2004 Wimbledon Men's Finals, Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick
2003 Wimbledon Men's Finals, Roger Federer beat Mark Philippoussis
2001 Roger Caras, American Activist
2000 Roger Vadim, director, And God Created Woman, dies at 72
1998 Mark McGwire breaks Roger Marris' 62 home run record for a season, and goes on to hit 70 home runs for the 1998 season
1997 Roger Clemens wins his 4th AL Cy Young Award
1997 Roger John Tayler, astrophysicist, dies at 67
1996 Roger Peacock), writer, dies at 76
1996 Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays
1996 Roger Makins, diplomat, dies at 92
1996 Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts
1996 Roger Tory Peterson, ornithologist/artist, dies at 87
1996 Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens beats Yankees for his 200th win
1996 Roger Bowen, actor (M*A*S*H, Main Event, What about Bob), dies at 62
1996 Roger Omond, journalist, dies at 51
1995 Roger W. Suddards, solicitor, dies at 65
1995 Roger Joseph Zelazny, sci-fi writer, dies of cancer at 60
1995 Roger Zelazny, American Writer
1995 Roger de Grey, English chairman of Royal Academy (1984-93), dies at 76
1994 President brother Roger Clinton (37) weds 8-mo pregnant Molly Nartin (25)
1994 Roger Wolcott Sperry, physicist, dies at 89
1994 Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz piano player/composer, dies at 80
1993 Actor Roger Moore (James Bond) has his enlarge prostate removed
1993 Red Sox Roger Clemens pitches 2,000th strike out, Danny Tartabul-NY
1992 Roger Miller, country singer (King of the Road), dies at 56
1992 Film critic Roger Ebert marries Chaz Hammel-Smith
1991 Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award
1991 Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris HR record and determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings
1991 Iran releases British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years
1991 Roger Swaybill, actor and writer (Porky's II, Breaking Point), dies at 47
1991 Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract
1989 Roger Pigaut, actor (Indoptable Angelique), dies
1989 Roger Kingdom of USA sets 110m hurdle record (12.92) in Zurich
1989 Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec)
1989 Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60m hurdles (7.37 secs)
1989 Roger Clemens, Red Sox pitcher signs $7.5M-3 year contract
1988 Roger Vuataz, composer, dies at 90
1987 Roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75
1987 Roger Clemens wins consecutive Cy Young Awards
1987 Roger Clemens wins consecutive Cy Young Awards
1987 1st 3 San Diego Padres hit home runs off San Francisco starter Roger Mason
1986 Roger Clemens wins AL MVP
1986 Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimously
1986 Roger C Carmel, actor (Mudd-Star Trek, Mothers-in-Law), dies at 54
1986 All star MVP: Roger Clemens (Boston Red Sox)
1986 After 14 wins, Roger Clemens suffer his 1st loss of year
1986 Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners
1985 Roger Maris, HR hitter (61 in 61, New York Yankees), dies of cancer at 51
1985 New York Yankees retire Roger Maris (9) and Elston Howard (32) uniforms
1985 Roger Miller's musical "Big River," premieres in New York City
1985 Roger Huntington Sessions, U.S. composer (Black Masks), dies at 88
1984 Boston's Roger Clemens beats Twins, 5-4, for his 1st victory
1982 Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist, dies at 55
1982 Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star, dies at 41
1982 Roger Ebert's Movie News premieres on ABC FM network
1982 New York Mets draft Dwight Gooden, Roger McDowell and Randy Myers
1981 Roger Nash Baldwin, founder (ACLU), dies at 97
1981 Roger Federer, Swiss Athlete
1981 Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors
1979 QB Roger Staubach's last regular season game with the Dallas Cowboys
1976 Roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Col Blimp), dies at 69
1976 Roger Connor, Fred Lindstrom and ump Cal Hubbard elected to Hall of Fame
1974 Roger Cedeno, Valencia Edo Venezuela, outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers
1974 Roger Juffing, soccer player (Fortuna Sittard
1974 Roger Bastide, French sociologist, dies at 76
1974 Roger Pryor, actor (Lady by Choice), dies at 72
1973 Roger Delgado, actor (Adv's of Sir Francis Drake, Dr. Who), dies at 55
1973 Roger Delgado, actor (Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enought for June), dies at 55
1972 Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys-24, Miami-3 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Roger Staubach, Dallas, QB
