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Historical Events

Results 1 - 53 of 53

1st - 63 arrest in riot to buy Rolling Stone tickets in Milano Italy
1st - Last game at Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium, Phils-2 Expos-1
2nd - Billy Martin named manager of Det Tigers
2nd - Plane carrying Wichita State U football team crashes killing 30
3rd - "Coco" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 333 performances
3rd - Baseball umpires call their 1st strike
3rd - WAPT TV channel 16 in Jackson, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting
4th - KC Chiefs Jan Stenerud kicks 55-yard field goal
4th - Umps return after 1-day walkout in quest of higher wages
4th - WFYI TV channel 20 in Indianapolis, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
4th - Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma
5th - John Creach, joins Jefferson Airplane
5th - PBS becomes a network
5th - Quebec separatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross
5th - PBS became a television network.
8th - Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn wins Nobel Prize for Literature
9th - Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence
10th - Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day)
10th - Fiji becomes independent.
12th - Rock Memorabilia Auction at Filmore East
13th - Angela Davis arrested in NYC
13th - USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
14th - 4th Country Music Assn Award: Merle Haggard wins
14th - Cleve Cavaliers lose to Buffalo Braves in their 1st game 107-92
14th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
14th - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
15th - Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt
15th - Baltimore Orioles beat Cin Reds, 4 games to 1 in 67th World Series
15th - Bridge over Yarra River in Melbourne crashes; killing 35
15th - Russian passenger flight hijacked to Turkey
16th - Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Gamal Abdel Nasser
17th - Anwar Sadat sworn in as president of Egypt
18th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic
18th - Sachio Kinugasa begins 2,215 cons game streak for Hiroshima Carp
19th - "Rothschilds" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 505 performances
19th - Amdahl Corp forms at Sunnyvale Calif
19th - John Frazier kills Ohta's declares WW 3 has begun
20th - American Norman Borlaug awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
20th - Zond 8 Launch (Moon Orbit & Return)
21st - 777 Unification church couples wed in Korea
21st - Caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways
21st - Nobel prize of peace awarded to Norman E Borlaugh
23rd - Gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,001 kph)
24th - Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show
24th - Salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile
25th - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Women's Golf Charities Open
26th - "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers
26th - Tanzania begins building railway Lusaka-Drone ash Salaam
27th - "Light, Lively & Yiddish" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 87 perfs
28th - NBA Cleve Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99
28th - US/USSR sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts
29th - WYEA (now WLTZ) TV channel 38 in Columbus, GA (NBC) 1st broadcast
30th - KVEW TV channel 42 in Kennewick, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 100 of 160

