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Historical Events

Results 201 - 300 of 508

Jun 18th - Cleve Indians score 14 runs in 1st inning, beat A's 21-2
Jun 20th - Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia
Jun 20th - Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yanks beat Indians 8-2
Jun 21st - Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit
Jun 23rd - Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women
Jun 23rd - Yanks & Tigers hit record 11 HRs, Tigers win 10-9
Jun 23rd - Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4
Jun 24th - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Western Women's Golf Open
Jun 24th - French government-Bidault resigns
Jun 24th - NY Giant Wes Westrum hits 3 HRs & a triple
Jun 25th - Israeli airline El Al begins service
Jun 25th - Johnny Pramesa (Reds) & Hank Thompson (Giants) hit inside the park HRs
Jun 25th - Korean conflict begins; N Korea invades S Korea
Jun 25th - UN member states begin using integrated forces against N Korea
Jun 26th - Pres Gottwald of Czech confirms Milada Horakova's death sentence
Jun 27th - "Liar" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 12 performances
Jun 27th - 32nd PGA Championship: Chandler Harper at Scioto CC Columbus Ohio
Jun 27th - US sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam
Jun 27th - North Koreans troop reach Seoul, UN asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict
Jun 28th - "Michael Todd's Peep Show" opens at Winter Garden NYC for 278 perfs
Jun 28th - North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea in opening phase of the Korean War
Jun 29th - US beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994)
Jun 29th - West Indies beat England by 326 runs thanks Ramadhin & Valentine
Jun 30th - US Gen MacArthur visits front in South Korea/asks for US troops
Jul 1st - "Lost in the Stars" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 281 perfs
Jul 1st - 1st 407 US soldiers flown to South Korea
Jul 1st - NYC bus fare rises to 10 cents equal to subway fare, combo fare at 15 cents
Jul 1st - WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
Jul 2nd - Indian Bob Feller, wins his 200th game, 5-3 over Detroit
Jul 2nd - Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan burns down.
Jul 2nd - Henri Queuille is elected the seventh Prime Minister of the Fourth French Republic.
Jul 3rd - 1st time US & North Korean forces clash in Korean War
Jul 3rd - Casey Stengel asks Joe DiMaggio to play 1st base (handles 13 chances)
Jul 4th - Braves Sid Gordon ties season grand slam record with 4
Jul 4th - Truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own constitution)
Jul 4th - The first broadcast by Radio Free Europe.
Jul 5th - Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel
Jul 6th - German DR recognizes Oder-Neisse borders with Poland
Jul 7th - 1st Farnborough airshow held
Jul 7th - 64th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Budge Patty beats Sedgman (61 8-10 62 63)
Jul 7th - 79th British Golf Open: Bobby Locke shoots a 279 at Royal Troon
Jul 8th - 33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record)
Jul 8th - 57th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats M duPont (61 36 61)
Jul 8th - Gen Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, UN forces in Korea
Jul 8th - Leroy Deans awarded 1st Order of Purple Heart in Korea
Jul 9th - 13.15" (33.40 cm) of rainfall, York, Nebraska (state 24-hour record)
Jul 10th - "Your Hit Parade" premieres on NBC (later CBS) TV
Jul 11th - 17th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 in 14 at Comiskey Park, Chic Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game
Jul 12th - ILTF re-admit Germany & Japan in Davis Cup, Poland & Hungary withdraws
Jul 12th - Hague Council of Annulment convicts German war criminals W Lages, FH Van de Funten & F Fischer to death
Jul 13th - Doctors remove 7 bone fragments from Ted Williams elbow
Jul 13th - René Pleven forms French govt
Jul 14th - RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea
Jul 16th - Single day 16 team HR record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12)
Jul 16th - Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 for soccer's 4th World Cup in Rio de Janeiro
Jul 17th - Indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka
Jul 19th - French/Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh
Jul 19th - NY Yanks obtain their 1st black players, Elston Howard & Frank Barnes
Jul 19th - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Summi maeroris
Jul 20th - "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC)
Jul 22nd - Frank Worrell completes 261 v England at Trent Bridge
Jul 22nd - King Leopold, after 6 years in exile, returns to Belgium
Jul 24th - V-2/WAC Corporal rocket launch; 1st launch from Cape Canaveral
Jul 26th - Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game
Jul 26th - KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites
Jul 27th - Pres Truman promises aid to Taiwan
Jul 29th - Pee Wee Reese, hits the 3,000th Dodger home run
Aug 1st - 1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons)
Aug 1st - American Bowling Congress ends all-white-males rule
Aug 1st - Guam adopts constitution (Organic Act)
Aug 1st - King Leopold of Belgium abdicates, Baudouin becomes King
Aug 1st - Territory of Guam created
Aug 5th - Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title
Aug 5th - Florence Chadwick swims English Canal (13:23)
Aug 7th - Police bar white players-Lou Chirban, Stan Mierko, & Frank Dyle, from playing in Negro League
Aug 8th - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA All-American Golf Open
Aug 9th - Lusty Song wins Hambletonian
Aug 11th - 17th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7 (88,885)
Aug 11th - Boston Brave Vern Bickford no-hits Bkln Dodger, 7-0
Aug 11th - Hitting just .279, Yank great Joe DiMaggio is benched for 1st time
Aug 11th - King Boudouin I takes oath as royal prince of Belgium
Aug 12th - NY Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 20-6 in Ottawa
Aug 12th - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Humani generis
Aug 13th - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship
Aug 13th - Pres Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime Bao-Dai
Aug 15th - 8.6 earthquake in India kills 20,000 to 30,000
Aug 15th - Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
Aug 15th - Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium
Aug 15th - Indies Constitution goes into effect
Aug 15th - Joseph Pholien becomes Belgian premier
Aug 15th - Pres Sukarno proclaims unity of Indonesia
Aug 15th - Rotterdam harbor strike begins
Aug 15th - Srikakulam district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Aug 16th - West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England
Aug 17th - Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands
Aug 17th - Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) & Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park HRs
Aug 18th - Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
Aug 19th - ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic & Acrobat Ranch)
Aug 22nd - Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50)
Aug 22nd - Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in natl tennis competition

