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Historical Events

Results 1 - 56 of 56

1st - Denny McLain returns, (leaves trailiing) Tigers beat Yankees in 11
1st - FC Utrecht soccer team forms in Utrecht
1st - Jimi Hendrix 1st recording session (NYC)
2nd - 1st Boeing 747 to land in Amsterdam & Brussels
2nd - NY Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for 3rd time in 28 days
3rd - 200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival
3rd - 77th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats King (14-12 11-9)
3rd - British aircraft crashes at Barcelona, 112 killed
3rd - Calif Angels Clyde Wright no-hits Oakland A's, 8-0
4th - 100 injured in race rioting in Asbury Park NJ
4th - 84th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Newcombe beats K Rosewall (57 63 62 36 61)
4th - Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" debuts on LA radio
4th - Chartered Dan-Air Comet crashes into mountains north of Barcelona, Spain killing 112 vacationing Britons
5th - 25th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
5th - Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109
6th - California passes 1st "no fault" divorce law
6th - Italian Rumor govt resigns
8th - SF Giant Jim Ray Hart is 8th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th)
9th - In Atlanta, Chief-No-ka-homa is joined by cousin Chief Round-the-Horn
12th - 99th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 283 at St Andrews
12th - Blues-Rock singer Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky
12th - Tanzania signs contract with China for building Tanzam-railway
12th - Thor Heyerdahl crosses Atl Ocean in "Ra" docks in Barbados
13th - Building begins of Amsterdam metro
14th - 41st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin
14th - All star MVP: Carl Yastremski (Boston Red Sox)
15th - Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in 1st world female soccer championship
16th - Iraq's constitution goes into effect
16th - Reds spoil Pirates debut in Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium, 3-2
17th - 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC
18th - "Boy Friend" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 119 performances
18th - Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily
18th - Giants Willie Mays hits 3,000 homers
18th - Ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time
18th - WJCL TV channel 22 in Savannah, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting
18th - Willie Mays, is 10th to get 3,000 hits
19th - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Springfield Jaycee Golf Open
20th - Dodgers Bill Singer no-hits the Phillies 5-0, giving up no walks
21st - Huge Aswan Dam opens in Egypt
21st - Libya orders confiscation of all Jewish property
21st - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
21st - Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits & Padres lose, 3-0
23rd - Qaboos ibn Sa’id becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Sa’id ibn Taimur.
24th - Intl Law Tennis Assn institutes 9 point tie break rule
24th - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
25th - "(They Long to Be) Close to You" reaches #1
26th - Reds Johnny Bench hits 3 consecutive HRs of Phillies Steve Carlton
27th - Expos beat White Sox 10-6 in the annual Hall of Fame game
27th - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
27th - L Boudreau, Earle Combs, Ford Frick, & Jesse Haines enter Hall of Fame
29th - 6 days of race rioting in Hartford Ct
30th - -Aug 5] Hurricane Celia, kills 31 in Cuba, Florida & Texas
30th - 30,000 attend Powder Ridge Rock Festival, Middlefield Ct
31st - 37th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Kansas City 24, All Stars 3 (69,940)
31st - Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends "Huntley-Brinkley Report"
31st - Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 100 of 109

