2004 Death Cotton Fitzsimmons, American Coach 1994 Death Woody Strode, actor (Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante), dies at 80 1993 Death Adelaide Hall, U.S. jazz singer (Cotton Club), dies at 92 1990 Event Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84 1989 Death Norris Cotton, American Politician 1980 Event Princess Theater (Latin Quarter, Cotton Club) opens at 200 W 48th New York City 1975 Birthday James Cotton, NBA guard, Seattle Supersonics 1974 Birthday Kenyon Cotton, full back for the Baltimore Ravens 1969 Birthday Curtis Cotton, NFL/WLAF cornerback, Oak Raiders, Frankfurt Galaxy 1966 Event Jose Torres beats Eddie Cotton to retain light-HW boxing title 1957 Event Nashville's new Hattie Cotton Elementary School dynamited 1954 Event Rose and Cotton Bowl are 1st sports colorcasts 1953 Birthday James Remar, Boston, actor, 48 Hours, Rent-a-Cop, Cotton Club 1949 Birthday Richard Gere, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actor, Breathless, Cotton Club, Pretty Woman 1943 Birthday Paul Cotton, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, Poco 1935 Birthday James Cotton, blues vocalist 1933 Birthday Godfrey Cambridge, New York City, actor, Cotton comes to Harlem 1931 Birthday Cotton Fitzsimmons, American Coach 1930 Birthday Raymond St. Jacques, actor and director, Cotton Comes to Harlem, Mr. Moses 1928 Birthday Bill Cotton, CEO, Noel Gay TV 1927 Event Duke Ellington opens at Cotton Club in Harlem 1925 Birthday Gwen Verdon, born in Louisiana, actress/singer/dancer, Cotton Club, Sweet Charity 1921 Birthday Mario Puzo, born in New York City, novelist, Godfather, Cotton Club, Earthquake 1914 Birthday Woody Strode, actor, Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante, Scream 1907 Birthday Henry Cotton, English golf champion, won 3x British Open 1907 Birthday Henry Cotton, English golfer, British Open 1934, 1937, 1948 1900 Birthday Norris Cotton, American Politician 1895 Death Charles T Stork, great industrialist (cotton mach factory), dies at 73 1891 Event Cotton pickers organize union and staged strike in Texas 1885 Event 11th Kentucky Derby: Babe Henderson aboard Joe Cotton wins in 2:37 1879 Event Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb 1863 Death Frederick William Faber, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham, dies 1814 Birthday Frederick William Faber, born in Calverley, England, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham 1794 Event Eli Whitney patents cotton gin 1793 Event Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin 1793 Event Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin 1790 Event 1st successful U.S. cotton mill to spin yarn (Pawtucket, RI) 1765 Birthday Eli Whitney, inventor, Cotton Gin 1663 Birthday Cotton Mather, witchcraft authority 1652 Death John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 1630 Birthday Charles Cotton, English Poet 1584 Birthday John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony 1571 Birthday Robert Bruce Cotton, English antiquary, politician
