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Historical Events

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May 26th - Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st NLer to record 6, 1-hitters
May 26th - Soyuz 36 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Hungarian) to Salyut 6
May 27th - South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed
May 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.
May 28th - 2 Oakland A's steal home in 1st inning
May 28th - Joe Darby does a standing long jump of 12'5"
May 28th - Nottingham Forrest wins 25th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid
May 29th - "Billy Bishop Goes to War" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 12 perfs
May 29th - 53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling elucubrate
May 29th - Attempted assassination on Vernon Jordan Jr National Urban League pres
May 29th - J Turners "Juliet & Her Nurse" sold for $6,400,000 in NYC
May 29th - Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year
May 30th - 1st papal visit to France since 1814
May 30th - Tiger reliever John Hiller, 37, (who had a 1971 heart attack), retires
May 30th - Turner's painting "Juliet & Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million
May 30th - Twins Ken Landreaux ends his hitting streak after 31 games
May 31st - "Love Stinks" by J Geils Band peaks at #38
May 31st - Police & youthful rebels battle in Zurich
Jun 1st - 1st transmission of CNN, Cable News Network
Jun 1st - ANC sets fire to Sasol oil installations in South Africa
Jun 1st - Barbra Streisand appears at an ACLU Benefit in Calif
Jun 1st - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championshipship
Jun 1st - Steve Garvey, hits the 7,000th Dodger home run
Jun 1st - Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting
Jun 2nd - "Your Arm's Too Short to Box..." opens at Ambassador NYC for 149 perfs
Jun 3rd - "It's So Nice to Be Civilized" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 8 perfs
Jun 3rd - Crew of Soyuz 36 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 35
Jun 3rd - ESPN begins televising college world series games
Jun 3rd - Jimmy Carter wins enough delegates for renomination
Jun 3rd - NY Mets draft Darryl Strawberry, 18, #1
Jun 5th - Soyuz T-2 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
Jun 6th - Bjorn Borg beats John McEnroe for Wimbledon title
Jun 7th - "Billy Bishop Goes to War" closes at Morosco NYC after 12 perfs
Jun 7th - "Cars," by Gary Numan hits #9
Jun 7th - 112th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Temperence Hill wins in 2:29.8
Jun 7th - 50th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Vitas Gerulaitis (64 61 62)
Jun 7th - Jeff Norman runs world record 50k (2:48:06)
Jun 7th - John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg for US Open
Jun 7th - Tommy John wins his 200th, 3-0 on a 2-hitter
Jun 8th - "It's So Nice to Be Civilized" closes at Martin Beck NYC after 8 perfs
Jun 8th - 26th LPGA Championship won by Sally Little
Jun 8th - 34th Tony Awards: Children of a Lesser God & Evita win
Jun 8th - 50th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Virginia Ruzici (60 63)
Jun 9th - 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn
Jun 9th - Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine
Jun 9th - Phillies & SF Giants end their game at 3:11 AM
Jun 9th - Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth
Jun 11th - K-Ingleside streetcar converts to METRO service (SF)
Jun 12th - Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests
Jun 13th - Billy Joel's "Glass Houses" hits #1
Jun 13th - Deborah Harry/Meat Loaf film, "Roadie," premieres
Jun 13th - Paul McCartney releases "Waterfall"
Jun 13th - Rep John Jenrette Jr (D-SC) indicted in "Abscam" investigation
Jun 13th - UN Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela
Jun 14th - Theme From NY, NY by Frank Sinatra hits #32
Jun 15th - "Fearless Frank" opens at Princess Theater NYC for 12 performances
Jun 15th - 80th US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 272 at Baltusrol GC NJ
Jun 15th - Dale Lundquis wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
Jun 15th - Jorge Orta of Cleveland gets 6 hits in a baseball game
Jun 16th - "Blues Brothers," premieres in Chicago
Jun 16th - Supreme Court rules new forms of life created in labs could be patents
Jun 17th - Led Zeppelin begins their last European tour
Jun 18th - Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa
Jun 18th - Mrs Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec
Jun 19th - Battle between police & demonstrators in Capetown, 34 killed
Jun 20th - "Blues Brothers" with Dan Akwoyd & John Belushi opens in 594 theaters
Jun 20th - Calif Angels Freddie Patek, hits 3 HRs & double to beat Red Sox 20-2
Jun 20th - Roberto Duran takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous decision
Jun 22nd - Jim King begins riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours
Jun 22nd - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
Jun 23rd - "David Letterman Show," debuts on NBC-TV daytime
Jun 23rd - 1st solar-powered coast-to-coast two-way radio conversation
Jun 23rd - West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium)
Jun 24th - Affirmed wins $500,000 Hollywood Cup, 1st horse to win $2 million
Jun 25th - "Fearless Frank" closes at Princess Theater NYC after 12 performances
Jun 27th - 1st female state police graduates (NJ)
Jun 27th - Dodger's Jerry Reuss' no-hits SF Giants 8-0
Jun 27th - Italian plane crashes into Tyrrheense Sea, kills 81
Jun 27th - US revives draft registration
Jun 28th - NYC transit fare rises from 50 cents to 60 cents
Jun 29th - "Sweeney Todd" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 557 performances
Jun 29th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament
Jun 30th - West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt visits Moscow
Jul 1st - Steve Overt runs world record 3:48.8 mile in Oslo
Jul 1st - O Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.
Jul 2nd - Grateful Dead's Bob Weir & Mickey Hart are arrested for incitement
Jul 2nd - Julie Marie Bryan, 18, of Georgia, crowned America's Young Woman of Yr
Jul 3rd - 1st US Seniors Golf Open: Roberto deVicenzo
Jul 3rd - 73,096 in Cleveland watch Indians beat Yankees 7-0
Jul 4th - Nolan Ryan is 4th to strikeout 3,000
Jul 5th - 87th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats C Evert (61 76)
Jul 5th - 94th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats McEnroe (16 75 63 67 86)
Jul 6th - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
Jul 6th - France performs nuclear test
Jul 6th - Steve Carlton (14-4) pitches most strikeouts by a lefty (2,836)
Jul 7th - 1st solar-powered aircraft crosses English Channel
Jul 7th - Az Judge Sandra Day O'Connor 1st female nominated to Supreme Court
Jul 7th - Jim King completes riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours
Jul 7th - Larry Holmes TKOs Scott LeDoux in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
Jul 7th - Shawn Weatherly, of USA, crowned 29th Miss Universe

