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Historical Events

Results 1 - 47 of 47

1st - 1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons)
1st - American Bowling Congress ends all-white-males rule
1st - Guam adopts constitution (Organic Act)
1st - King Leopold of Belgium abdicates, Baudouin becomes King
1st - Territory of Guam created
5th - Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title
5th - Florence Chadwick swims English Canal (13:23)
7th - Police bar white players-Lou Chirban, Stan Mierko, & Frank Dyle, from playing in Negro League
8th - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA All-American Golf Open
9th - Lusty Song wins Hambletonian
11th - 17th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7 (88,885)
11th - Boston Brave Vern Bickford no-hits Bkln Dodger, 7-0
11th - Hitting just .279, Yank great Joe DiMaggio is benched for 1st time
11th - King Boudouin I takes oath as royal prince of Belgium
12th - NY Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 20-6 in Ottawa
12th - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Humani generis
13th - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship
13th - Pres Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime Bao-Dai
15th - 8.6 earthquake in India kills 20,000 to 30,000
15th - Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
15th - Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium
15th - Indies Constitution goes into effect
15th - Joseph Pholien becomes Belgian premier
15th - Pres Sukarno proclaims unity of Indonesia
15th - Rotterdam harbor strike begins
15th - Srikakulam district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India.
16th - West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England
17th - Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands
17th - Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) & Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park HRs
18th - Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
19th - ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic & Acrobat Ranch)
22nd - Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50)
22nd - Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in natl tennis competition
22nd - Rotterdam harbor strike end
23rd - Jack Holden wins marathon (2:32:12)
23rd - West Germany & Japan readmitted to Intl Amateur Athletic Federation
24th - 1st US Negro delegate to UN appointed-ES Sampson
24th - Edith Sampson named 1st black US delegate to UN
24th - Operation Magic Carpet concludes transporting 45,000 Yemenite Jews
25th - Pres Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike
25th - Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Jose Basora to win middleweight boxing title
26th - 39th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (4-1)
27th - 1st transmission of a TV program from continental Europe shown on BBC
27th - General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist
28th - Earle & Roy Mack, purchase 54% of A's from Connie Mack Jr
29th - Intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan in '52
31st - Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 HRs & a single in a game vs Braves

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 59 of 59

1st - Doug Tract, Bronx NY, radio DJ (Greaseman)
2nd - Kathryn Harrold, Tazewell Va, actress (MacGruder & Loud)
2nd - Lance Ito, judge (OJ Simpson trial)
2nd - Mathieu Carriere, Hanover W Germany, actor (Bay Boy, Woman in Flames)
2nd - Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate (d. 1994)
3rd - JoMari Payton Noble, Albany GA, actress (Harriette-Family Matters)
3rd - Waldemar Cierpinski, German DR, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
5th - Holly Palance, LA Calif, actress (Thorn Birds, Ripley's Believe It)
5th - Rosi Mittermaier, German FR, slalom/downhill (Olympic-gold-1976)
6th - Dorian Harewood, Dayton Ohio, actor (Earl-Glitter, Trauma Center)
6th - Nathan Purdee, actor (Nathan-Young & Restless, Hank-1 Life to Live)
6th - Winston E Scott, Miami Fla, USN Commander/astronaut (STS 72, 87)
7th - David James Wottle, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1972)
7th - Rodney Crowell, Houston TX, country singer (She's Crazy for Leavin')
8th - Willie Hall, rocker
9th - Roelof S "Roel" Bakker, Dutch actor/director (Love Potion)
10th - A L Harris, clinicaloncologist
10th - Eric Braunn, rocker (Iron Butterfly)
10th - James Reynolds, Oskaloosa Ks, actor (Abe Carver-Days of our Lives)
10th - Rémy Girard, Canadian actor
11th - Erik Braunn, Boston Mass, rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly)
11th - Steve Wozniak, co-founder (Apple Computers)
11th - Gennidy Nikonov, Russian weapons inventor
12th - Kid Creole, singer (Cocoanuts)
12th - Jim Beaver, American actor and writer
13th - Andre van de Berg, actor/director (Transport)
14th - Gary Larson, cartoonist (Far Side)
15th - Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Windsor, Engl, Princess/olympic equestrian
15th - Tess Harper, Mammoth Sp AR, actress (Amityville 3D, Tender Mercies)
15th - Thomas Aldrich, country drummer (Black Oak Arkansas)
15th - William "Bill" Griffin, US singer (Miracles-Love Machine)
15th - Tommy Aldridge, American musician
15th - Tom Kelly, American baseball manager
16th - Hasely Crawford, Trinidad, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
16th - Jeff[rey R] Thomson, cricketer (great Aussie fast bowler 1972-85)
16th - Marshall Manesh, Iranian-born American actor
16th - Stockwell Day, Canadian politician
18th - Candice Earley, Ft Hood TX, actress (Donna Tyler-All My Children)
18th - Dennis Elliot, London, rock drummer (Foreigner)
18th - Lynn Adams, Kingsville TX, LPGA golfer
19th - Graeme Beard, cricketer (NSW medium-pace all-rounder 3 Tests 1980)
19th - Jennie Bond, British journalist
21st - Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer
21st - Arthur Bremer, American criminal, who shot George C Wallace in May 1972.
22nd - Teresa Davis, rocker
22nd - Ray Burris, baseball player
22nd - I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, White House Chief of Staff
24th - Frank Murray, Australian field hockey national coach (Oly-sil-92, 96)
24th - Tim White, American anthropologist
25th - Willy Deville, NYC, rock vocalist/guitarist (Mink Deville)
25th - Charles Fambrough, American jazz musician
26th - Richard Cowsill, Newport RI, rocker (Cowsills-Hair, We Can Fly)
26th - Benjamin Hendrickson, American actor (d. 2006)
27th - Charles Fleischer, Wash DC, comedian (Roger Rabbit)
27th - Cynthia Potter, US, springboard diver (Olympic-bronze-1976)
28th - Ron "Louisiana Lightning" Guidry, Yankee pitcher (Cy Young 1978)
29th - Mark McHale, WLAF offensive line coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
29th - Dave Reichert, American politician and sheriff
30th - John Landis, Chicago IL, actor (American Werewolf in London)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 10 of 10

5th - Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemistry, dies at 73
8th - Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, founder National-India Party, dies
8th - Nicolai Yakovlevich Miaskovsky, composer, dies at 69
8th - Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman (b. 1879)
18th - Julien Lahaut, chairman Belgian Communist Party, murdered
19th - Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist (b. 1871)
22nd - Kirk Bryan, American geologist (b. 1888)
24th - Ernst Wiechert, writer, dies at 63
25th - Earl Caddock, professional wrestler (b. 1888)
27th - Cesare Pavese, Italian writer (Fuoco Grande), dies at 41