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Historical Events

Results 1 - 42 of 42

3rd - 9th largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5")
4th - French freighter "La Coubre" explodes in Havana Cuba, killing 100
4th - Lucille Ball files divorce from Desi Arnaz
5th - Elvis Presley ends 2-year hitch in US Army
5th - Ice Dance Championship at Vancouver won by Denny & Jones (GRB)
5th - Ice Pairs Championship at Vancouver won by Wagner & Paul (CAN)
5th - Men's Fig Skating Championship in Vancouver won by Alain Giletti (FRA)
5th - Worlds Ladies Fig Skating Champions in Vanc won by Carol E Heiss (USA)
5th - The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis originates when Alister Hardy publicly announces his idea that ape-human divergence may have been due to a coastal phase.
6th - President Sukarno disbands Indonesia's parliament
7th - Dutch Builders strike for CLA
8th - "Greenwillow" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 95 performances
10th - USSR agrees to stop nuclear testing
11th - Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth & Venus
13th - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
13th - NFL's Chicago Cardinals moves to St Louis
13th - White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number
14th - 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield Calif
14th - Wilt Chamberlain (Phila) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points
15th - Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established (1st underwater park)
15th - National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated
17th - Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA
17th - WSLA (now WAKA) TV channel 8 in Selma, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
19th - "Redhead" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 455 performances
19th - 22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats Calif 75-55
21st - Sharpeville Massacre: Police kill 72 in South Africa & outlaws ANC
22nd - 1st patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes
22nd - AL Schawlow & C H Townes obtain patent for the laser
23rd - Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit
24th - US appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene
25th - 1st guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut)
25th - DH Lawrence' "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (NYC)
25th - Ford Frick voids Indians-Red Sox deal as Sam White retires
25th - Italian govt Tambroni forms
26th - Iraq executes 30 after attack on Pres Kassem
26th - Orioles-Reds series for Havana, is moved to Miami
26th - USC captures NCAA swimming title
27th - Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Royal Crown Golf Open
28th - Pope John raises the 1st Japanese, 1st African & 1st Filipino cardinal
28th - Scotch factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters (Glasgow Scotland)
29th - Darius Milhaud's 9th Symphony, premieres
31st - Gore Vidal's "Best Man," premieres in NYC

