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Historical Events

Results 101 - 175 of 175

1969 - Nayif Hawatimah forms Dem People's Front for Liberation of Palestine
1969 - WWVU (now WNPB) TV channel 24 in Morgantown, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast
1970 - Guyana becomes a republic (National Day)
1970 - Holy Eucharist given by women for 1st time in Roman Catholic service
1971 - Boston Bruins begin 13 NHL game win streak
1971 - George Harrison is fined & his driving license is suspended for 1 year
1971 - Lt Calley confessed & implicates Captain Medina
1973 - Gold goes up $10 overnight to record $95 an ounce in London
1974 - Patty Hearst, daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst, kidnapped by SLA
1974 - Teri Garr appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Confessions of an Orth"
1975 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1975 - In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly two months early in the United States.
1976 - Owners announce spring training won't open without a labor contract
1978 - 20th Grammy Awards: Hotel Calif, Fleetwood Mac, Debbie Boone wins
1979 - "Sarava" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 140 performances
1979 - Frank Peterson Jr named 1st black general in Marine Corps
1979 - George Harrison releases "George Harrison" album
1980 - 13th Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, NY
1980 - Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics
1980 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1980 - Oil tanker explosion off Pilos, Greece, causes 37-mil-gallon spill
1981 - People mag features drug ordeal of Mackenzie & Papa John Phillips
1981 - Spanish coup under lt-col Antonio Tejero Molina fails
1982 - Michael Frayn's "Noises Off," premieres in London
1983 - 25th Grammy Awards: Roxanna, Toto IV, Men at Work wins
1983 - USFL NJ Generals sign Heisman winner Herschel Walker (3 years-$5 mil)
1983 - The Spanish Socialist government of Felipe González and Miguel Boyer nationalizes Rumasa, a holding of José María Ruiz Mateos.
1983 - The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
1985 - Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game
1985 - US Senate confirms Edwin Meese III as attorney general
1986 - Despite losing, Red Sox Wade Boggs gets largest arbitration ($1.35M)
1986 - Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA Standard Register/Samaritan Golf Classic
1986 - Nelli Fiere-Cooman runs world record 60 m indoor (7.00 sec)
1987 - Dick Howser retires from managing KC Royals, due to brain tumor
1987 - Russian Writers Union accepts Boris Pasternak posthumous as member
1987 - Supernova 1987A in LMC 1st seen; 1st naked-eye supernova since 1604
1988 - Chicago gives Cubs right to install lights & play up to 18 night games
1988 - Yvonne van Gennip skates female record 3k (4:11.94)
1990 - Ian Smith 173* NZ v India, 136 balls, world record for no 9 bat
1991 - Greg Haugen scores a split decision over Hector "Macho" Camacho
1991 - Military coup in Thailand, Premier Choonhaven arrested
1991 - NC is 1st NCAA basketball team to win 1,500 games
1991 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1991 - US insists Iraq publicly announce it is leaving Kuwait by 12 PM EST
1992 - 16th Winter Olympic games closes in Albertville, France
1992 - Andy Flower scores 115* on ODI debut, Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka
1992 - World Cup scoreline Zimbabwe 4-312, Sri Lanka 7-313
1992 - The Socialist Labour Party is founded in Georgia.
1993 - Gary Coleman wins $1,280,000 lawsuit against parents for high fees
1993 - India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England
1993 - Sacramento Gold Miners admitted as CFL's 9th franchise (1st US team)
1994 - Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay $10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field) at Gateway (becomes official 3/23)
1995 - "Uncle Vanya" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 29 performances
1995 - Antoine Nduwayo appointed Premier of Burundi
1995 - Dow Jones closes above 4,000 for 1st time (4,003.33)
1996 - Mark Waugh scores 130 in World Cup vs Kenya, 207 w/brother Steve
1996 - Rajindra Dhanraj takes 9-97 for Trinidad against Leeward Islands
1997 - Ali Abu Kamal opens fire in Empire State Building & kills 1
1997 - American Express Senior Golf Invitational
1997 - Jeff Sluman wins Tucson Golf Classic
1997 - NBC TV shows "Schindler's List," completely uncensored, 65M watch
1997 - Tucson Chrysler Golf Classic
1997 - Scientists in Scotland announced they succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named "Dolly"
1998 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charleston SC on WAVF 96.1 FM
1998 - Supreme Court lets Megan's Law stand
1998 - Tornadoes in Florida kills at least 31
1998 - Osama bin Laden publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and Crusaders.
1999 - Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
1999 - An avalanche destroys the Austrian village of Galtür, killing 31.
2005 - Slovakia Summit 2005 begins, marking the first occasion when a sitting American President visits Slovakia; George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin are in attendance.
2005 - Vote of the controversial French law on colonialism, repealed start of 2006.
2006 - Dubai Ports World agrees to postpone its plans to take over management of six U.S. ports after the proposal ignited harsh bipartisan criticism on Capitol Hill.
2007 - Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
2007 - A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 22. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.
2008 - a B-2 Spirit of the USAF crashes at Guam. The crew survived but the aircraft was written off, making it the most expensive air crash in human history (the aircraft alone cost $1.2Bn). The B-2 had a perfect safety record before the crash; not one B-2 ever crashed.

