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1994 Jerry Rubin, U.S. anti-war activist (Youth Party), dies at 56

1991 Cor Ria Leeman, Flemish (youth)writer, dies

1989 May Allison, actress (Youth for Salem Men of Steel), dies

1985 International Youth Year begins

1982 Beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo and Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87

1982 CBS radio begins youth oriented broadcast Radio Radio

1976 Allan Jackson, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand), dies at 60

1973 In audience with Italian cyclists, Pope Paul VI praises athletes who "offer the magnificent show of a healthy, strong, generous youth"

1971 New York Times reports growing interest of white youth in black gospel music

1970 Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, and German youths (Val d'Isere, France)

1969 Michael Grant, vocalist, Musical Youth

1963 NAACP Youth Council begins sit-ins at lunch counters, Oklahoma City

1960 Keith Musa[kawukhathi] Zondi, South Africa head, Inkatha Youth Brigade

1959 Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth," premieres in New York City

1958 NAACP Youth Council begin sit-ins at Oklahoma City Lunch counters

1958 Thurston Moore, U.S. guitarist/songwriter, Sonic Youth

1958 Peter R Mokaba, president, South African Youth Congress

1952 1st Dutch edition of youth magazine "Donald Duck"

1946 Janet Street-Porter, British TV personality, Youth

1945 Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah, Youth Aliyah), dies

1945 "Youth for Christ" organizes

1943 Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered at 55

1943 Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered

1943 Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55

1941 German occupiers begin youth labor

1939 Membership in Hitler Youth becomes obligatory

1934 1st youth hostel in U.S. opens (Northfield, Mass)

1934 Samson Raphaelson's "Accent on Youth," premieres in New York City

1930 William Courtleigh, actor (Madame X, Eyes of Youth), dies at 63

1923 Socialist Workers Youth International forms in Hamburg

1918 Wilfred Owens, anti-war poet (Anthem for doomed youth), dies at 25

1918 Socialist Youth AJC organizes in Amsterdam

1915 Allan Jackson, Hot Springs, Arkansas, newscaster, Youth Takes a Stand

1913 Artur Axmann, nazi youth leader

1912 Barend Roest Crollius, painter/writer, Chronicle Sins of Youth

1910 German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms

1909 Hotze de Roos, Dutch youth book author, Chameleon

1902 Mantan Moreland, Monroe, Louisiana, comedian, Charlie Chan, Spirit of Youth

1897 Betty Compson, Beaver, Utah, actress, Millionaire Kid, Mad Youth

1893 Wilfred Owen, born in England, anti-war poet, Anthem for Doomed Youth

1892 1st appearance of "Pledge of Allegiance" (Youth's Companion)

1888 Joszi J Tersanszky, Hungary, musician/writer, Youth of Marci Kakuk

1883 Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, born in London, England, composer, Farewell My Youth

1881 Maurits H. E. Uyldert, Dutch poet and writer, Youth of a Poet

1881 Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter, poet and sculptor, Seated Youth

1867 William Courtleigh, born in Guelph, Ontario, actor, Eyes of Youth, Madame X

1862 Gabriele dell' Addolorata, patron of Italian Catholic youth, dies at 23

1854 Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director, Youth

1837 Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth

1460 Ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida


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