, Near the Ocean 1916 Death Percival Lowell, American Scientist 1913 Event Lowell HS, San Francisco opens (on it's 1st campus) 1908 Birthday Bette Davis, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, famous eyes, Of Human Bondage, Jezebel 1906 Birthday Lowell Gilmore, Minnesota, actor, Living Christ Series 1903 Birthday Lowell Peters, born in Cleveland Tennessee, vocalist, Southernaires 1892 Birthday Lowell Thomas, born in Woodington, Ohio, newscaster, High Adventure 1891 Death James Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat, dies 1874 Birthday Amy Lowell, U.S. poet and critic, Patterns, Sword Blades and Poppy Seed 1873 Birthday Julian Lowell Coolidge, Massachusetts, mathematician, Study-Segre school 1872 Death Lowell Mason, U.S. organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80 1855 Birthday Percival "Percy" Lowell, U.S. astronomer, predicted discovery of Pluto 1855 Birthday Percival Lowell, American Scientist 1854 Birthday George Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Massachusetts, composer, Judi Van Winke 1846 Event 1st U.S. woman telegrapher, Sarah G. Bagley, Lowell, Mass 1835 Birthday Charles Russell Lowell, Jr., Brigadier General Union volunteers 1819 Birthday James Russell Lowell, poet and critic /diplomat/abolitionist 1817 Death Francis Cabot Lowell, American Businessman 1792 Birthday Lowell Mason, Medfield Massachusetts, organist/composer, Zebulo 1775 Birthday Francis C. Lowell, founded 1st raw cotton-to-cloth textile mill 1775 Birthday Francis Cabot Lowell, American Businessman