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Historical Events

Results 1 - 62 of 62

1st - Baseball Players' Assn votes to cancel 92 remaining exhibition games
1st - Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz
1st - France performs nuclear test
1st - Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist
1st - New York City's Transit Worker Union 100 begins a strike lasting 11 days.
2nd - Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st teenager to score 50 goals in a season
3rd - France performs nuclear test
3rd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
4th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
6th - 9th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
6th - Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season
6th - Post It Notes, introduced
7th - Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis
8th - Islander Potvin's 2 shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Kings & set NHL rec of 2 shorthanded playoff goals in 1 period
9th - Belgium's Marten's govt resigns
9th - Kings tie NHL rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Isles
9th - Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6
11th - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harassment
11th - Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up"
12th - BCMA, Black Consciousness Movement of Azania, forms
12th - Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper & Money hit grand slams)
12th - Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d'etat, ending over 130 years of national democratic presidential succession.
12th - Terry Fox begins his "Marathon of Hope" at St. John's, Newfoundland.
13th - "Grease" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 3,388 performances
13th - "Reggae" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 21 performances
13th - 44th Golf Masters Championship: Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 275
13th - Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic
13th - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
13th - US boycotts Summer Olympics in Moscow
14th - 1st Cubans of the Mariel boatlift sail to Florida
14th - 52nd Academy Awards - "Kramer vs Kramer," D Hoffman & Sally Field win
14th - Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Executioner's Song)
16th - Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis
16th - Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final
16th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
18th - Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) declares independence from UK
20th - Cubans begin to arrive in US from Mariel boatlift
20th - Donna White wins LPGA Florida "Lady Citrus" Golf Tournament
20th - Climax of Berber Spring in Algeria as hundreds of Berber political activists are arrested.
21st - 84th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:12:11
21st - Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit Mich
21st - 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Can in 2:34:28 Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women's champ she hadn't run entire course
23rd - Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die
24th - US military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die
25th - A's manager Billy Martin restrained by umps from attacking a fan
25th - Announcement of Jimmy Carter hostage rescue bungle in Iran
25th - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Wayne Webb
25th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
26th - Gerard Nijboer runs Dutch record marathon (2:09:01)
26th - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
26th - Iran begins scattering US hostages from US Embassy
26th - Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120'
26th - Phillies' Steve Carlton pitches his 6th 1-hitter (beats Cards)
27th - Barbara Barrow wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
28th - Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, resigns
28th - Reunion Arena in Dallas opens
29th - Corazones Unidos Siempre Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority Inc. is founded.
30th - "Barnum" opens at St James Theater NYC for 854 performances
30th - Ronald Harwood's "Dresser," premieres in London
30th - Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London
30th - Beatrix, Wilhelmina Armgard, crowned queen of Netherlands
30th - Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, abdicates

