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Historical Events

Results 1 - 61 of 61

1st - Benjamin Britten's cantate "Carmen Baseliense," premieres in Basel
1st - British Somaliland becomes Somalia
1st - Fidel Castro nationalizes Esso, Shell & Texaco in Cuba
1st - Ghana becomes a republic
1st - Italian Somaliland gains independence, unites with Somali Republic
1st - No passports needed inside Benelux
1st - USSR shoots down US RB-47 reconnaissance plane
2nd - "Once Upon a Mattress" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 460 perfs
3rd - Vernon Presley (father of Elvis) weds Dee Alliot
4th - 6th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright
4th - America's new 50-star flag honoring Hawaiian statehood unfurled
4th - Mickey Mantle is 18th to hit 300 HRs
5th - Mongolia adopts constitution
6th - Dr Barbara Moore completes a 3,207 mile walk from LA to NYC
7th - Neth-US cemetery Margraten official opens
7th - USSR shoots down a US aircraft over Barents sea
8th - Fidel Castro ends Havana's Intl League team, Sugar Kings move to NJ
10th - Belgium sends troops to Congo
10th - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Youngstown Kitchens (Trumball Golf Open)
11th - 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC
11th - Czechoslovakia adopts Constitution
11th - Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta & Niger declare independence
11th - Moise Tsjombe declares Congolese county Katanga independence
12th - Congo, Chad & Central African Republic declare independence
12th - Echo I, 1st passive satellite launched
12th - Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Hoosier Celebrity Golf Tournament
12th - USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs
12th - XEWT TV channel 12 in Tijuana-San Diego, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
12th - Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
13th - 29th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, New York
13th - KDBQ-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KYA
13th - US Democratic convention nominates JFK as presidential candidate
14th - Barbara Romack wins LPGA Leesburg Pro-Am Golf Tournament
14th - Fire raging through a Guatemala City, Guatemala insane asylum kills 225, severly injuring 300
15th - Balt Orioles' Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle
16th - 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer
16th - George Crowe sets record of 12 pinch hit HRs with a runner on
18th - 1st UN troops reach Congo
18th - Baseball's NL votes to add Houston & NY franchises
18th - Premier Kishi of Japan, resigns
19th - Italian Govt Tambroni, resigns
19th - SF Giants Juan Marichal debuts, with a 1 hitter against Phillies
20th - 1st submerged submarine to fire Polaris missile (George Washington)
20th - Sirima Bandaranaike becomes 1st female premier of Ceylon
20th - USSR recovered 2 dogs; 1st living organisms to return from space
20th - The head of the Physics Department at the Israel Institute of Technology, Kurt Sitte, is arrested for espionage.
21st - Country of Katanga forms in Africa
21st - In Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) Sirima Bandaranaike is world's 1st woman PM
21st - Francis Chichester arrive in NY aboard Gypsy Moth II, setting record of 40 days for a solo Atlantic crossing
22nd - Cuba nationalizes all US owned sugar factories
23rd - 15th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls
24th - 42nd PGA Championship: Jay Hebert shoots a 281 at Firestone CC Akron
25th - Company Industrielle et Forestere (Indufor) forms in Brussels
25th - US Republican convention nominates Nixon as presidential candidate
26th - Italian govt of Fanfani forms
27th - VP Nixon nominated for pres at Republican convention in Chicago
28th - Republican National convention selects Richard Nixon as candidate
30th - 1st AFL preseason game Boston Patriots defeat Bills in Buffalo (28-7)
31st - Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state
31st - KSOO (now KSFY) TV channel 13 in Sioux Falls, SD (NBC) 1st broadcast
31st - Patty Berg wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 63 of 63

