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Historical Events

Results 101 - 200 of 694

Feb 19th - USSR launches Sputnik 52 & Molniya 1-13 communications satellite
Feb 21st - Jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand"
Feb 21st - Pathet Lao conquerors Xieng Khuang & Muong Suy
Feb 22nd - "Charles Aznavour" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 23 perfs
Feb 23rd - Guyana becomes a republic (National Day)
Feb 23rd - Holy Eucharist given by women for 1st time in Roman Catholic service
Feb 24th - 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland)
Feb 24th - Heintje Simons (14) wins 7 gold records
Feb 24th - KVDO TV channel 3 in Salem, OR (IND) begins broadcasting
Feb 26th - "Georgy" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 4 performances
Feb 26th - Beatles release "Beatles Again" aka "Hey Jude" album
Feb 27th - NY Times (falsely) reports US army has ended domestic surveillance
Feb 28th - "Georgy" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 4 performances
Feb 28th - Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge
Feb 28th - Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53)
Feb 28th - KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast
Feb 28th - WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
Mar 1st - Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champion all-round ladies skater
Mar 1st - Charles Manson's album "Lie" is released
Mar 1st - End of US coml whale hunting
Mar 1st - Kreisky's soc-democrats win Austrian parliamentary election
Mar 1st - White govt of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain
Mar 2nd - American Airlines' 1st flight of a Boeing 747
Mar 2nd - Rhodesia becomes independent republic
Mar 2nd - Supreme Court ruled draft evaders can not be penalized after 5 years
Mar 4th - French submarine "Eurydice" explodes
Mar 4th - Jacksonville is 1st college basketball team to avg 100+ pts per game
Mar 4th - NY Rangers set then NHL record of 126 games without being shut-out
Mar 5th - Edison Theater opens at 240 W 47th St NYC
Mar 5th - Nuclear non-proliferation treaty goes into effect
Mar 5th - SDS Weathermen terrorist group bomb 18 West 11th St in NYC
Mar 5th - Dubnium atoms are first detected conclusively.
Mar 6th - Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK
Mar 7th - Ice Dance Championship at Ljubljana won by Pakhomova & Gorshkov (URS)
Mar 7th - Ice Pairs Championship at Ljubljana won by Rodnina & Ulanov (URS)
Mar 7th - Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Ljubljana won by Gabriele Seyfert (GDR)
Mar 7th - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Tim Wood (USA)
Mar 7th - WXOW TV channel 19 in La Crosse, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
Mar 8th - WTCI TV channel 45 in Chattanooga, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting
Mar 10th - Barbra Streisand records "The Singer" & "I Can Do It"
Mar 10th - South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia
Mar 11th - 12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius, Crosby Stills & Nash, Peggy Lee win
Mar 11th - Iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation
Mar 12th - US lowers voting age from 21 to 18
Mar 13th - 100 year Beehive anniversary ends in brawl in Amsterdam
Mar 13th - Digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer
Mar 13th - SF city employees begin 4-day strike
Mar 15th - "Purlie" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 689 performances
Mar 15th - Expo '70 opens in Osaka, Japan
Mar 15th - Gary Geld & Peter Udell's "Purlie," premieres in NYC
Mar 16th - New English Bible published
Mar 16th - WNIN TV channel 9 in Evansville, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
Mar 17th - Peter O'Malley becomes CEO of LA Dodgers
Mar 17th - US casts their 1st UN Security Council veto (Support England)
Mar 18th - -25) US Postal begins strike
Mar 18th - Cambodia military coup under Gen Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees
Mar 18th - KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, TX (ABC) suspends broadcasting
Mar 18th - Mail service paralyzed by 1st major postal strike
Mar 18th - NFL selects Wilson as official football & scoreboard as official time
Mar 19th - W German chancellor & E German premier Willy Brandt meet
Mar 21st - 32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-69
Mar 21st - The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto.
Mar 21st - Vinko Bogataj crashes during a ski-jumping championship in Germany; his image becomes that of the "agony of defeat guy" in the opening credits of ABC's Wide World of Sports.
