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Historical Events

Results 201 - 300 of 658

May 3rd - 1st use of satellite TV, Today Show on Early Bird Satellite
May 3rd - 3rd Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 2-1 in 10
May 3rd - Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US
May 3rd - Don Steele, begins a 40+ year radio career at KRTH (LA Calif)
May 3rd - KTCI TV channel 17 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) 1st broadcast
May 3rd - Pulitzer prize awarded to Irwin Unger (Greenback Era)
May 4th - Willie Mays 512th HR breaks Mel Ott's 511th NL record
May 5th - 1st large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam
May 6th - Lawry & Simpson complete opening stand of 382 against W Indies
May 7th - WAOW TV channel 9 in Wausau, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
May 8th - 1st shut put over 70' (Randy Matson 70' 7")
May 9th - Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert
May 9th - Luna 5 launched (USSR) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails)
May 11th - "Flora, the Red Menace" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 87 performances
May 11th - 1st of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India)
May 11th - Bangladesh windstorm kills 17,000
May 11th - Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument
May 11th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
May 11th - West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
May 12th - Israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations
May 13th - Rolling Stones record "Satisfaction"
May 13th - Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel
May 14th - 2nd Chinese atom bomb explodes
May 14th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
May 15th - 91st Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Tom Rolfe wins in 1:56.2
May 15th - Canadian Football Players Association organizes
May 15th - Igor Vodic beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ
May 16th - "Roar of the Greasepaint" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 232 perfs
May 16th - Balt Oriole Jim Palmer's pitching debut, beats Yankees 7-5 & homers
May 16th - Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam
May 16th - Spaghetti-O's 1st sold
May 16th - Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open
May 16th - WNJU TV channel 47 in NY-Linden, NY (TEL) begins broadcasting
May 16th - The Campbell Soup Company introduces SpaghettiOs under its Franco-American brand.
May 18th - Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek Capt
May 18th - WTAF TV channel 29 in Philadelphia, PA (IND) begins broadcasting
May 19th - Patricia R Harris named 1st US black female ambassador (Luxembourg)
May 19th - West Ham United wins 5th Europe Cup II
May 20th - Pakistani Boeing 720-B crashes at Cairo Egypt, killing 121
May 20th - Yorkshire all out for 23 v Hampshire at Middlesbrough
May 22nd - "Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious" hits #66
May 22nd - Beatles' "Ticket to Ride," single goes #1
May 22nd - Mad Dog Vachon beats Igor Vodic in Omaha, to become NWA champ
May 23rd - Franz Jonas elected president of Austria
May 23rd - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
May 23rd - Pontoon ferry overturned on Shire River Malawi, kills 150
May 24th - Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional
May 25th - Dave Davies of Kinks stumbles & is knocked unconscious on stage
May 25th - India & Pakistan border fights
May 25th - Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
May 25th - Roel van Duyn, Martijn Ananar & Rob Faado align in Provo
May 26th - Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes
May 26th - Revised Intl Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect
May 27th - Inter Milan wins 10th Europe Cup 1 in Milan
May 28th - Fire & explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400
May 29th - Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' HR out of Connie Mack Stadium
May 30th - France performs nuclear test at Ecker Algeria (Underground)
May 30th - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
May 30th - Viet Cong offensive against US base Da Nang, begins
May 30th - Vivian Malone, is 1st black to graduate from University of Alabama
May 31st - Jim Clark becomes 1st foreigner in 49 years to win Indy
Jun 1st - A Penzias & R Wilson detect 3°K primordial background radiation
Jun 1st - coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Japan kills 236
Jun 2nd - 2nd of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India)
Jun 3rd - Gemini 4 launched; 2nd US 2-man flight (McDivitt & White)
Jun 4th - Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"
Jun 5th - "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham & Pharaohs hits #2
Jun 5th - 97th Belmont: John Sellers aboard Hail to All wins in 2:28.6
Jun 5th - Lopez Arellano becomes president of Honduras
Jun 6th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Blue Grass Golf Invitational
Jun 6th - Yankees Tom Tresh bangs 3 consecutive HRs beating White Sox 12-0
Jun 7th - Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits
Jun 7th - Morocco King Hassan suspends constitution, grabs power
Jun 7th - Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder, priced at $995
Jun 7th - Supreme Court rules 1879 Ct law ban of contraceptives unconstitutional
Jun 7th - The Supreme Court of the United States decides on Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples.
Jun 8th - A's draft Rick Monday #1
Jun 8th - US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam
Jun 8th - USSR launches Luna 6; missed Moon
Jun 9th - Frenchman, Machal Jazy, runs record mile in 3:53.6
Jun 10th - Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Xoai begins.
Jun 12th - "Bajour" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 232 performances
Jun 12th - "I Had a BaIl" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 199 perfs
Jun 12th - "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St Theater NYC after 540 perfs
Jun 12th - Beatles are awarded MBE
Jun 12th - Morio Shigematsu runs world record marathon (2:12:00)
Jun 12th - Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"
Jun 12th - Sonny & Cher make their 1st TV appearance, "American Bandstand"
Jun 12th - South Vietnam Gen Nguyen Cao Ky succeeds Phan Huy Quat as premier
Jun 12th - Big Bang theory of creation of universe is supported by announcement of discovery of new celestial bodies know as blue galaxies
Jun 13th - 19th Tony Awards: Subject Was Roses & Fiddler on the Roof win
Jun 13th - Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Western Golf Open
Jun 14th - Beatles release album "Beatles VI"
Jun 14th - Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney no-hits NY Mets but loses in 11, 1-0
Jun 14th - John Lennon's 2nd book "A Spaniard in the Works" is published
Jun 15th - Bob Dylan records "Like a Rolling Stone"
Jun 15th - Denny McLain in relief strikesout 1st 7 batters faced & record 14 in 6 2/3 innings, Bill Freehan ties catcher record of 19 putouts
Jun 15th - South Africa begins economic boycott of Dutch products
Jun 17th - 11.08" (28.14 cm) of rainfall, Holly, Colorado (state 24-hour record)
Jun 17th - 1st bombing by B-52 (50 km north of Saigon)

