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2002 Death - "William ""Tex"" Henson", animator, Rocky and Bullwinkle, dies at 78

2000 Death - Charles Gray, actor, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, dies at 71

1997 Death - Burgess Meredith, actor (Penguin-Batman, Rocky), dies at 88

1990 Death - Rocky Graziano, boxer/writer/actor (Mr Rock and Roll), dies

1990 Death - Rocky Graziano, boxer, dies at 71, of heart failure

1989 Death - Jay Ward, animator (Rocky and His Friends), dies at 69 of cancer

1989 Death - Jay Ward, cartoonist (Rocky and his Friends), dies at 79

1988 Event - New York City 1st case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9 year old Bronx boy)

1988 Event - Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails

1983 Death - Richard O'Brien, actor (Rocky Horror Show), dies of cancer at 65

1978 Death - Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51

1977 Event - 49th Academy Awards - "Rocky," Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway win

1976 Event - 1975 movie "Rocky Horror Picture Show" released in Germany

1976 Birthday - Sage Stallone, Sylvester's son/actor, Rocky V

1975 Event - "Rocky Horror Show" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 45 performances

1975 Event - "Rocky Horror Show" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 45 performances

1974 Birthday - Kevin Connolly, actor, Beverly Hillbillies, Rocky V, Angus

1973 Death - Allan "Rocky" Lane, western actor (All's Fair), dies at 64

1973 Death - Allan "Rocky" Lane, actor (voice of Mr. Ed, Red Ryder), dies at 72

1973 Event - "Rocky Horror Picture Show," stage production opens in London

1971 Event - Cleveland Metroparks' Rocky River Nature Center opens

1969 Death - Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash at 45

1968 Event - New York Yankee outfield Rocky Colavito pitches 2 2/3 innings and beats Tigers 6-5; he played right field in 2nd game and homered

1967 Event - Rocky Marciano retires as undefeated boxing champ

1964 Death - Edgar Barrier, actor (Cobra Woman, Rocky, Macbeth), dies at 57

1962 Birthday - Brigitte Nielsen, born in Eisinore, Denmark, actress, Red Sonja, Rocky IV

1962 Birthday - Jesse Johnson, born in Rock Island, Illinois, Jesse Woods Johnson, musician, guitarist, funk, rocky, rhythm and blues genres, original member of The Time, contributed to hit singles, 'The Bird', 'Jungle Love', on The Time's third album, 'Ice Cream Castle'

1962 Event - Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel and move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida

1960 Event - Cleveland Indians trade Rocky Colavito to Tigers for Harvey Kuenn

1959 Event - "Rocky and His Friends" debuts on ABC

1959 Event - 1st episode of "Rocky and His Friends" airs

1959 Event - Rocky Colovito hits 4 consecutive home runs in 1 game

1958 Event - Indians' right fielder Rocky Colavito makes his pitching debut, hurling 3 hitless innings, Detroit 3, Cleveland 2

1956 Event - Indians' Rocky Colavito hits his 1st grand slam, Cleveland 5, Tigers 4

1956 Event - Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing

1955 Event - Heavyweight champ Rocky Mariano KOs Archie Moore in 9

1955 Event - Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9 for heavyweight boxing title

1955 Event - Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in San Francisco

1955 Event - Rocky Marciano TKOs Don Cockell in 9 for heavyweight boxing title

1954 Event - Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

1954 Event - Rocky Marciano beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1953 Event - Rocky Marciano TKOs Roland LaStarza in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1953 Birthday - Rocky Burnette, born in Memphis, rock vocalist, Towing the Line

1953 Birthday - Nell Campbell, Laura, Sydney Australia, actress, Rocky Horror

1953 Event - Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Joe Walcott in Chicago

1953 Event - Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 1 for heavywgt boxing title

1952 Event - Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for hw boxing title

1952 Birthday - Mr T, Lawrence Tero, Chicago, actor, A-Team, Rocky III, T and T

1952 Event - Rocky Marciano defeated Lee Savold for his 39th straight win

1951 Event - Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden

1946 Event - Bill Kennedy of Rocky Mount (CPL) strikes out minors record 456

1946 Birthday - Sylvester Stallone, born in New York City, actor and director, Rocky, Rambo, Cobra

1946 Birthday - Tim Curry, born in Cheshire, England, actor, Rocky Horror Show

1946 Birthday - Rocky Bleier, born in Wisconsin, NFL running back for Pittsburgh Steelers

1944 Birthday - Barry Bostwick, San Mateo California, actor, Rocky Horror Show, Megaforce

1943 Birthday - John Denver, New Mexico, singer, 'Rocky Mountain High', 'Thank God He's a Country Boy'

1942 Birthday - Bill Conti, born in Providence, Rhode Island, composer, For Your Eyes Only, Rocky IV

1940 Birthday - Burt Young, New York City, actor, Convoy, Rocky

1933 Birthday - Rocky Colavito, Bronx, baseball player, Hit 4 home runs in a game

1930 Birthday - James Felton Boyd, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, light HW boxer 1956 Olympics gold

1930 Birthday - Kenneth Nelson, born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, actor, Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family

1927 Birthday - Thayer David, born in Massachusetts, actor, Eiger Sanction, Rocky, Nero Wolfe, Savages

1926 Birthday - Tim Valentine, born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Representative-D-North Carolina 1983 - 1995

1923 Birthday - Rocky Marciano, heavyweight champion boxer, 1952 - 1956

1920 Birthday - Jay Ward, cartoonist, Rocky and his Friends, Bullwinkle

1915 Event - Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado established

1910 Birthday - Sammy Kaye, born in Rocky River Ohio, orchestra leader, Sammy Kaye Show

1909 Event - Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic medals

1908 Birthday - Burgess Meredith, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Mr Novak, Penguin-Batman, Rocky

1907 Birthday - Edgar Barrier, born in New York, actor, Cobra Woman, Macbeth, Rocky, Cornered

1906 Birthday - Kay Kyser, born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, orchestra leader, Kay Kyser's Kollege

1901 Birthday - Allan "Rocky" Lane, Mishawaka, Indiana, actor, voice of Mr. Ed, Red Ryder

1864 Event - Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia

1864 Event - Atlanta Campaign-5 days fighting begins at Rocky Face Ridge

1863 Event - Battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs)

1805 Event - Lewis and Clark 1st see Rocky Mountains


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