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Island - Notable Historical Events

Christopher ColumbusOct 12, 1492

Tycho BraheFeb 11, 1575

Charles IIJul 8, 1663

Robinson CrusoeDec 19, 1686

James CookDec 24, 1777

NapoleonOct 15, 1815

Charles DarwinOct 8, 1835

John Philip HollandMar 17, 1898

George Bernard ShawNov 1, 1904

MacArthurJun 30, 1943

NimitzJul 20, 1943

Mary LeakeyOct 6, 1948

Mickey WrightJan 13, 1957

Bob DenverSep 26, 1964

Mike TysonDec 15, 1988

Alex HaleyApr 26, 1992

Fidel CastroMay 12, 2002

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Island - Historical Events
Date Event
794-01-08

Vikings attacked Lindisfarne Island

1229-09-12

The Aragonese army under the command of James I of Aragon disembarks at Santa Ponça, Majorca, with the purpose of conquering the island.

1229-12-31

James I of Aragon the Conqueror enters Medina Mayurqa (now known as Palma, Spain) thus consummating the Christian conquest of the island of Majorca.

1362-01-16

A great storm tide in the North Sea destroys the German island of Strand and the city of Rungholt.

1492-10-12

Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall on Caribbean island he names San Salvador (likely Watling Island, Bahamas). The explorer believes he has reached East Asia (OS 21 Oct)

1492-10-16

Columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas)

1492-10-19

Columbus sites "Isabela" (Fortune Island, Bahamas)

1492-10-25

Columbus' fleet sites "Zandislands" (Ragged Island Range, Bahamas)

1492-10-26

Columbus' fleet anchors on Ragged Island Range, Bahamas

1493-11-03

Christopher Columbus discovers island of Dominica

1498-03-02

Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island

1498-07-31

Christopher Columbus on his third voyage discovers the island of Trinidad

1499-07-26

Alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island

1522-06-24

Portuguese Antonio de Brita signs treaty island of Ternate Molukkas

1542-10-07

Explorer Cabrillo discovered Catalina Island off California coast

1575-02-11

King Frederick of Denmark offers island of Hveen to Tycho Brahe

1576-05-23

Tycho Brahe given Hveen Island to build Uraniborg Observatory

1578-07-02

Martin Frobisher sights Baffin Island.

1586-06-19

English colonists sailed from Roanoke Island NC

1587-07-22

2nd English colony forms on Roanoke Island off NC

1591-08-18

Governor of Roanoke Island colony returns from England to find everyone in the colony had disappeared [or Aug 17, 1590]

1595-07-21

Alvara Mendana discovers Marquesas Island

1609-09-04

Navigator Henry Hudson first European to discover island of Manhattan [or Sep 11]

1610-06-10

1st Dutch settlers arrive (from NJ), to colonize Manhattan Island

1626-05-06

Dutch colonist Peter Minuit buys Manhattan Island from local Indians for 60 guilders worth of trinkets

1630-07-12

New Amsterdam's governor buys Gull Island from Indians for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, it is later known as Ellis Island

1631-02-05

Rhode Island, founder, Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England

1634-10-19

Beach Island in North Sea destroyed by a heavy storm flood

1636-07-04

City of Providence, Rhode Island form

1642-12-13

Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sights the South Island of present day New Zealand; initially he calls it Staten Landt and changes it a year later to Nieuw Zeeland

1643-12-25

Christmas Island founded and named by Captain William Mynors of the East India Ship Company vessel, the Royal Mary.

1644-03-14

England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island)

1652-05-18

Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal

1663-07-08

King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island

1664-03-24

Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island

1666-08-09

Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships in the Vlie estuary, and pillaging the town of West-Terschelling, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".

1675-11-02

A combined attack by the Plymouth, Rhode Island, Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut colonies attacks the Great Swamp Fort, owned by the Narragansetts during King Philip's War.

1686-12-19

Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Daniel Defoe)

1700-02-27

Pacific Island of New Britain discovered

1708-02-28

Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island NY, 11 die

1709-02-02

British sailor Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being marooned on a desert island for 5 years, his story inspires "Robinson Crusoe"

1722-04-05

Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island

1739-01-01

J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica

1742-06-09

Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia

1745-06-17

American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton Island from French

1745-07-23

Charles Stuart, the Younger, lands at Eriskay Island, Hebrides

1749-06-29

New Governor Charles de la Ralière Des Herbiers arrives at Isle Royale (Cape Breton Island).

1758-07-25

Seven Years' War: the island battery at Fortress Louisbourg in Nova Scotia is silenced and all French warships are destroyed or taken.

1761-06-10

Puritan version of "Othello" opens in Newport Rhode Island

1767-06-18

Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.

1767-07-03

Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.

1774-06-13

Rhode Island becomes first colony to prohibit importation of slaves

1776-05-04

Rhode Island declares independence from Britain

1776-08-27

British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island

1776-08-30

US army evacuates Long Island and falls back to Manhattan, NYC

1776-12-31

Rhode Island establishes wage & price controls to curb inflation: Limit is 70 cents a day for carpenters, 42 cents for tailors

1777-12-24

Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook

1778-02-28

Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves

1778-03-15

Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island discovered by Captain Cook

1781-01-06

Battle of Jersey (Island in UK)

1781-02-03

Dutch West Indies island of St Eustatia taken by British

1784-09-22

Russian trappers established a colony on Kodiak Island, AK

1785-01-20

Samuel Ellis advertises to sell Oyster Island (Ellis Is), no takers

1788-03-06

The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.

1789-06-09

Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver Island

1790-05-29

Rhode Island becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying US Constitution

1793-05-19

Netherlands captures French island of St Maarten (held until 1795)

1793-05-21

Curacao Island Council forbids criticism of House of Orange

1794-04-21

NYC formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect NYC from British

1798-12-14

David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut & bolt machine

1815-10-15

Napoleon Bonaparte arrives on island of St Helena to begin his exile

1820-04-08

The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.

1821-08-21

Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.

1822-03-31

The massacre of the population of the Greek island of Chios by soldiers of the Ottoman Empire following a rebellion attempt, depicted by the French artist Eugène Delacroix.

1825-07-30

Malden Island is discovered.

1835-09-23

HMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago

1835-10-08

Charles Darwin reaches James Island, Galapagos archipelago, on HMS Beagle

1838-03-03

Rebellion at Pelee Island, Ontario, Canada

1840-01-13

The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.

1840-05-21

Captain William Hobson proclaims British sovereignty over New Zealand; the North Island by treaty and the South Island by 'discovery'

1840-08-18

French colony established in Akaroa, South Island of New Zealand

1849-01-13

Vancouver Island granted to Hudson's Bay Co

1849-10-16

British seize Tigre Island in Gulf of Fonseca from Honduras

1850-07-19

Airship Elizabeth leaves in storm for Fire Island, crashes (42 die)

1851-07-13

John F Loudon discovers tin on East Indian Island of Billiton

1854-11-04

Lighthouse built on Alcatraz Island

1856-06-08

Pitcairn Islanders arrive on Norfolk Island

1856-08-10

Hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana

1858-05-30

Hudson's Bay Company's rights to Vancouver Island revoked

1858-12-16

Dutch government decides to vacate Schokland Island

1861-01-19

Misssissippi troops take Fort Massachusetts and Ship Island (US Civil War)

1861-06-16

Battle of Vienna, VA & Secessionville, SC (James Island)

1861-10-21

Battle of Balls Bluff, VA (Leesburg, Harrison's Island)

1862-02-07

Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island NC

1862-02-08

Battle of Roanoke Island NC, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound

1862-03-31

Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River

1862-04-07

Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tenn, Island #10 falls

1863-07-10

Battle of Charleston, SC (Morris Island) [->SEP 06]

1863-07-19

Battle of Buffington's Island (St George Creek), Ohio

1863-11-01

Fortifications built on Angel Island (SF Bay) by troops

1864-11-04

Naval Engagement at Reynoldsburg Island

1867-05-03

The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.

1867-09-28

The United States takes control of Midway Island.

1867-12-28

United States claims Midway Island, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.

1870-07-30

Staten Island ferry "Westfield" burns, killing 100

1871-06-10

Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 Marines in naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.

1871-09-20

Bishop John Coleridge Patteson martyred on the island of Nukapu, a Polynesian outlier island now in the Temotu province of the Solomon Islands. He was the first bishop of Melanesia.

1872-11-07

Cargo ship Mary Celeste sails from Staten Island for Genoa; mysteriously found abandoned 4 weeks later.

1873-06-22

Prince Edward Island joins Canada

1873-07-01

Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province

1874-04-19

Barracks on Alcatraz Island destroyed in fire

1876-07-04

Batholdi visits Bedloe Island, future home of his Statue of Liberty

1878-09-30

Great Flood hits New Zealand's South Island

1879-01-09

Kirland Warbler discovered on Andros Island in Bahamas

1881-08-01

US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay

1884-06-16

1st roller coaster used (Coney Island NY)

1884-08-05

Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (NYC)

1886-07-10

Eruption of Tarawera volcano destroys famous pink & white calcium carbonate hot-spring terraces (North Island, New Zealand)

1886-08-01

Great Britain annexes Kermadec-Island near New Zealand

1888-09-07

Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby to be placed in an incubator at State Emigrant Hospital on Ward's Island, New York

1890-04-11

Ellis Island, New York, designated as an immigration station

1890-12-31

Ellis Island (NYC) opens as a US immigration depot

1892-01-01

Ellis Island becomes reception center for new immigrants

1892-05-01

US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, SF Bay

1894-02-02

US warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island

1897-10-05

Solomon Andrees baloon/polar expedition reaches White Island

1898-03-17

John Philip Holland achieves successful test runs of the first modern submarine off Staten Island

1898-04-12

Army transfers Yerba Buena Island in SF Bay to Navy

1898-07-03

American troops captured deserted Wake Island

1898-07-04

US flag hoisted over Wake Island (Spanish-American War)

1899-01-17

US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific

1900-12-17

New Ellis Island Immigration station completed costing $1.5 million

1901-03-25

55 die as Rock Island train derailed near Marshalltown, Iowa

1901-11-07

A French fleet seizes the customs house on the Turkish-ruled island of Mytilene after Turks refuse to settle France's indemnity claims for losses suffered by French subjects in 1896

1903-04-27

Long Island's Jamaica Race Track opens

1904-10-08

1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, NY)

1904-11-01

George Bernard Shaw's "John Bull's Other Island" premieres in London

1905-07-08

Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center

1906-01-22

SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.

1907-02-11

Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, off Rhide Island, 322 die

1907-04-17

Ellis Island, NY-11,745 immigrants arrive

1907-08-01

First Scout camp opens on Brownsea Island, in Poole Harbour, Dorset

1907-08-09

The first Boy Scout camp concludes at Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, Southern England.

1908-08-07

The first train to travel the length of New Zealand's North Island 'main trunk line', leaves Wellington

1909-12-09

1st US monoplane flown (Henry W Walden, Long Island, NY)

1912-05-04

Italian mariners occupy Turkish Island of Rhodes

1913-01-06

Attempting to end hostilities in the Balkans, the London Peace Conference breaks down because Turkey refuses to cede Adrianpole, the Aegean island, and Crete

1914-11-09

Off Cocos Island, near Sumatra, the Australian cruiser 'Sydney' sinks German cruiser 'Emden', which has been attacking ships in the Pacific

1914-12-08

British & German fleets battle at Falkland Island

1915-03-27

Typhoid Mary [Mary Mallon] is arrested and returned to quarantine on North Brother Island, New York after spending five years evading health authorities and causing several further outbreaks of typhoid

1915-11-01

Parris Island is officially designated a Marine Corps Recruit Depot.

