2013 Event Scientists in Spain publish a study in the 'New England Journal of Medicine' that claims a Mediterranean diets, high in olive oil, nuts, fish and fresh fruits, reduce the risk of heart disease 1996 Death Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder (Collet's bookshop), dies at 104 1995 Death Olive Gibbs, peace campaigner, dies at 77 1990 Death Lawrence Durrell, Indian/English author (Mount Olive), dies at 78 1988 Death Olive Carey, actress (Affairs With a Stranger), dies at 92 1982 Death Jean Wiener, French composer (Olive chez les negres), dies at 86 1976 Event "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" closes at Playhouse New York City after 16 performances 1976 Event "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" opens at Playhouse New York City for 16 performances 1969 Birthday Bobby Olive, NFL wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts 1960 Birthday Leora "Sam" Jones, born in Mount Olive, North Carolina, U.S. team handball player 1992 Olympics 1947 Birthday Patrick Olive, percussionist, Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing 1940 Birthday Abbas Kiarostami, author/director, Under the Olive Trees, Close Up 1936 Birthday Tom T. Hall, Olive Hill, Kentucky, country singer and writer, Harper Valley PTA 1920 Death Olive Schreiner, South Afr writer (Healing Imagination), dies at 75 1918 Birthday Olive Gibbs, peace campaigner 1915 Birthday Conrad W. Monnich, theologist, Branch of olive 1903 Birthday Olive Ann Beech, aircraft industry executive 1892 Birthday Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder, Collet's Bookshop 1855 Birthday Olive Schreiner, South African writer, Portrait of a South African Woman