2011 Event Astronomers identify a Trojan asteroid orbiting on the same path as the Earth around the Sun; it poses to danger to Earth because it sits in a gravitational 'sweet spot' 2004 Death Robert Quine, guitarist, guitar soloist, worked with Matthew Sweet, Marianne Faithfull, style combines jazz, rock, blues, dies 1997 Death Stubby Kaye, actor (Guys and Dolls, Sweet Charity), dies at 79 1997 Death Brian Connolly, lead singer (Sweet), dies of heart failure at 52 1992 Death Paula Kelly, singer and actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72 1991 Death Lex Karsemeijer, Dutch tenor/choral dir (Sweet 16, Pro Musica), dies 1990 Death Ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65 1990 Death Roald Dahl, Br short story author (Sweet Mystery of Life), dies at 74 1987 Event "Sweet Charity" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 368 performances 1986 Death Blanche Sweet, U.S. actress (DW Griffith movies), dies at 90 1986 Event "Sweet Charity" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 368 performances 1985 Death Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74 1981 Event George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" "My Sweet Lord" with "He's So Fine" 1980 Death Lillian Roth, actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies 1979 Birthday Sarah Polley, actress, Sweet Hereafter 1976 Event George Harrison found guilty of plagurizing "My Sweet Lord" 1976 Event "Home Sweet Homer" opens and closes at Palace Theater New York City 1971 Event "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison hit #1 on United Kingdom pop chart 1971 Event George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" 1970 Event George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single 1970 Event Pendleton, Ford and Cryer's "Last Sweet Days of Isaac," premieres in New York City 1968 Event "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Booth New York City after 36 performances 1968 Event "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 36 performances 1968 Event "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Barrymore New York City after 17 performances 1968 Event "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" opens at Barrymore New York City for 17 performances 1968 Death Dorothy Gish, de Guiche, actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70 1967 Event "Henry, Sweet Henry" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 80 performances 1967 Event "Henry, Sweet Henry" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 80 performances 1967 Event "Sweet Charity" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 608 performances 1967 Death Geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85 1966 Birthday John David Cullum, actor in 1776, Sweet Country, Day After 1966 Event "Sweet Charity" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 608 performances 1966 Event Neil Simons, Coleman and Fields' musical "Sweet Charity," premieres 1965 Birthday Steven Sweet, Wadsworth Ohio, heavy metal artist, Warrant-Cherry Pie 1964 Birthday Matthew Sweet, American Musician 1962 Birthday Rachel Sweet, born in Akron, Ohio, singer, songwriter, actress, writer, recorded theme song for Nickelodeon series, Clarissa Explains It All, appeared as George Costanza's cousin, in Seinfeld, television episode, 'The Contest', released Fool Around: The Best of Rachel Sweet, 1992 1961 Event Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Ready Teddy" 1961 Event Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child and My Bonnie, in Hamburg 1959 Event Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth," premieres in New York City 1953 Birthday "Sweet" Lou Dunbar, basketball player, Harlem Globetrotters 1953 Birthday Jules Shear, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, musician, singer, performed with The Funky Kings, Raisins in the Sun, created, hosted, first 13 episodes of MTV series, Unplugged, song, All Through the Night, recorded by Cyndi Lauper, ranked number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, co-wrote title track for Everything's Different Now album, with Matthew Sweet 1950 Birthday Steve Priest, London, rock bassist, Sweet Hayes 1949 Birthday Mick Tucker, London, rock drummer, Sweet Harlesden 1949 Birthday Andrew Scott, rocker, Sweet 1949 Birthday Andrew Scott, Wales, rock guitarist, Sweet 1948 Birthday Brian Connolly, Scotland, rocker, Sweet 1948 Birthday Don Sweet, Vancouver, CFL, NFL place kicker, Montreal, Green Bay 1948 Birthday Anna E "Annelies" Balhan, Dutch revue-artist/actress, Sweet Chairty 1946 Birthday Alison Steadman, Liverpool England, actress, Life is Sweet 1946 Birthday Tim Pigott-Smith, actor, Sweet William, Jewel in Crown 1946 Birthday Arthur Conley, U.S. soul singer, Sweet Soul Music 1943 Birthday George Harrison, rocker, Beatle/Travelling Willberries-My Sweet Lord 1942 Birthday Robert Quine, born in Akron, Ohio, guitarist, guitar soloist, worked with Matthew Sweet, Marianne Faithfull, style combines jazz, rock, blues 1938 Birthday Charley Pride, born in Sledge, Mississippi, country singer, Sweet Country 1936 Birthday Timothy Spall, actor, 1871, Life is Sweet, Crusoe, Remembrance 1934 Birthday Al Freeman, Jr., born in Texas, actor, One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie 1933 Death Spottiswoode Aitken, actor (Eagle, Home Sweet Home), dies at 64 1933 Birthday Chita Rivera, Washington D.C., actress, West Side Story, Sweet Charity 1930 Event Musical "Sweet and Low" with Fanny Brice premieres in New York City 1929 Birthday Cy Coleman, Seymour Kaufman, songwriter, Witchcraft, Sweet Charity 1927 Event "Ain't She Sweet?" hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Ben Bernie 1926 Birthday Lee Richardson, Chicago, actor, Sweet Lorraine, Fly 2, Tiger Warsaw 1925 Birthday Gwen Verdon, born in Louisiana, actress/singer/dancer, Cotton Club, Sweet Charity 1920 Birthday Dolph Sweet, actor, Gil McGowan-Another World 1920 Birthday Dolph Sweet, born in New York City, actor, Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up 1903 Event "Sweet Adaline," a barbershop quartet favorite, is 1st sung 1902 Birthday Raymond Hackett, born in New York City, husband of Blanche Sweet/actor, Faithless Lover 1900 Birthday Elsie Evelyn Laye, English singer and actress, Bitter Sweet, Merry Widow 1896 Birthday Blanche Sweet, born in Chicago, actress, Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience 1888 Event Arthur Pinero's "Sweet Lavender," premieres in London 1868 Birthday Spottiswoode Aitken, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actor, Eagle, Home Sweet Home 1823 Event "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London) 1791 Birthday John Howard Payne, U.S., author/actor/diplomat, Home Sweet Home
