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2007 Death - Johnny Hart, cartoonist, creator, comic strips, 'The Wizard of Id', 'B.C.', strips each appeared in over 1,000 newspapers, dies of a stroke while at the drawing table, at age 76

1998 Death - Grandpa Jones, country comic/banjo wizard, 'Hee Haw', dies at 84

1990 Death - David Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38

1987 Death - Ray Bolger, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz), dies at 83

1985 Death - Margaret Hamilton, actress, played the Wicked Witch in the 'Wizard of Oz', dies at 82

1979 Death - Jack Haley, actor (Wizard of Oz), dies of cancer at 79

1971 Birthday - Joan Kenmore, actress, Wizard of Oz

1969 Death - Judy Garland, actress (Wizard of Oz, Easter Parade), dies at 47

1969 Death - Judy Garland, singer and actress (Wizard of Oz), dies at 48 of an overdose

1967 Death - Bert Lahr, Irving Lahrheim, U.S. comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72

1956 Event - "Wizard of Oz" 1st televised (CBS-TV)

1951 Birthday - David Rappaport, born in London, England, 3'11" actor, Wizard, Time Bandits

1949 Death - Frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59

1949 Death - Victor Fleming, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind), dies at 65

1939 Event - "Wizard of Oz" opens at Loew's Capitol Theater in NY

1939 Event - "Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood

1938 Event - Margaret Hamilton's costume catches fire in filming of "Wizard of Oz"

1937 Birthday - Andrew J[efferson V] Offutt, U.S., sci-fi author, Undying Wizard

1931 Birthday - Johnny Hart, born in Endicott, New York, cartoonist, creator, comic strips, 'The Wizard of Id', 'B.C.', strips each appeared in over 1,000 newspapers

1923 Birthday - Roy Dotrice, Guernsey Channel Island, actor, Wizard

1922 Birthday - Judy Garland, born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, actress and singer, Wizard of Oz

1919 Death - Frank Lyman Baum, author (Wizard of Oz), dies at 62

1917 Birthday - Don Herbert, born in Waconia, Minnesota, scientist/TV host, Watch Mr. Wizard

1912 Birthday - A[lfred] E[lton] van Vogt, Canada, sci-fi author, Wizard of Linn

1904 Birthday - Ray Bolger, Dorchester Massachusetts, actor/dancer, Wizard of Oz

1903 Event - "Wizard of Oz," premieres in New York City

1902 Birthday - Margaret Hamilton, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Wicked Witch in the 'Wizard of Oz'

1884 Death - Paul Charles Morphy, U.S. lawyer/chess wizard, dies at 47

1883 Birthday - Victor Fleming, born in Pasadena, California, director, Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind

1869 Birthday - Charley Grapewin, Xenia, Ohio, actor, Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady

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