2012 Event American singer and actress Whitney Houston dies suddenly at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel in California at age 48 2002 Death Whitney Blake, actress, Hazel, dies at 77 1994 Event 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win 1994 Event 21st American Music Award: Whitney Houston wins 1993 Event Last day in 1st-class cricket for Mike Whitney, NSW vs. New Zealand 1993 Birthday Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown 1992 Event Last day of Test Cricket for Michael Whitney 1992 Event Singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown marry 1992 Event Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win vs. India 1991 Event Test Cricket debut of Mike Whitney versus England at Old Trafford 1988 Event 15th American Music Award: Anita Baker, Paul Simon and Whitney Houston 1987 Event "Didn't We Almost Have It All," by Whitney Houston hits #1 1987 Event 14th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie and Alabama 1986 Death Robert Sutton Whitney, composer, dies at 82 1986 Event 3rd MTV Awards: Whitney Houston wins 1986 Event 13th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Huey Lewis and C Gayle 1982 Death John Hay Whitney, U.S. newspaper magnate, dies at 76 1980 Event 1st-class debut of Mike Whitney, NSW vs. Qld (2-52 and 1-39) 1979 Birthday Ashley Whitney, born in Nashville, Tennessee, 800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics 1978 Birthday Whitney Metzler, 400m medley swimmer, Olympics-8th-96 1975 Death Joan Whitney Payson, owner of New York Mets, dies at 72 1973 Birthday Whitney Post, born in Wayland, Massachusetts, rower 1996 Olympics 1972 Death Peter Whitney, actor (Rough Riders), dies at 55 1971 Birthday Chris Whitney, NBA guard, Washington Wizards 1971 Birthday Whitney Hedgepeth, 100m/200m backstroke, Olympics-2 silver-96 1971 Death Whitney M Young, Jr., leader (National Urban League 1961-71), dies at 49 1971 Death Whitney M. Young, American Activist 1971 Death Whitney Young, Jr., National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria 1969 Death Claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79 1963 Birthday Whitney Houston, born in Newark, New Jersey, singer, One Moment in Time, Bodyguard 1963 Death Alfred Whitney Griswold, American historian and educator, President of Yale 1951 - 1963, dies of colon cancer 1961 Event Whitney Young, Jr. named executive director of National Urban League 1959 Birthday Michael Roy Whitney, cricket, great NSW and Aussie lefty quick 1981-92 1952 Event Sutro Baths, San Francisco purchased by George Whitney 1952 Birthday A. Whitney Brown, American Comedian 1952 Event Braves Warren Spahn ties NL record of Jim Whitney with 18 strikeouts against the Cubs in 15-inning, 3-1 loss 1951 Birthday Liz Phillips, born in New Jersey, composer, sound artist, interactive artist, creates sound installations relating to live forms, has held exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, collaborated with Merce Cunningham Dance Company 1944 Birthday Charlie Whitney, rock guitarist, Family 1940 Death Whitney Krakower, U.S. gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel 1930 Birthday Grace Lee Whitney, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, actress, Yeoman Rand-Star Trek 1921 Birthday Whitney M. Young, Jr., civil rights leader, head of Urban League 1921 Birthday Whitney M. Young, American Activist 1906 Birthday Alfred Whitney Griswold, born in Morristown, New Jersey, American historian and educator, President of Yale 1951 - 1963 1905 Birthday John Hay Whitney, publisher, New York Herald Trib 1961-67 1904 Birthday Robert Whitney, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, conductor, Sospiro do Roma 1903 Birthday Joan Whitney Payson, owner, New York Mets and horse stables 1899 Birthday Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, born in Long Island, New York, founder, Pan Am Airways 1897 Birthday Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, sculptor/art benefactor 1890 Event Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team Packers 1890 Birthday Claire Whitney, New York, silent film actress, Blind Fools, Haunted Mine 1889 Death Whitney Eugene Thayer, composer, dies at 50 1875 Birthday Ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney, Spanish writer, Don Quixote and Celestine 1873 Event 1st ascent of Mount Whitney, California, 14,494' 1838 Birthday Whitney Eugene Thayer, composer 1825 Death Eli Whitney, American Inventor 1799 Event Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets 1794 Event Eli Whitney patents cotton gin 1793 Event Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin 1793 Event Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin 1765 Birthday Eli Whitney, inventor, Cotton Gin
