2004 Syreeta Wright, singer, Don't You Know With You I'm Born Again, dies at 58
2003 Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish Philosopher
1997 Austin Andrew Wright, sculptor, dies at 85
1995 Ronald Selby Wright, minister, dies at 87
1995 Rapper-E (Eazy Eric Wright), dies at 31
1994 John Keith Wright, English Assistant Secretary of State (1971-84), dies at 66
1994 Billy Wright, English soccer player (World Champion 1950), dies at 70
1994 David Wright, poet, dies at 74
1992 Clarence Wright, singer, dies at 84
1991 Dylan Francis Penn, born in Los Angeles, California, daughter of Sean Penn and Robin Wright
1991 Leo N Wright, U.S. saxophonist (I Left My Heart in SF), dies at 57
1989 Speaker of House Jim Wright resigns
1988 J Skelly Wright, U.S. judge (anti-segregationist), dies at 77
1988 Sewall Wright, U.S. geneticist (evolution model), dies at 98
1987 Roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75
1986 House Dems select majority leader Jim Wright as 48th speaker
1983 Dodgers trade Dave Stewart and Ricky Wright to Texas for Rick Honeycut
1975 Lorenzen Wright, NBA forward for the Los Angeles Clippers
1973 Claudius Wright, WLAF CB for the London Monarchs
1973 2nd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1973 Sharone Wright, NBA center and forward for the Toronto Raptors
1972 Peter Wright, U.S., 1500m freestyle 1996 Olympics
1971 Sylvester Wright, NFL linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles
1970 Toby Wright, safety for the St. Louis Rams
1970 Stevie Miracle marries Rita Wright, [Syreeta]
1970 California Angels Clyde Wright no-hits Oakland A's, 8-0
1970 Chely Wright, American Musician
1969 T C Wright, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals
1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1969 Michae Wright, WLAF cornerback, Barcelona Dragons
1969 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
1968 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1968 Mickey Wright wins LPGA "500" Ladies Golf Classic
1968 Brian Wright, born in Stillwater Oklahoma, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 New Mexico Open-2nd
1968 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
1968 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Palm Beach County Golf Open
1968 Mickey Wright wins Port Malabar Golf Invitational
1967 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies' Golf Invitational
1967 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Seven Lakes Golf Invitational
1967 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1967 Mickey Wright wins Lady Carling Golf Open
1967 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
1967 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational
1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shirley Englehorn Golf Invitational
1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Pacific Ladies' Golf Classic
1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Ladies' World Series of Golf
1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open
1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Ladies Golf Invitational
1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational
1966 Robin Wright Penn, born in Dallas, Texas, actress, Santa Barbara, Princess Bride
1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Venice Ladies Golf Open
1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1965 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1965 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational
1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational
1964 Mickey Wright shoots a 62, lowest golf score for a woman pro
1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
1964 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Visalia Ladies' Golf Open
1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open
1964 19th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waldemar Golf Open
1964 Pamela Wright, born in Scotland, LPGA golfer, 1995 Jamie Farr Toledo-3rd
1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Lady Carling Eastern Golf Open
1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open Invitational
1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Squirt Ladies' Golf Open Invitational
1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Clifford Ann Creed Golf Invitational
1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational
1963 Mickey Wright/Dave Ragan, Jr. wins LPGA Haig and Haig Scotch Mixed Golf
1963 Johanna Wright, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, WPVA volleyballer, Pismo Beach-4th
1963 9th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Visalia Ladies' Golf Open
1963 Eric Eazy-E Wright, rapper
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Idaho Centennia Golf Tournament
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waterloo Women's Golf Open Invitational
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Alpine Civitan Golf Open
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Carlsbad Cavern Golf Open
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Spokane Golf Open
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Salt Lake City Golf Open
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Milwaukee Golf Open
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1962 C Wright Mills, U.S. sociologist (Power Elite), dies at 45
1962 Mickey Wright/Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Naples Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
