2013 Event In Lagos, a funeral processional greets the body of Nigerian Chinua Achebe, author of the novel, 'Things Fall Apart' 2012 Event Ending an extensive study on the wooly mammoth, scientists conclude that they were wiped out by multiple things, including climate change, human hunters, and shifting habitats 2010 Event President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for 'alien troops' to leave and suggests that the regional nations be allowed to settle things themselves 1997 Death Thalassa Cruso, gardening expert, Making Things Grow, dies of Alzheimer's at 87 1996 Event Sotherby begins 4 day auction of Jackie Onassis things nets $34.5 million 1993 Death Ann Todd, actress (Things to Come, Danny Boy), dies of stroke at 84 1990 Death Maurice Braddell, actor (Things to Come), dies 1981 Birthday Larisa Oleynik, born in Santa Clara County, California, actress, starred in 'The Secret World of Alex Mack' television series and film, '10 Things I Hate About You' 1981 Birthday Julia Stiles, born in New York City, New York, actress, films include, '10 Things I Hate About You', 'Mona Lisa Smile', 'The Bourne Supremacy', 'The Bourne Ultimatum' 1971 Event All Things Considered premieres on 112 National Public Radio stations 1971 Death Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist (Last Things), dies at 82 1971 Birthday Tim Jones, born in America, composer, musician, composer of film scores including, 'Chuck', 'Vampires: The Turning', 'Wicked Little Things' 1970 Event George Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass" 1970 Event George Harrison releases 3 album set "All Things Must Pass" 1958 Birthday Kate Bush, born in Plumstead, England, singer and songwriter, Wild Things 1955 Birthday Howard Jones, rock pianist/vocalist, Things Can Only Get Better 1954 Birthday D. W. Moffett, Highland Park, Illinois, actor, Fine Things, Lisa, Chicago Sons 1951 Event New York Times reports the New York City subway will auction off things found 1951 Birthday Jack Green, musician, guitar, played with T. Rex, The Pretty Things, member of Rainbow, launched solo album Humanesque 1948 Birthday Skip Alan, Alan Skipper, drummer, Them, Pretty Things 1948 Event "Nature of Things" science show premieres on NBC prime time 1944 Birthday Viv Prince, rocker, Pretty Things 1944 Birthday Brian Pendleton, rocker, Pretty Things 1939 Event "All the Things You Are" recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 1939 Birthday Seamus Heaney, born in Ireland, poet, writer, poetry professor at the University of Oxford, Nobel Prize in Literature recipient, wrote play The Cure at Troy, Seeing Things, The Spirit Level, Beowulf: A New Translation 1928 Birthday Maurice Sendak, New York City, author/illustrator, Where The Wild Things Are 1927 Birthday Anne McLaren, biologist/zoologist/actress, Things to Come 1907 Birthday Roy K Marshall, Glen Carbon, Illinois, TV scientist, Nature of Things 1888 Birthday Maria Dermoat, Java, Dutch novelist, 10,000 Things 1871 Birthday Marcel Proust, France, novelist, Remembrance of Things Past 1484 Birthday Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar, On the Subtlety of Things
