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 Alan McKay, rocker, Earth Wind and Fire-Boogie Wonderland
1947 Hsiao-hsien Hou, director, Cheerful Wind, City of Sadness, Puppetmaster
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, rock vocalist, Earth, Wind and Fire-Spirit
1941 Maxwell Anderson's "Candle in the Wind," premieres in New York City
1941 Bob Dylan, [Zimmerman], 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 Mt Washington, NH, 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
1923 Reninca, [Renee Lauwers], Flemish author, Seed in the Wind
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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