1961 Ian Andrew Wright, Hamilton NZ, rower 1996 Olympics
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Open
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sacramento Valley Golf Open
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Spokane Women's Golf Open
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
1961 16th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Columbus Golf Open
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Miami Golf Open
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
1960 Richard N Wright, U.S. author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris France
1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Memphis Golf Open
1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Grossinger Golf Open
1960 6th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright
1960 Simon Wright, heavy metal drummer, AC/DC
1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
1959 Guggenheim Museum, by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens in N.Y.C.
1959 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Machine International Golf Open Alliance
1959 1st black to win a major golf tournament, William Wright
1959 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Hoosier Celebrity Golf Tournament
1959 14th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1959 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Cavalier Golf Open
1959 Frank Lloyd Wright, U.S. architect (Guggenheim Museum New York), dies at 89
1959 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open
1958 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open
1958 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Opie Turner Golf Open
1958 13th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1958 4th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright
1958 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open
1957 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open
1957 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open
1957 Mickey Wright wins Sea Island Golf Open
1956 Adrian Wright, rocker, Human League-Only Human
1956 Adrian Wright, Sheffield, rock vocalist, Human League-Only Human
1956 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open
1955 Steven Wright, droll comedian, Steven Wright Live
1954 Steve Wright, Britain's wacky DJ/actor, Funny Man
1954 John Wright, NZ cricketer, opening batsman 1978-92
1953 Kevin Wright, cricketer, Australian wicket-keeper 1979
1953 Betty Wright, U.S. gospel/singer/TV hostess, Little Miss Broadway
1953 Betty Wright, rocker
1953 Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, Harry Wright, Ed Barrow, and Bill Klem and Tom Connolly are inducted into Hall of Fame
1950 Amy Wright, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Inside Moves, Accidental Tourist
1949 Maurice Willis Wright, composer
1949 Brigadier Gen Edwin K. Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1948 "Little" Stevie Wright, rocker, Easybeats
1948 Samuel E Wright, Camden, South Carolina, actor, Enos, Ball Four
1948 Wright Flyer, 1st plane to fly, returns to U.S. from England
1948 Orville Wright, U.S. aviation pioneer, dies at 76
1947 Michael Wright, Vice-Chancello, Aston University
1947 Brigadier General Edwin K Wright, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
1946 Anne Wright, Vice-Chancellor, Sunderland U
1946 Philip Wright, rocker, Paper Lace
1945 Richard William Wright, rock guitarist, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall
1945 Rick Wright, keyboardist of Pink Floyd
1945 71st Preakness: Wayne D Wright aboard Polynesian wins in 1:58.8
1943 Max Wright, Detroit, actor, Buffalo Bill, Alf, Misfits of Science
1943 Gary Wright, singer, dream weaver, Spooky Tooth-It's All About
1942 68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4
1942 Margaret Wright, chief commissioner, Guide Assn
1941 Ernest Wright, Jr., U.S. rock vocalist, Imperials-So Much
1941 White Sox Taft Wright sets AL record of RBIs in 13 consecutive games
1941 Richard Wright and Paul Green's "Native Son," premieres in New York City
1940 Richard Wright's novel "Native Son" is published
1940 Richard Wright's "Native Son" published
1939 O V Wright, rocker
1939 Marian Wright Edelman, American Activist
1939 SS Van Dine, [William Huntingdon Wright], detective writer, dies at 50
1937 Norman Wright, rocker, Del-Vikings
1937 Robin Wright, race horse trainer
1935 Mickey Wright, born in San Diego, California, LPGA golfer, 4 times LPGA champ
1934 66th Belmont: Wayne D Wright aboard Peace Chance wins in 2:29.2
1933 Leo N Wright, U.S. saxophonist, I left my heart in SF
1928 John Keith Wright, English economist/asst sect of state, 1971-84
1926 Martha Wright, born in Seattle, singer, Let's Dance, Martha Wright Show
1925 Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play
1924 Billy Wright, English soccer player
1922 James C Wright, Jr., Rep-D-Texas, Speaker of House, 1987-89
1921 Oliver Wright, British Ambassador, To U.S.
1920 David Wright, poet
1918 Teresa Wright, New York City, actress, Eleanor Gehrig-Pride of the Yankees
1918 Jay Wright Forrester, invented random-access magnetic core memory
1916 Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish Philosopher
1916 C. Wright Mills, American Sociologist
1914 Doug Wright, cricketer, England's leg-spinning genius of 30's and 40's
1912 Wilbur Wright, U.S. aviation pioneer, dies
1912 Roger Lewis, aviation exec, Lockheed, Curtiss Wright, Pan Am
1911 Austin Andrew Wright, sculptor
1911 Denis Wright, diplomat
1910 Wright Morris, U.S. writer
1909 Wright Brothers forms million dollar corp to manufacture airplanes
1909 Eugene Lefebvre, dies test piloting a Wright A aircraft
1909 Army Air Corps formed as Army takes 1st delivery from Wright Brothers
1909 Wright Brothers deliver 1st military plane to the army
1909 Orville Wright tests 1st U.S. Army airplane, flying 1h12m40s
1908 Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hr airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va
1908 Richard Wright, U.S., author, Native Son, Uncle Tom's Children
1908 Ronald Selby Wright, minister
1906 Wright Brothers patent the aeroplane
1906 Joseph Wright, born in Canada, oarsman, 1928 Olympics gold
1905 Orville/Wilbur Wright's "Flyer III" flight 38.5 km in 38.3"
1905 25th U.S. Mens Tennis: Beals C Wright beats Holcombe Ward (62 61 119)
1905 Carroll Wright appointed 1st U.S. Commissioner of Labor
1904 Orville and Wilbur Wright fly a circle in their Flyer II
1904 Wilbur Wright makes his 1st airplane flight
1904 Fats Waller, [Thomas Wright], jazz singer/composer, Ain't Misbehavin'
1903 At 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright)
1903 Wright Bros make 1st flight at Kittyhawk
1903 Wright brothers obtain airplane patent
1901 21st U.S. Mens Tennis: William Larned beats Beals C Wright (62 68 64 64)
1894 Will Wright, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Living Christ Story
1893 Harry Wright suggests umps keep ball-strike count a secret
1888 S S Van Dine, [William Huntingdon Wright], author, Canary Murder Case
1879 Beals C Wright, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1905
1875 Chauncey Wright, American Philosopher
1871 Orville Wright, born in Dayton, Ohio, aviator
1867 Frank Lloyd Wright, Richland Center Wisconsin, master builder, Guggenheim
1867 Wilbur Wright, of aeronautical fame, Wright Brothers
1865 George Wright, U.S. Union brig-general, dies at 61
1862 Union troops under brig-general Wright occupy Fernandina Florida
1861 Almroth Wright, born in Yorkshire, England, bacteriologist
1831 Marcus Joseph Wright, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1922
1830 Chauncey Wright, American Philosopher
1820 Horatio Gouverneur Wright, Major General, Union volunteers
1810 Thomas Wright, historian
1803 George Wright, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1865
1786 Patience Wright, 1st U.S. woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown)
1779 Vice-adm Hardy sails out of Isle of Wright against Spanish Armada
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