2006 Death Jack Wild, actor, theater, stage, Academy Award nominee at age 16 for role of Artful Dodger in film production of 'Oliver!', favorite subject, teen magazines, dies of cancer, in Tebworth, England, at age 53 2000 Death "William ""Oliver"" Swofford", singer, ", Good Morning, Starshine, ", dies at 54 1999 Death Oliver Reed, actor, Oliver!, dies at 61 1999 Death Lionel Bart, composer, songwriter, wrote pop music, musicals, created book, music and lyrics for Oliver!, dies at 68 1996 Death Oliver Charles Anderson, novelist, dies at 84 1995 Death Lindsay Oliver John Boynton, furniture historian, dies 1995 Death Oliver Wendell Harrington, cartoonist, dies at 83 1995 Event Frank Bruno beats Oliver McCall in 12 for heavyweight boxing title 1995 Event Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title 1994 Event Oliver McCall TKOs Lennox Lewis in 2 for heavyweight boxing title 1994 Death Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson, drummer, dies at 61 1994 Death Oliver Smith, U.S. set designer (Guys and Dolls-7 Tony Awards), dies at 75 1993 Event Dr. William Masters (78) weds college sweetheart Geraldine Oliver (76) 1993 Event Director Oliver Stone files for divorce from Elizabeth 1993 Death Oliver R Tambo, chairman (African National Congress), dies at 75 1992 Death David Oliver, actor (Perry Hutchins-Another World), dies of AIDS at 30 1992 Death Oliver Franks, English Public Servant 1992 Event Miami Dolphen Louis Oliver returns record tying interception 103 yards 1991 Event Wrestler Rip Oliver forced to retire after being injured by Crush 1990 Death Susan Oliver, actress (Disorderly Orderly), dies of cancer at 61 1989 Event In the Iran-Contra trial, Oliver North's case goes to the jury 1989 Birthday Oliver Bernsen, son of Corbin Bernsen and Amanda Pays 1988 Death Virgil Oliver, Jr., entertainer, dies 1988 Death Melvin J "Cy" Oliver, U.S. jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77 1987 Event Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North concludes 6 days of Congressional testimony 1987 Event Oliver North admits to shredding Iran-Contra evidence 1987 Event Oliver North began public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing 1987 Event Oliver North's secretary Fawn Hall tesifies at Iran-Contra hearing 1987 Event Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North 1987 Event U.S. Foreign minister George Shultz meets ANC-leader Oliver Tambo 1986 Event Oliver North's sect, Fawn Hill, smuggles documents out of his office 1986 Event Rachel Oliver (Mass), 20, crowned 19th Miss Black America 1984 Death James Oliver Huberty, shot by police after killing 21 in McDonalds 1984 Event "Oliver!" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 17 performances 1984 Event "Oliver!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 17 performances 1984 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Mary Oliver for "American Primitive" 1981 Event Oliver North is assigned to White House duty 1976 Birthday Oliver Hudson, American Actor 1976 Event Judge Oliver upholds Seitz's decision on Andy Messersmith free agency 1975 Event Archbishop Oliver Plunkett became 1st Irish-born saint in 7 centuries 1975 Birthday Jamie Oliver, born in Clavering, England, known as 'The Naked Chef', check, media personality, television series include, 'Jamie's Ministry of Food' 1974 Event Oliver Tilden Triangle in the Bronx named 1973 Birthday Barret Oliver, actor, Never Ending Story, Secret Garden 1973 Birthday Winslow Oliver, running back for the Carolina Panthers 1973 Birthday Jimmy Oliver, NFL wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers 1972 Birthday Oliver Quass, WLAF kicker for the Amsterdam Admirals 1972 Birthday Oliver Gibson, NFL defensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers 1972 Birthday Christian Oliver, actor in Baby Sitters Club, Brian-Saved by the Bell 1971 Death Oliver F McGowan, actor (Banning, Stagecoach), dies at 64 1971 Birthday David Oliver, Sechelt, NHL right wing for the Edmonton Oilers 1970 Birthday Darren Oliver, born in Kansas City, Missouri, pitcher for the Texas Rangers 1970 Birthday Oliver Miller, NBA forward and center for the Toronto Raptors 1969 Event 41st Academy Awards - "Oliver," C Robertson and K Hepburn/Striesand win 1969 Birthday Muhammad Oliver, NFL cornerback and safety for the Washington Redskins 1968 Death Doris Lloyd, actress (Oliver Twist), dies of heart strain at 71 1966 Birthday Monique Oliver, Malibu California, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-4th-1994 1966 Birthday Oliver Barnett, NFL defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers 1966 Birthday Louis Oliver, NFL safety, Miami Dolphins 1965 Birthday Joe Oliver, born in Memphis, Tennessee, catcher for the Cincinnati Reds 1965 Birthday Adrian Pasdar, born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, actor, C Oliver Resor-Feds, Top Gun 1964 Event "Oliver!" