1999 Death "Forrest Mars, Sr", businessman, Mars candy, dies at 95 1996 Death William Downie Forrest, journalist, dies at 94 1995 Event 52th Golden Globes: Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks, Jessica Lange 1994 Death Forest Cowles Bud Forrest Sagendorf, cartoonist, dies at 79 1990 Death Christine Forrest, actress (Martin), dies 1990 Event "Les Miserables," opens at Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia 1988 Event "Les Miserables," opens at Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia 1986 Death Forrest Tucker, actor (O'Rourke-F Troop, Dusty Trail), dies at 67 1980 Event Nottingham Forrest wins 25th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid 1979 Death Forrest Carter, American Writer 1979 Event Nottingham Forrest wins 24th Europe Cup 1 at Munich 1977 Death Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod and Me), dies at 77 1965 Death Forrest Taylor, actor (This is Life, Man Without a Gun), dies at 81 1961 Event USN Comdr Forrest S Petersen takes X-15 to 30,720 m 1956 Birthday Tom Hanks, born in Concord, California, actor, Bossom Buddies, Forrest Gump, Philadelphia 1955 Birthday Gary Sinise, actor, Apollo 13, Forrest Gump 1948 Birthday Robert Zemeckis, director, Forrest Gump, Back to the Future 1947 Death Forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71 1936 Birthday Frederic Forrest, Waxahachie, Texas, actor, Music Box, Lonesone Dove 1933 Birthday Forrest Gregg, NFL tackle, Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys 1925 Event Eugene O'Neill Theater (Coronet, Forrest) opens at 230 W 49th St. New York City 1925 Birthday Forrest Compton, Reading, Pennsylvania, actor, Gomer Pyle USMC, Edge of Night 1925 Birthday Forrest Carter, American Writer 1924 Birthday Steve Forrest, Huntsville, Texas, actor, Ben-Dallas, SWAT 1919 Birthday Forrest Tucker, born in Plainfield, Indiana, actor, O'Rourke-F Troop, Dusty Trail 1916 Birthday Forrest J Ackerman, invented the term "sci-fi" 1915 Birthday Nora Dunfee, actress, Forrest Gump, Lorenzo's Oil 1902 Birthday William Downie Forrest, journalist 1899 Birthday Forrest Lewis, actor, Monster of Piedras Blancas 1899 Birthday Forrest "Red" DeBernardi, basketball hall of famer, elected 1961 1894 Birthday Forrest Shaklee, founder, Shaklee Products 1877 Death Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South, dies in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 56 1864 Event Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tennessee 1864 Event Battle of Paducah, Kentucky (Forrest's raid) 1864 Death Jeffery Forrest, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1863 Event Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee 1863 Event Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Miss; Forrest w/3500 defeats 8000 Feds 1863 Event Forrest's raid on Brentwood, Tennessee 1862 Event Brigadier-General Nathan Bedford Forrest occupies Trenton, Kentucky 1862 Event Battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid) 1862 Event Forrest's 1st raid 1862 Event Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Forrest's Raid) US895 CS150 1821 Birthday Nathan Bedford Forrest, born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South
