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Sarasota, FL
CITY
Official Website:
http://www.sarasotagov.com/
Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.sarasotachamber.com/ Visitors Bureau:
http://www.sarasotafl.org/ Population:
52715 (2000 census) Founding Date:
1840 (fort) County:
Sarasota County
NEWSPAPERS
SCHOOLS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Carla Gugino |
Actor |
29-Aug-1971 |
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Spy Kids |
| Daniel Myrick |
Film Director |
30-Nov-1962 |
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The Blair Witch Project |
| Mark Pauline |
Performance Artist |
14-Dec-1953 |
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Survival Research Labs |
| Robert C. Randall |
Victim |
23-Jan-1948 |
2-Jun-2001 |
First recipient of federal marijuana |
| Stephen Root |
Actor |
17-Nov-1951 |
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Jimmy James on News Radio |
| Nik Wallenda |
Daredevil |
24-Jan-1979 |
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Crossed Niagara Falls on a highwire |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Al Arbour |
Hockey |
1-Nov-1932 |
28-Aug-2015 |
Longtime NY Islanders Coach |
| Freddie Bartholomew |
Actor |
28-Mar-1924 |
23-Jan-1992 |
Little Lord Fauntleroy |
| Carlie Brucia |
Victim |
16-Mar-1992 |
1-Feb-2004 |
Little girl kidnapped and killed |
| William J. Burns |
Government |
19-Oct-1861 |
14-Apr-1932 |
FBI Director, 1921-24 |
| Bud Carson |
Football |
28-Apr-1931 |
8-Dec-2005 |
Pittsburgh Steelers DC, 1972-77 |
| Christine Chubbuck |
Journalist |
24-Aug-1944 |
15-Jul-1974 |
Newscaster, suicided on live TV |
| Barber Conable |
Politician |
2-Nov-1922 |
30-Nov-2003 |
World Bank President, Congressman |
| Raymond A. Esthus |
Historian |
17-Mar-1925 |
2-Jan-2012 |
Theodore Roosevelt and Japan |
| Otto Graham |
Football |
6-Dec-1921 |
17-Dec-2003 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
| MacKinlay Kantor |
Author |
4-Feb-1904 |
11-Oct-1977 |
Andersonville |
| Emmett Kelly |
Performance Artist |
9-Dec-1898 |
28-Mar-1979 |
Weary Willy, circus clown |
| George H. Lesch |
Business |
10-Oct-1909 |
22-Sep-1994 |
CEO of Colgate-Palmolive, 1960-71 |
| Heinie Manush |
Baseball |
20-Jul-1901 |
12-May-1971 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
| Walter E. Mattson |
Business |
6-Jun-1932 |
30-Dec-2016 |
President of the New York Times, 1979-92 |
| Robert C. Randall |
Victim |
23-Jan-1948 |
2-Jun-2001 |
First recipient of federal marijuana |
| David A. Reed |
Politician |
21-Dec-1880 |
10-Feb-1953 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-35 |
| Philip Van Doren Stern |
Author |
10-Sep-1900 |
31-Jul-1984 |
It's A Wonderful Life |
| Hoyt Wilhelm |
Baseball |
26-Jul-1923 |
23-Aug-2002 |
Knuckleball relief pitcher |
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