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2004 Sam Dash, lawyer, Senate counsel during Watergate, dies at 79
2003 Sam Phillips, entreprenuer/DJ, started Sun Records, dies at 80 2002 Sam Snead, golfer, dies at 89 1997 Sam Fuller, director/writer (Big Red One), dies at 86 1997 Dr. Sam Sheppard's body (Fugitive) is exhumed for DNA test 1997 Sam Moskowitz, San Francisco fandom historian, dies at 76 1996 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational 1996 Sam Green, industrialist/inventor, dies at 88 1995 Ambrose Sam, creole accordionist, dies at 76 1995 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Michelle Mullen 1995 Sam McCluskie, trade unionist, dies at 63 1994 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson 1994 Sam Francis, U.S. painter (Basel Mural), dies at about 71 1994 Statue of Sam Houston unveiled in Texas 1993 Sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin), dies from cancer at 74 1993 Sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin), dies of prostate cancer at 74 1993 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Robin Romeo 1993 Sam Zolotow, U.S. theater critic (New York Times), dies at 94 1993 Sam Ntombani, ANC-secretary in Soweto South Africa, shot to death 1992 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson 1992 Sam Kinison, loud mouth comedian, dies in a car crash at 38 1992 Comedian Sam Kenison marries live-in girlfriend Maleeka 1992 Sam Walton, Billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart), dies of cancer at 74 1991 Sam Cresson, dies at 73 1991 Sam Rabin, speaker of house, dies at 88 1991 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Lorrie Nichols 1991 Sam Ntuli, South African ANC-writer, murdered 1990 101 year old Sam Ackerman weds 95 year old Eva in New Rochelle, New York 1990 Namibia becomes independent of South Africa, Sam Nujoma becomes president 1989 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson 1989 White Sox trade Harold Baines to Rangers for Scott Fletcher and Sam Sosa 1989 Rebecca Schaeffer, actress (My Sister Sam), is shot by a fan at 21 1988 David Prater, U.S. singer (Sam and Dave-Soul Man), dies in car crash at 50 1988 Dave Prater, rocker (Sam and Dave), dies in a car crash at 50 1987 Sam's Town National Bowling Pro-Am won by Debbie Bennett 1986 2nd time Saturday Night Live uses a time delay (Sam Knison hosts) 1985 Sam Spiegel, Academy Award winning producer (Betrayal), dies at 84 1985 Sam Shepard's "Lie of the Mind," premieres in New York City 1985 Sam Gillman, actor (Sam-Shane), dies at 70 1985 Edmond O'Brien, actor (Sam Benedict), dies of Alzheimer's at 69 1985 Sam Ervin, Senator-D-North Carolina 1954 - 1974, dies at 88 1984 Sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59 1984 Sam Jaffe, actor (Dr. Zorba-Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 93 1983 Sam Shepards "Fool for love," premieres in New York City 1983 Sam Chatman, elder statesman of the blues, dies 1982 Sam Shepard's "True West" premieres in New York City 1982 Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley 1982 Sam Baker, dies 1982 Sam Huntington, actor, Jungle 2 Jungle 1980 Sam Shepard's "True West," premieres in New York City 1980 Sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75 1980 Sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68 1979 Pulitzer prize awarded to Sam Shepard for "Buried child" 1978 Sam Shepard's "Buried Child," premieres in New York City 1977 Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers, New York, accused of being "Son of Sam" 44 caliber killer 1977 Stacy Moskowitz, shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20 1977 David Berkowitz pleads guilty in "Son of Sam" 44-caliber shootings 1976 Sam Mackinnon, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward 1996 Olympics 1974 Sam Madison, cornerback for the Miami Dolphins 1974 Sam Thompson, Jim Bottomley, and Jocko Conlan elected to Hall of Fame 1973 Glenn Strange, actor (Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke), dies at 74 1973 Sam Couch, born in Newport Beach, California, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics 1973 Sam Shade, NFL strong safety for the Cincinnati Bengals 1973 Sam Adams, NFL defensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks 1972 Sam de Grasse, dies at 97 1970 Sam Waters, Camp Springs, Maryland, singer, Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up 1970 Sam Rogers, NFL linebacker for the Buffalo Bills 1970 Sam Mack, NBA forward and guard, Houston Rockets, Vancouver Grizzlies 1969 Sam Militello, baseball player 1969 Sam Cassell, NBA guard, New Jersey Nets, Houston Rockets 1969 Shelby Singleton buys Sun Records from Sam Phillips 1969 Sam Gash, NFL running back for the New England Patriots 1968 Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88 1967 Rebecca Schaeffer, Eugene Oregon, actress, Patti-My Sister Sam 1966 Dr. Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury 1965 Sam Mendes, British Director 1965 "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and Pharaohs hits #2 1964 During services held for Sam Cooke fans caused damage to Funeral Home 1964 Shirley Englehorn and Sam Snead wins Haig and Haig Mixed Foursome Golf 1964 Sam Cooke, rock vocalist, shot to death at 29 1964 Sam Cooke, U.S., singer (Sad Moon), slain at a motel at 33 1964 Sam Brown, English singer and songwriter, Stop! 1964 Sam Randolph, born in Santa Barbara, California, Nike golfer, 1993 New England-2nd 1964 Sam Graddy, Gaffney, South Carolina, 4x100m runner 1984 Olympics gold 1963 Sam Graves, American Politician 1963 Sam Mitchell, NBA forward, Minnesota Timberwolves 1963 Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, and John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1963 Glenn Trimble, cricketer, son of Sam Two ODI's for Australia 1986 1962 U.S. U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba 1962 Sam Wren, actor (Wren's Nest), dies at 64 1962 Brian Green, born in Columbus Indiana, actor, Sam Fowler-Another World 1962 Sam Snead wins LPGA Royal Poinciano Plaza Golf Invitational 1962 Sam Phillips, singer and actress, Die Hard with a Vengeance 1961 Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79 1961 Sam Perkins, NBA forward and center, Seattle Supersonics 1961 Dashiell Hammett, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66 1960 Salomon "Sam" de Wolff, zionist/socialist theorist, dies at 82 1960 Leora "Sam" Jones, born in Mount Olive, North Carolina, U.S. team handball player 1992 Olympics 1960 Ford Frick voids Indians - Red Sox deal as Sam White retires 1959 Sam Raimi, actor, Indian Summer, Thou Shalt Not Kill Except 1959 San Francisco Giants Sam Jones 2nd no-hitter, beats St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0 1959 Sam Mills, NFL linebacker, Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers 1959 Sam Snead sets PGA record for 36 holes at 122 1959 Bill White traded to St. Louis for pitchers Sam Jones and Don Choate 1958 Sam Clancy, WLAF defensive assistant coach, Barcelona Dragons 1957 Sam Cooke's "You Send Me" reaches #1 1957 Sam Cooke and Buddy Holly and Crickets debut on Ed Sullivan Show 1956 Sam Brownback, American Politician 1955 RCA Victor's best investment paying $25,000 to Sun Records and Sam Philips for rights to Elvis Presley, a truck driver from Tupelo Miss 1955 Sam Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Prime Risk, Savages 1955 Charles D "Sam" Gemar, Yankton, South Dakota, army/astronaut, STS-38, 48, 62 1955 Sam Coppersmith, born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Arizona 1993 - 1995 1955 Chicago Cub Sam Jones is 1st black to pitch no-hitter (Pirates, 4-0) 1954 Dr. Sam Sheppard's wife Marilyn is murdered (he is accused of crime) 1954 Sarah Lundy, born in America, horse trainer, won Sam F. Davis Stakes, Tampa Bay Downs, 1993, first female trainer to saddle a horse in the Belmont Stakes 1954 Sam J Jones, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Chris-Code Red, The