2000 Death Harold Nicholas, dancer, the Nicholas Brothers, dies at 79 1998 Event Russia buries tsar Nicholas II and family, 80 years after they died 1997 Event 52nd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Alison Nicholas 1996 Death George Nicholas, cartoon animator, dies at 85 1996 Death Anthony Nicholas Maria Wahl, historian, dies at 68 1996 Event 68th Academy Awards - "Braveheart," Nicholas Cage and Susan Sarandon win 1996 Death Nicholas Beriozoff, ballet master, dies at 89 1995 Event Alison Nicholas wins PING-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship 1995 Death Nicholas Palmer, TV writer/producer, dies at 57 1995 Event Graves of czar Nicholas and family found in St. Petersburg 1994 Death Georgi, Czar Nicholas II's brother, buried 1994 Death Paul Nicholas Young, architect, dies at 47 1994 Death Nicholas Warner, test Pilot, dies at 51 1994 Birthday Nicholas Pietro Santopictro, son of Vanna White 1994 Birthday Nicholas Joseph Mills, son of Chris Evert and Andy Mills 1993 Death Nicholas Ridley, English Minister of Finance, dies at 64 1992 Event 2 skeletons excavated in Yekaterinburg ID'ed as Czar Nicholas II and wife 1991 Birthday Nicholas Garland, son of Pamela Sue Martin 1988 Death Nicholas Tinbergen, Dutch/British biologist, dies at 81 1987 Birthday Ben Nicholas, born in Adelaide, Australia, actor, known for role as Scott Timmins in Australia's soap opera, 'Neighbours' 1986 Event U.S.S.R. releases U.S. journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges 1986 Event U.S.S.R. charges correspondent Nicholas Daniloff with spying 1986 Event Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (U.S. News World Report) 1985 Event Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hours, 30 minutes 1985 Death Nicholas Colssanto, actor (Coach-Cheers), dies at 61 1982 Event Cindy Nicholas of Canada makes her 19th swim of English Channel 1982 Event 36th Tony Awards: Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby and Nine win 1980 Death Alexander "Alex" Nicholas Voormolen, Dutch composer, dies at 85 1980 Birthday Thomas Ian Nicholas, actor, Radio Flyer, Rookie of the Year 1979 Death Nicholas Mountbatten, Lord Mountbatten's grandson, murdered at 14 1976 Birthday Nicholas Butcher, born in Los Angeles, California, field hockey midfielder/forward 1996 Olympics 1975 Death Nicholas Soussanin, actor (Last Command), dies at 86 1975 Birthday Joshua Morrow. Juneau, born in Alaska, actor, Nicholas Newman-Young and Restless 1973 Birthday Walter Nicholas Henry Tongue, born in Auckland New Zealand, 50m/100m swimmer 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Nicholas Porzig, Australian rower 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Nicholas Brendon, American Actor 1970 Birthday Nicholas CEJ Windsor, son of English prince Edward, duke of Kent 1967 Birthday Nicholas Gillingham, British swimmer, world record 200m freestyle 1966 Birthday Nicholas Rowe, born in London, England, actor, Young Sherlock Holmes 1966 Death Nicholas Piantanida, sets balloon flight record and dies in descent 1965 Birthday Nicholas Sparks, born in Omaha, Nebraska, bestselling author, writer, novelist, wrote, 'A Walk to Remember', author of novels including, 'Nights in Rodanthe', 'The Last Song', 'The Notebook' 1964 Death Nicholas Joy, actor (Boss Lady), dies at 80 1962 Birthday Nicholas Lea, Canadian Actor 1962 Birthday Alison Nicholas, Gibraltar, LPGA golfer, 1995 LPGA Corning Classic 1962 Birthday Nicholas Turturro, Queens, New York, actor, James Martinez-NYPD Blue 1957 Birthday Cindy Nicholas, Canada, swimmer, swam English Channel 19 times 1957 Birthday Nicholas Alexander Faldo, born in England, PGA golfer, 1992 British Open 1955 Birthday Nicholas Walker, Bogota Col, actor, Capitol, Jimmy-General