2003 Sheb Wooley, singer/actor, ", One-eyed, One-horn Flying Purple People Eater, ", dies at 82
1996 Gene Nelson, actor/dancer (SOB, Purple Hills, Starlift), dies at 76
1987 Benson Fong, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), dies at 70
1986 43th Golden Globes: Whoopi Goldberg, Color Purple win
1984 Prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 24 weeks
1983 Alice Walker wins Pulitzer Prize for "The Color Purple"
1983 Pulitzer prize awarded to Alice Walker for "Color Purple"
1980 Sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75
1976 Tommy Bolin, rock guitarist (Deep Purple), dies of heroin overdose
1976 Rock group Deep Purple disbands
1975 Ritchie Blackmore quits Deep Purple, forms Rainbow
1973 "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple goes gold
1970 Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Purple Hayes), dies of an overdose at 27
1967 "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix
1960 Apollonia, [Patricia Kotero], born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Purple Rain
1958 "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1
1958 O+>, Prince, [Rogers Nelson], Minnesota, rocker/actor, 1999, Purple Rain
1954 Oprah Winfrey, born in Mississippi, actress/TV host, Color Purple, Oprah
1951 Carmen R "Tata" Vega, U.S. soul singer, Color Purple soundtrack
1951 Cheryl Ladd, born in Huron, South Dakota, actress, Charlie's Angels, Purple Hearts
1950 Leroy Deans awarded 1st Order of Purple Heart in Korea
1949 Whoopi Goldberg, [Caryn Johnson], New York City, actress, Color Purple, Burglar
1949 David Coverdale, England, rock vocalist, Whitesnake, Deep Purple
1949 Ronnie James Dio, rocker, Dio-Holy Diver, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath
1948 Ian Paice, British hard rock drummer, White Snake, Deep Purple
1946 Doug Simper, rocker, Deep Purple
1945 Roger Glover, British hard rock bassist, Episode Six-Deep Purple
1945 Ritchie Blackmore, born in England, guitarist, Rainbow-Stone Cold, Deep Purple
1944 Alice Walker, U.S., novelist, Color Purple, Meridian
1942 Jimi Hendrix, born in Seattle, Washington rock guitarist, Purple Haze
1941 Chris Curtis, [Chris Crummy], rock drummer/vocalist, Deep Purple
1939 Clarence Williams III, New York City, actor, Mod Squad, 52 Pick Up, Purple Rain
1936 April Stevens, born in Niagara Falls, New York, rock vocalist, Deep Purple
1935 William Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies
1935 Nino Tempo, Niagara Falls, New York, rock vocalist, Deep Purple
1932 Purple Heart award reinstituted
1921 Sheb Wooley, born in Erick, Oklahoma, vocalist, Purple People Eater, Hee Haw
1917 Ram Gopal, Indies/English dancer, Blue Peter, Purple Plain
1916 Benson Fong, Sacramento California, actress, Charlie Chan, Purple Heart
1872 Zane Grey, American West novelist, Riders of the Purple Sage
1866 Gelett Burgess, author, Purple Cow
1782 George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart
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