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1997 Woody Allen, 62 weds Soon-Yi Previn 27, adopted daughter of Mia Farrow

1994 Woodrow "Woody" Strode, U.S. rugby player/black cowboy actor (Oil), dies

1994 Woody Strode, actor (Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante), dies at 80

1994 Walter Lantz, U.S. cartoonist (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 93

1992 Grace Stafford Lantz, cartoon voice (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 87

1987 Woody Herman, bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds), dies at 74

1987 Woody Herman, U.S. jazz clarinetist/composer, dies at 74

1987 Woody Woodward resigns as New York Yankee General Manager, Lou Piniella is named General Manager and Billy Martin is named New York Yankee manager for 5th and final time

1987 [Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at 74

1981 Woody Chamblis, actor (Mr Lathrop-Gunsmoke), dies at 66

1978 Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach

1977 Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premieres

1967 Woody Guthrie, rocker, dies of Huntington's Chorea at 55

1964 Woody Austin, born in Tampa, Florida, PGA golfer, 1995 Buick Open

1961 Woody Harrelson, born in Midland, Texas, actor, Woody Boyd-Cheers

1960 Daniel Woodgate, born in London, England, Dan "Woody" Woodgate, rocker, drummer for Madness, and band called Steel Erection

1960 Dan "Woody" Woodgate, rocker

1957 Stuart "Woody" Wood, Scot, guitarist, Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night

1956 Woody Brown, Dayton Ohio, actor, Cliff-Facts of Life

1950 "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca premieres on NBC Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon and Woody Allen

1949 Woody Paul, Paul Chrisman, Nashville, singer, Riders in the Sky

1944 Sherwood C "Woody" Spring, Hartford, Connecticut, Col USA/astronaut, STS-61B

1940 Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantz's "Knock Knock"

1935 Woody Allen, Allen Konigsberg, Brooklyn, actor, Zelig, Annie Hall

1933 Richard Schickel, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, documentary filmmaker, film critic, author, journalist, historian, received Guggenheim Fellowship, published in Time, and Life, magazines, books include, 'Woody Allen: A Life in Film', 'Elia Kazan: A Biography'

1932 Woody, Woodson, Held, baseball player

1925 Zoot Sims, born in Queens, New York, musician, saxophonist, jazz player, played with Woody Herman, Al Cohn, Buddy Rich, Jack Kerouac, Count Basie, Art Pepper

1914 Woody Strode, actor, Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante, Scream

1913 Woody Herman, jazz clarinetist/bandleader/composer, Thundering Herds

1913 Woody Hayes, Wayne, college football coach, Ohio, 1968 coach of yr

1900 Walter Lantz, animator, Woody Woodpecker's creator


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