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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, New York 1988 70th PGA Championship: Jeff Sluman shoots a 272 at Oak Tree Golf Club 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, Cleveland 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 1937 Robert Moran, born in Denver, Colorado, composer, operas include 'The Juniper Tree' co-composed with Philip Glass 'Night Passage' 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 1919 Richard Mason, born near Manchester, England, author, learned Japanese in World War II, interrogated prisoners of war, wrote 'The Wind Cannot Read', 'The Fever Tree', 'The World of Suzie Wong' 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, born in 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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