Famous Birthdays

Results 201 - 300 of 1,057

Mar 7th - Steve Beuerlein, NFL quarterback (Jacksonville Jaguars, Car Panthers)
Mar 7th - [Willie] Flipper Anderson, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
Mar 7th - Jack Armstrong, American baseball player
Mar 8th - Kenny Smith, NBA guard (Houston Rockets)
Mar 8th - Fátima Lopes, Portuguese fashion designer
Mar 9th - Benito Santiago, Ponce Puerto Rico, catcher (Phila Phillies)
Mar 9th - Brian Bosworth, NFL quarterback (Seattle)
Mar 10th - Paul Masotti, CFL receiver (Toronto Argonauts)
Mar 10th - Rod Woodson, NFL cornerback/kick returner (Pitts Steelers, SF 49ers)
Mar 10th - Rod Woodson, American football player
Mar 11th - Eric Jelen, West Germany, tennis star
Mar 11th - Jesse Jackson, Jr., American politician
Mar 11th - Wallace Langham, American actor
Mar 11th - Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, British television presenter
Mar 12th - Fran Harris, WNBA guard (Houston Comets)
Mar 12th - Molly Van Nostrand, West lslip NY, tennis star
Mar 12th - Randy Dixon, NFL guard (Indianapolis Colts)
Mar 12th - Steve Finley, Union City TN, outfielder (San Diego Padres)
Mar 12th - Shawn Gilbert, American baseball player
Mar 12th - Steve Levy, American sports journalist
Mar 12th - Liza Umarova, Chechen torch singer
Mar 14th - John Stephenson, cricketer (Engld opening bat in one Test v Aust 1989)
Mar 14th - Kevin Brown, Mcintyre GA, pitcher (Florida Marlins)
Mar 14th - Catherine Dent, American actress
Mar 14th - Aamir Khan, Indian actor
Mar 14th - Kiana Tom, American fitness guru and model
Mar 14th - Kevin Williamson, American screenwriter
Mar 15th - Marianne Morris, Middletown OH, LPGA golfer (1995 McDonald's LPGA-3rd)
Mar 16th - Cindy Brown, US, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1988)
Mar 16th - Belén Rueda, Spanish actress
Mar 17th - Andrew Hudson, South African cricket player
Mar 17th - Caitlin Bilodeaux, Boston Mass, US fencer (Olympic-92)
Mar 17th - John Smiley, Phoenixville PA, pitcher (Cin Reds)
Mar 18th - Geronimo Berroa, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, outfielder (Oakland A's)
Mar 18th - Jeff Labarr, rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station)
Mar 18th - Yoriko Douguchi, Japanese actress
Mar 18th - Birgit Clarius, German heptathlete
Mar 20th - Chris Hoiles, Bowling Green OH, catcher (Baltimore Orioles)
Mar 20th - Danielle Woodward, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
Mar 21st - Xavier Bertrand, French politician
Mar 22nd - Emma Wray, English actress
Mar 23rd - Dante Jones, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos)
Mar 23rd - Daren Puppa, Kirkland Lake, NHL goalie (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Mar 23rd - Richard Grieco, Waterton NY, actor (21 Jump Street, Booker)
Mar 23rd - Wayne Presley, Detroit, NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Mar 23rd - Gary Whitehead, American poet
Mar 24th - Angela Zuckerman, St Louis Mo, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
Mar 24th - Ben Torriero, WLAF running back (Scottish Claymores)
Mar 24th - Jeff Reese, Brantford, NHL goalie (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Mar 24th - Marian Vajda, Czech, tennis star
