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1996 Carl Burton Stokes, politician, dies at 68

1996 Carl Stokes, 1st black mayor of a major U.S. city, Cleveland, dies

1995 Geoffrey Stokes, rock and roll writer, dies at 55

1995 Bobby Stokes, athlete, English footballer, scored the winning goal in 1976, Southampton F.C. vs. Manchester United, FA Cup Final, in the 83rd-minute, considered biggest upset in FA Cup Final history, dies at 44

1973 Barry Stokes, WLAF offensive linesman for the Rhein Fire

1972 J J Stokes, NFL wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers

1967 Carl B. Stokes elected 1st black mayor of a major city-Cleveland, Ohio

1967 Shelly Stokes, Sacramento California, softball catcher, 1996 Olympics gold

1958 Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma and is permanently disabled

1951 Bobby Stokes, born in Portsmouth, England, athlete, English footballer, scored the winning goal in 1976, Southampton F.C. vs. Manchester United, FA Cup Final, in the 83rd-minute, considered biggest upset in FA Cup Final history

1930 Eric Norman Stokes, composer

1927 Carl Burton Stokes, born in Cleveland, Mayor-Cleve, TV newscaster

1925 Louis Stokes, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Representative-D-Ohio 1969 - 1999

1917 John Stokes, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, member of the Conservative Monday Club, Primrose League

1914 Donald Stokes, born in Plymouth, England, born Donald Gresham Stokes, Baron Stokes, Lord Stokes, industrialist, life peer in the House of Lords, managing director of British Leyland Motor Corporation

1903 George G Stokes, British physicist/president Royal Society, dies at 83

1819 George Gabriel Stokes, physicist/mathematician, spectroscope


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