Mar 22nd - "Blood Red Roses" opens & closes at John Golden Theater NYC
Mar 22nd - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
Mar 23rd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Mar 24th - Dutch cartoonist Frans Piet ends "Sjors & Sjimmie" strip
Mar 25th - Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH)
Mar 26th - "Minnie's Boys" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 80 performances
Mar 26th - 500th nuclear explosion announced by the US since 1945
Mar 26th - Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark
Mar 26th - Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary) plead guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14 year old girl
Mar 27th - Ringo releases his 1st solo album "Sentimental Journey"
Mar 27th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Mar 28th - 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey)
Mar 29th - "Look to the Lilies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 25 perfs
Mar 29th - Manchester City wins 10th Europe Cup II
Mar 30th - "Applause" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 900 performances
Mar 30th - Miles Davis Bitches Brew released
Mar 30th - Soap opera "Somerset" premieres
Mar 30th - Strouse, Adams, Comden & Green's musical "Applause," premieres in NYC
Mar 30th - USSR wins its 8th straight world hockey championship
Mar 31st - Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee
Mar 31st - Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere (after 12 years in orbit).
Apr 1st - Bud Selig becomes CEO of Milwaukee Brewers
Apr 1st - John & Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations
Apr 1st - Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bankrupt
Apr 1st - Pres Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertisements on 1/1/71
Apr 2nd - Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state
Apr 2nd - Qatar gains independence from Britain
Apr 2nd - 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world
Apr 3rd - Miriam Hargrave of England passes her drivers test on 40th try
Apr 4th - Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson
Apr 5th - WSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
Apr 7th - "Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-moon Marigolds," premieres in NYC
Apr 7th - 42nd Academy Awards - "Midnight Cowboy," John Wayne & Maggie Smith win
Apr 7th - Milwaukee Brewers (former Seat Pilots) 1st game, lose to Angels 12-0
Apr 8th - "Cry for Us All" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 8 performances
Apr 8th - Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court
Apr 9th - Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles

Famous Birthdays

Results 101 - 200 of 1,482

Jan 23rd - Mark Wohlers, Holyoke MA, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
Jan 23rd - Marquel Fleetwood, WLAF quarterback (Frankfurt Galaxy)
Jan 23rd - Richard Smehlik, Ostrava Cze, NHL defenseman (Buf Sabres, Oly-Gold-98)
Jan 23rd - Sherman Obando, Changuinola Panama, outfielder (Montreal Expos)
Jan 24th - Chris Bartolone, hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998)
Jan 24th - Matthew Lillard, actor (Scream)
Jan 25th - Chris Mills, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers, NY Knicks)
Jan 25th - Milt Stegall, CFL receiver (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
Jan 25th - Pau Coll, WLAF kicker/safety (Barcelona Dragons)
Jan 25th - Scott Hendrickson, CFL guard (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Jan 26th - Dan Carlson, US baseball pitcher (SF Giants)
Jan 26th - Dean Malkoc, Vancouver, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
Jan 26th - Ronald Moore, NFL running back (NY Jets, St Louis Rams, Az Cardinals)
Jan 26th - Kirk Franklin, American singer
Jan 27th - Carlos Javier Bernardo, Dutch prince
Jan 27th - Dario Brose, Queens NY, US soccer halfback (Olympic-92)
Jan 27th - Dean Headley, cricket (grandson of George, England ODI quick 1996)
Jan 27th - Jon Douglas Rainey, American TV personality
Jan 27th - Emmanuel Pahud, French-Swiss flautist
