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1998 Carl Perkins, singer/songwriter, dies at 65

1994 Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m free style (14:41.66)

1994 Kieren Perkins swims world record 800m free style (7:46.00)

1992 Anthony Perkins, actor (Psycho), dies from AIDs at 60

1992 Kieren John Perkins swims world record/OR 1500m free style (14:43.4)

1992 Kieren John Perkins swims world record 800m freestyle (7:46.60)

1992 Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m freestyle (14:32.40)

1986 Marlin Perkins, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom), dies at 81

1986 Marlin Perkins, TV host (Wild Kingdom) at 80

1977 Susan Perkins (Ohio), crowned 50th Miss America 1978

1973 Kieren Perkins, Australian free-style 1500m swimmer, world record

1973 Kieren Perkins, born in Brisbane, Australia, 1500m swimmer, Olympic-2 gold-92, 96

1965 Frances Perkins, U.S. 1st female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at 83

1963 "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC

1961 Marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53

1961 Sam Perkins, NBA forward and center, Seattle Supersonics

1960 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 Elizabeth Perkins, Queens, New York, actress, About Last Night, Big

1958 Carl Perkins leaves Sun Records for Columbia Records

1957 "Look Homeward, Angel" with Anthony Perkins premieres in New York City

1955 Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes"

1954 Carl C. Perkins, born in Washington, D.C., Representative-D-Kentucky 1984 - 1993

1938 Millie Perkins, Passaic, New Jersey, actress, Jane-Knots Landings

1938 Millie Perkins, actress, Diary of Anne Frank, Table for 5, Shooting

1935 John MacIvor Perkins, composer

1933 Jack Perkins, born in Cleveland, Ohio, newscaster, Prime Time Sunday, NBC Magazine

1933 Frances Perkins becomes sec of labor, 1st U.S. woman cabinet member

1933 1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor

1932 Carl Perkins, singer, Blue Suede Shoes

1932 Carl Perkins, born in Jackson, Tennessee, singer and songwriter, Blue Suede Shoes

1932 Anthony Perkins, born in New York City, actor, Psycho, Fear Strikes Out, Pretty Poison

1931 John Perkins, rocker, Crew Cuts

1914 Henry Southwick Perkins, composer, dies at 80

1905 Marlin Perkins, born in Carthage, Missouri, TV host, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom

1895 21st Kentucky Derby: Soup Perkins aboard Halma wins in 2:37

1880 Frances Perkins, 1st woman to hold cabinet-level position, Labor

1861 Emily Perkins Bissell, welfare worker, 1st christmas seal drive, 1907

1860 Charlotte Perkins Gilman, economist/lecturer/author/feminist

1833 Henry Southwick Perkins, composer


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