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2002 Whitney Blake, actress, Hazel, dies at 77
1994 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win 1994 21st American Music Award: Whitney Houston wins 1993 Last day in 1st-class cricket for Mike Whitney, NSW vs. New Zealand 1993 Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown 1992 Last day of Test Cricket for Michael Whitney 1992 Singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown marry 1992 Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win vs. India 1991 Test Cricket debut of Mike Whitney versus England at Old Trafford 1988 15th American Music Award: Anita Baker, Paul Simon and Whitney Houston 1987 "Didn't We Almost Have It All," by Whitney Houston hits #1 1987 14th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie and Alabama 1986 Robert Sutton Whitney, composer, dies at 82 1986 3rd MTV Awards: Whitney Houston wins 1986 13th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Huey Lewis and C Gayle 1982 John Hay Whitney, U.S. newspaper magnate, dies at 76 1980 1st-class debut of Mike Whitney, NSW vs. Qld (2-52 and 1-39) 1979 Ashley Whitney, born in Nashville, Tennessee, 800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics 1978 Whitney Metzler, 400m medley swimmer, Olympics-8th-96 1975 Joan Whitney Payson, owner of New York Mets, dies at 72 1973 Whitney Post, born in Wayland, Massachusetts, rower 1996 Olympics 1972 Peter Whitney, actor (Rough Riders), dies at 55 1971 Chris Whitney, NBA guard, Washington Wizards 1971 Whitney Hedgepeth, 100m/200m backstroke, Olympics-2 silver-96 1971 Whitney M Young, Jr., leader (National Urban League 1961-71), dies at 49 1971 Whitney M. Young, American Activist 1971 Whitney Young, Jr., National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria 1969 Claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79 1963 Whitney Houston, born in Newark, New Jersey, singer, One Moment in Time, Bodyguard 1963 Alfred Whitney Griswold, American historian and educator, President of Yale 1951 - 1963, dies of colon cancer 1961 Whitney Young, Jr. named executive director of National Urban League 1959 Michael Roy Whitney, cricket, great NSW and Aussie lefty quick 1981-92 1952 Sutro Baths, San Francisco purchased by George Whitney 1952 A. Whitney Brown, American Comedian 1952 Braves Warren Spahn ties NL record of Jim Whitney with 18 strikeouts against the Cubs in 15-inning, 3-1 loss 1951 Liz Phillips, born in New Jersey, composer, sound artist, interactive artist, creates sound installations relating to live forms, has held exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, collaborated with Merce Cunningham Dance Company 1944 Charlie Whitney, rock guitarist, Family 1940 Whitney Krakower, U.S. gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel 1930 Grace Lee Whitney, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, actress, Yeoman Rand-Star Trek 1921 Whitney M. Young, Jr., civil rights leader, head of Urban League 1921 Whitney M. Young, American Activist 1906 Alfred Whitney Griswold, born in Morristown, New Jersey, American historian and educator, President of Yale 1951 - 1963 1905 John Hay Whitney, publisher, New York Herald Trib 1961-67 1904 Robert Whitney, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, conductor, Sospiro do Roma 1903 Joan Whitney Payson, owner, New York Mets and horse stables 1899 Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, born in Long Island, New York, founder, Pan Am Airways 1897 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, sculptor/art benefactor 1890 Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team Packers 1890 Claire Whitney, New York, silent film actress, Blind Fools, Haunted Mine 1889 Whitney Eugene Thayer, composer, dies at 50 1875 Ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney, Spanish writer, Don Quixote and Celestine 1873 1st ascent of Mount Whitney, California, 14,494' 1838 Whitney Eugene Thayer, composer 1825 Eli Whitney, American Inventor 1799 Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets 1794 Eli Whitney patents cotton gin 1793 Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin 1793 Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin 1765 Eli Whitney, inventor, Cotton Gin |
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