2014 Event Donald Sterling, the owner of the L.A. Clippers who was banned from the NBA after racist remarks, has changed his mind on allowing sale of the team to Microsoft ex-CEO Steve Balmer; instead, Sterling has revived his $1 billion lawsuit agains the NBA 2004 Death Ray Charles, blues legend, Georgia on My Mind, dies at 73 2002 Event 74th Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony, Whoopi Goldberg hosts, A Beautiful Mind wins Best Picture, Denzell Washington and Hallie Berry win lead acting awards 1993 Death Conway Twitty, country star (Linda on My Mind), dies in surgery at 59 1992 Death Allan Bloom, author (Closing of the American Mind), dies at 62 1991 Event Formal opening ceremony of International One Mind Zen center in Crestone, Colorado 1988 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Alysheba, Gt Communicator, Gulch, Is It True, Miesque, Open Mind, Personal Ensign at Churchill Downs 1987 Event George Harrison releases "Got My Mind Set On You" 1986 Event Alan Ayckbourn's "Woman in Mind," premieres in London 1985 Event Sam Shepard's "Lie of the Mind," premieres in New York City 1978 Death Jean Amery, Johannes Mayer, Austr writer (Mind's Limits), dies at 65 1973 Event John Lennon releases "Mind Games" album 1971 Birthday Paul Bettany, born in Shepherd's Bush, England, actor, films include, 'A Beautiful Mind', 'The Heart of Me' 1969 Death Gertrude Dixon, compiler of Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, dies 1964 Birthday Russell Crowe, born in Wellington, New Zealand, actor, musician, Academy-Award winning film, 'Gladiator', films include, 'L.A. Confidential', 'A Beautiful Mind' 1960 Event Ray Charles' "Georgia On My Mind" reaches #1 1960 Event "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own," by Connie Francis hits #1 1960 Death Ernest Holmes, author, teacher, spiritualist, founded Religious Science movement, considered 'Science of Mind', part of New Thought movement, wrote metaphysical books, including 'The Science of Mind', founded 'Science of Mind' magazine, dies 1951 Birthday Dwight Twilley, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, country singer, Twilley Don't Mind 1943 Birthday Barry Evans, actor, Dr. Upton-Dr. in the House, Mind Your Language 1942 Birthday Daniel Dennett, born in Boston, Massachusetts, philosopher, atheist, focus of study includes philosophy of biology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, relative to cognitive science and evolutionary biology 1937 Birthday John Hartford, born in New York City, country singer, Gentle on My Mind 1937 Birthday Albert Hall, Boothton Alabama, actor, Trouble in Mind, Ryan's 4 1937 Death Ferdinand CS Schiller, British philosopher (Mind!), dies at 72 1932 Birthday Michel Legrand, composer, Summer of '42, Windmills of Your Mind 1931 Birthday Richard Rorty, born in New York City, philosopher, focused on philosophy of language, of mind, politics, literary theory 1928 Birthday Tom Aldredge, born in Dayton, Ohio, actor in What About Bob, Nurse, Mind Snatchers 1919 Birthday Lawrence Ferlinghetti, author, Coney Island of the Mind 1919 Birthday Lawrence Ferlinghetti, U.S., beat poet, Coney Island of the Mind 1894 Birthday Mary Clare, born in London, England, actress, Evil Mind, Young and Innocent 1887 Birthday Ernest Holmes, born in Lincoln, Maine, author, teacher, spiritualist, founded Religious Science movement, considered 'Science of Mind', part of New Thought movement, wrote metaphysical books, including 'The Science of Mind', founded 'Science of Mind' magazine 1879 Birthday Agnes Arber, English biologist/philosopher, Mind and the Eye 1858 Birthday Franz Boas, anthropologist/linguist, Mind of Primitive Man