1915-11-29

Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California.

1916-04-24

Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for ice-trapped ship Endurance

1916-07-30

German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, NJ

1916-10-07

The German submarine U-53 arrives off Newport, Rhode Island, and sinks 9 British merchant ships in international waters

1921-10-16

Jim Conzelman takes over as coach of Rock Island Independents from Frank Coughlin-only mid-game coaching change in NFL history

1925-01-24

Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Island

1925-03-04

Swain's Island (near American Samoa) annexed by US

1925-08-28

Meteorite falls on Ellemeet, Schouwen, Devil Island

1927-06-26

The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island

1928-06-29

The Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge in Staten Island, New York both opened.

1929-05-08

Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway

1929-11-01

Lundy Island, part of British Isles, issue its own stamps

1930-02-27

Bouvet Island declared a Norwegian dependency

1931-05-01

Norway claims Peter I Island

1932-09-16

30.8 cm rainfall at Westerly, Rhode Island (state record)

1933-03-24

Peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency

1934-06-14

Max Baer KO's Primo Carnera in 11 for HW box champ in Long Island City

1934-07-12

US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned

1934-09-21

Typhoon strikes Honshu Island Japan, kills 4,000

1936-02-11

Pumping begins to build Treasure Island in SF Bay

1937-02-01

Stapleton, Staten Island becomes a customs-free port

1937-08-26

Pumping to build Treasure Island in SF Bay is finished

1937-12-16

Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.

1938-09-21

The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.

1939-02-18

Golden Gate International Exposition opens on Treasure Island

1940-02-22

Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island

1940-02-23

Russian troops conquer Lasi Island

1940-03-02

Soviet armies conquer Tuppura Island Finland

1940-06-11

World War II: First attack of the Italian Air force on the island of Malta.

1941-04-01

Navy takes over Treasure Island (SF Bay)

1941-12-11

Japanese attack Wake Island (only failed WW II-landing)

1941-12-23

American forces on Wake Island surrender to Japanese

1942-01-11

-23°F (-31°C), Kingston, Rhode Island (state record)

1942-01-29

1st broadcast of Roy Plomley's "Desert Island Discs" on BBC

1942-06-07

USS Yorktown sinks near Midway Island

1942-06-13

Germany puts 4 saboteurs on Long Island

1942-06-24

US Admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) reconquered

1942-06-27

FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off NY's Long Island

1942-08-09

Vice-Adm Mikawa lands at Guadalcanal, Solomon Island

1942-11-14

-Nov 15th) Japanese/US sea battle at Savo-Island in Guadalcanal)

1943-01-16

-60°F (-51°C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record)

1943-06-11

British invades Pantelleria (a tiny island south of Sicily)

1943-06-30

Gen MacArthur begins Operation Cartwheel (island-hopping)

1943-07-20

US Joint Chiefs of Staff question Admiral Nimitz over the landing on Gilbert Island

1943-08-10

Dutch submarine attacks Island Hertenbeest in NW Bali

1943-08-31

1st battle of Essex/new Yorktown: US assault on Marcus Island

1943-09-11

Last German Q/pirate ship sinks near Easter Island

1943-09-21

Arundel (Solomon Island) in US hands

1943-10-02

Japanse troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island

1943-10-06

Battle at Vella Lavella, Solomon Island

1943-10-18

US bombing of Bougainville, Solomon Island

1943-11-01

US troops land on Bougainville Island on Solomon Island

1943-11-20

US forces land on Tarawa & Makin Atoll in Gilbert Island

1943-11-22

US troops land on Abemada, Gilbert Island

1943-11-23

US forces take control of Tarawa, Gilbert Island & Makin from Japanese

1944-02-20

US takes Eniwetok Island

1944-10-25

Battle at Samar-island

1944-10-30

Tholen Island freed

1945-02-19

980 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days on Ramree Island, Burma

1945-02-22

British troops take Ramree Island, Burma

1945-03-23

Largest operation in Pacific War (WWII), 1,500 US Navy ships bomb Japanese island of Okinawa

1945-05-23

German island of Helgoland in North Sea surrenders to British

1945-07-26

Physicist Raemer Schreiber and Lieutenant Colonel Peer de Silva depart Kirtland Army Air Field to transport the plutonium core for the Fat Man bomb (bombing of Nagasaki) to the island of Tinian where the bomb is assembled

1945-07-28

Physicist Raemer Schreiber and Lieutenant Colonel Peer de Silva arrive on the Pacific island of Tinian with the plutonium core used to assemble the Fat Man bomb used in the bombing of Nagasaki on August 9

1945-09-04

US regains possession of Wake Island from Japan

1945-11-06

The first landing of a jet on a carrier takes place on USS Wake Island when an FR-1 Fireball touches down

1946-07-24

US performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Bikini Island

1948-10-06

Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey finds the first partial fossil skull of Proconsul africanus, an ancestor of apes and humans on Rusinga Island, Kenya.

1949-10-01

Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on island of Formosa

1950-04-23

Nationalist China evacuates Hainan Island

1950-07-01

WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting

1950-09-15

US troop land on Wolmi-Do island off of Seoul

1950-10-26

Robert McClure sights the fabled Northwest Passage for the first time (from Banks Island towards Melville Island)

1950-12-22

2 self-propelled trains of Long Island RR collide, killing 77

1951-03-20

Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.

1951-07-02

Island advisor of Curacao installed

1952-02-29

The island of Heligoland is restored to German authority.

1952-04-11

The Battle of Nanri island takes place.

1952-08-22

The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.

1952-10-01

Monte Bello-Island (Great Britain 1st atom bomb explosion)

1952-10-03

1st British nuclear test at Monte Bello Island in Australia

1954-01-17

Suggs Louise wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open (Cloister)

1954-02-28

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island

1954-03-26

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island

1954-04-06

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island

1954-04-25

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island atmospher

1954-05-04

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island

1954-09-01

Hurricane Carol strikes Long Island and New England, kills 68

1954-11-12

Ellis Island, immigration station in NY Harbor, closed

1955-01-16

Jackie Pung wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open

1956-01-15

Bauer Marlene wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open

1956-05-26

A fire on board the aircraft carrier USS Bennington in Narragansett Bay, off Rhode Island, kills 103 crew

1956-07-10

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island

1956-07-20

US performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Bikini Island

1957-01-13

Mickey Wright wins Sea Island Golf Open

1957-05-15

1st British H-bomb explosion (over Christmas Island)

1957-05-31

Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)

1957-10-02

New volcanic island appears off Fayal Island Azores

1957-11-08

Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

1958-01-12

Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open

1958-01-26

Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsized off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 167 killed.

1958-04-28

Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

1958-05-11

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island

1958-05-21

Indonesian paratroopers reconquers Morotai Island

1958-05-21

US performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)

1958-05-31

US performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)

1958-07-02

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island

1958-07-12

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island

1958-07-22

US performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Bikini Island

1958-08-06

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island

1958-08-22

Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

1958-09-02

Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

1958-09-11

Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

1958-09-23

Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

1958-10-01

Britain transfers Christmas Island (south of Java) to Australia

1959-08-12

1st ship firing of a Polaris missile, Observation Island

1959-09-26

Typhoon Vera, hits Japanese island of Honshu, causing the deaths of 4,580 people with 658 missing

1960-01-17

Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational

1960-12-16

TWA 266 & United 826 collide over Staten Island, kills 134

1961-01-15

Suggs wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational Open

1961-02-16

1st all-solid-propellant rocket put in orbit, Wallops Island, Va

1961-10-01

KGIN TV channel 11 in Grand Island, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting

1962-01-21

Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational

1962-04-25

US resumes above ground nuclear testing, at Christmas Island

1962-04-27

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

1962-05-02

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

1962-05-04

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

1962-05-07

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

1962-05-09

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

1962-05-11

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

1962-05-12

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

1962-05-14

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

1962-05-19

US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)

1962-05-25

US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)

1962-06-11

Brothers John and Clarence Anglin and fellow inmate Frank Morris escape from Alcatraz Island prison, the only ones to do so

1962-07-04

Island Records begins

1962-07-09

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island

1962-07-10

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

1962-07-11

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

1962-10-02

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island

1962-10-06

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island

1962-10-18

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island

1962-10-20

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island

1962-10-26

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island

1962-10-27

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island

1962-10-30

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island

1962-11-01

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island

1962-11-04

US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island

1963-02-03

Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational

1964-09-26

"Gilligan's Island", starring Bob Denver as Gilligan, debuts on CBS

1965-05-11

Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument

1965-10-29

US performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians

1966-02-05

BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island

1966-07-19

France performs nuclear Test at Fangataufa Island

1966-09-11

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1966-09-24

France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island

1966-09-26

"Staten Island" 1st icebreaker to enter SF bay

1966-10-04

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1968-01-29

Nauru (formerly Pleasant Island) adopts constitution

1968-01-31

Nauru (formerly Pleasant Island) declares independence from Australia

1968-07-07

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1968-07-15

France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island

1968-08-03

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1968-09-08

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1969-05-30

Riots on the Caribbean island of Curaçao

1969-10-02

US performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians

1969-10-17

NY Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY

1969-11-20

Alcatraz Island off SF, is seized by militant Native Americans

1970-05-15

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1970-05-22

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1970-07-17

30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC

1970-07-27

France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island

1970-08-02

France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island

1970-08-06

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1971-01-08

29 pilot whales beach themselves & die at San Clemente Island, Calif

1971-07-04

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1971-08-08

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1971-11-06

US performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians

1971-12-30

Long Island NHL franchise purchased (NY Islanders)

1972-01-07

Iberian Airlines crashes into 800ft peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die

1972-05-15

The island of Okinawa, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.

1972-06-24

Wake Island becomes unincorporated territory of US (US Air Force)

1972-07-29

France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island

1972-12-03

Convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife Canary Island, 155 die

1973-01-10

Gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die

1973-01-23

Helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for 1st time in 7,000 yrs

1973-02-10

83m wide gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die

1973-07-28

France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island

1973-08-19

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1973-08-25

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1973-08-28

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1974-04-08

Discovery Island opens

1974-07-17

France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island

1974-07-26

France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island

1974-07-29

France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island

1974-08-15

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1974-08-25

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1975-05-14

US forces raid Cambodian island of Koh Tang to free Mayaguez ship

1975-08-02

104°F (40°C) at Providence, Rhode Island (state record)

1975-09-15

The French département of Corse (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud.

