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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 Netherlands-Indies 1792 George Cruikshank, London, caricaturist, Oliver Twist |
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