2015 Event Taylor Swift receives eight awards at the Billboard Music Awards; Pharrell Williams, Meghan Trainor, One Direction, and Sam Smith were also multiple winners at the ceremony 2015 Event Walmart announces that in April it will raise wages of 500,000 Sam's Club and Walmart workers to $9/hour, exceeding the current minimum wage by $1.75, with a further raise to $10/hour by next February 2015 Event Beck wins Album of the Year and Sam Smith wins both Song and Record of the Year at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, while 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' wins five awards and 'Boyhood' wins best film at the 68th BAFTA Awards 2004 Death Sam Dash, lawyer, Senate counsel during Watergate, dies at 79 2003 Death Sam Phillips, entreprenuer/DJ, started Sun Records, dies at 80 2002 Death Sam Snead, golfer, dies at 89 1997 Death Sam Fuller, director/writer (Big Red One), dies at 86 1997 Event Dr. Sam Sheppard's body (Fugitive) is exhumed for DNA test 1997 Death Sam Moskowitz, San Francisco fandom historian, dies at 76 1996 Event Sam's Town Bowling Invitational 1996 Death Sam Green, industrialist/inventor, dies at 88 1995 Death Ambrose Sam, creole accordionist, dies at 76 1995 Event Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Michelle Mullen 1995 Death Sam McCluskie, trade unionist, dies at 63 1994 Event Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson 1994 Death Sam Francis, U.S. painter (Basel Mural), dies at about 71 1994 Event Statue of Sam Houston unveiled in Texas 1993 Death Sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin), dies from cancer at 74 1993 Death Sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin), dies of prostate cancer at 74 1993 Event Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Robin Romeo 1993 Death Sam Zolotow, U.S. theater critic (New York Times), dies at 94 1993 Death Sam Ntombani, ANC-secretary in Soweto South Africa, shot to death 1992 Event Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson 1992 Death Sam Kinison, loud mouth comedian, dies in a car crash at 38 1992 Event Comedian Sam Kenison marries live-in girlfriend Maleeka 1992 Death Sam Walton, Billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart), dies of cancer at 74 1991 Death Sam Cresson, dies at 73 1991 Death Sam Rabin, speaker of house, dies at 88 1991 Event Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Lorrie Nichols 1991 Death Sam Ntuli, South African ANC-writer, murdered 1990 Event 101 year old Sam Ackerman weds 95 year old Eva in New Rochelle, New York 1990 Event Namibia becomes independent of South Africa, Sam Nujoma becomes president 1989 Event Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson 1989 Event White Sox trade Harold Baines to Rangers for Scott Fletcher and Sam Sosa 1989 Death Rebecca Schaeffer, actress (My Sister Sam), is shot by a fan at 21 1988 Death David Prater, U.S. singer (Sam and Dave-Soul Man), dies in car crash at 50 1988 Death Dave Prater, rocker (Sam and Dave), dies in a car crash at 50 1987 Event Sam's Town National Bowling Pro-Am won by Debbie Bennett 1986 Event 2nd time Saturday Night Live uses a time delay (Sam Knison hosts) 1985 Death Sam Spiegel, Academy Award winning producer (Betrayal), dies at 84 1985 Event Sam Shepard's "Lie of the Mind," premieres in New York City 1985 Death Sam Gillman, actor (Sam-Shane), dies at 70 1985 Death Edmond O'Brien, actor (Sam Benedict), dies of Alzheimer's at 69 1985 Death Sam Ervin, Senator-D-North Carolina 1954 - 1974, dies at 88 1984 Death Sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59 1984 Death Sam Jaffe, actor (Dr. Zorba-Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 93 1983 Event Sam Shepards "Fool for love," premieres in New York City 1983 Death Sam Chatman, elder statesman of the blues, dies 1982 Event Sam Shepard's "True West" premieres in New York City 1982 Event Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley 1982 Death Sam Baker, dies 1982 Birthday Sam Huntington, actor, Jungle 2 Jungle 1980 Event Sam Shepard's "True West," premieres in New York City 1980 Death Sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75 1980 Death Sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68 1979 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Sam Shepard for "Buried child" 1978 Event Sam Shepard's "Buried Child," premieres in New York City 1977 Event Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers, New York, accused of being "Son of Sam" 44 caliber killer 1977 Death Stacy Moskowitz, shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20 1977 Event David Berkowitz pleads guilty in "Son of Sam" 44-caliber shootings 