2015 Event Scientists using geophysical methods to map underground archaeological sites have discovered a set of stone monoliths buried 3 feet deep near Stonehenge; the stones are estimated to be 4,500 years old 2015 Event Archaeologists report on the findings in Kenya of stone tools over a half-million years older than known species of human ancestors, raising questions regarding human evolution and use of tools 2014 Event The original lyrics to 'Like a Rolling Stone', handwritten by Bob Dylan on hotel stationery, sells for $2 million at auction 2010 Event The oldest type of stone axe in the world is dated at 35,500 years old; it was found in Australia's Northern Territory in the lands of the Jawoyn people 2010 Event General Stanley McChrystal, leader of the U.S. war Afghanistan announces his retirement after making controversial statements in 'Rolling Stone' magazine 2003 Death Carol Shields, author, The Stone Diaries, dies at 68 2002 Death W. Clement Stone, American Businessman 1996 Death Joseph Stone, lawyer, dies at 79 1995 Death Christopher Stone, actor (Dave-Dallas, Interns), dies at 53 1994 Event Sharon Stone files $12m suit against her jeweler 1993 Event Director Oliver Stone files for divorce from Elizabeth 1993 Event Rolling Stone Bill Wyman weds Suzanne Accosta on French Riveria 1992 Event U.S. actress Bobbie Eakes marries author David Stone 1992 Event Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery 1991 Death Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies 1990 Death Sara Seegar, Stone, actor (Mystery of Room 13), dies at 76 1989 Death Irving Stone, U.S. writer (Love is Eternal, Lust for Life), dies 1989 Death I. F. Stone, American Journalist 1989 Death Isidore Feinstein Stone, author (I F Stone's Weekly), dies at 81 1987 Birthday Joss Stone, born in Dover, England, singer, actress, multi-platinum album, 'The Soul Sessions', top ten hit song, 'You Had Me', sold over 10 million albums worldwide 1986 Death Sid Stone, comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 82 1982 Event Rolling Stone Keith Richard's house burns down 1981 Event Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League)) 1981 Death Mike Bloomfield, musician, guitarist, composer, number 22 on Rolling Stone's '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time', dies of drug overdose at 36 1980 Event Baltimore's Steve Stone wins AL Cy Young Award 1980 Event Rangers snap Orioles pitcher Steve Stone's 14-game winning streak 1980 Death Milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75 1978 Death Edward Durrell Stone, U.S. architect, dies at 76 1975 Event Ron Woods replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stone guitarist 1974 Birthday Jeffrey van der Stone, soccer player, RKC 1973 Event Dr. Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 and peaks at #6 1972 Birthday Joanna Stone, Australian javelin thrower 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Towanna Stone, Miss USA-Tennessee, 1997, 3rd 1972 Event Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, and Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain Georgia 1971 Birthday Ron Stone, NFLer for the Dallas Cowboys 1971 Birthday Matt Stone, born in Houston, Texas, musician, actor, screenwriter, co-creator of 'South Park' Emmy-Award winning television series, co-created film, 'Team America: World Police' 1971 Event Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St. Tropez Town Hall 1971 Event Rolling Stone Mick Jagger marries Bianca Perez Morena de Macias 1970 Event 63 arrest in riot to buy Rolling Stone tickets in Milano Italy 1970 Birthday Claudia Schiffer, born in Rheinbach, Germany, super model, Elle, Rolling Stone 1969 Event Peter Stone and Sherman Edward's "1776," premieres in New York City 1969 Birthday Andrew Murray Stone, Auckland New Zealand, Open 470 yachter 1996 Olympics 1967 Event Rolling Stone Mick Jagger and Keith Richards end 1 month jail sentence 1967 Death George E Stone, actor (5 Star Final, Front Page), dies at 64 1966 Birthday Matthew Laborteaux, actor, Killing Stone, Deadly Friend 1966 Event Brian Jones final perfomance as a Rolling Stone 1965 Event