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Historical Events

Results 1 - 43 of 43

1st - Bank of France issues new franc, worth 100 times the value of existing francs
1st - Cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France
1st - Johnny Cash plays 1st of many free concerts behind bars
1st - Montserrat adopts constitution
2nd - 1st redshank old world shore bird reported in N America (Halifax)
2nd - John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years
2nd - Roger Sessions' 4th Symphony, premieres
2nd - Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for the US Presidency
4th - European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm
5th - Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from NY Senator Kenneth Keating
9th - Building of Aswan dam in Egypt, begins
10th - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Delmore Schwartz
11th - Chad declares independence from France
11th - Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts
12th - Sobers & Worrell complete 399 stand for 4th wkt v England
12th - Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is 1st NBA'er to score 15,000 points
14th - Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern Amsterdam, flooded
14th - US Army promoted Elvis Presley to Sergeant
17th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
17th - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-21
18th - US & Japan sign joint defense treaty
19th - Eisenhower & Premier Kishi sign US-Japanese Security pact
20th - Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo
21st - Little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km
21st - Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook S Afr, 417 die of methane poisoning
22nd - 10th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 125-115 at Philadelphia
22nd - Coal mine of Johnburg caves-in, 417 die
22nd - French president De Gaulle escape attempt by general Massu
22nd - Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson for middleweight boxing title
23rd - Bathosphere "Trieste" reach bottom of Pacific (10,900 m)
24th - Algeria uprises against French president De Gaulle
26th - High-school basketball sensation Danny Heater scores 135 points
26th - Oakland enters AFL
26th - Pete Rozelle elected NFL commissioner on 23rd ballot
28th - 1st photograph bounced off Moon, Washington DC
28th - Goon Show's final episode on BBC
28th - NFL announces Dallas Cowboys (1960) & Minn Vikings (1961) franchises
30th - CIA OKs Lockheed to produce a new U-2 aircraft (Oxcart)
30th - Dutch communist trade union EVC'58 disbands
30th - Riot curtails third days play at Port-Of-Spain WI v England
30th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss
30th - US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins
31st - Songwriter Adolph Green marries actress/singer Phyllis Newman in NYC