Famous Birthdays

Results 101 - 200 of 256

1925 - Ian Smith, cricket leg-spinner (S Afr 1947-58 avg 64.08)
1925 - Louis Stokes, (Rep-D-OH, 1969- )
1926 - Regine Crespin, French vocalist (Sheherazade, Les Nuits D'ete)
1927 - Ivan Hrusovsky, composer
1928 - Duke of Beaufort
1928 - Vasily Grigoryevich Lazarev, Siberia USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18A)
1929 - Eduard W "Ed" Bauer, [Eddy Evers], Dutch actor (Bluejackets)
1929 - Elston Howard, Yankee catcher (1st black NY Yankee/1963 AL MVP)
1929 - Richard Moryl, composer
1930 - Gerry Davis, writer
1930 - Harry Boldt, German Fed Rep, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1976)
1930 - Imre Gyongyossy, film Maker
1930 - Jef Geeraerts, Flemish writer (Black Venus)
1930 - Johnny Seven, NYC, actor (Ironside, Amy Prentiss)
1931 - Tom Wesselman, US sculptor (Great American Nudes)
1931 - Tom Wesselmann, American collage artist (d. 2004)
1932 - Majel Barrett, American actress
1933 - Donna J Stone, poet
1933 - Lee Calhoun, Laurel Miss, hurdler (Olympics-gold-56, 60)
1933 - Lee Quencey Calhoun, Laurel MS, 110m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
1934 - Lady Digby
1937 - David Ward, president (Law Society)
1937 - Lord Tugendhat
1937 - Tom Osborne, college football coach
1938 - Diane Varsi, San Mateo Calif, actress (Peyton Place)
1938 - Sylvia Chase, St Paul Minn, newscaster (ABC Weekend News, 20/20)
1939 - Edmund Boyd Fisher, publisher
1939 - Josef Feistmantl, Austria, lugeist (Olympic-gold-1964)
1939 - Majel Barrett, Columbus Ohio, actress (Christine Chapel-Star Trek)
1940 - Jermyn P Brooks, CEO (Price Waterhouse Europe)
1940 - Peter Fonda, actor (Easy Rider, Lilith, Wild Angels, Trip)
1941 - Frank Gerstenberg, Edinburgh, principal (George Watson's College)
1941 - Robin Bynoe, cricketer (WI opening batsman in 4 Tests 1959-67)
1941 - Ron Hunt, baseball player
1942 - Beau Boulter, (Rep-R-TX, 1985- )
1942 - Colin Sanders, founder (Solid State Logic)
1942 - John Lewis, Head Master (Eton College)
1943 - Bobby Wayne Mitchell, Chatham VA, PGA golfer (1971 Cleveland Open)
1943 - Fred Biletnikoff, NFL wide receiver
1943 - Jada Rowland, NYC, actress (Penny-Hamptons, Amy-Secret Storm)
1944 - James Cousins, British MP
1944 - Johnny Winter, [John Dawson], Leland Miss, guitarist (Silver Train)
1944 - Mike Maxfield, rocker (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas)
1944 - Bernard Cornwell, English historical novelist
1944 - John Sandford, American novelist
1945 - Frank Murray, police Officer
1946 - Rusty Young, Calif, rock steel guitarist (Poco-Heat of the Night)
1947 - Anton Mosimann, chef
1947 - Colin Sanders, British computer engineer (Solid State Logic)
1947 - Geoff Cope, cricketer (England off-spinner 1977-78)
1947 - Shakira Caine, Guyana, actress (Man Who be King)/Miss Guyana (1967)
1947 - John McWethy, American journalist (d. 2008)
1947 - Pia Kjærsgaard, Danish politician
1948 - Bill Alexander, theatre director
1948 - Doug Moench, American comic book writer
1949 - Anna-Maria Muller, German DR, Luge (Olympic-gold-1972)
1949 - Larry Demps, US R&B vocalist (Dramatics-Me & Mrs Jones)
1949 - Marc Garneau, Quebec City Canada, PhD/astronaut (STS 13, 77)
1949 - Maureen Hicks, British MP
1949 - Terry "Tex" Comer, bassist/guitarist
1949 - Terry Comer, rocker
1950 - Neil Jordan, Sligo Ireland, novelist (Dream of a Beast, Past)
1950 - Steve Priest, London, rock bassist (Sweet Hayes)
