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Historical Events

Results 101 - 200 of 202

1953 - Stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Khrushchev & Malenkov
1954 - Patty Berg/Pete Cooper wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament
1954 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1956 - 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott Mass
1956 - Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory
1957 - Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory
1958 - West Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day 3 of 3rd Test Cricket
1959 - "Goldilocks" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 perfs
1959 - Ice Dance Championship at Colo Springs USA won by Denny & Jones of GRB
1959 - Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner & Paul of CAN
1959 - Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Colo Spr won by Carol Heiss USA
1959 - Launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit
1959 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colo Spr won by David Jenkins USA
1959 - NFL trade, Chicago Cards trade Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players
1960 - 8th winter Olympic games close at Squaw Valley, Colo
1960 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1960 - US wins Olympic hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4
1961 - JFK names Henry Kissinger special advisor
1962 - WMGM-AM in New York City changes call letters to WHN
1966 - Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes
1966 - Sandy Koufax & Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Dodgers
1967 - Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal
1968 - Pirate Radio Hauraki, off NZ, returns to the air
1969 - Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Spr won by Towler & Ford of GBR
1969 - Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Spr won by Rodnina & Ulanov of URS
1969 - Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colo Spr won by Gabriele Seyfert GDR
1969 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colo Springs won by Tim Wood USA
1970 - "Georgy" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 4 performances
1970 - Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge
1970 - Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53)
1970 - KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast
1970 - WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
1971 - WDRB TV channel 41 in Louisville, KY (IND) begins broadcasting
1971 - 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA Natl FL Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam
1972 - George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident
1972 - Last broadcast of "M*A*S*H" on NBC-TV
1972 - Pres Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China
1972 - The Asama-Sanso incident ends in Japan.
1973 - Suriname govt of Sedney arrests 13 union leaders
1974 - Ethiopian govt of Makonnen forms
1974 - Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
1974 - Taiwan police shoots into crowd
1974 - US & Egypt re-form diplomatic relations after 7 years
1975 - 41 killed in London Underground, as train speeds past final stop
1975 - EG signs accord of Lome with 46 developing countries
1975 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1975 - A major tube train crash at Moorgate station, London kills 43 people.
1976 - 18th Grammy Awards: Love Will Keep Us Together, Natalie Cole wins
1976 - Ceuta & Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession
1976 - Spain withdraws from Western Sahara
1977 - 1st killer whale born in captivity (Marineland, LA Calif)
1977 - Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends
1979 - Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," premieres in NYC
1980 - "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 h 12 m)
1980 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 - Calvin Murphy (Hou), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws
1981 - China PR throws out Neth ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan
1982 - AT & T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day
1982 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic
1982 - FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street
1983 - Final TV episode of "M*A*S*H" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch
1984 - 26th Grammy Awards: Beat It, Michael Jackson wins 8
1986 - European Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade
1986 - Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs
1988 - 15th Winter Olympic games close at Calgary, Canada
1988 - Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed
1988 - Pat Verbeek becomes 1st NJ Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game
1988 - Yvonne van Gennip skates world record 5 km ladies (7:14.13)
1989 - Gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA
1989 - Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public
1989 - Red Schoendienst & Al Barlick elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
1990 - Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine
1990 - US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit
1991 - "Les Miserables" opens at Theatre Carre, Amsterdam
1991 - "Speed of Darkness" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 36 performances
1991 - Don Mattingly named 10th NY Yankee Captain
1991 - Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m indoor (3:34:16)
1991 - US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire
1993 - "Anna Christie" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 54 performances
1993 - 7th American Comedy Award: Seinfeld wins
1993 - Gun battle erupts at Waco Texas between FBI & Branch Davidians
1993 - Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m)
1993 - Tony Curtis weds Lisa Deutsch as his 4th wife
1994 - 100 agents raid Branch Davidian compound at Waco Texas
1994 - Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect
1995 - Denver International Airport opens
1996 - 38th Grammy Awards: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morisette wins
1997 - Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45
1997 - FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia
1997 - Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US
1997 - The North Hollywood shootout takes place.
1998 - "View From the Bridge," closes at Criterion Theater NYC
1998 - Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points
1998 - First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace.
1998 - Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.
2001 - The Nisqually Earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hits the Nisqually Valley and the Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia area of the U.S. state of Washington.
2001 - Six passengers and four railway staff are killed and a further 82 people suffer serious injuries in the Selby rail crash.
2004 - Over 1 million Taiwanese participating in the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally form a 500-kilometre (300-mile) long human chain to commemorate the 228 Incident in 1947
2005 - Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister, Omar Karami, resigns amid large anti-Syria street demonstrations in Beirut.
2005 - A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.