1975-10-01

Reunion Island stops printing stamps, France takes over production

1975-11-26

France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island

1976-04-03

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1976-07-11

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1976-07-23

France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island

1976-11-01

Britain gives Gilbert Island (Kiribati) self rule

1977-02-19

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1977-03-19

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1977-07-06

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1977-08-14

Debbie Austin wins LPGA Long Island Charity Golf Classic

1977-09-14

Christmas Tinto sentenced to 7 years in Robben Island, South Africa

1977-11-12

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1977-11-24

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1977-12-17

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1978-01-28

"Fantasy Island" starring Ricardo Montalban premieres on ABC TV

1978-02-06

Snowstorm hits New England, parts of Rhode Island (54" (137cm))

1978-02-27

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1978-04-27

Accident at nuclear reactor Willow Island, W Virginia, kills 51

1978-07-19

France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island

1978-07-26

France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island

1978-10-14

1st TV movie from a TV series-"Rescue from Gilligan's Island"

1978-11-02

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1978-12-18

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1979-03-09

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1979-03-28

Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pa (no deaths)

1980-02-23

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1980-03-03

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1980-03-31

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets due to bankruptcy and debt owed to creditors.

1980-11-25

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1981-03-06

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1981-05-15

"Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island" airs

1981-07-11

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1982-02-27

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1982-03-19

Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the U.K..

1982-04-26

Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island

1982-07-21

France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island

1983-04-25

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1983-07-20

France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island

1983-12-03

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1983-12-07

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1984-05-08

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1984-07-03

Dolphin rocket launched off San Clemente Island

1984-10-27

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1984-11-02

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1985-04-30

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1985-05-08

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1985-08-15

First Iraqi air raid on Iran's main oil export terminal, Kharg Island

1985-10-15

Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds

1985-11-26

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1986-01-01

Aruba becomes independent from neighbor island Curacao

1986-05-06

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1986-05-27

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1986-07-21

Pleasure Island plans unveiled

1986-08-12

Iran fires missile at refinery near Baghdad; Iraq raids Iranian terminal at Sirri Island severely disrupting Iranian exports

1986-12-06

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1987-05-05

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1987-10-23

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1987-11-05

Iceberg twice size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic

1987-11-29

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1988-08-18

Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million

1988-10-25

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1988-11-01

Staten Island ferry gets 1st pay phones

1988-11-30

France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island

1988-12-15

Lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks

1989-05-11

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1989-06-30

NY State Legislature passes Staten Island secession bill

1989-10-24

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1989-10-31

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1989-11-15

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1989-11-27

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1990-04-24

Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.

1990-07-04

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1990-09-08

Ellis Island Historical Site opens on Ellis Island NYC

1990-09-10

Ellis Island reopens as a museum

1990-10-18

"Once on this Island" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 469 performances

1990-11-14

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1991-05-07

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1991-05-18

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1991-07-05

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1991-07-15

France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island

1991-11-24

1st intl flight from Long Island's MacArthur Airport (to Mexico)

1991-12-01

"Once on this Island" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 469 perfs

1992-04-21

Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill (a tidal strait separating Staten Island, New York City from mainland New Jersey, USA)

1992-04-26

Alex Haley, (Roots), wins 1992 Ellis Island Award, posthumously

1992-05-07

5 NYC cops arrested in Hauppauge, Long Island, for selling cocaine

1992-10-16

1964 "Gilligan's Island" TV pilot 1st shown on TV (TBS)

1992-12-12

6.8-7.5 earthquake strikes Flores Island (tsunami kills 3,000)

1993-08-10

An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.

1993-08-27

The Rainbow Bridge connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba is completed.

1993-12-07

The Long Island Rail Road massacre: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.

1995-02-17

Colin Fergusson found guilty of killing 6 people on the Long Island Rail Road in NY

1995-06-30

Exxon signs a $15.2-billion deal to develop oil and gas fields near Russia's Sakhalin Island

1995-08-24

Fire that wipes 6,000 acres begins in Hamptons on Long Island

1995-09-24

Volcano Mount Ruapehu (North Island, NZ) erupts

1996-01-27

France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1996-04-10

Fastest wind speed ever recorded (not a tornado) 408 km/h (220 kn; 253 mph; 113 m/s) during tropical cyclone Olivia on Barrow Island, Australia

1996-07-17

TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.

1996-08-29

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.

1996-11-19

The 12.9 km Confederation Bridge, joining Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island and Cape Jourimain, New-Brunswick is completed and becomes the longest bridge over ice covered waters in the world

1997-03-16

Sandline affair: On Bougainville Island, soldiers of commander Jerry Singirok arrest Tim Spicer and his mercenaries of the Sandline International.

1997-05-31

The Confederation Bridge opens, linking Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick.

1997-08-10

Northville Long Island Senior Golf Classic

1997-12-26

The Soufriere Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat explodes, creating a small tsunami offshore.

1998-01-27

Crane crashes into Roosevelt Island tram (NYC), injuring 10

1998-05-26

The United States Supreme Court rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.

2001-10-19

SIEV-X, an Indonesian fishing boat en-route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 asylum seekers, sank in international waters with the loss of 353 people.

2002-05-12

Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.

2003-02-20

During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the club ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 300 others.

2003-10-15

The Staten Island Ferry boat Andrew J. Barberi collides with a pier at the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, killing 11 people and injuring 43.

2004-11-21

The island of Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern half of the island receives the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. It is also felt in neighboring Guadeloupe, where one person is killed as a result.

2004-12-23

Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean is hit by an 8.1 magnitude earthquake.

2005-08-12

An F1 tornado strikes Glen Cove, New York, a rare event on Long Island

2005-08-18

Massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people.

2005-09-12

Hong Kong Disneyland opens in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong.

2006-01-08

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake with its epicenter just off the Greek island of Kythira hits much of the country and is felt throughout the entire eastern Mediterranean Sea.

2006-03-22

BC Ferries' M/V Queen of the North runs aground on Gil Island British Columbia and sinks; 101 on board, 2 presumed deaths.

2008-09-13

Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston and surrounding areas.

2010-02-20

In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, leaving at least 32 deaths in the worst disaster on the history of the archipelago.

2010-09-04

Canterbury earthquake: a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am causing widespread damage and several power outages.

2010-11-23

The Bombardment of Yeonpyeong occurs on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea. The North Korean artillery attack kills 2 civilians and 2 South Korean marines.

2011-07-22

Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first being a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, the second being a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya.

2012-07-14

Floods on the Japanese island of Kyushu kill 20 and displace 250,000

2012-08-12

94th PGA Championship: Rory McIlroy shoots a 275 at Kiawah Island Golf Resort

2013-05-02

Rhode Island becomes the tenth US state to legalize same-sex marriage

2013-09-27

At least 22 people are killed after a refugee ship capsizes off the island of Java

2015-12-27

Tourist destination Siargao island hit by 5.2 magnitude earthquake

2016-01-30

US Navy sends ship near disputed island in South China Sea

2016-01-31

China Strongly Condemns US for Sending Warship Near Island

2016-05-14

US sees China boosting military presence after island-building spree

2016-10-09

Derailed train injures 15 to 20, disrupts service on Long Island, New York

2017-04-01

Rikers Island Could Be Closed And Replaced With Smaller Jails Around New York City

2017-04-03

Rikers Island Commission Unveils Plan to Shut Down Jail Complex

2017-07-03

US ship sails near disputed island, raising China's hackles

2017-09-08

Hurricane Irma kills 5 as it sweeps through island of Saint Martin

2018-05-05

Magnitude 5.7 quake hits Hawaii's Big Island where volcano erupting -USGS

2018-05-31

Volcanic lava flow spurs more evacuations on Hawaii's Big Island

2018-07-29

At least 10 dead, 40 hurt as 6.4 quake hits Indonesia island

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Island - Notable Birthdays

Robert Louis StevensonNov 13, 1850

Lucy Maud MontgomeryNov 30, 1874

George M CohanJul 3, 1878

Lead BellyJan 20, 1888

Aldous HuxleyJul 26, 1894

Eddie AlbertApr 22, 1906

Bob DenverJan 9, 1935

Johnny RamoneOct 8, 1948

Roscoe TannerOct 15, 1951

Yun Fat ChowMay 18, 1955

Island - Birthdays
Date Event
1586-08-14

William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)

1659-02-01

Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island)

1727-12-14

François-Hubert Drouais, Night Descends on Treasure Island

1728-04-23

Samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island)

1757-06-22

George Vancouver, surveyed Pacific coast from San Francisco to Vancouver Island

1786-04-15

Walter Channing, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, American physician who was the first to use anesthesia during childbirth

1799-11-03

William Sprague III, American politician from Rhode Island (d. 1856)

1801-09-04

Cullen Whipple, Providence Rhode Island, American Inventor (pointed screw machine)

1818-08-01

Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island

1825-04-24

R.M. Ballentyne, The Coral Island

1830-09-12

William Sprague, governor of Rhode Island (1859-63)

1841-11-06

Nelson W. Aldrich, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island (d. 1915)

1842-12-16

Gertrude Smith, Rainbow Island

1843-06-03

King Frederik VIII, Kong Frederik VIII besøger Island

1850-05-27

Frederik C.O. Raben-Levetzau, Kong Frederik VIII besøger Island

1850-11-13

Robert Louis Stevenson, Edinburgh, Scotland, author (Treasure Island), (d. 1894)

1851-12-13

Benjamin Young, Pitcairn Island Today

1860-07-07

Gustav Mahler, Shutter Island

1868-07-03

Sigurd Berg, Kong Frederik VIII besøger Island

1870-04-06

W. Lane-Bayliff, Mystery Island

1870-07-24

Fred Law Olmsted Jr, Staten Island NY, landscape architect

1870-08-02

Claude Gillingwater, The Prisoner of Shark Island

1871-03-19

Joseph McGinnity, Rock Island Ill, baseball pitcher (NY Giants)

1874-11-30

Lucy Maud Montgomery, Clifton Prince Edward Island, Canadian author (Anne of Green Gables)

1877-08-16

Frank Bonner, Terror Island

1878-02-12

Larry Judge, Fog Island

1878-04-24

Charles McNaughton, Treasure Island

1878-07-03

George M Cohan, Providence Rhode Island, American father of musical comedy (Phantom President, Give My Regards to Broadway)

1878-11-17

Grace Abbott, Grand Island Neb, social worker (US Children Bureau)

1879-04-11

Josie Melville, Treasure Island

1879-10-15

Jack Brammall, Terror Island

1880-10-31

Douglas Wood, The Prisoner of Shark Island

1882-06-21

Rockwell Kent, Night Descends on Treasure Island

1882-12-20

Leila McIntyre, The Prisoner of Shark Island

1883-04-27

Hubert Harrison, St Croix Virgin Island, writer/freedom fighter

1883-07-11

Dolly Morse, The Island

1886-9-06

Forrest Orr, Rainbow Island

1887-07-09

James Chapin, Night Descends on Treasure Island

1887-11-09

Elijah Zerr, Pidgin Island

1888-01-20

Lead Belly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line), (d. 1949)

1888-12-18

Robert Moses, power broker (built Long Island & NYC parks & roads)

1890-01-18

Marty Fryberg, Coney Island

1890-08-20

H. P. Lovecraft, Providence, Rhode Island, American horror writer (At the Mountains of Madness, Weird Tales)

1893-11-06

August Defresne, Dutch playwright/director (Uninhabited Island)

1894-07-26

Aldous Huxley, Godalming, Surrey, English author (Brave New World, Island)

1894-12-28

Ed Healey, NFL tackle (Rock Island Independents, Chicago Bears)

