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2006 Jack Wild, actor, theater, stage, Academy Award nominee at age 16 for role of Artful Dodger in film production of 'Oliver!', favorite subject, teen magazines, dies of cancer, in Tebworth, England, at age 53
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 Joe E. Lewis, comedian, singer, famous for Al Capone's heavies beating him after he refused to renew his contract at Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, movie, book, 'The Joker is Wild', dies in New Jersey, age 69 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, actor, theater, stage, Academy Award nominee at age 16 for role of Artful Dodger in film production of 'Oliver!', favorite subject, teen magazines 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 1945 Clarissa Pinkola Estes, born in Indiana, writer, psychologist, certified Jungian psychoanalyst, poet, author, wrote bestseller, 'Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype' 1943 [Susan] Tuesday Weld, New York City, actress, Dobie Gillis, Wild in Country 1943 Donnie Iris, born in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, musician, guitarist, performed with The Jaggerz, Cellarful of Noise, The Cruisers, famous for Wild Cherry's hit 'Play That Funky Music' 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 Yankees 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 1902 Joe E. Lewis, born in New York City, New York, comedian, singer, famous for Al Capone's heavies beating him after he refused to renew his contract at Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, movie, book, 'The Joker is 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, cowboy/scout 1825 Edward Augustus Wild, Brigadier General Union volunteers 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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