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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. 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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