2012 Event Ceremonies commemorating the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il were held outside the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun mausoleum in Pyongyang; the nation observed three-minutes of silence to honor him 2012 Event Wade Davis' non-fiction book, 'Into the Silence', wins the 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize 2012 Event After a century of silence, Mount Tongariro in New Zealand erupts, spreading volcanic ash across the country's central North Island and affecting airports 2011 Event The U.S. Library of Congress intends to preserve the thriller 'Silence of the Lambs' as part of its National Film Registry 2011 Event New Zealand honors victims of the 2011 Canterbury earthquake with two minutes of silence; 154 persons died, and the death toll is expected to reach 240 1996 Death Endo Shusaku, Japanese writer (Sea and Poison/Silence), dies at 73 1995 Death Eleanore M "May" Sarton, Belg/US writer (Land of Silence), dies at 83 1994 Death Amy Clampitt, British poet, 'Silence Opens', dies at 74 1994 Death Ron Vawter, U.S. actor (Roy Cohn, Silence of the Lambs), dies at 45 1992 Event 64th Academy Awards - "Silence of Lamb," A Hopkins and Jodie Foster win 1991 Death Vercors, Jean Bruller, French writer (Silence of Mer), dies 1989 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Dancing Spree, Go for Wand, Prized, Rhythm, Steinlen, Sunday Silence 1989 Event At 7:42 AM, radio has a 30 2nd silence, honoring radio 1989 Event 115th Preakness: Pat Valenzuela aboard Sunday Silence wins in 1:53.8 1989 Event 115th Kentucky Derby: Pat Valenzuela on Sunday Silence wins in 2:05 1985 Event Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law 1980 Event At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon 1973 Event John and Yoko form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called Nutopia, its national anthem is silence 1966 Event Simon and Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence" reaches #1 1963 Birthday Scott Rockenfield, drummer, Queensryche-Breaking the Silence 1963 Birthday Chris DeGarmo, guitarist, Queensryche-Breaking the Silence 1960 Birthday Eddie Jackson, bassist, Queensryche-Breaking the Silence 1959 Birthday Geoff Tate, vocalist, Queensryche-Breaking the Silence 1944 Birthday Anthony Heald, New Rochelle, New York, actor, Orphans, Silence of Lambs 1941 Birthday Art Garfunkel, New York City, singer and actor, Sounds of Silence, Carnal Knowledge 1925 Birthday 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 Birthday Lloyd Biggle, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Silence is Deadly 1902 Birthday Vercors, Jean Bruller, French writer, Le Silence de la Mer
