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Historical Events

Results 301 - 400 of 639

Jun 24th - Period of relative peace following WW II exceeds that following WW I
Jun 25th - Beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
Jun 25th - Dmitri Shostakovitch's 13th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
Jun 25th - Kosmos 122, 1st Soviet weather satellite, launched
Jun 26th - "Time for Singing" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 41 perfs
Jun 26th - Carol Mann wins LPGA Waterloo Women's Golf Open Invitational
Jun 26th - Kanton Bazel leads female suffrage in Switzerland
Jun 27th - 1st sci-fi soap opera, "Dark Shadows," premieres on ABC-TV
Jun 27th - 4th Mayor's Trophy Game; Yanks beat Mets 5-2
Jun 28th - Ernie Terrel beats Doug Jones in 15 wba for heavyweight boxing title
Jun 29th - In the Vietnam War, US planes bombed Hanoi & Haiphong for 1st time
Jun 29th - KBSC (now KVEA) TV channel 52 in Corona-Los Angeles, CA begins
Jun 29th - US bombs fuel storage facilities near N Vietnamese cities
Jun 30th - Beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour
Jun 30th - Leopoldville Congo is renamed Kinshasa
Jun 30th - Richath Helms, promoted from deputy director to 8th director of CIA
Jun 30th - Test cricket debut of Derek Underwood, v WI Trent Bridge, wicketless
Jun 30th - Vice Adm William F Raborn Jr, USN, ends term as 7th director of CIA
Jul 1st - 80th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: M Santana beats D Ralston (64 11-9 64)
Jul 1st - Construction crews begin tearing up Market St to build BART
Jul 1st - Explorer 33 launched
Jul 1st - Medicare goes into effect
Jul 1st - VVV soccer team forms in Venlo
Jul 1st - The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
Jul 2nd - 1st France nuclear explosion on Mururoa atoll
Jul 2nd - 73rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Frasier (63 36 61)
Jul 2nd - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
Jul 3rd - 21st US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Spuzich
Jul 3rd - Brave pitcher Tony Cloninger, is 1st NL to hit 2 grand slams in a game
Jul 3rd - Race riots in Omaha Nebraska
Jul 4th - Beatles attacked in Philippines after insulting Imelda Marcos
Jul 4th - LBJ signs Freedom of Information Act
Jul 5th - NYC transit fare rises from 15 cents to 20 cents
Jul 5th - National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting
Jul 5th - Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy
Jul 6th - Malawi becomes a republic, Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda becomes pres
Jul 8th - US airline strike (until Aug 19th)
Jul 8th - King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
Jul 9th - 95th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 282 at Muirfield Gullane
Jul 10th - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Invitational
Jul 10th - US launches Orbiter 1 to the Moon
Jul 12th - 10.51" (26.70 cm) of rainfall, Sandusky Ohio (state record)
Jul 12th - 37th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 10 at Busch Stad, St Louis
Jul 12th - All star MVP: Brooks Robinson (Balt Orioles)
Jul 12th - Race riot in Chicago
Jul 12th - US Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver bullion price at Philadelphia & Denver mints
Jul 13th - Richard Speck, murders 8 nurses in Chicago
Jul 14th - Richard Speck rapes & kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory
Jul 16th - "Half a Sixpence" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 512 perfs
Jul 17th - "It's a Bird... It's Superman" closes at Alvin NYC after 129 perfs
Jul 17th - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
Jul 17th - Indians set club record by hitting 7 HR in 15-2 win over Detroit
Jul 17th - Jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3)
Jul 17th - Pioneer 7 launched
Jul 18th - Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old
Jul 18th - Gemini 10 launched (John Young & Michael Collins)
Jul 19th - 50 year old Frank Sinatra marries 21 year old Mia Farrow in Las Vegas
Jul 19th - France performs nuclear Test at Fangataufa Island
Jul 19th - Gov James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland (race riot)
Jul 21st - Gemini X returns to Earth
Jul 21st - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Jul 23rd - Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens
Jul 23rd - John Pennel pole vaults record (5.34 m)
Jul 23rd - Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!"
Jul 24th - 48th PGA Championship: Al Geiberger shoots a 280 at Firestone CC Akron
Jul 24th - Gloria Ehret/Judy Kimball wins LPGA Yankee Women's Golf Open
Jul 25th - Brian Jones final perfomance as a Rolling Stone
Jul 25th - Eric Clapton records guitar tracks for Harrison's "While My Guitar..."
Jul 25th - Mao Tse Tung swims Yangtse River
Jul 25th - Supremes release "You Can't Hurry Love"
Jul 25th - Yankee manager Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame
Jul 26th - WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, NH (NBC) begins broadcasting
Jul 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.
Jul 29th - Bob Dylan hurt in motorcycle accident near Woodstock NY
Jul 29th - Nigerians chief of staff Jakubu Gowon makes coup
Jul 30th - Beatles' "Yesterday... & Today," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
Jul 30th - England beats West Germany 4-2 for soccer's 8th World Cup in London
Jul 30th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Supertest Ladies Golf Open
Jul 30th - US airplanes bombs demilitarized zone in Vietnam
Jul 31st - Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark
Jul 31st - Charles Whitman wounds 46 & kills 5 at University of Texas
Aug 1st - Charles Whitman climbs U of Texas tower & shoots 12 dead
Aug 1st - Former marine Charles Whitman kills 13 & wounds 31 at U of Texas
Aug 2nd - Radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting
Aug 3rd - S African govt bans Beatle records
Aug 5th - 33rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 38, All-Stars 0 (72,000)
Aug 5th - Beatle John Lennon says Beatles are more popular than Jesus
Aug 5th - Beatles' "Revolver" album is released
Aug 5th - Jose Torres beats Eddie Cotton to retain light-HW boxing title
Aug 5th - Martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march
Aug 5th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Aug 5th - Beatles release "Revolver" album in US
Aug 5th - Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" & "Eleanor Rigby" in UK
Aug 6th - Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Brian London
Aug 6th - Muhammad Ali KOs Brian London in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
Aug 6th - Salazarbrug over Tag opens (longest suspension bridge of Europe)
Aug 6th - US citizens demonstrate against war in Vietnam
Aug 7th - Race riot in Lansing Michigan
Aug 8th - Beatles' release "Revolver"
Aug 8th - South Arican Broadcasting bans Beatles (Lennon's anti-Jesus remark)

