2001 Dorothy McGuire, actress, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, dies at 83
1994 Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed
1992 Kenneth MacMillan, British choreographer (Manon, Judas Tree), dies
1992 Dorothy Tree, actress (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Nazi Agent), dies
1991 Marietta Tree, ambassador (U.N. Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74
1991 A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest
1990 Joseph Hardy, actor and director (Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies at 71
1988 Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills NY
1988 70th PGA Championship: Jeff Sluman shoots a 272 at Oak Tree GC Edmond
1988 30th Grammy Awards: Graceland, Joshua Tree, Jody Watley
1987 Viola Dana, actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), dies at 90
1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic
1981 Barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be
1981 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic
1980 Joanne Carner Ladies wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
1979 Sally Little wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
1977 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
1976 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
1972 Hall Overton, U.S. composer (Enchanted Pear Tree), dies at 52
1967 "Apple Tree" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 463 performances
1967 James Dunn, actor (Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 6 Gun Law), dies at 61
1967 Melora Hardin, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Family Tree, Best Times
1966 "Apple Tree" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 463 performances
1962 Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies
1960 Bono Vox, [Paul Hauson], Dublin, Ireland, rocker, U2-Joshua Tree
1959 Youssou N'dour, Senegalese singer, Shaking the tree
1955 Tree Rollins, born in Winter Haven, Florida, NBA center, Cleve Cavaliers
1955 Jill Kinmont hits a tree and breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race
1951 "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 267 performances
1951 "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 267 performances
1948 Nick Drake, rocker, Back to Fruit Tree
1942 Susan Hill, English playwright, Magic Apple Tree
1941 Alan Feinstein, New York City, actor, Max-Berrengers, Family Tree
1933 Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation
1932 Dorsey Burnette, Memphis, rocker, Tall Oak Tree, Hey Little One
1932 1st patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree
1926 Patrice Wymore, Miltonville, Kansas, actress, The Big Tree
1920 Hall Overton, Bangor Michigan, composer, Enchanted Pear Tree
1917 Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor and director (Hamlet), dies
1912 Gordon Parks, Ft. Scott, Kansas, film director/author, Learning Tree
1912 Mrs. William Howard Taft plants 1st cherry tree in Washington D.C.
1910 Joel Fluellen, Louisiana, actor, Burning Cross, Learning Tree
1906 Betty Smith, novelist, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1905 John Dierkes, Ohio, actor, Daughter of Dr. Jekyll, Hanging Tree
1902 Lloyd Nolan, born in San Francisco, California, actor, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peyton Place
1901 James Dunn, New York City, actor, Tree Grows in Brooklyn, It's a Great Life
1899 Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24 killed
1897 Viola Dana, born in Brooklyn, actress, Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover
1893 Ralph Linton, U.S. cultural anthropologist, Tree of Culture
1882 1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison
1872 Kiowa-chief Lone Wolf captures Satanta and Big Tree
1871 Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) and Big Tree, begins
1867 Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Dendrochronologer, study of tree rings
1853 Herbert Beerbohm Tree, England, actor/theater manager, Trilby
1765 Mass colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree)
1682 Tornado in Connecticut uproots a 3' diameter oak tree
1510 Tree of Commonwealth, beheaded at about 48
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