2015 Event Venture capital company Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has successfully defended itself in a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by former junior partner Ellen Pao; the case was monitored by Silicon Valley firms, which tend to be male-dominated 1998 Death Carl Perkins, singer/songwriter, dies at 65 1994 Event Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m free style (14:41.66) 1994 Event Kieren Perkins swims world record 800m free style (7:46.00) 1992 Death Anthony Perkins, actor (Psycho), dies from AIDs at 60 1992 Event Kieren John Perkins swims world record/OR 1500m free style (14:43.4) 1992 Event Kieren John Perkins swims world record 800m freestyle (7:46.60) 1992 Event Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m freestyle (14:32.40) 1986 Death Marlin Perkins, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom), dies at 81 1986 Death Marlin Perkins, TV host (Wild Kingdom) at 80 1977 Event Susan Perkins (Ohio), crowned 50th Miss America 1978 1973 Birthday Kieren Perkins, Australian free-style 1500m swimmer, world record 1973 Birthday Kieren Perkins, born in Brisbane, Australia, 1500m swimmer, Olympic-2 gold-92, 96 1965 Death Frances Perkins, U.S. 1st female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at 83 1963 Event "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC 1961 Death Marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53 1961 Birthday Sam Perkins, NBA forward and center, Seattle Supersonics 1960 Event CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr. Malone and 2nd Mrs. Burton) and cancels 4 other series 1960 Birthday Elizabeth Perkins, Queens, New York, actress, About Last Night, Big 1958 Event Carl Perkins leaves Sun Records for Columbia Records 1957 Event "Look Homeward, Angel" with Anthony Perkins premieres in New York City 1955 Event Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes" 1954 Birthday Carl C. Perkins, born in Washington, D.C., Representative-D-Kentucky 1984 - 1993 1938 Birthday Millie Perkins, Passaic, New Jersey, actress, Jane-Knots Landings 1938 Birthday Millie Perkins, actress, Diary of Anne Frank, Table for 5, Shooting 1935 Birthday John MacIvor Perkins, composer 1933 Birthday Jack Perkins, born in Cleveland, Ohio, newscaster, Prime Time Sunday, NBC Magazine 1933 Event Frances Perkins becomes sec of labor, 1st U.S. woman cabinet member 1933 Event 1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor 1932 Birthday Carl Perkins, singer, Blue Suede Shoes 1932 Birthday Carl Perkins, born in Jackson, Tennessee, singer and songwriter, Blue Suede Shoes 1932 Birthday Anthony Perkins, born in New York City, actor, Psycho, Fear Strikes Out, Pretty Poison 1931 Birthday John Perkins, rocker, Crew Cuts 1914 Death Henry Southwick Perkins, composer, dies at 80 1905 Birthday Marlin Perkins, born in Carthage, Missouri, TV host, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom 1895 Event 21st Kentucky Derby: Soup Perkins aboard Halma wins in 2:37 1880 Birthday Frances Perkins, 1st woman to hold cabinet-level position, Labor 1861 Birthday Emily Perkins Bissell, welfare worker, 1st christmas seal drive, 1907 1860 Birthday Charlotte Perkins Gilman, economist/lecturer/author/feminist 1833 Birthday Henry Southwick Perkins, composer