Hospital 1953 Birthday Nicholas Bacon, premier baronet of England 1953 Birthday Nicholas Wisdom, cricketer, son of comic Norman, 2 games Sussex 1974 1952 Birthday J. D. Nicholas, English guitarist, Heatwave, Commodores 1952 Birthday Nicholas Campbell, born in Toronto, Canada, actor, Nick-Insiders 1951 Birthday Nicholas Yermakov, U.S., sci-fi author, Epiphany, Jehad, Clique 1951 Birthday Nicholas Kenyon, controller, BBC Radio 3 1948 Birthday Nicholas Broomfield, director/editor, Dark Obsession, Heidi Fleiss 1947 Birthday Paul Nicholas Young, architect 1947 Death Felix Timmermans, writer/painter (Gift from St. Nicholas), dies at 60 1946 Birthday Nick Fortune, Nicholas Fortuna, rock bassist, Buckinghams Chicago 1945 Birthday Nicholas Meyer, director, Star Trek II Wrath of Khan 1945 Birthday Nicholas Berkeley Mason, drummer, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall 1944 Birthday Denise Nicholas, born in Detroit, Michigan, actress, Room 222, Baby I'm Back 1944 Birthday Roger Raised, English actor, Nicholas Nickleby 1944 Birthday Nicholas Caldwell, rocker, Whispers 1944 Event Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 m without a parachute and lives 1943 Birthday Nicholas Peter Negroponte, New York City, founder/director, Media Lab at MIT 1943 Birthday Nick St. Nicholas, Hamburg Germany, rock bassist, Steppenwolf 1943 Birthday Nicholas Warner, test Pilot 1942 Birthday Nicholas Lloyd, editor, Daily Express 1939 Birthday Nicholas Haslam, interior designer 1937 Birthday Nicholas Palmer, television writer/producer 1935 Birthday John Nicholas Maw, composer 1935 Birthday Nicholas Pryor, actor, Beverly Hills 90210 1934 Birthday Nicholas Barrington, high commissioner, Pakistan 1934 Birthday Nicholas Goodison, CEO, TSB Group 1934 Birthday Roger Nicholas Edwards, born in England, born Roger Nicholas Edwards, Lord Crickhowell, Baron Crickhowell, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, Secretary of State for Wales 1931 Birthday Nicholas Gordon Lennox, diplomat 1930 Birthday Nicholas F. Brady, U.S. Secretary of Treasury, 1988 - 1993 1929 Birthday Nicholas Mavroules, born in Peabody, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1979 - 1993 1928 Birthday Anthony Nicholas Maria Wahl, historian 1924 Birthday Harold Nicholas, U.S. actor, Tap, 5 Heartbeats, Stormy Weather 1924 Birthday Nicholas Colasanto, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actor, Coach Ernie-Cheers 1923 Birthday Nicholas Mosley, British Novelist 1921 Death Nicholas Petrovic Njegos, King of Montenegro 1910 - 1918, dies at 79 1920 Birthday Derek Bond, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actor, Nicholas Nickelby 1918 Death Anastasia N Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicholas, executed at 17 1917 Event Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, says he will abdicate 1917 Event Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates (OS) 1914 Birthday Fayard Nicholas, U.S., actor, Big Broadcast of 1936 1914 Birthday Rose Hill, singer and actress, Nicholas Nickleby, Shot in the Dark 1911 Birthday R. Nicholas Ray, born in Galesville WI, director, Rebel Without a Cause 1910 Birthday Nicholas Monsarret, born in England, writer, Cruel Sea 1910 Birthday Nicholas Monsarrat, Liverpool England, novelist 1909 Birthday Nicholas Polunin, environmentalist 1909 Birthday Nicholas Negroponte, American Businessman 1907 Birthday Nicholas Tinbergen, Netherlands/British biologist/zoologist, Nobel 1973 1906 Birthday Nicholas Beriozoff, ballet master 1905 Event "October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties 1905 Event Treaty of Bjorko: Emperor Wilhelm II/czar Nicholas II 1904 Birthday Cecil Day-Lewis, England, poet laureate/detective, Nicholas Blake 1902 Birthday