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Historical Events

Results 301 - 400 of 887

May 10th - Fire in clothing factory at Bangkok, kills 145
May 10th - Last TV appearance of Mies Bouwman
May 10th - Paul Cezannes still life sells for $28,600,000 in NYC
May 10th - Premier Lubbers opens Terminal West on Schiphol
May 11th - 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins
May 11th - Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire
May 12th - Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands
May 12th - Last broadcast of "Knots landing" on CBS
May 12th - Last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV
May 12th - Parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II
May 13th - 6th annual business person run held in Wall Street
May 13th - Arsenio Hall's 1,000th show retrospective seen in Netherlands
May 13th - CBS' Knots Landing ends 14 year run with 334th show in Netherlands
May 13th - KC Royal George Brett hits his 300th HR
May 13th - Methane gas explosion in Secunda coal mine South-Africa, kills 50
May 15th - 119th Preakness: Mike Smith aboard Prairie Bayou wins in 1:56.6
May 15th - Alamodome in San Antonio TX opens
May 15th - Jane Seymour & James Kesch, Marriage
May 15th - Montreal Expo retires their 1st #, #10 for Rusty Staub
May 16th - "3 Men on a Horse" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 40 performances
May 16th - "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" closes at Circle in Sq NYC after 30 perfs
May 16th - Farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull
May 16th - Judd Nelson pleads no contest to kicking Kim Evans in the head
May 16th - Laura Davies wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
May 16th - Suleyman Demirel elected president of Turkey
May 17th - Intel's new Pentium processor is unveiled
May 18th - Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty
May 18th - Italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola
May 19th - Boeing 727 crashes into mountain at Medellin Colombia, kills 132
May 19th - Dow Jones closes above 3,500 for 1st time (3,500.03)
May 19th - Juventus wins 22th UEFA Cup at Torino
May 20th - 10m meteor comes within 150,000 km of Earth (1993KA)
May 20th - 274th & final "Cheers" on NBC
May 20th - Ukraine Premier Leonid Koetsjma resigns
May 21st - Dayanara Torres, 18, of Puerto Rico, crowned 42nd Miss Universe
May 21st - Opposition leader Xanana Gusmao of East-Timor sentenced to life
May 21st - Robin Smith scores 167 in England Texaco Trophy loss v Australia
May 21st - Venezuela president Carlos Andres Perez fired
May 22nd - Riddick Bowe TKOs Jesse Ferguson in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
May 23rd - Val Skinner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
May 24th - Eritrea achieved independence from Ethiopia after 30-year civil war
May 24th - Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy to avoid paying $7.4M settlement
May 24th - Kurd rebellion kills 33 soldiers & 5 citizens in Turkey
May 26th - Emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time
May 26th - Olympique Marseille wins 38th Europe Cup I at Munich
May 26th - Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head & goes over fence for a home run
May 27th - Dale Murphy ends carreer at 398 HRs
May 27th - Mafia bombs Uffizi-museum in Florence, kills 6
May 28th - 200,000 demonstrate against mafia terror
May 28th - Polish govt of Suchocka falls
May 29th - Nazi's kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany
May 29th - Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits & 3 walks, he damages his arm
May 30th - Betsy King wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament
May 30th - Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
May 31st - President Dobrica Cosic of little Yugoslavia flees
Jun 1st - Brooklyn NY begins recycling
Jun 1st - Connie Chung joins Dan Rather as anchors of CBS Evening News
Jun 1st - Guatemala president Jorge Serrano overthrown by army
Jun 1st - Melchior Ndadaye elected pres of Burundi
Jun 3rd - 66th National Spelling Bee: Geoff Hooper wins spelling kamikaze
Jun 5th - "Livin' On The Edge" by Aerosmith hits #18
Jun 5th - 125th Belmont: Julie Krone aboard Colonial Affair wins in 2:29.8
Jun 5th - 63rd French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M J Fernandez (46 62 64)
Jun 5th - Liberian Charles Taylors rebellion kills 550 fugitives
Jun 5th - Singer Mariah Carey weds Tommy Mottola, CEO (Sony Music)
Jun 5th - Somali warlord Aidids murders 23 Pakistani
Jun 6th - 47th Tony Awards: Angels in America & Kiss of the Spider Woman win
Jun 6th - 63rd French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats Jim Courier (64 26 62 36 63)
Jun 6th - 6th Children's Miracle Network Telethon
Jun 6th - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
Jun 6th - Punsalmaagiyn Otsjirbat recognized as president of Mongolia
Jun 6th - Ramiro de Leon Carpio elected pres of Guatemala
Jun 7th - 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Vince Gill
Jun 7th - Cleveland breaks ground for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Jun 7th - Crickets Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball v Aust, Old Trafford
Jun 7th - Prince celebrated his birthday by changing his name to a symbol
Jun 8th - Premier Marc Bazin of Haiti resigns
Jun 9th - "Amantes" (1991), premieres in France
Jun 9th - "Body Snatchers" (1993), premieres in France
Jun 9th - "Ce que femme veut" (1993), premieres in France
Jun 9th - "Passion Fish" (1992), premieres in France
Jun 9th - "Tout capour ca!" (1993), premieres in France
Jun 9th - "What's Love Got to Do with It" (1993), premieres
Jun 9th - Japanese crown prince Naruhito weds Masaka Owada
Jun 9th - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat LA Kings, 4 games to 1
Jun 9th - Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale
Jun 10th - "She Loves Me" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 61 performances
Jun 11th - "Jurassic Park" opens, sets box office weekend record of $502 million
Jun 11th - "Scattergories," game show; last airs on NBC-TV
Jun 11th - "Scrabble," second run," TV Game Show; last airs on NBC-TV
Jun 12th - "Three Little Pigs" by Green Jelly hits #17
Jun 13th - "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" closes at Booth NYC after 232 perfs
Jun 13th - 39th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Patty Sheehan
Jun 13th - Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani re-elected president of Iran
Jun 13th - YokoZuna beats Hulk Hogan to become WWF champ
Jun 14th - Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth
Jun 14th - Tansu Ciller appointed 1st female premier of Turkey
Jun 16th - Ken Griffey Jr slugs his 100th career home run in Seattle's
Jun 17th - Indians' Carlos Baerga hits 3 home runs against Detroit
Jun 18th - Expo's Dennis Martinez is 92nd to win 200 games

