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Wake
2003
Felice Bryant, Songwriter, ", Wake Up, Little Susie, ", dies at 77
1994
Bill Cowley, creator (Lyke Wake Walk), dies at 78
1972
Wake Island becomes unincorporated territory of U.S., U.S. Air Force
1962
Wake Forest coach "Bones" McKinney becomes 2nd person to play and coach
1957
Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie" reaches #1
1945
U.S. regains possession of Wake Island from Japan
1943
U.S. air raid on Wake
1941
American forces on Wake Island surrender to Japanese
1941
Japanese attack Wake Island (only failed WW II-landing)
1930
Page Johnson, West Virginia, actress, Passages from Finnegan's Wake
1929
Cole Porter's musical "Wake Up and Dream," premieres in New York City
1920
Reds' Edd Roush falls asleep in center during long infield argument Heinie Groh goes to wake him, but ump ejects Roush for delay of game
1909
Robert Trout, Wake County, North Carolina, newscaster, ABC
1904
John Farrow, Sydney Aust, director/actor, Botany Bay, Wake Island
1901
Brian Donlevy, Ireland, actor, Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island
1899
US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific
1898
U.S. flag hoisted over Wake Island (Spanish-American War)
1898
American troops captured deserted Wake Island
1882
James Joyce, Ire, novelist/poet, Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake
1875
US-Spanish relations decline in wake of Cuban rebellion
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