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Historical Events

Results 1 - 46 of 46

1st - WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
2nd - ST Louis Browns pitcher Harry Dorish swipes home vs Wash Senators
3rd - French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal
4th - CVP wins Belgian parliamentary election
4th - Dutch cyclist Wim van Est wins Bordeaux-Paris (586 km in 17:25)
5th - US Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation
6th - German DR & Poland sign treaty about Oder-Neisse border
6th - Turkey: The Adhan in Arabic is legalized.
8th - Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs)
8th - Jean Duvieusart becomes Belgian premier
8th - Test Cricket debut of Ramadhin & Valentine (8-104 1st inn) v England
8th - Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Field Marshal in Australian history.
10th - 50th US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Merion Golf Club PA
10th - 82nd Belmont: William Boland aboard Middleground wins in 2:28.6
10th - Germany doesn't annex Oder-Neissegrens
11th - Ben Hogan wins US Open golf tournament
12th - 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die
12th - Connie Mack named Honorary Manager of the All-Star Game
13th - South African parliament accept "Groups Area Act"
15th - Dutch police seize condoms
17th - 1st kidney transplant (Chicago)
17th - Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia & Syria sign security pact
18th - Cleve Indians score 14 runs in 1st inning, beat A's 21-2
20th - Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia
20th - Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yanks beat Indians 8-2
21st - Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit
23rd - Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women
23rd - Yanks & Tigers hit record 11 HRs, Tigers win 10-9
23rd - Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4
24th - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Western Women's Golf Open
24th - French government-Bidault resigns
24th - NY Giant Wes Westrum hits 3 HRs & a triple
25th - Israeli airline El Al begins service
25th - Johnny Pramesa (Reds) & Hank Thompson (Giants) hit inside the park HRs
25th - Korean conflict begins; N Korea invades S Korea
25th - UN member states begin using integrated forces against N Korea
26th - Pres Gottwald of Czech confirms Milada Horakova's death sentence
27th - "Liar" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 12 performances
27th - 32nd PGA Championship: Chandler Harper at Scioto CC Columbus Ohio
27th - US sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam
27th - North Koreans troop reach Seoul, UN asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict
28th - "Michael Todd's Peep Show" opens at Winter Garden NYC for 278 perfs
28th - North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea in opening phase of the Korean War
29th - US beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994)
29th - West Indies beat England by 326 runs thanks Ramadhin & Valentine
30th - US Gen MacArthur visits front in South Korea/asks for US troops

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 59 of 59

1st - Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink, Dutch minister of Traffic (VVD)
1st - Charlene [D'Angelo], singer (I've Never Been To Me)
1st - Gemma Craven, Dublin, actress (Wagner, Story of Slipper & Rose)
1st - Gennadi Mikhailovich Manakov, colonel/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-10, TM-16)
1st - Graham Russell, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply)
2nd - Joanna Gleason, Toronto Canada, actress (Morgan-Hello Larry)
2nd - Toni Alessandrini, Chicago Ill, actress (Vice Academy Part 2)
2nd - [Antone] Chubby Tavares, rocker (Tavares)
3rd - Marlene Elejarde, Havana Cuba, 4x100m runner (Olympic-silver-1968)
3rd - Suzi Quatro[cchio], Detroit, singer (Stumblin')/actress (Happy Days)
3rd - Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter
3rd - Christos Verelis, Greek politician
4th - Brian Rose, cricketer (England batsman in 9 Tests 1977-81)
4th - Dagmar Krause, West Germany, singer (Henry Cow, Art Bears)
4th - Wayne Powers, New Rochelle NY, actor (Laverne & Shirley, 13 East)
5th - Adrian Cosma, Romania, team handball (Olympic-silver-1976)
5th - Ronnie Dyson, US, singer (Hair, All over your face)
5th - J. J. Bittenbinder, American television host and author
6th - Chantal Akerman, actor/director (Akermania, Je Tu II Elle)
7th - Gary Graham American actor
8th - Elmar Oliveira, Waterbury Connecticut, violinist (Naumburg 1978)
8th - Kathy Whitton Baker, Midland Tx, actress (Right Stuff, 16 Candles)
11th - Debbie "Pokey" Watson, US, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1968)
11th - Lindsey de Paul, singer
11th - Michael Swan, Palo Alto Calif, actor (Duncan-As The World Turns)
13th - Michael Stark, Australian actor
13th - Gerd Zewe, German footballer
14th - Jeremy Sinden, actor (Chariots of Fire, Ascendancy, Harem)
14th - Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury
15th - Mark Arnott, Chicago IL, actor (Return of the Secaucus 7)
15th - Noddy Holder, rock vocalist/guitarist (Slade-Cum On Feel The Noize)
15th - Lakshmi Mittal, Indian industrialist
16th - James Smith, US, singer (Stylistics-Can't Give you Anything)
16th - Jesse Dizon, Oceanside Calif, actor (Ramon-Operation Petticoat)
17th - Cathy Sherk, LPGA golfer
18th - Annelie Ehrhardt, German DR, 100m hurdler (Olympics-gold-1972)
19th - Constance Forslund, San Diego Calif, actress (Shining Season)
19th - Ann Wilson, American musician
20th - Lionel Richie, Alabama, singer (Commodores, Hello, Penny Lover)
21st - Joey Kramer, NYC, hard rock drummer (Aerosmith-Toys in the Attic)
21st - Terry Miskolczi, Dunnville ON, Canadian Tour golfer (1976 Alberta-3rd)
21st - Anne Carson, Canadian poet
21st - Gérard Lanvin, French actor
22nd - Murphy Cross, Harve de Grace Md, actor (Phyl & Mikhy, Perfect)
23rd - Sally Geeson, Sussex England, actress (Bless This House)
23rd - Douglas C. Lord, Canadian businessman
24th - Derrick "Duckie" Simpson, Kingston Jamaica, rocker (Black Uhuru)
24th - Leon J P M Frissen, Dutch MP (CDA)
24th - Mercedes R Lackey, US, sci-fi author (Arrow's Fall, Magic's Pawn)
24th - Nancy Allen, NYC, actress (Carrie, 1941, Robocop, Dress to Kill)
25th - Leonid Georiyevich Ivanov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 33)
25th - Tatyana Averina, USSR, speed skater 1K, 3K (Olympic-gold-1976)
25th - Nitza Saul, Israeli actress
27th - Benjamin Peterson, US, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1972)
27th - Julia Duffy, Minneapolis Mn, actress (Stephanie-Newhart, Baby Talk)
28th - Ken Arthur, Australian softball asst coach (Olympics-bronze-96)
28th - Mauricio Rojas, Swedish politician
30th - Donna Jean Willmott, Akron Ohio, FALN member (FBI most wanted)
30th - Pablo Castillo, jockey

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 7 of 7

2nd - Stanislas Bizot, French checker player (world champ 1925), dies at 70
4th - Sam Staples, cricket pace bowler (3 Tests 1927-28), dies
17th - Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies
20th - Claude Jennings, cricketer (Aust opening bat in 1912 Triangular), dies
22nd - Julio Fonseca, composer, dies at 65
27th - Milada Horakova, Czech advocate/anti fascist, hanged
28th - Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer, dies at 72