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Historical Events
Results 1 - 100 of 601
Jan 1st - After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin
Jan 1st - Curacao gains limited form of self rule (Status Aparte)
Jan 4th - "Father" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 52 performances
Jan 5th - Miami Dolphin coach Don Shula announces his retirement
Jan 5th - Muralitharan no-balled for throwing in ODI v WI at the Gabba
Jan 5th - Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone.
Jan 6th - Record $65.2 million British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44)
Jan 7th - "Crazy after You" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 1622 perfs
Jan 7th - "Fool Moon" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after * performances
Jan 7th - 16th United Negro College Fund raises $12,600,000
Jan 8th - Blizzard buries eastern US causing at least 50 deaths
Jan 8th - For 1st time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Jan 9th - First episode of "Third Rock from the Sun" screened on NBC
Jan 10th - Israel frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners
Jan 10th - Jimmy Johnson announced as new coach of Miami Dolphins
Jan 11th - Space Shuttle STS 72 (Endeavour 10), launches into space
Jan 11th - Haiti becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
Jan 12th - Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with US)
Jan 14th - "Holiday" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 49 performances
Jan 14th - "Swinging On a Star" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 97 perfs
Jan 14th - Liselotte Neumann wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champions
Jan 17th - The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union.
Jan 18th - Baseball owners unanimously approve interleague play in 1997
Jan 18th - Lisa Marie Presley filed for divorce from Michael Jackson in NY
Jan 19th - NHL approves move of Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix
Jan 20th - 46th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at Fleet Center Boston
Jan 20th - Australia defeat Sri Lanka 2-0 to win World Series Cup
Jan 20th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan
Jan 20th - WPAT FM NYC radio station switches to English-Spanish format
Jan 21st - 53th Golden Globes: Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, John Travolta
Jan 21st - Karrie Webb wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament
Jan 21st - US male Figure Skating championship won by Rudy Galindo
Jan 23rd - Chris Cairns scores 120, 96 balls, 10x4, 9x6 in Test NZ v Zim
Jan 23rd - The first version of the Java programming language was released.
Jan 26th - "Les Miserables," opens at Musichall Theatre, Duisburg
Jan 27th - 15 day old siamese twins separated-Sarah Morales survives, Sarahi dies
Jan 27th - 70th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Anke Huber (64 61)
Jan 27th - Catherine Roskam becomes the 1st NY female Episcopal bishop
Jan 27th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
Jan 27th - Germany celebrates it's 1st Holocaust Rememberance Day
Jan 27th - Monica Seles beats Anke Huber to win Australian Open
Jan 27th - Shiv Chanderpaul scores 303* for Guyana v Jamaica at Kingston
Jan 27th - Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane, in a military coup.
Jan 28th - "Hello Dolly!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 118 perfs
Jan 28th - 84th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats M Chang (62 64 26 62)
Jan 28th - Superbowl XXX: Dallas Cowboys beat Pitts Steelers, 27-17 in Tempe Superbowl MVP:
Jan 29th - 23rd American Music Award: Garth Brooks wins
Jan 29th - Last day of Test cricket for David Boon
Jan 29th - 6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line"
Jan 29th - La Fenice, Venice's opera house, is destroyed by fire.
Jan 30th - Gino Gallagher, the suspected leader of the Irish National Liberation Army, is killed while waiting in line for his unemployment benefit.
Feb 1st - The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
Feb 2nd - Ali Landry, 22, (Louisiana), crowned 45th Miss USA
Feb 4th - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-13
Feb 6th - Heidi Fleiss scheduled to begin her 7 year jail sentence
Feb 8th - NFL & Cleveland allows Art Modell to move his NFL franchise to Balt but he had to leave the Browns' name behind
Feb 8th - The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.
Feb 8th - The massive Internet collaboration "24 Hours in Cyberspace" takes place.
Feb 9th - WYNY-FM in NYC changes calls to WKTU-FM
Feb 9th - The Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month ceasefire shortly followed by a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf.