Famous Birthdays

Results 201 - 300 of 749

Mar 26th - Ronnie McDowell, Fountain Head Tn, country singer (King is Gone)
Mar 26th - Teddy Pendergrass, Phila, singer (Turn Off the Lights)
Mar 26th - Tony Papenfuss, Minneapolis Minn, (Daryl-Newhart)
Mar 26th - Alan Silvestri, American film score composer
Mar 27th - Maria Ewing, opera singer
Mar 27th - Tony Banks, rock keyboardist (Genesis-Against All Odds)
Mar 27th - Vic Harris, baseball
Mar 27th - Petros Efthimiou, Greek politician
Mar 30th - Dave McCurdy, (Rep-D-OK, 1981- )
Mar 30th - Eugene Bowen, composer (Wonder's Edge)
Mar 30th - Rupert Greenall, rock keyboardist (Fixx)
Mar 30th - Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor and comedian
Mar 31st - Alison McCartney, pathologist/Breast Cancer campaigner
Mar 31st - Richard Hughes, rocker (Johnny Winter Band)
Apr 1st - Ed[uardus] HTM Nijpels, Dutch minister of Environment (VVD)
Apr 1st - Leonard van Spirit, Dutch/British fruit/food magnate
Apr 1st - Samuel Alito, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Apr 3rd - Curtis Stone, N Hollywood Calif, singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry)
Apr 4th - Christine Lahti, Detroit, actress (Harvey Korman Show, Swing Shift)
Apr 5th - Anna Ulvaeus, rocker (Aha-Take on Me)
Apr 5th - Franklin R Chang-Diaz, Costa Rica, astro (STS 61C, 34,46,60,75, sk:91)
Apr 5th - Mildred Douglas, Surinames/Dutch singer (Mai Tai)
Apr 5th - Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer (ABBA)
Apr 5th - Miki Manojlović, Serbian actor
Apr 6th - Dennis E Eckart, (Rep-D-OH, 1981- )
Apr 8th - Grzegorz Lato, Polish footballer
Apr 9th - Ehtesham-ud-din, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in 5 Tests 1980-82)
Apr 9th - Kenneth D Cockrell, Austin Texas, Astronaut (STS 56, 69, 80)
Apr 9th - Nathan Cook, Phila Pa, actor (Milton-White Shadow, Billy-Hotel)
Apr 10th - Dave Peverett, rocker (Foghat)
Apr 10th - Eddie Hazel, US pop guitarist (Funkadelic-Uncle Jam Wants You)
Apr 10th - Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player
Apr 10th - Barry M. Riemer, American author
Apr 11th - Bill Irwin, Santa Monica, actor (My Blue Heaven, Scenes From a Mall)
Apr 12th - David Cassidy, NYC, singer/actor (Keith-Partridge Family)
Apr 12th - Tom Werner, owner (SD Padres)/producer (Roseanne, Cosby Show)
Apr 12th - Kari Palaste, Finnish architect
Apr 12th - Flavio Briatore, Italian businessman and F1 team principal (Renault F1)
Apr 13th - Riff West, rock bassist (Molly Hatchet)
Apr 13th - Ron Perlman, Bronx NY, actor (Quest for Fire, Beauty & the Beast)
Apr 13th - Terry Lester, Indianapolis, actor (Young & Restless, As World Turns)
Apr 14th - Anna M "Ansje" Beentjes, actress (Blindgangers)
Apr 14th - Randolph Powell, Iowa City Iowa, actor (Alan-Dallas, Logan's Run)
Apr 14th - Francis Collins, American scientist
Apr 15th - Amy Wright, Chicago Il, actress (Inside Moves, Accidental Tourist)
Apr 15th - Amy Wright, American actress
Apr 16th - David Graff, Lancaster Ohio, actor (Police Academy 2, 3, 4, 6)
Apr 16th - David Graf, American actor (d. 2001)
Apr 17th - L. Scott Caldwell, American actress
Apr 17th - Bruce McNall, American former NHL team owner
