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1995 Peter Harrison Swan, bomber pilot/stockbroker, dies at 75

1988 Florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86

1985 Mary MacLaren, actress (Black Swan), dies at 85 of respiratory probs

1976 Frances Howard, actress (Swan, Shock Punch), dies at 73

1970 Alfred Julius Swan, composer, dies at 79

1967 Chris Swan, rower 1996 Olympics

1963 Ramon Andersson, born in Middle Swan Australia, canoeist, Olympics-br-92, 96

1950 Michael Swan, born in Palo Alto, California, actor, Duncan-As The World Turns

1943 Billy Swan, Cape Giradeau, Louisiana, rocker, I Can Help

1935 John Swan, raised in Deepdale, Bermuda, politician, United Bermuda Party, Premier of Bermuda 1982 - 1985

1931 Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (Diaghilew, Dying Swan), dies

1920 Peter Harrison Swan, bomber pilot/stockbroker

1914 Joseph Wilson Swan, physicist/chemist, dies

1895 Tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg

1895 Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" premieres, St. Petersburg

1892 U.S. Patent Office says J. W. Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp

1890 Alfred Julius Swan, composer

1879 Joseph Swan demonstrates light bulb using carbon glow

1876 Tsjaikovsky completes his "Swan Lake" ballet

1795 James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 U.S. national debt

1625 Orlando Gibbons, English organist/composer (Silver Swan), dies at 41


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