Feb 10th - IBM's Deep Blue defeats chess champ Gary Kasparov
Feb 11th - 46th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 129-118 at San Antonio
Feb 13th - Howard Stern announces he will be making the film "Private Parts"
Feb 13th - Rock musical "Rent," by Jonathan Larson, opens off-Broadway
Feb 15th - Mortar attack on the US Embassy in Athens, Greece.
Feb 16th - Gary Kirsten scores 188* for S Africa v UAE at Rawalpindi
Feb 17th - 1st full ODI for the Netherlands, v NZ, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47
Feb 18th - 1st full ODI for Kenya, Cricket World Cup v India
Feb 18th - Daytona 500 race
Feb 18th - Tendulkar scores 127* in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya
Feb 19th - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in York PA on WQXA 105.7 FM
Feb 21st - Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit
Feb 22nd - "Bus Stop" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 29 performances
Feb 22nd - Actress Halle Berry files for divorce from David Justice
Feb 22nd - STS 75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit
Feb 23rd - Mark Waugh scores 130 in World Cup vs Kenya, 207 w/brother Steve
Feb 23rd - Rajindra Dhanraj takes 9-97 for Trinidad against Leeward Islands
Feb 24th - Cuba downs 2 US planes
Feb 24th - Meg Mallon wins LPGA Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
Feb 24th - The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church.
Feb 25th - "Father" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 52 performances
Feb 25th - Rajindra Dhanraj takes 16-167 in match Trinidad v Leeward Is
Feb 27th - Mark Waugh scores 126 in World Cup against India
Feb 28th - 38th Grammy Awards: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morisette wins
Feb 29th - Kenya defeat West Indies (all out 93) in Cricket World Cup
Feb 29th - Soyuz TM-23, lands
Mar 1st - Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory
Mar 1st - New toll-free 888 area code introduced
Mar 1st - Plans approved allowing traffic cameras High Harrington & Shap England
Mar 2nd - Copeland swimming pool re-opened by Gladiator
Mar 2nd - Tendulkar scores 137 for Ind v SL in Cricket World Cup, but still lose
Mar 3rd - 26th Easter Seal Telethon
Mar 3rd - Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets to win Shell Trophy Final
Mar 5th - Earl Weaver & Jim Bunning, elected to Hall of Fame
Mar 6th - 10th American Comedy Award
Mar 6th - 2nd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
Mar 6th - Aravinda De Silva smashes 145 v Kenya in cricket World Cup at Kandy Sri Lanka score 5-398 in 50 overs in World Cup v Kenya
Mar 7th - 1st surface photos of Pluto (photographed by Hubble Space Telescope)
Mar 7th - British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million pound order
Mar 7th - Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 39 of 39
Jan 1st - Mary Gibbs, American child actress
Jan 5th - Max Baldry, English actor
Jan 7th - Abbey Speakman, England, born 19 days after her twin sister
Jan 12th - Sarah Morales, Mexico, Siamese twin (survived)
Jan 12th - Sarahi Morales, Mexico, Siamese twin (died on Jan 27, 1996)
Jan 29th - Megan Jossa, English actress
Feb 7th - Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer
Feb 9th - Jimmy Bennett, American actor
Feb 17th - Sasha Pieterse, South African child actress
Mar 6th - Savanah Stehlin, American actress
Mar 8th - Lorna Fitzgerald, English actress
Mar 9th - Darsheel Safary, Youngest Indian actor to win filmfare award for best performance
Mar 18th - Madeline Carroll, American actress
Apr 14th - Abigail Breslin, American child actress
Apr 17th - Dee Dee Davis, American actress
Apr 18th - Alexey Zhigalkovich, Belarusian Singer
Apr 25th - Allisyn Ashley Arm, American child actress