1896-02-15

Arthur Shields, Dublin Ireland, actor (River, Enchanted Island)

1896-08-01

Erle C. Kenton, Island of Lost Souls

1897-03-25

John Laurie, Dumfries Scotland, actor (Jericho, Island of Desire)

1898-07-08

Alec Waugh, London, novelist (Island in the Sun); brother of Evelyn

1899-08-24

Johan J Fabricius, Dutch novelist (Island of Demons)

1900-04-09

Allen Jenkins, Staten Island, actor (Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit)

1901-02-09

Brian Donlevy, Ireland, actor (Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island)

1902-01-20

Stephen Jack, Treasure Island

1904-02-10

John Farrow, Sydney Aust, director/actor (Botany Bay, Wake Island)

1905-01-08

Giacinto Scelsi, Shutter Island

1905-04-26

Denis O'Dea, Dublin, actor (Esther & the King, Treasure Island)

1905-12-22

Kenneth Rexroth, The Coney Island of Lawrence Ferlinghetti

1906-01-31

Lucille Mendez, Coney Island

1906-04-22

Eddie Albert, [Heimberger], Rock Island Illinois, actor (Roman Holiday, Green Acres)

1906-08-06

Ken Strong, NFL, AFL halfback (Staten Island, NY Yanks, NY Giants)

1906-10-18

James Brooks, US mural painter (Acquisition of Long Island)

1907-01-13

Jeff Morrow, This Island Earth

1907-03-22

Byron Seawright, Wake Island

1907-11-04

Bennie Benjamin, Shutter Island

1907-9-15

Jimmy Wallington, Formosa: The Guarded Island

1908-01-29

Bill Megarry, The Dim Little Island

1908-02-03

Abe Diamond, Coney Island

1908-10-17

Hjördis Petterson, Children's Island

1908-11-22

Marcel Cravenne, Coffin Island

1908-9-08

Maurice Geraghty, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island

1909-02-20

Joseph Hoffman, 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders

1909-05-10

Beulah Hutton, Danger Island

1909-05-17

Karl Schäfer, Coffin Island

1909-06-02

Martin Ashe, Rescue from Gilligan's Island

1909-11-30

Carl Kayser, No Man Is an Island

1909-12-23

Barney Ross, Barney Ross of Chicago, in Defense of His World's Championship Welterweight Title Against Henry Armstrong of California, Featherweight Champion, Held at the Madison Square Garden Bowl, Long Island City, New York

1910-02-10

Douglas Spencer, actor (Thing, This Island Earth, River of No Return)

1910-05-19

Andrew Warren, Pitcairn Island Today

1910-10-04

Stanley Farrar, Staten Island Ferry

1911-06-22

Liam Gaffney, Island of Terror

1911-07-06

June Gale, Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

1911-08-27

Hal John Norman, Island of the Blue Dolphins

1912-01-28

Jackson Pollock, Jackson Pollock: Love and Death on Long Island

1912-03-06

Arnold Albert, Coney Island Honeymoon

1912-04-10

Martin Denny, rocker/actor (Forbidden Island)

1912-04-22

Lawrence Woolner, Terminal Island

1912-08-18

Elsa Morante, Arturo's Island

1912-11-05

Natalie Schaeffer, Rumson NJ, actress (Lovey Howell-Gilligan's Island)

1912-9-05

John Cage, Shutter Island

1913-07-21

Dallas Jones, Prince Edward Island

1913-08-08

Axel Stordahl, Staten Island NY, orchestra leader (Frank Sinatra Show)

1913-12-30

Lucio Agostini, Churchill's Island

1913-9-17

Mira Lobe, Children's Island

1914-03-07

Morton DaCosta, Phila, director (Island of Love, Music Man)

1914-03-21

Mercedes Marlowe, Escape from Hell Island

1914-05-18

Dean Norton, Love Island

1915-01-22

George Blair, Captiva Island

1915-06-29

Leo Diamond, Coney Island

1915-11-17

Raymond F. Jones, This Island Earth

1915-9-06

Gwen Gaze, The Secret of Treasure Island

1915-9-23

Marjorie Goetschius, Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina

1916-02-14

Edward Platt, Staten Island NY, actor (Chief-Get Smart)

1916-10-11

Tom Blakeley, Island of Terror

1917-05-14

Lou Harrison, Shutter Island

1917-08-10

George Fenaja, Rescue from Gilligan's Island

1918-03-08

Alan Hale [MacKahan] Jr, Los Angeles California, actor (Skipper-Gilligan's Island)

1918-03-14

John Whitney, Fog Island

1918-05-27

Harold Landon, 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders

1918-05-29

Isabel Dean, Engl, actress (5 Days one Summer, Virgin Island, Ransom)

1918-06-06

Richard Crane, Mysterious Island

1918-10-18

Daniel B. Ullman, Mysterious Island

1918-10-23

Peggy Moran, actress (Double Date, Horror Island)

1918-12-08

Gunnar Öhlund, The Island at the Top of the World

1918-12-11

Sam Kahalewai, Forbidden Island

1919-03-24

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, US, beat poet (Coney Island of the Mind)

1919-03-24

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, author (Coney Island of the Mind)

1919-04-24

Edna Osser, Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina

1919-04-30

Uluao Letuli, On an Island with You

1919-05-23

Ruth Fernández, The Fiend of Dope Island

1919-05-28

Frank Middlemass, actor (Island, Oliver Twist)

1919-06-28

Tony Van Renterghem, Gilligan's Island

1919-9-02

Tom Monroe, Serpent Island

1920-02-12

Johnny Lehmann, Island in the Sky

1920-05-28

Gene Levitt, Fantasy Island

1920-06-04

Russell E. Train, Jamestown, Rhode Island, environmentalist/administrator (EPA, WWF), (d. 2012)

1920-10-16

Sharon Douglas, Fog Island

1920-11-25

Ricardo Montalban, Mexican actor (Fantasy Island, Star Trek II, Naked Gun)

1921-01-18

Robert Glaser, Providence, Rhode Island, educational psychologist (National Assessment of Educational Progress), (d. 2012)

1921-04-01

William L Bergsma, Oakland California, composer (Fortunate Island)

1921-04-07

Cyril E. King, The Island of Dr. Moreau

1921-04-19

Don Sharp, Bear Island

1921-04-30

Gordon Mulholland, Treasure Island

1921-06-19

Lou Roberson, Bandit Island

1921-08-26

June Whitley Taylor, Rescue from Gilligan's Island

1922-01-10

Lasse Kolstad, The Island at the Top of the World

1922-06-24

Eaton Magoon Jr., Forbidden Island

1922-07-21

Kay Starr, Shutter Island

1922-10-07

Edward Mann, Island of Terror

1922-10-22

John H Chafee, (Sen-R-Rhode Island, 1976- )

1922-10-22

Bharati Devi, The Holy Island

1922-9-30

Dianna Cyrus Bixby, This Island Earth

1923-04-21

Arthur Custer, Abel's Island

1923-05-26

Roy Dotrice, Guernsey Channel Island, actor (Wizard)

1923-05-28

György Ligeti, Shutter Island

1923-06-23

Elroy Schwartz, Rescue from Gilligan's Island

1923-08-07

Karen Randle, Mysterious Island

1923-12-13

Merrill Long, Coney Island

1924-04-16

Jerome Liebling, Coney Island

1924-04-18

Henry Hyde, The Long Island Project

1924-04-23

Kay Norton, On an Island with You

1924-06-16

Faith Domergue, This Island Earth

1924-08-29

Dinah Washington, Shutter Island

1924-09-16

Lauren Bacall, Staten Island, actress (Dark Passage, Key Largo)

1924-11-10

Russell Johnson, actor, (professor-Gilligan's Island)

1924-12-04

Victor Rogers, Rescue from Gilligan's Island

1924-12-06

Kôji Tsuruta, Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

1924-9-11

Clyde Otis, Shutter Island

1925-03-26

The Great John L., The Island of Dr. Moreau

1925-09-25

Silvana Pampanini, Rome Italy, actress (Day in Court, Island Sinner)

1925-10-30

George Murcell, Cutthroat Island

1926-01-12

Morton Feldman, Shutter Island

1926-01-14

Frank Aletter, Long Island NY, actor (Mac-It's About Time, Tom-Nancy)

1926-02-07

Al Ramsen, Island of Terror

1926-02-23

Jim O'Connolly, Horror on Snape Island

1926-05-14

Maurine Duvalier, Island Women

1926-05-21

Robert Creeley, Mass, poet/novelist (Island)

1926-06-10

June Haver, Rock Island, actress (Dolly Sisters, Girl Next Door)

1926-06-17

Etta Bortolazzi, How the War Started on My Island

1926-9-08

Erik Silju, The Island at the Top of the World

1927-01-10

Johnnie Ray, Shutter Island

1928-01-14

Gerald Arpino, Staten Island NY, choreographer

1928-01-27

Michael Craig, Mysterious Island

1928-02-28

Robert L. Lippert Jr., Bandit Island

1928-04-07

Bryant Haliday, Horror on Snape Island

1928-11-20

Mel Prestidge, Rescue from Gilligan's Island

1928-11-30

Rex Reason, This Island Earth

1928-12-05

Mahi Beamer, Forbidden Island

1928-12-06

Lance Fuller, This Island Earth

1929-01-16

Francesco Scavullo, Staten Island NY, celebrity photographer

1929-06-28

Don Dubbins, Brooklyn, actor (Enchanted Island, Fix)

1930-01-03

Robert Loggia, Staten Island, actor (Officer & a Gentleman, THE Cat)

1930-01-25

Ruth Kligman, Jackson Pollock: Love and Death on Long Island

1930-04-08

John Bartholomew Tucker, Pa, TV host (Candid Camera, Treasure Island)

1930-08-10

Barry Unsworth, novelist (Pascali's Island), (d. 2012)

1930-08-14

David Aldrich, Escape from Hell Island

1930-11-25

David Newman, Island Unknown

1931-01-10

Sigurveig Jónsdóttir, Devil's Island

1931-02-24

Uri Orlev, The Island on Bird Street

1931-05-07

Gene Wolfe, Doctor Island

1931-08-13

Michael Newell, Island of Desire

1931-10-02

Robert Fuca, Gilligan's Island

1931-12-11

Richard Devon, Glendale CA, actor (Battle of Blood Island)

1932-07-20

Nam June Paik, Shutter Island

1932-08-23

David Cherkasskiy, Return to Treasure Island

1932-9-17

Fred Mustard Stewart, Ellis Island

1932-9-27

Genzô Wakayama, Treasure Island

1933-03-17

Dick Maloney, Miss Castaway and the Island Girls

1933-05-01

Joseja Moe, Forbidden Island

1933-06-26

Claudio Abbado, Shutter Island

1934-01-25

Iwalani Kahalewai, Forbidden Island

1934-02-11

Tina Louise, NYC, actress (Ginger-Gilligan's Island, Julie-Dallas)

1934-03-01

Michiko Saga, Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

1934-10-20

Mary Peach, Cutthroat Island

1935-01-09

Bob Denver, New Rochelle, New York, American actor (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Gilligan's Island)