Famous Birthdays

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May 6th - Taebin, Korean singer (1TYM)
May 6th - Kelly van der Veer, Dutch reality TV star
May 7th - Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer
May 7th - Kate Lawler, English reality television personality and disc jockey
May 8th - Michelle McManus, Scottish singer
May 8th - Benny Yau, Canadian entertainer
May 9th - Angela Nikodinov, Spartanburg SC, figure skater (1997 Pacif Sr champ)
May 9th - Tatewin Means, Miss South Dakota Teen USA (1996)
May 9th - Tony Schmidt, German racing driver
May 9th - Cho Hyeon Jae, South Korean actor
May 9th - Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer
May 11th - Matthew Lawrence, Phila, actor (Dynasty, Matthew-Brotherly Love)
May 13th - Waka Inoue, Japanese gravure idol and actress
May 13th - Mau Marcelo, Filipino singer
May 14th - Eugene Martineau, Dutch decathlete
May 14th - Hugo Southwell, Scottish rugby union footballer
May 14th - Zdeněk Grygera, Czech footballer
May 15th - Josh Beckett, American baseball player
May 15th - Rocky Marquette, American actor
May 16th - Mikel Alonso, Spanish footballer
May 16th - Michael Ryan, American ice hockey player
May 16th - Melanie Lofton, American Journalist
May 17th - Davor Džalto, Serbian art historian
May 17th - Dallas Taylor, American singer (Underoath)
May 18th - Aileen Campbell, Scottish Politician
May 18th - Jeff Roehl, American football player
May 18th - Ali Zafar, Pakistani singer and model
May 19th - Drew Fuller, American actor/model
May 19th - Tony Hackworth, English footballer
May 20th - Austin Kearns, American Baseball player
May 21st - Chris Raab, American actor
May 22nd - Rhett Fisher, actor/musician
May 22nd - Steven Baker, Australian rules footballer
May 22nd - Chad Tracy, American baseball player
May 23rd - Sarah Louise Catherwood, Christchurch NZ, 4x200m swimmer (Oly-96)
May 23rd - Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer
May 23rd - Lane Garrison, American actor
May 24th - Billy L Sullivan, LI NY, actor (Will Pacino-Something So Right)
May 24th - Cecilia Cheung, Hong Kong actress and singer
May 25th - Jae Hee, South Korean actor
May 25th - David Navarro, Spanish footballer
May 27th - Jessica Deglau, Vancouver BC, 200m butterfly (Olympics-96)
May 28th - Cheri Wheeler, Miss Georgia Teen USA (1997)
May 28th - Miguel Pérez, Spanish footballer
May 28th - Mark Feehily, Irish musician (Westlife)
May 30th - Steven Gerrard, English footballer
May 31st - Andy Hurley, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
Jun 1st - Oliver James, British actor
Jun 2nd - Fabrizio Moretti, Brazilian-born rock drummer (The Stro
Jun 2nd - Abby Wambach, American Soccer player
Jun 3rd - Lazaros Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player
Jun 4th - Alicja Janosz, Polish singer
Jun 4th - François Beauchemin, French Canadian ice hockey player
Jun 5th - Yasser Latif Hamdani, Pakistani constitutional lawyer
Jun 5th - Sutee Suksomkit, Thai football player
Jun 6th - Matt Belisle, American baseball player
Jun 6th - Martin Devaney, English footballer
Jun 9th - Mike Fontenot, American baseball player
Jun 9th - Lehlohonolo Seema, Lesotho footballer
Jun 9th - Udonis Haslem, American basketball player
Jun 10th - Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian footballer
Jun 10th - Jessica Di Cicco, American actress
Jun 11th - Yhency Brazoban, Dominican born baseball player
