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Historical Events

Results 1 - 34 of 34

4th - R Rodgers/Lorenz Hart's "Higher & Higher," premieres in NYC
7th - 1st black to appear on US stamp (Booker T Washington)
7th - 7th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 280
8th - Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious
9th - German cruiser Blucher torpedoed/capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die
9th - Germany invades Norway & Denmark during WW II (Denmark surrenders)
10th - Vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian "national government"
12th - Italy annexes Albania
12th - NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards
13th - 2nd battle of Narvik-8 German destroyers, destroyed
13th - Cornelious Warmerdam became 1st man to pole vault 15 ft
13th - Stanley Cup: NY Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 2
14th - Allied troops land in Norway
14th - RCA demonstrated its new electron microscope in Philadelphia
15th - British troops land at Narvik, Norway
16th - 1st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition)
16th - Cleve Indian Bob Feller hurls an opening day no-hitter vs Chic, 1-0
16th - Heitor Villa-Lobos' opera "Izaht," premieres in Rio de Janeiro
19th - "Lake Shore Ltd" derails speed killing 34 near Little Falls NY
19th - 44th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:28.6
19th - Dutch prime minister De Geer declares state of siege
20th - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pa
21st - 1st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It," on CBS Radio
21st - Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer
22nd - Rear Adm Joseph Taussig testifies before US Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable (He was right)
23rd - Dance hall fires kills 198 (Natchez Miss)
23rd - NY Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert
27th - Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
28th - Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
28th - Rudolf Hess becomes commandant of concentration camp Auschwitz
29th - 1st radio broadcast of "Young Dr Malone" on CBS
29th - Norwegian King Haakon & govt flees to England
29th - Robert Sherwood's "There Shall be No Night," premieres in NYC
30th - Bkln Dodger Tex Carleton no-hits Cin Reds, 3-0

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 63 of 63

1st - Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
2nd - Penelope Keith, British actress (Norman Conquests, Priest of Love)
2nd - Peter Haining, writer/editor (Anatomy of Witchcraft)
3rd - Lino Brocka, San Jose Philippines, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar)
3rd - R S Burman, CEO (Assn of British Chambers of Commerce)
4th - Bijan, Iran, mens apparel designer (Beverly Hills, NYC, London)
4th - Robby Mueller, cinematographer (Breaking the Waves, Dead Man, Korczak)
4th - Vladimir Timofeyevich Isakov, Russia, cosmonaut
4th - Richard Attwood, British racing driver
4th - Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter
5th - Aliza Kashi, Israel, actress/singer (Merv Griffin regular)
6th - Anne Campbell, MP
6th - Homero Aridjis, Mexican poet (La Tumba de Filidor)
6th - Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Mexican actor
7th - Jan Wilhelm Morthenson, composer
7th - Patricia Paay, Dutch singer (You are not hip)
8th - John Havlicek, Martin's Ferry Ohio, NBA hall-of-famer (Boston Celtics)
9th - Vasily Dmiotriyevich Shcheglov, Russian cosmonaut
10th - Gloria Hunniford, British broadcaster/actress (Old Curiosity Shop)
12th - Herbie Hancock, Chicago, pianist (I Thought it Was You)
12th - John Hagee, American pastor and televangelist
13th - Lester Chambers, Ms, vocalist (Chamber Brothers-Time Has Come Today)
13th - Mike Beuttler, British racing driver (d. 1988)
13th - Jim McNab, Scottish footballer (d. 2006)
14th - George Takei, actor (Hikaru Sulu-Star Trek)
14th - Patricia Bruder, Bkln NY, actress (Ellen-As the World Turns)
15th - Edy Hubacher, Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1972)
15th - Jeffrey Archer, England, (Tory-Commons)/author (Matter of Honor)
15th - Phll Lesh, rocker
15th - Robert Walker Jr, NYC, actor (Ceremony, Ms Don Juan, Ensign Pulver)
15th - Woodie Fryman, American baseball player
15th - Robert Lacroix, French Canadian professor of economics
16th - David Holford, cricketer (cousin of G S Sobers WI leg-spin all-rounder)
16th - Lord Camoys, deputy CEO (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
16th - Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972- )
16th - Paul Cox, actor (Exile, Golden Braid, Touch Me)
16th - Queen Margrethe II, of Denmark
16th - Stephen Lawrence Pruslin, composer
16th - Benoît Bouchard, French-Canadian politician
17th - Anja Silja, German soprano
18th - Ed Garvey, labor leader (Major League Baseball Players Assn)
18th - Ira von Furstenberg, [Virginia Caroline] Rome Italy, Princess (Monaco)
18th - Joseph L Goldstein, Sumter SC, physician (Nobel-1985)
18th - Skip Stephenson, Omaha Neb, comedian (Real People)
19th - Algy Cluff, CEO (Spectator, Cluff Resources)
19th - Genya Ravan, American vocalist (Goldie & the Gingerbreads, Ten Wheel Drive)
20th - George Takei, LA Calif, actor (Sulu-Star Trek, Green Berets)
20th - James Gammon, Newman Ill, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Nick-Nash Bridges)
20th - Jan Cremer, Dutch writer/sculptor (I, John Cremer)
20th - Pilar Miro, director (Wether, Beltenebros)
21st - Souleymane Cisse, director (Waati, Yeelen, Finye, Baara)
22nd - Peter Goldstein, joint founder (Superdrug)
23rd - Lee Majors, [Harvey Yeary], Mich, TV actor ($6,000,000 Man, Stunt Man)
23rd - Richard Monaco, US, sci-fi author (Grail War, Final Quest)
23rd - Michael Copps, American Federal Government official
24th - David Larter, cricketer (two-metre tall England pace bowler)
24th - Sue Grafton, American author
25th - Al Pacino, NYC, actor (And Justice For All, Godfather, Scorpio)
25th - Marian Norrie
25th - O B McClinton, [Burnett], country singer (Keep your arms around me)
26th - Giorgio Moroder, composer (Let it Ride, Cat People, Top Gun)
29th - Brian Taber, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian between Grout & Marsh)
30th - Burt Young, NYC, actor (Convoy, Rocky)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 5 of 5

6th - Andres Isasi, composer, dies at 49
9th - Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (Outcast Lady, Riptide), dies
18th - Florrie Forde, music hall artist, dies
18th - Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher, historian, dies
26th - Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65