Famous Birthdays

Results 101 - 200 of 268

1926 - Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Josef Stalin/author (My Life)
1927 - Bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer
1927 - John Swire, British aircraft magnate (Cathay Pacific)
1928 - Bettye Ackerman, Cottageville SC, actress (Maggie Graham-Ben Casey)
1928 - Smokey The Bear
1928 - Tom Aldredge, Dayton OH, actor (What About Bob, Nurse, Mind Snatchers)
1929 - Frank O Gehry, architect (Galleria-Okla City)
1929 - Hayden Fry, American football coach
1929 - John Montague, Irish poet
1929 - Joseph Rouleau, French Canadian bass opera singer
1930 - Frank Malzone, baseball player
1930 - Leon Cooper, US physicist (Nobel 1972)
1930 - Bruce Dawe, Australian poet
1931 - Gavin MacLeod, Mt Kisco NY, actor (Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boat)
1931 - Gustav Thoni, Italy, skiier (World Cup-1971, 72, 73, 75)
1931 - Jack Thieuloy, writer
1932 - Brian Moore, British commentator (Big Match)
1932 - Don Francks, Vancouver, actor (Terminal Choice, Finian's Rainbow)
1933 - Robert Grondelaers, Belgian cyclist (d.1989)
1933 - Miro Steržaj, Slovenian 9-pin bowler
1933 - Rein Taagepera, Estonian politician
1934 - Willie Bobo, NYC, jazz drummer (Cos)
1935 - Clive Halse, cricketer (S Afr fast bowler on 1963-64 Aust/NZ tour)
1938 - Martin Olav Sabo, (Rep-D-MN, 1979- )
1939 - Charles Brown, Cin Oh, featherweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1964)
1939 - John Fahey, singer (Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death)
1939 - Tommy Tune, Wichita Falls Tx, dancer/choreographer (Boyfriend)
1940 - Joe South, Atlanta, guitarist/songwriter/singer (Games People Play)
1940 - Mario Andretti, race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500)
1940 - Joe South, American singer
1941 - Alice May Brock, author
1941 - Marty Sanders, rock vocalist
1942 - Brian Jones, rock guitarist (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar)
1942 - Frank Bonner, Little Rock AR, actor (WKRP, Hoax, You Can't Hurry Love)
1942 - Dino Zoff, Italian footballer
1943 - Barbara Acklin, [Allen], Chicago, R&B singer (Love Makes a Woman)
1943 - Donny Iris, singer
1943 - Hans F Dijkstal, Dutch minister of the Interior (VVD, 1994-)
1943 - Charles Bernstein, American composer
1944 - Colin Nutley, director/writer (Such is Life, Black Jack)
1944 - Kelly Bishop, CO, actress (Unmarried Woman, Advice to Lovelorn)
1944 - Sepp Maier, German footballer
1945 - Charles "Bubba" Smith, Tx, NFLer (Balt Colts)/actor (Police Academy)
1945 - Mimsy Farmer, Chicago Ill, actress (Devil's Angel, Road to Salina)
1945 - Ronnie Rosman, rocker (Tommy James Shondells-Crystal Blue Persuasion)
1946 - Graham Vivian, cricketer (son of Giff, 5 Tests for NZ 1965-72)
1946 - Robin Cook, British politician (d. 2005)
1947 - Stephanie Beacham, England, (Devil's Widow, Schizo, Dallas, Colbys)
1948 - Bernadette Peters, [Lazzara], Queens NY, actress (Jerk)
1948 - Mercedes Ruehl, Queens NY, actress (Lost in Yonkers, Crazy People)
1948 - Willie Donnell Smith
1948 - Mike Figgis, English director
1950 - Ilene Graff, Bkln NY, actress (Marsha-Mr Belvedere)
1950 - Stephen Chatman, composer
1951 - Gustavo Thoeni, Italy, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1972)
1951 - Karsan Ghavri, cricketer (Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s)
1951 - Bill Cratty, American modern dancer and choreographer (d. 1998)
1952 - Cristina Raines, [Tina Herazo], Manila Phil, actress (Sentinel)
1952 - Eddie Manion, saxophonist
1952 - Jennie Lynn, San Diego Calif, actress (Love & Marriage)
1952 - Melissa Babish, SC, swimmer (Olympic)
1952 - William Finn, American composer
1953 - Ricky "Dragon" Steamboat, [Richard Blood], wrestler (NWA/WWF/WCW/AWA)
1953 - Ingo Hoffmann, Brazilian racing driver
1953 - Paul Krugman, American economist
1954 - Brian Billick, American football coach
1955 - Adrian Dantley, Wash DC, NBA forward (Olympic-gold-1976, Utah Jazz)
1955 - Gilbert Gottfried, comedian (Beverly Hills Cop)
1955 - Randy Jackson, New Orleans, guitarist (Zebra-Tell Me What You Want)
1956 - Jimmy Nicholl, Canadian-born Northern Irish footballer
1956 - Mike Tenay, American wrestling commentator
1957 - Cindy Wilson, Athens Georgia, rock vocalist (B-52's-Love Shack)
1957 - Ian Smith, cricket wicket-keeper (NZ of the 80's)
1957 - Ian Stanley, keyboardist
1957 - Jeff Woodland, Papua New Guinea, Nike golfer (1991 Dakota Dunes Open)
1957 - John Turturro, Bkln, actor (Brain Donor, Color of Money, Jungle Fever)
1957 - Phil Gould, rock percussionist (Level 42-Hot Water)
1957 - Paul Delph, American musician and producer (d. 1996)
1957 - Ainsley Harriott, British celebrity chef
1958 - Christine Lathan-Brehmer, German DR, 400m runner (Oly-gold-76)
1958 - Mark Pavelich, NHLer (NY Rangers)
1958 - Jeanne Mas, French singer and actress
1959 - Sydney P Mufamadi, South African leader (SACP)
1960 - Dorothy Stratten, Vancouver BC, playmate (August, 1979) (Galixina)
1961 - Barry McGuigan, British(?) boxer
1961 - Wayne Smith, Albany WA, Australasia golfer
1961 - Eric Bachelart, Belgian racing driver
1962 - Angela Bailey, England, Canadian 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984)
1962 - Chunli Li, Auckland NZ, table tennis player (Olympics-96)
1962 - Rae Dawn Chong, Edmonton Alberta, actress (Quest for Fire)
1962 - Steve Tsujiura, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1963 - Claudio Chiappucci, Italian cyclist
1964 - Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Uzbekistan cyclist
1965 - Duane Ferrell, NBA forward (SF Warriors, Indiana Pacers)
1965 - Mikko Makela, Tampere Finland, NHL right wing (NY Islanders)
1966 - Erik van Kessel, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1966 - Jan Varholik, Kosice CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia)
1966 - Tim Goad, NFL defensive tackle (Cleve Browns)
1966 - Vincent Askew, NBA guard/forward (Seattle Supersonics, Trailblazers)
1966 - Paulo Futre, Portuguese footballer

