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2012 Event - Britain tennis pro Andy Murray wins the16th gold medal for Britain during the 2012 Summer Olympics after defeating Roger Federer in the men's singles final

2012 Event - At the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, tennis pro Roger Federer beats Andy Murray three sets to one at the Men's Singles final

2011 Event - At the 2011 French Open, Roger Federer is defeated in mens singles by Rafael Nadal

2004 Event - Wimbledon Men's Finals, Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick

2003 Event - Wimbledon Men's Finals, Roger Federer beat Mark Philippoussis

2001 Death - Roger Caras, American Activist

2000 Death - Roger Vadim, director, And God Created Woman, dies at 72

1998 Event - 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 Event - Roger Clemens wins his 4th AL Cy Young Award

1997 Death - Roger John Tayler, astrophysicist, dies at 67

1996 Event - Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays

1996 Death - Roger Makins, diplomat, dies at 92

1996 Event - Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts

1996 Death - Roger Tory Peterson, born in Jamestown, New York, ornithologist/writer 'How to Know Birds', dies at 87

1996 Event - Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens beats Yankees for his 200th win

1996 Death - Roger Bowen, actor (M*A*S*H, Main Event, What about Bob), dies at 62

1995 Death - Roger W. Suddards, solicitor, dies at 65

1995 Death - Roger Joseph Zelazny, sci-fi writer, dies of cancer at 60

1995 Death - Roger Zelazny, American Writer

1995 Death - Roger de Grey, English chairman of Royal Academy (1984-93), dies at 76

1994 Event - President brother Roger Clinton (37) weds 8-mo pregnant Molly Nartin (25)

1994 Death - Roger Wolcott Sperry, physicist, dies at 89

1994 Death - Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz piano player/composer, dies at 80

1993 Event - Actor Roger Moore (James Bond) has his enlarge prostate removed

1993 Event - Red Sox Roger Clemens pitches 2,000th strike out, Danny Tartabul - New York

1992 Death - Roger Miller, country singer (King of the Road), dies at 56

1992 Event - Film critic Roger Ebert marries Chaz Hammel-Smith

1991 Event - Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award

1991 Event - 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 Event - Iran releases British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years

1991 Death - Roger Swaybill, actor and writer (Porky's II, Breaking Point), dies at 47

1991 Event - Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract

1989 Death - Roger Pigaut, actor (Indoptable Angelique), dies

1989 Event - Roger Kingdom of USA sets 110m hurdle record (12.92) in Zurich

1989 Event - Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec)

1989 Event - Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60m hurdles (7.37 seconds)

1989 Event - Roger Clemens, Red Sox pitcher signs $7.5M-3 year contract

1988 Death - Roger Vuataz, composer, dies at 90

1987 Death - Roger Lewis, aviation executive (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75

1987 Event - 1st 3 San Diego Padres hit home runs off San Francisco starter Roger Mason

1986 Event - Roger Clemens wins AL MVP

1986 Event - Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimously

1986 Death - Roger C Carmel, actor (Mudd-Star Trek, Mothers-in-Law), dies at 54

1986 Event - All star MVP: Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox

1986 Event - After 14 wins, Roger Clemens suffer his 1st loss of year

1986 Event - Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners

1985 Death - Roger Maris, home run hitter, 61 in 61, New York Yankees, dies of cancer at 51

1985 Event - New York Yankees retire Roger Maris (9) and Elston Howard (32) uniforms

1985 Event - Roger Miller's musical "Big River," premieres in New York City

1985 Death - Roger Huntington Sessions, U.S. composer (Black Masks), dies at 88

1984 Event - Boston's Roger Clemens beats Twins, 5-4, for his 1st victory

1982 Death - Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist, dies at 55

1982 Death - Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star, dies at 41

1982 Event - Roger Ebert's Movie News premieres on ABC FM network

1982 Event - New York Mets draft Dwight Gooden, Roger McDowell and Randy Myers

1981 Death - Roger Nash Baldwin, founder (ACLU), dies at 97

1981 Birthday - Roger Federer, born in Wollerau, Switzerland, professional tennis player, ranked number one in the World in March 2010, many consider him the greatest tennis player of all time

