1998 NHL's Minnesota franchise selects the nickname Wild
1997 Willie Forkner, biker (Wild One), dies of heart attack at 77
1996 James Wild, music teacher, dies at 68
1996 Pamela Mason, actress (Wild in the Streets), dies at 78
1996 Guy Madison, actor (Wild Bill Hickok), dies at 74
1996 Wild Jimmy Spruill, blues guitarist, dies at 61
1995 William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis, musician, dies at 76
1995 Dorothy Granger, U.S. actress (Hog Wild, Dentist), dies at about 80
1994 Ruth Gillette, actress (Wild Gold), dies of cancer at 88
1994 Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, blues Singer, dies at 64
1992 Malcolm Atterbury, actor (7 Days in May, Wild River), dies at 85
1992 Alberta Vaughn, actress (Wild Horse, Silver Devil), dies at 87
1989 John Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies
1987 Jack Morris ties AL record with 5 wild pitches in a 4-2 lose
1987 Last wild condor captured on California wildlife reserve
1986 Marlin Perkins, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom), dies at 81
1986 Marlin Perkins, TV host (Wild Kingdom) at 80
1985 Edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69
1984 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again at Hollywood
1984 Jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66
1981 William Holden, actor (Network, Wild Bunch, Breezy), dies at 63
1981 Frank DeKova, actor (Chief Wild Eagle-F Troop), dies
1981 Nils Asther, actor (Son of Lassie, Wild Orchids), dies at 84
1981 Ross Martin, actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West), dies at 61
1980 Ben Savage, actor, Little Monsters, Wild Palms
1979 John McQuade, actor (Charlie Wild Private Detective), dies at 73
1979 "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild and causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to Tigers