Learie [Nicholas] Constantine, Trinidad cricket player 1897 Birthday Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director, Nicholas Nickleby 1896 Event Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned 1895 Birthday Alexander Nicholas Voormolen, Dutch composer 1884 Birthday Nicholas Joy, Paris, France, actor, Boss Lady 1879 Birthday Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, U.S., poet, General William Booth enters Heaven 1868 Birthday Nicholas II Aleksandrovitsj, last tsar of Russia, 1894-1917 1865 Death Nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies 1862 Birthday Nicholas Murray Butler, U.S., Columbia University president and pacifist, Nobel 1931 1856 Birthday Nicholas Nikolajevitsj, ruler of Russia 1855 Death Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58 1845 Death Nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77 1844 Death Nicholas Biddle, U.S. lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85 1832 Event Polish constitution abolished/replaced by Czar Nicholas I 1825 Event Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins 1824 Birthday Isham Nicholas Hayne, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1823 Event "Visit from St. Nicholas" by C Moore published in Troy (NY) Sentinel 1823 Death Louis Nicholas Davout, French Field Marshal, dies at 53 1822 Birthday Nicholas Mori, composer 1804 Birthday "Felix", cricketer, Nicholas Wanostracht 1802 Birthday Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster 1796 Birthday Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia, 1825-55 1794 Death Marquis de Condorcet (Marie Jean Antoine Nicholas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet) , philosopher, mathematician, early political scientist and inventor of the Condorcet method, dies 1786 Birthday Nicholas Biddle, made 2nd bank of U.S. 1st effective central bank 1770 Birthday Louis Nicholas Davout, French Field Marshal, defeated Prussians 1754 Death Nicholas Siret, composer, dies at 91 1739 Death Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies 1715 Event Nicholas Rowe's "Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray," premieres in London 1714 Event Nicholas Rowe's "tragedy of Jane Shore," premieres in London 1705 Event Nicholas Rowe's "Ulysses," premieres in London 1674 Birthday Nicholas Rowe, England, poet laureate, Jane Shore, Tamerlane 1666 Death Nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77 1665 Death Nicholas Poussin, French painter, dies 1663 Birthday Nicholas Siret, composer 1647 Death Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61 1588 Birthday Nicholas Lanier, composer 1555 Death Nicholas Ridley, English theologist/bishop of Rochester, burned 1555 Event Oxford Bishop Nicholas Ridley sentenced to death as a heretic 1487 Death Nicholas van Flue, Swiss saint/patron of Switzerland, dies 1464 Death Nicholas van Cusa, philosopher/bishop of Brixen, dies 1455 Death Nicholas V, Tommaso Parentucelli, Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57 1451 Event Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa orders Jews of Holland to wear a badge 1397 Birthday Nicholas V, Tommaso Parentucelli, Italy, Pope, 1447-55 1382 Death Nicholas van Oresme, French philosopher/bishop of Lisieux, dies at 62 1305 Death Nicholas van Tolentino, Italian saint, dies 1292 Death Nicholas IV, Girolamo Masci, Pope (1288-92), dies 1280 Death Nicholas III, Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, Italian Pope (1277-80), dies 1160 Event Jean Bodels "Jeu de St. Nicholas," premieres in Arras 867 Death Nicholas I, (the Great), pope (858-67), dies at 67 867 Death Nicholas I, the Great, Italian Pope (858-67), dies 866 Event Pope Nicholas I answers the envoys of Boris (Ad consulta vestra)
