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2003 John Schlesinger, director, Midnight Cowboy, dies at 77

1996 James Leo Herlihy, author (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66

1995 Wolfman Jack, disc jockey (Midnight Special), dies at 57

1993 James Leo Herlihy, novelist (Midnight Cowboy), dies at 66

1993 Richard Webb, actor (Captain Midnight), shoots himself at 77

1991 Brad Davis, U.S., actor (Midnight Express, Chariots of Fire), dies at 41

1991 Brad Davis, actor (Sybil, Midnight Express), dies of AIDS at 41

1987 Midnight Rockers beat Buddy Rose and Doug Somers for AWA World Tag Team

1987 Earl Wilson, Bdwy columnist (Midnight Earl), dies in Yonkers at 79

1986 Captain Midnight (John R. MacDougall) interrupts HBO

1979 36th Golden Globes: Midnight Express, Jon Voight and Jane Fonda

1976 Rex O'Malley, actor (Camille, Zara, Midnight, Thief), dies at 75

1974 Danielle DuClos, actress, Midnight Run, Zits

1973 "Midnight Special" rock music show debuts on NBC-TV

1972 Edward Earle, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90

1970 42nd Academy Awards - "Midnight Cowboy," John Wayne and Maggie Smith win

1970 "The Epoch" (Time 0 for UNIX systems, Midnight GMT)

1969 "Midnight Cowboy" released with an X rating

1967 John Coltrane, U.S. jazz sax/composer, dies at 40

1965 Gareth Hughes, actor (Midnight Girl), dies at 71

1964 Frank Conroy, actor (Midnight Mary, Threat), dies at 73

1959 Peter Greene, born in Brooklyn, New York, producer, After Midnight

1958 "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton, wrestler, SMW/ECW/NJPW/WCW, Midnight Express

1957 Belinda Lipscomb, vocalist, Midnight Star-No Parking

1957 Bo[as] Watson, vocalist, Midnight Star-No Parking

1957 Melvin Gentry, vocalits/guitarist, Midnight Star-No Parking

1957 Vincent Calloway, Kentucky, trumpet player, Midnight Star-No Parking

1956 Kenneth Grant, bass/vocalist, Midnight Star-No Parking, Operator

1956 Jeffrey Cooper, rock guitarist, Midnight Star-No Parking

1955 Reginald Calloway, trumpet player, Midnight Star-No Parking

1953 Kevin Rowlands, rock vocalist, Dexy's Midnight Runners-Come on Eileen

1953 William Simmons, sax/keyboardist, Midnight Star-No Parking

1950 Randy Quaid, born in Houston, Texas, actor, Midnight Express, Vacation, SNL

1949 Brad Davis, Tallahassee, Florida, actor, Roots, Chiefs, Midnight Express

1947 Salman Rushdie, Pak, novelist, Midnight's Children, Satanic Verses

1944 Marie-France Pisier, Daclat, Vietnam, actress, Scruples, Midnight

1943 Maria Muldaur, Greenwich Village, New York, singer, Midnight at the Oasis

1941 Harry Nilsson, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer/guitarist, Midnight Cowboy

1940 John Hurt, England, actor, Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express

1939 NY's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight

1939 Wolfman Jack, [Bob Smith], born in Brooklyn, New York, DJ, Midnight Special

1938 Jon Voight, born in Yonkers, New York, actor, Deliverance, Midnight Cowboy

1938 John J Cale, Oklahoma City, rock guitarist, After Midnight

1935 Dennis Christopher George Potter, playwright, Karaoke, Midnight Movie

1932 Sylvia Miles, New York City, actress, Midnight Cowboy, Farewell My Lovely

1926 John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist, Round Midnight

1926 John Schlesinger, born in London, England, director, Midnight Cowboy, Darling

1922 Dave Appell, singer/musician/songwriter, In the Midnight Hour

1915 Edmond O'Brien, New York City, actor, Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight

1910 Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, HW boxing champ, shot and killed

1907 Earl Wilson, Rockford, Ohio, columnist, Midnight Earl

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

1906 June Collyer, New York City, actress, Before Midnight, Charley's Aunt

1905 Lila Lee, Union City, New Jersey, actress, Midnight Girl, Blood and Sand

1901 Rex O'Malley, born in London, England, actor, Camille, Zara, Midnight

1894 Gareth Hughes, Llanelly Wales, actor, Midnight Girl

1887 Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, HW boxing champ, 1908-10

1884 Joseph Crehan, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight

1882 Edward Earle, born in Toronto, Ontario, actor, Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight

1874 Sidney Toler, Warrensburg, Missouri, actor, Madame X, Meeting at Midnight

1852 Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m)



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