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Historical Events

Results 1 - 97 of 97

1st - "Heidi Chronicles" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 621 perfs
1st - "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" closes at Imperial NYC after 634 perfs
1st - Gelindo Bordin sets European marathon record (2:14:02)
1st - Highest combined CFL score (111), Toronto Argonauts beat BC 68-43
2nd - "Grapes of Wrath" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 188 performances
2nd - Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St Zen Center, SF
3rd - 9th no-hitter of 1990: Blue Jay Dave Steib beats Cleve 3-0
3rd - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
3rd - Helen Hudson sings national anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego)
3rd - Jerry Lewis' 25th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $44,172,186
3rd - White Sox reliever Bobby Thigpen sets save record at 47 en route to 57
5th - Iraqi Pres Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West
5th - Pete Sampras ends Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight US Open final
6th - 7th MTV Awards: Sinead O'Connor wins
7th - "Street Scene" opens at NY State Theater NYC for 6 performances
7th - Marjorie Judith Vincent (Ill), 25, crowned 64th Miss America 1991
8th - 104th US Womens Tennis: Gabriela Sabatini beats Steffi Graf (62 76)
8th - Ellis Island Historical Site opens on Ellis Island NYC
9th - 110th US Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi (64 63 62)
9th - Bush & Gorbachev meet in Helsinki & urge Iraq to leave Kuwait
9th - Liberia president Samuel K Doe is captured by Mr Johnson's forces
9th - Oakland beats NY 7-3 to complete a 12-game sweep of Yankees this year
9th - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Ping-Cellular One Golf Championship
10th - 19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win US Open
10th - 1st time since 1966 that all 8 grand slam tennis champs are different
10th - Ellis Island reopens as a museum
10th - George Bush & Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki
10th - Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada
10th - Iran agrees to resume diplomatic ties with Iraq
10th - Mariner Matt Young becomes 21st AL'er to strike out 4 in 1 inning
10th - 1st time in NY Yankee history they are completely swept season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0
12th - "Les Miserables," opens at Cirkus Theater, Stockholm
12th - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
12th - US, England, France, USSR, East & West Germanys sign agreements allowing 2 Germanys to merge
13th - Commuter train at Johannesburg South Africa attacked, 36 die
13th - Iraqi troops storm residence of French ambassador in Kuwait
13th - Robert E Nederlander appointed NY Yankee managing general partner
13th - Senate Judiciary Com opens hearing on confirmation of David Souter
14th - Ken Griffey, Sr & Jr, hit back-to-back HRs in 1st inning
15th - 42nd Emmy Awards - LA Law & Murphy Brown win
15th - Chicago White Sox Bobby Thigpen is 1st to record 50 saves
15th - Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
15th - Florida lottery goes over $100,000,000
15th - France announce it will send 4,000 troops to Persian Gulf
16th - 101 year old Sam Ackerman weds 95 year old Eva in New Rochelle NY
16th - 42nd Emmy Awards: LA Law, Murphy Brown, Peter Falk & Patricia Wettig
16th - Dennis Quaid & Meg Ryan wed
16th - Iraq televises an 8 minute uncensored speech from George Bush
16th - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
16th - Pirate Radio NY International begins transmissions on WWCR
17th - Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep NY Post publishing
17th - Soviet Union & Saudi Arabia restore diplomatic ties
18th - 500 lb 6' Hershey Kiss is displayed at 1 Times Square, NYC
18th - Atlanta is chosen to host 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics
18th - Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
20th - Both Germanys ratify reunification
20th - Saddam Hussein demands US networks broadcast his message
20th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
20th - South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
21st - Oakland A's Bob Welch becomes 1st 25 game winner in 10 years
21st - Pirate Bobby Bond is 2nd to hit 30 HRs & steal 50 bases in a season (so he can play in 6 decades) because it is a publicity stunt
21st - Faye Vincent turns down White Sox bid to reinstate Minnie Minoso, 68
22nd - Saudi Arabia expels many Jordanian & Yemeni envoys
22nd - Andre Dawson steals his 300th base & is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals & 2,000 hits
23rd - Nancy Lopez wins MBS LPGA Golf Classic
23rd - PBS begins an 11 hour miniseries on Civil War
23rd - Saddam says he will destroy Israel
24th - East Germany leaves Warsaw Pact
24th - South African president F W de Klerk meets Pres Bush in Wash DC
24th - Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market
24th - West German Pres Richard von Weizsaecker signs reunification treaty
24th - Periodic Great White Spot observed on Saturn
25th - "Les Miserables," opens at Forrest Theatre, Phila
25th - 1st 8 NY Yankees hit safely vs Balt Orioles to tie record
25th - Oakland A's clinch 3rd straight AL West title
25th - Saddam Hussein warns that US will repeat Vietnam experience
25th - UN Security Council vote 14-1 to impose air embargo against Iraq
26th - Motion Picture Assn of America creates new NC-17 rating
27th - Dee Dee Ramone arrested on marijuana possession
27th - Deposed emir of Kuwait address UN General Assembly
27th - Gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkeley Calif
27th - Senate Judiciary committee approves Souter's Supreme Court
27th - Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House
27th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
28th - Exiled emir of Kuwait visits White House
28th - Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame
29th - "Love & Affection" by Nelson peaks at #1 on pop singles chart
29th - "Street Scene" closes at NY State Theater NYC after 6 perfs
29th - Brook Yeaton weds Traci Lords
29th - Reds are 1st NL team to clinch title, staying in 1st place all year
29th - US Sect of State James Baker meets with Vietnam's foreign minister
29th - Washington National Cathedral construction is completed after 83 years
29th - "Millie's Book" written by 1st Lady Barbara Bush for president's dog is a best-selling non-fiction book
29th - The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
30th - Chic White Sox beat Seattle 2-1 in last game at Comiskey Park
30th - Pitts Pirates wins NL East title
30th - The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Canada's capital city of Ottawa.

