Today in History for July 1992

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 65 of 65

1st - 6.6 earthquake in Big Bear Valley of Los Angeles
1st - Ali Kafi becomes president of Algeria
1st - Fox broadcasting adds Wednesday night TV programming
2nd - Braniff Airlines goes out of business
4th - 99th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (62 61)
4th - John Phillips, rocker (Mamas & Papas), undergoes a liver transplant
5th - 106th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Agassi beats Ivanisevic (67 64 64 16 64)
5th - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
5th - Sixto Durán Ballén elected president of Ecuador
6th - Fay Vincent realigns NL, putting Cubs, Cards & Rockies in West & Cards, Braves & Marlins in East
8th - Florida Marlins unveil their uniform
8th - Thomas Klestil installed as president of Austria
8th - Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe creates the office of High Commissioner on National Minorities.
9th - Kim Basinger gets 1,959th star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
9th - Space Shuttle STS 50 (Columbia 13) lands
10th - John Ellis becomes CEO of Seattle Mariners
10th - Spaceship Giotto (Halley 1986) approaches comet Grigg-Skjellerup
10th - SuriPop VII, Suriname Popular Song Festival
10th - US Major Soccer League folds after 14 seasons
Tennis Player Steffi Graf 11th - Pres candidate Ross Perot at NAACP speech calls them "you people"
12th - 13th US Seniors Golf Open: Larry Laoretti
12th - Axl Rose arrested on riot charges in St Louis of Jul 2, 1991 concert
12th - Betsy King wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament
14th - 63rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-6 at Jack Murphy Stadium, SD
14th - Actress Nell Carter undergoes brain surgery
14th - All star MVP: Ken Griffey Jr (Seattle Mariners)
14th - 386BSD is released by Lynne Jolitz and William Jolitz beginning the Open Source Operating System Revolution. Linus Torvalds release his Linux soon afterwards.
15th - Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 3 weeks to have tumor removed
17th - Slovak parliament asks for self rule
18th - Sharon Belden, of Fla, 25, crowned Miss World USA
18th - The ten victims of the La Cantuta massacre disappear from their university in Lima.
19th - "Price" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 47 performances
19th - 30th Tennis Fed Cup: Germany beats Spain in Frankfurt Germany (2-1)
19th - Ballet dancer Peter Martins charged with beating his wife
264th Pope John Paul II 19th - Ebony P Warren, crowned 24th Miss Black America
19th - Juli Inkster wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
19th - NYC Ballet star Peter Martins, arrested for beating his wife
20th - 121st British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots a 272 at Muirfield Gullane
20th - Round World Air Race begins in Paris
20th - Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia.
22nd - Colombia drug baron Pablo Escobar escapes prison
22nd - Soyuz TM-15 launches
23rd - Bruce Springsteen begins a world tour
23rd - Emperor Haile Selassie, [Ras Tafari Makonnen] of Ethiopia's, funeral
24th - Faye Vincent reinstates Yankee owner George Steinbrenner (eff 3/1/93)
24th - Vickers Viscount crashes, 70 die
25th - 25th Olympic Summer games opens in Barcelona, Spain
25th - Army refused to overturn 127 year old conviction against Dr Mudd
26th - "Man of La Mancha" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 108 perfs
New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner 26th - 47th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan
26th - England honors her dead soldiers in the Falkland Is war
26th - Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter for 23rd consecutive seasons
27th - Astros begins 26-game road trip to make room for Rep Natl Convention
27th - Dimitri Lepikov, Vladimir Pychenko, Veniamin Taianovitch & Evgueni
27th - Sadovyi swim world record 4x200m freestyle (7:11.95)
28th - Ground breaking of Fla Marlins 7,500 seat spring training stadium
29th - "Chinese Coffee" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 18 perfs
29th - Evgueni Sadovyi swims world record/OR 400m freestyle (3:45.00)
29th - Ray Sharkey, actor (Wiseguys), arrested for narcotic possession
30th - Lin Li swims female world record/OR 200m medley (2:11.65)
31st - Jeff Rouse swims world record/OR 100m backstroke (53.86 sec)
31st - Kieren John Perkins swims world record/OR 1500m free style (14:43.4)
31st - Tamas Darnyi swims world record/Olympics 200m backstroke (1:59.36)
31st - Thai Airbus crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 113 die
31st - Yang Wenyi swims world record/OR 50m freestyle (24.79 sec)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 9 of 9

1st - Bryant Jones, Camarillo Ca, actor (Nate Hastings-Young & Restless)
8th - Taylor Maine Pearl Brooks, daughter of country singer Garth Brooks
8th - Benjamin Grosvenor, British pianist
13th - Elise Matthysen, Belgian swimmer
13th - Dylan Patton, American actor
15th - Koharu Kusumi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
20th - Paige Hurd, American actress
21st - Rachael Flatt, American figure skater
22nd - Selena Gomez, American actress

