1968 Birthday Gary Coleman, Zion, Illinois, actor, Arnold-Diff'rent Strokes 1942 Birthday Daliah Lavi, Shavel Zion Israel, actress, Casino Royalle, Lord Jim 1924 Birthday Russell Nype, born in Zion, Illinois, singer and actor, Burton Farley-Dorothy 1915 Event Zion Mule Corp forms 1906 Birthday John Betjeman, poet laureate of England, Mount Zion 1906 Birthday John Betjeman, English Poet Laureate 1972-1984, Mount Zion 1898 Event Owen Smith of NC, AME Zion minister, named minister to Liberia 1852 Event San Francisco Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist 1822 Event James Varick becomes 1st bishop of Afr Meth Episcopal Zion Church 1821 Event African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church organizes (New York City) 1821 Event African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (New York) 1800 Event Zion AME Church dedicated (New York City) 1768 Birthday James Varicick, 1st AME Zion Bishop