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 13 of 13

2nd - Marcus Ericsson, Swedish Racing Driver
5th - Jeremy Snider, US actor (Eric Jr-Bold & Beautiful)
5th - Kim Yu-Na, Korean figure skater
7th - Tanja Kolbe, German ice dancer
8th - Matt Barkley, American football player
9th - Melody Klaver, Dutch actress
19th - Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress
20th - John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player
20th - Marilou, Quebec pop singer
21st - Allison Scagliotti, American actress
21st - Christian Serratos, American actress
25th - Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater
27th - Kylee Lin, American beauty pageant winner

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 28 of 28

3rd - David Acer, Florida dentist, dies of AIDs after infecting 5 patients
4th - Henry Faas, [Wandelganger], Dutch journalist (Volkskrant), dies
4th - Irene Dunne, actress (5 oscars), dies of heart failure at 91
5th - Beppo Brem, actor (Frontgockel), dies of heart failure at 84
5th - Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1896)
6th - Leonard Hutton, cricketer (79 Tests for England, 6971 runs), dies
6th - T Issan Dorsey, founder (Hartford St Zen Center SF), dies
6th - Tom Fogerty, rocker (Creedence Clearwater), dies of tuberculosis at 48
7th - Alan J P Taylor, British historian (Origins of WW II), dies
9th - Rimantas Antanas Stankiavichus, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46
9th - Samuel Doe, Liberian politician (b. 1951)
10th - Samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia (1980-90), assassinated
11th - Ben Frank, actor (Don't Answer the Phone), dies of heart attack at 56
11th - Myrna Mack, Guatemalan anthropologist (b. 1949)
12th - Athene Seyler, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 101
14th - Wime de Craene, Flemish chansonnier/composer, dies
15th - G M J Veldkamp, Dutch politician (CDA), dies
15th - Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 60
16th - Loretta Tupper, radio/TV entertainer, dies of cancer at 84
16th - Steve Condos, tap dancer, dies of heart attack at 71
19th - Werner Janssen, US composer (New Years Eve in NY), dies at 91
20th - Jackie Moran, actor (Janie, Barefoot Boy), dies of cancer at 65
24th - Jay Currin, stuntman/actor (Back to the Beach, Serial), dies at 34
26th - Alberto Moravia, Italian writer (Woman in Red), dies at 82
30th - Liesbeth de Uyl-of Vessem, feminist/wife of Joop du, dies
30th - Michel Levis, French cultural anthropologist/writer, dies
30th - Patrick White, Australian writer (Nobel 1973), dies
30th - Alice Parizeau, Quebec writer and journalist (b. 1930)