May 6th - Dominic Scott Kay, American actor
May 9th - Mary Matilyn Mouser, American child actress
May 24th - Matthew Eappen, Boston Mass, baby murdered by nanny Louise Woodward
May 26th - Austin Michael Luciano, actor (Dante Carlino-Another World)
Jun 15th - Cedric Pioline, Neuilly/Seine France, tennis pro (US open final-93)
Jun 23rd - Charlie Jones, British actor
Jul 5th - Dolly the sheep, first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell born in Scotland
Jul 23rd - Rachel G. Fox, American actress
Aug 7th - Tessa Allen, American actress
Aug 17th - Ella Cruz, Filipina actress
Aug 21st - Jamia Simone Nash, American singer and actress
Sep 8th - Krystal Reyes, Filipina actress
Sep 27th - Iman bint Al Abdullah II, princess of Jordan
Sep 27th - Daeg Faerch, Danish-born Canadian actor
Sep 28th - Celeste & Johnny Edison, Assyria & Pele's twins, boy & girl
Oct 3rd - Adair Tishler, American child actress
Oct 14th - Lourdes Marie Ciccone Leon, daughter of singer Madonna
Oct 26th - Pasaye, Palatine Ill, twin born 92 days before his brother (Jan 26)
Oct 28th - Naelee Rae, American actress
Oct 28th - Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress
Nov 9th - Cheyenne Pyle, Calif, youngest heart transplant patient (90 mins old)
Dec 19th - Paige Speakman, England, born 19 days before her twin sister
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 100 of 1,169
Jan 1st - Arleigh Albert Burke, British Admiral, dies at 94
Jan 1st - Arthur Rudolph, rocket Engineer, dies at 89
Jan 1st - Hamish Imlach, folk singer/comic, dies at 55
Jan 2nd - Sydney Thompson, rock Climber, dies at 81
Jan 2nd - Thornton Page, astrophysicist, dies at 82
Jan 2nd - Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (b. 1915)
Jan 3rd - Geoffrey Pardoe, engineer, dies at 67
Jan 3rd - Terence Tenison Cuneo, artist, dies at 88
Jan 4th - Ramon Vinay, operatic tenor/baritone, dies at 83
Jan 4th - Roy McKelvie, soldier/sports writer, dies at 83
Jan 5th - Jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician, dies at 86
Jan 5th - Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader, dies at 84
Jan 5th - Lincoln Kirstein, ballet administrator, dies at 88
Jan 5th - Richard Versaille, tenor, dies at 63
Jan 6th - Duane Hanson, sculptor, dies at 60
Jan 6th - Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, diplomat/politician, dies at 94
Jan 6th - John Phillipps Kenyon, historian/teacher, dies at 68
Jan 6th - Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician, dies at 80
Jan 7th - James Holland, artist/exhibition organiser, dies at 90
Jan 7th - Karoly Grosz, PM of Hungry (1987-88), dies at 65
Jan 7th - Robley D Evans, nuclear physicist, dies at 88
Jan 7th - Seton Howard Frederick Lloyd, archaeologist, dies at 93
Jan 7th - Tarō Okamoto, Japanese avant-garde artist (b. 1911)
Jan 8th - Francois Mitterrand, Pres of France (1981-95), dies of cancer at 79
Jan 8th - Kurt Schmucker, member (Union of Christian Democrats), dies
Jan 8th - William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter, dies at 52
Jan 8th - Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic (b. 1907)
Jan 9th - Fearless Mary Nadia Wadia, actress, dies at 88
Jan 9th - Kurt Schmucker, German RFA minister of Economy (1963-66), dies
Jan 9th - Michael Lynn Synar, politician, dies at 45
Jan 10th - Alexander Robertus, organic chemist, dies at 88
Jan 10th - Arthur Sydney Martin, spycatcher, dies at 81
Jan 11th - Eric Hebborn, artist/faker, dies at 61
Jan 11th - Harold Walter Bailey, philologist, dies at 96
Jan 11th - Hubert Nicholson, poet/novelist, dies at 87
Jan 11th - Ike Isaacs, guitarist, dies at 76
Jan 12th - Edmund Happold, engineer, dies at 65
Jan 12th - John Howard Purnell, scientist, dies at 70
Jan 12th - Peggy Braithwaite, lighthouse-keeper, dies at 76
