1997 Event 70th National Spelling Bee: Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling euonym 1996 Event 69th National Spelling Bee: Wendy Guey wins spelling vivisepulture 1995 Event 68th National Spell Bee: Justin Tyler Carroll wins spelling xanthosis 1994 Event 67th National Spelling Bee: Ned Andrews wins spelling antediluvian 1993 Event 66th National Spelling Bee: Geoff Hooper wins spelling kamikaze 1992 Event During spelling bee, Quayle misspells potato, as potatoe 1992 Event 65th National Spelling Bee: Amanda Goad wins spelling lyceum 1991 Event 64th National Spelling Bee: Joanne Lagatta wins spelling antipyretic 1990 Event 63rd National Spelling Bee: Amy Marie Dimak wins spelling fibranne 1989 Event 14 year old Scott Isaacs spells spoliator to win 1989 Spelling Bee 1989 Event 62nd National Spelling Bee: Scott Isaacs wins spelling spoliator 1988 Event 61st National Spell Bee: Rageshree Ramachandran wins spelling elegiacal 1987 Event 60th National Spelling Bee: Stephanie Petit wins spelling staphylococci 1986 Event 59th National Spelling Bee: Jon Pennington wins spelling odontalgia 1985 Event 58th National Spelling Bee: Balu Natarajan wins spelling milieu 1984 Event 57th National Spelling Bee: Daniel Greenblatt wins spelling luge 1983 Event 56th National Spelling Bee: Blake Giddens wins spelling purim 1982 Event 55th National Spelling Bee: Molly Dieveney wins spelling psoriasis 1981 Event 54th National Spelling Bee: Paige Pipkin wins spelling sarcophagus 1980 Event 53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling elucubrate 1979 Birthday Randy Spelling, born in Los Angeles, California, Sean Richards-Sunset Beach 1979 Event 52nd National Spelling Bee: Katie Kerwin wins spelling maculature 1978 Birthday Randy Spelling, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Sean Richards-Sunset Beach 1978 Event 51st National Spelling Bee: Peg McCarthy wins spelling deification 1977 Event 50th National Spelling Bee: John Paola wins spelling cambist 1976 Event 49th National Spelling Bee: Tim Kneale wins spelling narcolepsy 1975 Event 48th National Spelling Bee: Hugh Tosteson wins spelling incisor 1974 Event 47th National Spelling Bee: Julie Ann Junkin wins spelling hydrophyte 1973 Event 46th National Spelling Bee: Barrie Trinkle wins spelling vouchsafe 1973 Birthday Tori Spelling, American Actress 1973 Birthday Vic"Tori"a Davey Spelling, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Donna-Beverly Hills 90210 1971 Event 44th National Spelling Bee: Jonathan Knisely wins spelling shalloon 1970 Event 43rd National Spelling Bee: Libby Childress wins spelling croissant 1966 Event Jimmy Hendrix changes spelling of his name to Jimi 1953 Death Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/linguist (spelling), dies at 58 1953 Death Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/translator (spelling), dies at 58 1928 Birthday Aaron Spelling, TV executive producer, Charlie's Angels 1894 Birthday Martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic, spelling 1892 Death Matthias de Vries, linguistic (spelling), dies 1854 Death Matthijs Siegenbeek, literature (Defeated German Spelling), dies 1820 Birthday Matthias de Vries, Dutch linguist, spelling 1790 Event 1st book copyrighted under constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book" 1774 Birthday Matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist, spelling
