Today in History for Year 1992

Months in Year 1992: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 100 of 906

Jan 1st - Bush is 1st US pres to address Australian Parliament
Jan 1st - Curacao becomes 1st in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education
Jan 1st - Europe breaks down trade barriers
Jan 1st - International Space Year begins
Jan 1st - NYC transit fare increases from $1.15 to $1.25
Jan 2nd - Test debut of Shane Warne, v India at Sydney
Jan 3rd - 32 Cubans defect to the US via helicopter
Jan 3rd - Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129* v India at Sydney
Jan 4th - 8th largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome)
Jan 5th - "6 Degrees of Separation" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC after 496 perf
Jan 5th - "Crucible" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 32 performances
Jan 5th - "On Borrowed Time" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 99 perfs
Jan 5th - "Peter Pan" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 48 performances
Jan 5th - Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st crick Test wkt
Jan 6th - NY Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul
Jan 6th - Robert Schenkkan's "Kentucky Cycle," premieres in LA
Jan 6th - Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* v Australia at the SCG
Jan 6th - Shane Warne takes 1-150 in his 1st Test innings
Jan 7th - AT&T releases video-telephone ($1,499)
Jan 7th - Last day of Test cricket for Imran Khan
Jan 7th - Tom Seaver & Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
US President George H. W. Bush Jan 8th - George Bush gets ill & vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap
Jan 10th - 8th Soap Opera Digest Awards
Jan 11th - Algeria's Pres Chadli announces his resignation
Jan 11th - Paul Simon opens a tour in South Africa
Jan 11th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Kristi Yamaguchi
Jan 12th - 13th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 27 awards
Jan 12th - Last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished
Jan 12th - US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman
Jan 12th - Algeria's general elections canceled after strong gains by Islamic Salvation Front in the 1st round
Jan 12th - A new constitution, providing for freedom to form political parties, is approved by a referendum in Mali.
Jan 13th - Excavation of new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) begins
Jan 13th - US serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane
Jan 13th - Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
Jan 15th - Bulgaria recognizes Macedonia
Jan 15th - Cleaning woman finds intimate photos of Sarah Ferguson with US man
Jan 15th - Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum
Jan 16th - "2 Shakespearean Actors" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 29 performances
Jan 17th - Sarah Ferguson attends dinner of Everglades club (club excludes Jews)
Jan 18th - 43rd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 10-6 at Phila
Jan 18th - 49th Golden Globes
Jan 18th - Comedian Pat McCormick injured in a car accident
Jan 18th - NHL All Star Game - Campbell-10, Wales-6 (Brett Hull, MVP) at Phila
Jan 19th - "City of Angels" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 878 performances
Jan 19th - Cerebral Palsy telethon raises 23,500,000
Jan 19th - IBM announces a nearly $5B loss for 1992
Jan 19th - Nature Boy Ric Flair becomes WWF champ at Royal Rumble
Jan 19th - Rowdy Roddy Piper beats Mountie to become WWF Intercontinental Champ
Jan 20th - Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
Jan 20th - Score begins selling international soccer cards
Jan 22nd - Princess Sarah Ferguson wears paper bag over her head on airline ride
Jan 22nd - Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) launches into space
