2012 Event A truth commission created by Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff convenes to investigate the country's military dictatorship 1996 Death Anne Kristen, actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr. Finlay), dies at 59 1994 Death Henry Morgan, TV panalist (To Tell the Truth), dies of cancer at 74 1994 Death Walter Janka, German writer (Troubles with Truth), dies at 79 1993 Death Willy C of Hemert, director/(text)poet (Small Truth), dies at 81 1990 Event Last issue of Dutch communist daily De Waarheid (The Truth) 1986 Death Cary Grant, actor, 'Charade', 'Awful Truth', dies in Davenport, Iowa at 82 1985 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge at Aqueduct 1985 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge 1981 Birthday Nicole Richie, actress, socialite, known for television series, 'The Simple Life' with Paris Hilton, author of 'The Truth About Diamonds' 1979 Death Paul Meurisse, actor (Diabolique, Truth, Suspects, Monocle), dies 1977 Death Henri-Georges Clouzot, director (Diabolique, Truth), dies at 69 1973 Birthday Kate Beckinsale, born in London, England, actress, films include, 'Pearl Harbor', 'Nothing But the Truth', 'Underworld', 'Serendipity' 1970 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Erik H Erikson (Gandhi's Truth) 1969 Death Bud Collyer, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth), dies at 61 1969 Event Paul McCartney says their is no truth to rumors he is dead 1968 Event Truth in Lending Act signed into law 1966 Birthday Tea Leoni, New York City, actress, Flying Blind, Naked Truth 1964 Birthday Janeane Garofalo, born in New Jersey, comedienne, SNL, Truth about Cats and Dogs 1963 Event John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty 1959 Birthday Tamar Baruch, actress, Small Truth, Q and Q 1959 Event Pope John XXIII 1st encyclical "On truth, unity, and peace, in charity" 1958 Event Greek Clandestine Radio (communist), Voice of Truth 1st transmission 1957 Event Dutch Newspaper Society expels communist daily paper "Truth" 1956 Event "To Tell the Truth" debuts on CBS-TV 1945 Birthday Willeke Alberti, Verbruggen, Dutch vocalist/actress, Small Truth 1943 Birthday Holland Taylor, Philadelphia, actress, Bossom Buddies, Camilla-Naked Truth 1942 Event Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit 1940 Event 1st edition of illegal "The Truth" publishes 1940 Event 1st radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS 1937 Birthday Anne Kristen, actress, Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr. Finlay, Sunset Song 1928 Birthday Orson Bean, Burlington, Vermont, actor/comedian, To Tell the Truth 1927 Birthday Joop F. Wolff, Dutch editor, Truth, Dutch politician, CPN 1926 Birthday Hildy Park, born in Washington D.C., actress, To Tell the Truth 1924 Birthday Peggy Cass, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress/TV panelist, To Tell the Truth, Mame 1922 Event BBC sends 1st British radio play "Truth about Father Christmas" 1910 Birthday Kitty Carlisle, born in Louisiana, American singer, spokeswoman for the arts, actress, 'To Tell The Truth' panelist 1908 Birthday Bud Collyer, born in New York City, TV emcee, Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth 1907 Event Clyde Fitch' "Truth," premieres in New York City 1901 Birthday Lev N. Lunts, Russia, writer, Outside the Law, City of Truth 1900 Birthday Richard Arthur Warren Hughes, English writer, Fiction as Truth 1899 Birthday Paul de Groot, Dutch communist politician, CPN, Editor, The Truth 1893 Birthday D Ivor D Novello, British composer/writer, Truth Game 1888 Birthday Paul Althaus, German theologist, The Christian Truth 1883 Death Sojourner Truth, abolitionist/women's rights advocate, dies at 96 1851 Event Sojourner Truth attends Women's Rights Convention 1851 Event Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron) 1843 Event Sojourner Truth leaves New York to begin her career as antislavery activist 1803 Death James Beattie, Scottish poet/philosopher (Essay on Truth), dies at 67 1787 Birthday Sojourner Truth, abolitionist/feminist 1735 Birthday James Beattie, Scotland, poet/philosopher, Essay on Truth
