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Historical Events

Results 701 - 759 of 759

Nov 27th - Soyuz T-3 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched
Nov 30th - "Banjo Dancing" closes at Century Theater NYC after 38 performances
Nov 30th - "Perfectly Frank" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 16 performances
Nov 30th - "West Side Story" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 341 perfs
Nov 30th - Uruguay's new constitution rejected by referendum
Dec 1st - 46th Heisman Trophy Award: George Rogers, South Carolina (RB)
Dec 1st - Mel Harris appears on M*A*S*H in "Cementing Relationships"
Dec 1st - US Justice Dept sues Yonkers siting racial discrimination
Dec 2nd - 4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador
Dec 3rd - NY Federal jury finds Reps Thompson D-NJ & Murphy, D-NY, guilty
Dec 4th - 2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up
Dec 4th - Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Col Rockies)
Dec 5th - Bank of Canada's Canadian Currency Museum opens
Dec 6th - Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn
Dec 6th - NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 502
Dec 8th - "Bravo" network premieres on cable TV
Dec 9th - 61°F in Boston at 1 AM
Dec 10th - Soyuz T-3 returns to Earth
Dec 10th - USSR performs underground nuclear test
Dec 11th - Dirk Wellham scores 100 on 1st-class debut, NSW v Victoria
Dec 11th - The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (known as either CERCLA or Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
Dec 12th - US's copyright law amended to include computer programs
Dec 13th - "Perfectly Frank" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 16 perfs
Dec 14th - "Onward Victoria" opens/closes at Martin Beck NYC for 1 performance
Dec 14th - Anders Kailur scores on 6th Islander penalty shot
Dec 14th - At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon
Dec 14th - Minn Vikings pass for 456 yards against Cleve Browns, winning 28-24
Dec 14th - Nancy Lopez/Curtis Strange wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
Dec 14th - New Orleans Saints end 14 game losing streak, beat NY Jets 21-20
Dec 14th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Dec 15th - NY Yankee Dave Winfield becomes highest-paid player, 10 years $15M
Dec 15th - Premier Queddei troops conquers Chad capital N'djamena
Dec 15th - ZBZ Sangha registered after 5 yrs of administrative hassles in Warsaw
Dec 16th - Alexander Haig named Reagan's Secretary of State
Dec 16th - Pres-elect Reagan announces Alexander Haig as secretary of state
Dec 17th - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Dec 17th - Mauritania provisional constitution published
Dec 18th - Bruce Sprinsteen's concert at Madison Sq Garden
Dec 18th - Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts minister Van Agts abortion laws
Dec 18th - IRA's Sean McKenna becomes critically ill, ends hunger strike
Dec 18th - Vietnam adopts constitution
Dec 19th - Anguilla becomes a British dependency separate from St Kitts
Dec 19th - Iran requests $24 billion in US guarantees to free hostages
Dec 19th - Mutaual Broadcasting cancels Sears Radio Theater
Dec 20th - NBC broadcasts NY Jets' 24-17 win over Dolphins without audio
Dec 20th - USSR formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin
Dec 21st - Harold Carmichael ends NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions
Dec 22nd - Cardinals release outfielder Bobby Bonds
Dec 22nd - Pres-elect Reagan appoints J Kirkpatrick (UN) & James Watt (Interior)
Dec 23rd - Sam Shepard's "True West," premieres in NYC
Dec 24th - Americans remembered Iran hostages by shining lights for 417 seconds
Dec 26th - Aeroflot puts the Ilyushin Il-86 into service.
Dec 27th - Calvin Murphy (Rockets) begins longest NBA free throw streak of 78
Dec 28th - Mexico terminated fishing agreements with US
Dec 29th - Shuttle STS-1 moves from Vandenberg AFB to Launch Complex 39A
Dec 30th - "Wonderful World of Disney," last performance on NBC-TV
Dec 31st - A Jewish owned hotel in Nairobi Kenya is bombed killing 18
Dec 31st - NY Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks
Dec 31st - Senegal president Leopold Senghor resigns

