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1995 John Reginald "Nat" Allen, planning enforcement officer, dies at 66

1990 Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton, New York Knick, dies at 65 of a heart attack

1980 Bert Kaempfert, orchestra leader, songwriter, composed jazz-oriented, easy-listening records including Strangers in the Night and hit Wonderland by Night, Danke Schoen for Wayne Newton and L-O-V-E for Nat King Cole

1979 Eve Chalom, born in Detroit, Michigan, dance skater, & Gates--1995 Nat, Jr. champ

1977 Nat Friedman, American Businessman

1975 Mathew Gates, born in Baldock, England, dance skater, & Chalom-1995 Nat, Jr. champ

1968 Pulitzer prize awarded to William Styron (Confessions of Nat Turner)

1967 Nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72

1965 Nat King Cole, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa), dies at 49

1956 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites

1928 John Reginald "Nat" Allen, planning enforcement officer/climber

1925 William Styron, born in Virginia, novelist, Confess of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice

1925 Nat Hentoff, columnist/novelist, Village Voice, The Cold Society

1924 Randy Van Horne, El Paso, Texas, vocalist, Nat King Cole Show

1923 Bert Kaempfert, born in Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany, orchestra leader, songwriter, composed jazz-oriented, easy-listening records including Strangers in the Night and hit Wonderland by Night, Danke Schoen for Wayne Newton and L-O-V-E for Nat King Cole

1921 Andre Hodeir, born in Paris, France, violinist, composer, studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, founder and director of Jazz Groupe de Paris, comprised of nine musicians including Bobby Jaspar and Nat Peck

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

1908 Josh White, born in Greenville, South Carolina, born Joshua Daniel White, guitarist, singer, civil rights activist, unique stylings and techniques inspired Nat King Cole, Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan

1896 Nat Holman, basketball coach, CCNY

1895 Nat Pendleton, Davenport, Iowa, Olympic wrestler/actor, Reckless

1862 Nat Gordon, last pirate, hanged in New York City for stealing 1,000 slaves

1838 Nat Thompson, cricketer, 1st batsman dismissed in a Test match

1831 Nat Turner, former slave, led a violent insurrection, hanged in VA

1831 Nat Turner, and 19 associates, hanged at 31

1831 Nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia

1831 Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery

1800 Nat Turner, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion, 1831


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