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2004 Fay Wray, actress, the original King Kong, dies at 96

2004 Uta Hagen, actress/teacher, starred in original Broadway cast of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, dies at 84

2003 Dorothy Loudon, actress, Original Broadway production of Annie, dies at 70

2002 Keene Curtis, actor, starred in original Broadwayproduction of Annie, dies at 77

2002 Signe Hasso, actress, original movie version of Heaven Can Wait, dies at 91

2002 Joe Cobb, actor, an original Our Gang cast member, dies at 84

2002 John Agar, actor, the original The Thing, dies at 81

2000 John Colicos, actor, in the original Battlestar Gallactica, dies at 71

1999 Susan Strasberg, actress/writer, original Anne in Broadway's The Diary of Anne Frank, dies at 60

1997 Florida releases Alex Arias, the last original Marlin

1997 Last original Florida Marlin, Jeff Conine, traded to Kansas City Royals

1996 Ethel Jane Cain, original U.K. Speaking Clock voice, dies at 87

1996 Fitzroy Maclean, the original James Bond, dies at 85

1990 Last of Margaret Thatcher's original government resigns, Deputy Prime Minister Howe

1990 Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF

1989 Billy Smith, last original New York Islander, retires

1976 Ted Mack, TV host (Original Amateur Hour), dies at 72

1971 Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland

1962 Jesse Johnson, born in Rock Island, Illinois, Jesse Woods Johnson, musician, guitarist, funk, rocky, rhythm and blues genres, original member of The Time, contributed to hit singles, 'The Bird', 'Jungle Love', on The Time's third album, 'Ice Cream Castle'

1959 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams Teams reenact the original contest

1951 Barry Goudreau, born in America, guitarist, vocalist, original guitarist for Boston, the rock band, recorded his first solo LP using Brad Delp and Fran Cosmo, and Sib Hashian

1948 Ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" begins, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS)

1944 Bev Bevan, born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England, born Beverley Bevan, rocker musician, played drums, percussion, original member of ELO, founded Electric Light Orchestra Part II, toured as a drummer for band Black Sabbath

1943 Cubs return to original uniform after experimenting with a vest

1938 1st play telecast with original Broadway cast, "Susan and God"

1935 Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network

1925 Virginia Capers, Sumter, South Carolina, actress, White Mama, Original Intent

1921 Bobby Todd, U.S. comic/actor, Original Sin

1917 1st jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step," recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden NJ

1916 Canada's original Parliament buildings, in Ottawa, burns down

1910 Ai Qing, born in Eastern China, modern Chinese poet, original name Jiang Zheng Han, influenced by Kant and Hegel, modern poet Mayakovsky and Belgian poet Verhaeren

1909 Ethel Jane Cain, original U.K. Speaking Clock voice

1904 Ted Mack, born in Denver, Colorado, TV host, Original Amateur Hour

1883 Original Metropolitan Opera House (New York City) grand opening (Faust)

1871 Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4miles (10 km) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation

1858 Tommy Garrett, cricketer, original Australian Test player

1854 Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin

1850 Horatio Herbert Kitchener, England, original Order of Merit member

1850 Original Washington's Farewell Address manuscript sells for $2,300

1790 Rhode Is becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution

1771 Messier presents his original list of 45 M-objects to French Academy

1758 Jonathan Edwards, theologian/philosopher 'Original Sin', dies at 54

1703 Jonathan Edwards, U.S., theologian/philosopher, Original Sin

1640 Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin


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