Famous Birthdays

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Famous Deaths

Results 301 - 400 of 733

May 21st - John Holland, actor (They Saved Hitler's Brain), dies at 65
May 22nd - Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100
May 23rd - James Millhollin, actor (Anston Foster-Grindl), dies at 77
May 24th - Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66
May 24th - Milton O Thompson, astronaut (Dynasoar, X-15), dies at 66
May 25th - Dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies at 78
May 25th - Louise Tazewell, entertainer, dies at 93
May 26th - Carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91
May 26th - Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78
May 26th - Marvin Young, producer/child actor (Player), dies at 90
May 27th - Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies
May 27th - Willem P G Assmann, Dutch MP, dies at 85
May 28th - Billy Conn, boxer/actor (Pittsburgh Kid), dies at 75
May 28th - Charles Barnett, cricketer (20 Tests for England), dies
May 29th - Billy Conn, boxer (fought Joe Louis 1951), dies of pneumonia at 75
May 29th - Tiny Hofman, Amsterdam activist (Nieuwmarkt), dies at 68
May 30th - Herman S Blount, Sun Ra, US jazz pianist (Solar Arkestra), dies at 79
May 30th - Sun Ra, blues pianist/orchestra leader, dies of strokes at 79
May 30th - Sun Ra, American musician (b. 1914)
May 31st - John Granger, actor (Advise & Consent), dies at 69
May 31st - Spuds Mackenzie, American advertisement dog
Jun 2nd - French JFM of Thiel, Dutch 2nd chamber chairman (1963-72), dies at 86
Jun 2nd - Johnny Mize, baseball player, dies at 80
Jun 3rd - Bob Fitzsimmons, NY radio DJ (WNEW AM/WABC AM/WHN AM), dies at 53
Jun 4th - June Smaney, actress (Sainted Sister), dies of apparent suicide at 71
Jun 5th - Conway Twitty, country star (Linda on My Mind), dies in surgery at 59
Jun 6th - James Bridges, writer/director (Paper Chase), dies of cancer at 57
Jun 6th - Peter Tazelaar, adjutant of Dutch queen Wilhelmina, dies at 73
Jun 7th - Drazen Petrovic, NBA player (NJ Nets), dies in auto-accident at 28
Jun 8th - René Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief deports jews, dies at 84
Jun 8th - Root Boy Slim, American entertainer (b. 1945)
Jun 9th - Alexis Smith, dancer/actress (Follies), dies of cancer at 72
Jun 9th - Arthur Alexander, singer/songwriter (You Better Move On), dies at 53
Jun 9th - Ian Mikardo, British politician, dies
Jun 10th - Alexis Smith, actress (Constant Nymph), dies of cancer at 72
Jun 10th - Alice Reinhart, entertainer, dies at 83
Jun 10th - Richard Webb, actor (Captain Midnight), shoots himself at 77
Jun 10th - Les Dawson, English Comedian (b. 1934)
Jun 11th - Muriel C Bradbrook, English writer (Rise of Common Player), dies at 84
Jun 11th - Ray Sharkey, actor (Wiseguy, No Mercy, Body Rock), dies of AIDs at 40
Jun 13th - Donald "Deke" K Slayton, US major/astronaut (Apollo 18), dies at 69
Jun 13th - Gérard Côté, Canadian runner (b. 1913)
Jun 14th - Vincent T Hamlin, cartoonist (Alley Oop), dies at 93
Jun 15th - John Connally, (Gov-D/R-Texas), dies at 76
Jun 15th - Mahfoud Boucebi, Algerian psychiatrist, murdered
Jun 15th - Vera, scarf/linen designer, dies of cardiac arrest at 87
Jun 16th - John B Connally, gov of Texas/shot with JFK in 1963, dies at 76
Jun 16th - Lindsay Hassett, cricketer (3073 runs in Tests), dies
Jun 17th - Angus Suttie, English potter, dies of AIDS at 46
Jun 17th - French of Nouhuys, civil servant in Indonesia, dies at 88
