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2011 Event - Senior politician Norman Moore calls upon Western Australia to consider secession over carbon tax and Minerals Resource Rent Tax

2009 Death - Norman Borlaug, humanitarian, agronomist, discoveries saved one billion lives worldwide, winner, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize, recognizing contributions to world peace for methods to increase food supply, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, dies

2008 Death - Norman Hogg, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1983 - 1997, dies after a long illness, at 70

2007 Death - Norman Mailer, dies in New York, at 84

2002 Death - Norman O. Brown, American Philosopher

2001 Death - Norman Granz, American Musician

1998 Death - Norman Fell, actor, Three's Company, dies at 74

1997 Death - David Norman Schramm, physicist, dies at 52

1997 Event - Greg Norman wins World Series of Golf shooting 273

1997 Event - Greg Norman wins PGA St. Jude Classic

1996 Death - Norman Hackforth, broadcaster, dies at 88

1996 Death - Norman Aldridge, biochemical toxicologist, dies at 76

1996 Death - Norman Lambert, British restuarateur, dies

1996 Death - Norman MacCaig, poet, dies at 85

1995 Death - Norman Potter, cabinetmaker designer/writer, dies at 72

1995 Death - Norman Waterhouse Lees, jazz fan, dies at 90

1995 Death - Norman Ewart Thurston, musician, dies at 74

1995 Death - Chris Pyne, Norman Christopher Chris Pyne, musician, trombonist, played with Humphrey Lyttelton, recorded with Ronnie Scott, toured with Frank Sinatra's backing bands, Gordon Beck, Charlie Watt's big band, dies at 56

1995 Death - Norman Schwartz, record Producer, dies at 66

1995 Death - Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician, dies at 83

1995 Death - Norman Hunter, writer, dies at 95

1994 Event - Norman, Couples and Azinger wins LPGA Wendy's 3-Tour Golf Challenge

1994 Death - Norman Beaton, actor (Eureka, Black Joy, Mighty Quinn), dies at 60

1994 Death - James Norman Dalrymple Anderson, lawyer, dies at 86

1994 Death - Norman "Doc" Jones, bassist, dies at 68

1994 Event - General H Norman Schwarzkopf released from hospital after prostate surgery

1994 Death - Norman Cook, British museum curator, dies at 87

1994 Death - Norman Del Mar, conductor/writer (Conducting Brahms), dies at 74

1993 Death - Norman Vincent Peale, Reverend, 'Power of Positive Thinking', dies at 95

1993 Event - 122nd British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 267 at Royal St. George

1993 Death - Leslie Norman, English director/producer (Dunkirk), dies at 82

1991 Event - Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman's musical premieres in New York City

1990 Death - Norman Cousins, editor (Saturday Review), dies at 75

1990 Death - Norman Maclean, American Author

1989 Death - Norman Woolard, actor (Guilty, Saul and David, Medeleine), dies at 79

1988 Event - Jessye Norman begins recording Bizets "Carmen"

1987 Death - Norman Harris, guitarist (O'Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure

1987 Death - Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist

1986 Event - 115th British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 280 at Turnberry Scotld

1985 Event - Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Australia, Sharjah)

1984 Death - Norman Krasna, author (Dear Ruth), dies of a heart attack at 74

1983 Event - Marsha Norman's "'night, Mother," premieres in New York City

1983 Death - Herbert Norman Howells, composer, dies at 90

1982 Death - Norman Dinnerstein, composer, dies at 45

1982 Event - Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer, held Washington Monument hostage. After 10 hours, police kill him he had no explosives

1981 Death - Norman Taurog, dies

1980 Death - Norman Shelley, English radio actor (Churchill's Speech), dies at 77

1980 Death - Norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65

1980 Death - Norman Lloyd, composer, dies at 70

1980 Event - Jeff Norman runs world record 50k (2:48:06)

1980 Event - Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Executioner's Song)

1978 Death - Norman Rockwell, artist (Saturday Evening Post covers), dies at 84

1977 Death - Norman Paris, orchestra leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at 41

1976 Event - Jerry Lee Lewis, attempting to shoot soda bottles hits his bass player Norman Owens twice in the chest

1976 Death - Norman Foster, dies at 75

1975 Birthday - Robert Norman Waddell, Cambridge New Zealand, Single scull rower 1996 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Norman Tome, Australian soccer striker, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics