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 72 of 72

1st - Bryan Buffinton, Ridgewood NJ, actor (Bill Lewis Jr-Guiding Light)
1st - Randy Orton, American professional wrestler
1st - Bijou Phillips, American actress
1st - Yūko Takeuchi, Japanese actress
2nd - Carlos Salcido, Mexican footballer
2nd - Adam Fleming, English news reporter
2nd - Ricky Hendrick, NASCAR driver and owner (d. 2004)
4th - Björn Wirdheim, Swedish race car driver
4th - Johnny Borrell, English singer (Razorlight)
4th - Trevor Moore, American comedian
5th - Matt Bonner, American basketball player
5th - Lee Jae Won, South Korean actor, singer, and rapper
5th - John McLaughlin, American television reporter
6th - Matthew Thomas Carey, actor (Once You Meet a Stranger)
8th - Manuel Ortega, Austrian singer
8th - Katee Sackhoff, American actress
9th - Kristin Lee, Bethesda Md, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)
9th - Jerko Leko, Croatian footballer
9th - Yoanna House, American model
9th - Clueso, German singer, rapper, songwriter and producer
10th - Sean Avery, Canadian ice hockey player
10th - Charlie Hunnam, British actor
10th - Kasey Kahne, American race-car driver
10th - Bryce Soderberg, American musician
11th - Keiji Tamada, Japanese footballer
11th - Mark Teixeira, American baseball player
12th - Brian McFadden, Irish Singer
12th - Erik Mongrain, Canadian musician
13th - Jana Cova, Czech pornographic actress
13th - Quentin Richardson, American basketball player
13th - Colleen Clinkenbeard, American voice actress
14th - Ben Wells, American actor
14th - Win Butler, American/Canadian musician (Arcade Fire)
15th - Victor Núñez, Costa Rican footballer
15th - Natalie Casey, British actress
15th - James Foster, English cricketer
15th - Raúl López, Spanish basketball player
15th - Willie Mason, Australian Rugby League Player
15th - Fränk Schleck, Luxembourgish cyclist
16th - Jesse Tendler, Madison Wisc, actor (Nick-Ellen Burstyn Show)
16th - Paul London, American professional wrestler
17th - Crystal Carlson, Miss Maine Teen USA (1997)
17th - Curtis Woodhouse, English footballer/boxer
17th - Lee Hyun-il, South Korean badminton player
18th - Robyn Regehr, Canadian ice hockey player
19th - Alexis Thorpe, American actress
20th - Jasmin Wagner, German singer
21st - Vincent Lecavalier, Canadian hockey player
21st - Tony Romo, American football player
21st - Jeff Keppinger, American baseball player
22nd - Aaron Metchnik, Santa Barbara Calif, actor (Stephen-Torkelsons)
22nd - Monica Flammer, Gainesville Fla, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
22nd - Nicolas Douchez, French footballer
22nd - Courtney Friel, presenter of World Poker Tour
22nd - Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
22nd - Aaron Michael Metchik, American actor
24th - Fernando Arce, Mexican footballer
24th - Austin Nichols, American actor
25th - Alejandro Valverde, Spanish cyclist
25th - Bruce Martin, New Zealand cricketer
25th - Kazuhito Tadano, Japanese basaball player
26th - Jordana Brewster, Panama, actress (Nikki Graves-As the World Turns)
26th - Marne Patterson, Sherman Oaks Cal, actress (Nicole-Something So Right)
26th - Channing Tatum, American actor
27th - Christian Lara, Ecuadorian footballer
27th - Ananda Mikola, Indonesian racing driver
27th - Sybille Bammer, Austrian tennis player
27th - Talitha Cummins, Australian journalist
28th - Josh Howard, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks)
29th - Mathieu Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
29th - Kian Egan, Irish singer (Westlife)
29th - Kelly Shoppach, American baseball player

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 30 of 30

2nd - Dick Howorth, cricketer (Engld slow lefty all-rounder late 40's), dies
3rd - Luella Gear, actress (Joe & Mabel), dies at 82
4th - Red Sovine, American country music singer (b. 1917)
9th - Kathleen Burke, dies
10th - Kay Medford, actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love), dies at 65
11th - Charlotte Henry, dies
11th - Florence Lake, dies
12th - Stanley De Silva, cricketer (motor bike Sri Lanka '79 World Cup), dies
12th - William R Tolbert Jr, Liberian President & 27 others killed in coup
12th - Clark McConachy, New Zealand billiards and snooker player (b. 1895)
13th - Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1956)
14th - Tom Fadden, actor (Duffeild-Broken Arrow, Cimarron City), dies at 84
15th - Jean-Paul Sartre, existentialist philosopher and writer (Nobel 1964), dies in Paris at 74
15th - Marshall Reed, actor (Fred Asher-Lineup), dies at 62
15th - Paul Langton, actor (Leslie-Peyton Place), dies at 76
15th - Raymond Bailey, actor (Mr Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 75
19th - Ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88
19th - Tony Beckley, actor (Assault, When a Stranger Calls), dies at 51
21st - Aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist (b. 1894)
21st - Sohrab Sepehri, Persian poet and painter (b. 1928)
22nd - Jane Froman, singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), dies at 72
23rd - Jane Froman, US singer (JF's USA Canteen), dies at 72
24th - Alentejo Carpentier, Cuban/Fren writer (Guerra del Tiempo), dies at 75
25th - Katia Mann, wife of German writer Thomas Mann (b. 1883)
26th - Cicely Courtneidge, actress (Double Exposure), dies at 87
28th - Dee Carroll, [Betty Jean Marsh], actress (Mad Bomber, Split), dies
28th - Tommy Caldwell, rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies
29th - Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, British director (Psycho, Birds), dies at 80
30th - Mary McCarty, actress (French Line), dies
30th - Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician (b. 1898)