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1991 Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is 1st woman to officiate a men's pro basketball (USBL) game, game between New Haven Skyhawks and Philadelphia Spirit
1985 Richard Yardumian, U.S. composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68 1980 Kay Hammond, actress (Blithe SPirit, 5 Golden Hours), dies 1973 Alan Watts, writer, speaker, and philosopher, 'The Spirit of Zen' and 'The Art of Contemplation', died of heart failure at the age of 58 1971 Hugh Wakefield, actress (Blithe Spirit), dies 1968 Paul Scherrer, actor, Children of Corn II, Free Spirit 1968 Donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St. Louis), dies at 69 1950 Leonard van Spirit, Dutch/British fruit and food magnate 1948 Mark Andes, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, rock bassist, Spirit, Heart, Fireball 1944 Jane Lapotaire, actress, Spirit of the Dead 1943 Pope Pius XII encyclical on Divine spirit 1942 Norman Greenbaum, Massachusetts, folk singer, Spirit in the Sky 1941 Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit," premieres in London 1939 Zane Grey, U.S. western writer (Spirit of the Border), dies at 67 1939 Seamus Heaney, born in Ireland, poet, writer, poetry professor at the University of Oxford, Nobel Prize in Literature recipient, wrote play The Cure at Troy, Seeing Things, The Spirit Level, Beowulf: A New Translation 1927 Lindbergh begins New York flight (Spirit of St. Louis) 1927 Construction of Spirit of St. Louis is completed 1921 Berkley Bedell, born in Spirit Lake, Iowa, Representative-D-Iowa 1975 - 1987 1917 Richard Yardumian, born in Philadelphia, composer, Come Creator Spirit 1915 Alan Watts, born in Kent, England, writer, speaker, and philosopher, 'The Spirit of Zen' and 'The Art of Contemplation' 1902 Leland Hayward, U.S. producer, Spirit of St. Louis 1902 Mantan Moreland, Monroe, Louisiana, comedian, Charlie Chan, Spirit of Youth 1888 Hugh Wakefield, Wanstead England, actress, Blithe Spirit 1887 William Zorach, Lithuania, U.S. sculptor, Spirit of the Dance 1865 Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction 1836 Archibald M Willard, U.S., artist, Spirit of '76 1833 William Rush, Indians sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), dies 1831 "Spirit of the Times" begins publishing (weekly horse racing sheet) 1345 Holy spirit glides above fire: "the miracle of Amsterdam" (legend) |
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