Jan 22nd - Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
Jan 23rd - "Visit" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
Jan 25th - 66th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats M Fernandez (62 63)
Jan 25th - Dan Jansen skates world record 500m in 36.41"
Jan 25th - Hubble space telescope optics finds NGC3862/3C264
Jan 26th - "Little Hotel on the Side" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 41 perfs
Jan 26th - 80th Australian Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats S Edberg (63 36 64 62)
Jan 26th - Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect
Jan 26th - Superbowl XXVI: Wash Red Skins beat Buffalo Bills, 37-24 in Minn Superbowl MVP: Mark Rypien, Washington, QB
Jan 27th - "Crazy He Calls Me" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 7 perfs
Jan 27th - 19th American Music Award: C & C Music Factory, Michael Bolton win
Actress Jane Fonda Jan 27th - Jane Fonda undergoes arthroscopic surgery on her right knee
Jan 27th - Mike Tyson goes on trial for rape (he is found guilty)
Jan 27th - Pres candidate Bill Clinton (D) & Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair
Jan 28th - Boon completes twelfth Test century, 135 v India at Adelaide
Jan 28th - Stan Hansen beats Jumbo Tsuruta to win All Japan Triple Crown
Jan 30th - Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) lands
Jan 31st - MTA raised tolls on most NYC bridges from $2.50 to $3.00
Feb 1st - "Crazy He Calls Me" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 7 perfs
Feb 1st - Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract ($4.7 mil)
Feb 1st - Denis Potvin's #5 becomes 1st number retired by NY Islanders
Feb 2nd - Colleen Walker wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
Feb 2nd - Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45.02 sec)
Feb 2nd - David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 v India at Perth
Feb 2nd - IRS & Willie Nelson settle on $9M tax bill (of $16.7M)
Feb 2nd - Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m freestyle (14:32.40)
Country Singer Willie Nelson Feb 2nd - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 21-15
Feb 3rd - Defense opens calling Noriega "our ally in war on drugs"
Feb 3rd - Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends
Feb 3rd - Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week
Feb 5th - Jury selection begins in the LA cops beating Rodney King case
Feb 5th - Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar
Feb 5th - Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win v India
Feb 6th - "Late Night's 10th Anniversary Show At Radio City Music Hall" on NBC
Feb 6th - The Saami people of the Nordic countries have an official day celebrating their existence.
Feb 7th - Mike Tyson testifies in his rape trial
Feb 7th - Shannon LA Rhea Marketic, 22, (California), crowned 41st Miss USA
Feb 8th - "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred peaks at #1
Feb 8th - 16th Winter Olympic games opens in Albertville, France
Feb 8th - Ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter
Feb 9th - "2 Shakespearean Actors" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 29 perfs
Feb 9th - 42nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 153-113 at Orlando
Feb 9th - Fastest yodeler-22 tones/15 falsetto in 1 sec by Thomas School of Germ
Feb 9th - Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07m)
Feb 9th - Jani Sievinen swims world record 400m medley (4:07.10)
Feb 9th - NBA All Star Game - West beats East 153-113
Feb 9th - Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Phar-Mor Golf Tournament at Hamlin Inverrary
Feb 10th - "Dangerous Women" final episode on WWOR-TV

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 101

Jan 1st - Jack Wilshere, English footballer
Jan 12th - Mao Kobayashi, Japanese gravure idol