Mar 24th - Peter Jacobson, American actor
Mar 24th - Gurmit Singh, Singaporean actor
Mar 24th - The Undertaker, American professional wrestler
Mar 25th - Avery Johnson, NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs)
Mar 25th - Sarah Jessica Parker, Nelsonville Oh, actress (Square Pegs, LA Story)
Mar 25th - Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton, DJ (Hangin' With Hollywood, Z-100)
Mar 28th - Jeff Beukeboom, Ajax, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
Mar 28th - Steve Bull, English footballer
Mar 29th - Emilios T. Harlaftis, Greek astrophysicist (d. 2005)
Mar 29th - William Oefelein, American Astronaut
Mar 29th - Voula Patoulidou, Greek athlete
Mar 30th - Karel Novacek, Prostejov Czech, tennis star (1994 Hilversum)
Mar 30th - Piers Morgan, editor (Daily Mirror)
Mar 31st - Marlon Vonhagt, cricketer (1 ODI Sri Lanka 1984-85 World Series Cup)
Mar 31st - Patty Fendick, Sacramento Calif, tennis star (1989 Auckland)
Mar 31st - Tom Barrasso, Boston, NHL goalie (Pitts Penguins)
Mar 31st - William McNamara, Dallas TX, actor (Texasville, Beat, Stealing Home)
Mar 31st - Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (d. 2006)
Apr 1st - John "Jumbo" Elliot, NFL tackle (NY Giants, NY Jets)
Apr 1st - Mark Jackson, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers)
Apr 1st - Robert Steadman, English composer
Apr 2nd - Rodney King, Sacramento Calif, black motorist beaten by LA cops
Apr 3rd - Nazia Hassan, South Asian pop singer (d.2000)
Apr 4th - Black Francis, [Charles Thompson], US singer/songwriter (Pixies)
Apr 4th - Robert Downey Jr, NYC, comedian (SNL, Less than Zero, Back to School)
Apr 4th - Tony Burse, CFL fullback (Edmonton Eskimos)
Apr 4th - Zwart Francis, [Charles Thompson], US singer/songwriter (Pixies)
Apr 5th - Cris Carpenter, American baseball player
Apr 6th - Gerald Diduck, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
Apr 6th - Rica Reinisch, German DR, 100m/200m backstroke (Olympic-gold-1980)
Apr 6th - Virginia Lee, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
Apr 6th - Lieve Slegers, Belgian athlete
Apr 7th - Alexander Mronz, Cologne Germany, tennis star
Apr 7th - Kaushik Amalean, cricketer (two Tests for Sri Lanka 1986-88)
Apr 7th - Bill Bellamy, American actor and comedian
Apr 7th - Alison Lapper, British artist
Apr 9th - Hal Morris, Fort Rucker Alabama, infielder (Cin Reds)
Apr 9th - Helen Alfredsson, Goteborg Sweden, LPGA golfer (1993 Dinah Shore)
Apr 9th - Paolo Cane, Itaty, tennis star
Apr 9th - Paulina Porizkova, Prostejov Czech, model (Playboy-Aug 87)
Apr 9th - Jeff Zucker, American television executive
Apr 9th - Jay Wesley Neill, American convicted murderer (d. 2002)
Apr 9th - Mark Pellegrino, American actor
Apr 10th - Karen Booker, WNBA center (Utah Starzz)
Apr 10th - Tim "Herb" Alexander, US funk metal drummer (Primus-Prok soda)
Apr 10th - Tim Alexander, American musician
Apr 12th - Elaine Zayak, NJ, figure skater (Olympics-6th-1984)
Apr 12th - Tom O'Brien, American actor-producer
Apr 13th - Quinn Early, NFL wide receiver (NO Saints, Buffalo Bills)
Apr 13th - Patricio Pouchulu, Argentinean architect

