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2001 Death - "Morton Downey, Jr", former talk show host, The Morton Downey Jr. Show, dies at 68

1999 Death - Gary Morton, producer/actor, dies at 74

1996 Death - Morton Gould, composer, dies at 82

1993 Event - Morton Downey, Jr. weds Lori Krebs

1988 Event - "Morton Downey, Jr. Show," debuts in TV syndication

1987 Death - Morton Feldman, U.S. composer, dies at 61

1986 Event - Rogers Comm report on Challenger disaster blames Morton Thiokol

1985 Death - Morton Downey, singer (Star of the Family), dies at 83

1979 Death - John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Morton, satirist (Beachcomber), dies

1977 Birthday - Samantha Morton, English Actress

1975 Death - Clive Morton, actor (Goodbye Mr. Chips, Moonraker), dies at 71

1973 Birthday - Greg Morton, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, actor, Scarecrow and Mrs. King

1972 Birthday - Mike Morton, linebacker for the Oakland Raiders

1971 Birthday - Johnnie Morton, NFL wide receiver, Detroit Lions

1970 Event - Carl Morton (18-11 for last-place Expos), receives NL Rookie of Year

1970 Birthday - Brian Morton, Wollongong Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics

1969 Birthday - John Morton, WLAF WR for the Frankfurt Galaxy

1958 Birthday - Karen Morton Palmdale California, playmate, Jul, 1978

1958 Birthday - Bart Wayne Conner, born in Morton Grove, Illinois, gymnast 1984 Olympics 2 gold

1957 Event - Morton Wishengrad's "Rope Dancers," premieres in New York City

1957 Event - Morton Gould's "Declaration," premieres in Washington, D.C.

1951 Birthday - Everett Morton, rocker, English Beat

1947 Birthday - Joe Morton, New York City, actor, Hal-Grady, Abel Marsh-Another World

1947 Event - Morton Gould's 3rd Symphony, premieres

1946 Event - Morton Gould's "Minstrel Show," premieres in Indianapolis

1944 Birthday - Bill Boggs, born in Philadelphia, TV host/producer, Midday, Morton Downey, Jr. Show

1943 Birthday - Craig Morton, born in Flint, Michigan, NFL quarterback, Dallas, Denver

1941 Death - Jelly Roll Morton pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56

1935 Birthday - Morton Dean, Fall River Massachusetts, TV newscaster, CBS, ABC

1933 Birthday - Morton Subotnick, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, Wild Bull

1930 Birthday - Lord Morton, of Shauna, senator, College of Justice, Scotland

1929 Death - Henry Morton Dunham, composer, dies at 75

1926 Birthday - Morton Feldman, New York City, composer

1924 Birthday - Frederic Morton, American Writer

1924 Event - "Jelly-Roll Blues," is recorded by blues great, Jelly Roll Morton

1918 Birthday - Abigail Van Buren, Mrs Morton Phillips, Sioux City Iowa, columnist

1914 Birthday - Rogers Morton, born in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1968 - 1975

1914 Birthday - Morton DaCosta, born in Philadelphia, director, Island of Love, Music Man

1913 Birthday - Morton Gould, born in Richmond Hill, New York, prolific composer, Verdun

1907 Birthday - Thurston Morton, Sen-Kentucky, 1957 - 1969

1904 Death - Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh Explorer

1904 Birthday - Clive Morton, born in London, England, actor, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Moonraker

1902 Death - Julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72

1901 Birthday - Morton Downey, Wallingford, Connecticut, singer, Star of the Family

1890 Event - Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in London

1890 Event - Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in Brussels

1885 Birthday - Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer

1882 Event - Henry Morton Stanley returns to Brussels from the Congo

1882 Event - Pierre de Brazza meets Henry Morton Stanley

1881 Event - Levi P. Morton, U.S. ambas to France drives 1st rivet in Stat of Liberty

1881 Event - Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch

1881 Event - Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolese monarch

1881 Event - Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch

1879 Event - Henry Morton Stanley departs to the Congo

1878 Event - Secret meeting of King Leopold II's agent and Henry Morton Stanley

1877 Event - Henry Morton Stanley reaches Boma during trip cross Africa

1877 Event - Henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo

1876 Event - Henry Morton Stanley's expedition leaves Nyangwe

1876 Event - Henry Morton Stanley's reaches Lualaba River

1876 Event - Henry Morton Stanley's expedition leaves Rwanda

1868 Death - William Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies

1853 Birthday - Henry Morton Dunham, composer

1846 Event - Dentist William T Morton demonstrates effectiveness of ether

1846 Event - Dr. William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether

1846 Event - Anesthetic ether used for 1st time (Dr. Wm Morton extracts a tooth)

1841 Birthday - Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh Explorer

1832 Birthday - Julius Sterling Morton, born in Adams, New York, Governor of Nebraska 1893 - 1897, started Arbor Day

1829 Birthday - James St. Clair Morton, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1824 Birthday - Levi Parsons Morton, R, 22nd U.S. Vice President, 1889 - 1893

1823 Birthday - Oliver Hazard Perry Morton, Indiana Governor 1961 - 1967, Republian

1819 Birthday - William Thomas Green Morton, dentist, used ether, HOF 1920

1628 Event - 1st deportation from what is now U.S., Thomas Morton from Mass

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