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1997 Raley's Gold Rush Senior Golf Classic

1997 69th Academy Awards - Oscar Ceremony Billy Crystal hosts, The English Patient wins Best Picture, Geoffrey Rush and Frances McDormand win lead acting awards

1997 54th Golden Globes: English Patient, Brenda Blethyn and Geoffrey Rush

1995 Pamela Anderson Lee, rush to hospital with flu like symptoms

1994 Radio conservative Rush Limbaugh (43) weds Marta Fitzgerald (35)

1994 Radio personality Rush Limbaugh weds wife #3, Marta Fitzgerald

1993 Billy Eckstine, jazz singer (Fools Rush In), dies at 78 of stroke

1991 Ken Curtis, actor (Lost, Freckles, California Gold Rush), dies at 74

1990 NFL New York Giant Otis Anderson becomes 8th to rush for 10,000th yard

1989 Texas A&I, Johnny Bailey sets NCAA season rush record at 6,085 yards

1987 Philip Rush of New Zealand, set record for triple crossing English Channel his time 28:21, 10 hours faster than 1st man to do it

1983 Franco Harris becomes 3rd NFL to rush 11,000 yards

1983 Tony Dorsett sets NFL record with 99-yd rush, Dallas vs Minnesota

1974 Barbara Jo Allen, actress (Girl Rush, Melody Ranch), dies at 66

1973 O. J. Simpson becomes 1st NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season

1971 Last Washington Senator home game, New York Yankees win career 5th forfeit game Yankees trailing 4-2 in 9th with 2 outs, fans rush field

1967 Silver Bay bridge (Oh-WV) collapes during afternoon rush hour, 34 die

1961 Ian Rush, born in St. Asaph, Wales, soccer player, footballer, striker, played with Liverpool FC, Welsh national football team

1960 Jennifer Rush, singer and songwriter, Destiny, Ring of Ice

1960 Chuck D, born in Roosevelt, New York, rapper, author, leader, Public Enemy, created politically, socially conscious rap music, focused on hip hop genre, albums include, 'Yo! Bum Rush the Show', 'Fear of a Black Planet'

1958 Jane Wiedlin, Wisconsin, singer/guitarist, GoGos, Fur, Rush Hour

1954 Tom Blomberg, Dutch radio host/producer, Evening Rush Hour

1954 Frank Marino, born in Montreal, Canada, Francesco Antonio Marino, guitarist, rocker, musician, songwriter, leader of Canadian band Mahogany Rush

1953 Alex Lifeson, born in Toronto, Canada, rock guitarist, Rush

1953 Arthur Hoyt, actor (Gold Rush Gertie, Lost World), dies at 78

1952 Neil Peart, born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, born Neil Ellwood Peart, songwriter, drummer, percussionist, progressive rock, hard rock, jazz, swing, genres, member of Toronto band, Rush

1952 Willie Rush, rocker, Asbury Jukes

1951 Geoffrey Rush, Australian Actor

1951 Rush Limbaugh, born in Girardeau, Missouri, radio personality

1947 Larry Brown, NFL runningback, 3rd to rush over 4,000 yards

1946 Bobby Rush, born in Albany, Georgia, Representative-D-Illinois 1993 -

1946 Bobby Rush, American Politician

1941 Tom Rush, born in New Hampshire, rock guitarist and vocalist, Circle Game, Urge For Going

1935 Loren Rush, born in America, composer, works include, the drone piece 'Hard Music'

1927 Barbara Rush, born in Denver, Colorado, actress, Marsha-Peyton Place, Flamingo Road

1918 Gertrude E Durden Rush, U.S. composer/playwright, dies at 38

1904 Wally Brown, Malden, Massachusetts, actor, Zombies on Broadway, Girl Rush

1889 Oklahoma land rush officially started; some were "sooner"

1888 Marion Lorne, Philadelphia, actress, Strangers on a Train, Girl Rush

1880 Gertrude E Durden Rush, U.S. composer/playwright, Black Girls Burden

1859 Richard Rush, American Lawyer

1849 1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in San Francisco from east coast

1848 President Polk triggers Gold Rush of '49, confirms California gold discovery

1833 William Rush, Indians sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), dies

1813 Benjamin Rush, physician and abolotionist, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 67

1780 Richard Rush, American Lawyer

1745 Benjamin Rush, Byberry, Pennsylvania, physician, general and signer, Declaration of Independence


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