History Home
Events     Birthdays     Deaths     Years

Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy!

Oz


1991 Nita Krebs, actor (Munchkin-Wizard of Oz), dies of heart attack at 85

1988 Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl

1988 Beatrice E M, Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl

1987 Ray Bolger, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz), dies at 83

1985 Les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska

1985 Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wizard of Oz), dies

1985 Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz), dies at 82

1979 Jack Haley, actor (Wizard of Oz), dies of cancer at 79

1979 Price of gold increases to record $875 troy oz

1972 Emma Ridley, Hanpstead, England, actress, Return to Oz

1971 Joan Kenmore, actress, Wizard of Oz

1970 Billie Burke, comedienne (Glinda-Wizard of Oz), dies at 84

1969 Judy Garland, actress (Wizard of Oz, Easter Parade), dies at 47

1969 Judy Garland, singer and actress (Wizard of Oz), dies at 48 of an overdose

1967 Bert Lahr, Irving Lahrheim, U.S. comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72

1956 "Wizard of Oz" 1st televised (CBS-TV)

1949 Frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59

1949 Victor Fleming, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind), dies at 65

1944 Frank Oz, Heresford England, puppeteer, Sesame St, Muppet Show

1944 Frank Oz, muppetteer, Grover-Sesame Street, Muppet Show

1939 "Wizard of Oz" opens at Loew's Capitol Theater in NY

1939 "Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood

1939 Amos Oz, Jerusalem Israel, author, My Michael

1938 Margaret Hamilton's costume catches fire in filming of "Wizard of Oz"

1937 Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice and replace his 40 with 36 oz bat

1936 Matt Clark, Washington D.C., actor and director, Return to Oz, Horror Show

1922 Judy Garland, born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, actress and singer, Wizard of Oz

1920 Jerry Maren, actor, munchkin-Wizard of Oz, Mayor McCheese

1919 Frank Lyman Baum, author (Wizard of Oz), dies at 62

1917 Magda Szabo, Hungary, author, Az oz, Abigel

1904 Ray Bolger, Dorchester Massachusetts, actor/dancer, Wizard of Oz

1903 "Wizard of Oz," premieres in New York City

1902 Margaret Hamilton, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz

1902 Margaret Hamilton, born in Ohio, wicked witch of the west, Wizard of Oz

1899 Jack Haley, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Tin Man-Wizard of Oz, Ford Star Revue

1895 Bert Lahr, Irving Lahrheim, U.S. comic/actor, Lion-Wizard of Oz

1885 Billie Burke, born in Washington D.C., actress, Glinda-Wizard of Oz

1883 Victor Fleming, born in Pasadena, California, director, Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind

1869 Charley Grapewin, Xenia, Ohio, actor, Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady

1863 Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 U.S. cities; postage 3 cents per oz


History Home    Copyright 2009 BrainyMedia.com