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1989 Tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS
1981 Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, Virginia 1977 Henry L. Marsh III elected mayor of Richmond 1976 Jeff O'Neill, Richmond Hill, NHL center, Hartford Whalers 1974 Doris Glenn Easterly, Richmond, Virginia, diver 1996 Olympics 1973 Brandon Pollard, Richmond, Virginia, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold 1972 Kevin Sally, Richmond Hill Ontario, archer 1996 Olympics 1972 Elvis Stojko, Richmond Hill Ontario, 1994 Olympics silver 1971 Brian Storey, Richmond BC, 470 yachter 1996 Olympics 1968 Michael Foster, Richmond, Virginia, drummer, Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime 1968 Sandy Beasley, Richmond BC, softball outfielder 1996 Olympics 1967 Sylvain Lefebvre, Richmond, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche 1967 Bill Leverty, Richmond, Virginia, guitarist, Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime 1967 Richmond Webb, NFL tackle for the Miami Dolphins 1966 WCVW TV channel 57 in Richmond, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Laura Richmond, Fort Dix, New Jersey, playmate, Sep, 1988 1965 Mitch Richmond, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, NBA guard, Sac Kings, 1988, 1996 Olympics 1964 WCVE TV channel 23 in Richmond, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 U.S. Constellation crashes at Richmond, Virginia, 74 die 1960 Stoney Jackson, Richmond, Virginia, actor, White Shadow, Insiders 1959 Robert Wrenn, born in Richmond, Virginia, Nike golfer, 1987 Buick Open 1958 Joe Frank Edwards, Jr., Richmond, Virginia, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-89 1956 WWBT TV channel 12 in Richmond, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open 1954 Caroline Aaron, born in Richmond, Virginia, actress, Crimes and Misdemeanors 1952 Patty Berg wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open 1951 Robert Edwin Wadkins, Richmond, Virginia, PGA golfer, 1994 Kemper Open-2nd 1951 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Richmond Women's Golf Open 1950 79 die in a train crash in Richmond Hills NY 1949 Lanny [Jerry Lanston] Wadkins Richmond, Virginia, PGA golfer, 1972 Sahara 1949 31st PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Hermitage CC Richmond VA 1948 Sarah Purcell, Richmond, Indiana, actress/TV hostess, Real People 1948 WTVR TV channel 6 in Richmond, Virginia (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Larry Ragland, Richmond, Virginia, comedian, Keep on Truckin' 1945 George Miller, born in Richmond, California, Representative-D-California 1975 - 1940 Fran Tarkenton, born in Richmond, Virginia, NFL QB, New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings 1939 Max Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, black news anchor, ABC Evening News 1937 Warren Beatty, born in Richmond, Virginia, actor, Bonnie and Clyde,Shampoo, Dick Tracy 1936 Ralph Taeger, born in Richmond Hill, New York, actor, Klondike, Acapulco, Hondo 1934 Shirley MacLaine, born in Richmond, Virginia, actress/mystic, Irma la Douce 1931 Ronnie Schell, Richmond Cal, comedian, Gomer Pyle, Good Morning World 1931 Tom Wolfe, Richmond Virginia, journalist and author, wrote The Right Stuff 1931 Mark Richmond, CEO, Science and Engineering Research Council 1930 Owen B. Pickett, born in Richmond, Virginia, Representative-D-Virginia 1987 - 2001 1930 Carl Franklin, Richmond California, actor, Fantastic Journey 1929 10th duke of Richmond, English large landowner/art collector 1929 John Turner, born in Richmond, England, L, 17th Canadian PM, 1984 1927 William Smithers, born in Richmond, Virginia, actor, Witness, Peyton Place, Attack! 1927 Lord Fanshawe of Richmond, MP 1927 Jack Cassidy, born in Richmond Hill, Virginia, actor, Oscar/Jetman-He and She 1926 John Hamilton-Jones, CEO, Richmond Enterprises, British Major-General 1923 Ned Rorem, Richmond Indiana, composer/author, Sky Music 1913 Morton Gould, born in Richmond Hill, New York, prolific composer, Verdun 1907 Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer, dies at 73 1900 Norman Foster, born in Richmond, Indiana, actor, Skyscraper Souls 1899 Vera Reynolds, Richmond, Virginia, silent screen actress, Lawless Woman 1899 Freeman Gosden, Richmond, Virginia, radio actor, Amos-Amos 'n' Andy 1893 Julia Faye, Richmond, Virginia, actress, 10 Commandments, Samson and Delilah 1891 Reginald Denny Richmond England, actor, Rebecca, Cat Ballou, Batman 1889 Single tornado kills 119, injures 146, New Richmond, Wisconsin 1889 Savings Bank of Order of True Reformers opens in Richmond, Virginia 1882 Mary Howe, born in Richmond, Virginia, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock' 1880 1st baseball perfect game, John Richmond of Worcester beats Cleveland 1880 John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, Worcester 1, Cleveland's Forest City 0 1867 Jesse James-gang rob bank in Richmond Missouri (2 die, $4,000 taken) 1867 Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Virginia streetcars 1865 Siege of Richmond, Virginia 1865 Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond Virginia and Petersberg 1865 CSA President Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia 1864 Union troops ambush and kill 'Bloody' Bill Anderson in Richmond MI 1863 Bread revolt in Richmond Virginia 1862 Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, Kentucky 1862 U.S. begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond 1862 John Tyler, 10th U.S. President (1841-45), dies in Richmond Virginia at 71 1861 Confederate ironclad Manassas attack Union's Richmond on Mississippi 1861 Confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Virginia 1861 Richmond, Virginia is designated Confederate Capital 1861 Richmond, Virginia, is named the capital of the Confederacy 1858 Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning 1834 Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer 1807 Former Vice President Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond Virginia (acquitted) 1805 American Bill Richmond knocks out Jack Holmes, Kilburn Wells, England 1781 British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Va 1456 Edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond, dies |
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