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Historical Events

Results 101 - 169 of 169

1960 - Walter O'Malley, LA Dodger owner, purchases Chavez Ravine for $494,000
1961 - Henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater
1962 - France & Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war
1962 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
1964 - Muriel Resnik's "Any Wednesday," premieres in NYC
1964 - Papandreou Govt takes power in Greece
1965 - "Fade Out-Fade In" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 72 perfs
1965 - 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain, BC
1965 - Frank Gifford announces his retirement from football for broadcasting
1965 - Gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1965 - The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1967 - Bob Seagren sets pole vault record at 17'3"
1967 - Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers
1968 - 10,000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West-Berlin
1968 - 10th Winter Olympic games close at Grenoble, France
1968 - British adopts year-round daylight savings time
1968 - David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd
1969 - Doug Walters scores 2nd innings century after 242 in 1st
1969 - PLO-attack El-Al plane in Zurich Switzerland
1970 - Chicago 7 defendants found innocent of inciting to riot
1970 - US president Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine"
1972 - Calif Supreme Court abolishes death penalty
1972 - Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy
1972 - John & Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show
1973 - 54-kg octopus measuring 7m across captured in Hood Canal, Wash
1973 - Belgian Emiel Puttemans runs 3000m indoor record 7:39.2
1973 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Pompano Beach Golf Classic
1974 - NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km)
1974 - US ambassador to India Daniel Moynihan present $2,046,700,000 check
1975 - 2nd American Music Award:
1975 - Italy broadens abortion law
1977 - George Harrison releases "True Love"
1977 - Space Shuttle above a Boeing 747 goes on it's maiden flight
1977 - Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft & Joel Garner v Pakistan Bridgetown
1978 - 1st Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona, Hawaii
1979 - -52°F (-47°C), Old Forge, New York (state record)
1979 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1979 - Miniseries "Roots: Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV
1979 - NASA launches space vehicle S-202
1979 - Pres Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh
1979 - Snow falls in Sahara Desert
1980 - Billy Wyman said he will leave Rolling Stones in 1983 (Sure!)
1980 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections
1983 - NBA Indiana Pacers begin a 28 game road losing streak
1984 - Revised concordat between Italy & Vatican signed
1986 - San Antonio's Alvin Robertson scores NBA 2nd quadruple double-20 pts, 11 rebounds, 10 assists & 10 steals against Phoenix
1988 - Anthony M Kennedy, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1989 - Sherri Turner wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open/Itoki Pro-Am
1989 - Steve Garvey marries Candace Thomas while at same time being accused of fathering children by 2 other women
1990 - Jane Crafter wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament
1991 - Edmonton Oiler goalie Grant Fuhr returns to NHL after season-long suspension for substance abuse & shuts out NJ Devils 4-0
1993 - Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester NY
1994 - Actor Joe Pantoliano (41) weds model Nancy Sheppard (31)
1994 - Dan Jansen skates world record 1000m (1:12.43)
1994 - Shreveport Pirates join CFL as 4th US team
1995 - Angela Kennedy swims world record 100m butterfly
1995 - Barb Thomas Whitehead wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1995 - Pamela Anderson (Baywatch) & Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) wed
1995 - Warnecke swims world record 50m freestyle
1996 - 1st full ODI for Kenya, Cricket World Cup v India
1996 - Daytona 500 race
1996 - Tendulkar scores 127* in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya
1998 - NY Rangers fire head coach Colin Campbell
1998 - Two white separatists are arrested in Nevada and accused of plotting a biological attack on New York City subways.
2000 - Stjepan Mesić becomes the second president of Croatia.
2001 - FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He was ultimately convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
2003 - Comet C/2002 V1 (NEAT) makes perihelion, seen by SOHO.
2003 - Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
2004 - Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Neyshabur in Iran when a run-away freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertiliser catches fire and explodes.

