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Historical Events

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Apr 1st - Jack Nicklaus wins 1st start on Senior PGA tour
Apr 1st - Wrestlemania VI, 67,678 in Toronto, Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan
Apr 2nd - 52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke 103-73
Apr 4th - "Marshall Chronicles" premieres on ABC-TV
Apr 4th - Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her accident
Apr 4th - Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal custody
Apr 5th - John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 yrs in a row
Apr 5th - NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminary
Apr 5th - Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity
Apr 7th - BPAA US Open by Ron Palombi Jr
Apr 7th - Farm Aid IV concert
Apr 7th - John Poindexter (Natl Sec Advisor) found guilty on Iran-Contra scandal
Apr 7th - Michael Milken pleads innocent to security law violations
Apr 7th - NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 5-2, Rangers lead 2-0 in preliminary
Apr 7th - Fire kills 110 on a ferry in Norway, in an unrelated event, 30 die in a ferry flip over in Burma
Apr 8th - "Aspects of Love" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 377 performances
Apr 8th - "Twin Peaks" with Peggy Lipton premieres on ABC-TV
Apr 8th - 54th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 278
Apr 8th - King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties
Apr 8th - Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
Apr 8th - Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die
Apr 8th - New Democracy wins the national election in Greece.
Apr 9th - "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV
Apr 9th - Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees
Apr 9th - NY Islanders beat NY Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1
Apr 9th - World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall (NYC)
Apr 10th - CUNY/Lehman College, Bronx, opens a branch campus in Hiroshma Japan
Apr 10th - Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown
Apr 11th - Angels Mark Langston & Mike Witt, no-hit Seattle, 1-0
Apr 11th - NY Lotto pays $35 million to two winner (#s are 6-14-24-32-34-51)
Apr 11th - NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary
Apr 11th - Customs officers in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, say they have seized what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.
Apr 12th - Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers
Apr 12th - James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months
Apr 12th - 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust & asks for forgivenesss
Apr 13th - 4th largest NBA crowd (45,458) see Orlando play at Minneapolis
Apr 13th - Final episode of Pat Sajak's late night TV show on CBS
Apr 13th - NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1
Apr 15th - "In Living Color" premieres on FOX-TV
Apr 15th - Greenidge & Haynes make 298 opening stand (v Eng), their best
Apr 16th - "Piano Lesson" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 320 performances
Apr 16th - 19th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:23
Apr 16th - 94th Boston Marathon won by Gelindo Bordin of Italy in 2:08:19
Apr 16th - Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week
Apr 16th - Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977
Apr 17th - Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die
Apr 18th - Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines
Apr 18th - Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF
Apr 18th - Supreme Court rules states could make it a crime to possess or look at child pornography, even in one's home
Apr 19th - Contra guerrillas, leftist Sandinistas & incoming govt agree to truce
Apr 19th - Marla Maples appears on ABC's Prime-Time
Apr 19th - Pistons & 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record)
Apr 19th - Truce in Nicaragua's civil war
Apr 20th - Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income
Apr 20th - 8 2/3 inning perfect game pitched by Brian Holman of Oakland A's is spoiled by a home run hit by Ken Philips
Apr 21st - "Cartoon All Stars to Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks
Apr 21st - National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards
Apr 21st - Reds win running their record to 9-0, best start in club history
Apr 22nd - "Truly Blessed" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 33 performances
Apr 22nd - Lebanon release US hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months
Apr 23rd - 11th Emmy Sports Award presentation
Apr 24th - Brian Friel's "Dancing at Lughnasa," premieres in Dublin
Apr 24th - Security law violator Michael Milken pleads guilty to 6 felonies
Apr 24th - US 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) launches into orbit
Apr 24th - West & East Germany agree to merge currency & economies on July 1st
Apr 24th - Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.