1st - Alexei Zhamnov, Moscow Rus, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets, Oly-S-98)
1st - Alexei Zhitnik, NHL defenseman (Team Russia Oly-Silver-1998, Buffalo)
1st - Gaston Taument, soccer player (Feyenoord)
1st - James Wilson, WLAF defensive end (Rhein Fire)
1st - Moses Kiptanui, Kenya, steeplechase (Olympics-silver-96)
1st - Ronnie Bradford, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos)
1st - Gam Wu-seong, South Korean actor
1st - Simon Davey, Barnsley football manager
2nd - Eddie Guardado, Stockton CA, pitcher (Minn Twins)
2nd - Kelly Ripa, actress (Hayley Vaughan-All My Children)
2nd - Colin Rivas, Galician artist
2nd - Maribel Verdú, Spanish actress
3rd - Justine Sowry, Australian field hockey goalie (Olympics-96)
3rd - Manny Martinez, San Pedro DE, outfielder (Seattle Mariners)
3rd - Roger Bailey, Chattahoochee FL, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
3rd - Tyji Armstrong, NFL tight end (Tampa Bay Bucs)
4th - Brian Kozlowski, NFL halfback (Atlanta Falcons, NY Giants)
4th - Hency Charles, CFL defensive back (Montreal Alouettes)
4th - Lucy Nusrala, St Louis Mo, 5k runner
4th - Ryan McNeil, NFL cornerback (Detroit Lions, St Louis Rams)
4th - Richard Hancox, English footballer
5th - Anthony Phillips, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
5th - Josie Bissett, Seattle Wash, actress (Jane Mancini-Melrose Place)
5th - Mark Luijpers, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)
5th - Thomas Randolph, NFL cornerback (NY Giants)
5th - Tina Poitras, Thompson Manitoba, 10k walker (Olympics-96)
5th - Audie Pitre, bass guitarist (d. 1996)
5th - South Park Mexican, American rapper
6th - Darren Oliver, Kansas city MO, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
6th - Amy Jo Johnson, American actress and singer
7th - Daniel Collins, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
7th - Dwayne Provo, cornerback (New England Patriots)
7th - Harold Ellis, NBA forward (Denver Nuggets)
7th - Le'Shai Maston, NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars)
7th - Vaughn Hebron, NFL running back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
8th - Carlos Etheredge, WLAF tight end (Amsterdam Admirals)
8th - David Doster, Fort Wayne IN, infielder (Phila Phillies)
8th - DeWayne Knight, CFL linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
8th - James Williams, WLAF cornerback (Scottish Claymores)
8th - Matt Damon, American actor
8th - Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video-game designer
8th - Soon-Yi Previn, Korean American actress
9th - Annika Sorenstam, Stockholm Sweden, LPGA golfer (1995 US Women's Open)
9th - Kenny Anderson, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets, Portland Trailblazers)
9th - Oleg Kryazhev, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
9th - Park Sang-min, South Korean actor
9th - Savannah, American pornographic actress (d. 1994)
10th - Glenn Foley, NFL quarterback (NY Jets)
10th - Helen Louise Goldsby, Brooklyn NY, Miss America (NY-Top 10-1996)
10th - Dean Kiely, Irish footballer
10th - Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, German luger
10th - Bai Ling, Chinese American actress
10th - Corinna May, German singer
10th - Mohammed Mourhit, Belgian athlete
10th - Sir Matthew Pinsent, English rower
11th - Chidi Ahanotu, NFL defensive end/defensive tackle (Tampa Bay Bucs)
11th - Kelly Sims, WLAF cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals)
11th - Nicole Jeray, Cook County IL, LPGA golfer (1995 Sprint Champ-22nd)
11th - Andy Marriott, English footballer
11th - Constance Zimmer, American actress
12th - Amy Beth Keller, Great Bend Kansas, Miss America (Kansas-Top 10-1996)
12th - Charlie Ward, NBA guard (NY Knicks)/Heisman Trophy winner (1993)
12th - Herman Arvie, NFL tackle (Cleve Browns)
12th - Karen Courtland, Orange NJ, pairs skaters (Olympics-1994)
12th - Kimberly Hoskins, Yuma Arizona, Miss Arizona-America (1991)
12th - Kirk Cameron, Panorama City Calif, actor (Mike-Growing Pains)
12th - Tanyon Sturtze, American baseball player
12th - Julian, American pornographic actor
13th - Ann Grossman, Grove City Ohio, tennis star (1994 LA finalist)
13th - Eric Gant, WLAF running back (Frankfurt Galaxy)
13th - Steve Matthews, NFL/WLAF quarterback (KC Chiefs, Scottish Claymores)
13th - Serena Altschul, American reporter
13th - Mel Jackson, American actor and R&B musician
13th - Paul Potts, British Opera singer and winner of Britain's Got Talent
14th - Daniela Pestova, [Chameleon], Prague Czech, model (1995 SI/L'Oreal)
14th - Jim Jackson, NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks, Phila 76ers)
14th - Nina Kemppel, Anchorage Alaska, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
14th - Jon Seda, Puerto Rican actor
14th - Pär Zetterberg, Swedish football player
15th - Cooper Harris, CFL linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
15th - Lonnie Palelei, guard (NY Jets)
15th - Eric Benét, American singer
16th - Adrian Murrell, NFL running back/kick returner (NY Jets)
16th - Mehmet Scholl, German footballer
16th - Kazuyuki Fujita, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter
17th - Anil Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg-spinner since 1990)
17th - Jean-Paul de Young, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
17th - John Mabry, Wilmington DE, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
17th - Marciano Vink, soccer player (Genoa/PSV)
17th - Shauna O'Brien, Pasco Wash, actress (Showgirls)
17th - Tasha Tsang, Saskatoon Saskatchwan, rower (Olympics-96)
18th - Bob Kennedy, Bloomington Indiana, 5k runner
18th - Camille Spitaleri, Mountain View Ca, female infielder (Silver Bullets)
18th - Mark Schenning, Dutch soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
18th - Shane Bonham, NFL defensive linesman (Detroit Lions)
18th - José Padilla, American former gang member and alleged supporter of terrorism
19th - Benita Brooks, Miss Alabama USA (1996)
19th - Chamara Dunusinghe, cricket wicketkeeper (Sri Lanka 1995)
19th - Chris Kattan, American comedian and actor
20th - Greg Primus, NFL wide receiver (Chic Bears)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 25 of 25

1st - Hans Poser, composer, dies at 52
1st - Petar Konjovic, composer, dies at 87
1st - Raoul Riganti, Argentine racing driver (b. 1893)
2nd - Alfred Julius Swan, composer, dies at 79
2nd - Anders Bo Leif Linde, composer, dies at 37
4th - George Frederick McKay, composer, dies at 71
4th - Janis Joplin, rock singer (Down on Me), dies of a drug overdose at 27
8th - Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75
8th - Lucien Goldmann, Romanian/French sociologist/philosopher, dies
8th - Mitr Chaibancha, Thai film actor (b. 1934)
9th - Jean Giono, writer, dies
10th - Adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Maritime (1956-68), dies at 60
10th - Edouard Daladier, premier of France (1933..40), dies at 86
11th - Anis Fuleihan, composer, dies at 69
12th - Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (b. 1930)
13th - Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90
17th - Pierre Laporte, Vice-Premier of Quebec (assassinated) (b. 1921)
17th - Vola Vale, American actress (b. 1897)
19th - Unica Zorn, writer, dies at 54
20th - Patrick Wymark, actor (Skull, Tomb of Ligeia), dies at 44
21st - John T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70
22nd - René Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered
24th - Richard Hofstadter, US historian, dies at 54
28th - Baby Huey, [James Ramey], vocalist (Baby Huey & Babysitters), dies
28th - Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri y Marco, composer, dies at 99