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2000 Death - George Montgomery, sculptor/actor, dies at 84

1996 Death - Thomas Edward Montgomery, drummer, dies at 73

1996 Death - Duncan Montgomery Stewart, academic, dies at 66

1995 Death - Elizabeth Montgomery, actress (Bewitched), dies of cancer at 62

1995 Death - Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher, dies at 74

1981 Death - Robert Montgomery, actor/dir (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 77

1980 Birthday - Matthew Lawrence, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, actor, Matthew-Gimme a Break

1977 Death - Margaret Hayes, actress (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 61

1976 Death - Bernard L Montgomery, British general, defeated Rommel, dies at 88

1974 Birthday - Paula Gaye Montgomery, Cabot, Arkansas, Miss America, Arkansas-3rd-1996

1973 Birthday - Monty Montgomery, defensiveback for the Indianapolis Colts

1973 Event - 1st BART train travels thru transbay tube to Montgomery St. Station

1971 Event - Montgomery St. Station, last link in BART, 'holed thru'

1969 Birthday - Jim Montgomery, born in Montreal, NHL center for the Philadelphia Flyers

1968 Birthday - Alton Montgomery, NFL safety for the Atlanta Falcons

1968 Death - Wes Montgomery, jazz guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 48

1967 Birthday - Glenn Montgomery, NFL defensive tackle, Seattle Seahawks, Oilers

1966 Birthday - Dave Veres, born in Montgomery, Alabama, pitcher for the Montreal Expos

1966 Death - Montgomery Clift, movie actor (From Here to Eternity), dies

1966 Death - Douglass Montgomery, actor (Forbidden, Daybreak), dies at 56

1966 Death - [Edward] Montgomery Clift, actor (From Here to Eternity), dies at 45

1966 Death - Montgomery Clift, American Actor

1965 Event - Martin Luther King, Jr. led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama

1965 Event - Martin Luther King, Jr. begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama

1964 Birthday - Greg Montgomery, punter for the Baltimore Ravens

1964 Event - WKAB TV channel 32 in Montgomery, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting

1964 Event - Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, and Miller Huggins are selected to Hall of Fame

1963 Birthday - Michael Lofton, Montgomery, Alabama, fencer-sabre 1996 Olympics

1962 Event - WAIQ TV channel 26 in Montgomery, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting

1962 Birthday - Jensen Buchanan, born in Montgomery, Alabama, actress, Vicky/Marley-Another World

1962 Birthday - Jeff Montgomery, Wellston, Ohio, pitcher for the Kansas City Royals

1961 Birthday - Alonzo Babers, born in Montgomery, Alabama, 400m/4X400m relay, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics

1961 Birthday - Jensen Buchanan, Montgomery, Alabama, actress, Vicky/Marley-Another World

1961 Event - Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery

1961 Event - White mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery, Alabama

1959 Birthday - Bill McCorvey, born in Montgomery, Alabama, singer, Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake

1958 Birthday - Brett Butler, born in Montgomery, Alabama, comedienne, Grace-Grace Under Fire

1957 Event - 300 die as express train hits stalled train (Montgomery W Pakistan)

1956 Event - Montgomery, Ala, removed race-based seat assignments on its buses

1956 Birthday - Julie Montgomery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Samantha-1 Life to Live, Kindred

1956 Event - Federal court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses anti-Const

1955 Event - Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery Alabama by Rosa Parks

1955 Birthday - James Montgomery, U.S. 100m swimmer, Olympic-3 gold-1976

1954 Event - WSFA TV channel 12 in Montgomery, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WCOV TV channel 20 in Montgomery, Alabama (IND/CBS) begins broadcasting

1952 Birthday - Kathryn C Thornton, Montgomery, Alabama, PhD/astronaut, STS-33, 49, 61, 73

1950 Birthday - Belinda J Montgomery, born in Winnipeg, actress, Man From Atlantis

1950 Event - "Robert Montgomery Presents" dramatic anthology premieres on NBC TV

1946 Event - Field Marshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander

1945 Birthday - Tammi Terrell, Montgomery, singer, Ain't No Mountain High Enough

1945 Death - John Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25

1945 Event - General Eisenhower, Montgomery and Bradley discuss advance in Germany

1945 Event - Premier Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Straelen

1945 Event - Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarters

1944 Event - Eisenhower and Montgomery meet in Hasselt Belgium

1944 Event - Eisenhower, Bradley and Montgomery confer in Brussel

1944 Event - Lieutenant-general Frederick Browning against Montgomery "But, sir, I think we might be going a bridge too far"