Jan 19th - Logan Lerman, American child actor
Jan 19th - Shawn Johnson, American Gymnastics Champion
Feb 2nd - Rebop Rundgren, son of Michelle Gray & Todd
Feb 2nd - Danielle White, American singer
Feb 7th - Miguel Andres Matienzo Guerra, Mexican athlete
Feb 7th - Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer
Feb 11th - Taylor Lautner, American actor
Feb 11th - Blair Dunlop, English actor
Feb 14th - Freddie Highmore, English actor
Feb 17th - Meaghan Jette Martin, American child actress and singer
Feb 25th - Libby [Elizabeth] Callahan, Columbia SC, sport pistol (Olympics-96)
Mar 4th - Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, daughter of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Mar 6th - Momoko Tsugunaga, Japanese singer
Mar 7th - Bel Powley , English Actress
Mar 8th - Charlie Ray, American actress
Mar 10th - Emily Osment, American actress and singer
Mar 19th - Henry & Angus Bernsen, twin sons of Corbin Bernsen & Amanda Pays
Mar 22nd - Luke Freeman, English footballer
Mar 24th - Thomas Law, English actor
Apr 4th - Alexa Nikolas, American actress
Apr 8th - Shelby Young, American actress
Apr 13th - Jet Travolta, daughter of John Travolta & Kelly Preston
Apr 13th - Emma Degerstedt, American actress
Apr 15th - Amy Diamond, Swedish singer
Apr 16th - Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg, Prince of Luxembourg
Apr 24th - Sean Rademaker, actor (Kirkland Harrison-Another World)
Apr 27th - James Duke Mason, son of singer Belinda Carlisle & Morgan Mason
May 4th - Courtney Jines, American actress
May 7th - Gavin Hetherington, British actor
May 12th - Malcolm David Kelley, American actor
May 18th - Josh Phelps, Soccer Player
May 18th - Spencer Breslin, American actor
May 21st - Olivia Olson, American singer and actress
May 24th - Travis T. Flory, American actor
Jun 1st - Felix Drake, English child actor
Jun 4th - Earvin Johnson III, son of NBA foward Magic Johnson
Jun 4th - Dino Jelusić, Croatian singer
Jun 5th - Emily Seebohm, Australian Swimmer
Jun 12th - Allie DiMeco American musician and actress (The Naked Brothers Band)
Jun 12th - Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian football player
Jun 12th - Ryan Malgarini, American actor
Jun 13th - Tyler Davison, was world's smallest baby at 6 inches, 11 ounces
Jun 14th - Daryl Sabara, American actor
Jun 14th - Evan Sabara, American actor
Jun 18th - Bob Kempainen, Minneapolis MN, marathoner (Olympics-66)
Jun 23rd - Bridget Sloan, American gymnast
Jun 26th - Jennette McCurdy, American actress
Jun 29th - Adam G. Sevani, American actor
Jul 1st - Bryant Jones, Camarillo Ca, actor (Nate Hastings-Young & Restless)
Jul 8th - Taylor Maine Pearl Brooks, daughter of country singer Garth Brooks
Jul 8th - Benjamin Grosvenor, British pianist
Jul 13th - Elise Matthysen, Belgian swimmer
Jul 13th - Dylan Patton, American actor
Jul 15th - Koharu Kusumi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
Jul 20th - Paige Hurd, American actress
Jul 21st - Rachael Flatt, American figure skater
Jul 22nd - Selena Gomez, American actress
Aug 2nd - Hallie Kate Eisenberg, American actress
Aug 4th - Cole Sprouse, Arezzo Italy, actor (Patrick Kelly-Grace Under Fire)
Aug 4th - Dylan Sprouse, Arezzo Italy, actor (Patrick Kelly-Grace Under Fire)
Aug 4th - Tiffany Evans, American singer
Aug 10th - Ko Ah-seong, South Korean actress
Aug 11th - Allison Lozano, Mexican actress
Aug 13th - Katharine Close, Scripps National Spelling Bee champion
Aug 18th - Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love
Aug 18th - Riko Narumi, Japanese actress
Aug 20th - Demi Lovato, American Actress
Aug 21st - Brad Kavanagh,English songwriter and actor
Aug 25th - Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer
Aug 26th - Yang Yilin, Chinese gymnast
Aug 29th - Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter
Sep 16th - Nick Jonas, American singer, member of The Jonas Brothers
