2011 Event New Zealand's highest mountain, the south ridge of Aoraki/Mount Cook, is renamed Hillary Ridge after Sir Edmund Hillary, first to conquer Mt. Everest 1996 Death Peg Ridge, peace campaigner, dies at 72 1986 Birthday Megan Fox, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, actress, sex symbol, debut film, 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen', breakout role, Mikaela Barnes in movie, 'Transformers', voted 'Sexiest Woman in the World' by FHM 1985 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge at Aqueduct 1985 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge 1972 Event 104th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:28 1972 Event 98th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:01.8 1971 Birthday Trey Maples, born in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Canadian 1970 Event 30,000 attend Powder Ridge Rock Festival, Middlefield, Connecticut 1968 Birthday Jennifer Azzi, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, basketball guard, 1996 Olympics gold 1968 Birthday Alan Levine, Park Ridge, Illinois, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1965 Birthday Linda Brenneman, born in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, cyclist, Olympics-11th-96 1962 Birthday Joe Orsulak, Glen Ridge, New Jersey, outfielder for the Florida Marlins 1959 Event 2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis 1959 Birthday Kelly Tripuka, Glenn Ridge, New Jersey, NBA forward, Det Pistons, Utah Jazz 1956 Birthday Gary Cole, born in Park Ridge, Illinois, actor, Fatal Vision, Son of Morning Star 1955 Birthday Charlie Puleo, born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Major League Baseball player, pitcher, played for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Red and Atlanta Braves 1981 - 1989 1952 Birthday Steve Sanders, Richland, Georgia, country singer, Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira 1949 Birthday Lorraine Bracco, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York, actress 1949 Birthday William M. Shepherd, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-27, 41, 52 1949 Event 1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 1948 Birthday Joe Bonsall, Philadelphia, country singer, Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira 1946 Birthday Tom Ridge, American Politician 1945 Birthday Carrie Snodgress, Park Ridge, Illinois, actress, Diary of Mad Housewife 1945 Birthday Tom Ridge, born in Munhall, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Pennsylvania 1983 - 1995, Governor Pennsylvania 1995 - 2001, 1st Secretary of Homeland Security 1945 Event U.S. 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa 1943 Birthday Duane Allen, born in Taylortown, Texas, country singer, Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira 1943 Birthday Richard Sterban, Camden, New Jersey, country singer, Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira 1942 Event Battle of Edson's Ridge (Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal 1942 Event Battle of Edson's Ridge (2nd Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal 1942 Event Battle of Edson's Ridge begins at Guadalcanal 1942 Birthday Karen Black, Ziegler, Park Ridge, Illinois, 5 Easy Pieces, Pyx 1939 Birthday Ali MacGraw, born in Pound Ridge, New York, actress, Love Story, Goodbye Columbus 1938 Birthday Billy Mills, born in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, 10k, Olympics gold 64 1935 Birthday William Lee Gloden, Brewton Al, country singer, Oak Ridge Boys 1931 Birthday Skeeter Davis, Mary Penick, Dry Ridge, Kentucky, singer, End of World 1931 Birthday Hope Lange, Redding Ridge, Connecticut, actress, Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1927 Birthday John Carter, Center Ridge, Arkansas, actor, Max-Falcon Crest 1924 Birthday Peg Ridge, peace campaigner 1917 Event Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops 1916 Event Battle of Verdun - German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun 1913 Birthday Tutti Camarata, Glen Ridge, New Jersey, orchestra leader, Vic Damone Show 1903 Birthday Nathaniel Owings, Indianapolis, architect, Oak Ridge, TN; Sears 1891 Birthday Robertson Hare, born in London, England, actor, Our Girl Friday, Banana Ridge 1865 Event Battle of Kingston, North Carolina (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks) 1864 Event Atlanta Campaign-5 days fighting begins at Rocky Face Ridge 1863 Event Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee 1862 Event Battle of Pea Ridge, AR (Elkhorn Tavern)