1971 Roger Salkeld, born in Burbank, California, pitcher, Cincinnati Reds
1970 Roger Bailey, born in Chattahoochee, Florida, pitcher for the Colorado Rockies
1970 Roger Knarren, soccer player, MVV
1969 Who's Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey charged with assault
1969 Roger Jones, NFL center for the Cincinnati Bengals
1968 AL expansion draft, Kansas City pick Roger Nelson and Pilots pick Don Mincher 1st
1968 1st performance of Roger Sessions' 8th Symphony
1968 Roger Mar, born in Seattle, Washington rapid fire pistol 1996 Olympics
1968 Roger Reinson, CFL linebacker for the Calgary Stampeders
1968 Roger Twose, cricketer, Warwickshire batsman, New Zealand 1995
1967 Roger Pavlik, born in Houston, Texas, pitcher for the Texas Rangers
1967 Roger Duffy, NFL guard/center for the New York Jets
1967 Roger B Chaffee, astronaut, dies at 31 in Apollo I fire
1967 Roger Rowland, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Nike golfer, 1990 Macon Open-2nd
1966 A terrible Yankee trade, Roger Maris for Card's Charlie Smith
1966 French and German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry
1965 Roger Dube, hockey forward, Team France 1998
1965 Roger Vailland, French playwright (La Truite), dies at 57
1965 Roger Vailland, French author, dies at 57
1964 Roger Bissiere, French painter, dies at 76
1964 Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit home runs runs on back-to-back pitches
1964 Roger Sessions' opera "Montezuma," premieres in West-Berlin
1964 Roger Reijners, soccer player, MVV
1964 Roger Sessions' 5th Symphony, premieres
1964 Roger Smith, Freeport Bahamas, tennis doubles player
1963 29th Heisman Trophy Award: Roger Staubach, Navy (QB)
1963 New York Met Roger Craig's NL record-tying 18-game losing streak ends
1963 Roger Harper, cricketer, Guyana and WI off-spinner Extraordinary field
1962 Roger Kingdom, Vienna, Georgia, 110m hurdler, Olympics gold 1984, 88
1962 Roger Kingdom, U.S. 60m hurdler, world record
1962 Roger Clemens, born in Dayton, Ohio, pitcher for the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Cy Young, MVP
1962 Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inn game
1961 Roger Maris is voted AL MVP
1961 Roger Maris sets record of 61 home runs (off of Tracy Stallard)
1961 Roger Maris hits HR #60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record
1961 Roger Maris hits home run # 59 and barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yanks clinch pennant #26
1961 Roger Maris hits 4 home runs, in a doubleheader
1961 Roger Maris loses a HR (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th
1961 New York Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 HRs
1961 Roger Maris hits 19th and 20th of 61 HRs
1961 Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961
1961 Roger Wessels, born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, golfer, 1994 Canadian Masters
1961 Ranking Roger, rock vocalist, English Beat-Drowning
1960 Roger McDowell, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, pitcher, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles
1960 Roger Maris nips Mickey Mantle as AL MVP, 225-222
1960 Roger Craig, NFL reciever for the San Francisco 49ers
1960 Roger Taylor, rock drummer, Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf
1960 Roger Wijesuriya, cricketer, bowling avg 294 in 4 Tests for Sri Lanka
1960 Roger Sessions' 4th Symphony, premieres
1959 Yanks trade Marv Thronberry, Don Larsen, Hank Bauer and Norm Seibern for Roger Maris, Kent Hadley and Joe Deaestri
1958 Roger Martin du Gard, novelist/playwright, dies
1957 Roger Sessions' 3rd Symphony premieres in London
1957 Roger Clinton, singer, President Clinton's half-brother
1955 Roger Moens runs world record 800 m (1:45.7)
1955 Roger Binny, Indian cricket medium-pace all-rounder, early 80's
1954 Roger Voudouris, Sacramento California, rock vocalist
1954 Roger Bannister awarded Britain's Silver Pears Trophy
1954 Roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3:59:4)
1953 Roger Quilter, British composer, dies at 75
1952 Roger Milla, Cameroonian Athlete
1952 Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Mysteries of Love), dies at 52
1950 Charles Fleischer, Washington D.C., comedian, Roger Rabbit
1950 Roger Hodgson, London, rocker, Supertramp
1950 Roger Hodgson, rock vocalist, Supertramp-It's Raining Again
1949 Roger Steen, rock guitarist and vocalist, Tubes
1949 Roger Uttley, English rugby player
1949 Roger Taylor, British rock drummer, Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody
1947 Roger Sessions' 2nd Symphony, premieres in SF
