1989 Death Cornel Wilde, actor (Saadia, Comic, Beach Red, Gargoyles), dies at 74 1984 Birthday Olivia Wilde, American Actress 1973 Birthday Adam Garcia, born in Wahroonga, Australia, actor, tap dancer, appeared on 'Doctor Who', appeared in films, 'Wilde', 'Coyote Ugly', 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen' 1972 Death Brandon De Wilde, actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash 1960 Birthday Kim Wilde, Smith, England, rock vocalist, 'You Keep Me Hanging On' 1957 Birthday Stephen Fry, born in Hampstead, England, actor, comedian, film director, starred in comedy series, 'Absolute Power', film 'Wilde' 1956 Birthday Danny Wilde, born in Maine, United States, musician, rock, pop rock, alternative rock genres, founding member, The Rembrandts and power-pop band, The Quick 1942 Birthday Brandon De Wilde, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Jamie, Wild in the Sky 1939 Birthday Marti Wilder, father of rocker Kim Wilde 1918 Birthday Richard Ellmann, U.S., literary scholar and writer, Oscar Wilde 1915 Birthday Cornel Wilde, New York City, actor, High Sierra, 5th Musketeer 1900 Death Oscar Wilde, Irish author, dies in Paris at 46 1896 Death Jane Wilde, writer, poet, activist, nationalist movement supporter, advocate of women's rights, dies 1896 Birthday Jane Wilde, born in Dublin, Ireland, writer, poet, activist, nationalist movement supporter, advocate of women's rights 1895 Event Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years hard labor for being a sodomite 1895 Event Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who accused him of homosexual practices 1895 Event Oscar Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest," opens in London 1895 Event Oscar Wilde's "Ideal Husband," premieres in London 1892 Event "Lady Windermere's Fan" by Oscar Wilde premieres at St. James (London) 1891 Event Oscar Wilde's "Duchess of Padua," premieres in New York City 1854 Birthday Oscar Wilde, born in Dublin, Ireland, 'Picture of Dorian Gray'