1999 Death Bert Remsen, actor, The Player, dies at 74 1996 Death Bert Geoffrey Achong, electron microscopist, dies at 67 1994 Death Jerome Bert Weisner, military Scientist/Disarmer, dies at 79 1993 Death Bert Schoofs, table tennis star, dies at 48 1993 Death Victorine Hefting, historian/wife of Bert Baker, dies at 88 1992 Death Bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch poet (Antipodes), dies at 74 1992 Death Bert Brugman, Dutch puppeteer (Dutch marionette theater), dies 1992 Event Minnesota Twin Bert Blyleven is 2nd to win as teenager and 40 year old 1992 Death Bert Parks, Jacobson, TV host (Miss America), dies at 77 1991 Event Evander Holyfield TKOs Bert Cooper in 7 for heavyweight boxing title 1991 Death Bert Bertram, actor (How to Steal a Million), dies of cancer at 97 1991 Death Bert Convy, actor (Snoop Sisters, Win Lose or Draw), dies at 57 1989 Death Bert Oosterbosch, racing cyclist, won World amateur team time trial championship, won World Professional individual pursuit title, successful track and road racer, dies at age 32, of acute cardiac arrest 1986 Event Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 home runs in a season 1986 Event Bert Blyleven becomes 10th pitcher to strike out 3,000 1982 Death Bert van Dongen, Abraham J Cohen, Dutch singer/actor, dies at 66 1982 Death Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer (Paris-Dakar), dies in race crash 1980 Death Bert Kaempfert, orchestra leader, songwriter, composed jazz-oriented, easy-listening records including Strangers in the Night and hit Wonderland by Night, Danke Schoen for Wayne Newton and L-O-V-E for Nat King Cole 1977 Event Minn Twin Bert Blyleven no-hits California Angels, 9-0 1976 Death Billy Halop, actor (Bert Munson-All in the Family), dies at 56 1975 Birthday Bert Berry, linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts 1973 Birthday Bert Zuurman, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1972 Event Commish Bowie Kuhn allows Bert Campaneris to play in World Series 1972 Event In Game 2 of ALCS, A's Bert Campaneris fires his bat at Det pitcher 1970 Birthday Bert Emanuel, wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons 1970 Birthday Bert Emanuel, NFL wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons 1969 Death Bert [Lambertus] Bakker, director Free Netherland/inventor, dies 1968 Death Bert Wheeler, actor (Rainmakers, High Flyers, Dixiana), dies at 72 1967 Death Bert Berns, U.S. songwriter/producer (Twist and Shout), dies at about 38 1967 Death Bert Lahr, Irving Lahrheim, U.S. comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72 1966 Birthday Bert Weidner, NFL guard for the Miami Dolphins 1965 Event KC A's Bert Campaneris plays all 9 positions in a game 1964 Event A's Bert Campaneris home runs on 1st pitch, hits a 2nd home run on 2nd at bat 1962 Event Bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously 1960 Event Bert Haanstra wins Oscar for "Glass" 1960 Event Oscar awarded to Netherlands director Bert Haanstra 1959 Birthday Bert Cameron, Spanish Town Jamaica, 4X400m relayer, Olympic-silv-1988 1959 Death Bert Bell, NFL hall of famer, dies at 64 1959 Death Bert Leysen, Belgian TV director, dies at 39 1957 Birthday Bert Oosterbosch, born in Eindhoven, Netherlands, racing cyclist, won World amateur team time trial championship, won World Professional individual pursuit title, successful track and road racer 1954 Death Bert Lytell, actor (Henry-One Man's Family), dies at 69 1954 Event Bert Olmstead, Mont Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game 1953 Event Bert Bechichar, Baltimore Colts, kicks a 56-yard field goal 1953 Birthday Bert Heerink, Amsterdam, rock vocalist 1948 Event "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio 1947 Event Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand vs. England at Christchurch 1946 Birthday Bert Bouquet, bassist, Earth and Fire, Focus 1946 Event Bert Bell becomes 2nd NFL commissioner, moves Chicago headquarters to Philadelphia 1945 Event Bert Shepard (1 legged WW II vet) tries out as a pitcher for Senators 1944 Birthday Bert Greene, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, professional golfer, played for the Professional Golf Association Tour 1943 Birthday Bert Jansch, born in Glasgow, Scotland, musician, folk artist, acoustic guitarist, singer, songwriter, member of the band Pentangle, winner, BBC Folk Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award 