1976 Birthday Sam Mackinnon, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Sam Madison, cornerback for the Miami Dolphins 1974 Event Sam Thompson, Jim Bottomley, and Jocko Conlan elected to Hall of Fame 1973 Death Glenn Strange, actor (Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke), dies at 74 1973 Birthday Sam Couch, born in Newport Beach, California, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Sam Shade, NFL strong safety for the Cincinnati Bengals 1973 Birthday Sam Adams, NFL defensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks 1972 Death Sam de Grasse, dies at 97 1970 Birthday Sam Waters, Camp Springs, Maryland, singer, Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up 1970 Birthday Sam Rogers, NFL linebacker for the Buffalo Bills 1970 Birthday Sam Mack, NBA forward and guard, Houston Rockets, Vancouver Grizzlies 1969 Birthday Sam Militello, born in Tampa, Florida, pitcher, professional baseball player, played for the New York Yankees 1969 Birthday Sam Cassell, NBA guard, New Jersey Nets, Houston Rockets 1969 Event Shelby Singleton buys Sun Records from Sam Phillips 1969 Birthday Sam Gash, NFL running back for the New England Patriots 1968 Death Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88 1967 Birthday Rebecca Schaeffer, Eugene Oregon, actress, Patti-My Sister Sam 1966 Event Dr. Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury 1965 Birthday Sam Mendes, British Director 1965 Event "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and Pharaohs hits #2 1964 Event During services held for Sam Cooke fans caused damage to Funeral Home 1964 Event Shirley Englehorn and Sam Snead wins Haig and Haig Mixed Foursome Golf 1964 Death Sam Cooke, rock vocalist, shot to death at 29 1964 Death Sam Cooke, U.S., singer (Sad Moon), slain at a motel at 33 1964 Birthday Sam Brown, English singer and songwriter, Stop! 1964 Birthday Sam Randolph, born in Santa Barbara, California, Nike golfer, 1993 New England-2nd 1964 Birthday Sam Graddy, Gaffney, South Carolina, 4x100m runner 1984 Olympics gold 1963 Birthday Sam Graves, American Politician 1963 Birthday Sam Mitchell, NBA forward, Minnesota Timberwolves 1963 Event Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, and John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1963 Birthday Glenn Trimble, cricketer, son of Sam Two ODI's for Australia 1986 1962 Event U.S. U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba 1962 Death Sam Wren, actor (Wren's Nest), dies at 64 1962 Birthday Brian Green, born in Columbus Indiana, actor, Sam Fowler-Another World 1962 Event Sam Snead wins LPGA Royal Poinciano Plaza Golf Invitational 1962 Birthday Sam Phillips, singer and actress, Die Hard with a Vengeance 1961 Death Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79 1961 Birthday Sam Perkins, NBA forward and center, Seattle Supersonics 1961 Death Dashiell Hammett, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66 1960 Death Salomon "Sam" de Wolff, zionist/socialist theorist, dies at 82 1960 Birthday Leora "Sam" Jones, born in Mount Olive, North Carolina, U.S. team handball player 1992 Olympics 1960 Event Ford Frick voids Indians - Red Sox deal as Sam White retires 1959 Birthday Sam Raimi, actor, Indian Summer, Thou Shalt Not Kill Except 1959 Event San Francisco Giants Sam Jones 2nd no-hitter, beats St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0 1959 Birthday Sam Mills, NFL linebacker, Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers 1959 Event Sam Snead sets PGA record for 36 holes at 122 1959 Event Bill White traded to St. Louis for pitchers Sam Jones and Don Choate 1958 Birthday Sam Clancy, WLAF defensive assistant coach, Barcelona Dragons 1957 Event Sam Cooke's "You Send Me" reaches #1 1957 Event Sam Cooke and Buddy Holly and Crickets debut on Ed Sullivan Show 1956 Birthday Amanda Burton, born in Ballougry, Northern Ireland, actress, known for television role of Sam Ryan on 'Silent Witness', appeared in 'The Commander' and 'Peak Practice' 1956 Birthday Sam Brownback, born in Garnett, Kansas, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Kansas, U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas' 2nd district 1995 - 1996 1955 Event RCA Victor's best investment paying $25,000 to Sun Records and Sam Philips for rights to Elvis Presley, a truck driver from Tupelo Miss 1955 Birthday Sam Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Prime Risk, Savages 1955 Birthday Charles D "Sam" Gemar, Yankton, South Dakota, army/astronaut, STS-38, 48, 62 1955 Birthday Sam Coppersmith, born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Arizona 1993 - 1995 1955 Event Chicago Cub Sam Jones