1944 Event - King George VI promotes Montgomery to field marshal

1944 Event - General Montgomery consults with Generals Bradley/Eisenhower

1944 Event - General Bradley visits Montgomery

1944 Event - Generals Montgomery/Dempsey/Bradley discuss naderende breakthrough

1944 Event - General Montgomery visits general Dempsey's headquarter

1944 Event - General Montgomery takes command of 12th and 21st army

1944 Event - British premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery

1944 Event - General Eisenhower visits Montgomery's headquarter in Normandy

1944 Event - Churchill/Marshall/Arnold visit Montgomery's HQ in Chateau de Creully

1944 Event - General Montgomery lands in Normandy, forms HQ in Chateau de Creully

1944 Event - Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery dine in Portsmouth

1944 Event - General Montgomery/Patton/Bradley/Dempsey/Crerar meet in Portsmouth

1944 Event - Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill and George VI discuss D-Day plan

1944 Event - General Montgomery speaks to generals about invastion plan

1943 Event - Montgomery discusses Overlord with Eisenhower and Bedell Smith

1943 Event - General Montgomery told he is appointed commandant for D-day

1943 Event - Montgomery's 8th army contacts invasion - arm forces at Salerno

1943 Birthday - Toni Tennille, Montgomery, Alabama, female Beachboy, Captain and Tennille

1943 Event - General Montgomery occupies Sfax Tunisia

1942 Event - Montgomery (Br) defeats Rommel (G) in battle of Alamein Egypt (WW II)

1942 Event - 7th day of battle at El Alamein: Montgomery assault

1942 Event - 6th day battle at El Alamein: British offensive under Montgomery

1942 Birthday - Melvin Franklin, Montgomery Alabama, rocker, Temptations

1942 Event - Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Burg-al-Arab

1942 Event - Lieutenant-general Montgomery arrives in Cairo

1942 Event - Lieutenant-general Montgomery makes landing on Gibraltar

1942 Event - General B. Montgomery becomes commandant British 8th leader in North Africa

1941 Event - 300 Montgomery, San Francisco opens as new Bank of America HQ

1941 Event - Cornerstone of B of A building at 300 Montgomery laid

1940 Event - General-major Bernard Montgomery returns to London

1940 Event - General-major Bernard Montgomery leaves Duinkerken

1939 Event - Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph the 9th reindeer

1937 Death - Betty Carver, wife of Bernard Montgomery, buried

1937 Death - Betty Carver, wife of English Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, dies

1935 Birthday - Eddie Floyd, born in Montgomery, Alabama, singer/composer, California Girl, Falcons

1933 Birthday - Elizabeth Montgomery, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Samantha/Serena-Bewitched

1931 Birthday - David Montgomery, chairman, British Forestry Commission

1930 Birthday - Duncan Montgomery Stewart, principal, Lady Margaret Hall-Oxford

1927 Event - Major Bernard Montgomery (29) marries widow Betty Carver

1923 Birthday - Julia Montgomery Walsh, political consultant/writer

1921 Birthday - Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher

1920 Birthday - Montgomery Clift, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actor, From Here to Eternity

1920 Birthday - Carole Mathews, Montgomery, Illinois, actress, Wilma-Californians

1920 Birthday - Gillespie V. Montgomery, born in Meridian, Mississippi, Representative-D-Mississippi 1967 - 1997

1920 Birthday - James Doohan, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, actor played Montgomery Scott on Star Trek

1919 Birthday - Nat King Cole, born in Montgomery Alaabama, singer, Unforgettable, Mona Lisa

1916 Birthday - George Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor, Battle of Bulge, Hallucination

1915 Birthday - Margaret Hayes, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Robert Montgomery Presents

1909 Birthday - Douglass Montgomery, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Forbidden, Harmony Lane

1908 Event - Bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay and Montgomery

1904 Birthday - Robert Montgomery, Beacon, New York, actor/dir, Earl of Chicago, Yellow Jack

1887 Birthday - Bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall, WW II-African campaign

1887 Birthday - Bernard Law Montgomery, British Soldier

1884 Event - John Joseph Montgomery makes 1st glider flight, Otay, California

1883 Death - Montgomery Blair, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford), dies at 70

1877 Birthday - James Montgomery Flagg, illustrator, "I want you" Uncle Sam

1874 Birthday - Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian Educator

1872 Event - Aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business

1861 Event - Confederate convention in Montgomery, adopts constitution

1861 Event - Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery Alabama

1861 Event - Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery, Alabama

1861 Event - Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time in Montgomery, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy

1846 Event - Captain Montgomery claims Yerba Buena, San Francisco, for U.S.

1844 Birthday - A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business, Montgomery Ward

1831 Event - Robert Montgomery Bird's "Gladiator," premieres in New York City

1830 Birthday - Rochard Montgomery Gano, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1824 Birthday - William Montgomery Gardner, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1816 Birthday - Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Major General Union Army

1816 Birthday - Montgomery Dent Corse, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1813 Birthday - Montgomery Blair, Franklin County, Kentucky, lawyer, Dred Scot V Sandford

1794 Birthday - John Barrien Montgomery, Commander Union Navy

1779 Birthday - Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer, Pike's Peak

1775 Death - Richard Montgomery, General, dies fighting British

1559 Event - Duke of Montgomery wounds king Henri II during tournament

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