1995 Death Oliver Wendell Harrington, cartoonist, dies at 83 1992 Event Tampa Bay Lightning make goalie Wendell Young their 1st draft 1992 Death Wendell Mayes, writer, dies of cancer at 72 1975 Death Howard Wendell, actor 'Black Dakotas', dies at 81 1973 Birthday Wendell Davis, cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys 1968 Death Wendell Corey, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl), dies at 54 1967 Birthday Turk Wendell, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1966 Birthday Wendell Davis, NFL wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts 1947 Birthday Wendell Burton, born in San Antonio, Texas, actor, Lucas-New Dick Van Dyke Show 1944 Death Wendell Lewis Wilkie, Republican politician, dies at 52 1944 Death Wendell L. Wilkie, American Lawyer 1944 Event Wendell Wilkie (R) enters presidential race 1940 Birthday Wendell Morris Logan, composer 1940 Event President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) wins unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell Willkie (R) 1938 Birthday Hayes Wendell Jones, born in Sturksville, Michigan, 110m hurdler, Gold Medal 1964 Olympics 1935 Death Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American Judge 1934 Birthday Wendell Berry, American Poet 1933 Event 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell, Glenview, Il 1924 Birthday Wendell H. Ford, born in Owensboro, Kentucky, Senator-D-Kentucky 1974 - 1999 1924 Birthday Bill Wendell, born in New York City, TV announcer, Late Night With David Letterman 1914 Birthday Wendell Corey, born in Dracut, Massachusetts, actor, 11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl 1912 Birthday Oliver Wendell Harrington, cartoonist 1910 Birthday Wendell Bill, cricketer, NSW bat 1929-36 Century on debut 1930 1908 Birthday Howard Wendell, Poland, actor, 4 Skulls of Jonathan Drake 1904 Birthday Wendell Stanley, biochemist, 1st to crystallize a virus, Nobel 1946 1902 Event Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. became Associate Justice on Supreme Court 1892 Birthday Wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate, R-1940, author, One World 1892 Birthday Wendell L. Wilkie, American Lawyer 1841 Birthday Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., born in Massachusetts, 59th Supreme Court justice, 1902 - 1932 1830 Event Oliver Wendell Holmes publishes "Old Ironsides" 1830 Event Oliver Wendell Holmes writes "Old Ironsides" 1811 Birthday Wendell Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer 1809 Birthday Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Cambridge, Massachusetts, physician/author, Old Ironsides
