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Historical Events

Results 1 - 41 of 41

1st - International Cooperation Year begins
1st - Palestinian al-Fatah organization forms
1st - The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul.
2nd - Martin Luther King Jr begins a drive to register black voters
2nd - NY Jets sign quarterback Joe Namath
2nd - Obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict present-day
4th - LBJ's "Great Society" State of the Union Address
6th - Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against S Africa, his best Test bowling
7th - France announces it will convert $150 million of its currency to gold
8th - Sen Dirksen proposes marigold as national flower (didn't pass)
8th - Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History
9th - "Beatles' '65" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
10th - Bollingen prize for poetry awarded to Horace Gregory
10th - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 34-14
10th - WKBD TV channel 50 in Detroit, MI (IND) begins broadcasting
12th - "Hullabaloo" premieres on NBC-TV
12th - At 10:58 am PST burn up a nuclear rocket in Nevada
15th - Rock group Who releases 1st album "I Can't Explain"
15th - Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor Mich forms
16th - "Oh What a Lovely War" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 125 performances
16th - "Outer Limits" last airs on ABC-TV
16th - AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-14
16th - Searchers' "Love Potion #9" peaks at #3
16th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
18th - H L de Vries appointed Dutch governor of Suriname
20th - Beatles appear on Shindig (ABC-TV)
20th - Byrds record "Mr Tambourine Man"
20th - JPL proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars & return
20th - Generalissimo Francisco Franco meets with Jewish representatives to discuss legitimizing Jewish communities in Spain
21st - Persians premier Ali Mansoer injured
22nd - US launches TIROS 9 weather satellite
23rd - "King Family Show" (musical variety) premieres on ABC TV
23rd - BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Dick Weber
23rd - Boston Celtic center Bill Russell misses all 14 shots in loss to Philadelphia Warriors led by Wilt Chamberlain
26th - South Vietnam milt coup under general Nguyen Khanh
27th - 1st ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite
27th - Ground breaking for "Dragon Gateway" at Grant Avenue
28th - The Who make their 1st appearance on British TV
30th - "The Name Game" by Shirley Ellis hits #3
30th - State funeral of Winston Churchill
31st - Pud Galvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 100 of 110