Apr 18th - Bill Sudderth III, trumpeteer (Atlantic Star-Touch 4 Leaf Clover)
Apr 18th - Kenny Ortega, American film and TV producer and choreographer
Apr 19th - Jeff Hammond, cricketer (Australian fast bowler on 1973 WI tour)
Apr 19th - Marc Demeyer, Belgian bicyclist (Paris-Brussel '74)
Apr 20th - Itumeleng J Mosala, S Afr president (Azanian People's Org)
Apr 20th - Steve Erickson, American novelist
Apr 20th - Chandra Babu Naidu, Indian politician
Apr 22nd - Jancis Robinson, wine writer/broadcaster
Apr 22nd - Lewis Biggs, curator (Tate Gallery-North Liverpool)
Apr 22nd - Peter Frampton, Kent Engld, guitarist/vocalist (Frampton Comes Alive)
Apr 25th - Steve Ferrone, Sussex, rock drummer (Average White Band)
Apr 26th - Howard "Leon" Reeder, rock guitarist (Champaign)
Apr 26th - Peter Schaufuss, director of ballet (Deutsche Opera Berlin)
Apr 28th - Jay Leno, New Rochelle, comedian/talk show host (Tonight Show)
Apr 28th - Willie Colon, Bronx NY, actor (Last Flight)
Apr 29th - Phillip Noyce, Australian film director
Apr 29th - Debbie Stabenow, American politician
May 1st - Marina Stepanova, Russian hurdler (world record 1986)
May 1st - Dann Florek, American actor
May 1st - Danny McGrain, Scottish footballer
May 2nd - Lou Gramm, Rochester NY, rocker (Foreigner-Want to Know What Love Is)
May 2nd - Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan socialite
May 2nd - Duncan Gay, Australian politician
May 3rd - Mary Hopkin, South Wales, singer (Those Were the Days)
May 4th - Darryl Hunt, English pop bassist (Pogues-Pair of Brown Eyes)
May 4th - Hilly Hicks, LA Calif, actor (Roll Out, Roots)
May 4th - René CM van Asten, Dutch actor (Herenstraat 10)
May 5th - Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal, I See a Star)
May 5th - Googoosh, Faegheh Atashin (فائقه آتشین), Iranian, Persian Singer & actress
May 6th - Robbie McIntosh, drummer (Avg White Band-Show your Hand)
May 7th - Janis Ian, [Fink], NYC, rock vocalist (At 17, Society's Child)
May 7th - Prairie Prince, rocker (Tubes)
May 7th - Randall 'Tex' Cobb, American boxer and actor
May 7th - Tim Russert, American television host (d. 2008)
May 9th - James A Butts, LA Calif, triple jumper (Olympic-silver-1976)
May 9th - Matthew Kelly, actor/TV host (Holding the Fort, Relative Strangers)
May 9th - Tom Petersson, Rockford Il, rock bassist (Cheap Trick)
May 11th - Dane Iorg, baseball player (Philles, Cards)
May 11th - Jeremy Paxman, broadcaster
May 12th - Billy Squier, Mass, heavy metal guitarist (Don't Say No)
May 12th - Bruce Boxleitner, Elgin Ill, actor (Scarecrow & Mrs King, Babylon 5)
May 12th - Gabriel Byrne, Dublin Ireland, actor (Hello Again, Cool World)
May 12th - Jocko Marcellino, rocker (Sha Na Na)
May 12th - Renate Stecher-Meissner, German DR, sprinter (Oly-gold-72)
May 12th - Shozo Fujii, judoka
May 13th - Danny Kirwan, rocker (Fleetwood Mac)
May 13th - John "Jocko" Marcellino, rocker/actor (Tagget, Hot to Trot, Rain Man)
May 13th - Peter Gabriel, rocker (Genesis-Against All Odds)
May 13th - Stevie Wonder, singer/songwriter (You are the Sunshine of My Love)
May 14th - Mark Blum, Newark NJ, actor (Worth Winning, Blind Date, Presidio)

Famous Deaths

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