2002 Spike Milligan, "comic, writer", The Goon Show, dies at 83
1994 Michael Gribble, film animator (Mike and Spike Festival), dies at 42
1993 Spike Lee weds Tonya Lewis
1987 Patrick "Spike" Hughes, British jazz musician (Cinderella), dies at 78
1987 Joyce Jameson, comedienne (Spike Jones Show), dies at 54
1986 Red Sox Spike Owens scores 6 runs in a 24-5 rout of Cleveland Indians
1986 Red Sox trade shortstop Rey Quinones and pitcher Mike Trujillo to Mariners for shortstop Spike Owen and outfielder Dave Henderson
1983 Doodles Weaver, comedian (Spike Jones and City Slickers), dies at 71
1967 Sasha Mitchell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Spike of Bensonhurst
1966 Harry Daugherty, trombonist (Spike Jones and City Slickers), dies at 50
1965 Spike Jones, composer (Spike Jones Show), dies at 53
1964 Edwin John Pratt, Canadian poet (Towards the Last Spike), dies at 81
1957 Spike Lee, born in Atlanta, director, Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X
1952 Walter O "Spike" Briggs, owner (Det Tigers), dies at 74
1948 "William Tell Overture" by Spike Jones peaks at #6
1943 "Shiek Of Arahy" Spike Jones and City Slickers peaks at #19
1935 Len Weinrib, New York City, comedian, Spike Jones Show
1932 Joyce Jameson, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedienne, Spike Jones Show
1918 Spike Milligan, born in India, actor/comedian, Digby, 3 Musketeers
1915 Harry Joseph Chick Daugherty, trombonist, Spike Jones and City Slickers
1911 Spike Jones, born in Long Beach, California, composer, In a Secluded Rendesvous
1911 Doodles Weaver, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Spike Jones and City Slickers
1908 Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes, British jazz musician/composer, Elegy
1883 Northern Pacific RR's last spike driven at Independence Creek, Mont
1869 Golden Spike driven, completes Promontory Pt Ut-Transcontinental RR
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