Jan 28th - Barry Minter, NFL middle linebacker (Chic Bears)
Jan 28th - Donald Tardy, US, death metal drummer (Obituary, Cause of Death)
Jan 28th - James Atkins, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
Jan 28th - Mike Chalenski, NFL defensive tackle (Phila Eagles)
Jan 29th - Eric Gouka, cricketer (Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup)
Jan 29th - Heather Graham, Milwaukee WI, actress (Drugstore Cowboy, Diggstown)
Jan 29th - Scott Davis, guard (Atlanta Falcons)
Jan 29th - Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer
Jan 30th - Edwin de Kruyf/Kruijff, soccer player (FC Utrecht, FC Groningen)
Jan 30th - Hans Spark, soccer player (RKC)
Jan 30th - Oleg Khmyl, NHL defenseman (Belarus, Oly-98)
Jan 30th - Scott Levins, Spokane, NHL right wing (Ottawa Senators)
Jan 31st - Greg Skrepenak, NFL tackle (Oakland Raiders, Carolina Panthers)
Jan 31st - Rachel Jean Marteen, Atlanta GA, playmate (Aug, 1995)
Jan 31st - Travis Hannah, NFL/WLAF receiver (Houston Oilers, Frankfurt Galaxy)
Feb 1st - Eric Mobley, NBA center (Vancouver Grizzlies)
Feb 1st - Malik Sealy, NBA guard/forward (Detroit Pistons, LA Clippers)
Feb 1st - Yasuyuki Kazama, Japanese racing driver
Feb 2nd - Chris Luneburg, WLAF T (London Monarchs)
Feb 2nd - Diego Martos, WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
Feb 2nd - Erik ten Hag, soccer player (FC Twente, RKC, FC Utrecht)
Feb 2nd - Ivan Vukov, soccer player (FC Volendam)
Feb 2nd - Nikolaos Michopoulos, Greek footballer
Feb 2nd - Roar Strand, Norwegian footballer
Feb 2nd - C. Ernst Harth, Canadian actor
Feb 3rd - Alonza Barnett, WLAF safety (Amsterdam Admirals)
Feb 3rd - Eric Curry, NFL defensive end (Tampa Bay Bucs)
Feb 3rd - Jason Muzzatti, Toronto, NHL goalie (Hartford Whalers)
Feb 3rd - Keith Carney, Providence, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks, Team US)
Feb 3rd - Oscar Cordoba, Colombian footballer
Feb 3rd - Warwick Davis, British actor
Feb 4th - Alisa Marie Kimble, Miss USA-California (1997)
Feb 4th - Gabrielle Anwar, Laleham England, actress (Body Snatchers)
Feb 4th - John Frascatore, US baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
Feb 4th - Nicole Wood, Canton OH, playmate (Apr, 1993)
Feb 4th - Todd Peterson, NFL kicker (Seattle Seahawks)
Feb 5th - Darren Lehmann, cricketer (SA & Vic LHB Australian ODI 1996)
Feb 5th - Forey Duckett, NFL/WLAF cornerback/safety (Saints, Scot Claymores)
Feb 6th - Jeff Rouse, US, 50m/100m backstroke swimmer (Olymp-gold/silver-92, 96)
Feb 6th - Mark Hutton, Adelaide Australia, pitcher (NY Yankees)
Feb 6th - Per Frandsen, Danish footballer
Feb 7th - Chris Gardocki, NFL punter (Indianapolis Colts)
Feb 7th - Denis Chasse, Montreal, NHL right wing (Winnipeg Jets)
Feb 7th - Stanley Roberts, NBA center (LA Clippers, Minn Timberwolves)
Feb 8th - Alonzo Mourning, NBA center (Miami Heat, Charlotte Hornets)
Feb 8th - Cameron Cuffy, cricketer (St Vincent & WI fast bowler 1994-)
Feb 8th - John Filan, Australian footballer
Feb 9th - Glenn McGrath, cricketer (NSW & Australian fast bowler 1993-)
Feb 9th - Grant Moorhead, New Plymouth NZ, Australasia golfer
Feb 10th - Alberto Castillo, Dominican/US baseball catcher (NY Mets)
Feb 10th - Bobby Jones, Fresno CA, pitcher (NY Mets)
Feb 10th - Brendan Eppert, St Louis Mo, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
Feb 10th - Åsne Seierstad, Norwegian journalist
Feb 10th - Nobushige Kumakubo, Japanese racing driver
Feb 10th - Noureddine Naybet, Moroccan footballer
Feb 10th - Myrea Pettit, British illustrator
Feb 11th - Alistair Brown, cricketer (Surrey & England ODI opening batsman 1996)
Feb 11th - Jason Allyn Scott, Iowa City Iowa, rower (Olympics-1996)
Feb 11th - Fredrik Thordendal, Swedish musician
Feb 12th - Bryan Roy, Surinam/Dutch soccer star (Ajax)
Feb 12th - Dell Demps, NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs)
Feb 12th - Lamar Thomas, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs, Miami Dolphins)
Feb 12th - Jim Creeggan, Canadian bassist (Barenaked Ladies)
Feb 12th - Judd Winick, writer and artist
