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Historical Events

Results 1 - 63 of 63

1st - 80th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: M Santana beats D Ralston (64 11-9 64)
1st - Construction crews begin tearing up Market St to build BART
1st - Explorer 33 launched
1st - Medicare goes into effect
1st - VVV soccer team forms in Venlo
1st - The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
2nd - 1st France nuclear explosion on Mururoa atoll
2nd - 73rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Frasier (63 36 61)
2nd - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
3rd - 21st US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Spuzich
3rd - Brave pitcher Tony Cloninger, is 1st NL to hit 2 grand slams in a game
3rd - Race riots in Omaha Nebraska
4th - Beatles attacked in Philippines after insulting Imelda Marcos
4th - LBJ signs Freedom of Information Act
5th - NYC transit fare rises from 15 cents to 20 cents
5th - National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting
5th - Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy
6th - Malawi becomes a republic, Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda becomes pres
8th - US airline strike (until Aug 19th)
8th - King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
9th - 95th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 282 at Muirfield Gullane
10th - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Invitational
10th - US launches Orbiter 1 to the Moon
12th - 10.51" (26.70 cm) of rainfall, Sandusky Ohio (state record)
12th - 37th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 10 at Busch Stad, St Louis
12th - All star MVP: Brooks Robinson (Balt Orioles)
12th - Race riot in Chicago
12th - US Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver bullion price at Philadelphia & Denver mints
13th - Richard Speck, murders 8 nurses in Chicago
14th - Richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory
16th - "Half a Sixpence" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 512 perfs
17th - "It's a Bird... It's Superman" closes at Alvin NYC after 129 perfs
17th - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
17th - Indians set club record by hitting 7 HR in 15-2 win over Detroit
17th - Jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3)
17th - Pioneer 7 launched
18th - Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old
18th - Gemini 10 launched (John Young & Michael Collins)
19th - 50 year old Frank Sinatra marries 21 year old Mia Farrow in Las Vegas
19th - France performs nuclear Test at Fangataufa Island
19th - Gov James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland (race riot)
21st - Gemini X returns to Earth
21st - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
23rd - Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens
23rd - John Pennel pole vaults record (5.34 m)
23rd - Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!"
24th - 48th PGA Championship: Al Geiberger shoots a 280 at Firestone CC Akron
24th - Gloria Ehret/Judy Kimball wins LPGA Yankee Women's Golf Open
25th - Brian Jones final perfomance as a Rolling Stone
25th - Eric Clapton records guitar tracks for Harrison's "While My Guitar..."
25th - Mao Tse Tung swims Yangtse River
25th - Supremes release "You Can't Hurry Love"
25th - Yankee manager Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame
26th - WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, NH (NBC) begins broadcasting
26th - Lord Gardiner issues the Practice Statement in the House of Lords stating that the House is not bound to follow its own previous precedent.
29th - Bob Dylan hurt in motorcycle accident near Woodstock NY
29th - Nigerians chief of staff Jakubu Gowon makes coup
30th - Beatles' "Yesterday... & Today," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
30th - England beats West Germany 4-2 for soccer's 8th World Cup in London
30th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Supertest Ladies Golf Open
30th - US airplanes bombs demilitarized zone in Vietnam
31st - Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark
31st - Charles Whitman wounds 46 & kills 5 at University of Texas