Bob Dylan release "Like a Rolling Stone" 1965 Birthday Stone Gossard, musician with Pearl Jam 1965 Event Bob Dylan records "Like a Rolling Stone" 1964 Birthday Ian Hart, born in Liverpool, England, actor, theater, television, film roles include, 'Michael Collins', 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' 1964 Birthday Trey Anastasio, born in Fort Worth, Texas, singer, multi-instrumentalist, member of Phish rock band, ranked 73rd on 'Rolling Stone' 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time 1964 Event Rolling Stone concert in Ireland halts after 12 minutes due to riot 1964 Birthday Alan "Reni" Wren, English pop drummer, Stone Roses-Fools Gold 1964 Birthday Dwight Stone, NFL receiver/running back, Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers 1963 Event Walt Disney's "The Sword in the Stone" is released 1963 Birthday Gay "Mani" Mournfield, English pop bassist, Stone Roses 1963 Birthday Ian Brown, English rock vocalist, Stone Roses-Made of Stone 1962 Birthday John Squire, English pop guitarist, Stone Roses, She Bangs the Drums 1962 Birthday Rob Stone, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Kevin-Mr Belvedere 1959 Death Fred Stone, actor (Hideaway, Westerner), dies at 85 1958 Birthday Sharon Stone, born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, actress, Basic Instinct, Sliver, Casino 1958 Birthday Sharon Stone, born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, actress, Basic Instinct, Total Recall 1957 Birthday Donna Stone, New Jersey, fencer-epee 1996 Olympics 1954 Birthday Stone Phillips, news host, NBC Dateline 1954 Event Dean Stone gets credit for AL win, although he didn't retire a batter, he threw out Shoendienst trying to steal home, AL-11 NL-9 1954 Birthday Greg Ginn, born in America, guitarist, singer, songwriter, leader, Black Flag, hardcore punk, Rolling Stone's, 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time 1954 Birthday Kim Stone, bassist, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance 1954 Birthday Stone Phumelele Sizani, South African treasurer, UDF 1953 Death Lewis Stone, actor (Just This Once, Key to the City), dies at 73 1953 Death Lewis Stone, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies of heart attack at 73 1953 Birthday Carl Joseph Stone, born in America, composer, electronic music genre, minimalist, studied composition at California Institute of the Arts, served as President of the American Music Center 1951 Birthday Roberto Duran, boxer, fists of stone 1950 Event Coronation Stone, taken from Scone in Scotland by Edward I in 1296, stolen from Westminster Abbey and smuggled back to Scotland 1950 Birthday Curtis Stone, born in Hollywood, California, singer, Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry 1949 Birthday Dee Wallace Stone, Deanna Bowers, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Critters, 10, ET 1949 Birthday [Mary] Kathleen Turner, born in Springfield, Missouri, actress, Romancing The Stone 1947 Birthday Steve Stone, born in Cleveland, Ohio, sportscaster, Monday Night Baseball 1946 Birthday Oliver Stone, born in New York City, director, Wall St, Good Morning Vietnam, Platoon 1946 Birthday Gregg Errico, rocker, Sly and Family Stone 1946 Birthday Fred Stone, rock guitarist, Sly and Family Stone-Stand 1946 Death Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice Supreme Court (1941-46), dies at 73 1946 Death Harlan Stone, American Lawyer 1946 Birthday Jann S Wenner, publisher, Rolling Stone 1945 Birthday Rosemary Stone, vocalist/pianist, Sly and Family Stone-Everyday People 1944 Birthday Sly Stone, born in Dallas, rocker, Sly and the Family Stone-Everyday People 1944 Birthday Shelley Fabares, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, singer, television debut 'Letter to Loretta', played role of Mary Stone in sitcom 'The Donna Reed Show', Primetime Emmy Award nominee for ABC sitcom 'Coach' 1943 Birthday Mike Bloomfield, born in Chicago, Illinois, musician, guitarist, composer, number 22 on Rolling Stone's '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time' 1943 Birthday Mick Jagger, Eng, rock vocalist, Rolling Stone 