Feb 13th - Kevin Stocker, US baseball infielder (Phila Phillies)
Feb 13th - Ruben Brown, NFL guard (Buffalo Bills)
Feb 13th - Vernon Patao, 141 lbs (64 kg) US weightlifter (alt-Olympics-1996)
Feb 13th - Karoline Krüger, Norwegian singer
Feb 14th - David Podlich, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
Feb 14th - Elaine Youngs, Orange Calif, volleyball outside hitter (Olympics-96)
Feb 14th - Guillaume Raoux, France, tennis star
Feb 14th - Kelly Stinnett, US baseball catcher (NY Mets)
Feb 14th - Richard Smehlik, Ostrava CZE, NHL defenseman (Team Czech Rep, Buffalo)
Feb 14th - Sean Hill, Duluth, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators)
Feb 14th - Giuseppe Guerini, Italian cyclist
Feb 14th - Simon Pegg, British comedian and actor
Feb 15th - Gloria Trevi, Mexico, sexy spanish vocalist (A Gatas)
Feb 15th - Nathaniel Mills, Evanston Ill, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
Feb 15th - Tyrone Legette, NFL cornerback (NO Saints)
Feb 15th - Craig Gass, American impressionist and comedian
Feb 16th - Saskia Linssen, Venlo Holland, playmate (Jun, 1991)

Famous Deaths

Results 101 - 200 of 272

May 4th - William Schroeder (b. 1950)
May 7th - Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60
May 9th - Percy Brier, composer, dies at 84
May 9th - Walter P Reuther, US worker's union leader/president (CIO), dies
May 9th - Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (b. 1884)
May 11th - Johnny Hodges, American musician (b. 1906)
May 12th - Leonie "Nelly" Sachs, German/Swedish poet (Nobel 1966), dies at 78
May 12th - Wladyslaw Anders, Polish general (WW I, WW II), dies at 78
May 14th - Billie Burke, comedienne (Glinda-Wizard of Oz), dies at 84
May 17th - Nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61
May 21st - Vinton Hayworth, actor (Gen Schaeffer-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 63
May 21st - E. L. Grant Watson, Australian biologist (b. 1885)
May 22nd - Joseph W Krutch, US writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76
May 23rd - Nydia Westman, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins), dies at 68
May 27th - Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78
May 29th - John Gunther, author/host (John Gunther's High Road), dies at 68
May 31st - Terry Sawchuk, hockey player (b. 1929)
Jun 1st - G Ungaretti, writer, dies at 82
Jun 2nd - Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer, designer, and founder of eponymous race team (b. 1937)
Jun 2nd - Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian poet (b. 1888)
Jun 2nd - Albert Lamorisse, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
Jun 3rd - Douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Fries boer/writer, dies at 70
Jun 3rd - H G Hjalmar Schacht, pres Germany Kingdom bank/minister of Eco, dies
Jun 4th - Hjalmar Schcacht, [Horace Greeley], Nazi minister, dies
Jun 4th - Jopie [Johan A] Pengel, premier Suriname, dies
Jun 4th - Menasha Skulnik, comedian (Menasha the Magnificent), dies at 78
Jun 4th - Sonny Tufts, actor (Atomic Blonde, 7 Year Itch), dies at 58
Jun 5th - "Jopie" Pengel, [Johan A], premier Suriname (1963-69), dies at 54
Jun 5th - Jay Irving, cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh), dies at 69
Jun 7th - Edward M Forster, Brit writer (Maurice, passage to India), dies at 91
Jun 7th - E. M. Forster, English author (b. 1879)
Jun 8th - Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (b. 1908)
Jun 11th - Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier (1917), dies at 89
Jun 11th - Camille Bombois, French circus wrestler/painter, dies at 87
Jun 11th - Frank Laubach, Benton Pa, taught reading through phonetics, dies
Jun 11th - Frank Silvera, Jamaican actor (High Chaparral), dies at 55
Jun 11th - Earl Grant, American musician and singer (b. 1931)
Jun 11th - William 'Billy Batts' Devino, American crime figure (b. 1921)
Jun 16th - Elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73
Jun 16th - Heino Eller, composer, dies at 83
Jun 16th - Brian Piccolo, American football player (b. 1943)