1935-01-09

Bob Denver, Rescue from Gilligan's Island

1935-03-04

Nick Bennion, Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island

1935-05-15

Radna Sakhaltuev, Return to Treasure Island

1935-05-19

David Hartman, The Island at the Top of the World

1935-06-20

John Berkely Taylor, Island Women

1935-10-05

Eimei Esumi, Treasure Island

1935-10-23

Shandor Kallosh, Island

1936-04-23

Bobby Joe Mason, The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

1936-04-28

Stepan Bogdanov, The Island

1936-08-09

Godfrey Philipp, Adventure Island

1936-08-17

Aleksandr Lavrov, Return to Treasure Island

1936-11-09

Stephanie Rothman, Terminal Island

1937-10-12

Gawn Grainger, Love and Death on Long Island

1938-02-10

Torsten Wahlund, The Island at the Top of the World

1938-05-08

Adrian Gonzales, Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island

1938-05-17

Don Dolan, Staten Island NY, actor (Guy Lewis- General Hospital)

1938-07-07

Cozette Hutner, Island of Love

1938-10-20

Carl-Johan Seth, Children's Island

1938-12-12

Connie Francis, The Island

1939-01-08

Manny Twofeathers, Demon Island

1939-01-27

Mike Hill, Jackson MI, PGA golfer (1977 Ohio Kings Island Open)

1939-02-22

Naum Olev, Treasure Island Part I: Captain Flint's Map

1939-04-22

Charles S. Swartz, Terminal Island

1940-06-18

Jim Albus, Staten Island NY, PGA golfer (1991 Mazda Senior Players)

1940-07-10

Julie Payne, Island of the Blue Dolphins

1940-07-23

Robert Azevedo, Getting Out of Rhode Island

1940-10-01

John Schuerholz, Pegulaville/Hurling/Baseball Island

1940-10-30

John Harrison Quinn, Sister Island

1940-11-06

Andrés Resino, Lovers of Devil's Island

1940-12-05

Branko Belina, Millions on the Island

1941-01-09

Joan Baez, Staten Island, folk singer/human rights advocate

1941-01-21

Mike Medavoy, Shutter Island

1941-06-01

Edo de Waart, Shutter Island

1941-10-23

Anna Palk, Horror on Snape Island

1941-9-05

Jean-Paul Zehnacker, Coffin Island

1941-9-05

Moribi Murano, Unico in the Island of Magic

1942-02-13

Carol Lynley, NYC, actress (Night Stalker, Fantasy Island, Immortal)

1942-02-19

Mahmoud Yassine, The Island

1942-06-30

Michael Edols, Island

1942-07-27

Adriana Alben, King of Kong Island

1942-08-21

Bozidar Oreskovic, How the War Started on My Island

1942-11-29

Roman Reuven Jerzy, Terminal Island

1942-12-16

Donald Carcieri, American politician, governor of Rhode Island

1942-12-16

David Broadnax, Zombie Island Massacre

1942-9-05

Francis Leroi, Demon Is on the Island

1943-01-13

Anita Ekström, Children's Island

1943-02-26

Dante Ferretti, Shutter Island

1943-03-05

Josip Genda, Tressette: A Story of an Island

1943-04-11

Elmer R Wilsoe, Island mayor (Curacao)

1943-04-20

Vlatko Dulic, How the War Started on My Island

1943-04-23

Herve Villechaize, France, "Da Plane! Da Plane!" (Fantasy Island)

1943-9-14

Rúnar Georgsson, Devil's Island

1943-9-24

Andrew Henderson, Tanya's Island

1944-02-07

Antoni Wit, Shutter Island

1944-03-18

Valeriy Bessarab, Treasure Island Part I: Captain Flint's Map

1944-04-30

Selva Alemán, The Island

1944-9-19

Akio Sugino, Treasure Island

1944-9-28

Matthew Cowles, Shutter Island

1945-08-22

Ron Dante, Staten Island NY, rock vocalist (Archies-Sugar, Sugar)

1945-10-29

Melba Moore, [Beatrice], NYC, singer/actress (Ellis Island)

1945-11-25

Rob W. Gray, Shutter Island

1945-12-03

Laura Dean, Staten Island NYC, composer/choreographer (Drumming)

1945-9-10

Marlin Briscoe, The Black Quarterback/Football Island/The Ride of His Life

1946-02-17

Magnús Ólafsson, Devil's Island

1946-02-20

Vladimir Martynov, The Island

1946-04-30

Min-Jan Ni, Island of Fire

1946-10-28

Aleksandr Tolkachov, The Island

1946-9-06

Lis Lund, The Island on Bird Street

1946-9-11

Sue Donovan, Adventure Island

1946-9-15

Shelby Leverington, The Island

1947-02-15

John Adams, Shutter Island

1947-02-16

Bissa Abelli, Children's Island

1947-04-11

Janusz Sosnowski, King of Devil's Island

1947-07-11

Irina Sergeeva, Treasure Island Part I: Captain Flint's Map

1947-07-20

James Harris, The Black Quarterback/Football Island/The Ride of His Life

1947-10-07

Jill Larson, Shutter Island

1947-9-13

Gary Brockette, Survival Island

1948-01-11

Francesca Lo Schiavo, Shutter Island

1948-05-15

Brian Eno, Shutter Island

1948-07-13

Ronald K Machtley, (Rep-R-Rhode Island)

1948-10-08

Johnny Ramone [Cummings], Long Island, New York, American rock guitarist (Ramones)

1948-12-09

Marleen Gorris, Dutch director (Mres Dalloway, Antonia, Last Island)

1948-12-15

David Gwillim, Plymouth England, actor (Island at Top of the World)

1948-12-15

David Gwillim, The Island at the Top of the World

1949-04-27

Lewis Dauber, The Island

1949-04-29

Aleksandr Mazaev, Island

1949-05-01

Tim Hodgkinson, Shutter Island

1949-10-03

William F. Haxby, Island of the Sharks

1949-11-11

Terry D. Seago, Eagle Island

1949-11-12

Jack Reed, (Rep-D-Rhode Island)

1949-11-25

Rita Jenrette, Zombie Island Massacre

1950-04-04

G.F. Ambrosia, The Angels of Death Island

1950-07-02

Agneta Eckemyr, The Island at the Top of the World

1950-07-16

Helgi Valdimarsson, Devil's Island

1950-12-03

John Drew, Jekyll Island

1951-02-03

Sergey Shumakov, The Island

1951-04-14

Pyotr Mamonov, The Island

1951-04-15

Avery Crounse, Sister Island

1951-04-22

Robin Bartlett, Shutter Island

1951-05-18

James Stephens, Mount Kisko NY, actor (Paper Chase, Devil's Island)

1951-10-01

Nina Usatova, The Island

1951-10-15

Roscoe Tanner, Kiawah Island South Carolina, tennis player (Wimbledon Finals 1979)

1951-12-08

Bill Bryson, Bill Bryson: Notes from a Small Island

1951-9-30

Tobias Haller, Shutter Island

1952-06-13

Russel Javors, Billy Joel: Live from Long Island

1952-07-12

Edward Stoney Robinson, Stony Island

1953-02-06

Osman Yagmurdereli, Angel Island

1953-03-26

Lincoln Chafee, American Senator from Rhode Island

1954-04-24

Vladimir Litrovnik, The Island

1954-07-26

Maud Sjökvist, Children's Island

1954-12-09

Ken Cheeseman, Shutter Island

1955-02-12

Bill Laswell, Shutter Island

1955-05-18

Yun Fat Chow, Nam Nga Island Hong Kong, actor (Better Tomorrow)

1955-05-27

Franciska von Koch, Children's Island

1955-07-19

Marie Nyreröd, Bergman Island

1955-08-09

Doug Williams, The Black Quarterback/Football Island/The Ride of His Life

1956-03-27

Pál Békés, An Island of Their Own

1956-07-13

Mark "The Animal' Mendoza [Glickman], Long Island, New York, American bassist (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It)

1956-11-17

Ramona Singer, Sonja Island

1956-12-19

Raymond Anthony Thomas, Shutter Island

1957-03-17

Richard Kwietniowski, Love and Death on Long Island

1957-03-18

Choel Evans, The Island

1957-05-29

Ted Levine, Shutter Island

1957-07-14

Valeriy Chiglyaev, Treasure Island Part II: Captain Flint's Treasure

1957-11-22

Semyon Grigorev, Treasure Island Part II: Captain Flint's Treasure

1957-12-01

Paul Corvino, Shelter Island

1958-05-28

Louis Mustillo, City Island

1958-06-05

James Lawrence Spencer, The Island

1958-08-31

David H Mattheisen, Blue Island Ill, PhD/astronaut (STS 73 alt)

1958-09-02

Marlene Janssen, Rock Island Ill, playmate (Nov, 1982)

1958-10-24

Marcin Lomnicki, King of Devil's Island

1958-9-09

Colin Murdock, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys

1959-03-20

Anatoliy Dyachenko, Treasure Island Part II: Captain Flint's Treasure

1959-08-09

Michael Kors, Long Island, NY, fashion designer

1959-10-25

Collette Sunderman, Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island

1959-12-26

Dean Allan Tolhurst, Bali: Island of the Dogs

1959-12-28

Phil Abrams, The Island

1959-12-29

Ritsuko Okazaki, Hashima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japanese singer-songwriter

1959-12-29

Patricia Clarkson, Shutter Island

1960-01-15

Ivan Brkic, How the War Started on My Island

1960-01-16

Ljubomir Kerekes, How the War Started on My Island

1960-01-27

Cedo Martinic, Tressette: A Story of an Island

1960-07-11

Olivia Tracey, The Island

1960-07-11

Jacek Krautforst, The Island on Bird Street

1960-07-16

Leila Kenzle, Long Island, New York, American actress (Mad About You, Identity)

1960-08-08

Lance Lewman, Mystery of Easter Island

1960-08-29

Predrag 'Predjo' Vusovic, How the War Started on My Island

1960-10-06

Jeffrey Trachta, Staten Island NY, actor (Thorne-Bold & Beautiful)

1960-12-07

Oreste Fiengo, Private Gold 72: Robinson Crusoe on Sin Island

1961-03-08

James Gorman, Cutthroat Island

1961-04-08

Antonio Stornaiolo, Our Tropical Island

1961-04-09

Ton Van Royen, Temptation Island

1961-07-15

John Cadwell, Fire Island

1961-08-15

Dale Dudley, Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams

1961-10-10

Steve Edmiston, The Maury Island Incident

1961-10-14

Bates Wilder, Shutter Island

1961-9-08

Donna Coney Island, Ratatoing

1962-04-09

Rita S. Hammond, Murder Island

1962-08-31

Mark L. Walberg, Temptation Island

1963-04-17

Don Michael Paul, The Island

1963-04-30

Joe Thomas, Live! From E.V.I.L: Evil Villain Island Lair

1963-08-01

John Carroll Lynch, Shutter Island

1963-11-14

George Ovashvili, Corn Island

1963-12-04

Amy Nicholson, ZIPPER: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride

1963-12-06

Daniel Severa, Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century

1963-12-20

Pam Casale, Camden NJ, tennis player (Marco Island finals 1985)

