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2002 Daniel Pearl, journalist, Wall Street Journal bureau chief kidnapped and murdered by terrorists, dies at 38

1997 Rare black pearl necklace auctioned for record $902,000

1996 Minnie Pearl, country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 84

1995 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled's Song

1995 George Kirby, comedian/impressionist (Pearl Bailey), dies at 71

1994 Pearl Primus, dancer, dies at 44

1994 Pearl Jam rocker Eddie Vedder (29) weds Beth Liebling (27)

1993 Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder arrested for public drunkiness

1993 10th MTV Awards: Pearl Jam, En Vogue wins

1992 Taylor Maine Pearl Brooks, daughter of country singer Garth Brooks

1990 Pearl Bailey, actress (Landlord)/singer, dies of heart attack at 72

1978 Josh Hartnett, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, film producer, actor, movies include 'Black Hawk Down', 'Pearl Harbor', People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People 2002

1977 Pearl Amoah, Miss Universe-Ghana 1996

1973 Pearl S[ydenstricker] Buck, author (Good Earth-Nobel 1938), dies at 80

1973 Pearl S. Buck, American Novelist

1969 LaRee Pearl Sugg, Petersburg, Virginia, LPGA golfer, 1995 Hawaiian-15th

1967 Pearl Sinn, born in Seoul, Korea, LPGA golfer, 1995 LPGA Corning Classic-35th

1965 Eddie Vedder, heavy metal singer, Pearl Jam-Justine

1965 Stone Gossard, musician with Pearl Jam

1964 Cheryl Akemi Toma, Pearl City Hawaii, Miss Hawaii-America 1991

1957 Pearl Moore, WBL guard, New York Stars

1956 Adam Arkin, Brooklyn, actor, Busting Loose, Pearl, Northern Exposure

1947 John Steinbeck's novel "Pearl" published

1945 Elkie Brooks, Manchester England, rocker, Pearl's a Singer

1944 Sub Swordfish departs Pearl Harbor for Japan

1944 Earl "the Pearl" Monroe, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, NBA Guard, New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets

1944 David Pearl, British judge

1942 Task Force 17 leaves Pearl Harbor under Admiral George Murray on Hornet

1942 U.S. aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor

1942 Dorie Miller, awarded Navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor

1941 1st ships of Admiral Nagumo's Pearl Harbor fleet return to Japan

1941 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, a date that will live in infamy

1941 U.S. aircraft carrier Lexington and 5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor

1941 Yamamoto sends his fleet to Pearl Harbor

1941 Japanese carrier force left its base and moves east toward Pearl Harbor

1941 Japanese fleet readies assault on Pearl Harbor

1941 Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima leave Pearl Harbor

1941 Hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails

1941 Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima arrive in Pearl Harbor

1941 Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreiber warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor

1941 U.S. Vice Admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor

1938 Nobel for literature awarded to Pearl Buck (Good Earth)

1938 Pearl White, U.S. actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline), dies at 49

1937 Barbara Pearl Jones, born in Chicago, Illinois, 4X100m relayer, Gold Medals 1952, 1960 Olympics

1934 World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines

1932 Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S. Buck (Good Earth)

1924 Louis Bellson, Rock Falls, Illinois, orchestra leader, Pearl Bailey Show

1924 George Kirby, born in Chicago, comedian, ABC Comedy Hour, Pearl Bailey Show

1919 Pearl Primus, dancer

1918 Pearl Bailey, born in Newport News, Virginia, singer, Hello Dolly

1912 Minnie Pearl, Tennessee, Grand Old Opry, Hee-Haw

1909 Construction of Navy base at Pearl Harbor begins

1892 Pearl Buck, prize winning novelist

1892 Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, born in China, author, Good Earth-Nobel 1938

1892 Pearl S. Buck, American Novelist

1889 Pearl White, Victoria, U.S. actress/stunt woman, Perils of Pauline

1887 U.S. receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii

1887 U.S. Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor

1882 1st district lit by electricity (NY's Pearl Street Station)

1854 August T C Kiehl, Dutch actor, Pearl of Zaandam


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