1981 Event - Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors

1979 Event - Quarterback Roger Staubach's last regular season game with the Dallas Cowboys

1976 Death - Roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Col Blimp), dies at 69

1976 Event - Roger Connor, Fred Lindstrom and ump Cal Hubbard elected to Hall of Fame

1974 Birthday - Roger Cedeno, Valencia Edo Venezuela, outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1974 Birthday - Roger Juffing, soccer player, Fortuna Sittard

1974 Death - Roger Bastide, French sociologist, dies at 76

1974 Death - Roger Pryor, actor (Lady by Choice), dies at 72

1973 Death - Roger Delgado, actor (Adv's of Sir Francis Drake, Dr. Who), dies at 55

1973 Death - Roger Delgado, actor (Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enought for June), dies at 55

1972 Event - Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys-24, Miami-3 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Roger Staubach, Dallas, QB

1971 Birthday - Roger Salkeld, born in Burbank, California, pitcher, Cincinnati Reds

1970 Birthday - Roger Bailey, born in Chattahoochee, Florida, pitcher for the Colorado Rockies

1969 Event - Who's Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey charged with assault

1969 Birthday - Roger Jones, NFL center for the Cincinnati Bengals

1968 Event - AL expansion draft, Kansas City pick Roger Nelson and Pilots pick Don Mincher 1st

1968 Event - 1st performance of Roger Sessions' 8th Symphony

1968 Birthday - Roger Mar, born in Seattle, Washington rapid fire pistol 1996 Olympics

1968 Birthday - Roger Reinson, CFL linebacker for the Calgary Stampeders

1968 Birthday - Roger Twose, cricketer, Warwickshire batsman, New Zealand 1995

1967 Birthday - Roger Pavlik, born in Houston, Texas, pitcher for the Texas Rangers

1967 Birthday - Roger Duffy, NFL guard/center for the New York Jets

1967 Death - 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 Death - Roger B Chaffee, astronaut, dies at 31 in Apollo I fire

1967 Birthday - Roger Rowland, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Nike golfer, 1990 Macon Open-2nd

1966 Event - A terrible Yankee trade, Roger Maris for Card's Charlie Smith

1966 Event - French and German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry

1965 Birthday - Roger Dube, hockey forward, Team France 1998

1965 Death - Roger Vailland, French playwright (La Truite), dies at 57

1965 Death - Roger Vailland, French author, dies at 57

1964 Death - Roger Bissiere, French painter, dies at 76

1964 Event - Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit home runs runs on back-to-back pitches

1964 Event - Roger Sessions' opera "Montezuma," premieres in West-Berlin

1964 Event - Roger Sessions' 5th Symphony, premieres

1964 Birthday - Roger Smith, Freeport Bahamas, tennis doubles player

1963 Event - 29th Heisman Trophy Award: Roger Staubach, Navy (quarterback)

1963 Event - New York Met Roger Craig's NL record-tying 18-game losing streak ends

1963 Birthday - Roger Harper, cricketer, Guyana and WI off-spinner Extraordinary field

1962 Birthday - Roger Kingdom, Vienna, Georgia, 110m hurdler, Gold Medals 1984, 1988 Olympics

1962 Birthday - Roger Kingdom, U.S. 60m hurdler, world record

1962 Birthday - Roger Clemens, born in Dayton, Ohio, pitcher for the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Cy Young, MVP

1962 Event - Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inn game

1961 Event - Roger Maris is voted AL MVP

1961 Event - Roger Maris sets record of 61 home runs off of Tracy Stallard

1961 Event - Roger Maris hits home run number 60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record

1961 Event - Roger Maris hits home run # 59 and barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yankees clinch pennant #26

1961 Event - Roger Maris loses a home run (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th

1961 Event - New York Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 home runs

1961 Event - Roger Maris hits 19th and 20th of 61 home runs

1961 Event - Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961

1961 Birthday - Roger Wessels, born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, golfer, 1994 Canadian Masters

1961 Birthday - Ranking Roger, rock vocalist, English Beat-Drowning

1960 Birthday - Roger McDowell, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, pitcher, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles

1960 Event - Roger Maris nips Mickey Mantle as AL MVP, 225-222

1960 Birthday - Richard Roeper, born in Chicago, Illinois, film critic, columnist, 'Chicago Sun Times' newspaper, co-host of 'At the Movies' television series with Roger Ebert