1964-01-13

Senka Bulic, How the War Started on My Island

1964-01-18

Andrew Barrow, Love and Death on Long Island

1964-01-26

Steven Man, Savage Island

1964-02-12

Bruna Bebic-Tudor, Tressette: A Story of an Island

1964-04-24

Jennifer Thanisch, Five Go to Kirren Island: Episode One

1964-05-25

Maurizio Argentieri, The Island

1964-06-30

Raymond De Felitta, City Island

1964-07-20

Pontus Gårdinger, Temptation Island

1964-11-28

Tony Miller, Small Island

1965-03-19

Dalia El Nasser, The Island

1965-03-30

Roelof Jan Minneboo, Corn Island

1965-04-11

Jeffrey Frank, The Island

1965-04-24

Luca Fortunato Asquini, The Island

1965-04-25

John Henson, Muppet Treasure Island

1965-05-17

LuAnn de Lesseps, Sonja Island

1965-06-23

John "Chip" McKibben II, Balboa Island California, rower (Olympics-1996)

1965-08-04

Dennis Lehane, Shutter Island

1965-08-30

Laeta Kalogridis, Shutter Island

1965-10-25

Steve Decker, Rock Island IL, catcher (SF Giants)

1965-11-13

Mike Naylor, The Island

1965-12-17

Craig Berube, Getting Out of Rhode Island

1966-02-10

Paolo Tiberti, The Island

1966-06-18

Daniel Rigney, The Island of Dr. Moreau

1966-10-10

Chris Walden, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

1966-10-25

Matija Prskalo, How the War Started on My Island

1966-10-27

Grant Kenny, Norfolk Island NSW, Australasia golfer

1966-10-30

Scott Innes, Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island

1966-12-27

Diego Alvarez, Fire Island Cruising 4

1966-12-31

Arthur Borman, Temptation Island

1966-9-18

Tomas Fryk, Children's Island

1967-03-24

Kwame Kwei-Armah, Cutthroat Island

1967-05-14

Dax Belanger, Fear Island

1967-05-17

Mohamed Nasheed, The Island President

1967-05-20

Igor Kotsarev, The Island

1967-07-01

Olger Bernadt, King of Devil's Island

1967-07-24

Dennis Lynch, Shutter Island

1967-10-19

Amy Carter, The Swindler/White House Diary: Jimmy Carter/Football Island

1967-10-27

Jason Finn, Forbidden Island

1967-12-04

Antonia Dorian, Dinosaur Island

1968-03-05

Marq Mellor, Long Island NY, field hockey forward (Olympics-96)

1968-04-02

Carrie Holecek, The Island

1968-05-28

Sandra Bacher, Long Island NY, half-heavyweight judoka (Oly-92, 96)

1968-08-18

Griffin Drew, Hazelhurst Georgia, actress (Dinosaur Island)

1968-08-28

Tibor Folytán, An Island of Their Own

1968-10-19

Slav Tanev, The Island

1968-12-27

Mitzi Martin, The Island

1968-9-06

Nelson de la Rosa, The Island of Dr. Moreau

1969-01-03

Philippe Dean, Private Gold 72: Robinson Crusoe on Sin Island

1969-01-12

Michelle Czernin von Chudenitz, Savage Island

1969-01-29

Bruce Lawton, Coney Island

1969-03-19

Gene Borthwick, The Island

1969-04-23

Scott A. Capestany, Harbor Island

1969-05-05

Lars Gerhard, Shutter Island

1969-06-14

Lara Wickes, Demon Island

1969-07-13

Jamie Walter, actor (Pirate Island)

1969-11-28

Chuck Ivy, The Island

1969-9-12

Chuan-Chen Yeh, Island of Fire

1970-03-24

Maceo, Temptation Island

1970-04-10

Sean Gilbert, Seeking Asylum/Make-A-Wish/Revis Island

1970-04-20

Ben Weir, Rock Island Ill, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Bogey Hills-2nd)

1970-04-26

Jean-Christophe Jeauffre, Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz

1970-05-15

Mostafa Ahmadi, Corn Island

1970-06-15

Khris Brown, The Curse of Monkey Island

1970-07-14

David Szehi, Shutter Island

1970-07-29

Steve Wojciechowski, Blue Island IL, pitcher (Oakland A's)

1970-08-09

Brandon Williams, Fire Island Cruising 4

1970-08-22

Sabrina Alonso, California Is an Island

1970-10-26

Mihalis Marinos, The Island

1970-11-30

George Uhl, Private Gold 72: Robinson Crusoe on Sin Island

1970-12-03

Timothy Stark, Children's Island

1970-9-01

Alex Murray-Leslie, Our Island in the South Pacific

1971-02-06

Brian Stepanek, The Island

1971-03-25

Marco Rochelle, Fire Island Cruising 4

1971-04-13

Martin Janson, Temptation Island

1971-06-03

Mark Hodge, Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams

1971-06-14

Yves Barbieux, Desert Island Percy

1971-11-07

Lori Sturgill, Getting Out of Rhode Island

1971-11-22

Holly Beavon, Miss Castaway and the Island Girls

1971-12-01

Emily Mortimer, Shutter Island

1971-12-29

Jay Fiedler, Long Island, New York, American NFL quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals)

1972-02-19

Lauro Giotto, Private Gold 72: Robinson Crusoe on Sin Island

1972-04-15

Rick Stear, Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five

1972-06-12

Martín Cases, The Dutchman's Island

1972-08-24

Kaya Wittenburg, Temptation Island

1972-10-07

Yutaka Minobe, Yoshi's Island DS

1972-10-16

Cynthia Stegner, Escape from Witch Island

1972-9-06

Melissa Barker, The Island

1973-02-23

Robert Pipkins, Staten Island NY, luger (Olympics-1994)

1973-04-12

Claudia Jordan, Miss USA-Rhode Island (1997, top 10)

1973-05-15

Shannon van der Drift, Nim's Island

1973-06-13

Eric Schaechter, Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams

1973-07-15

Rachel Pickup, Small Island

1973-07-24

Steve Sobel, Temptation Island

1973-08-06

Tina Nordström, An Island Well Done

1973-10-24

Raimondo Della Calce, The King of the Island

1973-12-16

Jason Earley, Coney Island Baby

1973-12-18

Shannon Roghair, Temptation Island

1973-9-20

Sherryn Smith, Shutter Island

1974-03-01

BullDog, The Sand Island Drive-In Anthem

1974-03-02

Andy Lukei, Temptation Island

1974-03-26

Irina Spirlea, Bucharest Romania, tennis star (1996 Amelia Island)

1974-04-26

Kirsten Schultz, Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams

1974-04-29

Peta Johnson, Dead Island Riptide

1974-05-31

Joseph DiPietro, The Long Island Serial Killer

1974-06-07

Bear Grylls, The Island with Bear Grylls

1974-06-20

Govindini Murty, Terminal Island

1974-07-04

Shawn Doherty, Shutter Island

1974-07-08

Lola Corwin, Temptation Island

1974-08-11

Catherine Bode, Ein Sommer in Island

1974-08-21

Amy Fisher, Long Island NY, shot Mary Jo Buttafucco

1974-10-02

Goran Malus, How the War Started on My Island

1974-9-03

Sarah Bellomo, Beach Babes 2: Cave Girl Island

1975-02-04

Elana Eve Chomiszak, Providence RI, Miss America-Rhode Island (1997)

1975-05-22

Guido Eickmeyer, Dead Island

1975-07-12

Jeff Glor, Pegulaville/Hurling/Baseball Island

1976-01-15

Jimmy Smagula, The Island

1976-02-03

Karen Bradley, Miss Rhode Island USA (1996)

1976-03-15

Ben Tolpin, The Island

1976-03-23

Travis Trudell, Shutter Island

1976-04-18

Martin Papazian, The Island

1976-06-09

David Hartstein, Hard Times: Lost on Long Island

1976-06-19

Claus Willadsen, King of Devil's Island

1976-07-08

Joshua LaCross, Shutter Island

1976-08-16

Whitney Dylan, The Island

1976-10-12

Viktoriya Isakova, The Island

1976-11-18

Dominic Armato, The Curse of Monkey Island

1976-12-09

Kevin Daniels, The Island

1976-9-01

Erica Ross, The Island: Welcome to the Island

1976-9-02

Sibylle Meder, The Island Bus

1976-9-18

Damien Carr, The Island

1976-9-19

Roger Katz, Predator Island

1977-01-07

Bruce Fillmore, Love and Death on Long Island

1977-02-19

Tender Huang, Island Etude

1977-03-21

Michael Lippman, Shutter Island

1977-03-30

Darren Billard, Pleasure Island

1977-04-23

Andruw Jones, Pegulaville/Hurling/Baseball Island

1977-05-22

Noa Tishby, The Island

1977-06-04

Mathilde Dedye, King of Devil's Island

1977-07-15

Scott Moore, Ghost of the Island Queen

1977-08-03

Christopher Ratledge, The Island

1977-10-10

Tereza Benesová, Sin-a-matic 2: Big Island Style

1977-12-27

Marteinn Ibsen, Zombie Island

1977-12-31

C.G. Summer, Sex Island

1978-03-06

Scott Sanford, Shelter Island

1978-03-13

Aimee Moraca, No One Island

1978-07-09

Dmitriy Dyuzhev, The Island

1978-11-30

Jaime Foard, Did I Say Thousand Island?

1978-12-20

Peter Acuff, Jekyll Island

1978-12-27

Jessica Joy Krumerman, Jekyll Island

1978-9-10

Elizabeth Kee, Temptation Island

1979-01-19

Demi Pietchell, Coney Island

1979-04-09

Billy Brandt, Lost on Sex Island

1979-04-23

David R. Doumeng, Strong Island Boys

1979-05-01

Ana Gutierrez, The Long Island Project

1979-05-15

James Mackenzie, Raven: The Island

1979-06-21

Caroline Walker, Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure

1979-07-03

Lauren Alviti, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA (1997)

1979-10-11

Skye Ashton, Island Rhythms

1979-10-29

Danny Carney, Shutter Island

1979-9-03

Yana Esipovich, The Island

1979-9-10

DeAndra Avery, Island of Fantasy

1980-01-09

David McEvoy, Coney Island Baby

1980-02-27

Nasrollah Sekandari, The Island

1980-03-04

Max A. Butler, Shutter Island

1980-04-25

Gary Ambrosia, The Angels of Death Island

1980-05-06

Tamiry Chiavari, Island Paradise

1980-05-08

Benjamin Jackendoff, The Island

1980-06-24

Kelly Dutra, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA (1996)

1980-08-09

Aaron Heights, Fire Island Cruising 4

1980-08-10

Nikki Rider, Private Gold 72: Robinson Crusoe on Sin Island

1980-11-19

Thomas Zellen, The Island

1980-9-09

Michelle Williams, Shutter Island

1980-9-16

Matthew R. Laudermilk, Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific

1981-01-06

Jenna Z. Wilson, Island Prey

1981-01-14

Kirk Kelley, Lost on Sex Island

1981-02-08

Tommy Michaels, Staten Island NY, actor (Timmy Hutton-All My Children)

