2007 Death Paul Gillmor, dies in Arlington, Virginia, of head and neck trauma from falling down stairs, at 68 1994 Death Ulrike Maier, olympic skier, breaks neck during world cup skiing at 26 1990 Event Avianca Flight 52, runs out of fuel and crashes in Cove Neck NY, 73 die 1985 Birthday Sarah Hughes, born in Great Neck, New York, professional ice skater, 2002 Olympic gold medalist, biography 'Sudden Champion: The Sara Hughes Story' 1961 Birthday Gladstone Small, cricketer, in Barbados England quickie with no neck 1953 Event Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins term "Pencil neck geek" 1919 Birthday Carol Bruce, Shirley Levy, Great Neck, New York, actress, Lillian-WKRP 1910 Death Winslow Homer, painter (Prout's Neck), dies 1881 Event Battle at Laing's Neck Natal: Boers beat superior powered British 1864 Event Battle of Deveaux's Neck, SC 1805 Event Henry C. Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in Bronx 1666 Death French Neck, portrait painter (Women Portrait), dies at about 86 1638 Death Jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73 1503 Birthday Francesco Parmigianino, Italian artist, Madonna with the Long Neck
