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2002 Jack Haldeman, science fiction writer, Perry's Planet, dies at 60

2001 Perry Como, singer, dies at 88

1996 Jack Perry, businessman, dies at 81

1996 Joan Perry Cohn Harvey, actress (Hands of a Stranger), dies at 85

1996 Charles Bruce Perry, professor of medicine, dies at 92

1995 Frank Perry, film director, dies at 65

1995 Frank Perry, U.S. dir (Diary of Mad Housewife, David and Lisa), dies at 65

1995 Perry Lederman, folk singer, dies at 52

1995 Fred Perry, English tennis star (Wimbledon 1934-36), dies at 85

1993 Raymond Burr, actor (Perry Mason), dies of liver cancer at 76

1992 David Oliver, actor (Perry Hutchins-Another World), dies of AIDS at 30

1992 Director Frank Perry (Mommie Dearest) marries Virginia Bush Ford

1991 Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, and Bill Veeck are elected into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York

1991 Gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins and Rod Carew elected to Hall of Fame

1985 Henry G. Perry completes 157 day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia

1985 Wanda Perry, actress (Roberta, Death of a Salesman), dies at 67

1983 Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton to reach 3,500 career strikeouts this season, he also wins his 1st game as a Royal

1982 Seattle Mariner pitcher Gaylord Perry ejected for throwing a spitter

1982 Seattle Mariner Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games

1982 Gaylord Perry (with 297 wins) signs with Seattle Mariners

1979 Julia A Perry, U.S. composer and conductor (Soul Symphony), dies at 55

1978 Padres Gaylord Perry is 1st to win Cy Young in both leagues (NL)

1978 Aerosmith's Steve Tyler and Joe Perry injured by a cherry bomb

1978 Steve Perry joins Journey

1978 Padres trade pitcher Dave Tomlin and $125,000 to Rangers for Gaylord Perry (He wins 1978 Cy Young Award)

1975 Lowell W. Perry confirmed as chairman of Equal Opportunity Comm

1973 Brothers Jim and Gaylord Perry face each other for only time, Tigers beat Indians 5-4, as Gaylord loses

1972 Gaylord Perry wins AL Cy Young award

1972 Marlo Perry, NFL linebacker for the Buffalo Bills

1971 Perry Carter, NFL cornerback for the Kansas City Chiefs

1971 Perry Carter, cornerback for the Oakland Raiders

1971 Perry Klein, NFL quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons

1971 Donna Perry, born in Glendale, California, playmate November, 1994

1970 Todd Perry, NFL guard for the Chicago Bears

1970 Twins Jim Perry wins AL Cy Young Award

1970 Erle Stanley Gardner, U.S. writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80

1969 Matthew L Perry, actor, Friends

1969 Matthew Perry, Williamstown Massachusetts, actor, Sydney, Chandler-Friends

1969 Perry Farrell, rocker, Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros

1969 Elliot Perry, NBA guard, Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks

1968 Darren Perry, NFL free safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers

1968 Gaylord Perry (Giants) no-hits St. Louis Cardinals, 1-0

1968 Nehemiah Perry, cricketer, fine Jamaican off-spinner

1966 Luke Perry, born in Mansfield, Ohio, actor, Dillon-Beverly Hill 90210

1966 Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in US

1965 Michael Perry, NFL defensive tackle for the Denver Broncos

1965 Ray Collins, actor (Halls of Ivy, Perry Mason), dies at 75

1965 Tim Perry, NBA forward, New Jersey Nets

1965 Perry E Smith, U.S. murderer (In Cold Blood), hanged

1964 Perry Parker, South Laguna Beach California, golfer, 1992 Xerox BC Open

1964 Gerald Perry, NFL tackle for the Oakland Raiders

1963 Oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, U.S. anthropologist/writer, dies at 61

1963 Perry Richardson, South Carolina, bassist, Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime

1963 Thomas Perry, German Musician

1962 William "The Refrigerator" Perry, NFL defensive back for the Chicago Bears

1961 Christopher J Perry, Edenton, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1987 Kemper Open-2nd

1960 [James] Kenneth Perry, born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1991 Memorial

