2013 Event The 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have A Dream' speech is commemorated in the U.S. 2009 Death Chuck Daly, basketball coach, head coach, successful 14-year NBA career included leading Detroit Pistons to two NBA Championships, led Dream Team to win gold at 1992 Summer Olympics, dies at 78 in Jupiter, Florida 1996 Event "Midsummer Night's Dream" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 66 performances 1996 Event "Midsummer Night's Dream" opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 66 performances 1992 Event U.S. Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57 1992 Death Red Callender, U.S. jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76 1992 Death Virginia Field, actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at 74 1991 Event USA Basketball announces "Dream Team" for the 1992 Olympics 1989 Death Paul Shenar, actor (Deadly Force, Dream Lover), dies at 53 1989 Event "Nightmare on Elm Street 5: Dream Child" premieres 1987 Death Hayden Rorke, Brooklyn, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Night Walker), dies 1986 Event Bobby (Patrick Duffy) returns to Dallas, his death is attributed to his wife Pam's bad dream (erases all of last season) 1984 Death Ruth Cummings, actress (Daybreak, Dream of Love), dies at 90 1982 Death Philip Ober, actor (General Stone-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 80 1980 Death Anna van Wageningen-Salomons, Dut author (Unspoilt Dream), dies at 94 1978 Birthday Tommy S. Parker, producer with 2 Guys and A Dream Films 1975 Death Sophia JW "Sophie" Hermse, actress (But a Dream), dies at 86 1975 Event John Lennon releases "#9 Dream" 1970 Death Vinton Hayworth, actor (General Schaeffer-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 63 1970 Birthday Meredith Salenger, actress, Dream a Little Dream, The Kiss 1969 Death Barton Maclane, actor (General Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 68 1968 Death Martin Luther King, Jr., (Dream continues), assassinated in Memph at 39 1967 Event Longest dream (REM sleep) on record, Bill Carskadon, Chicago (2:23) 1963 Event Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial 1962 Event Beatles, with Pete Best, TV debut (perform "Dream Baby" on BBC) 1961 Birthday Susan Boyle, born in Blackburn, Scotland, Scottish singer, gained international attention, audience ovation, on television contest, Britain's Got Talent with Les Miserables song, 'I Dreamed a Dream', and 'Cry Me a River', plain appearance contrasts with her powerful voice 1961 Event Edward Albee's "American Dream," premieres in New York City 1959 Death Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (The Dream), dies 1956 Death Renee Erdos, Hungarian literary (Leanyalmok [Dream Girl]), dies 1956 Event "Pipe Dream" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 245 performances 1956 Birthday Brian Benben, born in Winchester, Virginia, actor, Dream On, Gangster Chronicles 1955 Event "Pipe Dream" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 245 performances 1954 Birthday Lorraine Bracco, Brooklyn, actress, Someone to Watch Over Me, Dream Team 1953 Birthday Larry Miller, comedian, Dream On, Favor, Dream Lover 1952 Birthday Ricky Van Shelton, Grit, Virginia, country singer, Wild-Eyed Dream 1951 Birthday Denny Dillon, comedian, SNL, Dream On 1950 Birthday Dan Hartman, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, singer, songwriter, record producer, known for "I Can Dream About You" 1948 Birthday Justin Deas, born in Pennsylvania, actor, Dream Lover, Montana, Intimate Strangers 1945 Event Elmer Rice' "Dream Girl," premieres in New York City 1945 Event Ivor Nivello's "Perchance to Dream," premieres in London 1944 Birthday Edgar Froese, rocker, Tangerine Dream 1944 Birthday Volker Hornback, rocker, Tangerine Dream 1943 Birthday Gary Wright, singer, dream weaver, Spooky Tooth-It's All About 1943 Birthday Sven Johnson, rocker, Tangerine Dream 1941 Birthday Connie Smith, Elkhart, Indiana, singer, Dream Painter, New Horizons 1940 Birthday Jimmy Clanton, Baton Rogue, Louisiana, rock vocalist, Just a Dream 1939 Birthday Kenzo Takada, Japanese director, Dream After Dream 1937 Birthday Tommy Sands, born in Chicago, Illinois, singer and actor, Teenage Rock, Dream With Me 1934 Birthday Barbara Eden, Huffman, born in Tucson, Arizona, actress, Dream of Jeannie 1931 Birthday Larry Hagman, born in Fort Worth, Texas, actor, I Dream of Jeannie, JR-Dallas 1930 Birthday Jerry Ragavoy, U.S. songwriter/producer, Wonderful Dream 1930 Birthday Chuck Daly, born in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, basketball coach, head coach, successful 14-year NBA career included leading Detroit Pistons to two NBA Championships, led Dream Team to win gold at 1992 Summer Olympics 1929 Event Cole Porter's musical "Wake Up and Dream," premieres in New York City 1927 Birthday Bill Daily, Des Moines Iowa, actor, 'I Dream of Jeannie', 'The Bob Newhard Show' 1920 Birthday Carmen McRae, Clark, U.S. jazz singer/pianist, Dream of Life 1919 Birthday Sylvia Syms, U.S. singer, Hello Dolly, Dream Girl, Them There Eyes 1913 Birthday MacDonald Carey, born in Sioux City, Iowa, actor, One Life to Live, Dream Girl 1910 Birthday Hayden Rorke, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dr. Bellows-I Dream of Jeannie 1902 Birthday Barton MacLane, South Carolina, actor, Geisha Boy, Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie 1902 Birthday Philip Ober, born in Fort Payne, Alabama, actor, General Stone-I Dream of Jeannie 1900 Birthday Barton Maclane, Columbia, South Carolina, actor, General Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie 1900 Birthday Ralph Graves, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Dirigible, Flight, Dream Street 1898 Birthday Walter Abel, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, actor, Suspicion, Dream Girl 1858 Birthday William W. Campbell, Canadian poet, Beyond the Hills of Dream 1844 Birthday Henri Julien Felix Rousseau, French ambassador/painter, Dream 1801 Birthday John Henry Newman, England, cardinal/author, Dream of Gerontius 1681 Death Pedro Calderon de la Barca, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream', dies at 81 1600 Birthday Pedro Calderon de la Barca, born in Madrid, Spain, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream'