1st - Kevin O'Brien, WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
1st - Nicky Goetze, Milwaukee Wisc, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 NCAA Acad)
1st - Van Malone, NFL safety (Detroit Lions)
1st - Melissa Peterman, American actress
2nd - Derrick Ralph Adkins, Brooklyn NY, 400m hurdler (Olympics-gold-96)
2nd - Colin Edwin, Australian musician (Porcupine Tree)
2nd - Scotty 2 Hotty, American wrestler
2nd - Monie Love, English rapper
2nd - Steve Morrow, Irish footballer
3rd - Preston Jones, WLAF quarterback (London Monarchs)
3rd - Teemu Selanne, Helsinki Fin, NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
3rd - Victor Bailey, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)
3rd - Shawnee Smith, American actress
3rd - Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian cyclist
4th - Andrei Cherkasov, USSR, tennis star
4th - Louise Van Voorhis, Rochester NY, 470 yachter (Olympics-4th-1992, 96)
4th - Tony Vidmar, Australian former footballer
5th - Doug Bochtler, West Palm Beach FL, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
5th - Maureen Lee, Melbourne Australia, golfer
5th - Mac Dre, American rapper (d. 2004)
6th - Antonio Harvey, NBA center/forward (LA Clippers)
6th - Inspectah Deck, American rapper
6th - Frank Salvato II, Italian-American Sound Engineer and Composer
6th - Martin Smith, English singer (Delirious?)
7th - Michael McCrary, NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks)
7th - Min Patel, cricketer (in Mumbai England left-arm spinner v India 1996)
7th - Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer
7th - Erik Zabel, German cyclist
7th - Robia LaMorte, American actress and dancer
8th - Lisa Powell, Sydney NSW Australia, field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
8th - Marlies Askamp, WNBA forward (Phoenix Mercury)
8th - Todd Martin, Hinsdale Ill, tennis star (1988 USTA Boys' 18)
8th - Beck, American singer
9th - Steve Dubinsky, Montreal, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks)
9th - Trent Green, NFL quarterback (Washington Redskins)
9th - Masami Tsuda, Japanese manga author
10th - Klaas Van Noortwijk, cricketer (Holland batsman 1996 World Cup)
10th - Helen Sjöholm, Swedish singer and actress
10th - Gary LeVox, American singer (Rascal Flatts)
10th - John Simm, British actor
11th - Billy Ashley, Taylor MI, outfielder (LA Dodgers)
11th - Pubudu Dissanayake, Sri Lanka cricket wicket-keeper (1993)
11th - Justin Chambers, American actor
12th - Chad Brown, NFL linebacker (Pitts Steelers)
12th - Jaason Simmons, actor (Baywatch)
12th - Jerry Ostroski, NFL guard (Buffalo Bills)
12th - Markus Thomas, WLAF running back (Scottish Claymores)
12th - Marsha Guialdo, San Juan Trinidad, 100m hurdler
12th - Brian Lee Byung-Hun, South Korean actor
12th - Juba Kalamka, American artist/activist
13th - Steven J Brown, Hackensack NJ, guitarist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)
14th - Mark Brandenburg, Houston TX, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
14th - Mark Strickland, NBA forward (Miami Heat)
14th - Michelle Sawatzky, Steinbach Manitoba, volleyballer (Olympics-96)
14th - Missy Gold, Great Falls Mont, actress (Katie-Benson)
14th - Todd Rucci, NFL guard (NE Patriots)
15th - Julian Paynter, Australian 5k runner (Olympics-96)
15th - Stephen Howard, NBA forward (Seattle Supersonics)
15th - Chi Cheng, American musician (Deftones)
16th - Fabio Casartelli, cyclist
16th - Phil Graham, Halifax Nova Scotia, rower (Olympics-96)
16th - William Van Landingham, Columbia TN, pitcher (SF Giants)
16th - Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai film director
17th - Bronwyn Roye, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
17th - Mandy Smith, England, rocker (I Just Can't Wait)/wife of Bill Wyman
18th - Dusty Imoo, hockey goaltender (Team Japan 1998)
18th - John Kalin, CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders)
18th - Margaret Langford, Vancouver BC, canoeist (Olympics-96)
18th - Patrick Dancy, TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You)
19th - Brooks Thompson, NBA guard (NY Knicks, Orlando Magic)
19th - Kengy Gardiner, Providence RI, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-5th-1994)
19th - Rhona Susan Robertson, Auckland NZ, badminton player (Olympics-96)
20th - Dean Wells, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
20th - Shannon Baker, CFL receiver (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
20th - Tom Sherrer, Syracuse NY, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Cleveland Open-2nd)
21st - Bryce Florie, Charleston FLA, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
21st - Steven "Scrappy" Segaloff, New Haven, Conn, rower (Olympics-5th-1996)
21st - Shawn Stasiak, American professional wrestler
22nd - Dan Jones, NFL tackle (Cin Bengals)
22nd - Melvin Aldridge, CFL linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
22nd - Sergei Zubov, Moscow Russia, NHL defenseman (Team Russia, Pittsburgh)
22nd - W R Tillman, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars)
22nd - Craig Baird, New Zealander racing driver
23rd - Sam Waters, Camp Springs Md, singer (Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up)
23rd - Charisma Carpenter, American actress
23rd - Thea Dorn, German writer
24th - Blaine Bishop, NFL safety (Houston Oilers)
24th - Gerald Ressman, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
24th - Philip Sykes, Tacoma Wash, field hockey defender (Olympics-96)
24th - Stephanie Adams, NJ, playmate (Nov, 1992)
25th - Nicholas CEJ Windsor, son of English prince Edward, duke of Kent
26th - Kenny Wilhite, CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
26th - Phil Alley, cricketer (NSW left-arm pace bowler)
27th - Tom Europe, CFL defensive back (Montreal Alouettes)
27th - Nikolaj Coster Waldau, Danish actor
28th - Paul Strang, cricketer (Zimbabwe's 1st Test match leg-spinner, 1994-)
28th - Michael Amott, Swedish guitarist (Arch Enemy)
29th - John Rennie, cricketer (Zimbabwe pace bowler 1993)
29th - Maria Checca, Bogota Colombia, playmate (Aug, 1994)
29th - Sean LaChapelle, NFL/WLAF receiver (KC Chiefs, Scottish Claymores)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 25 of 25

2nd - Jessie Street, Australian civil rights activist, dies
4th - Harold Vanderbilt, America Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85
4th - Barnett Newman, American artist (b. 1905)
6th - Marjorie Rambeau, dies at 80
7th - Allen Lane [Williams], English publisher (Penguin Books), dies at 67
7th - Louise Harrison, mother of Beatle George, dies
7th - Marjorie Rambeau, actress (Primrose Path, Torch Song), dies at 80
7th - Sylvester Wiere, comedian (Wiere Brothers-Ford Festival), dies at 60
14th - Preston S Foster, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at 69
17th - Juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74
18th - Lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86
19th - Barry Wood, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 61
20th - Iain Macleod, Conservative Party Politician and Chancellor of Exchequer at time of his death (b. 1913)
21st - Mikhail Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
21st - Bob Kalsu, American football player (b. 1945)
22nd - George Johnston, Australian journalist and novelist (b. 1912)
24th - Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman (b. 1897)
26th - Claud Allister, actor (Kiss Me Kate, Quartet), dies at 81
26th - Robert Taschereau, French Canadian lawyer and Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1896)
27th - Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (1932-68), dies
28th - John Barbirolli, English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orch), dies at 70
29th - John G B Barbirolli, English conductor/composer, dies at 70
29th - Jonel Perlea, composer, dies at 69
30th - George Szell, Hungarian/US conductor (Cleveland Orch), dies at 73
31st - Walter Briggs, Jr., American sports executive (b. 1912)