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2004 Rodger Ward, American Celebrity

1997 Wendy Ward wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Classic

1994 Anthony Ward, writer, dies at 57

1993 59th Heisman Trophy Award: Charlie Ward, Florida State (QB)

1993 Blue Jay Rickey Henderson pays Turner Ward $25,000 for his #24

1993 Jeff Ward, drummer (9 Inch Nails), commits suicide at 30

1992 Ken Ward, dies at 37

1990 Mary Ward, [Myra Syrier], actress (Playing for Keeps), dies

1989 Jay Ward, animator (Rocky and His Friends), dies at 69 of cancer

1989 Jay Ward, cartoonist (Rocky and his Friends), dies at 79

1985 Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69

1981 Elizabeth Ward (Arkansas), 20, crowned 54th Miss America 1982

1980 Bill Ward quits Black Sabbath

1979 Richard Ward, actor (Beacon Hill), dies at 64

1978 1st Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward and Randy's CBBS, Chicago)

1977 Maitland Ward, born in Torrance, California, actress, Jessica-Bold and Beautiful

1976 Susan Ward, American Model

1975 Natalie Ward, Australian softball shortstop/2nd baseman, Oly-br-96

1974 Phillip Ward, linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts

1974 Ronnie Ward, linebacker for the Miami Dolphins

1974 Chris Ward, defensive end for the Baltimore Ravens

1973 Wendy Ward, born in San Antonio, Texas, LPGA golfer, 1995 GHP Classic-15th

1970 Linus Pauling declares large doses of Vitamin C could ward off colds

1970 Charlie Ward, NBA guard for the New York Knicks/Heisman Trophy winner 1993

1970 Jonathan Ward, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Doug-Charles in Charge, Beans Baxter

1969 Ed Ward, Edmonton, NHL right wing for the Calgary Flames

1969 Megan Ward, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Kimberly Sayers-Dark Skies

1967 Browns' Carl Ward sets club record with a 104-yd kickoff return

1967 Ed[ward] Grose, born in Juneau, Alaska, rower 1996 Olympics

1966 "Batman" with Adam West and Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV

1964 Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, and Miller Huggins are selected to Hall of Fame

1961 David Ward, cricketer, prolific Surrey batsman

1960 Ward Bond, actor (Wagon Train), dies of heart attack at 57

1958 Margaret Ward, LPGA golfer

1957 Anita Baker, [Ward], born in Detroit, Michigan, vocalist, Rapture

1957 Rachel Ward, born in Cornwell Manor, England, actress, Thorn Birds

1956 Sela Ward, born in Meridian, Mississippi, actress, Hilary-Emerald Point NAS, Sisters

1955 69th U.S. Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Patricia Ward (64 62)

1949 Bill Ward, rocker

1948 Bill Ward, Birmingham England, heavy metal drummer, Black Sabbath

1947 Alan Ward, England cricket pace bowler, 1969-76

1947 Carlos Ward, rocker, B T Express

1947 Ward Churchill, American Educator

1945 Alan Ward, rocker

1945 Burt Ward, [Gervis], born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Robin-Batman

1942 Fred Ward, SD California, actor, Chain Reaction, Thunderheart, Equinox

1941 1st Japanese submarine sunk by a U.S. ship (USS Ward)

1941 Simon Ward, born in London, England, actor, 4 Musketeers, 4 Feathers

1939 Grimmett and Ward rip through Qld except Bill Brown (156)

1939 Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph the 9th reindeer

1938 Lord Justice Ward, British judge

1937 Anthony Ward, writer

1937 John Ward, NZ cricket wicket-keeper, 8 Tests 1964-68

1937 David Ward, president, Law Society

1936 Tommy Ward, South African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted

1930 Georges Forbes succeeds Joseph Ward as premier of NZ

1927 Gwyn Ward Thomas, Beritsh TV director

1923 Gwyn Ward Thomas, British TV director

1921 Billy Ward, U.S. songwriter/singer/pianist/arranger, Dominoes

1921 Rodger Ward, American Celebrity

1920 Jay Ward, cartoonist, Rocky and his Friends, Bullwinkle

1918 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russia, writer, Cancer Ward, Nobel 1970

1917 Robert Eugene Ward, born in Cleveland, Ohio, composer, Pantaloon

1917 1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards and Elliott (Julia Ward Howe)

1916 Mary Ward, [Myra Syrier], actress, Jenny Kissed Me, Playing for Keeps

1915 Richard Ward, born in Glenside, Pennsylvania, actor, Beacon Hill

1914 Barbara Ward, economist/writer, Only One Earth

1910 Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91

1909 Frank Ward, cricketer, Australian leggie late 30s

1909 Hugh Beaumont, Lawrence, Kansas, actor, Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver

1907 Julia Ward Howe is 1st woman elected to National Inst of Arts and Letters

1905 25th U.S. Mens Tennis: Beals C Wright beats Holcombe Ward (62 61 119)

1904 24th U.S. Mens Tennis: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier (108 64 97)

1903 Ward Bond, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Seth-Wagon Trains

1896 Arch Ward, sportswriter, proposed baseball's all-star game

1887 Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

1885 John Ward and several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Prof Base Ball Players, 1st baseball union

1880 John Ward, Providence, pitches perfect game vs Buffalo

1878 Holcombe Ward, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1904

1872 1st mail-order catalog issued by A. M. Ward

1861 Julia Ward Howe committed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to paper

1844 A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business, Montgomery Ward

1834 Artemus Ward, Charles Farrar Browne, humorist

1823 John Henry Hobart Ward, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1903

1823 Ann Radcliffe (Ward), English poet/author of horror novels, dies at 58

1819 Julia Ward Howe, U.S., author/lecturer, Battle Hymn of the Republic

1817 Samuel Ringgold Ward, Maryland, minister/abolitionist, Fugitive Negro

1813 Henry Ward Beecher, Litchfield, Connecticut, clergyman/orator, Independent

1808 William Thomas Ward, Bvt Major General Union volunteers

1764 Ann Ward Radcliffe, English Gothic novelist, Italian

1638 John Ward, composer, dies at 67

1571 John Ward, composer



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