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Historical Events

Results 1 - 60 of 60

1st - "Tempest" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 71 performances
2nd - "Busker Alley," premieres at St James Theatre, NY
2nd - "Sacrilege" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 21 performances
2nd - Spanish Broadcasting System buys NY radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M
3rd - 1st NBA game at FleetCenter, Boston Celtics lose to Mil Bucks, 101-100
3rd - 1st NBA game at Rose Garden, Port Trailblazers lose to Grizzlies 92-80
3rd - 1st NBA game at Skydome, Toronto Raptors beat NJ Nets 94-79
4th - "Indiscretions" closes at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC after 221 perfs
4th - 1st-class Cricket debut of Paul Adams, W Province v N Transvaal
4th - Key Arena opens, Seattle Supersonics beat LA Lakers 103-89
5th - George Foreman beats Michael Moorer to win WBA/IBF boxing title
5th - STS 73 (Columbia 18), lands
5th - Woo-Soon Ko wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament
5th - 1st NBA game at General Motors Place, Vancouver Grizzlies beat Minn Timberwolves 100-98 in OT
5th - André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Jean Chrétien; he is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.
6th - Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Balt
6th - Israel buries Yitzhak Rabin, assassinated by a fellow Jew who opposed peace with Palestinians
7th - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Pittsburgh PA on WXDX 105.9 FM
7th - Howard Stern's 2nd book "Miss America" released (fastest selling ever)
9th - "Danny Gans on Broadway" opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC
10th - In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop) are hanged by government forces.
12th - 25th NYC Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06
12th - 26th NYC Marathon won by German Silva in 2:10:00
12th - Last day of Test cricket for Martin Crowe
12th - Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL all-time passing yardage mark of 47,003
12th - NY MTA raises subway & bus fares from $1.25 to $1.50
12th - STS 74 (Atlantis 15), launches into orbit
15th - "Master Class" opens at Golden Theater NYC for 601 performances
15th - Space shuttle Atlantis docks with orbiting Russian space station Mir
16th - Attorney General Janet Reno announces she has Parkinson disease
16th - Queen Mother Elizabeth undergoes hip surgery
18th - Jacqueline Aguilera Marcano, 19, of Venezuela, crowned 45th Miss World
18th - Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Michelle Mullen
19th - "Beatle Anthology" premieres on ABC-TV
19th - "Sacrilege" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 21 performances
19th - "School for Scandal" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 23 performances
19th - 83rd CFL Grey Cup: Balt Stallions defeats Calgary Stampeders, 37-20
19th - CNET lauches www.shareware.com
19th - Keelin Curnuck, 23, Ms Venus Swimwear 1994, crowned Miss NY USA
19th - Suicide bomber blasts into Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, kills 16
20th - "Beatles' Anthology, Vol 1" released
20th - "Racing Demon" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 48 perfs
20th - FDA approves new therapy for use as an initial AIDS treatment, 3TC
20th - Princess Di admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview
20th - STS 74 (Atlantis 15), lands
21st - Dow Jones closes above 5,000 for 1st time
21st - Israel grants jailed US spy Jason Pollard, citizenship
21st - New double Beatle CD released with new song "Free as a Bird"
22nd - Rosemary West, found guilty in England, of killing 10 women
22nd - Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
24th - Ireland votes to end 70-year-old ban on divorce (50.28% to 49.72%)
25th - "Patti LuPone on Broadway" closes at Walter Kerr NYC after 46 perfs
26th - 33rd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Valencia Spain (3-2)
26th - Dolphins QB Dan Marino sets NFL record with 343rd touchdown pass
26th - Ireland votes (50.3%) to end 58 year ban on divorce
26th - New Zealand score 8-348 in 49 overs v India in Nagpur ODI
28th - James Brady, former white house press sect, suffers a heart attack
29th - "Garden District" closes at Circle in the Sq Theater NYC
29th - CNN/fn, the financial network by Turner Enterprises, launched
30th - Official end of Operation Desert Storm.

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 2 of 2

13th - Stella Hudgens, American actress
16th - Noah Gray-Cabey, American child actor

