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Historical Events

Results 101 - 170 of 170

1965 - Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turned down
1966 - 1st operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched US
1966 - 1st soft landing on Moon (Soviet Luna 9)
1967 - "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix
1967 - Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in Australia, is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne.
1969 - "Canterbury Tales" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 122 perfs
1969 - The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO
1971 - KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (PBS) 1st broadcast
1972 - 11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia)
1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 - Dr Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 & peaks at #6
1973 - President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law
1974 - "Pajama Game" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 65 perfs
1974 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1975 - Billy Herman, Earl Averill, & Bucky Harris elected to Hall of Fame
1976 - 26th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-109 at Philadelphia
1977 - Martin Dihigo John Lloyd elected to Hall of Fame
1978 - Australia beat India 3-2 on 6th day of final test
1978 - India needing 493 to beat Australia at Adelaide, all out 445
1979 - "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart
1979 - Minnesota Twins trade Rod Carew to California for 4 players
1979 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
1979 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
1980 - 30th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 144-136 (OT) at Washington
1980 - Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 - Mohammed Ali tours Africa as Pres Carter's envoy
1981 - Australia beats NZ 3-1 to win World Series Cup
1981 - Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway
1982 - Columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission
1982 - Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, USSR
1982 - John Sharples of England finishes disco dancing 371 hours
1982 - Porn star John Holmes ordered to stand trial for murder
1983 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners
1984 - 10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B)-Challenger 4 launched
1985 - "Harrigan 'n Hart" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances
1985 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1986 - Pres Reagan announces formation of Comm on Challenger Accident
1987 - Expos trade Jeff Reardon to Twins for Neal Heaton
1987 - SD Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup
1989 - Bill White named NL president; 1st black major-league sports head
1989 - Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay
1989 - Start 1st Test Cricket, NZ v Pak, washed out
1990 - Darryl Strawberry enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation
1990 - Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race
1990 - NY Met Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Alcohol rehab center
1991 - Meg Mallon wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
1991 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-21
1992 - Defense opens calling Noriega "our ally in war on drugs"
1992 - Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends
1992 - Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week
1993 - Cin Red owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments
1993 - General Hospital's Tristan Rogers convicted of drunk driving
1993 - Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in LA Calif
1994 - "Les Miserables," opens at Kallang Theatre, Singapore
1994 - Actor Jean-Claude van Damme (32) weds Darcy Lapier (28) in Bangkok
1994 - Pres Bill Clinton lifts US trade embargo against Vietnam
1994 - STS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit
1995 - STS 63 (Discovery 19), launches into orbit
1997 - Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca NY
1997 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Detroit MI on WKRK 97.1 FM
1998 - Britain issues a set of Princess Diana stamps
1998 - Fla Panther Dino Ciccarelli's is 9th NHLer to score 600 career goals
1998 - NY Yankees replace general manager Bob Watson with Brian Cashman
1998 - Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain
1998 - US military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20
1998 - Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, violates probation with 14 year-old father of her baby
1998 - Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Texas becoming the first woman executed in the United States since 1984.
1999 - In Jammu and Kashmir the political party Democratic Janata Dal (Jammu and Kashmir) is revived.
2002 - Super Bowl XXXVI: New England Patriots beat St. Louis Rams, 20-17 at the Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans MVP: Tom Brady, New England, QB
2007 - A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339.