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 79 of 79

1st - Eric Ball, NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)
1st - Larisa Savchenko, Neiland Latvia, tennis star
1st - Patrick McEnroe, Manhasset NY, tennis star
1st - Shawn Burr, Sarnia, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1st - Simon Arkell, Australian pole vaulter (Olympics-17th-92, 96)
1st - Enrico Annoni, Italian footballer
2nd - Blaise Rhodes, Berwyn Heights MD, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
2nd - Tim Spehr, Excelsior Springs MO, catcher (Montreal Expos)
3rd - Moises Alou, Atlanta GA, outfielder (Montreal Expos)
3rd - Neil O'Donnell, NFL quarterback (Pitts Steelers)
4th - Adrian Caldwell, NBA forward/center (Indiana Pacers)
4th - Lee Reherman, American actor
5th - Kathryn Erbe, American actress
5th - Susannah Doyle, British actress
5th - Gianfranco Zola, Italian footballer
6th - Brian Posehn, American actor
7th - Hector Burba, Dayton OH, pitcher (Cin Reds)
7th - Jeff Shaw, Washington Ohio, pitcher (Cin Reds)
7th - Jim Gaffigan, American comedian
7th - Gundula Krause, German folk violinist
7th - Neil Tobin, American magician
9th - Pamela Adlon, American voice actress
10th - Alvoid Mays, NFL cornerback (Pitts Steelers)
10th - Johnny Grunge, wrestler (d. 2006)
11th - Butch Reid, horse trainer
11th - Debbe Dunning, Burbank CA, actress (Tool Time Girl-Home Improvement)
11th - Mel Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim-Coming to America)
11th - Rod Strickland, NBA guard (Portland Trail Blazers, Wash Wizards)
11th - Greg Grunberg, American actor
11th - Mick Molloy, Australian comedian
12th - Allegra Curtis, London, model/daughter of Christine Kaufmann
12th - Annabel Croft, England, tennis star
12th - Peter Shorts, CFL tackle (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
13th - Myong Hui Choe, North Korea, gymnist (Olympic-1980)
13th - Gerald Levert, American singer (d. 2006)
14th - D J Johnson, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
14th - Matthew Fox, Crowheart Wyo, actor (Party of 5, Fredhman Dorm)
14th - Tayna Donelly, rocker (Belly)
14th - Ellen Reid, Canadian musician (Crash Test Dummies)
14th - Brian Selznick, American author and illustrator
15th - Irene Jacob, actress (Red, Othello)
15th - Kristoff St John, NYC, actor (Adam-Generations, Young & Restless)
15th - Rickey Foggie, CFL quarterback (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
16th - Bonnie Bright, Redondo Beach CA, WPVA volleyballer (Hermosa-17th-)
16th - Chip Lohmiller, NFL kicker (NO Saints)
16th - Jyrki Lumme, Tampere Fin, NHL defenseman (Canucks, Finland Oly-B-98)
16th - Warren Sallenback, South Surrey BC, cyclist (Olympics-96)
16th - Johnny Vaughan, English writer and broadcaster
17th - Michael John Bradley, Largo FL, PGA golfer (1993 Kemper Open-3rd)
17th - Sten Tolgfors, Swedish politician
18th - Dan[iel Dion] O'Brien, Portland Oregon, decathelete (Olympic-gold-96)
19th - David Segui, KC KS, infielder (Montreal Expos)
19th - Kate Rogerson, Pitts PA, LPGA golfer (1990 Circle K LPGA Tucson-2nd)
19th - Nancy Walls, American actress
20th - Beth Coats, Albuquerque NM, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
20th - Carlo L'Ami, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
20th - Mike Pero, Picton Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 CPGA Winter)
20th - Tracey Mcfarlane, US breaststroke swimmer (US record 100m)
21st - Larisa Neiland, Lvov Ukraine, tennis star (1996 Essen winner)
21st - Arija Bareikis, American actress
22nd - Anna Wood, Roeumond Neth, Dutch/Australian canoeist (Olympics-88, 96)
22nd - Daniel Nowak, Schwennigen GER, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
22nd - Tim Brown, NFL wide receiver (Oakland Raiders)
23rd - Micheal Williams, NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves)
24th - Martin Keown, English footballer
25th - Elke Jeinsen, Hanover Germany, playmate (May, 1993)
25th - Maureen Herman, American bassist
25th - Lynda Lemay, French Canadian singer
25th - Christine C. Quinn, American politician
27th - Al Charron, Rugby Union forward (Canada)
28th - Shikao Suga, Japanese singer/songwriter
29th - Jeff Herrod, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
29th - Martina McBride, country singer
29th - Sally Gunnell, 400m hurdler, (Olympic-gold-92)
29th - Richard Steven Horvitz, American comic voiceactor
31st - Dean Cain, Mt Clemens Michigan, actor (Clark-Lois & Clark)
31st - Julie Forbes, Torphins Scotland, golfer (Aberdeenshire champ 1989)
31st - Marina V A Mowatt, [Ogilvy], daughter of English princess Alexandra
31st - Tylin John, Encino CA, playmate (Mar, 1992)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 25 of 25

2nd - Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (b. 1900)
3rd - Andre Gailhard, composer, dies at 81
3rd - Cornelis "Kees" Boeke, theorist, dies at 81
3rd - Joseph Deems Taylor, composer, dies at 80
5th - George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
6th - Anne Nagel, dies of cancer at 50
6th - Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1892)
7th - Carmelita Geraghty, dies of heart attack at 65
11th - Delmore Schwartz, US poet/critic (Shenandoah), dies at 52
12th - D T Suzuki, Zen Buddhism scholar, dies in Tokyo Japan at 96
14th - Julie Manet, French painter (b. 1878)
17th - August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi-suite), dies at 71
18th - Bobby Fuller, rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead at 22
18th - German Germanovich Galinin, composer, dies at 44
20th - Julien Carette, dies of burns at 68
21st - Eugeen Calleen, Flemish sculptor, dies at 83
23rd - Donald Novis, singer/actor (Pajama Game), dies at 60
23rd - Douglass Montgomery, actor (Forbidden, Daybreak), dies at 56
23rd - [Edward] Montgomery Clift, actor (From Here to Eternity), dies at 45
24th - Tony Lema, US golfer, dies at 32
25th - Frank O'Hara, writer, dies at 40
25th - Montgomery Clift, movie actor (From Here to Eternity), dies
29th - Pal Jardanyi, composer, dies at 44
30th - Edward G Craig, English actor/dir (On Art of Theatre), dies at 94
31st - Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, dies at 87