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1999 Dirk Bogarde, actor/writer, A Tale of Two Cities, dies at 78

1992 Joan Sanderson, actress (Young Wives' Tale, Fawlty Towers), dies at 79

1990 Elizabeth Allan, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Camille, Java Head), dies

1977 George Merritt, actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86

1974 Blanche Yurka, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Cry of Werewolf), dies at 86

1970 Doug E. Doug, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, screenwriter, comedian, played Griffith Vesey on television sitcom Cosby, voice of Bernie in the animated movie Shark Tale, and Sanka Coffie in film Cool Runnings

1963 Natasha Richardson, born in London, England, actress, Gothic, Handmaid's Tale

1962 Kelly Preston, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actress, Mischief, Twins, A Tigers Tale

1949 Shelley Duvall, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Popeye, Faery Tale Theater

1946 Chazz Palminteri, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Jade, Diabolique, Bronx Tale

1942 Tweety Bird, aka Tweety Pie, debuts in "Tale of Two Kitties"

1941 Herschel Mayall, actor (Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 78

1940 Josef Swickard, actor (Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 73

1935 Ann Wedgeworth, Abilene, Texas, actress, Tiger's Tale, Men's Club, Bogie

1933 Boris Strugatski, U.S.S.R., sci-fi author, Tale of Troika

1925 Arkadi N Strugazki, U.S.S.R., sci-fi author, Tale of the Troika

1908 Marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44

1903 Eric Portman, born in Yorkshire, England, actor, Naked Edge, Canterbury Tale

1897 Cecil Parker, Hastings England, actor, Indiscreet, Tale of 2 Cities

1893 Samuel N. Behrman, U.S. screenwriter, Tale of 2 Cities, Daddy Long Legs

1891 Ronald Colman, England, 1947 Academy Award actor, Tale of 2 Cities

1890 John P M L de Vries, fairy tale writer

1889 Walter Catlett, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Front Page, Tale of 2 Cities

1887 Blanche Yurka, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, actress, Taxi, Tale of 2 Cities

1885 Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72

1875 Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70

1866 Beatrix Potter, born in England, children's author, Tale of Peter Rabbit

1866 Josef Swickard, born in Coblenz, Germany, actor, Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities

1864 Marie Jungius, Dutch fairy tale writer

1859 Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published

1859 Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" published

1837 Ion Creanga, Romanian fairy tale author, Amintiti the Copilarie

1812 Charles Dickens, born in England, novelist, Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities

1812 Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer

1785 Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, librarian, fairy tale collector

1703 Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies


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