Famous Birthdays

Results 101 - 200 of 257

1920 - Bibi Osterwald, New Brunswick NJ, actress (Bridget Loves Bernie)
1920 - Henry Heimlich, doctor/inventor (Heimlich maneuver)
1920 - Stan Ockers, Belgian bicyclist (Tour de France 1955, 56)
1920 - Tony Gaze, Australian racing driver
1922 - Bill Chappell Jr, (Rep-D-FL, 1969- )
1922 - Jean-Pierre Rampal, flutist (Italian Flute Concertos)
1923 - Alys Robi, Quebec singer
1925 - John Fiedler, Platville Wisc, actor (Mr Peterson-Newhart)
1925 - Joop C Swart, Dutch publisher/founder (World Press Photo)
1925 - Leon Schlumpf, member of the Swiss Federal Council
1926 - Arthur Arfons, auto racer/designer (Green Monster 1964-536.71 MPH)
1926 - Glen Tetley, US choreographer
1926 - Hans-Jochen Vogel, leader of West Germany's Social Democrats (SPD)
1926 - J Roy Rowland, (Rep-D-GA, 1983- )
1926 - Shelley Berman, Chicago, comedian (Son of Blob, Love American Style)
1927 - Kenneth Anger, American Underground Filmmaker
1927 - Val Doonican, Irish singer and entertainer
1927 - Joan Lowery Nixon, American writer (d. 2003)
1927 - Blas Ople, Filipino politician (d. 2003)
1928 - C V Gadkari, cricketer (Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953-55)
1928 - Mr [Fred] Rogers, Latrobe, Pa, kid host (Mr Roger's Neighorhood)
1929 - Russell Arms, Berkeley Calif, vocalist (Your Hit Parade)
1929 - Val Doonican, Irish singer/entertainer
1929 - Ken Shipp, American football coach
1930 - Joan Rice, actress (Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up)
1930 - Gillian Ayres, English painter
1932 - J P "Pom-Pom" Felloes-Smith, cricketer (S Afr batsman v England 1960)
1932 - Maria Itkina, USSR, sprinter (9 world records)
1932 - Peggy Ann Garner, Canton Ohio, actress (Little Women, Daisy Kenyon)
1933 - Paul S Sarbanes, (Sen-D-MD, 1977- )
1934 - Jeremy Kemp, Chesterfield England, actor (Winds of War)
1935 - Johnny "Guitar" Watson, rock guitarist
1936 - Bobby Simpson, cricketer (great Australian batsman/capt/coach/slip)
1936 - Robert Simpson, Australian cricket player/manager
1938 - Victor Buono, SD Calif, actor (Man from Atlantis, Untouchables)
1938 - Vladimir Grigoryevich Fartushny, Russia, cosmonaut
1938 - Emile Griffith, US Virgin Islands professional boxer
1939 - Vladimir Yevgenyevich Preobrazhensky, Russian cosmonaut
1940 - Fran Tarkenton, Richmond Va, NFL QB (NY Giants, Minn Vikings)
1940 - Jim Hartz, newscaster (NBC-TV, Innovations)
1941 - Angelo D'Aleo, Bronx, tenor (Dion & Belmonts-Teenager in Love)
1941 - Bridget Hanley, Minneapolis Mn, actress (Here Come the Brides)
1941 - Carol Mann, Buffalo NY, golfer (LPGA Hall of Fame 1977, 1965 US Open)
1941 - Chuck Tharp, rock vocalist (Fireballs)
1941 - Gary Bartlett, cricket pace bowler (NZ in 10 Tests in the 1960's)
1941 - Neil Bogart, American record executive (d. 1982)
1943 - Blythe Danner, Phila PA, actress (Butterflies are Free)
1943 - Dennis Edwards, rocker (Temptations-Aint Too Proud To Beg, My Girl)
1943 - Eric Haydock, bassist (Hollies-He Aint Heavy He's My Brother)
1944 - Trisha Noble, Australian singer and actress
1945 - Bob Griese, NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins, 1971 Player of Year)
1945 - Johnny Cymbal, rocker (Mr Bass Man)
1945 - Willeke Alberti, [Verbruggen], Dutch vocalist/actress (Small Truth)
1947 - Chose Alberts, [Krommenhoek], vocalist (Yet Many Years)
1947 - Dave Davies, London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Kinks-Lola)
1947 - Joe Coleman, baseball pitcher (Washington, Detroit)
1947 - Koos Alberts, [Krommenhoek], Dutch vocalist (Many More Years to Come)
1947 - Melanie, [Safka], Astoria, vocalist/songwriter (Candles in Rain)
1947 - Paul Auster, US author/poet/director (Mr Vertigo, Smoke)
1947 - Stephen McHattie, Canadian actor
1948 - Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, East Timor politician, Nobel Peace laureate
1948 - Henning Mankell, Swedish author
1949 - Oscar Benton, Dutch blues vocalist/guitarist (Ze is Zoals Jij)
1949 - Arthur Kane, American musician
1949 - Hennie Kuiper, Dutch cyclist
1950 - Michael Dickinson, British(?) reorganizer
1950 - Morgan Fairchild, [Patsy McClenny], Dallas Tx, actress (Falcon Crest)
1951 - Felipe Munoz, Mexico, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1968)
1951 - Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian football manager
1952 - Fred Lynn, Chicago, baseball outfielder (Boston, Calif, Baltimore)
1952 - Jack Fields, (Rep-R-TX, 1981- )
1953 - Savvas Tsitouridis, Greek politician
1954 - Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
1955 - Stephen Euin Cobb, American novelist
1955 - Kirsty Wark, British broadcast journalist
1956 - Nathan Lane, Jersey NJ, actor (One of the Boys, Frankie & Johnnie)
1956 - Pamela Cossey, England, model/sister of transsexual Tula
1956 - John Jefferson, American football player
1956 - Lee Ranaldo, American musician (Sonic Youth)
1957 - Michele Greene, Las Vegas Nevada, actress (Abby Perkins-LA Law)
1958 - Lizzie Borden, director/writer (Love Crimes, Working Girls)
1958 - Joe Frank Edwards Jr, Richmond Va, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 89)
1958 - Lee Crystal, rocker (Joan Jett & Blackhearts-Ashes in the Wind)
1958 - N. Gregory Mankiw, American economist
1959 - Loi Tolhurst, rocker (Cure-Hell's Kitchen)
1959 - Molly Killingbeck, Jamaica, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984)
1959 - Thomas Calabro, Bkln NY, actor (Michael Mancini-Melrose Place)
1959 - Yasuharu Konishi, Japanese musician (Pizzicato Five)
1960 - B J Jefferson, Dallas Tx, actress (Ronnie Laurance-Another World)
1960 - Richard Kotzen, rocker
1960 - Kerry Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1993)
1960 - Marty Jannetty, American Wrestler
1961 - Keith Gordon, NYC, actor (Dressed to Kill, Legend of Billie Jean)
1961 - Jay Adams, American skateboarder
1961 - Linda Eder, American singer
1962 - Joe Handle, US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1965 - Dorcas Wonsavage, Madison Wis, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
1965 - Kathleen Kimont, LA Calif, actress (Fraternity Vacation, Renegade)
1965 - Maura Tierney, Boston, actress (Lisa-Newsradio)
1965 - Karlous Marx Shinohamba, Namibian politician

Famous Deaths

Results 101 - 110 of 110

2004 - Jason Raize, American musical theatre actor (b. 1975)
2005 - Corrado Cardinal Bafile, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1903)
2005 - Ernst Mayr, German-born biologist (b. 1904)
2005 - Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1963)
2006 - Al Lewis, American actor (b. 1923)
2007 - Ralph de Toledano, Moroccan-born American political columnist and author (b. 1916)
2007 - George Becker, American president of United Steelworkers (1993-2001) (b. 1928)
2007 - Pedro Knight, Cuban-American musician, husband of legendary singer Celia Cruz (b. 1921)
2008 - Douglas Fraser, Scottish pilot (b. 1916)
2009 - Sheng-yen, Buddhist monk and founder of Dharma Drum Mountain. (b. 1930)