Today in Milwaukee History
Wisconsin Topics: Green Bay, WI - Madison, WI
Historical Events
Results 1 - 79 of 79
1846-01-31 - After the Milwaukee Bridge War, Juneautown and Kilbourntown unified as the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1883-01-10 - Fire at uninsured Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin kills 71. General Tom Thumb of P T Barnum fame, escapes unhurt
1883-02-10 - Fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee Wisc, kills 71
1886-05-05 - The Bay View Tragedy occurs, as militia fire upon a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin killing seven.
1900-01-29 - American League organized in Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee & Minneapolis
1900-03-08 - NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville & Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee)
1900-03-16 - Chicago, KC, Minn, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Detroit, Cleve & Buffalo
1901-12-03 - Milwaukee is dropped from the AL & replaced by St Louis Browns
1903-09-11 - The first race at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
1912-10-14 - Bull Moose Teddy Roosevelt shot while campaigning in Milwaukee
1917-11-24 - Nine police officers and one civilian are killed when a bomb explodes at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin police headquarters building.
1933-08-13 - 16th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Blue Mound CC Milwaukee
1952-09-15 - Braves last game in Boston's Braves Field before move to Milwaukee
1953-03-03 - Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee
1953-03-18 - Boston Braves move to Milwaukee
1953-03-18 - NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903)
1953-04-13 - 1st game of Milwaukee Braves, they beat Cin Reds 2-0
1954-04-13 - Milwaukee Braves' Hank Aaron's 1st game
1954-06-12 - Milwaukee Braves Jim Wilson no-hits Phillies, 2-0
1954-10-27 - WISN TV channel 12 in Milwaukee, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954-12-02 - Frank Selvy of Milwaukee sets then NBA record of 24 of 26 free throws
1956-05-21 - WITI TV channel 6 in Milwaukee, WI (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1957-01-26 - Joseph F Cairnes succeeds Lou Perini as Pres of Milwaukee Braves
1957-09-02 - Milwaukee Braves' Frank Torre scores 6 runs in 1 game
1957-09-23 - Milwaukee Braves clinch NL pennant by beating Cards 4-2
1957-10-10 - Milwaukee Braves beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 54th World Series
1957-10-28 - WMVS TV channel 10 in Milwaukee, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1959-07-01 - WVTV TV channel 18 in Milwaukee, WI (IND) begins broadcasting
1959-08-02 - Milwaukee Brave Bill Bruton hits 2 bases loaded triples
1959-09-26 - Milwaukee Braves Warren Spahn becomes winningest NL lefty
1960-05-20 - Baseball game in Milwaukee postponed due to dense fog
1961-06-08 - Milwaukee sets record of 4 consecutive HRs (Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron Joe Adcock & Frank Thomas)
1962-07-15 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Milwaukee Golf Open
1962-07-26 - Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets HR record of 31 by a pitcher
1963-04-07 - Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors
1963-08-04 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open
1964-08-02 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open
1964-10-21 - Braves ask NL to allow them to leave Milwaukee for Atlanta
1964-11-07 - NL keeps Braves in Milwaukee in 1965, may move to Atlanta in 1966
1965-02-03 - Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turned down
1965-02-11 - Braves propose to pay 5 cents from each ticket to bring a new team to Milwaukee
1965-07-30 - Milwaukee manager Bobby Bragan says his pitchers threw 75 to 80 spitballs in a 9-2 loss to the Giants
1965-08-08 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Milwaukee Golf Open
1966-01-27 - Wisc State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or NL must promise Wisc an expansion team for 1966
1966-04-24 - Atlanta Braves win NL-record 18 straight home games (17 in Milwaukee)
1966-06-19 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open
1967-06-18 - Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open
1967-07-30 - Race riot in Milwaukee (4 killed)
1967-10-30 - Arthur Allyn says White Sox will play 9 games in Milwaukee in 1968
1968-01-22 - NBA announces it will expand to Milwaukee & Phoenix
1968-05-15 - 1st AL game played in Milwaukee, is a 4-2 Calif win against Chicago
1970-03-31 - Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee
1971-04-30 - 25th NBA Championship: Milwaukee beat Balt Bullets in 4 games
1974-05-12 - 28th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee, 4 games to 3
1975-04-11 - Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee player (Brewer)
1975-06-12 - Hank Aaron's 1st HR in Milwaukee since 1965
1975-07-15 - 46th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee
1976-01-24 - Cleve Cavaliers biggest margin victory-43 pts (beat Milwaukee 132-89)
1978-06-20 - 1st 6 teams of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, NJ, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota & Dayton
1978-12-09 - 1st game of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL), Chicago Hustle vs Milwaukee Does
1980-04-12 - Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper & Money hit grand slams)
1981-01-18 - Wendy O Williams arrested in Milwaukee for on-stage obscenity
1982-03-06 - NBA highest scoring game: San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 (3 OT)
1982-10-03 - Milwaukee whips Baltimore 10-2 to win AL East championship
1982-10-12 - Milwaukee Brewer Paul Molitor getrs world sereis record 5 hits
1982-11-03 - Pete Vuckovich becomes Milwaukee's 2nd consecutive AL Cy Young
1983-07-24 - Sonya Robinson, (Milwaukee), 23, crowned 16th Miss Black America
1984-08-08 - Milwaukee 10-game losing streak ends
1985-09-06 - Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, a Douglas DC-9 crashes just after takeoff from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing 31.