Famous Birthdays

Results 101 - 200 of 247

1923 - Allan Melvin, KC Mo, actor (Brady Bunch, Barney-All in Family)
1924 - Humberto Fernández Morán, Venezuelan scientist (d. 1999)
1924 - Louis Laberge, Quebec labour union leader (d. 2002)
1925 - George Kennedy, NYC, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Blue Knight)
1925 - Marcel Barbeau, Quebec artist
1926 - Harry "Little" Caesar, blues singer/actor (City Heat, Homer & Eddie)
1926 - Len Ford, NFL end (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers)
1927 - Fazal Mahmood, cricketer (Pakistani medium-pace workhorse 1952-62)
1927 - John W Warner, (Sen-R-VA, 1979- ), married Liz Taylor
1927 - Tabe Bas, actor/opera vocalist (Leiser Wolf in Anatevka)
1927 - Luis Arroyo, Puerto Rican baseball player
1928 - Jim McElreath, auto racer (1970 Ontario 500)
1928 - Tom Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player
1929 - Leonard Cyril Deighton, English author (Ipcress File, Fighter)
1929 - André Mathieu, Quebec composer (d. 1968)
1930 - Theodore C Freeman, Haverford Penn, capt USAF/astronaut
1930 - Gahan Wilson, American cartoonist
1931 - Dieter Schonbach, composer
1931 - Johnny Hart, cartoonist
1931 - Maxwell Thurman, US General
1931 - Swraj Paul, Indian/British industrial/multi-millionaire (Caparo)
1931 - Toni Morrison, Ohio, novelist (Tar Baby, Beloved, Song of Solomon)
1931 - Bob St. Clair, American football player
1932 - Milos Forman, Czech/US director (Cuckoos Nest, Amadeus)
1933 - Bobby Robson, British soccer coach (PSV)
1933 - Elisabeth S "Elly" Belder-Ameling, Dutch soprano
1933 - Mary Ure, England, model/actress (Reflection of Fear, Windom's Way)
1933 - Yoko Ono Lennon, [Mrs John Lennon], Tokyo Japan, vocalist(?)
1933 - Yoko Ono, Japanese-born singer
1933 - Mary Ure, Scottish actress (d. 1975)
1934 - Aldo Ceccato, Milan Italy, conductor (Detroit Symph Orch 1973-77)
1935 - Michel Aoun, Lebanese prime minister
1936 - Marin Sorescu, poet/dramatist
1936 - Ronald William Eastman, cinematogrpaher
1936 - Jean Auel, American writer
1937 - Jeff Farrell, US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1960)
1938 - Barry Knight, cricketer (England all-rounder mid-60s)
1938 - Elke Erb, writer
1938 - Manny Mota, baseball outfielder (LA Dodgers)
1938 - István Szabó, Hungarian film director
1939 - Claude Ake, political scientist
1939 - Marlos Nobre, composer
1939 - Petronella CM "Carletta" Banning, actress (Potasch & Perlemoer)
1939 - Dal Maxvill, American baseball player
1939 - Marek Janowski, Polish-born conductor
1941 - David Blue, [Cohen], Providence RI, rocker (Cupid's Arrow)
1941 - Herb Santiago, vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools Fall)
1941 - Irma Thomas, [Lee], US vocalist (It's Raining)
1943 - Graeme Garden, Scottish writer
1945 - Judy Rankin, St Louis Mo, LPGA golfer (Vare Trophy 1976-77)
1945 - Michael Nader, St Louis Mo, actor (Peter-Gidget, Dex Dexter-Dynasty)
1946 - Michael Buerk, British newsreader
1946 - Jean-Claude Dreyfus, French actor
1947 - Carlos A Lopes, Portugal, marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
1947 - Dennis De Young, Chicago Il, vocalist (Styx-Its Raining Again)
1947 - Eliot L Engel, (Rep-D-NY)
1947 - Princess Maria Christina, [Marijke], of Netherlands
1948 - Bruce Francis, cricketer (Australian opener in 3 Tests 1972)
1948 - Carolyn B Maloney, (Rep-D-NY)
1948 - Sinead Cusack, Ireland, actress (Waterland, Revenge)
1949 - Cybill Shepherd, Memphis Tn, actress (Moonlighting, Last Picture Show)
1949 - Gary Ridgway, American serial killer
1950 - John Hughes, director (Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller)
1950 - Michel Gauthier, Quebec politician
1951 - Isabel Preysler, Philippines-born Spanish socialite
1952 - Juice Newton, [Judy Cohen], Virginia, vocalist (Angel of the Morning)
1952 - Veronica "Randy" Crawford, US vocalist (One Day I'll Fly Away)
1953 - Derek Pellicci, rock drummer (Little River Band-Help Is On It's Way)
1953 - Nico Arzbach, rock guitarist/singer (Stampei, Dike)
1953 - Robin Bachman, Winnipeg, guitarist (BTO-You Aint Seen Nothing Yet)
1954 - John Travolta, Englewood NJ, actor (Welcome Back Kotter, Pulp Fiction)
1955 - Miles Tredinnick, English playwright
1955 - Raymond Rougeau, Canadian professional wrestler
1956 - Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (d. 1997)
1957 - Marita Koch, German DR, 400m sprinter (Oly-gold-1980)
1957 - Vanna White, [Rosich], N Myrtle Beach SC, TV host (Wheel of Fortune)
1958 - Peter Koech, Kiliburani Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympic-silver-1988)
1958 - Gar Samuelson, American drummer (d. 1999)
1960 - Andy Moog, NHL goalie (Oilers, Bruins, Olympics-Canada-1988)
1960 - Greta Scacchi, Milan Italy, actress (Coca-Cola Kid, White Mischief)
1960 - Roger Wijesuriya, cricketer (bowling avg 294 in 4 Tests for Sri Lanka)
1960 - Carol McGiffin, British TV and radio presenter
1961 - Alycia Moulton, Sacramento CA, tennis star
1962 - Gary Reasons, NFL linebacker (NY Giants)
1962 - Julie Strain, Concord Calif, actress (Witchcraft IV)
1962 - Simon Fletcher, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos)
1963 - John Gesek, NFL center (Washington Redskins)
1963 - Rob Andrew, English rugby player
1963 - Henry Winter, English football journalist
1964 - Kevin Tapani, Des Moines IA, pitcher (Chic White Sox, Minn Twins)
1964 - Lisa Elaine Comshaw, Akron Ohio, actress (Scanner Cop, Lukas' Child)
1964 - Matt Dillon, New Rochelle NY, actor (Flamingo Kid, Tex, Kansas)
1964 - Paul Hanley, British musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers)
1965 - Dr Dre, [Andre Young], rap singer
1965 - Peter Martini, journalist
1965 - Dr. Dre, American rapper
1966 - Kris King, Bracebridge, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets)
1966 - Phillip De Freitas, cricket pace bowler (in Dominica England 1986-95)
1966 - Guy Ferland, American television director
1967 - Colin Jackson, Cardiff Wales, 100m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1988)

