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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 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, born in Jamestown, New York, ornithologist/writer 'How to Know Birds', 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 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 - New York 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 home run 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 seconds) 1989 Roger Clemens, Red Sox pitcher signs $7.5M-3 year contract 1988 Roger Vuataz, composer, dies at 90 1987 Roger Lewis, aviation executive (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75 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 of the 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, home run 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 Quarterback 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 Babson, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S., dies at age 91, in Lake Wales, Florida 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 (quarterback) 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, Gold Medals 1984, 1988 Olympics 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 home run number 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. Yankees clinch pennant #26 1961 Roger Maris hits 4 home runs, in a doubleheader 1961 Roger Maris loses a home run (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th 1961 New York Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 home runs 1961 Roger Maris hits 19th and 20th of 61 home runs 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 Yankees 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 1955 Garry Christian, born in Liverpool, England, rocker, musician, singer, played with brother Russell and Roger Christian in sophisti-pop band, The Christians, known for late 1980's, early 1990's chart-topping hits 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, English 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 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, born in Manchester, England, composer, pianist, conductor, studied with Alexander Goehr, specialty, improvisation, live electronics 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 McGough, British Poet 1937 Roger [Joseph] Zelazny, sci-fi author, 6 Hugos, Chronicles of Amber 1937 Roger Zelazny, American Writer 1937 Philip Chetwode, born in England, born 2nd Baron Chetwode, Baron Chetwode, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, heir apparent is Hon. Roger Chetwode 1937 Roger Penske, born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, owner, Penske Racing, auto racing team, the Penske Corporation, corporate director, General Electric 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, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1935 Roger B. Chaffee, Astronaut 1934 Roger Maris, Yankee, home run champ, 61 in 1961, AL MVP 1960, 1961 1934 Roger Donald Dickerson, composer 1934 Roger Reynolds, born in Detroit, Michigan, composer, professor, University of California at San Diego, founder, ONCE Group, won Pulitzer Prize 1989 1934 Roger Kendrick, governor, Dartmoor Prison 1934 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner 1934 Roger Nicholas Edwards, born in England, born Roger Nicholas Edwards, Lord Crickhowell, Baron Crickhowell, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, Secretary of State for Wales 1933 Roger Harris, cricketer, New Zealand 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) 1932 Wes Santee, born in Ashland, Kansas, runner, athlete, competed in 1,500-meter events, competed against Roger Bannister, John Landy 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, born in Britain, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Chislehurst 1974 - 1997 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 1924 Brian Rix, born in Cottingham, England, born Brian Norman Roger Rix, Baron Rix, actor, appeared in film, The Night We Got The Bird, charity worker for Mencap 1923 Roger Foulon, French/Belgian poet 1923 Roger Parker, Lord Justice of Appeal 1922 Roger Hornsby sets NL home run mark at 42 1921 Roger Nixon, born in California, musician, composer, professor of music, composed for orchestra, band, choir, opera, Professor Emeritus of Music, San Francisco State University 1920 Roger Angell, American Writer 1920 Roger Price, born in Charleston, West Virginia, actor and writer, Who's There, Droodles 1920 Earl Kim, born in Dinuba, California, Korean-American composer, professor at Princeton and Harvard, studied with Roger Sessions, Arnold Schoenberg, Ernest Bloch 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 executive, 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, born in Jamestown, New York, ornithologist/writer 'How to Know Birds' 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, New Zealand 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 1875 Roger Babson, born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S. 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 Brigadier-General, 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, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1798 Rep Matthew Lyon, Vermont spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold,Connecticut, 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, Articles of Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the 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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