1951 - Ed "Too Tall" Jones, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
1951 - Nicholas Kenyon, controller (BBC Radio 3)
1951 - Patricia Richardson, Bethesada Md, actress (Double Trouble, Home Imp)
1952 - Brad Whitford, Mass, rock guitarist (Aerosmith-Jamie Got a Gun)
1953 - Sallie L Baliunas, astrophysicist
1953 - Satoru Nakajima, Japanese racing driver
1954 - Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine
1955 - Howard Jones, rock pianist/vocalist (Things Can Only Get Better)
1958 - David Sylvian, vocal/guitar (Sylvian Sylvian, Japan-Adolescent Sex)
1958 - Lorraine Michaels, Canterbury England, playmate (April, 1981)
1958 - Ria Brieffies, Dutch vocalist (Dolly Dots)
1959 - John Arthur Wilson, Ceres CA, PGA golfer (1994 Anheuser-Busch-4th)
1960 - Cindy Figg-Currier, Mt Pleasant MI, golfer (1994 Brit Open-6th)
1960 - Gloria von Thurm un Taxis, Munich German FR, Princess
1960 - Maria Gloria von Schoenberg-Glauchau, wife of prince Thurn un Taxis
1960 - Naruhito, crown prince of Japan
1960 - Alan Griffin, Australian politician
1962 - Melinda Mays, Augusta Ga, playmate (Feb, 1983)
1962 - Michael Wilton, rock guitarist (Queensrijche-Warning)
1963 - Bobby Bonilla, NYC, outfielder (NY Mets, Balt Orioles, Marlins)
1963 - Debbie Kruck, Danbury CT, Ms Fitness USA (1994)
1963 - Reza Abdoh, theatre director
1963 - Robert Collins, keyboard player
1963 - Radosław Sikorski, Polish politician
1964 - Byron Evans, NFL linebacker (Phila Eagles)
1964 - Dana Katherine Scully, fictional character (X-Files)
1964 - John Norum, rocker
1965 - Helena Sukova, Prague Czech Rep, tennis star (1985 US Open's Double)
1965 - Kristin Davis, actress (Melrose Place)
1965 - Sylvie Guillem, France, ballerina (Royal Ballet)
1965 - Michael Dell, American computer manufacturer
1966 - John Druce, Peterborough, NHL right wing (Phila Flyers, LA Kings)
1966 - Marc Price, actor/comedian (Skippy-Family Ties)
1967 - Gord Murphy, Willowdale, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
1967 - Pam Blundell, fashion designer
1967 - Steven C Stricker, Edgerton WI, PGA golfer (1994 Northern Telecom-2nd)
1967 - Tamsin Greig, English actress

Famous Deaths

Results 101 - 118 of 118

1999 - Carlos Hathcock, USMC Sniper, 93 Confirmed Kills (b. 1942)
2000 - Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (b. 1957)
2000 - Stanley Matthews, English footballer (b. 1915)
2001 - Robert Enrico, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2003 - Robert K. Merton, American sociologist (b. 1910)
2003 - Howie Epstein, American bass guitarist (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) (b. 1955)
2004 - Vijay Anand, Indian film director (b. 1934)
2004 - Carl Anderson, American singer (b. 1945)
2004 - Sikander Bakht, Governor of Kerala (b. 1918)
2004 - Don Cornell, American singer (b. 1919)
2004 - Carl Liscombe, Canadian hockey player (b. 1915)
2006 - Benno Besson, Swiss actor and film director (b. 1922)
2006 - Telmo Zarraonaindía, Spanish footballer (b. 1921)
2007 - Donnie Brooks, American singer (b. 1936)
2007 - John Ritchie, British footballer (b. 1941)
2008 - Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian prime minister and president (b. 1950)
2008 - Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and motorsport journalist (b. 1917)
2008 - Douglas Fraser, Scottish pilot, first to land at Newfoundland Airport on January 11, 1938 (b. 1916)