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Historical Events

Results 1 - 84 of 84

1st - "Day in Hollywood, A Night..." opens at John Golden NYC for 588 perf
1st - 15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins
1st - Sabres & Islanders play to 1:20 of 5th period in a playoff
1st - Amer Book Award: William Styron (Sophie Choice)/T Wolfe (Right Stuff)
2nd - Joseph Doherty & 3 other IRA men arrested for murder
2nd - Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in S Africa
2nd - Pope John Paul II begins African tour
2nd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
3rd - 106th Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Genuine Risk wins in 2:02
3rd - Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st & final HR
3rd - Texas Ranger Ferguson Jenkins becomes 4th to win 100 games in AL & NL
4th - Dodgers bat out of order against Phillies in 1st inning
4th - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC Women's Internationalional Golf Tournament
4th - White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires catches final inning of 11-1 loss to Brewers, becoming 1st lefty to catch since Dale Long in 1958
5th - Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos & police stormed the building
5th - Constantine Karamanlis is elected for the first time President of Greece.
7th - Josip Tito, Yugoslav president, buried
7th - Samm-Art Williams' "Home," premieres in NYC
8th - Sabres take only 15 shots, Islanders 22, in a playoff game
8th - World Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated
9th - 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge
10th - "Happy New Year" closes at Morosco Theater NYC after 17 performances
11th - Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
11th - Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, & home in one inning for Phillies
12th - 1st nonstop crossing of US via balloon (Maxie Anderson & son Chris)
12th - West Ham United wins the FA Cup, beating Arsenal 1-0 at Wembley Stadium. Midfield playmaker Trevor Brooking scores the winner with a rare header.
13th - Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 HRs in 5th inning vs NY Mets
14th - "Musical Chairs" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 15 performances
14th - Dept of Health & Human Services begins operation
14th - Valencia wins 20th Europe Cup II
14th - Bucky Dent hits an inside park HR, Royals walk 14 Yanks including 5 with bases loaded, Yanks win 16-3
15th - 1st trans-US balloon crossing
15th - Flyers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs
15th - Shawn Weatherly, (SC (will win Miss Universe), crowned 29th Miss USA
16th - 34th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Phila 76ers, 4 games to 2
16th - Brian May of rock group Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis
16th - Paul McCartney releases "McCartney II" album
16th - Former Buggles members Geoff Downes & Trevor Horn replace Jon Anderson & Rick Wakeman in Yes
17th - 106th Preakness: Angel Cordero Jr aboard Codex wins in 1:54.2
17th - Kumar Anandan balanced on one foot for 33 hours
17th - Major race riot in Miami Florida - 16 killed, 300 injured
17th - Paul & Linda McCartney appear on Saturday Night Live
18th - Belgium 3rd govt of Martens forms
18th - China PR launch 1st intercontinental rocket
18th - Donna White wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
18th - Fernando Belaunde Terry elected president of Peru
18th - Mount St Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die
18th - Gwangju Massacre: Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations, calling for democratic reforms.
19th - "Blackstone" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 104 performances
19th - Ringo & Barbara Bach are involved in a car crash
20th - 710 families in Love Canal area (Niagara Falls NY) are evacuated
20th - Drummer Peter Criss quits Kiss
20th - Fire in nursing home in Kingston Jamaica, kills 157
20th - In a referendum, 59.5% of Quebec voters reject separatism
21st - "Empire Strikes Back" premieres
21st - Eintracht Frankfurt wins 9th UEFA Cup at Frankfurt
21st - Ensign Jean Marie Butler is 1st woman to graduate from US service acad
22nd - Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue marry
23rd - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Neil Burton
24th - "Rock Lobster" by B-52's hits #56
24th - Iran rejects a call to World Court to release US hostages
24th - Stanley Cup: NY Islanders beat Phila Flyers, 4 games to 2
25th - "Musical Chairs" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 15 performances
25th - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
25th - Jacek Wszoka of Poland sets high jump record (7'8")
26th - Dietmar Mogenburg of West Germany ties high jump record at 7'8"
26th - Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st NLer to record 6, 1-hitters
26th - Soyuz 36 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Hungarian) to Salyut 6
27th - South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed
27th - The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
28th - 2 Oakland A's steal home in 1st inning
28th - Joe Darby does a standing long jump of 12'5"
28th - Nottingham Forrest wins 25th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid
29th - "Billy Bishop Goes to War" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 12 perfs
29th - 53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling elucubrate
29th - Attempted assassination on Vernon Jordan Jr National Urban League pres
29th - J Turners "Juliet & Her Nurse" sold for $6,400,000 in NYC
29th - Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year
30th - 1st papal visit to France since 1814
30th - Tiger reliever John Hiller, 37, (who had a 1971 heart attack), retires
30th - Turner's painting "Juliet & Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million
30th - Twins Ken Landreaux ends his hitting streak after 31 games
31st - "Love Stinks" by J Geils Band peaks at #38
31st - Police & youthful rebels battle in Zurich

