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Historical Events

Results 1 - 47 of 47

1st - Swiss males vote against voting rights for women
1st - Texas Instruments requests patent of IC (Integrated Circuit)
1st - US female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss
1st - US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins
1st - WVUE TV channel 8 in New Orleans, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1st - Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Havana Golf Tournament
1st - Zack Wheat unanimously elected to baseball Hall of Fame
2nd - Buddy Holly's last performance
2nd - Vince Lombardi signs a 5 year contract to coach Green Bay Packers
3rd - American Airlines Electra crashes in NY's East River, killing 65
4th - Israel begins exporting copper ore
5th - "Redhead" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 455 performances
5th - Australia regain the Ashes with a 10 wicket victory at Adelaide
6th - 1st successful test-fire of Titan ICBM
6th - Fidel Castro is interviewed by Edward R Murrow
7th - "Whoop-Up" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 56 performances
7th - Castro proclaims new Cuban constitution
7th - Cessna lands in Las Vegas after 65 d without landing (refuels in air)
7th - Dorothy Rigney sells White Sox to Bill Veeck for a reported $27M
9th - Coasters's "Charlie Brown" peaks at #2
10th - Dutch Princess Wilhelmina publishes "Lonely, but not alone"
10th - Tornado in St Louis kills 19 & injures 265
11th - Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v WI at Delhi)
13th - Barbie doll goes on sale
13th - Miro Cardon, premier of Cuba, resigns
14th - $3.6 million heroin seizure in NYC
15th - Antonio Segni forms Italian govt
15th - Louise Suggs wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Tournament
16th - Fidel Castro named himself Cuba's premier after overthrowing Batista
16th - Leonard Spigelgass' "Majority of One," premieres in NYC
17th - 1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg
19th - Britain, Turkey & Greece sign agreement granting Cyprus independence
19th - Gabon adopts its constitution
19th - USAF rocket-powered rail sled attains Mach 4.1 (4970 kph), NM
20th - The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
22nd - 1st Daytona 500 auto race-Lee Petty wins (135.521 MPH)
23rd - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open
23rd - KVIE TV channel 6 in Sacramento-Stockton, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
27th - Chicago Cards trade running back Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players
27th - Boston Celtic Bob Cousy sets NBA record with 28 assists Boston Celtics score 173 points against Minneapolis Lakers
28th - "Goldilocks" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 perfs
28th - Ice Dance Championship at Colo Springs USA won by Denny & Jones of GRB
28th - Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner & Paul of CAN
28th - Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Colo Spr won by Carol Heiss USA
28th - Launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit
28th - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colo Spr won by David Jenkins USA
28th - NFL trade, Chicago Cards trade Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 53 of 53

