1977 Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai and Marine Tcherkasova are 1st to perform a quadruple twist lift, Helsinki
1968 Doris Lloyd, actress (Oliver Twist), dies of heart strain at 71
1967 Bert Berns, U.S. songwriter/producer (Twist and Shout), dies at about 38
1962 Isley Brothers release "Twist and Shout"
1962 "Twist" is impure and bans it from all Catholic schools
1960 Chubby Checker's "Twist," hits #1
1960 Chubby Checkers' "Twist" reaches #1
1960 Chubby Checker's "Twist" hits #1
1960 Chubby Checker releases "The Twist"
1958 Alain Chabat, actor, French Twist, Six Days Six Night
1958 Nigel Twist, born in Manchester, rock drummer, Alarm-In the Summertime
1948 Bille August, director, Best Intentions, Twist and Shout
1944 Keith Adrian, [Johnson], Indies/Dutch actor, Intrepid Mr. Twist
1941 Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, New York gangster/police informer, killed
1941 Chubby Checker, [Ernest Evans], Philadelphia, rock vocalist, Twist
1940 Joey Dee, born in Passaic, New Jersey, singer, Hey Let's Twist, 2 Tickets to Paris
1936 Hank Ballard, Detroit, rocker, The Twist, pre Chubby Checker
1929 Gladys Brockwell, actress (Oliver Twist), dies at 34
1925 Dickie Moore, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Expert, Oliver Twist, Little Men
1919 Frank Middlemass, actor, Island, Oliver Twist
1894 Gladys Brockwell, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Long Pants, Oliver Twist
1891 Irving Pichel, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor and director, Mme Butterfly, Oliver Twist
1888 Frank Lloyd, Scotland, actor and director, Mutiny on Bounty, Oliver Twist
1887 Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, Governor-General of Dutch-Indies, dies at 78
1882 George Siegmann, actor, Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist
1812 Charles Dickens, born in England, novelist, Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities
1809 Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, Governor-General of Neth-Indies
1792 George Cruikshank, London, caricaturist, Oliver Twist
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