1960 Birthday - Roger Craig, NFL reciever for the San Francisco 49ers

1960 Birthday - Roger Taylor, rock drummer, Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf

1960 Birthday - Roger Wijesuriya, cricketer, bowling avg 294 in 4 Tests for Sri Lanka

1960 Event - Roger Sessions' 4th Symphony, premieres

1959 Event - Yankees trade Marv Thronberry, Don Larsen, Hank Bauer and Norm Seibern for Roger Maris, Kent Hadley and Joe Deaestri

1958 Death - Roger Martin du Gard, novelist/playwright, dies

1957 Event - Roger Sessions' 3rd Symphony premieres in London

1957 Birthday - Roger Clinton, singer, President Clinton's half-brother

1955 Event - Roger Moens runs world record 800 m (1:45.7)

1955 Birthday - Roger Binny, Indian cricket medium-pace all-rounder, early 80's

1955 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Roger Voudouris, Sacramento California, rock vocalist

1954 Event - Roger Bannister awarded Britain's Silver Pears Trophy

1954 Event - Roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3:59:4)

1953 Death - Roger Quilter, British composer, dies at 75

1952 Birthday - Roger Milla, Cameroonian Athlete

1952 Death - Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Mysteries of Love), dies at 52

1950 Birthday - Charles Fleischer, Washington D.C., comedian, Roger Rabbit

1950 Birthday - Roger Hodgson, London, rocker, Supertramp

1950 Birthday - Roger Hodgson, rock vocalist, Supertramp-It's Raining Again

1949 Birthday - Roger Steen, rock guitarist and vocalist, Tubes

1949 Birthday - Roger Uttley, English rugby player

1949 Birthday - Roger Taylor, British rock drummer, Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody

1947 Event - Roger Sessions' 2nd Symphony, premieres in SF

1946 Birthday - Roger Jett, Cumberland Maryland, actor, Smithereens

1946 Birthday - Roger Tolchard, cricketer, English keeper played Tests as a batsman 1977

1946 Birthday - Roger Freed, baseball player

1946 Birthday - Roger Earl, rocker, Foghat

1946 Birthday - Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry, born in Cameroon, astronaut, STS-18

1946 Birthday - Syd Barrett, Roger Keith Barrett, lead guitarist, Pink Floyd-Brick in Wall

1945 Birthday - Roger Glover, British hard rock bassist, Episode Six-Deep Purple

1945 Birthday - Roger Bambuck, Guadeloupe, French 4X100 runner 1968 Olympics bronze

1945 Birthday - Roger Lee Jones, West Virginia, child molester, FBI Most Wanted List

1944 Birthday - Roger Waters, born in Cambridge, England, rock bassist, Pink Floyd-Wall

1944 Birthday - Roger Ball, Scotland, saxophonist, Average White Band

1944 Birthday - Roger Raised, English actor, Nicholas Nickleby

1944 Birthday - Roger Chapman, rock vocalist, Family-Family Entertainment

1944 Birthday - Roger Daltrey, English rocker, actor, producer, The Who, Tommy

1944 Birthday - Roger Scruton, philosopher

1944 Birthday - Roger Knapman, British MP

1943 Birthday - Roger Donaldson, director, Cocktail, Cadillac Man, White Sands

1943 Birthday - George Roger Waters, keyboardist, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall

1943 Birthday - Roger Smalley, born in Manchester, England, composer, pianist, conductor, studied with Alexander Goehr, specialty, improvisation, live electronics

1943 Birthday - Roger Ruskin Spear, born in London, England, saxophonist, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band