Highway Man 1954 Sam J. Jones, American Actor 1954 18th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 289 1952 Sam Kinison, screaming comedian/actor, Back to School, Charlie Hoover 1952 Chicago White Sox Sam Mele is 6th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th) 1952 Sam McMurray, actor, Tracey Ullman 1952 16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 286 1952 Betty MacKinnon and Sam Snead wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament 1951 Pam Dawber, Detroit, actress, Mindy-Mork and Mindy, My Sister Sam 1951 33rd PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pa 1951 David Naughton, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, My Sister Sam, Separate Vacations 1950 Boston Brave Sam Jethroe wins NL Rookie of Year 1950 Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) and Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park home runs 1950 Sam Behrens, actor, Jake Meyer-General Hospital, Sunset Beach, LA Law 1950 Sam Staples, cricket pace bowler (3 Tests 1927-28), dies 1950 Sam Jethroe is 1st black to play for Boston Braves 1949 Sam Wood, U.S. communist fighter/director (Night at Opera), dies at 66 1949 31st PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Hermitage CC Richmond VA 1949 13th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 282 1948 Sam Gejdenson, born in Eschwege, Germany, Representative-D-Connecticut 1981 - 2001 1947 Ted Danson, born in San Diego California, actor, Sam Malone-Cheers, 3 Men and a Baby 1947 Sam Breadon sells Cards to Robert Hannegan and Fred Saigh for $4M 1947 Julie Styne and Sam Cohn's musical "High Button Shoes," premieres in New York City 1947 Sam Neill, Northern Ireland, actor, Jurassic Park, Dead Calm, Piano 1947 A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon 1947 Sam Gannon, cricketer, Austr lefty quick, 3 Tests vs. India 1977-78 1946 "Adventures of Sam Spade" debuts on CBS Radio 1945 Sam Abell, born in Toledo, Ohio, photographer, published in National Geographic, artistic photographic style, noted for transcendent qualities, graduate, University of Kentucky, photographic books include 'The Photographic Life', 'The Life of a Photograph' 1945 Sam Wyche, NFL coach for the Cincinnati Bengals 1944 Sam Elliott, Sacramento California, actor, Big Chill, Fatal Beauty 1943 Sam Shepard, Illinois, actor and playwright, Frances, Crimes of the Heart 1943 Sam Bloemgarten, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 1943 Sam[uel] de Vries, actor (Boefje, In Sobibor), dies at 50 1942 25th PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Seaview CC Atlantic City NJ 1941 Sam Andrew, rocker, Big Brother and Holding Company-Cheap Thrills 1941 Sam Andrew, rocker, Big Brother and The Holding Co 1941 Sam Farr, American Politician 1940 Sam Waterson, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor, Capricorn One, Heaven's Gate 1940 Sam Waterston, American Actor 1940 Sam Melville, Utah, actor, Mike Danko-Rookies, Roughnecks 1939 Sam Gooden, Chattanooga Tennessee, rock vocalist, Impressions-Gypsy Woman 1938 Sam Nunn, born in Perry, Georgia, Senator-D-Georgia 1972 - 1997 1938 Sam Nunn, American Politician 1937 Dave Prater, Ocilla, Georgia, rock vocalist, Sam and Dave 1937 Magic Sam, rocker, Chicago Bluesman 1937 Dorothy Provine, Deadwood, South Dakota, actress, Good Neighbor Sam, Darn Cat 1936 Jerry Lacy, born in Sioux City, Iowa, actor, Play it Again Sam 1935 Sam Moore, born in Miami, Florida, rock vocalist, Sam and Dave-Soul Sister 1935 39th U.S. Golf Open: Sam Parks, Jr. shoots a 299 at Oakmont CC PA 1935 Sam Cooke, born in Chicago, Illinois, soul singer, Sam and Dave-You Send Me 1934 Sam Cowley, FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson 1934 Sam Huff, NFL linebacker, New York Giants, Washington Redskins 1934 Sam Trimble, cricketer, Queensland bat, 12th man for Australia, no Test 1934 Sam Donaldson, born in El Paso, Texas, ABC White House correspondent, Prime Time 1933 F Lee Bailey, born in Waltham, Massachusetts, attorney, Sam