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1992 Vilma Banky, silent film actress (Eagle, Rebel), dies at about 90
1992 Maurice Coutinho, writer/translator (Silent Struggle), dies at 79 1992 "Scared Silent" is 1st non news program to be seen on 3 networks simultaneously. (CBS, NBC and PBS), about child abuse hosted by Oprah 1992 Roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95 1991 Maria Monica, silent film actress, dies 1991 Eileen Sedgwick, silent film actress (Hot Heels), dies at 93 1990 Jane Novak, silent screen actress (Ghost Town), dies of stroke at 94 1988 Britain ends suspects right to remain silent in crackdown on IRA 1988 Ethel Grandin, silent screen actress (Deserter), dies at 94 1987 Viola Dana, actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), dies at 90 1985 Leatrice Joy, silent screen star, dies in Riverdale (Bronx) New York City at 91 1983 Jacqueline Logan, silent film leading lady, dies at 78 1983 Stephen Murray, actor (Guilty, Silent Dust, Master Spy), dies at 70 1979 Doris Kenyon, silent screen actress (Alexander Hamilton), dies at 81 1976 Kornelis H Miskotte, theologist (If the Gods Keep Silent), dies at 81 1976 Alberta Franklin, silent screen actress, dies at 79 1973 Eileen Percy, silent film actress (Wicked, Backstage), dies at 72 1971 Nelly A "Nell" Knoop, Dutch actress (Silent Waters), dies at 72 1969 Claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79 1969 Rob de Vries, actor and director (Ciske de Rat, Silent Raid), dies at 51 1969 Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75 1968 Helen Gardner, silent film actress (Sandra), dies 1968 Amy Louise Taylor, Kallested, actress, Silent Night Deadly Night 5 1968 Rock group Genesis release their 1st record "Silent Sun" 1967 House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87 1967 Alice Lake, silent screen actress (Frisco Kid, Wicked), dies at 72 1967 Gertrude McCoy, silent screen actress (Blue Bird), dies at 77 1967 Douglas MacLean, silent film comedian turned producer, dies at 77 1967 Winifred Kingston, silent screen actress (David Garrick), dies at 72 1966 Pat O'Malley, silent film actor (Wild One, Quiet Man), dies at 75 1965 Creighton Hale, silent film actor (Cat and Canary), dies at 83 1964 Rachel L Carson, U.S. biologist/author (Silent spring), dies at 56 1963 Grace Darmond, silent screen actress (Below the Surface), dies at 69 1963 Monte Blue, silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at 73 1962 Hoot Gibson, silent screen cowboy actor (Last Outlaw), dies at 70 1962 Cleo Ridgely, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama), dies at 68 1962 Val Paul, actor, director, silent film era star, appeared in 99 films 1913 - 1922, dies at 73 in Hollywood, California 1961 Irene Warfield, silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at 65 1960 Anna Luther, silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk), dies at 63 1960 Henny Porten, silent screen actress (Mother Love), dies at 70 1958 Charles O'Malley, actor in silent westerns (Iron Horse), dies at 61 1957 Harrison Ford, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at 73 1957 Elvis records "White Xmas," "Silent Night" and "Here Comes Santa Claus" 1944 Phyllis Frelich, Devil's Lake ND, actor, Love is Never Silent 1942 Bing Cosby records "Silent Night" 1942 Douglas Trumbull, director, Silent Running, Brainstorm 1941 Ruth Stonehouse, film director, silent era film actress, directed films 'The Winning Pair', 'Tacky Sue's Romance', dies in Hollywood, California, at age 48 1938 Florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48 1936 Bruce Dern, Winnetka, Illinois, actor, Coming Home, Silent Running, Tatoo 1927 James Curwood, U.S. journalist and writer (Valley of Silent Men), dies at 49 1927 "Wings," the only silent film to win an Oscar for best picture, opens 1926 Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in New York at 31 1926 Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies 1917 Silent Parade in New