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Historical Events

Results 1 - 61 of 61

1st - Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland dissolved
1st - KNMT TV channel 12 in Walker, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1st - KTVS TV channel 3 in Sterling, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
2nd - Ayub Khan elected president of Pakistan
2nd - Failed assassination attempt on president Nkrumah of Ghana
3rd - Jack Paar Show, shows a clip of the Beatles singing "She Loves You"
5th - Pope Paul VI visits Jordan & Israel
5th - San Diego Chargers win AFL-championship
6th - Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move KC A's to Louisville
6th - Rolling Stones' 1st tour as headline act (with Ronettes)
7th - Bahamas becomes self-governing
7th - Dick Weber rolls highest bowling game in air (Boeing 707)
8th - European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan
8th - President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty"
9th - Anti-US rioting broke out in Panama Canal Zone
10th - Battles between moslems & hindus in Calcutta
10th - Panama severs diplomatic relations with US
10th - US version of "That Was The Week That Was," premieres
11th - "She Loves Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 302 perfs
11th - 1st govt report warning smoking may be hazardous to one's health
11th - Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is #80 in US (Cashbox)
11th - Panama ends diplomatic relations with US
11th - US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous
12th - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-17
12th - Revolution overthrows Sultan of Zanzibar, 1 month after independence
13th - Karol Wojtyla becomes archbishop of Krakow
13th - Hindu-Muslim rioting breaks out in the Indian city of Calcutta - now Kolkata - resulting in the deaths of more than 100 people.
14th - 14th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-107 at Boston
14th - Bapu Nadkarni 32-27-5-0 v England, 21 maiden overs in a row
14th - Jacqueline Kennedy's 1st public appearance (TV) since assassination
15th - Baseball agrees to hold a free-agent draft in NYC
15th - Teamsters negotiate 1st national labor contract
16th - "Hello, Dolly!" opens at St James Theater NYC for 2,844 performances
16th - AL owners vote 9-1 against Charlie Finley moving KC A's to Louisville
18th - Beatles 1st appear on Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-#35)
18th - Plans for World Trade Center announced (NYC)
19th - AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 27-24
19th - KFME TV channel 13 in Fargo, ND (PBS) begins broadcasting
20th - "Meet The Beatles" album released in US
21st - Carl T Rowan named director of US Information Agency
22nd - Kenneth Kaunda becomes premier of North-Rhodesia (Zambia)
22nd - World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin
23rd - 24th Amendment ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections
23rd - Arthur Miller's "After the Fall," premieres in NYC
24th - CBS purchases 1964 & 1965 NFL TV rights for $28.2 million
24th - Martin Kresses final comic strip of Eric the Viking
24th - 24th Amendment to US Constitution goes into effect & states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes
25th - Beatles 1st US #1, "I Want to Hold your Hand" (Cashbox)
25th - Echo 2, US communications satellite launched
27th - "Introducing the Beatles" album released in US
27th - Barlow & Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval
27th - Margaret Chase Smith (Sen-R-Maine) tries for Republican Pres bid
29th - 9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria
29th - Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" & "Sie Leibt Dich"
29th - Most lopsided high-school basketball score 211-29 (Louisiana)
29th - NBC purchases AFL 5 year (1965-69) TV rights for $36 million
29th - Stanley Kubrick's"Dr Strangelove," premieres
29th - Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit
30th - Military coup of Gen Nguyen Khanh in South Vietnam
30th - Ranger 6 launched; makes perfect flight to Moon, but cameras fail
31st - US report "Smoking & Health" connects smoking to lung cancer