Apr 25th - 25th Academy of Country Music Awards: Clint Black & Kathy Mattea win
Apr 25th - Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery
Apr 25th - Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins a 6 year term as Nicaragua's pres
Apr 26th - "Accomplice" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 52 performances
Apr 26th - 126 die in a (6.9) earthquake in China
Apr 26th - Danny Wood of New Kids, steps on a stuffed animal & twists his ankle
Apr 26th - NY court of appeals ends 2½ year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case
Apr 26th - Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller's record of pitching 12 1-hitters
Apr 27th - 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Mich)
Apr 27th - Dodger Orel Hershiser undergoes career-threatening shoulder surgery
Apr 27th - Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10
Apr 28th - "Chorus Line" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 6,137 performances
Apr 28th - Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat NY Knicks 157-128
Apr 28th - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Dave Ferraro
Apr 28th - Guns & Roses' Axl marries Erin Everly (annulled same year)
Apr 28th - Last issue of Dutch communist daily De Waarheid (The Truth)
Apr 29th - "Change in the Heir" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 16 performances
Apr 29th - Dan Quisenberry (all-time AL save king, 238) announces his retirement
Apr 29th - STS-31 (Discovery 10) lands
Apr 29th - Wrecking cranes began tearing down Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate
Apr 30th - As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score
Apr 30th - Seattle's Brian Holman's perfect game broken up with 2 outs in 9th
Apr 30th - US 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) returns from space
Apr 30th - US hostage Frank Reed freed after 4 years in hands of pro-Iranians
May 1st - "Prelude to a Kiss" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC
May 2nd - "Some Americans Abroad" opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 62 perfs
May 2nd - South Africa & African National Congress open talks to end apartheid
May 4th - Angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger
May 4th - Latvia's parliament votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence
May 4th - Oriole Gregg Olson sets relief pitcher rec of 41 cons scoreless inns
May 4th - Pakistan beat Aust by 36 runs to win Austral-Asia Cup, Sharjah
May 5th - 116th Kentucky Derby: Craig Perret aboard Unbridled wins in 2:02
May 5th - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Chris Warren
May 5th - Paul Hogan & Linda Koslowski wed in Byron Bay, Eastern Australia

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Famous Deaths

Results 201 - 300 of 482

Jun 2nd - Stiv Bators, American singer (The Dead Boys, The Lords of the New Church) (b. 1949)
Jun 3rd - Tom Brown, actor (Judge Priest, Hello Sucker, Ex-Champ), dies at 77
Jun 3rd - Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (b. 1949)
Jun 4th - Jack Gilford, comedic actor (Cocoon II), dies at 82 of stomach cancer
Jun 5th - J Zeldenrust, pathology-anatomy, dies
Jun 5th - Vasily V Kuznetsov, pres of USSR supreme soviet (1982-83, 85), dies
Jun 7th - Barbara Baxley, actress (Norma Rae), dies at 63 of a heart attack
Jun 8th - Alfredo Poveda, president of Consul of Ecuador (1976-79), dies
Jun 8th - Jose Figueres, president of Costa Rica (1948-49, 53-58, 70-74), dies
Jun 11th - Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpeter (wah wah sound), dies at 86
Jun 12th - Terence O'Neil, lord/PM of Ulster (1963-69), dies
Jun 14th - Erna Berger, German soprano (b. 1900)
Jun 16th - Eva Turner, British soprano, dies
Jun 16th - Megan Leigh, American porn star (b. 1964)
Jun 17th - Dick Elffers, graphic artist, dies
Jun 17th - Palmira Henry, fashion designer, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 44
Jun 18th - Dennis Dyer, cricketer (scored 96 3 Tests for South Africa), dies
Jun 20th - Ina Balin, actress (Patsy), dies at 52, of pulmonary hypertension
Jun 25th - Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Australian composer (Triad), dies at 77
Jun 26th - Anni Blomqvist, Finnish novelist (b. 1909)
Jun 28th - Estelle Lamont, entertainer, dies
Jun 29th - Irving Wallace, author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at 74
Jul 1st - Anna Palk, actress (Play it Cool, Frozen Dead), dies of cancer at 48
Jul 1st - Jurriaan Schrofer, graphic designer, dies
Jul 2nd - Muntu Myeza, S Afr anti-apartheid activist, dies in auto at 39
Jul 2nd - Snooky Lanson, singer, dies at 76
Jul 3rd - Ludi Claire Hugo, entertainer, dies at 70
Jul 3rd - Maurice Girodias, French publisher, dies at 71
Jul 5th - Mitch Snyder, homeless advocate, commits suicide by hanging at 46
Jul 6th - Jim Samuels, comedian, dies of spinal meningitis at 41
