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Historical Events

Results 1 - 60 of 60

1st - Ba'ath-party takes power in Syria
1st - Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus)
2nd - 215,000 US soldiers in Vietnam
3rd - Buffalo Springfield form (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al)
3rd - James Goldman's "Lion in Winter," premieres in NYC
3rd - Kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinee
3rd - Rock group Buffalo Springfield forms
3rd - Twister hits Jackson Miss; 3 minutes after 1st sighting, 57 die
3rd - WRFT (now WVFT) TV channel 27 in Roanoke, VA (IND) begins broadcasting
4th - Canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing at Tokyo, 64 die
4th - John Lennon, says "We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus"
4th - North Sea Gas was 1st pumped ashore by BP
5th - 75 MPH air currents causes BOAC 707 crash into Mount Fuji, 124 die
5th - Bob Seagren pole vaults 5.19m indoor world record
5th - Player reps elect Marvin Miller, as exec dir of Players' Assn
5th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
6th - Barry Sadlers' "Ballad of the Green Berets" becomes #1 (13 weeks)
7th - "Wait A Minim!" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 457 performances
7th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
8th - "Golden Boy" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 569 performances
8th - An IRA bomb destroyed Nelson's Column in Dublin
8th - Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame
9th - Andrew Brimmer becomes 1st black governor of Federal Reserve Board
10th - 5 time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires
10th - Dutch crown princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg
10th - North Vietnamese capture US Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley
11th - Military coup led by Indonesian Gen Suharto breaks out
11th - A fire at two ski resorts in Numata, Japan kills 31 people.
12th - Bobby Hull's 51st goal of season, sets record
12th - Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins)
12th - Love's 1st album released "Love"
12th - Pioneer Plaza dedicated
12th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
13th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lagunita Golf Invitational
15th - 8th Grammy Awards: Taste of Honey, Tom Jones, Sintra & Striesand
15th - Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles
16th - Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong & Scott, aborted after 6.5 orbits
16th - Man From Uncle star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London
17th - South Africa govt bans Defense & Aid Fund
17th - US sub locates missing H-bomb in Mediterranean
18th - "Pousse Cafe" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 3 performances
18th - General Suharto forms government in Indonesia
18th - Scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1
19th - "Pousse Cafe" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 3 performances
19th - 28th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Texas Western beats Ky 72-65
19th - Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants begins
20th - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open
21st - Supreme Court reverses Mass ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene
23rd - 1st official meeting after 400 years of Catholic & Anglican Church
24th - Selective Service announces college deferments based on performance
25th - US Supreme court rules "poll tax" unconstitutional
25th - Beatles pose with mutilated dolls & butchered meat for the cover of the "Yesterday & Today" album, It is later pulled
27th - Anit Vietnam war demonstrations in US, Europe & Australia
27th - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Louise Suggs Delray Beach Golf Invitational
29th - "It's a Bird... It's Superman" opens at Alvin NYC for 129 perfs
29th - Muhammad Ali beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
30th - Barbra Streisand stars on "Color Me Barbra" special on CBS
31st - 25,000 anti war demonstrators march in NYC
31st - Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
31st - USSR launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 100 of 110