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 85 of 85

1st - DeDee Pfeiffer, actress (Cybill)
1st - Juliana Donald, American actress
2nd - Christopher John Gray, priest
2nd - Pernell Whitaker, boxer (Olympic-gold)
2nd - Rumesh Ratnayake, cricketer (Sri Lankan pacer in 23 Tests 1983-92)
3rd - Cheryl Miller, Riverside Calif, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984)
3rd - Bruce LaBruce, Canadian filmmaker
4th - Stephanie Maxwell-Pierson, Somerville NJ, US rower (Olympic-92)
5th - John Erickson, Woodland Hills Calif, golfer (1991 Windsor Charity)
5th - Ted Harris Poley, Englewood NJ, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It)
5th - Tracy Ham, CFL quarterback (Montreal Alouettes)
6th - Charles Haley, NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys)
6th - Mark O'Toole, bassist/drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax)
6th - Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (d. 2005)
6th - Henry Maske, German boxer
6th - Jacqueline Moore, American wrestler
6th - Yuri, Mexican actress and singer
7th - Francisco Maciel, Mexico, tennis star
7th - Nicolas Cage, [Coppola], actor (Moonstruck, Racing with the Moon)
8th - Peter [Ped] Gill, rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) [or 3/5]
8th - Virgil Hill, Missouri, middleweight boxer (Olympic-silver-1984)
9th - Stan Javier, S P de Macoris Dom Rep, outfielder (Oak A's, SF Giants)
10th - Karen Josephson, Bristol Ct, synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-1992)
10th - Krista Tesreau, St Louis Mo, actress (Tina-OLTL, Silk Stalkings)
10th - Sarah Josephson, Bristol Ct, synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-1992)
10th - Brad Roberts, Canadian singer (Crash Test Dummies)
12th - Laura Gildemeister, Argentina, tennis star
12th - Lynne Marie Thurik, Vancouver Wash, Miss Washington-America (1991)
12th - Jeff Bezos, American entrepreneur
13th - Penelope Ann Miller, LA Ca, actress (Kindergarden Cop) [or Feb 13]
13th - Ronan Rafferty, Northern Irish golfer
14th - Sergei Nemchinov, Moscow Rus, NHL center (NY Islanders, Oly-Silver-98)
14th - Steven Soderbergh, writer (Mimi, Schizoplis)
14th - Mark Addy, British actor
14th - Ernest Miller, American wrestler
14th - Shepard Smith, American news anchor
15th - Cees van der de Linden, soccer player
15th - Paula Schnurr, Kirkland Lake Ontario, 1.5k (Olympics-8-92, 96)
15th - Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer
16th - Gail Graham, Vanderhoof BC, LPGA golfer (1995 Fieldcrest Cannon)
16th - Mark Collins, NFL cornerback/safety (NY Giants, KC Chiefs, GB Packers)
16th - Trevor Barsby, cricketer (Queensland opening batsman since 1984-85)
17th - Jeff Tabaka, US baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres)
17th - Michelle Obama, wife of Barack Obama
18th - Brady Anderson, Silver Spring MD, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles)
18th - Jenny Holliday, Australian softball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
18th - Enrico Lo Verso, Italian actor
19th - Janine Antoni, Bahamian artist
19th - Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer
20th - Ozzie Guillen, Oculare del Tuy Venezuela, shortstop (Chic White Sox)
20th - Roger Smith, Freeport Bahamas, tennis doubles player
20th - Ron Harper, NBA guard (Chicago Bulls)
20th - Victoria Sellers, London England, actress (Crime Zone, Warlords)
20th - Kazushige Nojima, Japanese game scenario writer
22nd - Ann Rowe, Auburn Maine, Miss Maine-America (1991)
22nd - Maria Ellingsen, Reykjavik Iceland, actress (Katrina-Santa Barbara)
22nd - Stojko Vrankovic, NBA center (LA Clippers)
22nd - Wayne Kirby, Williamsburg VA, outfielder (Cleve Indians, LA Dodgers)
23rd - Frank Winters, NFL center (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
23rd - Mariska Hargitay, LA Calif, actress (Jesse Smith-Downtown, ER)
24th - Rob Dibble, Bridgeport Ct, pitcher (Cin Reds)
24th - Ronnie McCann, Evander South Africa, Nike golfer (1993 Hawkeye-37th)
25th - Bob Sweeney, Concord, NHL center (NY Islanders, Calgary Flames)
25th - Chip Foster, actor (Chip & Pepper's Surf's Up Saturday)
25th - Pepper Foster, actress (Chip & Pepper's Surf's Up Saturday)
25th - William Thomas Andrade, Fall River MA, PGA golfer (1991 Kemper Open)
26th - Paul Johansson, American actor
27th - Bridget Fonda, LA Calif, actress (Scandal, Single White Female)
27th - Cathy Podewell, Calif, actress (Dallas)
27th - Inga Thompson, Reno Nevada, US cyclist (Olympic-8th-88, 84, 92)
27th - Jack Haley, NBA center (Chicago Bulls)
27th - Migi, [Miguel Drummond] rock (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance)
27th - Woody Austin, Tampa FL, PGA golfer (1995 Buick Open)
28th - Dwight Stone, NFL receiver/running back (Car Panthers, GB Packers)
28th - Emlyn Aubrey, PGA golfer (1995 Nestles-25th)
29th - Andre Reed, NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills)
29th - John Gallagher, rugby league player
29th - John Habyan, US baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
29th - Roddy Frame, rock vocalist/guitarist (Aztec Camera-Stray)
29th - Anna Ryder Richardson, British interior designer and television presenter
30th - Cheryl Akemi Toma, Pearl City Hawaii, Miss Hawaii-America (1991)
31st - Oto Hascak, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998)
31st - Remi Bouchard, Lasalle Que, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 India Open)
31st - Sharon Cain, San Antonio TX, team handball center back (Olympics-1996)
31st - Jeff Hanneman, American musician (Slayer)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 25 of 25

1st - Alf Hall, cricketer (S Afr lefty quick took 40 wkts in 7 Tests), dies
1st - Otto Emanuel Olsson, composer, dies at 84
1st - Rika Hopper, Dutch actress (Comedia, Anastasia), dies at about 86
1st - Bechara El Khoury, President of Lebanon (b. 1890)
4th - Ralph Dumke, actor (Movieland Quiz), dies at 64
6th - Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67
7th - Colin C McPhee, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles), dies at 62
7th - Cyril Davies, American musician (b. 1932)
8th - Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71
8th - Julius Raab, Austrian chancellor (1953-61), dies at 72
9th - Halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80
10th - A Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day & Night), dies at 46
12th - C R Browne, cricket leg-spinner (WI in 4 Tests, 6 wkts), dies
15th - Weldon John "Jack" Teagarden, US jazz trombonist/singer, dies at 58
17th - Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), dies at 57
17th - T.H. White, English author (b. 1906)
19th - Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886)
20th - Jan Rychlik, composer, dies at 47
21st - Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Cleopatra, Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 68
22nd - Marc Blitzstein, US composer (Cradle Will Rock), dies at 58
23rd - Louis Horst, composer, dies at 80
24th - Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Joseph Schildkraut Presents), dies at 68
27th - Lieb Glantz, composer, dies at 65
29th - Alan Ladd, actor (Shane), dies at 50 in Palm Springs Calif
30th - Berthold Altaner, German church historian, dies at 80