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 774 performances 1963 Death Oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, U.S. anthropologist/writer, dies at 61 1963 Event "Oliver!" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 774 performances 1960 Birthday Oliver Platt, Canadian Actor 1958 Birthday Mark Lester, born in Oxford, England, actor, Oliver, Prince and Pauper 1957 Death Oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel and Hardy, dies at 65 1955 Birthday Oliver Conant, New York City, actor, Summer of '42 1952 Birthday Jack Wild, actor, theater, stage, Academy Award nominee at age 16 for role of Artful Dodger in film production of 'Oliver!', favorite subject, teen magazines 1952 Birthday Oliver Knussen, born in Glasgow, Scotland, composer, Chicara 1946 Birthday Oliver Stone, born in New York City, director, Wall St, Good Morning Vietnam, Platoon 1945 Birthday Nicola Pagett, actress, Oliver's Story, Privates on Parade 1945 Birthday Oliver, rock vocalist, Good Morning Starshine, Jean 1943 Birthday Oliver North, American Soldier 1943 Birthday John Oliver Creighton, born in Orange, Texas, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-51G, 36, 48 1943 Birthday Bob Oliver, baseball player 1942 Death Edna May Oliver, dies on 59th birthday 1942 Birthday Oliver Eugene Lake, composer 1940 Event Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named 1st black general in regular army 1939 Birthday Daniel Oliver, born in New York City, CEO, Federal Trade Commission 1938 Birthday Oliver Reed, born in London, England, actor, Big Sleep 1937 Birthday Erich Segal, born in Brooklyn, New York, author, Love Story, Oliver's Story 1937 Birthday Susan Oliver, New York City, actress, Ann-Peyton Place, Star Trek-Cage 1935 Birthday Mary Oliver, American Poet 1935 Birthday Gene Oliver, American Athlete 1935 Death Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American Judge 1934 Birthday Lionel Bart, born in Stepney, England, composer, songwriter, wrote pop music, musicals, created book, music and lyrics for Oliver! 1934 Birthday Lindsay Oliver John Boynton, furniture historian 1933 Birthday Oliver Sacks, American Scientist 1933 Birthday Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson, drummer 1933 Birthday Shani Wallis, Ireland, singer and actress, Oliver 1932 Birthday Arthur L Liman, New York City, trial lawyer, Oliver North 1929 Birthday Oliver Neville, principal, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts 1929 Death Gladys Brockwell, actress (Oliver Twist), dies at 34 1926 Birthday David Oliver Williams, trade unionist, COHSE 1925 Birthday Dickie Moore, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Expert, Oliver Twist, Little Men 1925 Birthday Michael Oliver, cardiologist 1923 Birthday Oliver Millar, Surveyor, Queen's Pictures 1921 Birthday Oliver Wright, British Ambassador, To U.S. 1919 Birthday Frank Middlemass, actor, Island, Oliver Twist 1917 Birthday Oliver Tambo, co-founder, African National Congress 1916 Birthday John Oliver Killens, novelist 1913 Birthday Oliver Chesterton, chartered surveyor 1912 Birthday Oliver Charles Anderson, novelist 1912 Birthday Brother William Oliver Antoninus Everson, poet 1912 Birthday Hugh Griffith, Wales, actor, Ben Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver! 1912 Birthday Oliver Wendell Harrington, cartoonist 1908 Death Peter Oliver, English Artist 1908 Birthday Peter Oliver, English Artist 1907 Birthday Oliver F McGowan, Kipling AL, actor, Banning, Stagecoach 1905 Birthday Oliver Franks, English Public Servant 1904 Birthday Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenber----dorff, Sr, near Hamburg, Germany 1902 Event Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. became Associate Justice on Supreme