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 65 of 65

1st - Jan Heylen, Belgian racing driver
1st - Ana Claudia Talancón, Mexican actress
2nd - Tim Borowski, German footballer
2nd - Miloš Glogovac, Serbian footballer
2nd - Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canadian skateboarder
2nd - Zat Knight, English footballer
2nd - Troy Murphy, American basketball player
2nd - Brad Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
3rd - Marcel Vigneron, American chef (Top Chef)
4th - Andrew Raycroft, NHL goalie
5th - Bonnie Lynn Gagnon, Miss New Hampshire Teen USA (1997)
5th - Yossi Benayoun, Israeli Footballer
5th - DerMarr Johnson, American basketball player
6th - Brooke Bennett, 800m freestyle (Olympics-gold-96)
6th - Kasumi Takahashi, Tokyo Japan, Australian rhythmic gymnast (Oly-96)
6th - Ricardo Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
6th - Scott Colton, American professional wrestler
6th - Mario Stojić, Croatian basketball player
6th - Taebin, Korean singer (1TYM)
6th - Kelly van der Veer, Dutch reality TV star
7th - Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer
7th - Kate Lawler, English reality television personality and disc jockey
8th - Michelle McManus, Scottish singer
8th - Benny Yau, Canadian entertainer
9th - Angela Nikodinov, Spartanburg SC, figure skater (1997 Pacif Sr champ)
9th - Tatewin Means, Miss South Dakota Teen USA (1996)
9th - Tony Schmidt, German racing driver
9th - Cho Hyeon Jae, South Korean actor
9th - Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer
11th - Matthew Lawrence, Phila, actor (Dynasty, Matthew-Brotherly Love)
13th - Waka Inoue, Japanese gravure idol and actress
13th - Mau Marcelo, Filipino singer
14th - Eugene Martineau, Dutch decathlete
14th - Hugo Southwell, Scottish rugby union footballer
14th - Zdeněk Grygera, Czech footballer
15th - Josh Beckett, American baseball player
15th - Rocky Marquette, American actor
16th - Mikel Alonso, Spanish footballer
16th - Michael Ryan, American ice hockey player
16th - Melanie Lofton, American Journalist
17th - Davor Džalto, Serbian art historian
17th - Dallas Taylor, American singer (Underoath)
18th - Aileen Campbell, Scottish Politician
18th - Jeff Roehl, American football player
18th - Ali Zafar, Pakistani singer and model
19th - Drew Fuller, American actor/model
19th - Tony Hackworth, English footballer
20th - Austin Kearns, American Baseball player
21st - Chris Raab, American actor
22nd - Rhett Fisher, actor/musician
22nd - Steven Baker, Australian rules footballer
22nd - Chad Tracy, American baseball player
23rd - Sarah Louise Catherwood, Christchurch NZ, 4x200m swimmer (Oly-96)
23rd - Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer
23rd - Lane Garrison, American actor
24th - Billy L Sullivan, LI NY, actor (Will Pacino-Something So Right)
24th - Cecilia Cheung, Hong Kong actress and singer
25th - Jae Hee, South Korean actor
25th - David Navarro, Spanish footballer
27th - Jessica Deglau, Vancouver BC, 200m butterfly (Olympics-96)
28th - Cheri Wheeler, Miss Georgia Teen USA (1997)
28th - Miguel Pérez, Spanish footballer
28th - Mark Feehily, Irish musician (Westlife)
30th - Steven Gerrard, English footballer
31st - Andy Hurley, American musician (Fall Out Boy)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 17 of 17

2nd - Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies
2nd - George Pál, Hungarian-born film director (b. 1908)
4th - Josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87
4th - Kay Hammond, actress (Blithe SPirit, 5 Golden Hours), dies
5th - Edmond Vandercammen, Belgian writer/poet (Grand Combat), dies at 79
12th - Lillian Roth, actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies
14th - Hugh Griffith, actor (Passover Plot, Ben Hur, Tom Jones), dies at 67
14th - Wilhelm Weismann, composer, dies at 79
18th - Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23
18th - Reid Blackburn, a photojournalist for National Geographic was also a victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. 1952)
18th - Harry Truman, victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. 1896)
18th - David A. Johnston, a U.S. Volcanoligist was also a victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. 1949)
20th - Jack Walsh, cricketer (at Wallsend)/commentator (NBN), dies
21st - Ida Kaminska, actress (Shop on Main Street), dies
28th - Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician (b. 1895)
30th - Carl Radle, bassist (Derek & Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment
30th - Timmy Caldwell, rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies