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1996 Endo Shusaku, Japanese writer (Sea and Poison/Silence), dies at 73

1995 Eleanore M "May" Sarton, Belg/US writer (Land of Silence), dies at 83

1994 Amy Clampitt, British poet, 'Silence Opens', dies at 74

1994 Ron Vawter, U.S. actor (Roy Cohn, Silence of the Lambs), dies at 45

1992 64th Academy Awards - "Silence of Lamb," A Hopkins and Jodie Foster win

1991 Vercors, Jean Bruller, French writer (Silence of Mer), dies

1989 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Dancing Spree, Go for Wand, Prized, Rhythm, Steinlen, Sunday Silence

1989 At 7:42 AM, radio has a 30 2nd silence, honoring radio

1989 115th Preakness: Pat Valenzuela aboard Sunday Silence wins in 1:53.8

1989 115th Kentucky Derby: Pat Valenzuela on Sunday Silence wins in 2:05

1985 Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law

1980 At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon

1973 John and Yoko form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called Nutopia, its national anthem is silence

1966 Simon and Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence" reaches #1

1963 Scott Rockenfield, drummer, Queensryche-Breaking the Silence

1963 Chris DeGarmo, guitarist, Queensryche-Breaking the Silence

1960 Eddie Jackson, bassist, Queensryche-Breaking the Silence

1959 Geoff Tate, vocalist, Queensryche-Breaking the Silence

1944 Anthony Heald, New Rochelle, New York, actor, Orphans, Silence of Lambs

1941 Art Garfunkel, New York City, singer and actor, Sounds of Silence, Carnal Knowledge

1925 Ernst Jandl, born in Vienna, Austria, writer, poet, influenced by Dada, translated Gertrude Stein, Robert Creeley's The Island and John Cage's Silence

1923 Lloyd Biggle, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Silence is Deadly

1902 Vercors, Jean Bruller, French writer, Le Silence de la Mer


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