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Historical Events

Results 1 - 98 of 98

1st - "Cemetery Club" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 56 perfs
1st - Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
1st - Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland for 1st time since 1974
1st - Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97
2nd - "Turtle Power" by Partners In Kryme hits #13
2nd - Seattle's Randy Johnson, no-hits Tigers, 2-0
3rd - 3rd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $894,560
3rd - 44th Tony Awards: Grapes of Wrath & City of Angels win
3rd - Cathy Gerring wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
4th - 24th Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton & Patty Loveless
4th - Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy
4th - LA Dodger Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves
4th - NY Telephone company announces that it wants Bronx area code 917
4th - Dr Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die
5th - S African troops plunder Mandela's dwelling
6th - 2nd International Rock Awards
6th - For 2nd time this season, Cecil Fielder belts 3 home runs in a game
6th - Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as NY Yankee manager
7th - Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains
7th - S Afr Pres F W de Klerk lifts 4 year olf state of emergency
8th - "It's Garry Shandling's Show," last airs on Fox-TV
8th - Phil Bradley hits 18th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history
9th - 122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go & Go wins in 2:27.2
9th - 60th French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (76 64)
9th - Czechoslovakia beats US 5-1 in World Cup soccer
9th - Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with baseball's switch hit HRs in 10 games
9th - Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) & Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed
9th - Michael Jackson is hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage
9th - Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf for French Open tennis title
10th - "Accomplice" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 52 perfs
10th - "Meet Me in St Louis" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 253 perfs
10th - 60th French Mens Tennis: Andres Gomez beats A Agassi (63 26 64 64)
10th - 8th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jack Nicklaus
10th - Burger King begins using Newman's Own Salad Dressing
10th - Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers for 1st time since 1974 in Portland
10th - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
10th - Rap group 2 Live crew members arrested in Fla for obscenity
11th - Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of US flag unconstitut
11th - UN appoints Olivia Newton-John environmental ambassador
11th - Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for making false statements to Congress
11th - Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson & Willie Randolph (all ex Yanks)
12th - Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite Neth 1-1 in World Cup game
12th - NY Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves
12th - Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd to steal 900 bases
12th - Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list
12th - NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning
13th - "Les Miserables," opens at S Alberta Jubilee Centre, Calgary
13th - Boeing 767 sets nonstop commercial flight, Seattle to Narobi Kenya
13th - Nelson & Winnie Mandela welcomed in NYC
13th - Wash DC mayor Marion Barry announces he will not seek a 4th term
14th - 44th NBA Championship: Det Pistons beat Por Trailblazers, 4 games to 1
14th - Date of the events in the movie Mr Destiny
14th - NL announces plans to expand from 12 to 14 teams for 1993 season
14th - Supreme Court rules police check for drunk drivers constitutional
15th - "Dick Tracy" with Warren Beatty & Madonna premieres
16th - "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer peaks at #8
16th - Nelson & Winnie Mandela visit Leidseplein, Amsterdam
17th - "Some Americans Abroad" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC after 62 perfs
17th - "Zoya's Apartment" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 45 perfs
17th - 90th US Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 280 at Medinah CC in Medinah Il
17th - Chris Johnson wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic
18th - 1st ever lose for Cameroon in Soccer World Cup, USSR-4 Cameroon-0
18th - 1st sudden death US Open Golf Championship is won by Hale Irwin
19th - Gary Carter catches his 1,862nd career game breaks Al Lopez's NL mark
20th - 40,000-50,000 die in a (7.6) earthquake in Iran
20th - Nelson Mandela lands in NYC to begin a tour of US
20th - Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
21st - 7.7 Earthquake with 100s of after shocks hits Iran; about 50,000 die
21st - Little Richard gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame
21st - NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 4th victim, Larry Parham
21st - Parliament of W & E Germany recognize Oder-Neissegrens
21st - US House of Reps vote 254-177 to stop US flag burning, doesn't pass
21st - At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a NY Yankee baseball cap & proclaims "I am a Yankee!"
22nd - Billy Joel performs a concert at Yankee Stadium
22nd - Braves replace manager Russ Nixon with GM Bobby Cox
22nd - Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit
22nd - Longest game in Toronto, Yanks beat Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 inns
23rd - A rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Stat of Liberty
23rd - Moldavia declares independence
23rd - Police find marijuana at Chuck Berry's home
23rd - TV Guide selects Arsenio Hall as TV personality of year
23rd - Zimbabwe beat the Netherlands by 6 wickets to win ICC Trophy
24th - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
25th - "Dave Thomas Comedy Show," last airs on CBS-TV
25th - 120°F in Phoenix Arizona
25th - NBC decides to air episodes of "Quantum Leap" for 5 straight days
25th - Supreme Court rules family members cannot end lives of comatose relatives unless those relatives previously made their wishes known
26th - 122°F in Phoenix Arizona
26th - 8 KS & OK radio stations boycott k d lang, due to her anti-meat ad
26th - New Kid on the Block Donnie Wahlberg release from hospital after fall
27th - Jose Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oak A's contract
27th - Salman Rushdie, condemned to death by Iran, contributes $8600 to help their earthquake victims
28th - 17th annual Daytime Emmy Awards
28th - Emmy 17th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 11th time
29th - Marla Maples father sues National Enquirer for $12M
29th - NY Mets tie their team career high 11 game win streak
29th - A's Dave Stewart no-hits Blue Jays & Dodger's Fernando Valenzuela no-hits St Louis 6-0, 1st time no-hitters in both leagues
30th - East & West Germany merge their economies

