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2003 Rand Brooks, actor/businessman, Gone With the Wind, dies at 84
1998 Lyrics to "Candle in the Wind 1997," auctioned for $442,500 1997 Elton John releases Diana tribute 'Candle in the Wind 1997' 1996 "Inherit the Wind" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 45 performances 1996 "Inherit the Wind" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 45 performances 1995 Butterfly McQueen, actress (Gone With the Wind), dies in a fire at 84 1994 Louis Kaufman, U.S. violinist and conductor (Gone with the Wind), dies at 88 1991 Hurricane Bob hits North Carolina with 115 MPH wind 1990 32nd Grammy Awards: Wind Beneath My Wings, Nick of Time wins 1986 Fred Markham (U.S.), unpaced and unaided by wind, is 1st to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat, California 1986 228 KPH gust of wind strikes Cairngorm (U.K. record) 1985 "Wind in the Willows" closes at Nederlander Theater New York City after 4 performances 1985 "Wind in the Willows" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 4 performances 1985 Hurricane Gloria's 130 MPH wind hits Atlantic coast 1985 International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley 1977 Carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/US playwright (Second Wind), dies at 80 1976 "Gone With the Wind" televised 1975 NBC paid $5M for rights to show "Gone with the Wind" one time 1975 Fredric March, actor (Inherit the Wind), dies at 77 1967 Vivian Leigh, actress (Scarlet-Gone with the Wind), dies at 53 1965 David O Selznick, producer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 63 1962 Hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67 1961 Wind Bell, journal of San Francisco Zen Center, begins publishing 1960 Clark Gable, actor (Gone With the Wind), dies at 59 1959 George Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45 1958 Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, Texas (record) 1958 Lee Crystal, rocker, Joan Jett and Blackhearts-Ashes in the Wind 1956 Richard Farina, folk singer, Reflections in a Crystal Wind 1955 J Lawrence and R E Lee's "Inherit the Wind," premieres in New York City 1955 Fred White, rocker, Earth Wind and Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover 1954 Jann Browne, country singer, Mexican Wind 1953 Larry Dunn, Dunhill, U.S. keyboardist, Earth Wind and Fire 1951 Jon Graham, rock guitarist and vocalist, Earth Wind and Fire-Celebrate 1951 Verdine White, U.S. bassist, Earth, Wind and Fire 1951 Ralph Johnson, rock drummer, Earth Wind and Fire-Shining Star 1951 Philip Bailey, rocker, Earth Wind and Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover 1950 Andrew Woolfolk, U.S. pop musician, Earth, Wind and Fire-Shining Star 1950 Ronnie Laws, U.S. saxophonist/guitarist, Earth, Wind and Fire 1949 Margaret Mitchell, U.S. writer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 48 1949 Victor Fleming, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind), dies at 65 1948 Jessica Cleaves, born in Los Angeles, California, singer, member, Friends of Distinction, performed with Earth, Wind & Fire 1948 Alan McKay, rocker, Earth Wind and Fire-Boogie Wonderland 1947 Hsiao-hsien Hou, director, Cheerful Wind, City of Sadness, Puppetmaster 1947 Elton John, born in Pinner, England, also known as Reginald Kenneth Dwight, singer 'Rocketman' and 'Candle in the Wind' 1945 Mimi Farina, rocker, Reflections in a Crystal Wind 1944 Strongest Hurricane of century in Netherlands (wind force 12) 1944 Lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind," premieres in New York City 1943 Montagu Love, actor (Wind), dies at 65 1941 Maurice White, born in Memphis, Tennessee, nicknamed Reese, rocker, singer, songwriter, record producer, founded band Earth, Wind and Fire 1941 Maxwell Anderson's "Candle in the Wind," premieres in New York City 1941 Bob Dylan, born in Duluth, Minnesota, singer and songwriter, 'Blowin' in Wind' 1940 12th Academy Awards - "Gone with the Wind," R Donat and V Leigh win 1940 "Gone with the Wind," wins 8 Oscars 1939 "Gone With the Wind" premieres in Atlanta 1939 John Stewart, born in San Diego, California, rocker, Kingston Trio-Fire in the Wind 1939 Victor Fleming replaces George Cukor as director of Gone With the Wind 1939 Filming begins on "Gone With the Wind" 1937 Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for "Gone With the Wind" 1936 "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell, published 1936 Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind" published 1934 Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mount Washington, New Hampshire, 231 mph 1931 1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field, Virginia 1929 1st high-speed jet wind tunnel completed Langley Field Ca 1928 Dick York, Fort Wayne, Indiana, actor, Darrin-Bewitched, Inherit the Wind 1925 Robert Linn, born in America, composer, educator, University of Southern California, composed music for chorus and chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra and wind orchestra 1923 Reninca, Renee Lauwers, Flemish author, Seed in the Wind 1921 Alfred Reed, born in New York, New York, composer, wrote over 200 works for orchestra, chorus, concert band, chamber ensemble, wind ensemble, guest conductor, performing in Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America 1919 Richard Mason, born near Manchester, England, author, learned Japanese in World War II, interrogated prisoners of war, wrote 'The Wind Cannot Read', 'The Fever Tree', 'The World of Suzie Wong' 1914 George Reeves, born in Ashland, Kentucky, actor, Superman, Gone With the Wind 1913 Vivien Leigh, Gone With Wind, Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn 1913 Stanley E Kramer, New York City, producer/director, Inherit the Wind 1911 Butterfly McQueen, Thelma, born in Tampa, Florida, actress, Gone With the Wind 1908 Theodore Roethke, U.S., poet, Words for the Wind 1906 Tex Ritter, Texas, country singer, 5 Star Jubilee, Wayward Wind 1903 Wind Cave National Park, SD established 1902 David O Selznick, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, producer, Gone With the Wind 1901 Clark Gable, born in Cadiz, Ohio, actor, Gone With the Wind 1900 Margaret Mitchell, author, Gone With the Wind 1900 Antoine de Saint-Exupery, born in France, aviator/writer, Wind, Sand and Stars 1898 Hattie McDaniel, born in Wichita, 1st Black to win Oscar, Gone With The Wind 1893 Leslie Howard, born in London, actor, Gone With the Wind 1888 Amaat Vyncke, Flemish missionary/founder (Flemish Wind), dies at 38 1888 Max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer, Gone With Wind 1883 Victor Fleming, born in Pasadena, California, director, Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind 1879 Laura Hope Crews, U.S., actress, Camille, Gone with the Wind 1879 Victor Seastrom, Silbodal Sweden, director, Wind, Under the Red Robe 1867 William Orlamond, Denmark, actor, Flesh and Devil, Wind 1859 Kenneth Grahame, author, Wind, Willows 1839 2 day storm off Irish and English coast immortalized as "Big Wind" 1774 Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer, Beaufort wind force scale |
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