is 1st black to pitch no-hitter (Pirates, 4-0) 1954 Event Dr. Sam Sheppard's wife Marilyn is murdered (he is accused of crime) 1954 Birthday Sarah Lundy, born in America, horse trainer, won Sam F. Davis Stakes, Tampa Bay Downs, 1993, first female trainer to saddle a horse in the Belmont Stakes 1954 Birthday Sam J Jones, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Chris-Code Red, The Highway Man 1954 Birthday Sam J. Jones, American Actor 1954 Event 18th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 289 1952 Birthday Sam Kinison, screaming comedian/actor, Back to School, Charlie Hoover 1952 Event Chicago White Sox Sam Mele is 6th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th) 1952 Birthday Sam McMurray, born in New York City, New York, actor, television, film, voice actor, appeared on The Tracey Ullman Show, movie roles include Raising Arizona, LA Story 1952 Event 16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 286 1952 Event Betty MacKinnon and Sam Snead wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament 1951 Birthday Pam Dawber, Detroit, actress, Mindy-Mork and Mindy, My Sister Sam 1951 Event 33rd PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pa 1951 Birthday David Naughton, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, My Sister Sam, Separate Vacations 1950 Event Boston Brave Sam Jethroe wins NL Rookie of Year 1950 Event Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) and Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park home runs 1950 Birthday Sam Behrens, actor, Jake Meyer-General Hospital, Sunset Beach, LA Law 1950 Death Sam Staples, cricket pace bowler (3 Tests 1927-28), dies 1950 Event Sam Jethroe is 1st black to play for Boston Braves 1949 Death Sam Wood, U.S. communist fighter/director (Night at Opera), dies at 66 1949 Event 31st PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Hermitage CC Richmond VA 1949 Event 13th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 282 1948 Birthday Sam Gejdenson, born in Eschwege, Germany, Representative-D-Connecticut 1981 - 2001 1947 Birthday Ted Danson, born in San Diego California, actor, Sam Malone-Cheers, 3 Men and a Baby 1947 Event Sam Breadon sells Cards to Robert Hannegan and Fred Saigh for $4M 1947 Event Julie Styne and Sam Cohn's musical "High Button Shoes," premieres in New York City 1947 Birthday Sam Neill, Northern Ireland, actor, Jurassic Park, Dead Calm, Piano 1947 Event A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon 1947 Birthday Sam Gannon, cricketer, Austr lefty quick, 3 Tests vs. India 1977-78 1946 Event "Adventures of Sam Spade" debuts on CBS Radio 1945 Birthday Sam Abell, born in Toledo, Ohio, photographer, published in National Geographic, artistic photographic style, noted for transcendent qualities, graduate, University of Kentucky, photographic books include 'The Photographic Life', 'The Life of a Photograph' 1945 Birthday Sam Wyche, NFL coach for the Cincinnati Bengals 1944 Birthday Sam Elliott, Sacramento California, actor, Big Chill, Fatal Beauty 1943 Birthday Sam Shepard, Illinois, actor and playwright, Frances, Crimes of the Heart 1943 Death Sam Bloemgarten, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 1943 Death Sam[uel] de Vries, actor (Boefje, In Sobibor), dies at 50 1942 Event 25th PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Seaview CC Atlantic City, New Jersey 1941 Birthday Sam Andrew, rocker, Big Brother and Holding Company-Cheap Thrills 1941 Birthday Sam Andrew, rocker, Big Brother and The Holding Co 1941 Birthday Sam Farr, American Politician 1940 Birthday Sam Waterson, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor, Capricorn One, Heaven's Gate 1940 Birthday Sam Waterston, American Actor 1940 Birthday Sam Melville, Utah, actor, Mike Danko-Rookies, Roughnecks 1939 Birthday Sam Gooden, Chattanooga Tennessee, rock vocalist, Impressions-Gypsy Woman 1938 Birthday Sam Nunn, born in Perry, Georgia, Senator-D-Georgia 1972 - 1997 1938 Birthday Sam Nunn, American Politician 1937 Birthday Dave Prater, Ocilla, Georgia, rock vocalist, Sam and Dave 1937 Birthday Magic Sam, rocker, Chicago Bluesman 1937 Birthday Dorothy Provine, Deadwood, South Dakota, actress, Good Neighbor Sam, Darn Cat 1936 Birthday Jerry Lacy, born in Sioux City, Iowa, actor, Play it Again Sam 1935 Birthday Sam Moore, born in Miami, Florida, rock vocalist, Sam and Dave-Soul Sister 1935 Event 39th U.S. Golf Open: Sam Parks, Jr. shoots a 299 at Oakmont CC PA 1935 Birthday Sam Cooke, born in Chicago, Illinois, soul singer, Sam and Dave-You Send Me 1934 Death Sam Cowley, FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson 1934 Birthday Sam Huff, NFL