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1999 Owen Hart, Canadian Entertainer

1997 Owen Barfield, philosopher of language, dies at 99

1996 Denis Frank Owen, Natural historian, dies at 65

1996 Owen Tudor Williams, civil engineer, dies at 79

1995 Philip Owen A Sherrard, scholar theologian poet/translator, dies at 72

1994 Alan Owen, English screenplay/actor (Hard Day's Night), dies at 69

1994 Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/Choreographer, dies at 88

1991 Owen Joseph Kline, son of Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline

1990 President Bush awards Jesse Owen the Congressional Gold Medal

1986 Red Sox trade shortstop Rey Quinones and pitcher Mike Trujillo to Mariners for shortstop Spike Owen and outfielder Dave Henderson

1979 Michael Owen, English Athlete

1972 Reginald Owen, actor (Above Suspicion, Love on the Run), dies at 85

1971 Owen Lance Bill Hughes, born in Palmerston North, New Zealand, kayaker 1996 Olympics

1971 Benjamin Britten's opera "Owen Wingrave," premieres in Aldwych

1970 Owen McMahon, Australian 470 class yachter 1996 Olympics

1968 Owen Wilson, American Actor

1966 Seena Owen, actress/writer (Queen Kelly), dies at 71

1965 Catherine Dale Owen, actress (Behind Office Doors), dies at 62

1965 Owen Hart, Canadian Entertainer

1964 Clive Owen, English Actor

1962 Owen D. Young, American Businessman

1962 John Owen Jones, composer, dies at 85

1961 Marubel Vinaon Owen, figure skater 1932 Olympics silver, dies

1961 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Laurence Owen

1959 Owen W. Richardson, English physicist (Nobel 1928), dies at 69

1950 Simon Owen, Wanganui New Zealand, Australasia golfer

1949 Randy Owen, Fort Payne, Alabama, country music star, Alabama - Mountain Music

1949 Walter "Clyde" Owen, rocker

1949 Owen Arthur, born in Barbados, statesman, politician, Barbados Labor Party, Prime Minister of Barbados 1994 - 2008

1948 Reginald Owen Morris, composer, dies at 62

1948 Michael Owen Bruce, American Musician

1945 Owen "Onnie" McIntyre, Scotland, guitarist, Average White Band

1943 Owen Keir Davidson, Australia, 4 time Wimbledon mix double champ

1939 Owen Moore, actor (She Done Him Wrong), commits suicide at 52

1937 Benjamin Luxon, born in Redruth, England, baritone, Owen Wingrave

1934 Geoffrey Owen, British editor, Financial Times

1933 Janet Baker, York England, mezzo-soprano, Owen Wingrave

1931 Denis Frank Owen, Natural historian

1930 Owen Kay Garriott, Enid Oklahoma, astronaut, Skylab 3, STS-9

1930 Owen B. Pickett, born in Richmond, Virginia, Representative-D-Virginia 1987 - 2001

1929 Owen Bieber, United Auto Workers president

1926 Alan Owen, English author, Maggie May, Ronnie Barker Show

1925 Alun Owen, North Wales, writer, Hard Days Night, actor, Servant

1923 Owen Davis' "Icebound," premieres in New York City

1922 Philip Owen Arnould Sherrard, scholar theologian poet/translator

1922 Arthur Hill, born in Saskatchewan, Canada, actor, Owen Marshall, Glitter

1920 Owen Chamberlain, physicist/co-discoverer, antiproton, Nobel-1959

1918 Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min

1916 Owen Tudor Williams, civil engineer

1916 Owen Chadwick, chancellor, University of East Anglia

1912 Pirates Owen "Chief" Wilson hits record 36th triple of season

1910 Herbert Owen Reed, composer

1905 Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/choreographer

1904 Owen Saunders, mechanical engineer

1903 Catherine Dale Owen, actress, Behind Office Doors, Louisville, Kentucky

1900 Owen Aisher, president, Marley

1898 Owen Barfield, philosopher of language

1898 Steve Owen, NFL tackle, coach for the New York Giants

1898 Owen Smith of NC, AME Zion minister, named minister to Liberia

1894 Seena Owen, Spokane, Washington, silent screen actress, Queen Kelly

1893 Wilfred Owen, born in England, anti-war poet, Anthem for Doomed Youth

1892 Richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosaurus), dies at 88

1890 John Owen is 1st man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds

1888 Owen Nares, actor-manager, Maiden Erleigh

1887 Reginald Owen, born in Wheathampstead, England, actor, Dr. Watson-Sherlock Holmes

1886 Owen Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor, She Done Him Wrong

1886 Reginald Owen Morris, composer

1879 Owen Williams Richardson, born in England, physicist, Nobel 1928

1876 John Owen Jones, composer

1874 Owen D. Young, American Businessman

1874 Owen Jones, architect, dies

1869 Owen Wister, U.S., novelist, Virginian

1865 George A. Birmingham, Reverend James Owen Hannay, novelist

1862 Liliuokalani, queen of Hawaii (1891-93) marries John Owen Dominis

1861 Owen Seaman, poet/editor, Punch

1856 Owen Dunell, cricketer, South Africa's 1st Test captain

1825 Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community

1821 Joshua Thomas Owen, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1804 Richard Owen, British zoologist

1771 Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist


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