1998 Death Gene Autry, actor/singing cowboy/businessman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, dies at 91 1996 Death Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, film scholar/exhibitor, dies at 74 1996 Death Arthur Rudolph, rocket Engineer, dies at 89 1994 Death Geoffery Rudolph Elton, historiographer, dies at 73 1994 Death Wilma Glodean Rudolph, U.S. sprinter, 3 Gold Medals 1960 Olympics, dies at 54 1993 Event Rudolph Guliani (R) elected 107th mayor of New York City 1993 Death Rudolph Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), dies of AIDS at 54 1987 Death Rudolph Hess, Nazi (46 years in Spandau Prison), commits suicide at 93 1987 Event Sir Rudolph Bing (of New York Met Opera) marries Lady Carroll Douglass 1973 Birthday Troy Rudolph, production asst, Suburbanators, Viper 1973 Event Black Sports Hall of Fame forms: Paul Robeson, Elgin Baylor, Jesse Owens, Jim Brown, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis and Althea Gibson elected 1972 Birthday Maya Rudolph, American Actress 1972 Birthday Joe Rudolph, NFL guard for the Philadelphia Eagles 1972 Death Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe, composer, dies at 80 1970 Birthday Coleman Rudolph, NFL defensive end for the New York Giants 1970 Death Rudolph Carnap, German philosopher/mathematician, dies at 79 1969 Death Rudolph Wagner-Regeny, composer, dies at 66 1964 Event "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV 1962 Death Rudolph Anderson, U-2 pilot, shot down over Cuba 1962 Event U.S.S.R. swaps spy Francis Gary Power to U.S. for Rudolph Abel 1961 Event For 2nd cons year, AP names Wilma Rudolph female athlete of year 1961 Event Russian ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev defects to west in Frankfurt 1960 Event Wilma Rudolph wins her 2nd gold medal 1957 Death Rudolph Reti, composer, dies at 71 1949 Event "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on music charts 1947 Death Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer, dies at 57 1945 Death Rudolph Karel, composer, dies at 64 1943 Birthday Alan Rudolph, actor, Endangers Species, Love at Large, Made in Heaven 1940 Birthday Wilma Rudolph, born in St. Bethlehem, Tennessee, runner, Olympic-3 gold-1960 1939 Event Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph the 9th reindeer 1939 Birthday Rudolph Isley, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, rocker, Isley Brothers-Shout 1934 Birthday Rudolph Agner, CEO, Consolidated Gold Fields 1928 Birthday Rudolph Plukfelder, U.S.S.R., light heavyweight 1964 Olympic gold 1928 Event Rudolph Friml's musical "Three Musketeers," premieres in New York City 1926 Death Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in New York at 31 1923 Birthday Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian Scientist 1921 Event "Sheik," starring Rudolph Valentino, is released 1921 Birthday Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, film scholar/exhibitor 1921 Birthday Geoffery Rudolph Elton, historiographer 1913 Death Rudolph C K Diesel, German constructer (Diesel Motor), dies at 55 1906 Birthday Arthur Rudolph, rocket engineer 1903 Birthday Rudolph Wagner-Regeny, composer 1902 Birthday Rudolph Bing, opera manager, New York Metropolitan Opera 1897 Event Rudolph Dirks' 1st Katzenjammer cartoon strip in New York Journal 1895 Birthday Rudolph Valentino, Castellaneta, Italy, sheik/actor, Eagle 1894 Birthday Rudolph P. Cleveringa, Dutch anti-nazi lawyer 1889 Birthday Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer 1888 Death Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies 1885 Birthday Rudolph Reti, composer 1880 Birthday Rudolph Karel, composer 1861 Birthday Rudolph Steiner, born in Kraljevic, Austria, founder, doctrine of anthroposophy 1832 Birthday Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, 1st lady, 1881 1822 Birthday Rudolph J E Clausius, Germany, physicist, thermodynamics 1811 Birthday Marsena Rudolph Patrick, Major General Union volunteers 1721 Death Rudolph J Camerarius, German physician (sexuality plans), dies 1665 Birthday Rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician, sexuality plant 1485 Death Rudolph Agricola, Roelof Huysman, humanist/organist, dies 1348 Event Rudolph of Oron claims Jews have confessed to poisoning wells
