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2010 Death - Dennis Hopper, actor, True Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider, dies in Venice, California, of prostate cancer, at age 74

2003 Death - John Gregory Dunne, writer, True Confessions, dies at 71

1996 Event - O. J. Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true"

1994 Death - Christopher Collins, actor (True Identity), dies after illness at 44

1991 Death - Casey Walters, actor (True Story of Lynn Stuart), after a stroke at 75

1988 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Alysheba, Gt Communicator, Gulch, Is It True, Miesque, Open Mind, Personal Ensign at Churchill Downs

1986 Event - Madonna's "True Blue," album goes #1 for 5 weeks and her single

1982 Event - Sam Shepard's "True West" premieres in New York City

1982 Birthday - Ryan Cabrera, born in Dallas, Texas, musician, pop rock, hit singles include, 'On the Way Down', '40 Kinds of Sadness', 'True', albums include, 'You Stand Watching'

1982 Birthday - Lizzy Caplan, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, appeared in films, 'Mean Girls', 'Cloverfield' and television show 'True Blood' and 'Party Down'

1980 Birthday - Eliza Dushku, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, This Boy's Life, True Lies, Journey

1980 Event - Sam Shepard's "True West," premieres in New York City

1979 Death - John Wayne, actor (Green Berets, True Grit), dies at 72

1977 Event - George Harrison releases "True Love"

1966 Birthday - Rachel True, American Actress

1959 Birthday - Tom Arnold, former husband of Rosanne Barr/actor, True Lies, Stupids

1959 Birthday - Tom Arnold, born in Iowa, actor, Tom, True Lies

1958 Event - 1st true reservoir in Jerusalem opens

1955 Birthday - Bill Paxton, actor, Brain Dead, Next of Kin, Indian Summer, True Lies

1954 Birthday - James Cameron, born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, writer and director, True Lies, Titanic

1951 Birthday - Stephen Root, born in Sarasota, Florida, actor, films include, 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?', 'The Ladykillers', television appearances include, '24', True Blood'

1950 Birthday - Wally Lamb, born in America, author, novelist, featured in Oprah's Book Club, books include 'The Hour I First Believed' 'I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison', 'She's Come Undone', 'I Know This Much is True'

1948 Birthday - Shakti Gawain, author, personal development expert, environmentalist, wrote series of successful books, including 'Creative Visualization' and 'Creating True Prosperity', books have sold over 10 million copies, co-founder, New World Library Publishing Company

1948 Birthday - Kim Darby, N Hollywood, actress, True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man

1946 Birthday - Richard Loncraine, director, Missionary, Deep Cover, Bellman and True

1944 Birthday - Vernor [Steffen] Vinge, U.S., sci-fi author, Witling, True Names

1943 Birthday - Eric Anderson, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, vocalist, Avalanche, Be True to You

1942 Birthday - Bernard Hill, Manchester, actor, Bellman and True, New World, Bounty

1936 Birthday - Dennis Hopper, born in Kansas, actor, True Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider

1936 Birthday - Jack Scott, vocalist, My True Love

1936 Birthday - Jack Scott, Canada, rocker, My True Love

1932 Birthday - John Grogery Dunne, U.S. writer, Up Close and Personal, True Confessions

1932 Event - George Bernard Shaw's "Too True to be Good," premieres in New York City

1927 Birthday - Antonia Rey, Havana Cuba, actress, True Colors, Wise Guys

1912 Birthday - Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer, True Face of Peace

1907 Birthday - John Wayne, Winterset, Iowa, actor, Green Berets, True Grit

1902 Birthday - Eric Hoffer, longshoreman/author, True Believer

1891 Death - Helena Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true, dies, date of death celebrated by Theosophists, who call it, Whilte Lotus Day

1889 Event - Savings Bank of Order of True Reformers opens in Richmond, Virginia

1868 Birthday - Bernard MacFadden, publisher, Physical Culture, True Romances

1835 Death - Ann Rutledge, said to be Lincoln's true love, dies in Illinois at 22

1831 Birthday - Helena Blavatsky, born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true

1744 Death - Immanuel J Pyra, German poet (Temple of True Poetry), dies at 28

1604 Event - Tsar Ivan IV defeats False Dmitri, who claims to be the true tsar

1262 Death - Shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies

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