1999 Dusty Springfield, pop singer, Son of a Preacher Man, dies at 59
1974 Miles Joseph, West Springfield Massachusetts, soccer forward, 1996 Olympics gold
1971 Nicole Green, Springfield Ohio, 400m runner
1971 WGBY TV channel 57 in Springfield, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Springfield Jaycee Golf Open
1970 WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) suspends broadcasting
1968 Mike Trombley, Springfield, Massachusetts, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
1968 KMTC (now KDEB) TV channel 27 in Springfield, MO (IND) 1st broadcast
1968 WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1968 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield Massachusetts, opens
1966 Buffalo Springfield form (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al)
1966 Rock group Buffalo Springfield forms
1963 Edward Tsang Lu, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, astronaut, STS 84
1963 Jeff Fassero, born in Springfield, Illinois, pitcher for the Montreal Expos
1962 Kevin Seitzer, born in Springfield, Illinois, infielder for the Milwaukee Brewers
1961 Suzi Schott, born in Springfield, Illinois, playmate, August, 1984
1960 Tim Mayotte, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, tennis player 1988 Olympics silver
1959 Janet Lynn Kavandi, born in Springfield, Missouri, PhD/astronaut, sk:STS 91
1957 Sarah McGuire, born in Springfield, Illinois, LPGA golfer, 1983 United Virginia Bank-5th
1957 William Payne Stewart, born in Springfield, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1983 Walt Disney
1955 Mark Herndon, Springfield, Massachusetts, country drummer, Alabama-Take Me Down
1953 KYTV TV channel 3 in Springfield, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WICS TV channel 20 in Springfield, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WWLP TV channel 22 in Springfield, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
1949 Rick Springfield, Australia, General Hospital, Jessie's Girl
1949 [Mary] Kathleen Turner, born in Springfield, Missouri, actress, Romancing The Stone
1949 Jerome "Jay" Apt, Springfield Massachusetts, astronaut, STS 37, 47, 59, 79
1946 Alaina Reed, Springfield Ohio, actress, Rose Lee Holloway-227
1946 Bill Danoff, Springfield Massachusetts, vocalist, Starland Vocal Band
1944 Richard Furay, Ohio, rock vocalist, Buffalo Springfield, Poco
1942 Dewey Martin, born in Canada, rock vocalist and drummer, Buffalo Springfield
1939 Rick Lenz, born in Springfield, Illinois, actor, Hec Ramsey, Scandalous John
1939 Dusty Springfield, [Mary O'Brien], London, vocalist, Growing Pains
1932 Young gang shoot dead 6 police in Springfield Missouri
1929 Lowell North, Springfield Massachusetts, yachtsman, Olympic-Gold-1968
1927 Herbert Blomstedt, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, conductor, Oslo Phil 1954-61
1927 Jim Lowe, Springfield, Massachusetts, DJ, WNEW, "King of Trivia"
1922 George S Irving, Springfield Massachusetts, singer and actor, Dumplings
1912 Eleanor Powell, Springfield Massachusetts, actress/tap dancer, Bdwy Melody
1912 Paul Weston, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, orch leader, Jim Nabors Hour
1908 Race riot in Springfield Illinois
1900 Asa Smith Bushnell, Jr., Springfield Ohio, Sec of U.S. Olympics, 1945-65
1899 Ralph Sanford, Springfield Massachusetts, actor, Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1898 Berenice Abbott, born in Springfield, Ohio, photographer, World of Atget
1893 1st auto built in U.S. (by Duryea brothers) runs in Springfield
1892 1st public basketball game (Springfield, Massachuetts)
1891 18 students play 1st basketball game (Springfield College)
1887 Bobby Watson, born in Springfield, Illinois, comedian
1887 President Abraham Lincoln's re-buried with his wife in Springfield, Illinois
1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek, MI (Springfield)
1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek MO (Springfield, Oak Hills)-Gen Lyon killed
1842 Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill
1834 Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr, Springfield, Vermont
1787 Shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Capt Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass
1786 Shay's Rebellion in Springfield, Mass
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