Sep 27th - Jake Burbage, American actor
Sep 28th - Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress
Sep 30th - Marina CAK Windsor, granddaughter of English prince Edward
Oct 6th - Rhyon Nicole Brown, American actress
Oct 9th - Tyler James Williams, American actor
Oct 11th - Sarah Cannon, daughter of singer Amy Grant
Oct 12th - Taylor Horn, American singer and actress
Oct 12th - Josh Hutcherson, American actor
Oct 14th - Savannah Outen, American singer/songwriter
Oct 15th - Vincent Martella, American actor
Oct 17th - Sam Concepcion, Filipino performer and actor
Oct 22nd - Sofia Vassilieva, American actress
Nov 11th - Trey Smith, American actor
Nov 16th - Adam Robert Worton, Newark DE, twin actor (Baby's Day Out)
Nov 16th - Jacob Joseph Worton, Newark DE, twin actor (Baby's Day Out)
Nov 17th - Darian Weiss, American actor
Nov 18th - Nathan Kress, American actor
Nov 20th - Ishimura Maiha, graduated Berryz Kobo member
Actress/Singer Miley Cyrus (Nov 23rd) Nov 23rd - Miley Cyrus, Nashville, Tennessee, actress and singer (Hannah Montana, The Climb)
Nov 26th - Louis Ducrut, prince/son of Princess Stephanie & Daniel Ducrut
Nov 28th - Kianna Underwood, American actress
Dec 3rd - Joseph McManners, English actor
Dec 5th - Giorgio Cantarini, Italian actor
Dec 14th - Tori Kelly, American singer
Dec 17th - Thomas Law, British Actor
Dec 17th - Jordan Garrett, American actor

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Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 36 of 36

Jan 18th - Actress Joan Chen (Twin Peaks) marries Dr Peter Hui
Feb 22nd - Ed McMahon, 69, weds Pamela Hurn, 37
Mar 22nd - Record producer Lou Adler weds Paige Hannah (Daryl's sister)
Apr 4th - John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca
Apr 5th - Comedian Sam Kenison marries live-in girlfriend Maleeka
Apr 11th - Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne)
Apr 18th - Tennis ace Stefan Edberg marries Annette Olsen in Sweden
Apr 24th - Rock star David Bowie (45) weds supermodel Iman (37) in Switzerland
May 3rd - Beverly Hills 90210 Gabrielle Carteris marries Charles Isaacs
May 23rd - "Once and Again" actress Sela Ward (35) weds actor Howard Sherman (42)
May 30th - Paul Simon weds Edie Brickell
Jun 6th - "The Montel Williams Show" talk show host Montel Williams (35) weds burlesque dancer Grace Morley
Jun 15th - Director Frank Perry (Mommie Dearest) marries Virginia Bush Ford
Jun 18th - Actor Jameson Parker weds actress Darleen Carr
Jun 21st - Actor Michael Chiklis (Commish) marries Michelle Epstein
Jun 21st - Actress Marina Sirtis (Star Trek NG) marries rocker Michael Lamper
Jun 27th - "One Life to Live" actress Catherine Hickland (36) weds actor Michael E. Knight (33)
Jun 28th - US President Bush's daughter Dorothy marries Bobby Koch
Jun 30th - Actress Cecil Hoffman (Zoe-LA Law) marries Paul Slye
Radio shock jock Howard Stern (Jul 3rd) Jul 3rd - Gary Dell'Abate (Howard Stern Show) marries Mary
Jul 3rd - Mass Senator Ted Kennedy marries Victoria Reggie (38)
Jul 4th - US actress Bobbie Eakes marries author David Stone
Jul 18th - Film critic Roger Ebert marries Chaz Hammel-Smith
Jul 18th - Helen Windsor, daughter of British Duke and Duchess of Kent weds art dealer Timothy Taylor at Windsor Castle
Jul 18th - Singers Whitney Houston & Bobby Brown marry
Jul 26th - "Kiss" guitarist Paul Stanley weds model Pamela Bowen
Aug 8th - Actress Barbara Hershey weds artist Stephen Douglas
Aug 15th - Actress Susan Anton marries actor Jeff Lester
Aug 20th - Rocker Sting weds Trudie Styler at an 11th century chapel in Wiltshire, England
Sep 5th - Andrew "Dice" Clay marries his long time partner Trinie
Sep 5th - Rock singer John Mellencamp (40) weds model Elaine Irwin Mellencamp (23) in Indiana
Oct 3rd - LeVar Burton weds Stephanie Cozart
Oct 10th - Actress Ally Sheedy weds actor David Lansbury