Famous Birthdays

Results 301 - 400 of 1,068

Apr 2nd - Teddy Sheringham, English footballer
Apr 2nd - Garnet Silk, Jamaican singer (d. 1994)
Apr 3rd - Bo Orlando, NFL safety (SD Chargers, Cincinnati Bengals)
Apr 3rd - Shelley Michelle, Hollywood Calif, actress (Golden Eye)
Apr 3rd - Mina Tominaga, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)
Apr 3rd - John de Vries, Australian racing driver
Apr 4th - Michal Clingman, Indio Calif, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-9th-1994)
Apr 4th - Myriam Schropp, West Germany, tennis star
Apr 4th - Nancy McKeon, Westbury NY, actress (Jo Polniazek-Facts of Life)
Apr 4th - Stanislav Medrik, Nitra CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia)
Apr 5th - Brent Hughes, New Westminster Ca, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
Apr 5th - Larry Norman, Toronto Ontario, canoeist (Olympics-19-92, 96)
Apr 5th - Scott Dill, NFL tackle/guard (Tampa Bay Bucs, Minnesota Vikings)
Apr 6th - Kymberly Paige, Newport Beach Ca, playmate (May, 1987)
Apr 6th - Young Man Kang, South Korean film director
Apr 7th - Teri Ann Linn, Honolulu Hawaii, actress (Kristen-Bold & Beautiful)
Apr 7th - Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player
Apr 8th - Robin Wright Penn, Dallas Tx, actress (Santa Barbara, Princess Bride)
Apr 8th - Mazinho, Brazilian footballer
Apr 8th - Bobby Ologun, Nigerian television personality
Apr 9th - Cynthia Nixon, NYC, actress (Addams Family Values, Pelican Brief)
Apr 9th - Oliver Barnett, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers)
Apr 10th - Neil Smith, NFL defensive end (KC Chiefs, Den Broncos-Superbowl 32)
Apr 11th - Dave Richards, NFL guard (Atlanta Falcons)
Apr 11th - Kara McGaw, Toronto Ontario, softball rightfielder (Olympics-96)
Apr 11th - Lisa Stansfield, English pop singer (Around the World)
Apr 11th - Mark Higgs, NFL running back (Arizona Cardinals)
Apr 11th - Steve Scarsone, Anaheim CA, infielder (SF Giants)
Apr 11th - Mason Reese, American actor
Apr 11th - Dustin Patrick Runnels, American professional wrestler
Apr 12th - Jeffrey Hunter, WLAF DE (London Monarchs)
Apr 12th - Lorenzo White, NFL running back (Cleve Browns)
Apr 12th - Theo Blanco, WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals)
Apr 13th - Ali Boumnijel, Tunisian football player
Apr 13th - Marc Ford, American musician
Apr 14th - David Justice, baseball player (Atlanta Braves)/husband of Halle Barry
Apr 14th - Greg Maddux, San Angelo TX, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
Apr 14th - Greg Myers, Riverside CA, catcher (Minn Twins)
Apr 14th - Ricky Andrews, WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire)
Apr 14th - André Boisclair, Quebec politician (Parti Québécois)
Apr 15th - Andrei Olhovskiy, Moscow Russia, tennis pro
Apr 15th - Graeme Clark, bassist (Wet Wet Wet-Angel Eyes, Love is All Around)
Apr 15th - Samantha Karen Fox, East End London England, singer (Touch Me)
Apr 16th - Lewis Tillman, NFL running back (Chic Bears)
Apr 17th - Lela Rochon, actress (Waiting to Exhale)
Apr 17th - Susie Redman, Salem OH, LPGA golfer (1995 Nabisco Dinah Shore-2nd)
Apr 17th - Vikram, Indian actor
Apr 18th - Chuck Wade, Menomonee Falls Wisc, diver (Olympics-96)
Apr 18th - Michelle Chryst, WPVA volleyballer (Santa Cruz-17th-1994)
Apr 18th - Valeri Kamensky, Voskresensk Rus, NHL left wing (Avalanche, Oly-S-98)
Apr 18th - Trine Hattestad, Norwegian athlete