Famous Deaths

Results 101 - 128 of 128

1994 - Aisin Giorro Pu Chieh, brother of Last Emperor of China, dies at 86
1994 - Buster Holmes, chef/restaurateur, dies at 88
1994 - Elbert "Skippy" Williams, tenor Sax player, dies at 77
1994 - George Osborne Sayles, historian, dies at 92
1994 - Leopoldina Poldi Feichtegger Gerhard, dies at 90
1994 - Pu Yi, brother of last Chinese emperor, Pu Yi, dies at 87
1995 - Herman "Ace" Wallace, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 69
1995 - Keith Rigg, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia 1931-37), dies
1995 - Max Rudolf, conductor, dies at 92
1996 - Daniel Chipenda, Angolan politician and field commander, dies at 64
1998 - Dermot Morgan, Irish actor and comedian (b. 1952)
1998 - Arkady Shevchenko, Soviet diplomat (b. 1930)
1999 - Christine Glanville, British Puppeteer (. 1924)
2002 - Mary Stuart, American actress (b. 1926)
2002 - Helmut Zacharias, German violinist (b. 1920)
2003 - Chris Brasher, English athlete (b. 1928)
2003 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández, President of El Salvador (b. 1917)
2003 - Roger Michael Needham, British cryptographer (b. 1935)
2003 - Rudolf Kingslake, Lens designer, and Engineer (b. 1903)
2004 - Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, writer, and Librarian of Congress (b. 1914)
2004 - Carmen Laforet, famed Spanish novelist
2004 - Andres Nuiamäe, Estonian soldier (b. 1982)
2006 - Owen Chamberlain, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1920)
2007 - Baron Charles Forte, Italian-born hotelier (b. 1908)
2007 - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian and political commentator (b.1917)
2007 - Billy Thorpe, Australian musician (Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs) (b. 1946)
2008 - Mike Smith, English musician (The Dave Clark Five) (b. 1943)
2009 - Paul Harvey, American radio broadcaster (b. 1918)