Shepard case, OJ case 1932 Sam McCluskie, trade unionist 1930 Sam[uel] van Houten, lib minister (Child labor laws), dies 1930 Sam Johnson, born in Dallas, Texas, Representative-R-Texas 1991 - 1928 Sam Edwards, physicist 1927 Sam Massell, Mayor-Atlanta 1926 John Ericson, Dusseldorf Germany, actor, Sam Bolt-Honey West 1925 Sidney Howards "Lucky Sam McGarver," premieres in New York City 1925 Sam Peckinpah, born in Fresno, California, film director, Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs 1924 Sam Wainwright, deputy chairman, British Post Office 1923 Sam Rivers, American Musician 1923 New York Yankee Sad Sam Jones no-hits Philadelphia A's, 2-0 1923 Sam Phillips, musician/record founder, Sun 1921 Sam Cook, cricketer, England slow left-armer in only Test 1921 Sam Loxton, cricketer, flamboyant Australian batsman of late 40's 1920 Paul Foster, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, singer, Soul Stirrers gospel group member, sang with Robert Harris, Sam Cooke, Rising Stars, Golden Echoes, memorable recording 'Be With Me Jesus' 1920 Sam Moskowitz, San Francisco fandom historian 1920 Sam Gibbons, born in Tampa, Florida, Representative-D-Florida 1963 - 1997 1919 Sam Wanamaker, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Holocaust, Competition, Raw Deal 1918 Sam Walton, billionaire CEO, Wal-Mart 1915 Edmond O'Brien, New York City, actor, Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight 1913 Sam S Shubert Theater opens at 225 W 44th St. New York City 1912 Sam[uel E] van Beem, actor (Dollar Princess), dies at 62 1912 Sam Snead, Hot Springs, Virginia, PGA golfer, PGA-1963, 65, 67, 70, 72, 73 1912 Lightnin' [Sam] Hopkins, born in Texas, blues stylist, Ball of Twine 1911 Sam Levenson, New York City, humorist, Sam Levenson Show, Masquerade Party 1911 Sam Walter Foss, American Poet 1907 Sam Green, industrialist/inventor 1905 Sam Levene, Russia, actor, Demon, Gung Ho, Boomerang 1902 6th Boston Marathon won by Sam Mellor of New York in 2:43:12 1901 Sam Spiegel, producer, On the Waterfront, Bridge over River Kwai 1899 Glenn Strange, Weed, New Mexico, actor, Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke 1896 Sam Ervin, born in Morganton, North Carolina, Senator-D-North Carolina 1954 - 1974 1894 Phils get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for cycle beating Louisville 29-4 1894 Dashiell Hammett, Maryland, author, Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon 1893 New Mexico State University cancels it's 1st graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed and killed the night before 1892 Sam de Vries, actor, Wandering Jew 1892 Edmund Lowe, actor in Black Sheep, Good Sam, Dillinger, Hot Pepper 1891 Sam Jaffe, born in New York City, actor, Gunga Din, Dr. Zorba-Ben Casey 1890 Geo Train and Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma 1889 Ray Collins, born in Sacramento, California, actor, Homecoming, Good Sam, Rose Marie 1883 Sam Wood, U.S., communist fighter/director, For Whom the Bell Tolls 1882 Sam Rayburn, American Politician 1878 Salomon "Sam" de Wolff, Dutch zionist/socialist theorist 1877 James Montgomery Flagg, illustrator, "I want you" Uncle Sam 1874 Robert Service, England, Canadian poet, Cremation of Sam McGee 1869 Harper's Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers 1865 Surrender of Sam Jones 1861 Sam Jones, cricketer, Australian batsman of 1880's 1858 Sam Walter Foss, American Poet 1852 Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the New York Lantern weekly 1849 Samuel E "Sam" van Beem, actor, Fanfan la Tulipe 1837 Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch, lib, minister, child labor laws 1836 Sam Houston inaugurated as 1st elected President of Republic of Texas 1836 Sam Houston elected president of Republic of Texas 1829 Sam Patch, loses his live in a 125' dive into Genesse Falls 1813 "Uncle Sam" was 1st used to refer to U.S. (Troy Post of New York) |
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