2014 Event Eric Cantor, majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, will step down from his leadership position at the end of July following a surprising primary election defeat by Tea Party candidate David Brat 1997 Event Tea Leoni and David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village 1966 Birthday Tea Leoni, New York City, actress, Flying Blind, Naked Truth 1960 Birthday Stephen "Tea Tower" Duffy, rocker, Lilac Time-Paradise Song 1953 Event Robert Anderson's "Tea and Sympathy," premieres in New York City 1946 Death Vincent Millie Youmans, U.S. composer (Tea For Two), dies at 47 1940 Event Coffee and tea rationed in Holland 1940 Birthday Alan "Tea" Caddy, rock guitarist, Tornados-Globetrotter 1930 Birthday Darryl Hickman, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Human Comedy, Tea and Sympathy 1928 Birthday Norma Crane, born in New York City, New York, actress, 'Tea and Sympathy', 'Fiddler on the Roof' 1927 Birthday Garfield Weston, English industrial/billionaire, Twinings Tea 1925 Event "Tea For Two" by Marion Harris hit #1 1920 Birthday Gene Nelson, Berg, born in Seattle, Washington actor, Tea For 2, Oklahoma 1917 Birthday Robert Anderson, author, Tea and Sympathy 1917 Birthday Robert Anderson, born in New York, writer, Tea and Sympathy, Never Sang for My Father 1914 Birthday Edward Andrews, Griffin Georgia, actor, Tea and Sympathy, Glass Bottom Boat 1914 Birthday Mitsu Suzuki, teacher of tea ceremony at San Francisco Zen Center 1898 Birthday Vincent, Miller, Youmans, U.S. composer/songwriter, Tea for Two 1850 Birthday Thomas Johnstone Lipton, Glasgow, yachtsman/tea magnate, Lipton Tea 1839 Event Tea from India 1st arrives in UK 1774 Event Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River) 1773 Event Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia 1773 Event Big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party) 1773 Event British Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this) 1767 Event British government disbands Americans import duty on tea