1st - Clinton Gregory, singer
1st - John David Cullum, actor (1776, Sweet Country, Day After)
1st - Luis Sojo, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Seattle Mariners)
1st - Steve Reed, LA Calif, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
2nd - Judith Wiesner, Hallein Austria, tennis star (1994 Schenectady)
2nd - Stevie Rachelle, rock vocalist (Tuff-What Comes Around Goes Around)
3rd - Claus Boekweg, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen, FC Zwolle)
3rd - Dmitri Volkov, Russian swimmer (world record)
3rd - Ellen Minzner, Lawrence Mass, rower (Olympics-96)
3rd - Gary Parker, WLAF kicker (Scotland Claymores)
3rd - Hope Marie Carlton, Riverhead NY, playmate (July, 1985)
3rd - Noelle Daghe, Decatur IL, LPGA golfer (1994 PING-Cellular One-21st)
3rd - Tone-Loc, [Anthony Terrell Smith], LA Calif, rocker (Let's Do It)
3rd - Wendy Fletcher, Boston Mass, WPVA volleyballer (National-5th-1993)
3rd - Fernando Colunga, Mexican actor
3rd - Timo Tolkki, Finnish musician (Stratovarius)
4th - Kevin Johnson, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns)
4th - Mike Small, Aurora Illinois, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Emerald Coast)
4th - Patrick Hannan, English pop drummer (Sundays-Can't Be Sure)
4th - Steve Bastoni, Italian Australian actor
4th - Dav Pilkey, American author
4th - Grand Puba, American rapper
4th - Wash West, English gay porn film director
5th - Greg Clark, CFL linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
5th - Michael Irvin, NFL wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)
5th - Tracy Kerdyk, Coral Gables FL, LPGA golfer (1995 JAL Big Apple)
5th - Bob Halkidis, Canadian hockey player
5th - Aasif Mandvi, Indian-born American actor and comedian
6th - Cliff Meidl, Redondon Beach Calif, sprint kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
6th - Michelle Edwards, WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers)
6th - Alan Davies, British comedian and actor
7th - Jeff Feagles, NFL punter (Arizona Cardinals)
7th - Mel Rojas, Haina Dom Rep, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
7th - Terry Carkner, Smiths Falls, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
7th - Joy Tanner, American actress
8th - Elliot Boult, Blenheim NZ, Australasia golfer
8th - Holly Ann Salo, Keani Alaska, Miss Alaska-America (1991)
8th - Laura McCabe, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
9th - Juliette Binoche, Paris France, actress (Unbearable Lightness)
9th - Louis Oliver, NFL safety (Miami Dolphins)
9th - Brendan Canty, American musician (Fugazi)
9th - Tony Lockett, Australian Rules Footballer
9th - Michael Patrick MacDonald, American memorist
10th - Edie Brickell, Mrs Paul Simon/rocker (& New Bohemians)
10th - Michael Timlin, Midland TX, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
10th - Stephen Mailer, NYC, actor (Red Meat, League of Their Own, War & Love)
10th - Gráinne Mulvey, Irish composer
11th - Pavel Petrovich Mukhortov, Russian cosmonaut
11th - Ralph Tamm, NFL guard/center (Denver Broncos, KC Chiefs)
11th - Steve Reed, LA Calif, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
12th - Alecia Stephenson, North Vancouver BC, softball ss (Olympics-96)
12th - Erich Fischer, Dinuba CA, US Olympic water polo foward (Olympic-92)
12th - Grant Long, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks)
12th - John Thompson III, NCAA Basketball Head Coach
13th - Akira Nogami, wrestler (NJPW)
13th - Tine Scheuer-Larsen, Denmark, tennis star
14th - Darcy Wakaluk, Pincher Creek, NHL goalie (Dallas Stars)
14th - Tertius Bosch, cricketer (South African pace bowler 1992)
14th - Elise Neal, American actress
15th - Chris Bruno, actor (Michael-All My Children, Dennis-Another World)
15th - Karen Weiss, St Paul MN, LPGA golfer (1995 Chick-fil-A Charity-7th)
16th - Brad Bergen, PA Sask, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
16th - Catarina Pollini, WNBA forward (Houston Comets)
16th - David Nascimento, soccer player (Roda JC/FC Utrecht)
16th - Rodney Peete, NFL quarterback (Phila Eagles)
17th - Andrew Hudson, cricketer (South Africa, 163 on debut vs WI 1992)
17th - Jeremy Sheffield, English actor
18th - Jerry Cantrell, US rock guitarist (Alice in Chains-Dirt)
18th - Daniel S. Nevins, American rabbi
19th - Paul Devenport, New Zealand, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Texas Tour)
19th - Andy Sinton, English footballer
19th - James "Big Jim" Wright, American record producer
20th - Blas Minor, Merced CA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
20th - Giulio Caravatta, CFL quarterback (BC Lions)
20th - Alka Yagnik, Indian singer
21st - Al Iafrate, Dearborn Mich, NHL defenseman (San Jose Sharks)
21st - Karen Lunn, Cowra Australia, LPGA golfer (1993 Women's British Open)
21st - Matthew Maynard, cricketer (big hitting Glamorgan & England player)
22nd - Brad Edwards, NFL safety (Atlanta Falcons)
22nd - Brian Shaw, NBA guard (Orlando Magic, SF Warriors)
22nd - Sean Berry, Santa Monica CA, infielder (Houston Astros)
22nd - Todd Ewen, Saskatoon, NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
22nd - Yahya Ayyash, militant
22nd - Artis Pabriks, Latvian politician
23rd - James Saxon, NFL fullback (Phila Eagles)
23rd - Marti Pellow, rocker (Wet, Wet, Wet-Wishing I Was)
23rd - Mike Remlinger, Middletown NY, pitcher (Cin Reds)
24th - Penny Toler, WNBA guard (LA Sparks)
24th - Tatjana Patitz, Hamburg German FR, model/actress (Rising Sun)
25th - David Hohl, Winnipeg Manitoba, freestyle wrestler (Olympics-9-92, 96)
25th - Jeff Cross, NFL defensive end (Miami Dolphins)
25th - Jeff Healey, Canada, blind pop guitarist (See the Light)
25th - Tom Glavine, Concord MA, pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Cy Young 1991)
25th - Anton Rogan, Irish footballer
26th - Lee Porter, Greensboro NC, Nike golfer (1992 Texarkana Open-5th)
26th - Mike Remlinger, Middletown NY, pitcher (Cin Reds)
26th - Wesley Walls, NFL tight end (NO Saints)
26th - Michael Imperioli, American actor
27th - Kate Donahoo, Las Vegas NV, US judoka (Olympic-92)
28th - Jason Garrett, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 21 of 21

1st - Fritz Houtermans, German physicist (b. 1903)
3rd - Alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52
3rd - William Frawley, actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy), dies at 89
4th - Janis Medins, composer, dies at 75
5th - Anna Achmatova, Ukrainian poet, dies at 76
5th - Enrique E Ecker, Curacaos/US bacteriologist, dies at 79
6th - Richard Hageman, composer, dies at 83
9th - Pablo Birger, Argentine racing driver (b. 1924)
10th - Frederik "Frits" Zernike, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1953), dies at 77
10th - Mari Sandoz, US author (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 64
12th - Estelita Rodriguez, actor (Golden Stallion, Susanna Pass), dies at 37
15th - Abe Saperstein, founder (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 63
15th - Heinrich Lemacher, composer, dies at 74
17th - Walter Lang, composer, dies at 69
23rd - Johannes W Elsensohn, Dutch actor/writer (Arie), dies at 82
25th - Colin Campbell, actor (Leather Boys), dies at 83
27th - Mien Labberton, Dutch poet, dies at 82
29th - Harry Daugherty, trombonist (Spike Jones & City Slickers), dies at 50
30th - Erwin Piscator, German director (Plebeians test rebellion), dies at 72
30th - Maxfield Parrish, US painter, dies at 95
30th - Newbold Morris, American politician (b. 1902)