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 72 of 72

1st - Alicia Dibos, Lima Peru, LPGA golfer (1994 US Women's Open-4th)
2nd - Hector Calma, Filipino basketball player
3rd - Neal Heaton, American baseball player
3rd - Colin Wells, English cricketer
4th - Reggie McElroy, NFL tackle (Denver Broncos)
4th - Russell Todd, Troy NY, actor (Dr Jamie Frame-Another World)
4th - John Mugabi, Ugandan boxer
4th - Christina Sussiek, former German athlete
4th - Mykelti Williamson, American actor
5th - David Tibet, English musician (Current 93)
6th - [Eris] Sleepy Floyd, NBA guard
7th - Ivan Lendl, Czechoslovakia, tennis champion (US Open 1985-87)
7th - Joe Carter, Oklahoma City OK, outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
7th - Joe Carter, American baseball player
8th - Buck Williams, NBA forward (Portland Trail Blazers, NY Knicks)
8th - Max Metzker, Australian swimmer
9th - Linda Fiorentino, Phila, actress (Jade, Last Seduction, Moderns)
9th - Mike Leach, Minneapolis Minn, tennis star
10th - Linda Jezek, Calif, backstroke swimmer (Pan Am Gold-1979)
10th - Anne MacKenzie, journalist and broadcaster
11th - Christophe Gans, French film director
12th - Courtney B Vance, Detroit MI, actor (Hamburger Hill)
12th - Eldine Baptiste, cricketer (WI all-rounder early 80's)
12th - Kipp Lennon, American singer
12th - Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer
12th - Maki Nomiya, Japanese singer (Pizzicato Five)
13th - Adam Clayton, Oxfordshire, rock bassist (U2-I Will Follow)
13th - Yuri Andrukhovych, Ukrainian writer, poet and political essayist
13th - Joe Ranft, American animator (d. 2005)
14th - George Horvath, Sweden, pentathlete (Olympic-1980)
14th - Helen Hopkins, Donneybrook Australia, golfer (Australian Intl 1983)
15th - Donna Smith, Portland Oregon, playmate (March, 1985)
15th - Chris Sanders, American animator and director
15th - Marco Pennette, American television producer
16th - Duane Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player
17th - Lee Ann Michelle, Surrey England, playmate (Feb, 1979)
17th - Vicki Lewis, Cincinnati, actress (Beth-Newsradio)
17th - Arye Gross, American actor
18th - Claudia Udy, Albuquerque NM, actress (Out of Control, Nightforce)
18th - Guy Carbonneau, Sept-iles, NHL center (Dallas Stars)
18th - Patricia Farinelli, LA Calif, playmate (December, 1981)
18th - Richard Biggs, Columbus Ohio, actor (Marcus-Days of Our Lives)
18th - James MacPherson, Scottish actor
21st - Ayrton Senna, Brazilian formula-1 racer (1988 champ)
21st - Dale Baze, jockey
21st - Guy Chadwick, English singer/songwriter (House of Love)
21st - Robert Sweet, American drummer
22nd - Laurie Sargent, rock vocalist (Face To Face)
23rd - Oscar Michael Moore, journalist
23rd - Terry Sweeney, St Albans NY, writer/comedian (SNL)
23rd - Nicol Stephen, Deputy First Minister of Scotland
24th - Kelly LeBrock, NYC, actress (Weird Science, Woman in Red)
24th - Barry Horowitz, American professional wrestler
24th - Nena, German pop singer
25th - Haywood Nelson, NYC, actor (Haywood-Grady, Dwayne-What's Happening)
25th - Robert Green, Omaha Neb, tennis star
25th - Steve Norman, London, rock sax (Spandau Ballet-True)
25th - Idy Chan Yuk-Lin, Hong Kong actress
26th - Billy Warlock, Hawthorne Calif, actor (Flip-Happy Days, Baywatch)
26th - Debbie Hall, LPGA golfer
26th - Marcus Allen, NFL running back (LA Raiders, KC Chiefs, Heisman 1981)
26th - Michael Evans, Fontana CA, US water polo player (Olympic-silver-88)
27th - Clare Lucy Madeleine Evans, historian
27th - Jennifer Grey, actress (Dirty Dancing); Joel Grey's daughter
27th - Steve Jarvin, Australian soling yachter (Olympics-96)
27th - Hans Pflügler, German footballer
28th - Chris Barrie, British actor
28th - José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician
28th - Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French author and dramatist
30th - William D Johnson, US alpine skier
31st - Anne Howard, San Diego Calif, actress (Nicole Love-Another World)
31st - Mark Tuinei, NFL tackle (Dallas Cowboys)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 15 of 15

2nd - Stanisław Taczak, Polish general, commander-in-chief of the Greater Poland Uprising (b. 1874)
3rd - Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65
4th - Leonard Warren, US baritone, dies on stage at 48
4th - Herbert O'Conor, 51st Governor of the US State of Maryland (b. 1896)
9th - Jack Beattie, Northern Irish politician (b. 1886)
11th - Roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76
22nd - José Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (b. 1904)
23rd - Franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), dies at 78
24th - Paul Joostens, Flemish painter, dies at 70
26th - Ian Keith, actor (Identity Unknown, Queen Christina), dies at 61
27th - Ian Whyte, composer, dies at 58
28th - Ian Keith, US actor (Ramses I-10 Commandments), dies at 61
30th - Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter, dies at 90
30th - Joseph Haas, German opera composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81
31st - Joseph Haas, German (opera)composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81