2014 Event Race car driver Tony Stewart hits fellow driver Kevin Ward, Jr. with a vehicle on a sprint car track; Ward was walking on the track and did not survive the incident 2004 Death Rodger Ward, American Celebrity 1997 Event Wendy Ward wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Classic 1994 Death Anthony Ward, writer, dies at 57 1993 Event 59th Heisman Trophy Award: Charlie Ward, Florida State (quarterback) 1993 Event Blue Jay Rickey Henderson pays Turner Ward $25,000 for his #24 1993 Death Jeff Ward, drummer (9 Inch Nails), commits suicide at 30 1992 Death Ken Ward, dies at 37 1990 Death Mary Ward, Myra Syrier, actress (Playing for Keeps), dies 1989 Death Jay Ward, animator (Rocky and His Friends), dies at 69 of cancer 1989 Death Jay Ward, cartoonist (Rocky and his Friends), dies at 79 1985 Death Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69 1981 Event Elizabeth Ward (Arkansas), 20, crowned 54th Miss America 1982 1980 Event Bill Ward quits Black Sabbath 1979 Death Richard Ward, actor (Beacon Hill), dies at 64 1978 Event 1st Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward and Randy's CBBS, Chicago) 1977 Birthday Maitland Ward, born in Torrance, California, actress, Jessica-Bold and Beautiful 1976 Birthday Susan Ward, American Model 1975 Birthday Natalie Ward, Australian softball shortstop/2nd baseman, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Phillip Ward, linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts 1974 Birthday Ronnie Ward, linebacker for the Miami Dolphins 1974 Birthday Chris Ward, defensive end for the Baltimore Ravens 1973 Birthday Wendy Ward, born in San Antonio, Texas, LPGA golfer, 1995 GHP Classic-15th 1972 Death Clyde McPhatter, rhythm and blues singer, member, Billy Ward & the Dominoes, founded, The Drifters, dies in Teaneck, New Jersey at age 39 1970 Event Linus Pauling declares large doses of Vitamin C could ward off colds 1970 Birthday Charlie Ward, NBA guard for the New York Knicks/Heisman Trophy winner 1993 1970 Birthday Jonathan Ward, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Doug-Charles in Charge, Beans Baxter 1969 Birthday Ed Ward, Edmonton, NHL right wing for the Calgary Flames 1969 Birthday Megan Ward, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Kimberly Sayers-Dark Skies 1967 Event Browns' Carl Ward sets club record with a 104-yd kickoff return 1967 Birthday Ed[ward] Grose, born in Juneau, Alaska, rower 1996 Olympics 1966 Event "Batman" with Adam West and Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV 1964 Event Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, and Miller Huggins are selected to Hall of Fame 1961 Birthday David Ward, cricketer, prolific Surrey batsman 1960 Death Ward Bond, actor (Wagon Train), dies of heart attack at 57 1957 Birthday Anita Baker, Ward, born in Detroit, Michigan, vocalist, Rapture 1957 Birthday Rachel Ward, born in Cornwell Manor, England, actress, Thorn Birds 1956 Birthday Sela Ward, born in Meridian, Mississippi, actress, Hilary-Emerald Point NAS, Sisters 1955 Event 69th U.S. Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Patricia Ward (64 62) 1948 Birthday Bill Ward, born in Birmingham, England, musician, vocalist, drummer for Black Sabbath, a British heavy metal band, sang lead vocals on Technical Ecstacy, Never Say Die! 1947 Birthday Ward Churchill, American Educator 1947 Birthday Alan Ward, England cricket pace bowler, 1969 - 1976 1947 Birthday Carlos Ward, rocker, B T Express 1945 Birthday Burt Ward, Gervis, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Robin-Batman 1942 Birthday Fred Ward, SD California, actor, Chain Reaction, Thunderheart, Equinox 1941 Event 1st Japanese submarine sunk by a U.S. ship (USS Ward) 1941 Birthday Simon Ward, born in London, England, actor, 4 Musketeers, 4 Feathers 1939 Event Grimmett and Ward rip through Qld except Bill Brown (156) 1939 Event Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph the 9th reindeer 1938 Birthday Lord Justice Ward, British judge 1937 Birthday John Ward, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper, 8 Tests 1964 - 1968 1937 Birthday David Ward, president, Law Society 1936 Death Tommy Ward, South African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted 1932 Birthday Clyde McPhatter, born in Durham, North Carolina, rhythm and blues singer, member, Billy Ward & the Dominoes, founded, The Drifters 1930 Event Georges Forbes succeeds Joseph Ward as premier of New Zealand 1927 Birthday Gwyn Ward Thomas, Beritsh TV director 1923 Birthday Gwyn Ward Thomas, British TV director 1921 Birthday Billy Ward, U.S. songwriter/singer/pianist/arranger, Dominoes 1921 Birthday Rodger Ward, American Celebrity 1920 Birthday Jay Ward, cartoonist, Rocky and his Friends, Bullwinkle 1917 Birthday Robert Eugene Ward, born in Cleveland, Ohio, composer, Pantaloon 1917 Event 1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards and Elliott (Julia Ward Howe) 1916 Birthday Mary Ward, Myra Syrier, actress, Jenny Kissed Me, Playing for Keeps 1915 Birthday Richard Ward, born in Glenside, Pennsylvania, actor, Beacon Hill 1914 Birthday Barbara Ward, economist/writer, Only One Earth 1910 Death Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91 1909 Birthday Frank Ward, cricketer, Australian leggie late 30s 1909 Birthday Hugh Beaumont, Lawrence, Kansas, actor, Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver 1907 Event Julia Ward Howe is 1st woman elected to National Inst of Arts and Letters 1905 Event 25th U.S. Mens Tennis: Beals C Wright beats Holcombe Ward (62 61 119) 1904 Event 24th U.S. Mens Tennis: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier (108 64 97) 1903 Birthday Ward Bond, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Seth-Wagon Trains 1896 Birthday Arch Ward, sportswriter, proposed baseball's all-star game 1887 Death Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman 1885 Event John Ward and several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Professional Baseball Players, 1st baseball union 1880 Event John Ward, Providence, pitches perfect game vs Buffalo 1878 Birthday Holcombe Ward, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1904 1872 Event 1st mail-order catalog issued by A. M. Ward 1861 Event Julia Ward Howe committed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to paper 1844 Birthday A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business, Montgomery Ward 1834 Birthday Artemus Ward, Charles Farrar Browne, humorist 1823 Birthday John Henry Hobart Ward, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1823 Death Ann Radcliffe (Ward), English poet/author of horror novels, dies at 58 1819 Birthday Julia Ward Howe, U.S., author/lecturer, Battle Hymn of the Republic 1813 Birthday Henry Ward Beecher, Litchfield, Connecticut, clergyman/orator, Independent 1808 Birthday William Thomas Ward, Major General Union volunteers 1764 Birthday Ann Ward Radcliffe, English Gothic novelist, Italian 1638 Death John Ward, composer, chorister, Canterbury Cathedral, composed madrigals, anthems, works for viola da gamba, dies at 67 in Essex, England 1571 Birthday John Ward, born in Canterbury, England, composer, chorister, Canterbury Cathedral, composed madrigals, anthems, works for viola da gamba
