1953 Birthday Rick Downey, rocker drummer/vocalist, Blue Oyster Cult 1951 Birthday Eric Bloom, rock vocalist and guitarist, Blue Oyster Cult 1948 Birthday Paul King, rocker, Blue Oyster Cult 1947 Birthday Donald Roeser, rock guitarist and vocalist, Blue Oyster Cult 1946 Birthday Allen Lanier, rock keyboardist/guitarist and vocalist, Blue Oyster Cult 1785 Event Samuel Ellis advertises to sell Oyster Island (Ellis Island), no takers 1630 Event New Amsterdam's governor buys Gull Island from Indians for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, it is later known as Ellis Island