1959 1st Grammy Awards: Perry Como and Ella Fitzgerald win

1958 John Hamilton, actor (Perry White-Superman), dies at 61

1958 RIAA certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star)

1958 Perry Stephens, Frankfurt Germany, actor, Loving, All My Children

1957 "Perry Mason" with Raymond Burr premieres on CBS-TV

1954 Perry Lee "Tiny" Tavares, rocker

1954 Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record)

1951 Guy Perry, rock guitarist and vocalist, Motels-Only the Lonely

1950 Joe Perry, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock guitarist, Aerosmith-Walk this Way

1950 Rick Perry, American Politician

1949 Steve Perry, Hanford, California, vocalist, Journey-Open Arms, Oh Sherry

1948 Perry King, Alliance, Ohio, actor, Andy Warhol's "Bad"

1947 John Perry Barlow, American Writer

1946 Felton Perry, actor, Magnum Force, Sudden Death

1946 Antoinette Perry, American Actress

1944 Perry Christie, Statesman

1941 John Bennett Perry, Williamstown Massachusetts, singer and actor, Falcon Crest

1938 Anne Perry, British Novelist

1938 Gaylord Perry, baseball player, 1972 AL Cy Young winner

1936 Jim Perry, pitcher, Cy Young Award 1970

1936 56th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats J Donald Budge (26 62 86 16 108)

1936 Lane Smith, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Perry White-Lois and Clark

1934 54th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Wilmer L Allison (64 63 16 86)

1934 27th Australian Men's Tennis Open: Fred Perry beat Crawford (63 75 61)

1933 Britain's Fred Perry thwarts Australian Jack Crawford's bid for a Grand Slam by defeating him at U.S. Tennis championship

1933 53rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats J H Crawford (63 11-13 46 60 61)

1933 53rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Jack Crawford (63 1113 46 60 61)

1933 Perry Botkin, Jr., born in New York City, orch leader, Bert Convy Show

1931 Carrie Saxon Perry, 1st black mayor of a major U.S. city, Hartford CT

1931 Perry Lopez, born in New York City, actor, Chinatown, Death Wish 4

1930 Frank Perry, film director

1927 Joe Perry, AAFC/NFL Hall of Fame fullback, San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Colts

1927 Joe Perry, NFL Hall-of-Famer

1927 William J. Perry, American Politician

1925 Harry Guardino, New York City, actor, Monty Nash, Perry Mason, Hill St. Blues

1924 Julia A. Perry, U.S. composer, Cask of Amontillado

1924 Julia Perry, born in Lexington, Kentucky, composer, Selfish Giant

1921 Lord Perry of Walton, SDP/vice chancellor, Open University England

1918 Ray Charles, Chicago, orch leader, Perry Como

1917 Raymond Burr, BC Canada, actor, Perry Mason, Ironsides, Godzilla

1915 Jack Perry, businessman

1914 Perry Bass, Texas billionaire

1913 Dane Clark, Brooklyn, actor, Wire Service, Bold Venture, Perry Mason

1912 Perry Como, [Pierino], Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, singer/TV, Perry Como Show

1911 Joan Perry Cohn Harvey, actress, Hands of a Stranger

1909 Fred Perry, English tennis star/commentator, Wimbledon, 1934-36

1903 Charles Bruce Perry, professor of medicine

1902 Stepin Fetchit, [Lincoln Perry], Florida, actor, Miracle in Harlem

1901 Oliver [Hazard Perry] La Farge, New York City, anthropologist/novelist

1896 Nora Perry, writer, dies

1893 Commodore Perry arrives in Japan

1889 Erle Stanley Gardner, U.S. detective writer, Perry Mason

1888 Antoinette Perry, American Actress

1887 John Hamilton, Penn, actor, Perry White-Superman

1854 Treaty of Kanagawa: Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to U.S.

1854 U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry's 2nd trip to Japan

1853 Commodore Perry requests trade relations with Japan

1853 Adm Perry and U.S. Navy visit Japan

1853 Commodore Matthew Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay

1853 Commodore Matthew Perry reach Japan

1845 Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London

1831 Edward Aylesworth Perry, Brig General Confederate Army

1823 Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, Gov-Ind, died in 1877

1823 William Flank Perry, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1901

1819 Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday

1813 Comm Oliver H Perry defeats British in Battle of Lake Erie

1794 Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan

1785 Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. Naval hero, "We have met the enemy"



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