Jul 6th - Paul Wynne, KGO-TV SF reporter, dies of AIDS at 46
Jul 7th - Bill Cullen, game show host (Price is Right), dies at 70 of cancer
Jul 7th - Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, Jes priest/apprentice Zen teacher, dies at 92
Jul 7th - Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (b. 1958)
Jul 8th - Howard Duff, actor (Heist, Knots Landing), dies of heart attack at 72
Jul 8th - Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), dies
Jul 9th - Brigitte D'Ortschy, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies in Japan at 69
Jul 9th - Howard Duff, actor (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 76 of a heart attack
Jul 10th - Hans Faverey, poet, dies
Jul 10th - Irene Champlin, dies after long illness at 59
Jul 11th - Onno Molenkamp, Dutch actor (Ciske the Rat, Lifespan), dies at 67
Jul 12th - Richard R Briggs, dies after short illness at 71
Jul 12th - João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager (b. 1917)
Jul 13th - Lois Moran Young, dies of cancer at 81
Jul 14th - Dallas Alinder, dies
Jul 14th - Philip Leacock, dies of collapsed lungs at 73
Jul 15th - Alison Leggatt, actress (Day of Triffids, Cows), dies at 86
Jul 15th - Margaret Mary Lockwood, actress (Man in Grey, Wicked Lady), dies at 73
Jul 15th - Troy Dixon, rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 of a fall
Jul 16th - Robert Blackburn, Irish educationist (b. 1927)
Jul 16th - Sidney Torch, English composer, conductor and organist (b. 1908)
Jul 17th - Bernard Cowan, TV announcer, dies of kidney disease at 68
Jul 18th - Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix, Kuifje), dies at 78
Jul 18th - Karl Menninger, psychatrist (Menninger Clinic), dies at 96 of cancer
Jul 18th - Yoon Boseon, President of South Korea (b. 1897)
Jul 18th - Gerry Boulet, Quebec rock singer (b. 1946)
Jul 19th - Eddie Quillan, actor (Brigadoon, Summer Magic), dies of cancer at 83
Jul 19th - Herbert Nelson, actor (Guilding Light), dies of a stroke at 76
Jul 19th - Johnny Wayne, comedian (Wayne & Shuster), dies of cancer at 72
Jul 20th - Sara Heyblom, Dutch actress (Obsessions, Pygmalion), dies
Jul 20th - Herbert Jenkins, Atlanta's longest serving police chief (b. 1907)
Jul 21st - Manuel Puig, Argentina writer (Buenos Aires Affair), dies at 57
Jul 21st - Sacha Piteoff, dies of heart failure at 70
Jul 21st - Stanley Shapiro, dies of leukemia at 65
Jul 22nd - George Wood, dies of diabetes complications at 56
Jul 22nd - Preben Neergaard, Danish actor (Mordskab), dies of cancer at 70
Jul 23rd - Georges Flamant, actor (La Chienne), dies in Paris at 86
Jul 23rd - Joe Turner, jazz pianist, dies of cardiac arrest at 82
Jul 23rd - Robert Sommer, singer, dies of liver failure at 42
Jul 23rd - Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese development of television (b. 1899)
Jul 24th - Alan Clarke, director (Elephant, Road, Scum, Firm), dies at 54
Jul 26th - Brent Mydland, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Grass Roots), dies at 38
Jul 27th - Bobby Day, rocker (Rockin' Robin), dies of cancer at 58
Jul 27th - Elizabeth Allan, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Camille, Java Head), dies
Jul 27th - Kim Thomas-Friedland, news anchor (FNN), dies at 32
Jul 27th - Nick Pippins, actor (Simon), dies of AIDS at 35
Jul 27th - Bobby Day, American singer (b. 1928)
Jul 28th - Armando Frid, of Argentina (Born May 24, 1866 Guin rec), dies at 124
Jul 28th - Jill Esmond, actress (13 Women, My Pal Wolfe, FP 1), dies at 82
Jul 28th - Maurice Braddell, actor (Things to Come), dies
Jul 29th - Bruno Kreisky, union chancellor Austria, dies
Jul 30th - Ian Gow, British Conservative parliament leader, murdered
Jul 30th - Karl Weber, dies of heart failure at 74
Jul 31st - Fernando Sancho, dies after operation for malignant tumor at 72
Jul 31st - Albert Leduc, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
Aug 1st - Norbert Elias, German/English/Neth philosopher/sociologist, dies
Aug 2nd - Norman Mclean, American writer (b. 1902)
Aug 2nd - Edwin Richfield, British actor (b. 1921)
Aug 3rd - Florida Edwards, dies of pneumonia at 79
Aug 5th - Herman Gooding, Suriname police-inspector, dies
Aug 6th - Charles Arnt, actor (Double Exposure), dies of pancreatic cancer at 82
Aug 6th - Gordon Metcalfe, actor (Monster in the Closet), dies of AIDS at 43
Aug 6th - Jacques Soustelle, Fren ethnology/minister of Information, dies at 78
Aug 6th - Mario De Andrade, founder (Movimiento Popular of Lib of Angola), dies
Aug 6th - Robert Alex, shot to death by robber at 31
Aug 7th - Eva Sully Block, actress (Kid Millions), dies of heart failure at 88
Aug 9th - Dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies
Aug 9th - Joe Mercer, English footballer (b. 1914)
Aug 10th - Richard Haines, director (Splatter University), dies
Aug 12th - Dorothy Mackaill, actress (Love Affair), dies of kidney failure at 87