1942 Birthday Bert Campaneris, baseball player for the Oakland A's 1942 Birthday Bert Campaneris, shortstop for the Oakland A's 1942 Birthday Al[bert] Tanara, WLAF defensive coach, Amsterdam Admirals 1941 Birthday Hubertus AGM "Bert" Andre, Dutch actor, Turkish Fruit-Come Back 1939 Birthday Bert Berdis, born in Pittsburgh, comedian, Tim Conway Show 1938 Birthday Bert de Vries, Dutch minister of Social Affairs, CDA 1934 Event Bert Ironmonger ends Sheffield Shield career age 51 years 298 days 1933 Birthday Garnett Mimms, born in Ashland, West Virginia, singer, songwriter, record producer, worked with Bert Berns, Jimi Hendrix, recorded on MGM, Verve Records, funk, rhythm and blues music 1933 Birthday Bert Convy, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Snoop Sisters, Win Lose or Draw 1933 Birthday Bert Convy, born in St. Louis, Missouri, game show host, Win, Lose or Draw 1933 Birthday Perry Botkin, Jr., born in New York City, orchestra leader, Bert Convy Show 1933 Event Bert Oldfield flattened by Larwood delivery in Adelaide Test 1931 Birthday Bert Lance, American Politician 1928 Birthday Bert Geoffrey Achong, inventor, electron microscopist 1928 Event 1st solo England to Australia flight lands (Bert Hinkler) 1928 Event 1st solo England to Australia flight takes off (Bert Hinkler) 1926 Event Bert Gibb of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game 1925 Birthday Bert Remsen, Glen Cove, New York, actor, Mario-It's a Living 1923 Birthday Bert Sutcliffe, cricketer, all-time great New Zealand left-handed bat 1923 Birthday Bert Kaempfert, born in Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany, orchestra leader, songwriter, composed jazz-oriented, easy-listening records including Strangers in the Night and hit Wonderland by Night, Danke Schoen for Wayne Newton and L-O-V-E for Nat King Cole 1922 Death Bert Williams, famous black, dies at 46, in New York City 1920 Event Bert Collins scores 104 on Test Cricket debut vs. England SCG 1920 Birthday Bert Leysen, TV director, Belgian National TV 1920 Birthday Bert Weedon, born in Essex, London, musician, guitarist, composer, influenced Eric Clapton, Brian May, Mike Odefield, The Beatles, created "Play in a Day" guitar tutorial guide 1920 Birthday Billy Halop, New York City, actor, Bert Munson-All in the Family 1919 Birthday Bert Freed, New York City, actor, Rufe-Shane 1918 Birthday Bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch journalist/poet, Crossing 1918 Birthday Bert Schierbeek, Lambertus, Dutch writer/poet, Cross Roads 1917 Birthday Bert van Aerschot, Flemish writer, Elevator, Women 1916 Birthday Bert Haanstra, Holten Netherlands, director, Fanfare 1915 Birthday Bert Decorte, Flemish poet 1915 Birthday Jerome Bert Weisner, military scientist/disarmer 1915 Birthday Bert van Dongen, Abraham J Cohen, singer/impressionist/actor 1915 Birthday Bert [Albert L F] Peleman, Dirk Dyckmans, Flemish writer 1914 Birthday Bert Parks, Jacobson, born in Atlanta, Georgia, TV host, Miss America 1914 Birthday [Bert de] Wayne Morris, born in Los Angeles, California, WW II-pilot/actor, Paths of Glory 1914 Birthday Bert Haas, baseball player 1913 Event Bert Daniels set AL mark, being hit-by-pitch 3 times in a doubleheader 1913 Birthday Bert Farber, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone 1912 Birthday Bert Bakker, Dutch publisher, Free Netherlands 1910 Birthday Albertus "Bert" Botterman, actor, Bridge Too Far 1895 Birthday Bert Lahr, Irving Lahrheim, U.S. comic/actor, Lion-Wizard of Oz 1895 Birthday Bert Wheeler, actor, Nitwits, Hold 'em Jail, High Flyers, Rainmakers 1895 Birthday Bert I Gordon, New York 1895 Birthday DeBenneville "Bert" Bell, Pennsylvania, NFL owner/commissioner/HOF, Eagles 1893 Birthday Bert Bertram, actor, How to Steal a Million 1891 Birthday Bert McGirr, cricketer, played in New Zealand's 1st Test series 1889 Birthday Bert Collins, cricketer, Aussie batsman in the post WW I years 1886 Death Paul Bert, French Scientist 1885 Birthday Bert Lytell, New York City, actor, Henry-One Man's Family 1882 Birthday Bert "Dainty" Ironmonger, cricketer, belated Australian rep 1928-33 1876 Birthday Bert Vogler, cricketer, early South African googly bowler 1876 Birthday Bert Hopkins, cricketer, Australian pace bowler of the 1900's 1841 Birthday Bert van Tienhoven, mayor, Amsterdam, foreign minister 1833 Birthday Paul Bert, French Scientist 783 Death Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies
