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Historical Events

Results 1 - 51 of 51

1st - "Kiss of the Spider Woman" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 906 perfs
1st - Kiersten Rickenbach, of NJ, crowned America's Junior Miss
2nd - "Rose Tattoo" closes at Circle in the Square NYC after 80 perfs
2nd - 16th US Seniors Golf Open: Tom Weiskopf
2nd - Michelle McGann wins Youngstown-Warren LPGA Golf Classic
2nd - Thailand: Banharn Silpa-Archa's party wins election
4th - Birmingham Barracudas play 1st CFL game (vs Winnipeg)
5th - Columbia U beats Hartferd College to be 1st US to win Henley Regatta
6th - Lottie Dod, 15, beats Blanch Bingley at Wimbledon
7th - Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL home game (vs BC Lions)
7th - Space shuttle STS-71 (Atlantis 14), lands
8th - 102nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Graf beats Arantxa S Vicario (46 61 75)
8th - 1st CFL game between 2 US teams, Las Vegas Posse vs Sacramento Gold
9th - "Play's the Thing" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 75 performances
9th - 109th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats B Becker (67 62 64 62)
9th - Jack Nicklaus wins Golf's British Open (4th to win all 4 majors)
9th - Kathryn Marshall wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
9th - US international postage rates rise to 60 cents per ounce
11th - 66th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 at Ballpark at Arlington Tx
11th - All star MVP: Jeff Conine (Fla Marlins)
13th - Space shuttle STS-70 (Discovery 20), launches
14th - LA Dodger Ramon Martinez no-hits the Florida Marlins 7-0
14th - Ramon Martinez pitches a 7-0 no-hitter against the Marlins
15th - Birmingham Barracudas 1st CFL home game (vs Hamilton)
15th - Jews take Jerusalem
15th - Northern Virginia begins using new area code 540
16th - "Buttons on Broadway" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 40 perfs
16th - "Chronicles of a Death Foretold" closes at Plymouth NYC after 55 perfs
16th - 13th Seniors Players Golf Championship: J C Snead
16th - 50th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Annika Sorenstam
17th - Forbes Mag announces Bill Gates is the richest man in world ($12.9B)
18th - DC3 crashes at Antananarivo Madagaskar, 34 die
20th - The Regents of the University of California vote to end all affirmative action in the UC system by 1997.
21st - Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians v Kent
21st - KC Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings
22nd - Space shuttle STS-70 (Discovery 20), lands
22nd - Susan Smith found guilty of drowning her 2 children in SC
23rd - "Hamlet" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 121 performances
23rd - 124th British Golf Open: John Daly shoots a 282 at St Andrews Scotland
23rd - Miguel Indurains wins his 5th Tour de France
23rd - Tracy Kerdyk wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
23rd - Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and becomes visible to the naked eye nearly a year later.
25th - A gas bottle explodes in Saint Michel station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network). Eight are killed and 80 wounded.
27th - In Washington, DC, the Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated.
28th - Art Modell's rep begins secrets talks to move team to Baltimore
29th - Monica Seles beats Martina Naratilova in her return to tennis
29th - Carolina Panthers beat Jacksonville Jaguars in their 1st NFL exhibition game 20-14
30th - Becky Iverson wins LPGA Friendly's Golf Classic
30th - Dominic Cork takes hat-trick in England Test Cricket win v WI
30th - Lara completes 5th Test Cricket century, 145 at Old Trafford
30th - Richie Ashburn and Mike Schmidt enter basaeball's Hall of Fame

Famous Birthdays

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9th - Georgie Henley, English actress