Famous Deaths

Results 201 - 272 of 272

Sep 10th - Bobby Jordan, actor (Dead End Kids), dies of sclerosis of liver at 42
Sep 10th - Father Divine, American religious leader (b. 1880)
Sep 11th - Ralph C. Smedley, Founder of Toastmasters International (b. 1878)
Sep 13th - Jean B. Fletcher, American architect (b. 1915)
Sep 14th - Jack Hearne, cricketer (806 runs in 24 Tests for England), dies
Sep 15th - Steve Brown, American musician (b. 1890)
Sep 16th - Ahn Eak-tai, Korean musician, composer, and conductor (b. 1906)
Sep 26th - Clara Bow, actress (It, Red Hair, Wings), dies of heart attack at 59
Sep 26th - Otto Nothling, cricketer (did next to nothling in Aust), dies
Sep 26th - James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer (b. 1898)
Sep 27th - Clara Bow, US actress, (Down to the Sea in Ships, Wings), dies at 60
Sep 27th - Harry Reser, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 69
Sep 28th - Eddie Gribbon, actor (Keystone Kops), dies after long illness
Sep 30th - E[dward] E[lmer] "Doc" Smith, sci-fi author (Triplanetary), dies at 75
Oct 1st - Edward E "Doc" Smith, US, sci-fi writer (Subspace encounter), dies
Oct 1st - Gareth Hughes, actor (Midnight Girl), dies at 71
Oct 2nd - [John] Selwyn (Brooke) Lloyd, British statesman, dies
Oct 3rd - Zachary Scott, US actor, (Southerner, Flame of Islands), dies at 51
Oct 5th - Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, composer, dies at 79
Oct 6th - Georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish sculptor/painter, dies at 78
Oct 10th - Georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov, composer, dies at 63
Oct 11th - Dorothea Lange, American photographer (b. 1895)
Oct 11th - Walther Stampfli, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1884)
Oct 13th - Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948), dies at 66
Oct 15th - Carl Hoff, orch leader (Music Hall), dies at 60
Oct 17th - Barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies
Oct 18th - Frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73
Oct 18th - Henry Travers, actor (Bells of St Mary, High Sierra), dies at 91
Oct 21st - Bill Black, rocker, dies at 39
Oct 21st - Marie McDonald, singer/actress (Promises Promises), dies of OD at 42
Oct 22nd - Dipa Nusantara Aidit, Indonesian leader (PKI 1951-65), murdered at 42
Oct 22nd - Paul Tillich, German/US Theologist (Courage To Be), dies
Oct 26th - Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (b. 1949)
Oct 27th - French Luitjes, Dutch athlete, dies at 21
Oct 28th - Ben Barka, Moroccan opposition leader, kidnapped & murdered in Paris
Oct 28th - Earl Bostic, American saxophonist (b. 1913)
Oct 29th - Mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris
Oct 31st - Rita Johnson, actress (All Mine to Give), dies at 53
Nov 4th - Krsto Odak, composer, dies at 77
Nov 6th - Clarence Williams, composer, dies at 67
Nov 6th - Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varese, composer, dies at 81
Nov 7th - Friedrich Wildgans, composer, dies at 52
Nov 8th - Dorothy Kilgallen, American newspaper columnist (b. 1913)
Nov 11th - Gaston Glass, actor (Opening Your Eyes), dies after long illness at 65
Nov 12th - Syedna Taher Saifuddin, Bohra Spiritual Leader (b. 1888)
Nov 14th - George Bissett, cricketer (25 wickets in 4 Tests for S Africa), dies
Nov 14th - Russell Collins, actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), dies at 68
Nov 16th - Alexander King, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 66
Nov 18th - Henry A Wallace, VP (1941-45)/founder (Progressive Party), dies at 77
Nov 23rd - Franc Debenham, Australian geographer/geologer, dies at 81
Nov 24th - Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1895)
Nov 25th - Dame Myra Hess, British pianist (b. 1890)
Nov 26th - Wild Bill Elliott, cowboy actor (49'ers), dies of cancer at 60
Nov 27th - Carl Parrish, composer, dies at 61
Nov 27th - Harry Harvey Sr, actor (It's a Man's World), dies at 64
Dec 2nd - The Rajkumar of Vizianagram, cricketer (Indian Test capt 1936), dies
Dec 5th - Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1874)
Dec 6th - Alberto Vaccari, Italian jesuit/old testament scholar, dies at 90
Dec 9th - Branch Rickey, American baseball executive (b. 1884)
Dec 10th - Henry (Dixon) Cowell, US pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68
Dec 12th - Johnny Lee, actor (Calhoun-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 67
Dec 14th - Hermann Sandby, composer, dies at 84
Dec 16th - William Somerset Maugham, English author (Razor's Edge), dies at 91
Dec 17th - Tito [Raffaele A] Schipa, Italian tenor/composer (Rondine), dies at 76
Dec 20th - Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt, German anthropologist, dies at 73
Dec 21st - Claude Adonai Champagne, composer, dies at 74
Dec 22nd - Al Ritz, actor (Gorilla, Hi Ya Chum), dies at 62
Dec 22nd - Richard Dimbleby, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1913)
Dec 24th - William M. Branham, Christian minister (b. 1906)
Dec 26th - Anthonie Donker, Dutch [Prof N Donkersloot], literary, dies at 63
Dec 27th - Edgar Ende, German painter (b. 1901)
Dec 29th - Kusaku Yamada, composer, dies at 79