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2000 David Brower, ecological activist, executive director of the Sierra Club for nearly 20 years, dies at 88
1995 Ida Lupino, actress/director (Hard Way, High Sierra), dies at 77 1989 Republic Day in Sierra Leone 1981 Wanda Hendrix, actress (Sierra, Ride the Pink Horse), dies 1980 Raoul Walsh, U.S. director (High Sierra), dies at about 88 1978 Sierra Leone adopts constitution 1971 Audie Murphy, WW II hero/actor (Sierra), killed in plane crash at 46 1971 Sierra Leone becomes a republic (National Day) 1969 B. Traven, wrote, 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre', dies at 87 1965 Henry Travers, actor (Bells of St. Mary, High Sierra), dies at 91 1965 Ruben Sierra, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico, outfielder, New York Yankees 1964 Peter Hanson, English/Sierra Leone/Dutch actor, Darling How Could You 1963 Margarita Sierra, actress (Surfside 6), dies after heart surgery at 26 1961 Sierra Leone declares independence from U.K. 1952 Snow storm in Sierra Nevada kills 26 1950 Ernest Thompson, Bellows Fall Vt, actor, Sierra, Westside Medical 1948 Huston's "Treasure of Sierra Madre" starring Humphrey Bogart opens 1937 Joseph Saidu Momoh, gen/president, Sierra Leone 1934 J Micheal McCloskey, environmentalist/chairman, Sierra Club 1929 Jack Hogan, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, ator, Combat, Adam 12, Sierra 1928 Rita Gam, born in Pittsburgh, actress, Distortions, Hannibal, Sierra Baron 1927 Francois Leydet, sierra club, Last Redwoods 1925 Joan Leslie, Detroit, actress, High Sierra, Yankee Doodle Dandy 1918 Charles J "Tim" Holt, U.S. actor, Treasure of Sierra Madre 1915 Cornel Wilde, New York City, actor, High Sierra, 5th Musketeer 1912 David Brower, environmentalist/president, Sierra Club 1892 Sierra Club forms in San Francisco 1892 Sierra Club forms by John Muir for conservation of nature 1890 Henry Hull, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Tobacco Rd, Boys Town, High Sierra 1890 B. Traven, born in Chicago, writer, wrote, 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' 1884 Walter Huston, actor, Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre 1874 Henry Travers, born in England, actor, Bells of St. Mary, High Sierra 1846 Pioneers suffer blizzard in Sierra Nevada; 42 die 1820 1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (New York to Sierra Leone) 1808 Sierra Leone becomes a British colony 1788 Sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves |
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