2001 Death Aaliyah, actress, model, singer, appeared in film, 'Romeo Must Die', successful album, 'One in a Million', dies in Marsh Harbour, The Bahamas, at age 22, in a plane crash 1993 Event Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Robin Romeo 1989 Birthday Lil' Romeo, American Musician 1983 Death Norma Shearer, actress (Escape, Romeo and Juliet), dies at 82 1982 Death Beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo and Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87 1982 Event Guatemala military coup under General Rios Montt, President Romeo Lucas flees 1979 Birthday Claire Danes, New York City, actress, Angela-My So Called Life, Romeo and Juliet 1979 Birthday Aaliyah, born Aaliyah Dana Haughton, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, model, singer, appeared in film, 'Romeo Must Die', successful album, 'One in a Million' 1974 Birthday Leonardo DiCaprio, born in Louisiana, actor, Luke-Growing Pains, Romeo and Juliet 1971 Birthday Romeo Bandison, NFL defensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns 1971 Birthday Kid Rock, born in Romeo, Michigan, singer, songwriter, Grammy-Award winner, hits include, 'All Summer Long', 'American Bad Ass', sold over 22 million albums 1970 Birthday Romeo Wouden, Dutch soccer player, Dordrecht '90, Heerenveen 1967 Birthday Romeo van Aerde, soccer player, RKC 1963 Birthday Jazzie B, Beresford Romeo, English rapper, Soul II Soul-Feel Free 1959 Birthday Romeo Zondervan, Dutch soccer player, NAC 1955 Birthday Steve Forbert, born in Meridian, Mississippi, singer, songwriter, wrote 1980 hit 'Romeo's Tune', compared to Bob Dylan 1954 Birthday Peter Woods, rocker, Romeo Void-Girl in Trouble 1952 Birthday Frank Zincavage, rocker, Romeo Void 1951 Birthday Olivia Hussey, born in Buenos Aires, actress, Romeo and Juliet, Death on Nile 1943 Death Leslie Howard, actor (Romeo and Juliet), Nazis shot down his plane at 50 1940 Event Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet premieres in Leningrad 1928 Birthday Laurence Harvey, actor, Alamo, Romeo and Juliet 1927 Birthday Romeo LeBlanc, Canadian Politician 1926 Birthday Milo O'Shea, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, Barbarella, Romeo and Juliet 1923 Birthday Franco Zeffirelli, Florence Italy, director, Romeo and Juliet 1910 Birthday Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer, Romeo and Juliet 1907 Birthday Gene Gutche, born in Berlin, Germany, Romeo Maximillian Eugene Ludwig Gutsche, composer, studied business, economics, piano with Ferruccio Busoni, wrote neo-Romantic work, experimented with polytonality, microtones, serialism 1905 Birthday Ralph Forbes, born in London, England, actor, Romeo and Juliet, Daniel Boone 1869 Event Booth theater at 23rd and 6th opens in New York City (Romeo and Juliet) 1867 Event Opera "Romeo et Juliette" is produced (Paris) 1812 Birthday Johanne Luise Heiberg, Copenhagen Denmark, actress, Romeo and Juliet 1302 Event Romeo and Juliet's wedding day, according to Shakespeare