York City to protest murders of blacks in race riots 1914 1st feature-length silent film comedy, "Tillie's Punctured Romance" released. (Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin) 1910 Cicely Veronica Wedgwood, British historian, William the Silent 1908 Dolores del Rio, silent screen actress, Deseada, Bugambilia 1907 Rachel Louise Carson, biologist/ecologist/writer, Silent Spring 1907 Rachel Carson, conservationist/writer, silent springs 1906 Louise Brooks, silent screen star, American Venus, Pandora's Box 1905 Clara Bow, silent screen actress, Wings, "it" girl of 1920's films 1905 Clara Bow, silent screen actress, It, Saturday Night Kid 1902 Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreography, Silent Song 1900 Alice Calhoun, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Silent film actress, Flowing Gold 1900 Eileen Percy, Belfast Ireland, silent film actress, Let's Go 1899 Vera Reynolds, Richmond, Virginia, silent screen actress, Lawless Woman 1899 Phyllis Haver, Douglas, Kansas, silent screen actress, What Price Glory 1898 Vilma Banky, Budapest Hungary, silent screen actress, Eagle, Rebel 1897 Doris Kenyon, Syracuse, New York, silent screen actress, Alexander Hamilton 1897 Anna Luther, born in New Jersey, silent screen actress, Sinners in Silk 1897 Viola Dana, born in Brooklyn, actress, Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover 1896 Lillian Gish, silent film/stage actress, Birth of a Nation 1895 Mae Marsh, Madrid, New Mexico, silent film actress, Birth of a Nation 1895 Alice Lake, born in Brooklyn, New York, silent screen actress, Glamour, Wicked 1894 Seena Owen, Spokane, Washington, silent screen actress, Queen Kelly 1894 Winifred Kingston, England, silent screen actress, David Garrick 1894 Cleo Ridgely, New York, silent screen actress, I Remember Mama 1893 Enid Bennett, Australia, silent film actress, Skippy, Hairpins 1893 Harold Lloyd, Burchard, Nebraska, silent comic, Why Worry, Safety Last 1893 Grace Cunard, born in Columbus, Ohio, silent screen actress, Resurrection 1892 Ruth Stonehouse, born in Denver, Colorado, film director, silent era film actress, directed films 'The Winning Pair', 'Tacky Sue's Romance' 1890 Gertrude McCoy, born in Sugar Valley, Georgia, silent screen actress, Blue Bird 1890 Claire Whitney, New York, silent film actress, Blind Fools, Haunted Mine 1890 Monte Blue, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, silent film actor, Montana, Oh Boy 1890 Douglas MacLean, Philadelphia, silent film comedian/producer, Going Up 1890 Henny Porten, Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star, Deception 1890 Florence Lawrence, Hamilton Ont, silent screen actress, Confidence 1889 Frank Mayo, silent screen actor, Burning Gold, Hell's Headquarters 1888 Irving Cummings Sr, New York City, silent screen star/director, Curly Top 1886 Al Jolson, Asa Yoelson, jazz singer/silent actor, Mamie, Swanee 1886 Val Paul, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, director, silent film era star, appeared in 99 films 1913 - 1922 1883 Florence Reed, Philadelphia, silent film actress, Dancing Girl 1883 Francis X Bushman, born in Norfolk, Virginia, silent film actor, Ben Hur 1880 House Peters, England, silent film actor, Kansas Territory 1880 Tom Mix, Mix Run, Pennsylvania, silent screen cowboy actor, Dick Turpin 1876 Alois Walgrave, Flemish writer/pastor, Silent hours 1872 Calvin Coolidge, Silent Cal, Plymouth Vt, R, 30th President, 1923-29 1870 William S Hart, actor, silent Westerns, Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds 1848 Statue of prince Willem the Silent unveiled 1818 1st known Christmas carol ("Silent Night, Holy Night") sung (Austria) 1818 "Silent Night" composed by Franz Joseph Gruber; 1st sung next day 1818 Franz Xaver Gruber composes "Silent Night" 1787 Franz Xavier Gruber, Austria, organist/composer, Silent Night 1584 Willem I "the Silent", Willem of Orange, earl of Nassau, dies at 51 |
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