Jun 12th - Larry Foote, American football player
Jun 12th - Marco Bortolami, Italian rugby union player
Jun 13th - Florent Malouda, French footballer
Jun 13th - Markus Winkelhock, German racing driver
Jun 13th - Darius Vassell, English footballer
Jun 13th - Sarah Connor, German singer
Jun 15th - Mary Carey, American pornographic actress
Jun 15th - Christopher Castile, American actor
Jun 15th - Almudena Cid, Spanish gymnast
Jun 15th - Cara Zavaleta, American model
Jun 16th - Daré Nibombé, Togolese footballer
Jun 16th - Nehir Erdoğan, Turkish actress
Jun 16th - Brad Gushue, Canadian curler
Jun 16th - Martin Stranzl, Austrian footballer
Jun 16th - Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer
Jun 17th - Andee Pickens, New Orleans La, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
Jun 17th - Brittney McConn, Largo Fla, figure skater (1997 Eastern Sr champ)
Jun 17th - Venus Williams, Lynwood Calif, tennis star
Jun 17th - Kimeru, Japanese singer
Jun 18th - Antonio Gates, American football player
Jun 18th - Tara Platt, American actress
Jun 18th - Ivana Wong, Hong Kong singer and songwriter
Jun 18th - Craig Mottram, Australian middle distance runner
Jun 19th - Amy Merrill, Miss Utah Teen USA (1997)
Jun 19th - Adel Abdulaziz, Emiratie football player
Jun 19th - Dante Robinson, American football player
Jun 19th - Lauren Lee Smith, Canadian actress
Jun 20th - Carlo Festuccia, Italian rugby union footballer
Jun 20th - Fabian Wegmann, German road racing cyclist
Jun 20th - Franco Semioli, Italian footballer
Jun 20th - Tony Lovato, American singer and guitarrist (Mest)
Jun 21st - Sendy Rleal, Dominican baseball player
Jun 21st - Richard Jefferson, American basketball player
Jun 23rd - Becky Cloonan, American comic book artist
Jun 23rd - Ramnaresh Sarwan, Guyanese cricketer
Jun 24th - Kelly Dutra, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA (1996)
Jun 24th - Cicinho, Brazilian footballer

Famous Deaths

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Dec 16th - Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (b. 1900)
Dec 18th - Alexei N Kosygin, Soviet PM (1964-80), suffers heart attack at 76
Dec 21st - Marc Connelly, playwright (One Minute Please), dies at 90
Dec 22nd - Dick Kallman, actor (Hank Dearborn-Hank), murdered at 47
Dec 24th - Alec Lafayette Chew Wilder, composer, dies at 73
Dec 24th - Karl Dönitz, German naval admiral, and last leader of Nazi Germany (b. 1891)
Dec 24th - Siggie Nordstrom, model, actress, entertainer, socialite and lead singer of The Nordstrom Sisters (b. 1893)
Dec 25th - Fred Emney, actor (Adventures of a Private Eye), dies at 80
Dec 25th - Louis Neefs, Belgian singer, dies at 43
Dec 25th - Oscar Romero, archbishop of El Salvador, murdered
Dec 26th - Tony Smith, American sculptor (b. 1912)
Dec 28th - Amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die
Dec 28th - Jersey calf, lived 222 days with an artificial heart
Dec 29th - Roy Engle, actor (Police Chief-My Favorite Martian), dies at 67
Dec 29th - Tim Hardin, US singer (Bird on a Wire), dies of a drug overdose at 39
Dec 29th - Tim Hardin, American musician (b. 1941)
Dec 29th - Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian writer (b. 1899)
Dec 31st - Arthur Wellard, cricketer (2 Tests for Eng, legendary 6-hitter), dies
Dec 31st - Marshall McLuhan, Canadian cultural philosopher, dies at 69
Dec 31st - Raoul Walsh, US director (High Sierra), dies at about 88