1979 Shirley O'Hara, actress (Wild Party), dies at 68
1979 J. R. Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome
1977 Jack Gardner, actor (Wild Bill Hickok, 3 Russian Girls), dies at 77
1971 "Wild and Wonderful" opens/closes at Lyceum Theater New York City
1971 Wings release their 1st album "Wild Life"
1971 Linda Wild, Arlington Heights, Illinois, tennis star, 1993 Melbourne Open
1968 Patsy Moran, actress (Children of the Wild), dies at 65
1968 Carre Otis, born in San Francisco, California, actress, Wild Orchid
1968 Bob Gibson's streak of 47 2/3 inn scoreless streak ends on wild pitch
1967 "Wild Thing" hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby
1966 Yokozuna, [Rodney Anoia], wrestler, WWF/NJPW/AWA, Wild Samoan Kokina
1966 Pat O'Malley, silent film actor (Wild One, Quiet Man), dies at 75
1965 Wild Bill Elliott, cowboy actor (49'ers), dies of cancer at 60
1963 "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC
1961 Maxi Priest, [Max Elliott], Jamaican/English singer, Wild World
1959 Alan "Wild"er, English rock vocalist/music, Depeche Mode-Wild!
1959 William J "Wild Bill" Donovan, Office Strategic Services, dies at 76
1958 Kate Bush, born in Plumstead, England, singer and songwriter, Wild Things
1956 Mickey Rourke, born in Schenectady, New York, actor, 9 Weeks, Wild Orchid, Homeboy
1956 Michael Biehn, actor, Rampage, Hog Wild, Aliens, Abyss
1956 Robert Davi, actor, License to Kill, Raw Deal, Wild Thing
1955 "Wild Bill" Vukovich, killed in Indy 500
1955 Jeff Daniels, born in Georgia, actor, Something Wild, Dumb and Dumber, Speed
1953 Mickey Rourke, boxer/actor, Wild Orchid, Barfly
1952 Jack Wild, English Actor
1948 George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, U.S., sci-fi author, Wild Cards
1947 Octavia E[stelle] Butler, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Wild Seed
1943 [Susan] Tuesday Weld, New York City, actress, Dobie Gillis, Wild in Country
1942 Bobby Rydell, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, rock singer, Wild One, Bye Bye Birdie
1942 Brandon De Wilde, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Jamie, Wild in the Sky
1942 Claude Miller, director, Garde a Vue, Little Thief, Wild Child
1941 Christopher Jones, Jackson, Tennessee, actor, Wild in the Streets
1940 Bugs Bunny debuts in "Wild Hare"
1940 Peter Fonda, actor, Easy Rider, Lilith, Wild Angels, Trip
1935 Robert Conrad, [Conrad R Falk], Chicago, actor, Wild Wild West
1934 Wild Jimmy Spruill, blues guitarist
1934 Dwayne Hickman, Louisiana, actor, Dobie Gillis, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1933 Morton Subotnick, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, Wild Bull
1932 Diane Ladd, Meridian Mississippi, actress, Wild Angels, Wild at Heart
1932 Jim Fowler, born in Albany, Georgia, naturalist, Wild Kingdom
1932 150 wild swans die in Niagara waterfall
1930 Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, blues singer
1928 James Wild, music teacher
1928 Maurice Sendak, New York City, author/illustrator, Where The Wild Things Are
1925 James E "Jimmy" Smith, U.S. jazz/organist, Walk on the Wild Side
1925 Sam Peckinpah, born in Fresno, California, film director, Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs
1923 "Runnin' Wild" (introducing Charleston) opens on Broadway
1923 Gibbs/Grey/Wood's revue "Runnin' Wild," premieres in New York City
1923 Bobby Jordan, born in New York, actor, Bowery Champs, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild
1922 Bruno VeSota, born in Illinois, actor and director, Chopper, Teenage Doll, Wild Rovers
1922 Guy Madison, [Robert Moseley], California, actor, Wild Bill Hickok
1920 Ross Martin, born in Grodek, Poland, actor, Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West
1918 William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis, musician
1918 Jack Barry, born in Lindenhurst, New York, game show emcee, Joker's Wild
1915 Earl Wild, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, composer/pianist, Caesar's Hour, NBC Symph 1942
1915 Yanks get record 16 walks and 3 wild pitches beat A's Bruno Hass, 15-0
1906 Phil Regan, singer, My Wild Irish Rose
1905 Wild Bill Elliott, Pattonsburg, Missouri, actor, Beyond the Sacramento
1905 Marlin Perkins, born in Carthage, Missouri, TV host, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
1905 Rex Warner, English poet and writer, Wild Goose Chase
1903 Patsy Moran, Pennsylvania, actress, Children of the Wild
1898 Robert Keith, Fowler, Indiana, actor, Battle Circus, Branded, Wild One
1890 Frank Conroy, Derby England, actor, Call of the Wild
1883 Phillies make 27 errors against Providence (wild pitches, walks and and passballs count as errors prior to 1888)
1883 Buffalo Bill Cody presents 1st wild west show, North Platte, Nebr
1883 Buffalo Bill Cody's 1st wild west show premieres in Omaha
1883 "Buffalo Bill" Cody put on his 1st Wild West Show
1878 Harry Carey Sr, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force
1876 Wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces and a pair of 8's
1876 Jack London, writer/socialist, Call of the Wild
1870 William S Hart, actor, silent Westerns, Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds
1866 Butch Cassidy, U.S. desperado, Wild Bunch Passage
1865 William Butler Yeats, born in Ireland, poet, Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923
1863 Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon
1860 Annie Oakley, born in Drake, Ohio, frontierswoman, Buffalo Bill's Wild West
1848 Belle Starr [Myra Belle Shirley], U.S. female outlaw, wild west
1837 "Wild Bill" Hickok, [James Butler], cowboy/scout
1825 Edward Augustus Wild, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1891
1817 Gloucester, Massachusetts, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore
1800 Wild Boy of Aveyron discovered in southern France
1798 Matija A Reljkovic, Croatian writer (Satire of Wild Man), dies at 66
1664 Miklos Zrinyi, Hungarian general/poet, killed by wild boar at 44
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