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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 1913 Jo Sinclair, born in Brooklyn, New York, pen name Jo Sinlair, writer, novelist, focused on race relations and the struggle of immigrant families, wrote Sing at My Wake, Anna Teller 1909 Robert Trout, Wake County, North Carolina, newscaster, ABC 1904 John Farrow, born in Sydney, Australia, director/actor, Botany Bay, Wake Island 1901 Brian Donlevy, Ireland, actor, Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island 1899 U.S. 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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