1946 Roger Jett, Cumberland Maryland, actor, Smithereens
1946 Roger Tolchard, cricketer, Engl keeper played Tests as a batsman 1977
1946 Roger Freed, baseball player
1946 Roger Earl, rocker, Foghat
1946 Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry, born in Cameroon, astronaut, STS 18
1946 Roger Keith, Syd, Barrett, lead guitarist, Pink Floyd-Brick in Wall
1945 Roger Glover, British hard rock bassist, Episode Six-Deep Purple
1945 Roger Bambuck, Guadeloupe, French 4X100 runner 1968 Olympics bronze
1945 Roger Lee Jones, West Virginia, child molester, FBI Most Wanted List
1944 Roger Omond, journalist
1944 Roger Waters, born in Cambridge, England, rock bassist, Pink Floyd-Wall
1944 Roger Ball, Scotland, saxophonist, Average White Band
1944 Roger Raised, English actor, Nicholas Nickleby
1944 Roger Chapman, rock vocalist, Family-Family Entertainment
1944 Roger Daltrey, English rocker, actor, producer, The Who, Tommy
1944 Roger Scruton, philosopher
1944 Roger Knapman, British MP
1943 Roger Donaldson, director, Cocktail, Cadillac Man, White Sands
1943 George Roger Waters, keyboardist, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall
1943 Roger Smalley, composer
1943 Roger Ruskin Spear, born in London, England, saxophonist, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
1943 Roger Cook, investigative journalist and broadcaster
1943 Roger Swaybill, actor and writer, Porky's II, Breaking Point
1942 Michael Zaslow, Inglewood California, actor, Roger Thorpe-Guiding Light
1942 Bob Hoskins, Suffolk England, actor, Brazil, Who Killed Roger Rabbit?
1942 Roger McGuinn, guitarist, Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr. Tambourine Man
1942 Roger Ebert, born in Urbana, Illinois, film critic, Siskel and Ebert at the Movies
1942 Roger Freeman, British minister of transport
1942 Roger Staubach, NFL quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys
1941 Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star
1940 Roger K Crouch, Jamestown Tennessee, astronauts, STS 83, 94
1940 Roger Ailes, American Businessman
1939 Roger Prideaux, cricketer, England batsman in 3 Tests 1968-69
1939 Roger Buckley, British High Court Judge
1938 Roger Laver, [Jackson], rock keyboardist, Tornados
1938 Roger Greenaway, composer
1938 Roger Hurn, CEO, Smith's Industries
1937 Roger McCough, British poet
1937 Roger [Joseph] Zelazny, sci-fi author, 6 Hugos, Chronicles of Amber
1937 Roger Zelazny, American Writer
1937 Roger Penske, auto racer
1937 Roger McGough, British Poet
1936 Roger Sainsbury, bishop of Barking
1936 Roger Whittaker, born in Nairobi, Kenya, country singer, Durham Town
1936 Roger M Mahoney, born in Hollywood, California, archbishop of Los Angeles, 1985-
1936 Roger Mahony, American Clergyman
1936 Roger Miller, Ft. Worth, Texas, country singer, King of the Road, Dang Me
1935 Roger Christian, U.S., ice hockey player 1960 Olympics gold
1935 Roger B Chaffee, Grand Rapids Michigan, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1935 Roger B. Chaffee, Astronaut
1934 Roger Maris, Yankee, HR champ, 61 in 1961, AL MVP 1960, 1961
1934 Roger Donald Dickerson, composer
1934 Roger Reynolds, composer
1934 Roger Kendrick, governor, Dartmoor Prison
1934 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
1933 Roger Harris, cricketer, NZ opening batsman vs England 1959
1933 Roger Bowen, actor, M*A*S*H, Main Event, What about Bob, Petulia
1933 Roger Wittevrongel, Flemish painter
1933 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
1932 Roger Smith, South Gate California, actor, 77 Sunset Strip
1932 Roger C Carmel, actor, Harry Mudd-Star Trek, In-Laws
1932 Charlie Grimm replaces Roger Hornsby as manager of Chicago Cubs
1932 A's Roger Cramer gets 6 consecutive hits in a game (repeats in 1935)
1931 Roger Penrose, English Physicist
1931 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
1930 Roger Birch, Chief Constable, Sussex
1930 Roger Hornsby replaces Joe McCarthy as Cubs manager
1930 Roger Durham Hannay, composer
1930 Roger W. Suddards, solicitor
1930 Roger Moens, born in Belgium, 800m runner 1960 Olympics silver
1930 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
1930 Roger Sims, British MP
1929 Roger John Tayler, astrophysicist
1929 Roger Matton, composer
1929 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
1929 Roger Bannister, born in England, 1st to run a 4 minute mile, May 6, 1954
1928 Roger Caras, American Activist
1928 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
1928 Peter Roger Hunt, born in London, England, director, Dr. No
1928 Roger Mudd, Washington D.C., news ancher, CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News
