1996 Death David Lancaster Nicolson, businessman/politician, dies at 73 1994 Death Burt Lancaster, actor (Elmer Gantry), dies of heart attack at 80 1994 Death Nancy Keene Lancaster, US/British architect (Binnen House), dies at 96 1990 Event Actor Burt Lancaster suffers a stroke 1980 Birthday Sarah Lancaster, born in Kansas City, Kansas, actress, Rachel-Saved By Bell: New Class 1969 Birthday Brian Williams, Lancaster, South Carolina, pitcher, Detroit Tigers, Astros 1967 Birthday Kevin Appier, Lancaster California, pitcher for the Kansas City Royals 1962 Birthday Grady Neal Lancaster, born in Smithfield, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1994 Byron Nelson 1961 Event 33rd Academy Awards - "Apartment," Burt Lancaster and Liz Taylor win 1958 Event Frank Zappa graduates from Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster, California 1958 Birthday Alan Milburn, born in Tow Law, County Durham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Darlington, served in Cabinet as Secretary of State for Health, resigned, rejoined Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1957 Event 1st electric watch introduced, Lancaster Pa 1950 Birthday David Graff, Lancaster Ohio, actor, Police Academy 2, 3, 4, 6 1949 Event WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Birthday Alan Lancaster, bassist, Status Quo-Down Down, On the Level 1944 Birthday Linda Foster, Lancaster England, actress, Doris-Hank 1944 Event RAF Sergeant Nickolas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18,000 feet without a parachute 1943 Birthday Martin Lancaster, born in North Carolina, Representative-D-North Carolina 1987 - 1995 1942 Event 1st combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane 1941 Event Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane 1940 Birthday William Ritchie, vice-chancellor, Lancaster U 1928 Birthday Harold Hanham, vice chancellor, Lancaster University 1922 Birthday David Lancaster Nicolson, businessman/politician 1917 Birthday Clarence E. Miller, born in Lancaster, Ohio, Representative-R-Ohio 1967 - 1993 1916 Birthday Francis Cockfield, born in Horsham, England, born Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield of Dover in the County of Kent, politician, Conservative Party, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1913 Birthday Burt Lancaster, New York City, actor, From Here to Eternity, Elmer Gantry 1909 Birthday Jean Lancaster, director, WRNS 1908 Birthday Osbert Lancaster, English cartoonist/author, Daily Express 1908 Birthday Ian Lancaster Fleming, born in London, England, author, James Bond 1897 Birthday Nancy Keene Lancaster, designer/Collector 1849 Birthday Luther Burbank, born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, horticulturist 1838 Death Joseph Lancaster, English Educator 1812 Event Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pennsylvania patents a horse-drawn mower 1778 Birthday Joseph Lancaster, English Educator 1754 Death Don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, dies 1676 Event Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster Mass 1601 Event John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London 1399 Death John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile and Leon, dies at 58