Oct 10th - Actress Heather Thomas weds entertainment lawyer Skip Brittenham
Singer Whitney Houston (Jul 18th) Oct 16th - Author J. K. Rowling (27) weds Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes
Dec 31st - WCBS TV news anchor Carol Martin weds Joe Terry

Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 3 of 3

Apr 12th - Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from singer Lenny Kravitz
Apr 13th - Nelson Mandela announces he will seek divorce from Winnie
Apr 23rd - British Princess Anne (the Princess Royal)and her 1st husband Captain Mark Phillips divorce after 19 years

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 100 of 734

Jan 1st - Constantin Poustochkine, jazz critic, dies
Jan 1st - Corky Geil, dancer, dies in Long Beach CA at 64
Jan 1st - Ginette Leclerc, actress (Baker's Wife), dies at 79
Jan 1st - Grace Hopper, computer scientist, dies at 85
Jan 1st - Hette G Abma, vicar/Dutch MP (SGP), dies
Jan 1st - Mike Frankovich, US producer (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies
Jan 2nd - Virginia Field, actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at 74
Jan 3rd - Anthony Del Casino, band leader (Charlie Barnet Band), dies at 79
Jan 3rd - Judith Anderson, actress (Star Trek 3), dies of pneumonia at 93
Jan 3rd - Ken Grieves, cricketer (NSW & Lancashire leg-spin all-rounder), dies
Jan 3rd - Lewis Michael Friedman, pianist, dies at 47 of AIDS
Jan 3rd - Radomiro Tomic, Chilean president (1970), dies
Jan 4th - Earl Colbert, entertainer, dies
Jan 4th - William Walker, stuntman/actor (Our Man Flint), dies at 74
Jan 6th - Avon Jaeger Hill, entertainer, dies of cancer at 44
Jan 6th - Elaine McKenna, Australian actress (Peg Martin-Cell Block H), dies
Jan 7th - Jhean Burton, entertainer, dies
Jan 7th - Richard Hunt, puppeteer/actor (Muppet Movie), dies of AIDS at 40
Jan 8th - Abderrahim Bouabid, Morroco prime secretary (1972), dies
Jan 8th - Johnny [Jan] Meijer, Dutch king of accordians (Body & Soul), dies
Jan 8th - Menachim Begin, Israeli PM, dies at 78 of a heart attack
Jan 9th - Steve Brodie, actor (Desperate, Bodyguard), dies of cancer at 72
Jan 9th - William JF "Bill" Naughton, Irish/Brit playwright (Alfie), dies at 81
Jan 10th - Barbara Couper, British actress (Last Days of Dolwyn), dies at 89
Jan 10th - Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (b. 1919)
Jan 12th - Harry van Doorn, Dutch MP (KVP/KRO-chairman/PPR/CRM), dies at 76
Jan 12th - Walt Morey, US children's book writer (Gentle Ben), dies at 84
Jan 13th - Josef Neckermann, German founder mail-order firm/travel bureau, dies
Jan 13th - Yvonne Bryceland, actress (Road to Mecca), dies of cancer at 66
Jan 14th - Hari Rhodes, actor (Earth II, Detroit 9000), dies at 59
Jan 15th - Dee Murray, English bassist (b. 1946)
Jan 16th - Roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95
Jan 17th - Bill Walker, actor (Big Mo, Mask, Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 95
Jan 17th - Charlie Ventura, jazz sax (Bop for the people), dies at 75 of cancer
Jan 17th - Dorothy Alison, actress (Maggie, 3rd Key, Long Arm), dies
Jan 17th - Frank Pullen, English businessman and racehorse owner (b. 1915)
Jan 18th - John Remme, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56
Jan 18th - Tom Elios, entertainer, dies
Jan 20th - Muhammad Abd al-Khaliq Hassuna, sec-gen of Arab League (1952-72), dies
Jan 21st - William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, US boxer/pianist, dies at 81
Jan 22nd - A J Antoon, director (That Championship Season), dies at 47
Jan 22nd - Ali Amini, PM of Iran (1961-62), dies
Jan 23rd - Freddie Bartholomew, child actor (Kidnapped), dies of emphysema at 67
Jan 23rd - Ian Wolfe, actor (Houdini, THX-1138, Homebodies), dies at 95
Jan 23rd - Simon Brand, South African banker/adviser to Pres De Klerk, dies
Jan 24th - Charles Moulin, French actor (French Tarzan), dies