1981-02-21

Geoffrey Miclat, Shutter Island

1981-03-20

Lucy Love, Private Gold 72: Robinson Crusoe on Sin Island

1981-06-10

Eric Norcross, The Long Island Project

1981-07-09

Jennifer Stone, Private Gold 72: Robinson Crusoe on Sin Island

1981-07-22

Cassity Atkins, Shutter Island

1982-01-08

Pia Manalo, Bedtime with Barney: Imagination Island

1982-04-11

Angel Dark, Private Gold 72: Robinson Crusoe on Sin Island

1982-04-22

Kevin Gall, The Long Island Project

1982-04-29

Carly Bodmer, City Island

1982-06-14

Gabriel Köerner, Shutter Island

1982-08-09

Brandon Espinoza, Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five

1982-11-10

Naoya Urata, Heat Island

1982-11-24

Andrew T. Wood, Shutter Island

1982-12-07

Tyrie Ballard, The Island: Welcome to the Island

1982-9-12

Francisco Pina, The Long Island Project

1983-01-11

Diana Lion, Mystery Island

1983-05-04

Thalia Oliver, Private Gold 72: Robinson Crusoe on Sin Island

1983-08-29

Mike McCormack, Zombie Island

1983-12-07

Colie Edison, The Island: Welcome to the Island

1983-9-01

Robert Oates, Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 3 - Lair of the Leviathan

1983-9-19

Indy Randhawa, Nightmare Island: The Legend of Hookface

1984-01-15

Robert Johansson, Murder Island

1984-04-12

Hendrik Meyerhof, Treasure Island

1984-06-27

Evelyn Lory, Private Gold 72: Robinson Crusoe on Sin Island

1984-08-14

Alexander Barrow, Shutter Island

1984-12-10

Steve Bocsi, Shutter Island

1984-9-09

Thalia, Busty Island Girls

1984-9-10

Joakim S. Hammond, Murder Island

1985-02-06

Art Smith III, Survival Island

1985-04-18

Diane Willems, Treasure Island

1985-05-16

Joy Andersson, Murder Island

1985-07-18

Henrik Foogel, Murder Island

1985-11-12

Alex Taylor, Shutter Island

1986-10-15

Ashley Hanson, Survival Island

1986-10-24

Shannan Gilbert, Long Island Serial Killer

1986-10-26

Lahiru Mayadunne, The Secret Island, Dutch Bay

1986-11-20

Ivey Haber, Made in Staten Island

1987-03-19

Caleb Rocke, Island of Bliss

1987-06-02

Mia Harrison, Gullah, Gullah Island

1987-07-15

Carol Sampaio, Brazilian Island 4

1988-07-20

Stephanie Ambrosia, The Angels of Death Island

1989-04-13

Christina Hernandez, Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five

1989-05-26

India Giuliano, Mysterious Island

1989-08-09

Kameron Devine, Dead Man Island

1989-12-10

Samuel Lucki-Rakana, Graveyard Island

1989-9-03

Jack Pearson, Return to Nim's Island

1990-08-22

Trond Nilssen, King of Devil's Island

1990-9-17

Gylfi Sigurðsson, Devil's Island

1991-01-24

Kallum Roberts, Spike Island

1991-9-01

Evelyn Island-Mateo, Turning Stones

1992-01-08

Sara Langebæk Gaarmann, Island of Lost Souls

1992-01-11

Alanah Rafferty, The Desert Island All Time Top 5 Songs of Tragedy

1992-03-12

Maddison Joyce, Nim's Island

1992-08-14

Naima Sebe, The Three Investigators and the Secret of Skeleton Island

1993-04-12

Daniel Berg, King of Devil's Island

1993-04-29

Jack Hurst, Treasure Island Kids: The Monster of Treasure Island

1993-05-05

Scarlett Ashton, Spike Island

1993-05-11

Chancellor Miller, The Three Investigators and the Secret of Skeleton Island

1993-07-02

Daniel Claus, The Three Investigators and the Secret of Skeleton Island

1994-06-17

Louis Fresse, Atlantic Island

1995-12-06

Joy Gruttmann, The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island

1998-03-01

Daniel Seymour, Spike Island

Island - Notable Weddings

Horatio NelsonMar 11, 1787

Frederic Auguste BartholdiDec 15, 1875

John D. Rockefeller JrOct 9, 1901

Lucy Maud MontgomeryJul 5, 1911

Hank GreenbergFeb 18, 1946

John F. KennedySep 12, 1953

Meryl StreepSep 30, 1978

John F. KennedySep 21, 1996

Deion SandersMay 21, 1999

Brooke ShieldsApr 4, 2001

Lisa Marie PresleyAug 10, 2002

Kate WinsletMay 24, 2003

Billy JoelOct 2, 2004

Tony HawkJan 12, 2006

Mariah CareyApr 30, 2008

Greg NormanJun 28, 2008

Olivia Newton-JohnJun 30, 2008

Woody HarrelsonDec 28, 2008

Alicia KeysJul 31, 2010

Vanessa MinnilloJul 15, 2011

Island - Weddings
Date Event
1787-03-11

Naval officer Horatio Nelson (28) weds Frances Nisbet at Montpelier Estate on the island of Nevis

1875-12-15

Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (41) weds Jeanne-Emilie Baheux Puysieux in Newport, Rhode Island

1901-10-09

Philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr (27) weds Abby Aldrich in Warwick Neck, Rhode Island

1911-07-05

"Anne of Green Gables" author Lucy Maud Montgomery (36) weds Ewen MacDonald in Prince Edward Island, Canada

1946-02-18

MLB baseball player Hank Greenberg (35) weds heiress Caral Gimbel in Sea Island, Georgia

1953-09-12

Senator John F. Kennedy (36) weds Jacqueline Bouvier (24) in Newport, Rhode Island

1968-10-20

Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis on the island of Scorpios

1978-09-30

Actress Meryl Streep (29) weds sculptor Don Gummer (31) in Mason's Island, Connecticut

1996-09-21

Elder son of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and magazine publisher John F. Kennedy Jr. (35) weds Caroline Bisset (30) at the wood-frame Brack Chapel of the First African Baptist Church in Cumberland Island, Georgia

1998-05-21

Supermodel Cindy Crawford (32) weds restaurateur Rande Gerber (36) on Paradise Island in the Bahamas

1998-06-27

Prince Michael of Greece daughter Princess Alexandra (29) weds perfume executive Nicolas Mirzayantz (37) in Torcello Island

1998-12-20

"Def Jam" business magnate Russell Simmons (41) weds model Kimora Lee (23) on the French Caribbean island of Saint Barthelemy

1999-05-14

"Sunset Beach" actor Clive Robertson (33) weds actress Libby Purvis (30) at sunset on Necker Island

1999-05-21

NFL legend Deion Sanders (31) weds model Pilar Biggers in Paradise Island, Bahamas

1999-06-13

CNBC anchor-reporter Maria Bartiromo (31) weds son of multimillionaire financier Saul Steinberg, Jonathan Steinberg (34) in Long Island, New York

2000-06-10

"Live! with Kelly and Michael" executive producer Michael Gelman (38) weds CBS's Early Show correspondent Laurie Hibberd (36) at a Long Island estate

2001-04-04

Actress and model Brooke Shields (35) weds sitcom writer Chris Henchy (37) in Catalina Island, California

2002-08-10

Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage (38) weds "Princess of Rock and Roll" Lisa Marie Presley (34) at the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel on the Big Island of Hawaii

2003-05-24

Oscar winning-actress Kate Winslet (27) weds director Sam Mendes (36) in Anguilla Island

2004-02-27

Singer-actress Solange Knowles (18) weds Texas Southern University football player Daniel Smith at Old Bahama Bay Resort in Grand Bahama Island

2004-10-02

"Piano Man" singer-songwriter Billy Joel (55) weds television food critic and chef Katie Lee (23) at 15-acre waterfront estate in Centre Island, New York

2004-12-29

Former X-Files Gillian Anderson (36) weds former journalist and documentary filmmaker Julian Ozanne (42) on Shella island in Lamu, Kenya

2005-04-16

"Survivor: All-Stars" winner Amber Mariano (26) weds The Amazing Race star Rob Mariano (29) at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas

2005-05-09

Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger (36) weds country-music heartthrob singer Kenny Chesney (37) on the island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands

2005-05-14

The Beverly Hills, 90210 actor Jason Priestley (35) weds British makeup artist Naomi Lowde at the One & Only Ocean Club on Paradise Island in the Bahamas

2005-06-05

"All My Children" cast members Alexa Havins (24) weds actor Justin Bruening (25) in a seaside ceremony held on Cinnamon Bay on the island of St. John

2006-01-12

Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk (37) weds Lhotse Merriam at Tavarua Island Resort in Fiji

2006-05-07

Actress Tori Spelling (32) weds actor Dean McDermott (39) at Wakaya Club in Wakaya Island, Fiji

2006-05-20

Comedian-actress Mo'Nique (38) weds actor Sidney Hicks in an idyllic island ceremony

2006-09-02

"Color Me Badd" singer Sam Watters (36) weds American Idol first season finalist Tamyra Gray (27) on a cliff on the island of Capri

2006-09-18

Chinese movie actor Nicholas Tse (26) weds HK actress and cantopop singer Cecilia Cheung (26) at Palawan island in the Philippines

2007-07-07

Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck (38) weds handbag designer Gelila Assefa (38) in a three-day celebration on the Italian island of Capri

2007-12-22

Former "Saturday Night Live" host Jimmy Fallon (33) weds Hollywood producer Nancy Juvonen (40) on Necker Island in Caribbean

2008-04-30

Singer-songwriter Mariah Carey (41) weds actor and rapper Nick Cannon (31) at Bahamian estate on the island of Windermere

2008-06-28

Golfing legend Greg Norman (53) weds former tennis star Chris Evert (53) in Paradise Island, Bahamas

2008-06-30

Singer-actress Olivia Newton-John (59) weds natural-health businessman John Easterling (56) in Florida's Jupiter Island

2008-08-07

Singer-songwriter Jewel (38) weds rodeo champion Ty Murray (42) at The Cove Atlantis Resort in Paradise Island, Bahamas

2008-12-28

"Cheers" actor Woody Harrelson (47) weds longtime girlfriend Laura Louie (43) in Maui Island

2010-07-31

R&B singer-songwriter Alicia Keys (31) weds Grammy Award winning rapper Swizz Beatz (33) at a private home on the French island of Corsica

2010-11-06

Professional golfer Greg Norman (51) weds Australian interior decorator Kirsten Kutner (41) on Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands

2011-07-15

American TV personality and host Vanessa Minnillo (30) weds American singer-songwriter Nick Lachey (37) at Sir Richard Branson's private Necker Island in British Virgin Islands

2011-07-15

Former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy (44) weds Amy Petitgout in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts

2012-01-04

Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry (66) weds PR executive Amanda Sheppard (29) in Turks and Caicos Island

2012-09-23

Actor Antonio Sabato Jr. (40) weds singer-songwriter Cheryl Moana Marie at a private Anini Beach estate on the island of Kauai

2012-10-07

Media personality Jack Osbourne (26) weds Lisa Stelly on the Big Island of Hawaii

2013-01-19

Figure skater five-time world champion Michelle Kwan (32) weds director of strategic planning on the National Security Clay Pell at the First Unitarian Church of Providence, Rhode Island

Island - Notable Deaths

James CookFeb 14, 1779

NapoleonMay 5, 1821

Bob DenverSep 2, 2005

Island - Deaths
Date Event
1678-11-01

William Coddington, first Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1601)

