1998 Grandpa Jones [born: Louis Marshall Jones], country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84
1990 David Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38
1987 Ray Bolger, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz), dies at 83
1985 Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wizard of Oz), dies
1979 Jack Haley, actor (Wizard of Oz), dies of cancer at 79
1971 Joan Kenmore, actress, Wizard of Oz
1969 Judy Garland, actress (Wizard of Oz, Easter Parade), dies at 47
1969 Judy Garland, singer and actress (Wizard of Oz), dies at 48 of an overdose
1967 Bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], U.S. comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72
1956 "Wizard of Oz" 1st televised (CBS-TV)
1951 David Rappaport, born in London, England, 3'11" actor, Wizard, Time Bandits
1949 Frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59
1949 Victor Fleming, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind), dies at 65
1939 "Wizard of Oz" opens at Loew's Capitol Theater in NY
1939 "Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood
1938 Margaret Hamilton's costume catches fire in filming of "Wizard of Oz"
1937 Andrew J[efferson V] Offutt, U.S., sci-fi author, Undying Wizard
1923 Roy Dotrice, Guernsey Channel Island, actor, Wizard
1922 Judy Garland, born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, actress and singer, Wizard of Oz
1919 Frank Lyman Baum, author (Wizard of Oz), dies at 62
1917 Don Herbert, born in Waconia, Minnesota, scientist/TV host, Watch Mr. Wizard
1912 A[lfred] E[lton] van Vogt, Canada, sci-fi author, Wizard of Linn
1904 Ray Bolger, Dorchester Massachusetts, actor/dancer, Wizard of Oz
1903 "Wizard of Oz," premieres in New York City
1902 Margaret Hamilton, born in Ohio, wicked witch of the west, Wizard of Oz
1884 Paul Charles Morphy, U.S. lawyer/chess wizard, dies at 47
1883 Victor Fleming, born in Pasadena, California, director, Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind
1869 Charley Grapewin, Xenia, Ohio, actor, Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady
1821 Nathan Bedford Forrest, slave trader/Confed lt-gen/KKK Grand Wizard
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