1972 Death - Norman Norell [Levinson], U.S. fashion designer, dies at 72

1972 Birthday - Norman Hand, NFL defensive tackle for the Miami Dolphins

1971 Birthday - Boomer [Norman] Ellison, NFL wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers

1971 Death - Norman Cota, American Soldier

1971 Event - 2nd New York City Marathon won by Norman Higgins in 2:22:54

1971 Birthday - Todd Norman, NFL guard for the Seattle Seahawks

1971 Birthday - Dianne Norman, Sault Ste Marie Ontario, basketball forward 1996 Olympics

1970 Event - Nobel prize of peace awarded to Norman E Borlaugh

1970 Event - American Norman Borlaug awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

1969 Event - Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Armies of the Night)

1968 Death - Norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84

1968 Death - Norman McKaye, actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at 62

1968 Death - Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69

1967 Death - Norman Angell (Lane), English journalist/pacifist (Nobel 1933), dies

1966 Birthday - Larry Norman, born in Toronto, Ontario, canoeist, Olympics 1992, 1996

1965 Birthday - Norman Whiteside, British soccer player

1965 Death - Norman Brokenshire, TV moderator (Four Square Court), dies at 66

1964 Event - Norman Manley scores 2-consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, Cal

1963 Birthday - Norman Cook, rocker, Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There

1963 Birthday - Norman Alvis, born in Fair Oaks, California, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1962 Birthday - Wayne Norman Phillips, Vic opener cricketer, Test for Australia vs. Ind 1992

1961 Birthday - Junior, Norman Giscombe, R&B singer, Mama used to Say

1961 Birthday - Carol Norman, Ardmore Oklahoma, bowler, LPBT Rookie of Year 1982

1961 Birthday - Norman Cowans, cricketer, England fast bowler in 19 Tests 1982-85

1961 Birthday - [Norman] Boomer Esiason, NFL quarterback, Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets

1960 Birthday - Steve Norman, born in London, rock sax, Spandau Ballet-True

1958 Birthday - Norman Lamont Hassan, British reggae musician, UB40-Red Red Wine

1957 Birthday - Vince Gill, born in Norman, Oklahoma, country singer, When I Call Your Name

1956 Death - Norman Kerry, actor (Air Eagles, Phantom of Opera), dies at 61

1955 Birthday - Greg Norman, born in Queensland, Australia, PGA golfer, 1984 Kemper

1953 Event - John Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union

1953 Event - Baseball player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) and Allie Reynolds (AL) hire John Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiation

1953 Birthday - Nicholas Wisdom, cricketer, son of comic Norman, 2 games Sussex 1974

1952 Death - Norman Douglas, essayist/novelist, dies

1951 Death - James Norman Hall, American Author

1950 Event - Norman Dello Joco's premieres in Bronxville

1948 Birthday - Norman Connors, singer, You Are My Starship

1947 Birthday - Penelope Wilton, actress, Cry Freedom, Norman Conquests

1947 Birthday - Cindy Pickett, born in Norman, Oklahoma, actress, Guiding Light, St. Elsewhere

1945 Birthday - David Norman Schramm, physicist

1945 Birthday - Jessye Norman, U.S., opera singer, Carmen

1944 Event - Norman Krasna's "Dear Ruth," premieres in New York City

1944 Birthday - General George Norman Johnson, U.S. singer, Down at the Beach Club

1943 Birthday - Norman E. Thagard, born in Marianna, Florida, MD/astronaut, STS-7, 51-B, 30, 42, 71, Mir

1943 Birthday - Norman Johnson, singer and songwriter

1942 Birthday - Norman Greenbaum, Massachusetts, folk singer, Spirit in the Sky

1942 Death - Norman Scott, U.S. Admiral (at Guadalcanal), dies

1942 Birthday - Norman Kuhlice, England, rocker, Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good

1942 Birthday - Norman Lamont, MP/Chancellor of Exchequer

1941 Event - Howard Florey and Norman Heatley meet for 1st time, 11 days later they successfully recreate penicillin

1940 Birthday - Norman [Richard] Spinrad, U.S., sci-fi author, Child of Fortune

1940 Birthday - Norman Spinrad, American Author

1940 Birthday - Penelope Keith, British actress, Norman Conquests, Priest of Love

1940 Birthday - Norman Gifford, cricketer, respected England slow left-armer 1964-73

1939 Birthday - Norman West, U.S. singer, Soul Children, Hearsay, Give 'em Love

1939 Birthday - Barry [Norman] Malzberg, sci-fi author, Revelations, Beyond Apollo

1939 Birthday - Chris Pyne, born in Bridlington, England, Norman Christopher Chris Pyne, musician, trombonist, played with Humphrey Lyttelton, recorded with Ronnie Scott, toured with Frank Sinatra's backing bands, Gordon Beck, Charlie Watt's big band

1938 Birthday - Norman Hogg, born in Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1983 - 1997

1937 Birthday - Norman Wright, rocker, Del-Vikings

1937 Birthday - Norman Dinnerstein, composer

1937 Birthday - Norman O'Neill, cricketer, great Aussie bat of 60's Brilliant field

1936 Birthday - Norman Orville Scribner, composer

1935 Birthday - Norman Ralph Augustine, American businessman and Under Secretary of the Army 1975 - 1977

1934 Birthday - Norman Beaton, actor, Eureka, Black Joy, Mighty Quinn

1934 Birthday - Norman Schwarzkopf, born in Trenton, New Jersey, nicknamed, Stormin' Norman, The Bear, Commander, Coalition Forces in the Gulf War, 1991, retired U.S. Army General

1934 Birthday - Norman D. Shumway, born in Phoenix, Arizona, Representative-R-California 1979-

1934 Birthday - John D. Loudermilk, rock drummer/vocalist, Language of Love, Norman

1934 Death - Norman Houstoun O'Neill, composer, dies at 58

1933 Birthday - Barry Norman, Britain, film critic, Film Greats

1933 Birthday - Norman Bailey, British bass-baritone, Flying Dutchman

1931 Birthday - Norman Mineta, born in San Jose, California, Representative-R-California 1975 - 1995, U.S. Secretary of Commerce 2000 - 2001, U.S. Secretary of Transportation 2001 - 2006

1931 Birthday - Norman Read, New Zealand, 50K walker 1956 Olympics gold

1931 Birthday - Norman Tebbit, born in Southgate, England, politician, Member of Parliament

1931 Birthday - Norman F. Lent, born in Oceanside, Long Island, Representative-R-New York 1971 - 1993

1930 Birthday - Eric Norman Stokes, composer

1930 Birthday - Norman Podhoretz, born in Brooklyn, New York, author/editor, New York Post

1929 Birthday - Moe Norman, born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer, 1966 Quebec Open

1928 Birthday - James Garner, born in Norman, Oklahoma, actor, Rockford Files, Bret Maverick

1928 Birthday - Monty Norman, composer and writer

1927 Birthday - David Norman Dinkins, 1st black Mayor-D-NYC, 1990-93

1927 Birthday - Norman Sisisky, born in Baltimore, Maryland, Representative-D-Virginia 1983 - 2001

1927 Birthday - Norman Ireland, CEO, Bowater

1927 Birthday - Norman Treigle, New Orleans Louisiana, bass-baritone

1927 Birthday - Norman Adams, painter/ceramic sculptor

1926 Birthday - Norman Jewison, director, Moonstruck, ...and Justice For All

1924 Birthday - Norman Ayrton, opera director, Royal Shakespearean Academy - UK

1924 Birthday - Norman Alden, Fort Worth, Texas, actor, Pilaski-Hennesey, Al-Fay

1924 Birthday - Geoffrey Johnson Smith, actor, Norman Loves Rose, Drinking Games

1924 Birthday - Norman Fell, Philadelphia, actor, Mr Roper-3's Company, The End, Graduate

1924 Birthday - Norman Marshall, cricketer, brother of Roy, one Test for WI 1955

1924 Birthday - Bud, Norman, Poile, NHLer

1924 Birthday - Brian Rix, born in Cottingham, England, born Brian Norman Roger Rix, Baron Rix, actor, appeared in film, The Night We Got The Bird, charity worker for Mencap

1923 Birthday - Norman Potter, cabinetmaker designer/writer

1923 Birthday - Norman E. Shumway, born in Michigan, pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon

1923 Birthday - Norman Mailer, born in New Jersey, American novelist, poet, playwright, film director, wrote 40 books and 11 novels

1922 Birthday - Norman Lear, TV writer/producer, All in The Family

1921 Birthday - Norman Ewart Thurston, musician

1920 Death - J Norman Lockyer, English physicist (discovered helium in Sun), dies

1919 Birthday - Wilfred Norman Aldridge, biochemist/toxicologist

1919 Birthday - Norman Del Mar, composer

1919 Birthday - Betty Jameson, Norman, Oklahoma, LPGA golfer, 1947 U.S. Women's Open

1919 Birthday - Norman F Simpson, British playwright, One Way Pendulum

1918 Birthday - Norman Granz, American Musician

1918 Birthday - Norman Wisdom, born in London, England, comedian, Kraft Music Hall

1916 Birthday - Norman Griggs, Vice President, Building Society Association

1916 Event - Saturday Evening Post cover features Norman Rockwell painting

1915 Birthday - Norman Yardley, English cricket captain, late 40's

1914 Birthday - Norman Lloyd, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, Auschlander-St. Elsewhere

1914 Birthday - Norman Cazden, composer

1914 Birthday - Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist

1914 Birthday - Norman Borlaug, born in Cresco, Iowa, humanitarian, agronomist, discoveries saved one billion lives worldwide, winner, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize, recognizing contributions to world peace for methods to increase food supply, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

1914 Event - U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Norman M Scott

1913 Birthday - Norman Parkinson, born in England, fashion photographer, Harper's Bazaar

1913 Birthday - Norman Dello Joio, Dello Ioio, New York City, composer

1912 Birthday - Norman Cousins, editor, Saturday Review

1911 Birthday - Norman Gordon, South Africa cricket pace bowler, against England 1938-39

1911 Birthday - Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician

1911 Birthday - Norman Oldfield, cricketer, English batsman one Test vs. WI 1939, 80 and 19

1910 Birthday - Norman MacCaig, poet

1910 Birthday - Norman Wooland, born in Dusseldorf, Germany, actor, Hamlet

1909 Birthday - Norman Fulton, composer

1908 Birthday - Norman Hackforth, broadcaster

1908 Birthday - James Norman Dalrymple Anderson, lawyer

1906 Birthday - Norman Gallichan, cricketer, all-rounder in 1 Test New Zealand vs. England 1937

1906 Birthday - Norman Cook, museum curator

1905 Birthday - Norman Waterhouse Lees, jazz fan

1905 Birthday - Norman De Tar, composer

1902 Birthday - Norman Maclean, American Author

1900 Birthday - Norman Foster, born in Richmond, Indiana, actor, Skyscraper Souls

1899 Birthday - Norman Hunter, writer

1898 Birthday - Norman Demuth, composer

1898 Birthday - Norman Vincent Peale, Ohio, clergyman, Power of Positive Thinking

1894 Birthday - Norman Kerry, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Phantom of the Opera

1894 Birthday - Norman Rockwell, U.S., artist/illustrator, Sat Evening Post covers

1893 Birthday - Norman Cota, American Soldier

1893 Birthday - Norman Bel Geddes, born in Adrian, Michigan, theatrical designer, Rivals, Dead End

1892 Birthday - Herbert Norman Howells, composer

1891 Birthday - Norman "Squab" Read, U.S. aviator who lived to be 101

1890 Birthday - Norman Bethune, Canada, Doctor in Spain and China

1887 Birthday - James Norman Hall, American Author

1886 Birthday - George Norman Peterkin, composer

1885 Death - Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer, dies at 53

1884 Birthday - Norman Thomas, Marion Ohio, socialist, President Candidate 1928-48

1879 Birthday - Norman Lindsay, Creswick Victoria, artist/novelist

1875 Birthday - Norman Houstoun O'Neill, composer

1874 Birthday - Norman Angell, Lane, English cowboy/journalist, Nobel 1933

1836 Birthday - Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer, Helium, founder, Nature magazine

1833 Birthday - Norman Willis, union leader, Britain's Trades Union Congress

1831 Birthday - Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer

1135 Event - Norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king

1130 Event - Anti-pope Anacletus II crowns Roger II the Norman, king of Sicily













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