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Ransom


1985 Ransom Sherman, comedian (Father of Bride), dies at 87

1985 Alexander Scourby, actor (Victory at Sea, Ransom), dies at 71

1979 Jack Mulhall, actor (Buck Rogers, Held for Ransom), dies at 91

1974 John C Ransom, U.S. poet (World's Body), dies

1971 James Ransom, born in Toronto, Ontario, Epee fencer 1996 Olympics

1967 Lili Taylor, actress, Ransom, Short Cuts

1953 Deborah Raffin, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Ransom, Demon, 40 Carats

1952 Delroy Lindo, actor, Get Shorty, Ransom

1951 Ransom Wilson, Tuscaloosa Alabama, flutist, Soliste New York

1951 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Johncrowe Ransom

1949 Tony Hoty, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Ransom, Paper

1932 Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son

1926 Stuart Whitman, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Captain Apache, Ransom, Cimarron Strip

1919 Johnny Bradford, born in Long Branch, New Jersey, actor, Ransom Sherman Show

1918 Isabel Dean, England, actress, 5 Days one Summer, Virgin Island, Ransom

1888 John Crowe Ransom, U.S. poet and critic, God Without Thunder

1874 1st U.S. kidnapping for ransom, 4-year-old Charles Ross, $20,000

1864 Ransom Eli Olds, auto, Oldsmobile, and truck, REO, manufacturer

1834 Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom, Major General Union volunteers

1828 Robert Ransom, Jr., Major General Confederate Army

1826 Matt Whitaker Ransom, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1397 Sultan Bajezid I release caught crusaders free, for ransom

1194 Richard I Lion Hearted pays Leopold O Fenrik VI's ransom of 100,000


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