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 95 of 95

1st - Brian Joseph Lenihan, politician, dies at 64
1st - Desmond Shawe-Taylor, critic, dies at 88
1st - James Ralph Darling, teacher, dies at 96
1st - Lex Hixon, religious teacher/author, dies at 53
2nd - Alun Edward Islwyn Pask, rugby International, dies at 58
2nd - Alvaro Gomez Hurtado, VP of Columbia (1982-84), assassinated
2nd - Florence Greenberg, record company founder, dies at 82
2nd - Ivan Metropolitan Ioann Snychev, russion Orthodox Priest, dies at 68
2nd - Oliver Wendell Harrington, cartoonist, dies at 83
2nd - Rosalind Cash, actress (General Hospital), dies of cancer at 56
2nd - Sal Gliatto, baseball player, dies at 93
3rd - Arthur George Bottomley, politician, dies at 88
3rd - Gordon S. Fahrni, physician and president of the Canadian Medical Association (b. 1887)
4th - Gilles Deleuze, philosopher, dies at 70
4th - Jerome Berger, lawyer/Film producer, dies at 64
4th - Marti Lynne Stringer Caine, singer/comedienne, dies at 50
4th - Paul Eddington, actor (Jim Hacker), dies at 68
4th - Yitzhak Rabin, PM of Israel, assassinated at 73
5th - Laura Weber, TV Host, dies at 70
6th - Norman Waterhouse Lees, jazz fan, dies at 90
6th - Philip Rawson, artist/teacher, dies at 71
6th - Stanley Oliphant Stewart, librarian, dies at 82
6th - Aneta Corsaut, American actress (b. 1933)
7th - Jerry Daniels, singer/guitarist, dies at 79
7th - John Patrick, screenwriter, dies at 90
7th - Melvin "Slappy" White, comedian, dies of heart attack at 74
8th - Country Dan Dick Montana McLain, singer, dies at 40
8th - Neil Blaney, politician, dies at 73
9th - Derick Frederick George Emmison, archivist/historian, dies at 88
9th - Thelma Hulbert, English house painter, dies at 81
10th - Boty Goodwin, artist, dies at 29
10th - Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa, writer/environmentalist, dies at 54
10th - Margaret Annie Nan Macdonald, broadcaster, dies at 87
11th - Charles Scribner Jr, publisher, dies at 74
11th - Cornelie Coposu, politician, dies at 79
11th - Kenneth Goldstein, folklorist/enthomusicologist, dies at 68
12th - Curley Fox, fiddler, dies at 85
12th - Jack Mann, pilot/hostage, dies at 81
12th - Marion Pitt, social worker/writer, dies at 56
13th - Ralph Hunsecker Blane, songwriter, dies at 81
13th - Robert Stephens, actor (Chaplin, QB VII, Cleopatra), dies at 64
14th - Jack Finney, author (Body Snatchers), dies of pneumonia at 84
14th - Jack Walter Braden Finney, writer, dies at 84
14th - John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer, dies at 83
14th - John Lee Admiral-Barber, , dies at 90
15th - Eve Perrick, journalist, dies at 78
15th - Herbert Delauney Bill Hughes, educationist, dies at 81
15th - Kristian Lundin, record producer, dies at 22
16th - Gwyn A Williams, historian/socialist, dies at 70
16th - Jack Finney, author (Body Snatchers), dies at 84
17th - Alan Hull, singer/composer, dies at 50
17th - Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng, dies at 66
17th - John Prickett, teacher/ecumenist, dies at 88
17th - Marguerite Young, writer, dies at 87
17th - Peter John Welding, record producer, dies at 60
18th - Miron Grindea, literary editor, dies at 86
18th - Ted Sannella, square dance caller, dies of cancer
19th - Bruce Trent, singer, dies at 83
19th - Gwen Swire, socila worker, dies at 61
19th - Martha Hill, modern dancer/teacher, dies at 94
19th - Shirley Bergeron, singer/guitarist, dies at 62
20th - Ahmed Abel-Wadoud Karadawi, academic/activist, dies at 50
20th - Sergei Grinkov, figure skater (Oly-gold), dies of heart attack at 28
21st - Dorothy Jeakins, costume designer, dies at 81
21st - George Ivan Smith, diplomat, dies at 80
21st - Peter Grant, rock band manager, dies at 60
21st - Smilin' Jim Eames, singer/songwriter, dies at 71
21st - Noel Jones, British diplomat (b. 1940)
22nd - Ambrose Sam, creole accordionist, dies at 76
22nd - Edna Deanne Fuelling, dancer choreographer/drama teacher, dies at 90
22nd - Francis Joan Frances Will, actress, dies at 75
22nd - John Putz, journalist, dies at 89
22nd - Norman Potter, cabinetmaker designer/writer, dies at 72
23rd - Frank Hammond, tennis umpire, dies of ALS at 66
23rd - Junior Walker, tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 64
23rd - Louis Malle, film director (Pretty Baby), dies at 63
23rd - Jr. Walker, American musician (b. 1931)
24th - Jeffrey Lynn, actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front), dies at 89
24th - Stuart Henry, disc jockey, dies at 53
24th - Woiciech Woytek Wiesidlowski Lowski, dancer, dies at 56
25th - Ambrose Thibodeaux, cajun accordionist, dies at 92
26th - Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher, dies at 106
26th - David Briggs, record producer, dies at 51
26th - Max Fernandez, businessman/politician, dies at 52
26th - Sydney Dawson Bailey, pacifist/campaigner, dies at 79
26th - Terri Jewell, writer, dies at 40
27th - Giancarlo Baghetti, racing driver/journalist, dies at 60
27th - Peter Harrison Swan, bomber pilot/stockbroker, dies at 75
27th - Simon Bailey, priest, dies at 40
29th - Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer, dies at 79
29th - Stone Cates, fictional character on General Hospital, dies of AIDS
30th - Hopper Levett, Kent cricket wicketkeeper (1930-47, Test 1934), dies
30th - June Rosemary Fisher, teacher/trade unionist, dies at 66
30th - William Roerick, actor (Guiding Light), dies in car crash at 83
30th - Randy Walker (AKA Stretch), American musician (b. 1972)