Famous Deaths

Results 101 - 150 of 150

1976 - Eddie Dowling, composer (Anywhere USA), dies at 81
1976 - Joseph Henabery, actor/director (Cobra), dies at 88
1977 - Andy Devine, [Jeremiah Schwartz], actor (Andy's Gang), dies at 71
1977 - Maria Realino, teacher (Botany of Curacao), dies at 87
1977 - Ralph Graves, actor (Extra Girl), dies at 77
1978 - Charlotte Greenwood, actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami), dies at 84
1978 - Derrick De Marney, actor (Inheritance, Projected Man), dies at 71
1978 - Maggie McNamara, actress (3 Coins in a Fountain, Cardinal), dies at 49
1980 - Gale Robbins, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex), dies at 58
1981 - John Knudsen Northrop, American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1895)
1982 - Edith Ngaio Marsh, NZ detective writer/producer, dies at 82
1982 - Tina Carver, actress (Inside Detroit, Uranium Boom), dies at 58
1985 - Willy Alberti, [Carel Verbruggen], Dutch singer, dies at 58
1990 - Hulk, fictional character in "Death of Incredible Hulk" on NBC, dies
1993 - Edward S "Ted" Haworth, US set designer (Sayonara, Marty), dies at 76
1993 - Jacqueline Hill, dies of cancer at 63
1993 - Leslie Norman, English director/producer (Dunkirk), dies at 82
1993 - Michael David Morrison, actor (Caleb-As the World Turns), dies at 33
1993 - Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)
1994 - Peter Caddy, founder of the Findhorn Community, dies at 76
1995 - Calder Willingham, US scriptwriter (End as a Man), dies at 72
1995 - Denny Cordel, rock music producer-Laverack, dies at 51
1995 - Eddie Williams, blues/Jazz Bassist, dies at 82
1995 - John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, trumpeter, dies at 83
1995 - Yank Lawson, US jazz trumpeteer (Stormy weather), dies at 84
1995 - Bob Stinson, American guitarist (b.1959)
1996 - Brian Daley, writer, dies at 48
1996 - Jack Thieuloy, writer, dies at 64
1996 - Nicholas Beriozoff, ballet master, dies at 89
1996 - Richard Leslie Hill, historian, dies at 94
1997 - Emily Hahn, writer, dies at 91
1997 - Enrique Peralta Azurdia, milt pres of Guatemala in (1963-66), dies
1997 - Eric William Fenby, musician, dies at 90
1998 - Harry Caray, sportscaster (Chicago Cubs), dies at 77
1998 - Mya Than Tint, Myanmarese author, dies of brain hemorrhage at 69
1998 - Robert Merrill, songwriter (Funny Girl), commits suicide at 76
1998 - Robbie James, Welsh footballer (b. 1957)
1999 - Noam Pitlik, American actor and director (b. 1932)
2000 - Willy Maltaite, Belgian comics creator (b. 1927
2001 - Balthus, Polish-born painter (b. 1908)
2001 - Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1951)
2001 - Eddie Mathews, American baseball player (b. 1931)
2003 - Isser Harel, Israeli Mossad leader (b. 1912)
2003 - Johnny Paycheck, American country singer/songwriter (b. 1938)
2004 - Jean Rouch, French filmmaker and ethnologist (b. 1917)
2006 - Richard Bright, American actor (b. 1937)
2008 - Sir Richard Knowles, British politician (b. 1917)
2008 - Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress, (b. 1955)
2008 - Mickey Renaud, Canadian professional ice hockey player (b. 1988)
2009 - Al-Tayyib Salih, Sudanese novelist and columnist (b. 1929)