Jun 17th - Matthew Henderson, cricketer (one Test for NZ 1930), dies
Jun 21st - Achmed Sukarno, 1st president of Indonesia (1945-67), dies at 68
Jun 23rd - Roscoe Turner, American aviator and racer (b. 1895)
Jun 27th - Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)
Jun 29th - Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica), dies at 77
Jun 29th - Stefan Andres, German writer (Wir sind Utopia), dies at 64
Jul 2nd - Jessie Street, Australian civil rights activist, dies
Jul 4th - Harold Vanderbilt, America Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85
Jul 4th - Barnett Newman, American artist (b. 1905)
Jul 6th - Marjorie Rambeau, dies at 80
Jul 7th - Allen Lane [Williams], English publisher (Penguin Books), dies at 67
Jul 7th - Louise Harrison, mother of Beatle George, dies
Jul 7th - Marjorie Rambeau, actress (Primrose Path, Torch Song), dies at 80
Jul 7th - Sylvester Wiere, comedian (Wiere Brothers-Ford Festival), dies at 60
Jul 14th - Preston S Foster, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at 69
Jul 17th - Juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74
Jul 18th - Lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86
Jul 19th - Barry Wood, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 61
Jul 20th - Iain Macleod, Conservative Party Politician and Chancellor of Exchequer at time of his death (b. 1913)
Jul 21st - Mikhail Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
Jul 21st - Bob Kalsu, American football player (b. 1945)
Jul 22nd - George Johnston, Australian journalist and novelist (b. 1912)
Jul 24th - Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman (b. 1897)
Jul 26th - Claud Allister, actor (Kiss Me Kate, Quartet), dies at 81
Jul 26th - Robert Taschereau, French Canadian lawyer and Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1896)
Jul 27th - Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (1932-68), dies
Jul 28th - John Barbirolli, English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orch), dies at 70
Jul 29th - John G B Barbirolli, English conductor/composer, dies at 70
Jul 29th - Jonel Perlea, composer, dies at 69
Jul 30th - George Szell, Hungarian/US conductor (Cleveland Orch), dies at 73
Jul 31st - Walter Briggs, Jr., American sports executive (b. 1912)
Aug 1st - Frances Farmer, actress (Toast of NY, Come & Get It), dies at 55
Aug 6th - Ingolf Dahl, German composer (Andante & Arioso), dies at 58
Aug 7th - ... Haley, US judge, shot dead
Aug 7th - James McClain, US black activist, shot dead
Aug 7th - Jonathan P Jackson, US black activist, shot dead
Aug 7th - William Christmas, US black activist, shot dead
Aug 10th - Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, Germ composer (Requiem), commits suicide at 52
Aug 13th - Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75
Aug 14th - Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer, dies at 62
Aug 15th - Karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66
Aug 17th - Rattana Pestonji, Thai filmmaker (b. 1908)
Aug 19th - Paweł Jasienica, Polish historian (b. 1909)
Aug 20th - Hildo Krop, modernistic sculptor, dies at 86
Aug 21st - Timothy Mather Spelman, composer, dies at 79
Aug 22nd - Richard Frank Donovan, composer, dies at 78
Aug 22nd - Vladimir Propp, Russian structuralist scholar (b. 1895)
Aug 23rd - Nel Rose, dancer, dies at 55
Aug 29th - Mary Clare, dies at 76
Aug 30th - Anna Casati, Italian marchesa, murdered at 41
Aug 30th - Del Moore, actor/announcer (Cal-Bachelor Father), dies at 53
Aug 30th - Del Moore, American comedian (b. 1916)
Sep 1st - Francois Mauriac, writer, dies
Sep 2nd - Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show), dies at 64
Sep 2nd - Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer (Hollow Men), dies at 63
Sep 3rd - Al Wilson, "Blind Owl", guitarist/vocalist (Canned Heat), dies at 27
Sep 3rd - Jochen Rindt, German race car driver, dies at 28
Sep 3rd - Vince Lombardi, football coach (Packers), dies in Washington DC at 57
Sep 4th - James M Taylor, USAF/astronaut, dies at 39