1943 Birthday - Roger Cook, investigative journalist and broadcaster

1943 Birthday - Roger Swaybill, actor and writer, Porky's II, Breaking Point

1942 Birthday - Michael Zaslow, Inglewood California, actor, Roger Thorpe-Guiding Light

1942 Birthday - Bob Hoskins, Suffolk England, actor, Brazil, Who Killed Roger Rabbit?

1942 Birthday - Roger McGuinn, guitarist, Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr. Tambourine Man

1942 Birthday - Roger Ebert, born in Urbana, Illinois, film critic, Siskel and Ebert at the Movies

1942 Birthday - Roger Freeman, British minister of transport

1942 Birthday - Roger Staubach, NFL quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys

1941 Birthday - Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star

1940 Birthday - Roger K Crouch, Jamestown Tennessee, astronauts, STS-83, 94

1940 Birthday - Roger Ailes, American Businessman

1939 Birthday - Roger Prideaux, cricketer, England batsman in 3 Tests 1968-69

1939 Birthday - Roger Buckley, British High Court Judge

1938 Birthday - Roger Laver, Jackson, rock keyboardist, Tornados

1938 Birthday - Roger Greenaway, composer

1938 Birthday - Roger Hurn, CEO, Smith's Industries

1937 Birthday - Roger McCough, British poet

1937 Birthday - Roger McGough, British Poet

1937 Birthday - Roger [Joseph] Zelazny, sci-fi author, 6 Hugos, Chronicles of Amber

1937 Birthday - Roger Zelazny, American Writer

1937 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Roger Penske, born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, owner, Penske Racing, auto racing team, the Penske Corporation, corporate director, General Electric

1936 Birthday - Roger Sainsbury, bishop of Barking

1936 Birthday - Roger Whittaker, born in Nairobi, Kenya, country singer, Durham Town

1936 Birthday - Roger M Mahoney, born in Hollywood, California, archbishop of Los Angeles, 1985-

1936 Birthday - Roger Mahony, American Clergyman

1936 Birthday - Roger Miller, born in Ft. Worth, Texas, country singer, King of the Road, Dang Me

1935 Birthday - Roger Christian, U.S., ice hockey player 1960 Olympics gold

1935 Birthday - Roger B Chaffee, Grand Rapids Michigan, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut

1935 Birthday - Roger B. Chaffee, Astronaut

1934 Birthday - Roger Maris, Yankee, home run champ, 61 in 1961, AL MVP 1960, 1961

1934 Birthday - Roger Donald Dickerson, composer

1934 Birthday - Roger Reynolds, born in Detroit, Michigan, composer, professor, University of California at San Diego, founder, ONCE Group, won Pulitzer Prize 1989

1934 Birthday - Roger Kendrick, governor, Dartmoor Prison

1934 Event - U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner

1934 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Roger Harris, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman vs England 1959

1933 Birthday - Roger Bowen, actor, M*A*S*H, Main Event, What about Bob, Petulia

1933 Birthday - Roger Wittevrongel, Flemish painter

1933 Event - U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner

1932 Birthday - Roger Smith, South Gate California, actor, 77 Sunset Strip

1932 Birthday - Roger C Carmel, actor, Harry Mudd-Star Trek, In-Laws

1932 Event - Charlie Grimm replaces Roger Hornsby as manager of Chicago Cubs

1932 Event - A's Roger Cramer gets 6 consecutive hits in a game (repeats in 1935)

1932 Birthday - Wes Santee, born in Ashland, Kansas, runner, athlete, competed in 1,500-meter events, competed against Roger Bannister, John Landy

1931 Birthday - Roger Penrose, English Physicist

1931 Event - U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner

1930 Birthday - Roger Birch, Chief Constable, Sussex

1930 Event - Roger Hornsby replaces Joe McCarthy as Cubs manager

1930 Birthday - Roger Durham Hannay, composer

1930 Birthday - Roger W. Suddards, solicitor

1930 Birthday - Roger Moens, born in Belgium, 800m runner 1960 Olympics silver

1930 Event - U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner

1930 Birthday - Roger Sims, born in Britain, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Chislehurst 1974 - 1997

1929 Birthday - Roger John Tayler, astrophysicist

1929 Birthday - Roger Matton, composer

1929 Event - U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner

1929 Birthday - Roger Bannister, born in England, 1st to run a 4 minute mile, May 6, 1954

1928 Birthday - Roger Caras, American Activist

1928 Event - U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner

1928 Birthday - Peter Roger Hunt, born in London, England, director, Dr. No

1928 Birthday - Roger Mudd, Washington D.C., news ancher, CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News

1928 Birthday - Roger Vadim, born in France, director, And God Created Women, Barbarella

1927 Birthday - Roger Moore, born in London, England, actor, Alaskans, Maverick, Saint

1927 Birthday - Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist

1927 Event - 1st performance of Roger Sessions' Symphony in E

1926 Birthday - Roger Corman, born in Detroit, producer and director, Little Shop of Horrors

1925 Death - Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor/painter, dies

1925 Event - Washington shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh is named AL MVP

1925 Birthday - Roger Smith, CEO, General Motors

1924 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Roger Foulon, French/Belgian poet

