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2000 David B. Guralnik, Webster's lexicographer, dies at 79

1996 Ralph Webster Yarborough, politician, dies at 92

1995 Alastair Webster Mackie, poet/teacher, dies at 69

1991 Byron Webster, actor (That Man Bolt), dies of AIDS at 58

1991 William H. Webster, ends term as 14th director of CIA

1991 CIA director William H. Webster resigns

1989 David Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered

1987 William H. Webster replaces Robert M. Gates as 14th director of CIA

1984 Paul Frances Webster, lyricist, dies of Parkinson's disease at 76

1978 Judge William H Webster appointed head of FBI

1974 Bumper Robinson, actor, Webster, Night Court

1973 Tracy Bonner, Webster Texas, diver 1996 Olympics

1973 Ben[jamin F] Webster, U.S. tenor saxophonist, dies

1971 Emmanuel Lewis, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Webster

1969 Larry Webster, defensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens

1965 Lenny Webster, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, catcher for the Montreal Expos

1964 Webster Slaughter, NFL wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs

1957 John Webster, rocker, Red Ryder-Light in the Tunnel

1947 Ben Webster, actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82

1946 Ben Vereen, born in Miami, Florida, actor/dancer, Pippin, Roots, Webster

1940 Susan Clark, born in Sarnia, Ontario, actress, Night Moves, Webster

1939 Katie Webster, Swamp-Boogie Queen]/US R&B pianist/singer

1938 Bob Webster, born in Berkeley, California, diver, Gold Medals 1960, 1964 Olympics

1931 Alex Webster, football coach for the New York Giants

1925 Alastair Webster Mackie, poet/teacher

1924 William H. Webster, U.S., judge and head FBI/CIA

1924 William Hedgcock Webster, American Public Servant

1924 Peter Webster, British High Court Judge

1920 Michael Webster, CEO, DRG

1919 Myron Floren, Webster, South Dakota, accordionist, Lawrence Welk Show

1918 Anne Shirley, born in UK, actress, Devil and Daniel Webster, Stella Dallas

1912 James Craig, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Devil and Daniel Webster, Cyclops

1910 Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove, Missouri, orchestra leader, NBC Comedy Hour

1909 Ben Webster, U.S. tenor saxophonist

1904 MacKinlay Kantor, Webster City Iowa, novelist, Andersonville

1903 Ralph Webster Yarborough, politician

1898 Stephen Vincent Benet, U.S., writer, Devil and Daniel Webster

1881 Daniel Webster Hoan, born in Wisconsin, Mayor-Socialist-Milwaukee

1875 Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55

1864 Ben Webster, born in London, England, actor, Old Curiosity Shop

1852 Daniel Webster, lawyer/speaker/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 70

1850 Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850

1843 Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84

1828 Noah Webster publishes 1st American dictionary

1828 1st edition of Noah Webster's dictionary published

1819 Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer

1811 Joseph Dana Webster, Major General Union volunteers

1793 Noah Webster establishes New York's 1st daily newspaper, American Minerva

1782 Daniel Webster, Salisbury, New Hampshire, orator, politician, and lawyer

1758 Noah Webster, lexicographer, Webster's Dictionary


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