Jan 24th - John Bleifer, actor (Highway to Heaven), dies at 90
Jan 24th - Tina Chow, model, dies of AIDs at 41
Jan 24th - Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (b. 1950)
Jan 25th - John Touchstone, actor (Across Five Aprils), dies of cirrhosis at 59
Jan 25th - Mahmoud Riad, sec-gen of Arab League (1972-79), dies
Jan 25th - Nico Schuyt, Dutch composer, dies at 70
Jan 25th - Vernon William Reed Sr, singer, dies after a long illness at 73
Jan 26th - José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor/director (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 80
Jan 26th - Okke Jager, Dutch theologist/writer/poet, dies at 63
Jan 27th - Francesca Primus, columnist (Back Stage), dies at 45
Jan 27th - Gene Harris, entertainer, dies after long illness
Jan 27th - Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Brit actress (Eliza Dolittle), dies at 101
Jan 28th - Clark Tippet, dancer/choreographer, dies at 37
Jan 28th - Nahman Avigad, Isr archaeologist (Discovering Jerusalem), dies at 86
Jan 29th - Willie Dixon, blues composer (I'm a Man, Backdoor Man), dies at 76
Jan 31st - Mel Hein, NFL center (NY Giants), dies at 82
Jan 31st - Wim van Heumen, field hockey coach (Netherlands), dies at 63
Feb 1st - George Berkeley, actor (Life Stinks, Capts & Kings), dies at 70
Feb 1st - Irving R Kaufman, federal judge (Rosenberg Case), dies at 81
Feb 2nd - Bert Parks, [Jacobson], TV host (Miss America), dies at 77
Feb 2nd - Jack [John T] Aitken, British anatomist, dies at 78
Feb 2nd - Maurice J Hill, writer (Track of Thunder), dies of pneumonia at 89
Feb 2nd - Maurice L Kusell, dies
Feb 4th - Fred Slyter, dialogue coach, dies after long illness at 56
Feb 4th - John Dehner, actor (Apache, Cowboy, Boys from Brazil), dies at 76
Feb 5th - Donald Zimmerman, editor, dies
Feb 5th - Laura Liddell, actress (Shakespeare Wallah), dies at 83
Feb 5th - Miguel Rolando Covian, Brazilian physiologist (b. 1913)
Feb 6th - Frank Wilson, actor (Beware, Sunday Sinners, Club), dies at 37
Feb 6th - Wade Preston, actor (Man Called Sledge), dies at 62
Feb 7th - Jeanne Gerson, dies of cancer & pneumonia at 87
Feb 7th - Buzz Sawyer, wrestler (b. 1959)
Feb 8th - Baruch Lumet, actor (Killer Shrews), dies at 93
Writer Alex Haley (Feb 10th) Feb 10th - Alex Haley, US writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots), dies at 70
Feb 10th - Florence Tarlow, dies of cancer at 70
Feb 10th - Mau Kopuit, Dutch editor-in-chief (New Israeli Weekly Newspaper), dies
Feb 10th - Meade Roberts, screenwriter, dies of congestive heart failure at 61
Feb 10th - Thomas Graftdijk, Dutch writer (Dr Faustus), dies
Feb 10th - Wim Ramaker, Dutch director/writer (On Death Track), dies
Feb 11th - Ray Danton, US actor/director (Psychic Killer), dies at 60
Feb 12th - Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1928), dies
Feb 12th - Dorothy Tree, actress (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Nazi Agent), dies
Feb 12th - Ton Brandsteder, CEO (Sony Netherland BV), dies at 74
Feb 13th - Bob den Uyl, Dutch journalist/writer (Restless Travel), dies at 61
Feb 13th - Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician (b. 1909)
Feb 14th - Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Biohazard), dies of cancer at 48
Feb 14th - Jacob "Bob" de Uyl, journalist/author (Restless Travel), dies at 61
Feb 14th - Roepie Kruize, hockey player (Olympic-bronze-48/silver-52), dies at 67
Feb 15th - William H Schuman, US composer (Pulitzer)/Pres of Julliard, dies at 81
Feb 15th - María Elena Moyano, Peruvian activist (b. 1960)
Feb 16th - Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated
Feb 16th - Angela Carter, British novelist (Magic Toyshop), dies of cancer at 51
Feb 16th - George Mann MacBeth, Scottish journalist/poet (A War Quartet), dies
Feb 16th - Janio Quadros, president of Brazil (1961), dies