1st - Alan Ruck, Cleve Oh, actor (Stuart-Spin City)
1st - Evelyn "Champagne" King, Bronx NY, disco singer (Shame, I'm in Love)
1st - Lynn Jennings, Princeton NJ, 5k runner
1st - Mike Fitzgerald, baseball player
2nd - Terry Rossio, American screenwriter
3rd - Jack Daugherty, baseball player
4th - Sid Eudy, American professional wrestler
5th - James M. Kelly, American politician
5th - Brad Loree, Canadian actor and stunt performer
6th - Caroll-Ann Alie, Ottawa Ontario, yachter (Olympics-14-92, 96)
6th - Jozef/Josef Pribilinec, Czech, speed walker (world record 10K)
6th - Lauri Merten, Waukesha WI, LPGA golfer (1993 US Women's Open)
6th - Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Greenwood Ms, 200m/400m runner (Olympic-gold-84)
7th - Barbara Bierman, Miami Fla, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-13th-1994)
7th - Ralph Sampson, NBA center (Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets)
7th - Kevin A. Ford, American astronaut
8th - Jeff Stork, Longview Wash, volleyball setter (Olympics-G-88,B-92, 96)
8th - Valarie Pettiford, actress (Courtney Walker-Another World)
8th - Valerie Pettiford, NYC, actress (Sheila Price-One Life to Live)
9th - Christopher J "Gus" Loria, Newton Mass, Major USMC/astronaut
9th - Marc Mero, American professional wrestler
10th - Roger Craig, NFL reciever (SF 49ers)
11th - David Baerwald American songwriter/composer
12th - Corynne Charby, French model, actress and singer
13th - Ian Hislop, English writer, editor of Private Eye
14th - Ray Herndon, Scottsdale Ar, singer (McBride & Ride-Can I Count on You)
14th - Anna Bligh, Australian politician
15th - Alexander W Dunlap, Honolulu Hawaii, astronaut
15th - Kim Alexis, Lockport NY, model (Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover)
15th - Willie Aames, Newport Beach Ca, actor (8 is Enough, Paradise, Zapped)
15th - Kim Alexis, American supermodel and actress
16th - Eus van Someren, pop guitarist (Scene, Blaauw)
16th - Gisela Beyer, German DR, discus thrower (Olympics-4th place-1980)
16th - Terry Pendleton, LA Calif, infielder (Florida Marlins)
17th - Jan Wouters, Dutch soccer star (Ajax, Bayern Munich, PSV)
17th - Karen Elaine Price, Pasadena Calif, playmate (January, 1981)
17th - Kim Barnett, cricketer (England batsman & occasional leggie 1988-89)
17th - Nancy Giles, NYC, actress (Connie-Delta, Off Beat, Big, Angie)
17th - Robin Shou, martial arts actor (Mortal Kombat, Beverly Hills Ninja)
17th - Scott Norwood, NFL kicker (Buffalo Bills-Superbowl XXV goat)
17th - Mark Burnett, English-born television producer
17th - Dawn Upshaw, American soprano
18th - Anne-Marie Johnson, LA Calif, actress (In the Heat of the Night)
19th - Atom Egoyan, Cairo Egypt, director (Adjuster, Next of Kin)
20th - Katie Rabbet, London England, Prince Andrew's former girlfriend
20th - Lauren Gregg, Rochester Minn, US women's soccer coach (Olympics-96)
21st - Lance Guest, Saratoga Calif, actor (Lance-Lou Grant)
21st - Matt Mulhern, Phila, actor (Biloxi Blues)
21st - Fritz Walter, German footballer
22nd - Denyse Julien, Rouyn Quebec, badminton player (Olympics-9-92, 96)
22nd - Jon Oliva, American musician (Savatage)
23rd - Al Perez, American professional wrestler
25th - Alain Robidoux, Canadian snooker player
26th - LaTaunya Pollard, East Chic Ind, (Olympics-1980, 84)
26th - Mitch Kahn, San Clemente Calif, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
27th - Christina Singer, Geoppingen Germany, tennis star
27th - Jo Durie, England, tennis player
27th - Reinaldo de Carvalho, carnival King
28th - Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazilian film director
28th - Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese mangaka of Captain Tsubasa and Hungry Heart Wild Striker
30th - Richard Linklater, American filmmaker
31st - Dale Hunter, Petrolia, NHL center (Washington Capitals)
31st - lva Budarova, Czechostovakia, tennis star

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 16 of 16

3rd - Alfred Henry Ackley, composer, dies at 73
6th - Aneurin Bevan, British politician (b. 1897)
9th - Edward Burlingame Hill, composer, dies at 86
9th - Vallance Jupp, cricketer (28 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1921-28), dies
13th - Anna Blaman, Dutch writer (Life & Death), dies at 55
13th - Joy Gresham, American writer (b. 1915)
15th - Lawrence Mervil Tibbett, baritone, dies after surgery at 63
15th - Set Persson, Swedish communist politician (b. 1897)
16th - Albrecht von Kesselring, German fieldmarshal (Italy), dies at 74
16th - John Phillips Marquand, novelist, dies at 66
24th - Carl Deis, composer, dies at 77
24th - Hans Albers, German actor (Blue Angel), dies at 68
26th - Maud Menten, Canadian biochemist (b. 1879)
26th - Cedric Gibbons, American art director (b. 1893)
29th - Richard Simon, co-founder (Simon & Shuster), dies
31st - Karl Hasse, composer, dies at 77