1999 Death Rex Allen, actor/voice, dies at 78 1996 Death Rex Tucker, TV writer/director, dies at 83 1996 Death Rex Collings, writer/publisher, dies at 70 1995 Death Reza Abdoh, playwright, theatre director, produced King Lear, Oedipus Rex, confronted audiences with issues of race, class, AIDS, died of AIDS at age 32 1994 Death Arthur Rex Alston, British sports commentator, dies at 93 1994 Death Leon J Ramirez Reine, Degrelle, Belg/Spanish nazi (Rex), dies at 87 1990 Death Rex Harrison, actor (My Fair Lady), dies of cancer at 82 1982 Death Rex Marshall, TV announcer (Circuit Rider, Herman Hickman Show), dies 1977 Death Marc Bolan, rock vocalist and guitarist (T Rex), dies in a car crash at 29 1976 Event "Rex" closes at Lunt-Fontaine Theater New York City after 48 performances 1976 Death Rex O'Malley, actor (Camille, Zara, Midnight, Thief), dies at 75 1976 Event "Rex" opens at Lunt-Fontaine Theater New York City for 48 performances 1975 Death Rex Stout, U.S. detective writer (Nero Wolfe), dies at 88 1970 Birthday Rex Walters, NBA guard for the Philadelphia 76ers, Miami Heat 1969 Death Rex Ingram, actor and director (Elmer Gantry), dies of heart attack at 73 1969 Death Rex Evans, actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara), dies at 65 1967 Birthday Rex Chapman, NBA guard, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns 1966 Death Rex Lease, actor (Perils of Pauline, Dakota, California), dies at 62 1965 Event 37th Academy Awards - "My Fair Lady," Rex Harrison and J Andrews win 1964 Event Rex Sellers bowls 5-1-17-0 vs. India in only Test Cricket innings 1963 Birthday Reza Abdoh, born in Tehran, Iran, playwright, theatre director, produced King Lear, Oedipus Rex, confronted audiences with issues of race, class, AIDS 1962 Birthday Rex J Walheim, Redwood City California, Captain USAF/astronaut 1962 Death Rex Bell, actor/lieutenant governor of Nevada, dies of heart attack at 56 1960 Birthday Rex Hudler, born in Tempe, Arizona, outfielder, New York Yankees, California Angels 1956 Birthday Rex Smith, born in Jacksonville, Florida, actor, Solid Gold, Pirates of Penzance 1954 Event 74th U.S. Mens Tennis: E V Seixas, Jr. beats Rex Hartwig (36 62 64 64) 1951 Event Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Sempiternus Rex 1951 Birthday Rex Goh, rock guitarist, Air Supply 1951 Birthday Jack Green, musician, guitar, played with T. Rex, The Pretty Things, member of Rainbow, launched solo album Humanesque 1950 Birthday Rex Samuel Sellers, Auckland New Zealand, Tornado class yachter 1996 Olympics 1948 Event Bkln Dodger Rex Barney no-hits New York Giants, 2-0 1947 Birthday Rex Allen, Jr., Chicago, country singer, Nashville on the Road 1942 Birthday Rex Thompson, New York City, actor, Young Bess, King and I, Her 12 Men 1940 Birthday Rex Sellers, Australia cricketer leg-spinner, bowled 5 overs in Tests 1938 Birthday Rex Reed, Ft. Worth, Texas, movie critic/actor, Myra Breckinridge 1928 Birthday Rex Reason, Berlin Germany, actor, Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s 1927 Birthday Colin Rex Davis, Weybridge England, conductor, New York Met 1967-71 1925 Birthday Rex Collings, writer/publisher 1922 Birthday Rex Allen, Wilcox, Arizona, cowboy singer, Dr. Baxter-Frontier Doctor 1919 Birthday Rex Humbard, televanglist 1913 Birthday Rex Tucker, TV writer/director 1908 Birthday Rex Harrison, Reginald Carey, England, actor, My Fair Lady, Cleopatra 1908 Birthday Rex Harrison, born in England, actor, My Fair Lady, Dr. Doolittle 1905 Birthday Rex Bell, Chicago, cowboy actor, Cowboys and Injuns, lieutenant governor, Nevada 1905 Birthday Rex Warner, English poet and writer, Wild Goose Chase 1903 Birthday Rex Evans, actor, Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara, Matchmaker 1903 Birthday Rex Lease, West Virginia, actor, Fast Bullets, Sunny Skies, Custer's Last Stand 1901 Birthday Arthur Rex Alston, sports commentator 1901 Birthday Rex O'Malley, born in London, England, actor, Camille, Zara, Midnight 1896 Birthday Rex Maupin, St. Joseph, Missouri, orchestra leader, Tin Pan Alley TV 1896 Birthday Rex Ingram, Ireland, actor and director, Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre 1895 Birthday Rex Ingram, U.S. actor, Tarzan of the Apes, 10 Commandments 1892 Birthday Rex Ingram, Reginald IM Hitchcock, dir, 4 Horsemen of Apocalypse 1886 Birthday Rex Stout, mystery writer, Nero Wolf 1873 Birthday Max Reinhardt, Austria, theatrical director, Oedipus Rex