1st - Anthony LaPlagia, actor (Criminal Justice, Betsy's Wedding)
1st - Carolyn Hill, Santa Monica CA, LPGA golfer (1994 McCall's Classic)
1st - Mike Horan, NFL punter (NY Giants)
1st - Wade Wilson, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
3rd - Loi Tolhurst, rocker (Cure-Hell's Kitchen)
3rd - Molly Killingbeck, Jamaica, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984)
3rd - Thomas Calabro, Bkln NY, actor (Michael Mancini-Melrose Place)
3rd - Yasuharu Konishi, Japanese musician (Pizzicato Five)
4th - Lawrence Taylor, [LT], NFL's greatest linebacker (NY Giants)
4th - Zenani Mandela, daughter of Nelson & Winnie Mandela
5th - Glenn Dubis, Lincoln Neb, US 3x40 rifle (Olympics-1984, 88, 96)
5th - Jennifer Granholm American Politician
6th - Ken Nelson, English record producer
7th - Brian Travers, rock saxophonist (UB40-Red Wine)
7th - Sammy Lee, British soccer player
8th - Heinz Gunthardt, Switzerland, tennis star
8th - Irina Kalinina, USSR, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1980)
8th - Pamela Jean Bryant, Indianapolis In, playmate (April, 1978)
10th - Tonga, [Uliuli Fifita], wrestler (WCW/WAR/WWF, Ming, Haku, Islanders)
10th - Lisa McPherson, Former Scientologist (d. 1995)
11th - Corinne Shigemoto, US judo coach (Olympics-96)
12th - Nancy Remy, reporter (NYC's Shadow Traffic)
12th - Omar Hakim, drummer (Dire Straits, Weather Report)
12th - Per Gessle, rocker (Roxette-Joy Ride)
12th - Sigrid Thornton, Australia, actress (Amelia Lawson-Guns of Paradise)
13th - Gaston Gingras, National Hockey League defenceman
13th - Gord Hampson, Canadian ice hockey player
14th - Renée Fleming, American soprano
15th - Ali Campbell, British reggae vocalist/guitarist (UB40-Red Red Wine)
15th - Guy De Alwis, cricket wicket-keeper (Sri Lankan mid 80s)
15th - Joe Hesketh, US baseball player (Boston Red Sox)
15th - Hugo Savinovich, Ecuadorian wrestler
16th - John P McEnroe, tennis player (US Open 1979-81, 84 Wimb 1981, 83, 84)
16th - Kelly Tripuka, Glenn Ridge NJ, NBA forward (Det Pistons, Utah Jazz)
17th - Ambrose "Rowdy" Gaines, US, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1984)
17th - Daniel Ray "Danny" Ainge, basketball & football star
17th - Richard Karn, Seattle WA, actor (Al-Home Improvement)
17th - Rowdy Gaines, US swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1984)
17th - Aryeh Deri, Israeli rabbi and politician
20th - Bill Gullickson, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
20th - Joel Rifkind, NY serial killer
20th - Scott Evans Brayton, racing car driver
21st - José María Cano, Spanish musician
22nd - Susan Benjamin, actress (Tracy-Accidental Family)
22nd - Jiří Čunek, Czech politician
23rd - John Arthur Wilson, Ceres CA, PGA golfer (1994 Anheuser-Busch-4th)
24th - Beth Broderick, Falmouth KY, actress (Aunt Zelda-Sabrina)
24th - Michael Roy Whitney, cricket (great NSW & Aussie lefty quick 1981-92)
25th - Mike Peters, rocker (Alarm-In the Summertime)
25th - Carl Marotte, Canadian actor
26th - Rolando Blackman, American basketball player
27th - Johnny Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
28th - Sydney P Mufamadi, South African leader (SACP)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 24 of 24

1st - Madame Sul-To-Wan, [Conley], actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 85
2nd - Frank DeCaires, cricketer (WI bat v Eng 1930, 3 Tests 232 runs), dies
3rd - Big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28
3rd - Buddy Holly, rocker (That'll be the Day), dies in a plane crash at 22
3rd - Richie Valens, rock vocalist (Donna), killed in plane crash at 17
4th - Una O'Connor, actress (Banjo, Invisible Man), dies at 78
5th - Gwili Andre, actress (No Other Woman, Roar of the Dragon), dies
7th - Daniel F Malan, premier of South Africa (1948-54), dies at 84
7th - Napoleon Lajorie, baseball player, dies at 83
7th - Slim [Eddie Jones] Guitar, rocker, dies at 32
8th - William J "Wild Bill" Donovan, Office Strategic Services, dies at 76
11th - Marshall Teague, American race car driver (b. 1922)
13th - William L Axt, composer, dies at 70
14th - Baby Dodds, American jazz drummer (b. 1898)
15th - Owen W Richardson, English physicist (Nobel 1928), dies at 69
17th - Kathryn Adams, actress (Meet the Chump, 5th Avenue Girl), dies
17th - Tim Mara, co-founder of NFL's NY Giants, dies
18th - Alfred Alessandrescu, composer, dies at 65
18th - Eric Zeisl, composer, dies at 53
18th - Jaroslav Kvapil, composer, dies at 66
20th - Ray McDonald, dancer, dies of barbituate overdose at 38
22nd - Helen Parrish, actress (Hour Glass), dies of cancer at 36
26th - Lou Costello, actor (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52
28th - Maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70