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 53 of 53

1st - Michael David Morrison, actor (Caleb Snyder-As the World Turns)
2nd - Raman Lamba, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1986-87)
2nd - Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author
3rd - Joan Chen, [Chen Chung], Shanghai China, actress (Last Emperor)
3rd - Sandeep Marwah Founder of Film City, Noida, India
4th - Cory Everson, Racine Wisconsin, body builder (6X Ms Olympia)
4th - Michael Stipe, US rock vocalist (REM-Losing My Religion, Stand)
4th - April Winchell, American actress
5th - Steve Jones, British aviator (Red Bull Air Race World Series)
5th - Glenn Strömberg, Swedish footballer
6th - Paul William Azinger, Holyoke MA, PGA golfer (1987 Phoenix Open)
6th - Nigella Lawson, English chef and writer
7th - David Marciano, Newark NJ, actor (Det Ray Vecchio-Due South)
7th - Tierre Turner, Detroit Mich, actor (Waverly Wonders, Cop & the Kid)
7th - Loretta Sanchez, American politician
8th - Jolanda Egger, Luzean Switz, playmate (June, 1983)
9th - David Peoples, Augusta ME, Nike golfer (1991 Buick Southern Open)
9th - Lisa Walters, Prince Rupert BC, LPGA golfer (Itoki Hawaiian-1992, 93)
10th - Benoît Pelletier, Canadian politician
10th - Samira Said, Moroccan singer
12th - Dominique Wilkins, NBA forward (Atlanta Hawks)
12th - Rob Derksen, Australian baseball head coach (Olympics-1996)
12th - Oliver Platt, Canadian actor
13th - Takis Lemonis, Greek footballer and coach
15th - Tim Curtis, cricketer (England righty batsman in 5 Tests 1988-89)
15th - Kelly Asbury, American director and actor
15th - Aaron Jay Kernis, American composer
17th - Chili Davis, Kingston Jamacia, outfielder (California Angels)
17th - John Crawford, Palo Alto Ca, bass (Berlin-You Take My Breath Away)
17th - Chatchai Plengpanich, Thai actor
19th - Alfrederick Joyner, E St Louis Ill, triple jumper (Olympic-gold-1984)
22nd - Michael Hutchence, Australia, rock vocalist/actor (INXS-Dogs in Space)
23rd - Greg Ritchie, cricketer (Qld & Aust batsman Fat Cat Mahatma Cote)
23rd - Misha Mck, East Orange NJ, actress (Gerri-Me & Mrs C)
23rd - Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and skysurfing pioneer (d. 1998)
24th - Nastassja Kinski, Berlin Germany, actress (Tess, Cat People)
26th - Gary Plummer, NFL linebacker (San Diego Chargers, SF 49ers)
26th - Jeanette Bolden, LA Calif, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
26th - Road Warrior Animal, American professional wrestler
26th - Charlie Gillingham, American musician (Counting Crows)
28th - John Caliri, Providence RI, actor (Vinnie-Square Pegs, Double Trouble)
28th - Robert von Dassanowsky, American cultural historian, writer, and producer
29th - Cho-Liang Lin, Taiwan, violinist (Queen Sophia 1st prize)
29th - Eddie Jackson, bassist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence)
29th - Gregory Efthimos Louganis, San Diego Ca, diver (Olympic-gold-1984, 88)
29th - Matthew Ashford, Davenport IA, actor (Jack Devaraux-Days of Our Lives)
29th - Sean Kerly, hockey player
29th - Steve Sax, 2nd baseman (LA Dodgers, NY Yankees, Chic White Sox)
29th - Gia Carangi, American model (d. 1986)
29th - J. G. Thirlwell, Australian-born musician
30th - Tony O'Dell, Pasadena Calif, actor (Alan Pinkard-Head of the Class)
31st - Elaine Roque, Santa Monica Ca, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
31st - Grant Morrison, British comic book author

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 27 of 27

1st - Margaret Sullavan, actress (Back Street), overdose at 48
2nd - Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor/dir (Hague Comedy), dies at 60
2nd - Chris van Abkoude, author (Pietje Bell, Kruimeltje), dies at about 79
2nd - Fausto Coppi, Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at 40
2nd - Friedrich Adler, Austria soc-dem, murdered PM Storgkh, dies at 80
2nd - Paul Sauvé, Canadian politician (b. 1907)
3rd - Victor Seastrom, entertainer, dies at 80
4th - Albert Camus, French author (Stranger), dies in an auto accident at 46
5th - Donald Knight, cricketer (54 runs in 2 Tests for England 1921), dies
5th - Pavel P Parenago, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 53
6th - Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52
6th - Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist (Scope & Means), dies at 68
7th - Luis da Costa, composer, dies at 80
7th - Dorothea Douglass Chambers (aka Katharine Lambert Chambers), UK tennis player (b. 1878)
9th - Elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author (b. 1880)
10th - Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1879)
11th - Johan E Elias, Dutch historian (Elias Family), dies at 84
12th - Nevil Shute [Norway], Eng/Aust author (Town like Alice), dies at 60
13th - Sibilla Aleramo, [Rina Faccio], Ital poet (Una Donna), dies at 83
20th - Matt Moore, actor (Deluge, Coquette), dies at 72
24th - John Miljan, actor (Charlie Chan in Paris, Yankee Clipper), dies at 66
25th - Diana Barrymore, actress (Ladies Courageous), dies at 38
25th - Rutland Boughton, composer, dies at 82
28th - Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54
28th - Zora Neale Hurston, American author (b. 1891)
29th - Louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe-Waterfront), dies at 54
31st - Lowell Gilmore, actor (Calcutta, Roadblock), dies at 53