Jan 12th - Joachim Nitsche, German mathematician (b. 1926)
Jan 13th - Denise Grey, [Edouardine Verthuy], actress (Julietta), dies at 99
Jan 13th - Willian Myuon Bany Guerrilla leader, dies
Jan 14th - Eric Briault, educationalist, dies at 84
Jan 14th - Pamelo Mounk'a, musician, dies at 50
Jan 15th - Les Baxter, singer/orch leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73
Jan 15th - Moshushu II, King of Lesotho (1966-90), dies at 51
Jan 15th - Richard Charles Cobb, historian, dies at 78
Jan 16th - Harry Potts, footballer/manager, dies at 75
Jan 16th - Kaye Webb, publisher, dies at 81
Jan 16th - Marcia Davenport, American author and music critic (b. 1903)
Jan 17th - Barbara Charline Jordan, politician, dies at 59
Jan 17th - Charles Henry Madge, poet writer/sociologist, dies at 83
Jan 17th - Giles William Playfair, writer, dies at 85
Jan 17th - John Adrian Hope, politician/businessman, dies at 83
Jan 17th - Robert Covington, drummer/singer, dies at 54
Jan 17th - Amber Hagerman, American namesake of the Amber Alert system (b. 1986)
Jan 17th - Mostafa Sid Ahmed, Sudanese singer (b. 1953)
Jan 18th - Leonor Fini, painter, dies at 87
Jan 18th - Minnesota Fats, [Rudolf Wanderone Jr], billiard hustler, dies at 82
Jan 18th - N T Rama Rao, PM of Andhra Pradesh India (1983-84, 84-89, 94-95), dies
Jan 18th - Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Indian actor (b. 1923)
Jan 19th - Bernard Baily, comic artist, dies at 79
Jan 19th - Donald Simpson, film producer, dies at 52
Jan 19th - Harold Wolpe, sociologist lawyer/S African activist, dies at 70
Jan 20th - Buster Benton, singer/guitarist, dies at 63
Jan 20th - David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Duke of Warwick, dies at 61
Jan 20th - Ellis Hillman, politician, dies at 68
Jan 20th - Gerald Joseph Mulligan, baritone saxophonist/composer, dies at 68
Jan 20th - Liesbeth Askonas, concert agent, dies at 83
Jan 20th - Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic, dies at 85
Jan 20th - Sidney Korshak, lawyer, dies at 87
Jan 21st - Roman Ciesiewicz, artist/graphic designer, dies at 65
Jan 21st - Sam Green, industrialist/inventor, dies at 88
Jan 21st - René Marc Jalbert, sergeant-at-Arms at the National Assembly of Quebec (b. 1921)
Jan 22nd - Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert, dies at 77
Jan 22nd - Efua Theodore Sutherland, writer, dies at 71
Jan 22nd - Mabel Leigh, potter, dies at 80
Jan 22nd - Yisrael Eldad, extremist politician, dies at 85
Jan 23rd - John Mackin, programmer, dies at 36
Jan 23rd - Norman MacCaig, poet, dies at 85
Jan 23rd - Shirley Carter Burden, patrician, dies at 54
Jan 24th - Sandor Iharos, athlete, dies at 65
Jan 24th - Ursula Heathcote Nicholls, campaigner, dies at 75
Jan 25th - Jonathan Larson, composer, dead Aortic aneurysm at 35
Jan 25th - Ruth Berghaus, choreographer/director, dies at 68
Jan 26th - David Schultz, wrestler (Oly-Gold-84), killed by John Du Pont
Jan 26th - Harold Brodkey, writer, dies at 65
Jan 26th - Henry Jay Lewis, conductor, dies at 63
Jan 26th - Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1921)
Jan 26th - Stevie Plunder, Australian musician (b. 1963)
Jan 27th - Barbara Skelton, writer, dies at 79
Jan 27th - John Patrick Sutton Ludlow, actor (Agatha), dies at 93
Jan 27th - Julian Hill, research chemist, dies at 91
Jan 27th - Olga Havlova, political activist, dies at 63
Jan 27th - Ralph Webster Yarborough, politician, dies at 92
Jan 27th - Tommy Mitchell, cricket (Derbyshire leg-spin, 5 Tests for Eng), dies
Jan 28th - Burne Hogarth, strip-cartoon artist, dies at 84
Jan 28th - Dan Duva, boxing promoter, dies at 44
Jan 28th - Jerry Siegel, comic book writer (Superman), dies at 81
Jan 28th - John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur, dies at 81
