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1995 Evelyn Wood, speed reading guru, dies at 86
1995 Russell Reading Braddon, author, dies at 74 1994 Phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author, dies at 81 1991 Bertice Reading, Dutch actress (Moon in the Gutter), dies 1982 Max speedometer reading mandated at 85 MPH 1975 Kate Winslet, born in Reading, England, actress, Titanic, Jude, Hamlet, Get Back 1970 Frank Laubach, Benton Pa, taught reading through phonetics, dies 1968 Frank Borman's Christmas reading while orbiting Moon 1967 Robert Reading, born in Buffalo, New York, 110m hurdler 1964 Rich Delucia, Reading, Pennsylvania, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants 1963 Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools 1960 Megan Gallagher, Reading, Pennsylvania, actress, Slap Maxwell, Millennium 1955 Stu Jackson, Reading, Pennsylvania, NBA coach, New York Knicks, 1989-90 1955 Betsy King, Reading, Pennsylvania, LPGA golfer, 1990 U.S. Women's Open 1952 Lisa Eichhorn, Reading, Pennsylvania, actress, Cutter's Way, Yankees 1950 Dylan Thomas arrives in New York City for his 1st U.S. poetry reading tour 1949 John Boehner, born in Reading, Ohio, Representative-R-Ohio 1991 - 1946 Sian Barbara Allen, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, actress, Scream Pretty Peggy 1936 Harry Pitt, vice chancellor, Reading University 1932 John Updike, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, writer, novelist, art critic, literary critic, Pulitzer Prize winner 1927 Gus Yatron, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1969 - 1993 1925 Forrest Compton, Reading, Pennsylvania, actor, Gomer Pyle USMC, Edge of Night 1921 Ed Kemmer, Reading, Pennsylvania, actor, Buzz Corey-Space Patrol 1921 Russell Reading Braddon, Australian author 1913 Phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author 1887 Charles Dickens' 1st public reading in U.S. (New York City) 1886 Lillian Fontaine, Reading England, actress, Suddenly it's Spring 1884 Frank Laubach, Benton, Pennsylvania, educator, taught reading through phonetics 1879 Wallace Stevens, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, poet, Ideas of Order 1809 Louis Braille, Coupvray France, developer, reading system for blind 1776 John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Decleration of Independence in Philadelphia 871 Battle at Reading: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army |
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