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1998 George Wallace, politician, infamous Alabama governor, dies at 79

1997 Wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mt Everest for 3rd time

1997 "Christopher ""Notorious B.I.G."" Wallace", rapper, dies at 24

1996 "Jock" John Wallace, soccer player/manager, dies at 60

1996 Jock Wallace, football player/manager, dies at 60

1995 Wallace Edward Rowling, PM of NZ (1974-1975), dies at 68

1995 Herman "Ace" Wallace, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 69

1992 Wallace Stegner, novelist (Pulitzer 1972), dies at 84

1990 Irving Wallace, author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at 74

1990 Jean Wallace, [Walasek], actress (Big Combo), dies of hemorrhage at 66

1986 Sippie Wallace, blues singer, dies at 88

1986 George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans

1983 Denise Wallace, 18, of Virginia crowned Miss Teen of America

1983 Alabama Gov George C. Wallace, becomes governor for record 4th time

1982 Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of the Today Show

1981 Wallace K[irkman] Harrison, U.S. architect (UN), dies at 86

1981 Dewitt Wallace, U.S. founder (Reader's Digest), dies at 91

1974 Rasheed Wallace, NBA forward, Portland Trailblazers

1974 Ben Wallace, NBA forward, Washington Wizards

1974 John Wallace, NBA forward for the Toronto Raptors

1972 Arthur Bremer jailed for 63 years for shooting Alabama Gov Wallace

1972 Assassination attempt on governor George Wallace of Alabama

1972 George Wallace shot and left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Maryland

1972 Pulitzer prize awarded to Wallace Stegner (Angle of Repose)

1970 Philo Wallace, cricketer, WI ODI opening batsman 1991-92

1968 Nixon (R) beats VP Humphrey (D) and George C. Wallace for presidency

1968 Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41

1967 Aaron Wallace, NFL defensive end/linebacker for the Oakland Raiders

1966 Wallace Ford, actor (Deputy), dies of heart attack at 68

1965 Henry A Wallace, VP (1941-45)/founder (Progressive Party), dies at 77

1965 Henry A. Wallace, American Vice President

1964 Steve Wallace, NFL tackle, San Francisco 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs

1963 Alabama Gov George Wallace served a federal injunction to stop orders of state police to bar black students from enrolling in white schools

1963 Alabama Gov George C. Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS

1963 Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at University of Alabama

1963 George C. Wallace sworn in as governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!"

1962 David Foster Wallace, American Writer

1958 David Wallace, Miami, actor, General Hospital, Babysitter, Humongus

1958 Wallace Kurth, actor, Days of Our Lives, Ned/Ed-General Hospital

1955 Wallace Stevens, U.S. poet and writer (Owl's Clover), dies at 75

1953 Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, Harry Wright, Ed Barrow, and Bill Klem and Tom Connolly are inducted into Hall of Fame

1950 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Wallace Stevens

1950 New York City hires Dr. Wallace E Howell as its official "rainmaker"

1949 Dee Wallace Stone, [Deanna Bowers], born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Critters, 10, ET

1949 Bill Wallace, rocker/actor, Fear, Avenging Force, Desperate

1949 William Wallace, rocker, Guess Who

1949 Wallace Beery, U.S. actor (The Champ), dies at 64

1948 Progressive party convention nominates Henry Wallace for President

1947 Chris Wallace, born in Chicago, Illinois, newscaster, NBC Weekend News

1943 Stephen Wallace, director, For Love Affair, Hunger, Mail Order Bride

1943 Wallace Shawn, New York City, actor, My Dinner with Andre, Princess Bride

1942 Marcia Wallace, Creston Iowa, actress, Carol-Bob Newhart Show

1941 Author Irving Wallace marries writer Sylvia Kahn

1940 William Wallace, composer, dies at 80

1938 William Wallace Campbell, American Scientist

1937 DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers

1935 Jock Wallace, soccer star/manager

1935 Nylon discovered by Dr. Wallace H. Carothers

1934 Wallace Carothers manufactures 1st nylon (polymeer 66)

1932 1st tie for Best Actor Academy Award Wallace Beery and Fredric March

1932 R H Edgar Wallace, British writer/journalist (3 Just Men), dies at 76

1932 Edgar Wallace, British Writer

1928 Wallace Berry, composer

1926 Lurieen Wallace, Gov-D-Ala, 1966-68

1925 Herman "Ace" Wallace, blues guitarist/singer

1923 Wallace Reid, actor (Birth of a Nation), dies at 31

1920 Lana Turner, born in Wallace, Idaho, actress, Survivors, Falcon Crest

1919 George C Wallace, Clio Ala, gov-D-Ala, /President candidate

1919 George C. Wallace, American Politician

1919 Harry S Truman marries Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence

1918 Mike Wallace, Brookline, Massachusetts, newscaster, Biography, 60 Minutes

1916 William Wallace Gilchrist, composer, dies at 70

1916 Mervyn Wallace, cricketer, 13 Tests for NZ, latterly as capt

1916 Irving Wallace, Author

1916 Ian Wallace, British CEO

1913 Alfred R Wallace, British zoologist (Is Mars habitable?), dies

1913 Alfred Russel Wallace, British Scientist

1912 John W. Pritchard, [Ian Wallace], U.S., sci-fi author, Megalomania

1909 Wallace Stegner, novelist/critic, Pulitzer-1971-Angle of Repose

1905 Lewis Wallace, U.S. diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), dies at 77

1905 Lew Wallace, American Soldier

1904 Wallace "Scotty" Scott, rock vocalist, Whispers

1898 Wallace Ford, [Samuel Jones Grundy], Batton England, actor, Deputy

1896 Wallace Hume Carothers, inventor, nylon

1895 Wallace K Harrison, Worcester Massachusetts, U.S. architect, UN, Lincoln Center

1891 Wallace Reid, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor/dir/screenwriter, Every Inch a Man

1889 DeWitt Wallace, St. Paul, Minnesota, publisher, founded Readers Digest, 1921

1888 Henry A Wallace, D/P, 33rd VP, 1941-45, /founder Progressive Party

1888 Henry A. Wallace, American Vice President

1886 Wallace Beery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Alias a Gentleman, Dinner at 8

1879 Wallace Stevens, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, poet, Ideas of Order

1875 Edgar Wallace, born in England, novelist, playwright and journalist, Terror

1865 William Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53

1862 William Wallace Campbell, American Scientist

1862 William Harvey Lamb Wallace, U.S. lawyer/brig-general, dies at 40

1860 William Wallace, composer

1846 William Wallace Gilchrist, composer

1843 William Wallace, Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies

1827 Lewis Wallace, Major General Union volunteers and author, Ben Hur

1827 Lew Wallace, American Soldier

1825 William Wallace Burns, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1892

1823 Alfred Russel Wallace, British zoologist/co-discoverer, evolution

1821 William Harvey Lamb Wallace, Brig General Union volunteers

1812 William Vincent Wallace, composer

1768 William Wallace, Scottish mathematician, Rights of Wallace

1305 William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled and beheaded

1297 Battle at Stirling Bridge, Scottish rebel Wm Wallace beats English



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