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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