Apr 19th - Paul Reiffel, cricketer (Victorian & Australian pace bowler)
Apr 19th - Randolph Keys, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks)
Apr 19th - Véronique Gens, French soprano
Apr 20th - David Chalmers, Australian philosopher
Apr 21st - Judy Diduck, ice hockey defenseman (Canada, Oly-98)
Apr 21st - Michael Franti, American musician
Apr 22nd - Glenn Parker, NFL offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills, KC Chiefs)
Apr 22nd - Serge Poudrier, hockey defenseman (Team France 1998)
Apr 22nd - Mariana Levy, Mexican actress (d. 2005)
Apr 23rd - Jacques "Jacq" Koumans, soccer player (NAC)
Apr 23rd - Richard Greenwood, LA Calif, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Napa Valley)
Apr 23rd - Wayne Drinkwalter, CFL defensive tackle (BC Lions)
Apr 24th - Margashayam Venkataramana, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 1989)
Apr 24th - Pascale Paradis-Mangon, France, tennis star
Apr 24th - Theo Adams, WLAF tackle (Frankfurt Galaxy)
Apr 24th - Pierre Brassard, Quebec humorist and actor
Apr 24th - Alessandro Costacurta, Italian footballer
Apr 25th - Darren Holmes, Asheville NC, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
Apr 25th - Isabelle Pasco, France, actress (Ave Maria)/model (Elle, Vogue)
Apr 26th - Andrea Temesvari, Budapest Hungary, tennis star (1985 US Clay Courts)
Apr 26th - Yoshihiro Togashi, Mangaka who created YuYu Hakusho
Apr 27th - Peter McIntyre, cricketer (Australian leg-spinner 1995)
Apr 28th - Jim Poole, Rochester NY, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
Apr 28th - John Patrick Daly, Sacramento CA, PGA golfer (1995 British Open)
Apr 28th - Too Short, American rapper
Apr 29th - John VanderWal, Grand Rapids MI, outfielder (Colorado Rockies)
Apr 29th - Phil Tufnell, cricketer (England slow lefty & slower fieldsman)
Apr 30th - Aundray Bruce, defensive end (Oakland Raiders)
Apr 30th - David Meggett, NFL running back (NY Giants, NE Patriots)
Apr 30th - Jeff Brown, Ottawa, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
May 1st - Armando Reynoso, San Luis Potosi Mexico, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
May 1st - Charlie Schlatter, NYC, actor (18 Again, Heartbreak Hotel)
May 1st - Johnny Colt, Cherry Point NC, rock bassist (Black Crowes)
May 1st - Mark Coogan, Manhaset NY, marathoner (Olympics-96)
May 1st - Olaf Thon, German football player
May 2nd - Belinda Stronach, Canadian politician
May 3rd - Paul Stevenson, Victoria Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96)
May 3rd - Peter Abbay, American actor
May 3rd - Firdous Bamji, Indian-American actor
May 3rd - Darren Morgan, Welsh snooker player
May 4th - Monica Tranel [Michini], Billings Mont, rower (Olympics-96)
May 4th - Jane McGrath, co-founder of the McGrath Foundation for breast cancer (d. 2008)
May 5th - Mike Stapleton, Sarnia, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets)
May 5th - Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer (Megadeth)
May 7th - Anderson Cummins, cricketer (in Packer's Valley Barbados & WI quickie)
May 8th - Eddie Brown, CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos)
May 8th - Claudio Taffarel, Brazilian footballer
May 8th - Marta Sánchez, Spanish singer
May 9th - Mark Tinordi, Red Deer, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)

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