Famous Birthdays

Results 701 - 789 of 789

Nov 10th - Troy Bell, American basketball player
Nov 10th - Donté Stallworth, American football player
Nov 11th - Willie Parker, American football player
Nov 12th - Trent Acid, American professional wrestler
Nov 12th - Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor
Nov 13th - Monique Coleman, American actress
Nov 13th - François-Louis Tremblay, Canadian short track speed skater
Nov 14th - Margot Contois, Marquette Mich, dance skater (& Robert Peal)
Nov 14th - Brock Pierce, American actor
Nov 15th - Ace Young, American singer
Nov 16th - Kayte Christensen, American basketball player
Nov 16th - Nicole Gius, Italian alpine skier
Nov 16th - Carol Huynh, 2008 Canadian Gold Medalist,48 kg. wrestling
Nov 17th - Isaac Hanson, vocalist (Hansons-Do Wah)
Nov 17th - [Clarke] Isaac Hanson, Tulsa OK, singer (Hansons-MMMMbop)
Nov 17th - Brad Bradley, American professional wrestler
Nov 17th - Mercedes Martinez, professional wrestler
Nov 18th - François Duval, Belgian rally driver
Nov 18th - Junichi Okada, Japanese singer (V6)
Nov 18th - Dustin Kensrue, American Singer/Songwriter (Thrice)
Nov 18th - Luke Chadwick, English footballer
Nov 19th - Courtney Anderson, American football player
Nov 19th - Adele Silva, English actress
Nov 20th - James Chambers, English footballer
Nov 21st - Danielle Hartsell, Ann Arbor Mich, pairs skater (& Steve Hartsell)
Nov 21st - Leonardo González, Costa Rican footballer
Nov 21st - Hank Blalock, American baseball player
Nov 21st - Alec Brownstein, American author, director
Nov 21st - Elaine Yiu, Hong Kong Actress
Nov 22nd - Yaroslav Rybakov, Russian athlete
Nov 22nd - Shawn Fanning, American Internet entrepreneur (Napster)
Nov 23rd - David Britz, American nano-technologist
Nov 23rd - Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player
Nov 24th - Beth Phoenix, American professional wrestler
Nov 25th - Kushan Liyanarachchi, Sri Lankan, prominent Live Buddhism Practitioner
Nov 25th - Josh Lomberger, American professional wrestling backstage interviewer
Nov 25th - Aaron Mokoena, South African soccer player
Nov 26th - Jessica Bowman, Walnut Creek Calif, actress (Colleen Cooper-Dr Quinn)
Nov 26th - Delilah Cotto, Puerto Rican actress, dancer and model
Nov 26th - Satoshi Ohno, Japanese singer and actor
Nov 27th - Michael Yardy, English cricketer
Nov 28th - Stuart Taylor, British footballer
Nov 28th - Lisa Middelhauve, German singer (Xandria)
Nov 30th - Jamie Ashdown, English footballer
Dec 1st - Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer
Dec 3rd - Anna Chlumsky, Chicago Ill, actress (My Girl)
Dec 3rd - Jenna Dewan, American actress
Dec 3rd - Jim Sorgi, American football player
Dec 5th - Shizuka Ito, Japanese voice actress (seiyū)
Dec 5th - Ibrahim Maalouf, Lebanese-born French trumpeter
Dec 6th - Steve Lovell, British footballer
Dec 6th - Ehren Wassermann, American baseball player
Dec 7th - John Terry, English footballer
Dec 9th - Ryder Hesjedal, Canadian cyclist
Dec 10th - Sarah Chang, American violinist
Dec 10th - Ledley King, English footballer
Dec 10th - Massari, Lebanese-born Canadian singer
Dec 11th - Rider Strong, SF Calif, actor (Shawn Hunter-Boy Meets World)
Dec 11th - Arya, Indian actor
Dec 14th - Didier Zokora, Ivorian footballer
Dec 14th - Frankie J, American singer
Dec 14th - Tata Young, Thai-American singer
Dec 15th - Sergio Pizzorno, English guitarist (Kasabian)
Dec 17th - Ryan Hunter-Reay, American race car driver
Dec 17th - Eli Pariser, American political activist (MoveOn.org)
Dec 18th - Christina Aguilera, American singer
Dec 19th - Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor
Dec 19th - Marla Sokoloff, American actress
Dec 20th - Ashley Cole, English footballer
Dec 20th - Fitz Hall, English footballer
Dec 20th - Tony, French-born Portuguese footballer
Dec 21st - Royce Ring, American Major League Baseball Player
Dec 22nd - Chris Carmack, American actor
Dec 23rd - Cody Ross, American baseball player
Dec 24th - Tomas Kalnoky, American musician (Streetlight Manifesto)
Dec 25th - Locó, Angolan footballer
Dec 25th - Marcus Trufant, American football player (Seattle Seahawks)
Dec 25th - Reika Hashimoto, Japanese actress
Dec 25th - Laura Sadler, British actress (d. 2003)
Dec 26th - Serena Phillips, Corvallis Ore, figure skater (1997 Pruetten champ)
Dec 26th - Todd Dunivant, American soccer player
Dec 27th - Claudio Castagnoli, Swiss wrestler
Dec 27th - Cas Haley, American singer and guitarist
Dec 28th - Lomana LuaLua, Congo footballer
Dec 28th - Vanessa Ferlito, American actress
Dec 30th - Eliza Dushku, Boston MA, actress (This Boy's Life, True Lies, Journey)
Dec 30th - Kenny Kwan, Hong Kong singer
Dec 31st - Richie McCaw, New Zealand rugby player
Dec 31st - Matt Cross, American professional wrestler

Famous Deaths

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