1928 Mr [Fred] Rogers, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, kid host, Mr Roger's Neighorhood
1928 Roger Vadim, born in France, director, And God Created Women, Barbarella
1927 Roger Moore, born in London, England, actor, Alaskans, Maverick, Saint
1927 Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist
1927 1st performance of Roger Sessions' Symphony in E
1926 Roger Corman, born in Detroit, producer and director, Little Shop of Horrors
1925 Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor/painter, dies
1925 Washington shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh is named AL MVP
1925 Roger Smith, CEO, General Motors
1923 Roger Foulon, French/Belgian poet
1923 Roger Parker, Lord Justice of Appeal
1922 Roger Hornsby sets NL HR mark at 42
1921 Roger Nixon, composer
1920 Roger Angell, American Writer
1920 Roger Price, born in Charleston, West Virginia, actor and writer, Who's There, Droodles
1920 Roger Peacock, writer
1918 Roger de Grey, president, Royal Academy
1918 Roger Delgado, born in London, actor, Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enought for June
1917 P Roger Peyrefitte, French writer, Singular Love
1916 Roger Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916), executed 51
1914 Roger Goeb, composer
1914 Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager
1914 Roger Aubert, Belgium, church historian, Le Pontificat de Pie IX
1913 Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz pianist/composer
1913 Roger Garaudy, French philosopher
1913 Roger Caillois, French writer, Les Jeux et les Hommes
1912 Roger Lewis, aviation exec, Lockheed, Curtiss Wright, Pan Am
1911 Roger Q. Mills, American Politician
1910 Roger L. Stevens, producer, Giant
1909 1st balloon honeymoon (Roger Burham and Eleanor Waring)
1909 Roger Stone, American Politician
1908 Roger Tory Peterson, New York, ornithologist/writer, How to Know Birds
1908 Roger Hartigan scores century on Test debut vs. Eng Adelaide (116)
1907 Roger Vailland, French author, La Novice, Et Mourir de Plasir
1907 New York Giant Roger Bresnahan becomes 1st catcher to wear shin guards
1906 Roger Livesey, born in Barry, Wales, actor, Drums, Life and Death of Col Blimp
1904 Roger Wolcott Sperry, physicist
1904 Roger Makins, diplomat
1903 Roger Casement completes report about abuses in Belgian Congo
1903 Victor Roger, composer, dies at 50
1901 Roger Pryor, New York City, actor, Belle of the Nineties, Identity Unknown
1900 Roger Blunt, cricketer, NZ all-rounder in 9 Tests 1930-32
1899 Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist, Coup of Trafalgar
1898 Roger Bastide, French sociologist
1898 Roger Vuataz, composer
1897 Roger Bresnahan debuts as Washington Senator pitcher (later HOF catcher)
1896 Roger Huntington Sessions, born in Brooklyn, New York, composer, Black Masks
1888 Roger Bissiere, French painter
1885 Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor/painter
1884 Roger Nash Baldwin, founder, American Civil Liberties Union
1881 Roger Martin du Guard, born in France, novelist, Les Thibault-Nobel 1937
1879 Roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager
1877 Roger Quilter, British composer
1866 Roger Fry, English Artist
1864 Roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87
1864 Roger David Casement, Irish nationalist, Easter uprising 1916
1863 Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35
1857 Roger Connor, 1st baseman for the New York Giants
1853 Victor Roger, composer
1832 Roger Q. Mills, American Politician
1828 Roger Atkinson Pryor, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1919
1798 Rep Matthew Lyon (Vt) spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold (Ct) in U.S. House of Representatives, after an argument
1777 Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert, Maryland, 5th Chief Justice, Dred Scott dec
1721 Roger Sherman, signer, Decl of, Indiana, Constitution
1693 Roger de Rabutin, French Writer
1679 Roger Boyle, British Soldier
1664 Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island
1646 Roger Scott was tried in Mass for sleeping in church
1635 Religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony
1631 Rhode Island, founder, Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England
1621 Roger Boyle, British Soldier
1618 Roger de Rabutin, French Writer
1545 Roger Grenville, English captain of Mary Rose, drowns
1352 Clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies
1130 Anti-pope Anacletus II crowns Roger II the Norman, king of Sicily
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