1697-02-03

Sjoucke Gabbes, Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island

1775-10-21

François-Hubert Drouais, Night Descends on Treasure Island

1779-02-14

James Cook, British explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50

1821-05-05

French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1799-1815), dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena

1856-10-19

William Sprague III, American politician from Rhode Island (b. 1799)

1894-02-08

R.M. Ballentyne, The Coral Island

1911-05-18

Gustav Mahler, Shutter Island

1912-05-14

King Frederik VIII, Kong Frederik VIII besøger Island

1914-03-16

John Murray, piloted HMS Challenger to Christmas Island, dies

1921-07-11

Sigurd Berg, Kong Frederik VIII besøger Island

1923-05-08

Gertrude Smith, Rainbow Island

1933-05-05

Frederik C.O. Raben-Levetzau, Kong Frederik VIII besøger Island

1934-08-16

Benjamin Young, Pitcairn Island Today

1936-08-06

William G. Crosby, The Enchanted Island

1937-01-01

Richard Powell, Treasure Island

1938-04-17

J. Laurence Wickland, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island

1938-05-16

Jack Dougherty, Haunted Island

1939-11-02

Claude Gillingwater, The Prisoner of Shark Island

1939-12-10

Will Grosz, Shutter Island

1947-05-09

Byron Seawright, Wake Island

1950-02-07

Robert T. Shannon, Unknown Island

1951-10-08

Larry Judge, Fog Island

1952-09-23

Mala, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island

1952-10-23

Marty Fryberg, Coney Island

1953-01-09

Leila McIntyre, The Prisoner of Shark Island

1953-11-10

Dolly Morse, The Island

1955-01-02

Dianna Cyrus Bixby, This Island Earth

1955-12-04

Charles McNaughton, Treasure Island

1955-12-09

Harry Merland, Wake Island

1956-08-11

Jackson Pollock, Jackson Pollock: Love and Death on Long Island

1957-04-02

Thomas Rea, Thunder Island

1957-05-13

Elijah Zerr, Pidgin Island

1960-05-27

George Zucco, actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Desire Me), dies at 74

1962-07-09

Josie Melville, Treasure Island

1963-12-14

Dinah Washington, Shutter Island

1965-09-08

Dorothy Dandridge, American actress (Island in the Sun), dies of accidental overdose at 42

1969-01-19

Charles Winninger, actor (Cafe Metropole, Coney Island), dies at 84

1971-06-26

Hans Steinke, Island of Lost Souls

1976-12-20

Walter Fitzgerald, Treasure Island

1977-10-15

Ralph Truman, actor (Henry V, Treasure Island), dies at 77

1978-11-10

Linda Scott, actress (Escape from Hell Island), dies at 28

1981-09-03

Alec Waugh, Island in the Sun

1981-11-16

Harry Ekezian, Island of Lost Souls

1982-04-02

Sam Coslow, Shutter Island

1982-06-06

Kenneth Rexroth, The Coney Island of Lawrence Ferlinghetti

1983-02-05

Evangelus Berbas, Island of Lost Souls

1984-01-07

Dallas Jones, Prince Edward Island

1984-03-12

Al Ramsen, Island of Terror

1984-07-16

Tom Blakeley, Island of Terror

1985-04-03

David Aldrich, Escape from Hell Island

1985-05-04

John Whitney, Fog Island

1985-07-21

Lawrence Woolner, Terminal Island

1985-11-25

Elsa Morante, Arturo's Island

1986-12-18

Mamo Clark, actor (1 Million BC, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island), dies

1987-01-13

Eddie Moran, Treasure Island

1987-06-16

Kôji Tsuruta, Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

1987-06-30

Maurice Geraghty, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island

1987-08-01

George Fenaja, Rescue from Gilligan's Island

1987-09-03

Morton Feldman, Shutter Island

1987-09-17

Stephen Jack, Treasure Island

1987-11-10

Mercedes Marlowe, Escape from Hell Island

1988-05-27

Hjördis Petterson, Children's Island

1988-07-16

Frank Alten, Manhunt of Mystery Island

1988-08-09

Giacinto Scelsi, Shutter Island

1989-07-03

Jim Backus, actor (Magoo, Gilligan's Island), dies at 76 of pneumonia

1989-10-15

Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

1989-12-26

Peggy Thorpe-Bates, actress (Alcatraz Island), dies

1990-01-02

Alan Hale Jr, Skipper on Gilligan's Island, dies of cancer at 71

1990-02-24

Johnnie Ray, Shutter Island

1990-07-01

Anna Palk, Horror on Snape Island

1991-04-10

Natalie Schafer, actress (Gilligan's Island), dies at 90 from cancer

1991-04-15

Martin Ashe, Rescue from Gilligan's Island

1991-08-17

Don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63

1991-11-21

John Whedon, The Island at the Top of the World

1992-05-11

William A. Mueller, Island in the Sky

1992-08-12

John Cage, Shutter Island

1992-08-19

Michiko Saga, Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

1993-09-04

Herve Villechaize, actor (Fantasy Island), shoots self to death at 50

1993-12-02

Tom Monroe, Serpent Island

1993-12-26

Jeff Morrow, This Island Earth

1994-01-24

Raymond F. Jones, This Island Earth

1994-02-22

Dean Norton, Love Island

1994-05-14

Nick Bennion, Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island

1994-09-12

A.J. Gilmore, 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders

1995-01-01

Merrill Long, Coney Island

1995-02-06

Mira Lobe, Children's Island

1995-06-16

Branko Belina, Millions on the Island

1995-09-14

Edward Mann, Island of Terror

1995-10-19

Beulah Hutton, Danger Island

1996-02-15

Lucio Agostini, Churchill's Island

1996-07-28

Bryant Haliday, Horror on Snape Island

1996-11-13

June Gale, Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

1997-05-25

Joseph Hoffman, 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders

1997-10-21

Marjorie Goetschius, Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina

1997-11-24

Daniel Rigney, The Island of Dr. Moreau

1998-07-19

Bill Megarry, The Dim Little Island

1998-09-17

Arthur Custer, Abel's Island

1998-10-23

Adrian Gonzales, Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island

1998-12-03

George Murcell, Cutthroat Island

1999-02-06

Gunnar Öhlund, The Island at the Top of the World

1999-04-04

Faith Domergue, This Island Earth

1999-11-15

Gene Levitt, Fantasy Island

1999-12-19

John Harrison Quinn, Sister Island

2000-05-29

David Broadnax, Zombie Island Massacre

2000-10-18

Victor Rogers, Rescue from Gilligan's Island

2000-10-28

Johnny Lehmann, Island in the Sky

2000-12-01

Etta Bortolazzi, How the War Started on My Island

2001-12-22

Lance Fuller, This Island Earth

2002-03-21

Francis Leroi, Demon Is on the Island

2002-10-18

Robert Fuca, Gilligan's Island

2002-12-06

Marcel Cravenne, Coffin Island

2002-12-13

Harold Landon, 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders

2003-02-02

Lou Harrison, Shutter Island

2003-07-22

Uluao Letuli, On an Island with You

2004-07-10

John Cadwell, Fire Island

2004-08-22

Eimei Esumi, Treasure Island

2005-03-25

Terry D. Seago, Eagle Island

2005-04-02

Edna Osser, Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina

2005-07-13

Anatoliy Dyachenko, Treasure Island Part II: Captain Flint's Treasure

2005-09-02

Bob Denver, American actor (Gilligan's Island), dies of complications from treatment for cancer at 70

2005-09-02

Bob Denver, Rescue from Gilligan's Island

2005-11-06

The Great John L., The Island of Dr. Moreau

2005-12-26

Arnold Albert, Coney Island Honeymoon

2006-01-04

William F. Haxby, Island of the Sharks

2006-01-23

Joseph M. Newman, This Island Earth

2006-01-29

Nam June Paik, Shutter Island

2006-05-25

June Whitley Taylor, Rescue from Gilligan's Island

2006-06-11

György Ligeti, Shutter Island

2006-07-04

Bobby Joe Mason, The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

2006-09-08

Josip Genda, Tressette: A Story of an Island

2006-10-22

Nelson de la Rosa, The Island of Dr. Moreau

2006-11-03

Joseja Moe, Forbidden Island

2006-11-15

Irving Lippman, Fantasy Island

2007-02-07

Fred Mustard Stewart, Ellis Island

2007-02-10

Charles S. Swartz, Terminal Island

2007-05-24

Lucille Mendez, Coney Island

2007-11-29

Henry Hyde, The Long Island Project

2008-01-08

Clyde Otis, Shutter Island

2008-08-02

Osman Yagmurdereli, Angel Island

2009-04-10

Naum Olev, Treasure Island Part I: Captain Flint's Map

2009-07-22

Tony Van Renterghem, Gilligan's Island

2009-08-04

Iwalani Kahalewai, Forbidden Island

2010-01-01

Gary Brockette, Survival Island

2010-03-01

Ruth Kligman, Jackson Pollock: Love and Death on Long Island

2010-05-01

Shannan Gilbert, Long Island Serial Killer

2010-05-28

Pál Békés, An Island of Their Own

2010-06-30

Gordon Mulholland, Treasure Island

2010-07-10

Bozidar Oreskovic, How the War Started on My Island

2010-08-19

Dick Maloney, Miss Castaway and the Island Girls

2010-08-29

Gwen Gaze, The Secret of Treasure Island

2011-01-25

Mel Prestidge, Rescue from Gilligan's Island

2011-02-11

Robert Azevedo, Getting Out of Rhode Island

2011-02-17

Predrag 'Predjo' Vusovic, How the War Started on My Island

2011-03-07

Moribi Murano, Unico in the Island of Magic

2011-03-13

Andrés Resino, Lovers of Devil's Island

2011-04-21

Godfrey Philipp, Adventure Island

2011-06-17

David Hartstein, Hard Times: Lost on Long Island

2011-07-07

Karen Randle, Mysterious Island

2011-07-14

Hal John Norman, Island of the Blue Dolphins

2011-07-27

Jerome Liebling, Coney Island

2011-09-29

Robert L. Lippert Jr., Bandit Island

2011-12-14

Don Sharp, Bear Island

2011-12-27

Cedo Martinic, Tressette: A Story of an Island

2011-12-30

Bharati Devi, The Holy Island

2012-01-09

Ruth Fernández, The Fiend of Dope Island

2012-01-14

Lasse Kolstad, The Island at the Top of the World

2012-02-27

Andrew Henderson, Tanya's Island

2012-03-30

Choel Evans, The Island

2013-01-09

Valeriy Bessarab, Treasure Island Part I: Captain Flint's Map

2013-06-14

Elroy Schwartz, Rescue from Gilligan's Island

2013-10-17

George Blair, Captiva Island

2013-12-30

Rúnar Georgsson, Devil's Island

2014-01-16

Russell Johnson, American television and film actor, best known for his role as "The Professor" on Gilligan's Island, dies of kidney failure at 89

2014-01-20

Claudio Abbado, Shutter Island

2014-02-14

John Henson, Muppet Treasure Island

2014-05-22

Matthew Cowles, Shutter Island

2014-12-19

Maurine Duvalier, Island Women

2015-09-05

Ivan Brkic, How the War Started on My Island

2015-09-24

Aleksandr Tolkachov, The Island


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