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. NZ
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
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
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
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, LI, 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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