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2003 John Ritter, actor/comic, Three's Company, dies at 56

2000 Edward L. Bernds, director, The Three Stooges shorts, dies at 94

1999 Frank De Vol, composer, My Three Sons, dies at 88

1998 Norman Fell, actor, Three's Company, dies at 74

1998 Emil Sitka, actor, Three Stooges shorts, dies at 83

1997 "Three Sisters," opens at Criterion Theater New York City

1996 Wendy's Three Tour Golf Challenge

1996 "Three Sisters," closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City

1993 "Curly" Joe DeRita, last of Three Stooges, dies of pneumonia at 83

1993 "Three Little Pigs" by Green Jelly hits #17

1991 Fred MacMurray, actor (My Three Sons), dies of pneumonia at 83

1991 Three Andrettis finished 1-2-3 in the Miller 200 at Wisconsin

1985 New York Lotto pays $41 million to three winner (#s are 14-17-22-23-30-47)

1982 England defeat Australia by three runs at cricket MCG

1975 "Three For Money," debuts on NBC-TV

1972 German mass murderers "Three of Breda" freed

1970 Reds spoil Pirates debut in Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium, 3-2

1964 Nadeem Abbasi, cricketer, three Tests for Pakistan vs. India 1989

1960 "My Three Sons" starring Fred MacMurray, debuts on ABC-TV

1957 Margaret Colin, actress, Independence Day, Three Men and a Baby

1953 Lynval Golding, rocker, Fun Boy Three

1951 Peter Davison, actor, Dr. Who, Sink or Swim, Fiddlers Three

1950 Great Three acknowledge Bond government as only German government

1949 Wally Edwards, cricketer, three Tests Australia vs. England 1974

1949 Jack Ryland, rock vocalist, Three Dog Night

1948 Murray Parker, cricketer, brother of John Three Tests for New Zealand 1976

1947 Mike Allsup, born in Modesto, California, rock guitarist, Three Dog Night

1946 "Three to Make Ready" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 323 performances

1946 Jose Carreras, Barcelona Spain opera tenor, I Lombardi, Three Tenors

1946 "Three to Make Ready" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 323 performances

1944 Don Grady, [Agrati], actor, Robbie Douglas-My Three Sons

1944 Arif Butt, cricketer, pace bowler for Pakistan in three Tests 1964-65

1943 Barry Milburn, cricketer, New Zealand wicket-keeper in three Tests 1969

1943 Floyd Sneed, Calgary, rock drummer, Three Dog Night-Joy to the World

1942 Danny Hutton, Ireland, rock vocalist, Three Dog Night

1942 Cory Wells, born in Buffalo, New York, born Emil Lowendowski, musician, rocker, toured with Sonny and Cher, formed Three Dog Night with Danny Hutton

1935 Ken Taylor, cricketer, England opening batsman three times 1959-64

1935 Ken Still, born in Tacoma, Washington, golfer, won three Professional Golf Association Tour events, played in the Senior Professional Golf Association Tour

1931 Gregg Smith, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, directed The Gregg Smith Singers, a mixed chorus of 16 singers who toured the U.S. 40 times, recorded over 100 albums, received three Grammy Awards

1928 Rudolph Friml's musical "Three Musketeers," premieres in New York City

1926 Clyde Walcott, cricketer, one of the three W's, later ICC chairman

1924 Frank Worrell, cricketer, one of the three W's, inspiring WI captain

1923 Wally Schirra, born in New Jersey, astronaut, flew in Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, America's first three space programs

1921 Ernest Gold, born in Vienna, Austria, Ernst Gold, composer, wrote nearly 100 film and television scores, including It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, On the Beach, four Academy-Award nominations, three Golden Globe nominations

1919 Louis Heren, journalist and writer, China's Three Thousand Years

1913 John Howard, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Dave-My Three Sons

1909 Robin Orr, born in Brechin, Scotland, musician, composer, professor of music, composed three operas, Full Circle, Hermiston, On the Razzle, among other symphonies, church music, chamber works

1909 Richard Howorth, cricketer, English all-rounder, three county doubles

1902 Miriam Hopkins, Bainbridge Georgia, actress, Becky Sharp, These Three

1901 Chekhov's "Three Sisters" opens at Moscow Art Theater

1900 Jean Negulesco, born in Craiova, Dolj, Romania, film director, screenwriter, directed The Mask of Dimitrios, Three Strangers, Academy award nominee for Johnny Belinda

1897 Jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer, three Tests for South Africa 1927-29

1890 Ernest Milton, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Cat Girl, Fiddler's Three

1880 Sholem Asch, Poland, Yiddish novelist/playwright, Three Cities

1740 Belle van Zuylen, Netherlands/Swiss writer, Three Women

1609 Children's rhyme "Three Blind Mice," published in London


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