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 7 of 7

3rd - Gary Dell'Abate (Howard Stern Show) marries Mary
3rd - Mass Senator Ted Kennedy marries Victoria Reggie (38)
4th - US actress Bobbie Eakes marries author David Stone
18th - Film critic Roger Ebert marries Chaz Hammel-Smith
18th - Helen Windsor, daughter of British Duke and Duchess of Kent weds art dealer Timothy Taylor at Windsor Castle
18th - Singers Whitney Houston & Bobby Brown marry
26th - "Kiss" guitarist Paul Stanley weds model Pamela Bowen

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 58 of 58

1st - Franco Cristaldi, Italian producer (Amarcord), dies
1st - Francisco Mendes, Guinea-Bissauan politician (b. 1933)
2nd - Borisav Pekic, Serbian writer/politician, dies
2nd - Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist, dies at 42
2nd - Franco Cristaldi, Italian producer/Claudia Cardinale's husband, dies
2nd - Jose Monje, [Camaron de la Isla], Spanish flamenco singer, dies
3rd - Arline Bletcher, entertainer, dies of natural causes at 99
3rd - Marc Tannenbaum, rabbi (only Jew to attend Vatican II), dies at 66
4th - Astor Piazzolla, Argentine composer (Tango Nuevo), dies at 71
4th - Joe Newman, US jazz trumpetist (Count Basie), dies
5th - Georgia Brown, British singer/actress (Love at Stake), dies at 59
6th - Edgardo Pallero, Argentina producer (Los hijos de fierro), dies
7th - Ruurd Faber, mayor of Aalten (1971-75), dies at 79
9th - Eric Savareid, News correspondent (CBS), dies at 79
9th - Kelvin Coe, Australian ballerina (A'sch Ballet/Bolshoi Ballet), dies
9th - Eric Sevareid, American reporter (b. 1912)
11th - Annette Fischer, Danish chairman Amnesty Intl, dies
11th - Antoon J Hubben, mayor of Maasbree/President KVM/Unie BLHP, dies at 73
12th - Albert Pierrepont, last British executioner (433 men/17 women), dies
12th - Reginald Beck, English film editor (Robbery, Accident, Boom), dies
13th - Alex Wojciechowicz, NFLer (Philadelphia Eagles), dies at 76
13th - Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist, dies at 78
15th - Henk van der Molen, guitarist/composer/writer (Martine Bijl), dies
15th - Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijan's most noted journalist (b. 1960)
15th - Hammer DeRoburt, first President of Nauru (b. 1922)
16th - "Gorgeous" George, [Arena], wrestler, dies at 84
16th - Buck Buchanan, NFL defensive lineman (KC Chiefs), dies at 51
16th - Johnny Martin, cricketer (NSW & Australian chinaman bowler), dies
18th - Jan Pelleboer, Dutch meteorologist, dies
18th - Mollie Parnis, fashion designer (Mamie Eisenhower), dies
18th - Rudolf Ising, cartoonist (Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies), dies at 88
18th - Viktor Louis, Russian journalist, dies
19th - Bert Brugman, Dutch puppeteer (Dutch marionette theater), dies
19th - Heinz Galinski, Pres (Central council for Jews in Germany), dies at 79
19th - Paolo Borsellino, Italian anti-mafia judge, murdered by mafia
22nd - David Wojuarowicz, artist (U2 album cover), dies of AIDs at 37
22nd - Souleiman Franjieh, president Lebanon (1970-76), dies
22nd - Wayne McLaren, model (Marlboro Man), dies of lung cancer at 51
23rd - Arletty, French actress (Hotel, Longest Day), dies at 94
23rd - Maxine Audley, Brit actress (Vikings, Our Man in Havana), dies at 69
24th - Arlette-Leonie Arletty, dies at 94
24th - Khaled Mahmoud Saeed, asst to Palestine terrorist Abu Nidal, murdered
24th - Lillian Oppenheimer, orgamist, dies of a heart attack at 93
24th - Sam Berger, Canadian football owner (b. 1900)
25th - Alfred Drake, Broadway actor (Oklahoma), dies of heart failure at 78
25th - Hope Miller, actress (Bwana Devil), dies of breast cancer at 63
26th - Mary Wells, US soul singer (My Guy), dies at 49
26th - Ron Webber, dies of cancer at 60
27th - Jenny Karezi, Greek actress (Red Lanterns), dies of cancer at 56
27th - Max Dupain, Australian photographer (b. 1911)
29th - Tavio Amorin, Togolese politician, murdered
30th - Brenda Marshall, actress (Highway West, Smiling Ghost), dies at 76
30th - Joe Shuster, co creator (Superman), dies at 78
30th - Titti Sotto, latin songwriter, dies at 48 of aids
31st - G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72
31st - Joseph L George, dies of cancer at 65
31st - Ralph Strait, dies of heart attack at 56
31st - Sjoerd de Free, reporter (Radio Herrijzend Netherland), dies