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Historical Events

Results 1 - 66 of 66

1st - Actress Judith Licht (Who's the Boss) gets married
1st - International Youth Year begins
1st - US's 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)
1st - VH-1 made its broadcasting debut
1st - The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
1st - The first British mobile phone call is made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone.
2nd - 90th hat trick in Islander history-Brent Sutter
2nd - Australia beat WI by innings at SCG, Bob Holland 10 match wkts
2nd - Egyptian Pres Mubarak reappoints Coptic pope Shenuda III
2nd - Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score
2nd - Undefeated BYU becomes college football champions
3rd - Azharuddin scores 110 in 1st Test innings
3rd - Israel govt confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews
5th - Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot
5th - Discovery moves to launch pad for STS 51-C mission
7th - "King & I" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances
7th - Japanese space probe Sakigake launched to Halley's comet
7th - KHQ-AM in Spokane WA changes call letters to KLSN (now KAQQ)
7th - Lou Brock & Hoyt Wilhelm, elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
8th - Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet
9th - Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out
10th - Daniel Ortega Saavedra inaugurated as president of Nicaragua
13th - 23rd Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats USA in Nagoya Japan (2-1)
13th - 99-yr-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course
13th - Blackhawk Doug Wilson failed on 12th penalty shot against Islanders
13th - Cerberal Palsy telethon raises $17,100,000
13th - Express train derails in Ethiopia, kills at least 428
14th - 16 indicted by US for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees
14th - M Navratilova is 3rd to win 100 tennis tournaments (Connors & Evert)
14th - British pound (£) sinks to record low $US1.11
15th - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to John Ashbery & Fred Chapell
15th - Civil rights activist Tancredo Neves elected president
15th - Mike Gatting & Graeme Fowler both scores 200's v India
15th - Tancredo Neves becomes 1st elected president of Brazil in 21 years
16th - "Playboy" announces end of stapling centerfolds
17th - Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test (v England)
18th - US renounces jurisdiction of World Court despite previous promise
19th - "Born In The USA" by Bruce Springsteen peaked at #9
19th - 4 die in a car & train crash in Buda Ill
20th - Cold front strikes US, at least 40 die (-27°F (-33°C) in Chicago)
20th - Superbowl XIX: SF 49ers beat Miami Dolphins, 38-16 in Stanford Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB
21st - -19°F (-28°C), Caesar's Head, South Carolina (state record)
21st - -34°F (-37°C), Mt Mitchell, North Carolina (state record)
21st - Bomb attack on Borobudur temple in Java
21st - Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals
22nd - -30°F (-34°C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record)
22nd - Cold wave damages 90% of Florida's citrus crop
22nd - Kelly Hu, 16, of Hawaii, crowned 3rd Miss Teen USA
22nd - Zak Starkey (Ringo's son) marries Sarah Menikides
23rd - Britains House of Lords debate 1st televised
24th - 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 is launched
25th - "Black & Blue," premieres in Paris
25th - "We are the World" is recorded
25th - Test debut of Wasim Akram, v New Zealand at Auckland (2-105)
26th - 42th Golden Globes: Amadeus wins
26th - Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky scores 50th goal in 49th game of season
27th - "Doug Henning & His World..." closes at Lunt-Fontanne NY after 60 perf
27th - 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 returns to Earth
27th - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
27th - Mark Mckoy cycles world record 50m hurdles indoor (5.25)
27th - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 22-14
28th - 12th American Music Award
29th - Jari Kurri of Edmonton Oilers scores 100th pt of season in game 39
29th - pop stars in LA record "We Are The World"
31st - "Harrigan 'n Hart" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 5 performances
31st - S Afr pres PW Botha offers to free Mandela if he denounces violence

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 42 of 42

1st - Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer
2nd - Heather O'Reilly, American soccer player
3rd - John David Booty, American football player
4th - Fernando Rees, Brazilian race car driver
4th - Al Jefferson, American basketball player
5th - Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor (d. 2001)
5th - Yoon So-Yi, South Korean actress
6th - RP Singh, Indian cricketer
7th - Lewis Hamilton, English F1 racing driver
8th - Rachael Lampa, American singer
11th - Rie fu, Japanese singer
11th - Kazuki Nakajima, Japanese racing driver
11th - Newton Faulkner, British singer
12th - Yohana Cobo, Spanish actress
12th - Artem Milevskiy, Ukrainian footballer
15th - Kenneth Emil Petersen, Danish footballer
16th - Jonathan Richter, Danish professional football midfielder
17th - Simone Simons, Dutch singer (Epica)
17th - Riyu Kosaka, Japanese singer BeForU
17th - Kang-In, South Korean singer/dancer/actor/MC/DJ(Super Junior)
18th - Dale Begg-Smith, Australian freestyle skier
18th - Riccardo Montolivo, Italian soccer player
18th - Minnisha Lamba, Indian Actress and Model
19th - Benny Feilhaber, American soccer player
19th - Esteban Guerrieri, Argentine racing driver
19th - Rika Ishikawa, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
21st - Alex Pérez, Spanish footballer
21st - Sasha Pivovarova, Russian Model
21st - Matt Unicomb, Australian basketball player
22nd - Mohamed Sissoko, Malian footballer
23rd - Dong Fangzhuo, Chinese footballer
23rd - Doutzen Kroes, Dutch supermodel
25th - Tina Karol, Ukrainian singer
25th - Acie Law IV, National Basketball Association player
28th - Athina Onassis, daughter of Christina
28th - Arnold Mvuemba, French footballer
29th - Isabel Lucas, Australian actress
29th - Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player
30th - Aaadietya Pandey, Indian astrologer
30th - Trae Williams, American football player
31st - Adam Federici, Australian footballer
31st - Mario Williams, NFL player

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 24 of 24

1st - Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (b. 1905)
3rd - Lucien Cailliet, composer, dies at 93
4th - Brian Gwynne Horrocks, English lt-general (A Full Life), dies at 89
4th - Lovro von Matacic, Croatian conductor (b. 1899)
5th - Robert L. Surtees, American Oscar-winning cinematographer (Ben-Hur) (b. 1906
6th - Robert H W Welch Jr, US founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85
7th - Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67
7th - Mary Hardy, Australian radio and television presenter (b. 1931)
9th - Don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies
9th - Robert Mayer, British businessman and philanthropist (b. 1879)
10th - Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (b. 1906)
11th - Sir William McKell, Premier of New South Wales, Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891)
13th - Carol Wayne, Johnny Carson's teatime movie hostess, dies at 42
14th - Jetta Goudal, French actress (White Gold), dies at 86
16th - Robert Fitzgerald, U.S. poet and translator (b. 1910)
18th - Mahmoud Taha, Sudanese Moslem leader, hanged at 76
18th - Wilfrid Brambell, actor (Hard Day's Night, Boys), dies at 72
20th - Jo Juda, Dutch musician, dies at 75
21st - Barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema
21st - James Beard, American chef and author (b. 1903)
21st - Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler and promoter (b. 1930)
22nd - Sir Arthur Bryant, British historian (b. 1899)
26th - James Cameron, journalist, dies
30th - Ken Mayers, actor (Robbie Robertson-Space Patrol), dies at 67