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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 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 1947 Mike DeWine, born in Springfield, Ohio, Representative-R-Ohio 1983 - 1991, Senator-R-Ohio 1995 - 2007 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 1936 Butler Derrick, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Representative-D-South Carolina 1975 - 1995 1932 Young gang shoot dead 6 police in Springfield Missouri 1930 Mike Gravel, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Senator-R-Alaska 1969 - 1981 1929 Lowell North, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, yachtsman, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1964 Olympics 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, orchestra leader, Jim Nabors Hour 1911 Edward Boland, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1953 - 1989 1908 Race riot in Springfield Illinois 1900 Asa Smith Bushnell, Jr., Springfield Ohio, Secretary of U.S. Olympics, 1945 - 1965 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)-General Lyon killed 1842 Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Illinois 1834 Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer, Jr., Springfield, Vermont 1787 Shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Captain Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass 1786 Shay's Rebellion in Springfield, Mass |
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