1923 Birthday - Roger Parker, Lord Justice of Appeal

1922 Event - Roger Hornsby sets NL home run mark at 42

1921 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Roger Angell, American Writer

1920 Birthday - Roger Price, born in Charleston, West Virginia, actor and writer, Who's There, Droodles

1920 Birthday - Earl Kim, born in Dinuba, California, Korean-American composer, professor at Princeton and Harvard, studied with Roger Sessions, Arnold Schoenberg, Ernest Bloch

1918 Birthday - Roger de Grey, president, Royal Academy

1918 Birthday - Roger Delgado, born in London, actor, Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enought for June

1917 Birthday - P Roger Peyrefitte, French writer, Singular Love

1916 Death - Roger Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916), executed 51

1914 Birthday - Roger Goeb, composer

1914 Event - Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager

1914 Birthday - Roger Aubert, Belgium, church historian, Le Pontificat de Pie IX

1913 Birthday - Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz pianist/composer

1913 Birthday - Roger Garaudy, French philosopher

1913 Birthday - Roger Caillois, French writer, Les Jeux et les Hommes

1912 Birthday - Roger Lewis, aviation executive, Lockheed, Curtiss Wright, Pan Am

1911 Death - Roger Q. Mills, American Politician

1910 Birthday - Roger L. Stevens, producer, Giant

1909 Event - 1st balloon honeymoon (Roger Burham and Eleanor Waring)

1909 Birthday - Roger Stone, American Politician

1908 Birthday - Roger Tory Peterson, born in Jamestown, New York, ornithologist/writer 'How to Know Birds'

1907 Birthday - Roger Vailland, French author, La Novice, Et Mourir de Plasir

1907 Event - New York Giant Roger Bresnahan becomes 1st catcher to wear shin guards

1906 Birthday - Roger Livesey, born in Barry, Wales, actor, Drums, Life and Death of Col Blimp

1904 Birthday - Roger Wolcott Sperry, physicist

1904 Birthday - Roger Makins, diplomat

1903 Event - Roger Casement completes report about abuses in Belgian Congo

1903 Death - Victor Roger, composer, dies at 50

1901 Birthday - Roger Pryor, New York City, actor, Belle of the Nineties, Identity Unknown

1900 Birthday - Roger Blunt, cricketer, New Zealand all-rounder in 9 Tests 1930-32

1899 Birthday - Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist, Coup of Trafalgar

1898 Birthday - Roger Bastide, French sociologist

1898 Birthday - Roger Vuataz, composer

1897 Event - Roger Bresnahan debuts as Washington Senator pitcher (later HOF catcher)

1896 Birthday - Roger Huntington Sessions, born in Brooklyn, New York, composer, Black Masks

1888 Birthday - Roger Bissiere, French painter

1885 Birthday - Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor/painter

1884 Birthday - Roger Nash Baldwin, founder, American Civil Liberties Union

1881 Birthday - Roger Martin du Guard, born in France, novelist, Les Thibault-Nobel 1937

1879 Birthday - Roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager

1877 Birthday - Roger Quilter, British composer

1875 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Roger Fry, English Artist

1864 Death - Roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87

1864 Birthday - Roger David Casement, Irish nationalist, Easter uprising 1916

1863 Death - Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 35

1857 Birthday - Roger Connor, 1st baseman for the New York Giants

1853 Birthday - Victor Roger, composer

1832 Birthday - Roger Q. Mills, American Politician

1828 Birthday - Roger Atkinson Pryor, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1798 Event - Rep Matthew Lyon, Vermont spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold,Connecticut, in U.S. House of Representatives, after an argument

1777 Birthday - Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert, Maryland, 5th Chief Justice, Dred Scott dec

1721 Birthday - Roger Sherman, signer, Articles of Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution

1693 Death - Roger de Rabutin, French Writer

1679 Death - Roger Boyle, British Soldier

1664 Event - Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island

1646 Event - Roger Scott was tried in Mass for sleeping in church

1635 Event - Religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony

1631 Event - Rhode Island, founder, Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England

1621 Birthday - Roger Boyle, British Soldier

1618 Birthday - Roger de Rabutin, French Writer

1545 Death - Roger Grenville, English captain of Mary Rose, drowns

1352 Death - Clement VI, Pierre Roger, Pope (1342-52), dies

1130 Event - Anti-pope Anacletus II crowns Roger II the Norman, king of Sicily













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