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 84 of 84

1st - Bruce Mitchell, S Afr cricketer (leading Test scorer with 3471), dies
1st - Ronald Farrow, radio producer/priest, dies at 49
1st - Wolfman Jack, disc jockey (Midnight Special), dies at 57
2nd - Gail Gordon, actor (Our Miss Brooks, Lucy Show), dies of cancer at 89
2nd - George Seldes, journalist, dies at 104
2nd - Gervase F Ashworth Jackson-Stops, architectural adviser, dies at 48
2nd - Krissy Taylor, model (17 Mag), dies of respitory problems at 17
3rd - Albert Hardy, photographer, dies at 82
3rd - Brad Lee Sexton, bass guitarist, dies at 47
3rd - Gil Wolman, situationist, dies at 65
3rd - Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
4th - Bob Ross, artist, dies at 52
4th - Eva Gabor, actress (Green Acres), dies at 74
4th - Jacques Berque, Islamic scholar, dies at 85
4th - Richard "Pancho" Gonzalez, tennis great, dies of stomach cancer at 67
5th - Adrienne Keith Cohen, travel editor, dies at 69
6th - Aziz Nesin, writer, dies at 79
6th - Helene Johnson, poet, dies at 87
6th - Ivor Keys, musician/teacher, dies at 76
7th - Gabor Ormai, viola Player, dies at 40
7th - Geoffrey Freeman Allen, railway writer, dies at 73
8th - Elizabeth Adams, madam, dies at 65
9th - Jacques Molicard, translator/Navigator, dies at 62
9th - James Cameron Tudor, politician, dies at 66
9th - John Eric Tieman, production Manager (Guardian), dies at 67
9th - Julian Graham Theodore Hough, actor (Deathwatch, Shout), dies at 47
9th - W Fenton Morley, preacher, dies at 83
10th - Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman, dies at 74
11th - John Cruickshank, French scholar, dies at 70
12th - Alan David Marks, pianist/composer, dies at 49
12th - Earl Coleman, singer, dies at 69
12th - Ernie Furtado, bassist, dies at 72
12th - Michael Clegg, naturalist/broadcaster, dies at 62
13th - Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish toy manufacturer (Lego Group) (b. 1920)
14th - Michael Naylor, insurance broker, dies at 59
15th - Eddie J Bush, golf professional, dies at 83
15th - Willie George "Bill" Woodruff Sr, vocalist, dies at 66
16th - Charles Bruck, Hungarian/French/US conductor (Dutch Opera), dies at 83
16th - Eleanore M "May" Sarton, Belg/US writer (Land of Silence), dies at 83
16th - Juan Manuel Fangio, racing Driver, dies at 84
16th - Max Factor Jr, makeup inventor, dies
16th - Mordechai Gur, Israeli general, commits suicide at 65
16th - Patsy Ruth Miller, actress (Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds), dies at 91
16th - Peter Francis de Sautoy, publisher, dies at 83
16th - Stephen Harold Spender, writer, dies at 86
16th - Travis Kemp, dancer/teacher, dies at 91
17th - Herbert Hippauf, baseball player, dies at 56
17th - Joe Hutton, northumbrian piper/shepherd, dies at 71
18th - Fabio Casartelli, Italian olympian (Oly-gold-92), dies at 24
19th - Dorothy McHugh, actress (I Fallen & I Can't Get Up), dies at 87
19th - James Smiddy, high school basketball coach (1,216 wins), dies at 71
19th - Michael Andrews, painter, dies at 66
19th - Sydney Lipton, bandleader/violin, dies at 89
19th - Yusef Bedri, educationist, dies at 82
20th - Helmut Erich Robert Gernsheim, photographer/collector, dies at 82
20th - Natalia Dmitrevna Shpiller, singer, dies at 85
21st - Edwin "Russell" House, saxophonist, dies at 65
21st - Elleston Trevor, author, dies
21st - Jon Boulle, motorcyclist, dies at 59
22nd - Dave Clark, music promoter/songwriter, dies at 85
22nd - Harold Larwood, cricket (98 wkts bowling for Engl 1926-34), dies at 91
22nd - Percy Humphrey, musician, dies at 90
23rd - Bob Rundick, poet/DJ, dies at 52
23rd - Floyd McDaniel, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 80
24th - Don Richard Carpenter, novelist, dies at 64
24th - Jeremiah Jerry Patrick Lordam, songwriter/compser, dies at 61
24th - Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, film maker/teacher, dies at 94
24th - Werner Grusch, film director, dies at 51
25th - Charlie Rich, country singer (Lonely Weekends), dies at 62
25th - Janice Elliott, novelist, dies at 63
25th - Osvaldo Pugliese, musician/composer, dies at 89
26th - Eleanore Griffin, screenwriter, dies
26th - George Romney, politician, dead Heart attack, dies at 88
26th - Jaime de Mora y Aragon, actor/publicist (Last Judgement), dies at 70
26th - Laurindo Almeida, composer/guitarist, dies at 76
26th - Raymond Mailloux, Quebec politician (b. 1918)
27th - Charles Hugh Shirley, publisher, dies at 66
27th - Doris Mae Akers, gospel singer/songwriter, dies at 72
27th - Miklos Rozsa, Hung movie composer (Atomic Cafe, Fedora), dies at 88
27th - Rick Ferrell, Hall of Fame catcher, dies at 89
30th - Biggie Rodwell Tembo Marasha, musician, dies at 36
30th - Charles James Dunn, japanese scholar, dies at 80
30th - Harry Shorto, linguist, dies at 75
31st - Genevieve Tobin Keighley, actress (Zaza, Great Gambini), dies at 83