linebacker, New York Giants, Washington Redskins 1934 Birthday Sam Trimble, cricketer, Queensland bat, 12th man for Australia, no Test 1934 Birthday Sam Donaldson, born in El Paso, Texas, ABC White House correspondent, Prime Time 1933 Birthday F Lee Bailey, born in Waltham, Massachusetts, attorney, Sam Shepard case, OJ case 1932 Birthday Sam McCluskie, trade unionist 1930 Death Sam[uel] van Houten, lib minister (Child labor laws), dies 1930 Birthday Sam Johnson, born in Dallas, Texas, Representative-R-Texas 1991 - 1928 Birthday Sam Edwards, physicist 1927 Birthday Sam Massell, Mayor-Atlanta 1926 Birthday John Ericson, Dusseldorf Germany, actor, Sam Bolt-Honey West 1925 Event Sidney Howards "Lucky Sam McGarver," premieres in New York City 1925 Birthday Sam Peckinpah, born in Fresno, California, film director, Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs 1924 Birthday Sam Wainwright, deputy chairman, British Post Office 1923 Birthday Sam Rivers, American Musician 1923 Event New York Yankee Sad Sam Jones no-hits Philadelphia A's, 2-0 1923 Birthday Sam Phillips, musician/record founder, Sun 1921 Birthday Sam Cook, cricketer, England slow left-armer in only Test 1921 Birthday Sam Loxton, cricketer, flamboyant Australian batsman of late 40's 1920 Birthday Paul Foster, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, singer, Soul Stirrers gospel group member, sang with Robert Harris, Sam Cooke, Rising Stars, Golden Echoes, memorable recording 'Be With Me Jesus' 1920 Birthday Sam Moskowitz, San Francisco fandom historian 1920 Birthday Sam Gibbons, born in Tampa, Florida, Representative-D-Florida 1963 - 1997 1919 Birthday Sam Wanamaker, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Holocaust, Competition, Raw Deal 1918 Birthday Sam Walton, billionaire CEO, Wal-Mart 1915 Birthday Edmond O'Brien, New York City, actor, Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight 1913 Event Sam S Shubert Theater opens at 225 W 44th St. New York City 1912 Death Sam[uel E] van Beem, actor (Dollar Princess), dies at 62 1912 Birthday Sam Snead, Hot Springs, Virginia, PGA golfer, PGA-1963, 65, 67, 70, 72, 73 1912 Birthday Lightnin' [Sam] Hopkins, born in Texas, blues stylist, Ball of Twine 1911 Birthday Sam Levenson, New York City, humorist, Sam Levenson Show, Masquerade Party 1911 Death Sam Walter Foss, American Poet 1907 Birthday Sam Green, industrialist/inventor 1905 Birthday Sam Levene, Russia, actor, Demon, Gung Ho, Boomerang 1902 Event 6th Boston Marathon won by Sam Mellor of New York in 2:43:12 1901 Birthday Sam Spiegel, producer, On the Waterfront, Bridge over River Kwai 1899 Birthday Glenn Strange, Weed, New Mexico, actor, Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke 1896 Birthday Sam Ervin, born in Morganton, North Carolina, Senator-D-North Carolina 1954 - 1974 1894 Event Phils get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for cycle beating Louisville 29-4 1894 Birthday Dashiell Hammett, Maryland, author, Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon 1893 Event New Mexico State University cancels it's 1st graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed and killed the night before 1892 Birthday Sam de Vries, actor, Wandering Jew 1892 Birthday Edmund Lowe, actor in Black Sheep, Good Sam, Dillinger, Hot Pepper 1891 Birthday Sam Jaffe, born in New York City, actor, Gunga Din, Dr. Zorba-Ben Casey 1890 Event Geo Train and Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma 1889 Birthday Ray Collins, born in Sacramento, California, actor, Homecoming, Good Sam, Rose Marie 1883 Birthday Sam Wood, U.S., communist fighter/director, For Whom the Bell Tolls 1882 Birthday Sam Rayburn, American Politician 1878 Birthday Salomon "Sam" de Wolff, Dutch zionist/socialist theorist 1877 Birthday James Montgomery Flagg, illustrator, "I want you" Uncle Sam 1874 Birthday Robert Service, England, Canadian poet, Cremation of Sam McGee 1869 Event Harper's Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers 1865 Event Surrender of Sam Jones 1861 Birthday Sam Jones, cricketer, Australian batsman of 1880's 1858 Birthday Sam Walter Foss, American Poet 1852 Event Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the New York Lantern weekly 1849 Birthday Samuel E "Sam" van Beem, actor, Fanfan la Tulipe 1837 Birthday Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch, lib, minister, child labor laws 1836 Event Sam Houston inaugurated as 1st elected President of Republic of Texas 1836 Event Sam Houston elected president of Republic of Texas 1829 Death Sam Patch, loses his live in a 125' dive into Genesse Falls 1813 Event "Uncle Sam" was 1st used to refer to U.S. (Troy Post of New York)