1st - Andrew O Valmon, Brooklyn NY, 400m runner
1st - Harry Galbreath, NFL guard (Green Bay Packers)
1st - Mark Dewey, US baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates)
2nd - Diane Lane, NYC, actress (Streets of Fire, Lady Beware, Lonesome Dove)
2nd - Greg Swindell, Fort Worth TX, pitcher (Houston Astros, Cleve Indians)
2nd - Russ Courtnall, Duncan, NHL right wing (Vancouver Canucks)
3rd - Daniel Stubbs, NFL defensive end (Phila Eagles, Miami Dolphins)
3rd - Mark Dewey, Grand Rapids MI, pitcher (SF Giants)
4th - David Glasper, rocker (Breathe-All I Need)
4th - Guy Forget, Morocco, tennis star
4th - Jergus Baca, Liptovsky Mikulas CZE, IHL defenseman (Team Slovakia 98)
4th - John Jackson, NFL offensive tackle (Pitts Steelers)
4th - Julia Ormond, London England, actress (Sabrina, Legends of the Fall)
4th - Kevin Wickander, US baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)
4th - Mitch Booth, Australian tornado yachter (Olympics-96)
4th - Yvan Attal, French actor and director
4th - Beth Gibbons, English singer (Portishead)
4th - Cait O'Riordan, British musician (The Pogues)
5th - Rick Tuten, NFL punter (Seattle Seahawks)
5th - Vinnie Jones, English-born Welsh footballer and actor
6th - Christine Wachtel, E German running star (world indoor record 800m)
6th - Jose Dejesus, US baseball pitcher (Kansas City Royals)
6th - Lindsay H Burns, Big Timber Mont, rower (Olympics-silver-96)
6th - Tim McDonald, NFL player (SF 49ers)
6th - Bjorn Lomborg, Danish mathematician
6th - Muhammed al-Ahari, American Muslim writer
6th - Konnan, Cuban-born professional wrestler
7th - Mark Rushmere, cricketer (S Afr opening bat in comeback Test 1992)
8th - Champaka Ramanayake, cricketer (Sri Lankan opening bowler)
8th - Eric Wohlberg, Sudbury Ontario, cyclist (Olympics-96)
8th - Maria Pitillo, Matwah NJ, actress (Ryan's Hope)
8th - Michelle Forbes, actress (Julianna Cox-Homicide)
9th - Atsuo Kudo, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)
9th - Carin Garbarra, East Orange NJ, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
9th - Cindy Brooks, East Hampton CT, rower (Olympics-96)
9th - Darren Bennett, NFL punter (SD Chargers)
9th - Georg Franz, Straubing GER, hockey forward (Team Germany, Landshut)
9th - Muggsy Bogues, NBA guard (SF Warriors)
9th - Vincent Brown, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
9th - [Tyrone] Muggsy Bogues, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets, Wash Bullets)
9th - Eric Erlandson, American musician
10th - James Washington, NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys, Wash Redskins)
10th - Nathan, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
10th - Butch Hartman, American animator
11th - Barbara Belding, San Diego Cal, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-17th-1994)
11th - Joely Richardson, London England, actress (Body Contact, Wetherby)
11th - Karl Van Calcar, Torrance Calif, 3k steeplechase
11th - Loredana Romito, Benevento Italy, model/actress (Fatal Temptation)
11th - Olivia Barash, Miami Fla, actress (Laura-Out of the Blue)
11th - Steve Vancil, Oregon City Ore, golfer (1989 City of Portland)
11th - Roland Scholten, Dutch Darts Player
12th - Henry Thomas, defensive tackle (Detroit Lions, New England Patriots)
12th - John Francis, model
12th - Mark Moore, rocker (S'Express-Winter Course)
12th - Rob Zombie, American musician
14th - Dave Lowry, Sudbury, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers)
14th - Desiree Nosbusch, Luxembourg, actress (The Fan)
14th - Jemma Redgrave, London England, actress (Buddha of Suburbia)
14th - Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (d. 2006)
14th - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, British chef
15th - Derek B, rocker (Bullet from a Gun)
15th - Michael Clemons, CFL running back (Toronto Argonauts)
15th - Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist
15th - Bernard Hopkins, American boxer
15th - James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor
16th - Maxine Jones, American singer (En Vogue)
17th - Nikos Nioplias, Greek footballer
17th - Sylvain Turgeon, Canadian ice hockey player
18th - Richard Dunwoody, British(?) jockey)
18th - Dave Attell, American writer and comedian
19th - Ricky Reynolds, NFL cornerback (NE Patriots)
20th - Brad Brink, US baseball pitcher (SF Giants, Phila Phillies)
20th - Anton Weissenbacher, Romanian footballer
20th - Colin Calderwood, Scottish footballer
20th - Greg Kriesel, American bassist (The Offspring)
20th - John Michael Montgomery, American singer
21st - Brian Bradley, Kitchener, NHL center (Tampa Bay Lightning)
21st - Cordell Crockett, rocker (Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad)
21st - Eric Moore, NFL tackle (Cleve Browns)
21st - Tania Abitbol, Madrid Spain, LPGA golfer (1994 US Women's Open-4th)
21st - Jam Master Jay, American disc jockey (d. 2002)
22nd - Jazzy Jeff Townes, rapper (Parents Just Don't Understand)
22nd - Ray Mayhew, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
22nd - Steven Adler, Cleveland Ohio, drummer (Guns & Roses-Sweet Child)
22nd - Tim Prukop, WLAF linebacker-secondary coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
22nd - Brian McCardie, Scottish actor
22nd - Chintara Sukapatana, Thai actress
23rd - Tim Berrett, Tunbridge Wells Engl, Canadian 20k walker (Oly-14-92, 96)
24th - Ross MacDonald, Vancouver BC, star yachter (Olympics-96)
24th - Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian film director
25th - Brian Holman, Winfield Ks, pitcher (Cin Reds, Seattle Mariners)
25th - Esa Tikkanen, Helsinki FI, NHL left wing (Panthers, Canucks, Oly-B-98)
26th - Allison Hossack, Manitoba, actress (Olivia-Another World)
26th - Lou Frazier, US baseball outfielder (Montreal Expos)
26th - Tim McDonald, safety (San Francisco 49ers)
26th - Natalia Yurchenko, Soviet gymnast
26th - Thomas Östros, Swedish politician
27th - Igor Matoushkin, NHL defenseman (Belarus, Oly-98)
27th - Alan Cumming, Scottish actor
27th - Mike Newell, English football manager

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 29 of 29

1st - Gertrude Michael, actress (Caged, Cleopatra), dies at 53
1st - Juan Bautista Plaza-Alfonzo, composer, dies at 66
2nd - Staf Gustaf Frans Nees, composer, dies at 63
3rd - Betty Harte, entertainer, dies at 82
3rd - Julius Tannen, comedian, dies at 84
4th - T S Eliot, poet (Washed Country), dies in London at 76
4th - T. S. Eliot, American-born writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
5th - Neil Craig, actor (Calling Dr Kildare), dies at 73
5th - Paul Arntzenius, painter/graphic artist/etcher, dies at 81
6th - John Larkin, dir (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at 52
8th - Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer, dies at 74
12th - Lorraine Hansberry, US playwright, dies in NYC, dies at 34
12th - Porcupine, in Washington DC zoo, dies at 27; oldest known rodent
14th - Jeanette MacDonald, soprano (When I'm Calling You), dies at 63
15th - Pierre Ngendandumwe, premier of Burundi, murdered
19th - Frank Reicher, actor (King Kong, Nazi Agent, Son of Kong), dies at 89
20th - Alan Freed, DJ (Big Beat), dies at 42
21st - Harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68
24th - Winston Churchill, PM of Britain (C) (1940-45, 51-55), dies at 90
25th - Staff Nees, Flemish composer (Maria-oratorio), dies at 63
26th - Ali Mansoer, premier of Persia, murdered
27th - Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader, dies at 63
28th - Jef van Durme, composer, dies at 57
28th - Johan Fiolet, Dutch actor/director, dies at 63
28th - Tich Freeman, cricket (3776 FC wickets leg-spin, 304 in 1928), dies
28th - Maxime Weygand, French soldier (b. 1867)
29th - John Larkin, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High), dies at 52
29th - Michael Spisak, composer, dies at 50
30th - Vic Jackson, cricketer (NSW/Leicerstershire off-spinner), dies in car