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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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