1993 Death William Lanteau, actor (On Golden Pond), dies at 70 1983 Event Last hand-cranked telephones U.S. went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial 1982 Death Henry Fonda, actor (On Golden Pond), dies of heart disease at 77 1979 Event Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," premieres in New York City 1972 Event Aeroflot Il-62 crashes in large pond outside Moscow, 176 die 1947 Birthday Bruce Gilbert, producer, China Syndrome, 9 to 5, On Golden Pond 1907 Birthday Katharine Hepburn, born in Hartford, Connecticut, actress, 'Adam's Rib', 'On Golden Pond' 1905 Birthday Henry Fonda, Grand Is, Nebraska, actor, Mr Roberts, On Golden Pond 1905 Event -29 degrees F (-34 degrees C) Pond, Arkansas (state record) 1862 Death Henry David Thoreau, U.S. writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44 1845 Event Henry David Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond 1817 Birthday Henry David Thoreau, born in Concord, Massachusetts, naturalist/pacifist, Walden Pond