1987-01-08 - Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1987-08-30 - Kirby Puckett goes 6-for-6 with 2 HRs in Minn 10-6 win over Milwaukee
1987-12-08 - Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1988-10-01 - Bradley Center in Milwaukee opens
1989-01-11 - Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws in a game against Milwaukee, one missed by 2 feet
1993-06-27 - Don Henley booed in Milwaukee when he dedicates the song "It's Not Easy Being Green" to President Clinton
1997-07-21 - NY Yank Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault
1997-08-31 - Scott Hoch wins Greater Milwaukee Golf Open with a 268
1999-01-02 - A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, where temperatures plunge to -13°F (-25°C); 68 deaths are reported.
2001-05-04 - The Milwaukee Art Museum addition, the first Santiago Calatrava-designed structure in the United States, opens to the public.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 66 of 66
1864-12-13 - Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee (d. 1947)
1881-03-12 - Daniel Webster Hoan, Wisc (Mayor-Socialist-Milwaukee)
1893-08-19 - Alfred Lunt, Milwaukee WI, Broadway actor (Emmy 1965)
1899-11-11 - Pat O'Brien, Milwaukee, actor (Knute Rockne, Angels with Dirty Faces)
1900-04-05 - Spencer Tracy, Milwaukee, actor (Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib)
1900-06-15 - Otto Clarence Luening, Milwaukee Wisconsin, composer (Sonority Canon)
1902-02-14 - Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Milwaukee, cowboy (Crash Corrigan's Ranch)
1902-05-22 - Al Simmons, Milwaukee, American baseball outfielder (A's), lifetime batting avg of .334 (d. 1956)
1902-10-31 - Eduard Franz, Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Zorro)
1904-02-16 - George F Kennan, Milwaukee Wisc, US ambassador (to Moscow)
1908-03-13 - Walter Annenberg, Milwaukee, publisher (Triangle-TV Guide)/Amb to GB
1909-04-01 - Abner Biberman, Milwaukee Wisc, director/actor (Imhook-Kodiak)
1910-12-24 - Mitchell Ayres, Milwaukee Wisc, orch leader (Hollywood Palace)
1914-02-09 - Ralph Herman, Milwaukee Wisc, orch leader (Circus Time)
1914-02-18 - Pee Wee King, Milwaukee Wisc, country vocalist (Pee Wee King Song)
1921-04-23 - Warren Spahn, left-handed pitcher (Boston/Milwaukee Braves)
1922-05-06 - Pat Harder, Milwaukee, NFL fullback (Cardinals, Lions)
1925-08-07 - Felice Bryant, Milwaukee, rock writer (Bye Bye Love)
1926-04-22 - Charlotte Rae, Milwaukee Wisc, actress (Edna-Facts of Life)
1927-02-26 - Donald Gramm, Milwaukee Wisconsin, bass-baritone
1928-07-14 - Nancy Olson, Milwaukee, actress (Absent-Minded Professor, Pollyanna)
1930-11-23 - Robert Easton, Milwaukee, actor (Someone Up There Likes Me)
1931-10-13 - Ed Matthews, Hall of Famer/Milwaukee Brave/HR hitter (512)
1935-01-26 - Bob Uecker, Milwaukee Wisc, catcher/actor (Mr Belvedere)
1935-05-08 - Salome Jens, Milwaukee Wisc, actress (From Here to Eternity)
1935-06-11 - Gene Wilder, [Jerome Silbermann], Milwaukee, actor (Silver Streak)
1935-09-28 - Bruce Crampton, Sydney Australia, PGA golfer (1961 Milwaukee Open)
1936-02-12 - Paul Shenar, Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Carrington-Roots)