Court 1902 Death Samuel R Gardiner, British historian (Oliver Cromwell), dies at 72 1901 Birthday Oliver [Hazard Perry] La Farge, New York City, anthropologist/novelist 1894 Birthday Gladys Brockwell, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Long Pants, Oliver Twist 1892 Birthday Oliver Hardy, Harlem, Georgia, comedy team member, Laurel and Hardy 1891 Event 11th U.S. Mens Tennis: Oliver S Campbell beats C Hobart (26 75 79 61 62) 1891 Birthday Irving Pichel, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor and director, Mme Butterfly, Oliver Twist 1890 Event Oliver S. Campbell wins U.S. Tennis Open 1888 Birthday Frank Lloyd, Scotland, actor and director, Mutiny on Bounty, Oliver Twist 1883 Birthday Edna May Oliver, Nutter, Malden, Massachusetts, actress, Little Women 1882 Birthday George Siegmann, actor, Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist 1881 Birthday Oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player, elected 1963 1875 Event 1st Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75 1871 Birthday Oliver Samuel Campbell, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1890 1869 Event James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade 1862 Death Oliver Tilden, of the Bronx, killed in Civil War in Virginia 1851 Birthday Oliver Joseph Lodge, born in England, early radio pioneer 1850 Birthday Oliver Heaviside, London, physicist, predicted ionosphere 1848 Death Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69 1844 Death Oliver Holden, composer, dies at 78 1841 Birthday Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., born in Massachusetts, 59th Supreme Court justice, 1902 - 1932 1835 Birthday Oliver Edwards, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Event Oliver Wendell Holmes publishes "Old Ironsides" 1830 Birthday Oliver Otis Howard, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Event Oliver Wendell Holmes writes "Old Ironsides" 1827 Birthday John Morrison Oliver, Major General Union volunteers 1823 Birthday Oliver Hazard Perry Morton, Indiana Governor 1961 - 1967, Republian 1820 Birthday Oliver Mowat, a founder of the Canadian Confederation 1819 Death Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday 1813 Event Comm Oliver H Perry defeats British in Battle of Lake Erie 1812 Birthday Charles Dickens, born in England, novelist, Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities 1810 Birthday Oliver Fisher Winchester, rifle maker, Winchester 1809 Birthday Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Cambridge, Massachusetts, physician/author, Old Ironsides 1804 Birthday Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Commander Union Navy 1797 Death Oliver Wolcott, U.S. judge/signer of Declaration of Independence, dies at 71 1792 Birthday George Cruikshank, London, caricaturist, Oliver Twist 1785 Birthday Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. Naval hero, "We have met the enemy" 1779 Birthday Oliver Shaw, composer 1778 Event Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol 1774 Death Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 1773 Event Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer," premieres in London 1765 Birthday Oliver Holden, composer 1755 Birthday Oliver Evans, pioneered high-pressure steam engine 1753 Birthday Oliver Cromwell, Burlington, New Jersey, black who served with Washington 1746 Birthday Oliver Brownson, composer 1745 Birthday Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court, 1796-1800 1730 Birthday Oliver Goldsmith, Ireland, novelist/dramatist, She Stoops to Conquer 1726 Birthday Oliver Wolcott, U.S. judge/signer Declaration of Independence 1726 Birthday Oliver Wolcott, Ct-Gov, signed Declaration of Independence 1658 Death Oliver Cromwell, British general (1653-58)/Lord Protector, dies at 59 1657 Event Oliver Cromwell constrains English army leader John Lambert 1657 Event Oliver Cromwell grants residency to Luis Caravajal 1653 Event Oliver Cromwell sworn in as English Lord Protector 1649 Event Oliver Cromwell seizes Drogheda Ireland, most inhabitants massacred 1645 Event Battle at Naseby Leicester: New Model army under Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax beats royalists 1617 Death Isaac Oliver, miniature painter, dies 1599 Birthday Oliver Cromwell, Puritan lord protector of England, 1653-58
