2015 Event American rock climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson become the first to successfully free-climb the Dawn Wall face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, a climb of 3,000 feet; the men started the climb on December 27th, 2014 2001 Death Nyree Dawn Porter, actor, The Forsyte Saga, dies at 61 1997 Death Dawn Steel, film maker, first woman to head a major Hollywood studio, responsible for 'Flashdance', 'Fatal Attraction', dies at 51 1996 Event Tara Dawn Holland (Kansas), 23, crowned 70th Miss America 1997 1995 Event Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champion 1994 Event Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Healthsouth Palm Beach Golf Classic 1992 Event Dawn Coe-Jone wins Pizza-La LPGA Match Play Golf Championship 1992 Event Dawn Coe wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1990 Death Josephine Wilson, actress (We Dive at Dawn), dies at 86 1990 Death Stuart Hall, actor (Cavalcade, Dawn Patrol), dies 1988 Death Hazel Dawn, U.S. singer and actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98 1988 Death Allan Cuthbertson, actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies at 67 1987 Event Astrological Harmonic Convergence - Dawn of New Age 1985 Death Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54 1984 Death Clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92 1981 Death Frank McHugh, actor (Dawn Patrol, Going My Way), dies at 83 1979 Birthday Brandee Dawn McCoskey, Miss Alaska Teen USA 1996 1976 Death Michael Goodliffe, actor (Gorgon, 7th Dawn, Way Out), dies at 61 1975 Birthday Dawn Piepenbrink, wildrose Wis, pairs skater, & Nick Castaneda 1975 Event Tony Orlando and Dawn receives gold record for "He Don't Love You" 1974 Death Donald Crisp, actor and director (Beloved Brat, Dawn Patrol), dies at 91 1974 Birthday Kimberly Dawn Whipany, Oklahoma, rocker, PC Quest-Can You See 1972 Birthday Tara Dawn Holland, Overland Park Kansas, Miss America 1997 1971 Birthday Stacy Dawn Cenedese, Miss USA-Wyoming 1997 1970 Birthday Dawn Marple, born in Salem, Ohio, team handball wing/back 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Dawn Ponte, born in Kent, Rhode Island, dance skater, & Frey-1995 Eastern, Jr. champ 1970 Birthday Nick Castaneda, Birmingham, Alabama, pairs skater, & Dawn Piepenbrink 1970 Birthday Dawn Staley, Philadelphia, basketball guard, 1996 Olympics gold 1969 Death Wilton Graff, actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn), dies at 65 1968 Birthday Dawn Robinson, born in New London, Connecticut, singer, rhythm and blues, member, En Vogue, an urban dance-pop group 1968 Birthday Dawn Allinger, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, team handball back court, 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday C Thomas Howell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Red Dawn, Tank, Soul Man 1966 Death Isabel Dawn, writer, dies 1965 Death Dawn Powell, American Writer 1965 Death Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet and writer (Walk at Dawn), dies 1965 Birthday Dawn Whiteham, born in New London, Connecticut, bodybuilder, Penthouse Nov 1995 1965 Event Australia suspends champ swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10-yrs for misconduct 1962 Birthday Rae Dawn Chong, born in Edmonton, Alberta, actress, Quest for Fire 1961 Birthday k.d. lang, Kathy Dawn, Consort Alberta, country singer 1960 Birthday Dawn Coe-Jones, Campbell River BC, LPGA golfer, 1992 Kemper Open 1953 Death Godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68 1947 Birthday Anna Calder-Marshall, Kensington England, actress, Zulu Dawn 1946 Birthday Joyce Vincent Wilson, born in Detroit, Michigan, singer, Tony Orlando and Dawn 1946 Birthday Dawn Steel, born in America, film maker, first woman to head a major Hollywood studio, responsible for 'Flashdance', 'Fatal Attraction' 1944 Birthday John Milius, writer, Red Dawn, 1941, Big Wednesday 1938 Birthday Dawn Wells, American Actress 1937 Birthday Dawn Fraser, NSW Australia, 100m freestyle, Gold Medals 1956, 1960, 1964 Olympics 1935 Birthday Adam Wade, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, singer, Tony Orlando and Dawn 1934 Birthday [Navarre] Scott Momaday, U.S. author, House Made of Dawn, Pulitzer 1969 1933 Birthday Dawn French, actress/comedienne, Supergrass 1933 Birthday Sheree North, Dawn Bethel, Louisiana, actress, Mary Tyler Moore Show 1930 Birthday Dawn Addams, Felixstown England, actress, Alan Young Show, Star Maidens 1926 Birthday Rick Jason, New York City, actor, Day of the Wolves, Eagles Attack at Dawn 1925 Death Henry Rider Haggard, English writer (Dawn, She), dies 1919 Birthday Jane Randolph, singer, backup for Tony Orlando, Dawn 1914 Birthday David Brian, New York City, actor, Accussed of Murder, Dawn at Sorocco 1909 Birthday Mona Barrie, Smith, born in London, England, actress, Dawn on Great Divide 1903 Birthday Wilton Graff, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn 1901 Birthday Harold Clurman, producer/director, Deadline at Dawn 1898 Birthday Hazel Dawn, LaTout, Utah, actress, Niobe, Under Cover, Feud Girl 1896 Birthday Dawn Powell, American Writer 1895 Birthday George Raft, born in New York City, actor, Each Dawn I Die, Scarface, Some Like It Hot 1887 Birthday Hank Mann, New York City, actor, City Lights, Smoky, Dawn Trail, Fugitive Road 1878 Birthday Oscar Apfel, Cleveland, actor, Abraham Lincoln, Inspiration, Before Dawn 1856 Birthday Henry Rider Haggard, author, King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn
