1967 Event WEDN TV channel 53 in Norwich, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Birthday Shawn Sheldon, Norwich, Connecticut, 114 lbs greco-roman wrestler 1996 Olympics 1958 Birthday Bill Dawley, born in Norwich, Connecticut, baseball player, pitcher, played Major League Baseball with the Houston Astros, Chicago Whitesox, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Oakland Athletics 1944 Death George A Hartland, English MP (Norwich 1931-35), dies at 60 1940 Birthday George Paul, CEO, Norwich Union Insurance Group 1928 Birthday MG Falcon, CEO, Norwich Union Insurance Group 1920 Birthday Chalmers Wylie, born in Norwich, Ohio, Representative-R-Ohio 1967 - 1993 1909 Birthday Richard Hearne, Norwich England, actor, Captain Horatio Hornblower 1854 Birthday Adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist, Peripatus 1549 Event English boer army occupies Norwich 1189 Event Riots of Lynn in Norfolk spread to Norwich England