1936-05-12 - Tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News)
1938-11-23 - Oscar Robertson, NBA guard (Cin, Milwaukee, Olympic-gold-1960)
1940-03-12 - Al Jarreau, Milwaukee WI, jazz singer (Moonlighting)
1943-07-18 - Calvin Peete, Detroit MI, PGA golfer (1979 Greater Milwaukee Open)
1943-09-03 - Dave Eichelberger, Waco TX, PGA golfer (1971 Greater Milwaukee Open)
1943-09-05 - Steve Miller, Milwaukee, rocker
1943-10-05 - Steve Miller, Milwaukee, rocker (Abracadabra, Space Cowboy)
1944-10-31 - Deidre Hall, Milwaukee, actress (Days of our Lives, Our House)
1947-10-16 - David Zucker, Milwaukee WI, director (Airplane, Naked Gun, Top Secret)
1949-02-01 - Jimmy Lee Thorpe, Roxboro NC, PGA golfer (1985 Greater Milwaukee Open)
1949-02-21 - Jerry Harrison, Milwaukee, rock keyboardist (Talking Heads)
1950-03-11 - Jerry Zucker, Milwaukee WI, director (Airplane, Naked Gun)
1950-10-25 - John Matuszak, Milwaukee Wisc, NFLer (Raiders)/actor (Hollywood Beat)
1953-10-31 - John Lucas, Durham NC, NBA guard (Houston, Golden State, Milwaukee)
1955-09-18 - Jeana Tomasino, Milwaukee Wis, playmate (Nov, 1980)
1959-06-30 - Stephanie Farwig, Milwaukee WI, golfer (1994 LPGA Corning Classic-2nd)
1960-08-28 - Leroy Chiao, Milwaukee Wisc, astronaut (STS 65, 72, sk: 92)
1960-11-10 - Lee Cross Rinker, Stuart FL, PGA golfer (1995 Greater Milwaukee-6th)
1962-11-24 - Lesa Ann Pedriana, Milwaukee Wisc, playmate (April, 1984)
1962-12-27 - Timothy Hacker, Milwaukee Wisconsin, 10k runner
1963-06-02 - Tim Balmer, Milwaukee Wis, Canadian Tour golfer (Bermuda Open-1990)
1964-09-09 - Skip [Jules I] Kendall, Milwaukee WI, PGA golfer (1993 Intl-8th)
1965-02-13 - Kenny Harrison, Milwaukee Wisc, triple jumper
1965-10-15 - Daniel Held, Milwaukee Wisc, 10k runner
1965-11-03 - Michael Paul Springer, SF CA, PGA golfer (1994 Greater Milwaukee)
1966-06-17 - Clare Look-Jaeger, Milwaukee Wisconsin, high jumper
1966-10-26 - David Miley, Milwaukee WI, Nike golfer (1992 Cleveland Open)
1968-11-25 - Jory Husain, Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Jawaharial-Head of the Class)
1969-12-18 - Joe Randa, Milwaukee WI, infielder (KC Royals)
1970-01-29 - Heather Graham, Milwaukee WI, actress (Drugstore Cowboy, Diggstown)
1970-03-06 - Amy Pietz, Milwaukee Wisc, actress (Annie-Caroline In the City)
1970-06-30 - Mark Grudzielanek, Milwaukee Wisc, infielder (Montreal Expos)
1970-07-01 - Nicky Goetze, Milwaukee Wisc, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 NCAA Acad)
1971-03-30 - Mari Holden, Milwaukee Wisc, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1972-10-08 - Dede Demet, Milwaukee Wisc, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1973-01-12 - Greg Morton, Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Scarecrow & Mrs King)
1973-10-25 - Joe Angel Acosta Jr, SD CA, PGA golfer (1995 Greater Milwaukee-3rd)
1976-12-01 - Konerak Sinthasomphone, Milwaukee Wisc, Jeffrey Dahmer's victim
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 3 of 3
1947-06-24 - Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (b. 1864)
1954-06-28 - Red deer, in Milwaukee Zoo, oldest known deer, dies at 26
1994-11-28 - Jeffrey Dahmer, [Butcher of Milwaukee], killer, killed in prison at 34