1943 Birthday Robby Weaver, actor, Stone 1943 Birthday Dennis Edwards, rocker, Temptations, 'Papa was a Rolling stone' 1942 Birthday Christopher Stone, Manchester, New Hampshire, actor, Dave-Dallas, Interns 1942 Event 20 tons of gelignite in a stone quarry at Easton Pennsylvania, kills 21 1941 Birthday David Ruffin, Mississippi, vocalist, Temptations-Papa Was a Rolling Stone 1940 Birthday William Cash, born in London, England, born William Nigel Paul Cash, politician, Member of Parliament for Stafford, Member of Parliament for Stone 1937 Birthday Robert Stone, U.S. writer, Who'll Stop the Rain, WUSA 1936 Birthday Michael Stone, English broker/multi-millionaire, Man Group 1934 Birthday Tina Maria Stone, runner, 1 year distance record of 15,472 miles 1933 Birthday Joan Hackett, born in New York, actress, Will Penny, One Stone Pony 1932 Birthday Alexander Kluge, born in Halberstadt, Germany, film director, author, work 'Butalitat im Stein' or 'Brutality in Stone', helped launch New German Cinema 1926 Birthday Cynthia Stone, Peoria, Illinois, actress, That Wonderful Guy, Ad Libbers 1924 Birthday Paddy Stone, Winnipeg Manitoba, choreographer, Piccadilly Palace 1920 Birthday Jan W. Schulte Nordholt, Dutch poet and historian, Blossoming Stone 1920 Event Iron monument unveiled at Stone churches, Flanders 1918 Birthday Kirby Stone, born in New York City, jazz combo leader, Baubles Bangles and Beads 1917 Birthday Ezra Stone, U.S., actor/producer, Henry Aldrich 1917 Birthday Joseph Stone, lawyer 1915 Event Edward Stone, 1st U.S. combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded 1913 Event Foundation stone of the Australian capital in Canberra laid 1909 Birthday Roger Stone, American Politician 1908 Event 34th Kentucky Derby: Arthur Pickens on Stone Street wins in 2:15.2 1907 Birthday I[sidore] F[einstein] Stone, U.S. journalist, IF Stone's Weekly 1907 Death Isidor Feinstein "Izzy" Stone, journalist (IF Stone's Weekly), dies 1907 Birthday I. F. Stone, American Journalist 1904 Birthday Milburn Stone, Bruton, Kansas, actor, Doc-Gunsmoke 1903 Birthday Irving Stone, U.S., author, Love is Eternal, Lust for Life 1903 Event Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Mazarine Stone" takes place 1903 Birthday George E. Stone, Lodz Poland, actor, Viva Villa, Last Mile 1902 Birthday W. Clement Stone, American Businessman 1902 Birthday Edward Durell Stone, U.S., architect, U.S. Embassy, New Delhi 1893 Death Lucy Stone, American Activist 1893 Death Lucy [Blackwell-]Stone, U.S. abolitionist/feminist, dies 1892 Event Foundation Stone of Cathedral of St. John laid (New York City) 1888 Event 1st wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone in Washington D.C. 1879 Birthday Lewis Stone, Worcester Massachusetts, actor, Prisoner of Zenda 1873 Birthday Fred Stone, Longmont CO, acrobat/Broadway actor, Alice Adams 1872 Birthday Harlan Fiske Stone, New Hampshire, Supreme Court, 1925 - 1941, Chief Justice, 1941 - 1946 1872 Birthday Harlan Stone, American Lawyer 1872 Birthday John Cowper Powys, born in Derbyshire, England, writer, 'Wood and Stone' 1865 Birthday C J Thomsen, Denmark, archaeologist, named Stone/Iron/Bronze Ages 1863 Event Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends 1862 Event Battle of Stone's River, Tennessee (Stone River, Monfreesboro) 1862 Death Alexander Early Stone, Confederate, dies in battle 1861 Event Colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia 1829 Event 1st stone arch railroad bridge in U.S. dedicated, Baltimore 1818 Birthday Lucy Stone, American Activist 1810 Birthday Benjamin Stone Roberts, Major General Union volunteers 1794 Event 1st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch) 1791 Event John Stone, Concord, Massachusetts, patents a pile driver 1790 Event Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City 1788 Event Masses stone French government army at Grenoble 1787 Death Thomas Stone, U.S. attorney/signer (Dec of Ind), dies at about 44 1779 Event Battle of Stone Ferry 1675 Event King Charles II lays foundation stone of Royal Observatory, Greenwich 1647 Death Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61
