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1986 Benny Goodman, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing), dies at 77

1975 George Stevens, U.S. director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70

1975 Brendan Fay, actor (Hustler, Man on a Swing), dies at 54

1973 Gene Krupa, U.S. swing drummer (Sing Sing Sing), dies at 64

1973 Mary Kornman, actress (Desert Trail, Swing it Professor), dies at 57

1971 Waqar Younis, cricketer, brilliant Pakistani fast/swing bowler

1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament

1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament

1961 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Bill Brannin's Swing Parade Golf Tournament

1959 Helen Broderick, comedienne/actress (Swing Time, Top Hat), dies

1959 Corrinne Drewery, rocker, Swing Out Sister-Swing Out

1955 Martin Jackson, rocker, Swing Out Sister-Swing Out

1952 Neil Peart, born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, born Neil Ellwood Peart, songwriter, drummer, percussionist, progressive rock, hard rock, jazz, swing, genres, member of Toronto band, Rush

1952 Alan Clark, keyboardist, Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing

1950 Ed Harris, Tenafly, New Jersey, actor, Right Stuff, Swing Shift, Walker, Coma

1950 Christine Lahti, born in Detroit, actress, Harvey Korman Show, Swing Shift

1949 Mark Knopfler, guitar/vocals, Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing

1947 Bob Massie, cricketer, Australia swing bowler, 16 wkts on debut vs. England 1972

1946 Subroto Guha, cricketer, right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69

1944 Jonathan Demme, born in Baldwin, New York, actor and director, Caged Heat, Swing Shift

1934 Shirley Scott, swing/blues organist, with Stanley Turrentine

1932 Mahmood Hussain, Pakistani cricket swing bowler, 68 wkts in 27 Tests

1925 David Ironside, cricketer, South Africa swing bowler in 3 Tests vs. New Zealand 1953-54

1913 Sammy Kaye, saxophonist, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye

1909 Benny Goodman, Chicago, clarinetist/bandleader, King of Swing

1895 Fred Badcock, cricketer, swing bowler in New Zealand's 1st Test matches

1891 Helen Broderick, U.S., comedienne/actress/singer, Swing Time


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