Jun 19th - William Golding, author (Lord of the Flies, Nobel 1983), dies at 81
Jun 21st - Frank Moro, entertainer, dies
Jun 21st - Jerry Strivelli, actor (Out for Justice, Lock Up), dies at 61
Jun 21st - Ticho Parly, Danish tenor (b. 1928)
Jun 22nd - Hannah Troy, fashion designer (petite), dies of heart attack at 93
Jun 22nd - M'hammed Boukhozba, Algerian sociologist, murdered at 52
Jun 22nd - Pat Nixon, 1st lady (1969-75), dies of lung cancer at 81
Jun 26th - Catherine Leno, mother of Tonight Show host Jay, dies of cancer at 82
Jun 26th - Jack Bittner, entertainer, dies
Jun 26th - Roy Campanella, 3xMVP catcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 71
Jun 26th - Willy C of Hemert, director/(text)poet (Small Truth), dies at 81
Jun 26th - William H. Riker, American political scientist (b. 1920)
Jun 27th - Wolfgang Grams, German RAF-terrorist, shot to death at 40
Jun 28th - Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass (Don Carlos), dies at 79
Jun 28th - GG Allin, American punk rock singer (b. 1956)
Jun 29th - Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (b. 1946)
Jun 30th - George "Spanky" McFarland, child actor (Our Gang), dies at age 65
Jul 2nd - Don Drysdale, pitcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 56
Jul 2nd - Fred Gwynne, actor (Herman-Munsters), dies of pancreatic cancer at 66
Jul 2nd - Sir Edward Dunlop, Australian war hero (b. 1907)
Jul 3rd - "Curly" Joe DeRita, last of Three Stooges, dies of pneumonia at 83
Jul 4th - Anne Shirley, actress (Stella Dallas), dies of lung cancer at 75
Jul 4th - Charles Crain, actor, dies in Hollywood at 83
Jul 4th - Felix White, choreographer (Black Vibrations Theatre), dies at 65
Jul 5th - Harrison E Salisbury, US journalist (NY Times), dies at 84
Jul 6th - Ruth Lady Fermoy, maternal grandmother of Princess Diane, dies at 84
Jul 7th - Mia Zapata, American singer with The Gits (b. 1965)
Jul 9th - Cut Meijer, [Saul Messel], historian/rabbi to Paramaribo, dies at 80
Jul 9th - Will Rogers Jr, (Rep-D)/actor (Boy from Okla), commits suicide at 81
Jul 10th - Masugi Ibuse, Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95
Jul 10th - Ruth Krauss, author (Carrot Seed), dies at 91
Jul 10th - Sam Rolfe, American screenwriter (b. 1924)
Jul 11th - Deng Yingchao, high ranking communist China official, dies at 88
Jul 11th - Denis Tomlinson, S Afr cricket leg-spinner, dies
Jul 11th - Henri van Soede, sub commandant (WW II), dies at about 83
Jul 11th - Kelly Ahrendt, 1st death by rabies in NY since 1954, dies
Jul 11th - Mario Bauza, Cubans/US jazz musician, dies at 82
Jul 11th - Sergey Vozovikov, cosmonaut, dies during underwater test at 34
Jul 12th - Gusti Huber, Mother of Bibi Besch, dies of heart failure at 78
Jul 12th - Lily van Lugt Melsert, actress (Tomorrow will be better), dies at 91
Jul 12th - Dan Eldon, British photojournalist (b. 1970)
Jul 13th - Davey Allisson, race car drive, dies in a plane crash at 32
Jul 13th - Edwin "Rick" Bakker, author (Rick's Report/AIDS Diary), dies at 31
Jul 14th - Robert Strong
Jul 15th - David Brian, US actor (Damned Don't Cry, Fort Worth), dies at 78
Jul 15th - Bobby Kent, alleged Florida bully murdered by his friends (b. 1973)
Jul 17th - Ineke Shutter, choreography (Black Girl Goes to School), dies at 61
Jul 17th - Scott Salmon, US choreographer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at 51
Jul 17th - Vladimir Barmyn, Russian inventor (Stalinorgel), dies at 84
Jul 18th - Jean Negulesco, director (3 Coins in a Fountain), dies at 93