2010 Event The first dedicated 3D TV channel in Europe, Sky 3D, launches in the UK 2010 Event The brightest object in the night sky next to the Moon is the planet Jupiter, as it makes its closest approach to Earth since 1963 1999 Death Paul Bowles, writer, The Sheltering Sky, dies at 88 1995 Death Rob Harris, sky surfer, dies while skydiving at 28 1992 Event Don Keller makes his 18,000th sky dive 1992 Death George Lovi, U.S. columnist (Sky and Telescope's "Ramblings"), dies 1991 Death John Russell, actor and writer (Apache Uprising, Yellow Sky), dies at 70 1990 Death Merlin Marston, actor (Blue Sky), dies of non-Hodgkins lymphoma at 45 1985 Death Kirby Grant, actor/singer (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74 1983 Death Richard Loo, actor, (China Sky), dies of cardio-pulmonary arrest 1979 Death Arthur Hunnicutt, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising), dies at 68 1976 Birthday Sky Christopherson, Tucson Ariz, cyclist 1996 Olympics 1975 Event Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming 4th brightest in sky 1974 Birthday Penelope Cruz, born in Alcobendas, Spain, actress, films include, 'Vanilla Sky', 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona', 'Sahara', 'Volver', 'Sex and the City 2' 1969 Event 25,000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash 1967 Death Lyle Latell, actor (Not of the Earth, Sky Dragon), dies at 63 1966 Death Michael Garrison, producer (Crowded Sky), dies after a fall at 43 1962 Birthday Campbell Scott, born in New York City, actor, Singles, Dying Young, Sheltering Sky 1961 Birthday D B Sweeney, actor, Cutting Edge, Fire in the Sky, Day in October 1959 Event Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Land of the Sky Golf Tournament 1958 Event Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open 1957 Event Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open 1955 Birthday Andy Gray, born in Glasgow, Scotland, professional soccer player, striker, pundit for ESPN, Sky Sports 1954 Birthday Stevie Ray Vaughan, born in Dallas, Texas, guitarist, Sky is Crying, Texas Flood 1952 Birthday Gordon McQueen, born in Kilbirnie, Scotland, footballer, soccer player, central defender, coach, played for Manchester United and Leeds, led team to win FA Cup Final, 1979, coached Airdrieonians, manager for Middleborough, pundit for Sky Sports 1949 Birthday Woody Paul, Paul Chrisman, Nashville, singer, Riders in the Sky 1948 Birthday Tovah Feldshuh, New York City, actress, Idolmaker, Terror out of the Sky 1945 Birthday Kathy Young, rocker, Thousand Stars in the Sky 1942 Birthday Norman Greenbaum, Massachusetts, folk singer, Spirit in the Sky 1942 Birthday Brandon De Wilde, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Jamie, Wild in the Sky 1941 Birthday John Fred, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, born John Fred Gourrier, musician, co-wrote chart-topping parody of The Beatles song 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' 1939 Birthday George William Reed, astronomy writer/cartoonist, Dark Sky Legacy 1926 Death Alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer, dies at 70 1926 Birthday Lyndon Brook, actor, Invasion, Reach for the Sky 1924 Death Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer, dies at 78 1923 Birthday Ned Rorem, Richmond Indiana, composer/author, Sky Music 1920 Birthday Hayes Gordon, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Sky Pirates, Dark Room 1911 Birthday Kirby Grant, Butte Mont, actor, Sky King 1911 Birthday Arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor, Big Sky, Apache Uprising 1910 Birthday Paul Frederic Bowles, U.S. composer/writer, Shelting Sky 1904 Birthday Lyle Latell, born in Iowa, actor, Not of the Earth, Sky Dragon 1900 Birthday Louise Nevelson, U.S., sculptor, Sky Cathedral 1887 Death Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer, dies at 54 1871 Event Millions of birds fly over western SF, darkens sky 1856 Birthday Alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer 1846 Birthday Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer 1843 Event An alligator falls from sky during a Charleston South Carolina thunderstorm 1832 Birthday Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer 1797 Event 1st sky diver (Andre-Jacques Trim, above Paris)
