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Punch


1992 After 151 years Britain's "Punch Magazine" final issue

1991 Douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch), dies

1976 Frances Howard, actress (Swan, Shock Punch), dies at 73

1975 Anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66

1958 George "Punch" Imlach becomes coach of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs

1957 Billy MacKenzie, rock vocalist, The Associates-Affectionate Punch

1944 Phil May, born in Wortley, England, artist, caricaturist, drawings published in The Bulletin, St. Stephens Review, The Graphic, regular staff member of Punch

1936 Al Carr KOs Lew Massey on 1 punch, :07 of 1st round

1929 Herman Hollerith, German/U.S. statistician (punch card), dies at 69

1928 Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63

1923 Hugh Lloyd, actor, Punch and Judy Man, Dunroamin' Rising

1921 Philip James Barry's "Punch for Judy," premieres in New York City

1900 Douglas L. Mays, cartoonist, Punch

1890 Alan Herbert, England, journalist and writer, Punch, Helen

1870 Jem Mace and defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hour and 17 minutes, and neither is struck by a punch

1864 Barry E Odell Pain, English writer, Punch

1861 Owen Seaman, poet/editor, Punch

1841 British humor magazine "Punch" 1st published

1803 Douglas William Jerrold, London, author/playwright/wit, Punch Mag


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