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 6 of 6

2nd - Brittany Curran, American actress
13th - Aaron Johnson, British actor
23rd - Samuel Lee, FIFA 08 World Champion
24th - Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player
27th - Aselin Debison, Canadian singer
28th - Jasmine Richards, Canadian actress

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 28 of 28

1st - Eric Barker, actor/writer (Carry on Sergeant, Roommates), dies
2nd - Frederick Mellinger, founder of Fredericks of Hollywood, dies at 76
2nd - Jack Gilford, actor (Cracker Jacks), dies at 82
2nd - Rex Harrison, actor (My Fair Lady), dies of cancer at 82
2nd - Robert Noyce, co-inventor (semi-conductor)/founder (Intel), dies
2nd - Stuart Hall, actor (Cavalcade, Dawn Patrol), dies
2nd - Stiv Bators, American singer (The Dead Boys, The Lords of the New Church) (b. 1949)
3rd - Tom Brown, actor (Judge Priest, Hello Sucker, Ex-Champ), dies at 77
3rd - Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (b. 1949)
4th - Jack Gilford, comedic actor (Cocoon II), dies at 82 of stomach cancer
5th - J Zeldenrust, pathology-anatomy, dies
5th - Vasily V Kuznetsov, pres of USSR supreme soviet (1982-83, 85), dies
7th - Barbara Baxley, actress (Norma Rae), dies at 63 of a heart attack
8th - Alfredo Poveda, president of Consul of Ecuador (1976-79), dies
8th - Jose Figueres, president of Costa Rica (1948-49, 53-58, 70-74), dies
11th - Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpeter (wah wah sound), dies at 86
12th - Terence O'Neil, lord/PM of Ulster (1963-69), dies
14th - Erna Berger, German soprano (b. 1900)
16th - Eva Turner, British soprano, dies
16th - Megan Leigh, American porn star (b. 1964)
17th - Dick Elffers, graphic artist, dies
17th - Palmira Henry, fashion designer, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 44
18th - Dennis Dyer, cricketer (scored 96 3 Tests for South Africa), dies
20th - Ina Balin, actress (Patsy), dies at 52, of pulmonary hypertension
25th - Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Australian composer (Triad), dies at 77
26th - Anni Blomqvist, Finnish novelist (b. 1909)
28th - Estelle Lamont, entertainer, dies
29th - Irving Wallace, author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at 74