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1998 Shirley Ardell Mason, psychological study, "Subject of Sybil, a best-seller on multiple-personality disorder", dies at 75

1996 Pamela Mason, actress (Wild in the Streets), dies at 78

1995 Stephen Hawkins (53) weds Elaine Mason

1995 Mason City Iowa's TV news personality Jodi Huisentruit disappears

1995 "Jackie Mason: Politically Incorrect" closes at Golden New York City at 347 perf

1994 "Jackie Mason Politically Incorrect" opens at Golden New York City for 347 performances

1993 Raymond Burr, actor (Perry Mason), dies of liver cancer at 76

1992 James Duke Mason, son of singer Belinda Carlisle and Morgan Mason

1991 Comedian Jackie Mason marries his manager Jyll Rosenfeld (37)

1991 "Jackie Mason - Brand New" closes at Neil Simon New York City after 216 performances

1990 "Jackie Mason - Brand New" opens at Neil Simon New York City for 216 performances

1987 1st 3 San Diego Padres hit home runs off San Francisco starter Roger Mason

1986 Mason Gamble, actor, Dennis the Menace

1985 Sheeba Reiter, Florida, illegitimate daughter of Jackie Mason

1984 James Mason, British actor (Lolita), dies of a heart attack at 75

1979 Shirley Mason, actress (Let it Rain, Dark Skies), dies at 79

1977 Mason Gross, professor (Think Fast, 2 for the Money), dies at 66

1974 Yank shortstop Jim Mason ties record with 4 doubles in 9 inn game

1974 Derrick Mason, wide receiver for the Tennessee Oilers

1972 Kevin Mason, CFL quarterback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders

1972 Eddie Mason, NFL linebacker for the New York Jets

1970 Nancy Mason, Belleville, Illinois, WPVA volleyballer, Nationals-17th-1995

1970 Erle Stanley Gardner, U.S. writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80

1970 William Hopper, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason), dies at 55

1968 William Talman, actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason), dies at 53

1966 Anthony Mason, NBA forward, New York Knicks, Charlotte Hornets

1965 Ray Collins, actor (Halls of Ivy, Perry Mason), dies at 75

1964 Wesley Lau, actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), dies at 43

1958 Dr. F. Mason Sones is 1st doctor to perform a coronary angiogram

1957 "Perry Mason" with Raymond Burr premieres on CBS-TV

1955 Frank Gilligan, Queens, New York, singer, Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around

1955 Jerry Dengler, Colorado Springs, singer, Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around

1954 "Star is Born" starring Judy Garland and James Mason premieres

1954 KGLO (now KIMT) TV channel 3 in Mason City, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast

1953 Daniel Gregory Mason, composer, dies at 80

1953 Rick Henderson, Beaumont, Texas, singer, Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around

1947 Barbara Mason, U.S. singer, Yes, I'm Ready

1947 Dave Mason, Worcester, England, singer and songwriter, We Just Disagree

1945 Timothy Mason, consultant, British Arts Council

1945 Nicholas Berkeley Mason, drummer, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall

1945 Nick Mason, rock drummer, Pink Floyd-Money

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

1942 WW II Navy flier Don Mason sends message "Sighted sub sank same"

1941 Monica Mason, England, ballerina

1940 Marlyn Mason, San Fernando Cal, actress, Making It, Peyton Place

1938 Mason Williams, Abilene, Texas, writer, Smother Brothers Hour

1935 Sharon Acker, born in Toronto, Canada, actress, Della Street - Perry Mason 1973

1931 Jackie Mason, born in Wisconsin, comedian, World According to Me, Chicken Soup

1925 Harry Guardino, New York City, actor, Monty Nash, Perry Mason, Hill St. Blues

1924 Lord Mason of Barnsley, MP, Lab, British defense secretary

1922 Pamela Mason, born in London, actress, Navy vs. Night Monsters

1921 Barbara Hale, born in Dekalb, Illinois, actress, Della Street - Perry Mason

1919 Richard Mason, born near Manchester, England, author, learned Japanese in World War II, interrogated prisoners of war, wrote 'The Wind Cannot Read', 'The Fever Tree', 'The World of Suzie Wong'

1919 Mason Adams, New York City, actor, Charlie Hume-Lou Grant, Deadliest Season

1917 James Mason Crafts, U.S. chemist, dies at 78

1917 Raymond Burr, BC Canada, actor, Perry Mason, Ironsides, Godzilla

1915 William Talman, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Crashout, Hamilton-Perry Mason

1915 William Hopper, New York City, actor, Paul Drake-Perry Mason

1913 Dane Clark, Brooklyn, actor, Wire Service, Bold Venture, Perry Mason

1911 Mason Gross, Dr/TV professor, Think Fast, Two for the Money

1909 James Mason, England, actor, Lolita, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil

1908 William Mason, composer, dies at 79

1902 [Robert] Meredith Willson, Mason City Iowa, composer, Music Man

1900 John Mason Brown, born in Louisville, Kentucky, critic, Tonight on Broadway

1889 Erle Stanley Gardner, U.S. detective writer, Perry Mason

1873 Daniel Gregory Mason, Brookline Massachusetts, composer, Chanticker

1872 Lowell Mason, U.S. organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80

1865 James H Mason (Mass) patents 1st U.S. coffee percolator

1861 1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington and Mason St, SF

1839 James Mason Crafts, U.S. chemist, Friedel-Crafts-synthesis

1839 Jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain)

1832 1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in New York City; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Streets

1829 William Mason, composer

1824 John Sanford Mason, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1813 Mason Brayman, Major General Union volunteers

1800 Free mason lodge establishes in Alkmaar

1798 Mason James Murray, Confederacy

1792 George Mason, American Statesman

1792 Lowell Mason, Medfield Massachusetts, organist/composer, Zebulo

1784 Franz K earl von Velbruck, German free mason, dies

1767 Boundary between MD and PA, Mason Dixon line, agreed upon

1763 Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland

1753 George Washington becomes a master mason

1725 George Mason, American Statesman

1719 Franz K von Velbruck, German free mason/prince-bishop of Luik

1622 County Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges


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