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 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, Aust swing bowler, 16 wkts on debut vs. Eng 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. NZ 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 NZ's 1st Test matches
1891 Helen Broderick, U.S., comedienne/actress/singer, Swing Time
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