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1997 Jermaine Stewart, singer, soul, pop, funk-rock genres, known for Billboard hit 'The Word is Out', dies liver cancer in Homewood, Illinois, at age 39
1991 Francois Billetdoux, French author (Word Awake), dies in Philadelphia 1991 Jermaine Jackson releases "Word to the Badd!!" anti Michael song 1989 Dan Quayle sends out 30,000 Xmas cards with word beacon spelled beakon 1974 Chimpanzee Nim Chimsky signs his 1st word, at 2 months 1970 Ray Davies of Kinks travels round trip NY-London to change 1 word in "Lola," (Coca-Cola to Cherry Cola) because of BBC coml reference ban 1959 Jermaine Stewart, born in Columbus, Ohio, singer, soul, pop, funk-rock genres, known for Billboard hit 'The Word is Out' 1957 Danny Heep, born in San Antonio, Texas, Daniel William Heep, athlete, baseball player, outfielder, coach, played for Houston Astros, played in two World Series, 1986 with New York Mets, 1988 with Los Angeles Dodgers, head coach for University of the Incarnate Word, Texas 1952 Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word 1944 Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad, U.S. singer, Persuasions-Spread the Word 1941 Florinda Bolkan, Ceara Brazil, actress, Damned, Last Valley, Word 1930 Zoe Akins' "Greeks Had a Word for it," premieres in New York City 1922 Queen Wilhelmina's takes Dutch throne with 119 word speech 1920 David Waller, actor, Shadowlands, Work is a 4 Letter Word 1920 Jos de Haes, Flemish philological/poet, Misery of the Word 1909 Word received, Admiral Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier 1904 Gerarda "Meik" Rueter, Dutch, sculptress, if that word exists 1900 1st know occurrence of word "hillbillie" (New York Journal) 1890 Karel Capek, Czechoslovakia, writer, R U R, ; coined the word "robot" 1646 Mass uses death penalty for denying that Saint Copybook is God's word 1611 Word "telescope" is 1st used (Prince Federico Cesi) 1308 Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher (coined the word dunce), dies at 42 1 Origin of Dionysian Incarnation of the Word |
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