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Historical Events

Results 101 - 193 of 193

1959 - Australia regain the Ashes with a 10 wicket victory at Adelaide
1962 - French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence
1962 - Suit to bar Englewood NJ from "racial segregated" schools, filed
1962 - Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn within 16 degrees
1963 - Maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars
1963 - Soviet lunar probe failure
1965 - Beursschouwburg opens in Brussels
1966 - BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island
1967 - "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC)
1967 - Anastasio Somoza elected president of Nicaragua
1967 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Robert Penn Warren
1968 - KDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
1968 - Skater Kees Verkerk wins olympic gold in the 1500m
1968 - Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh begins.
1969 - "Turn-On," debuts & cancelled by ABC after flopping so badly
1969 - US population reaches 200 million
1969 - Vince Lombardi, becomes part owner, vp, gm & head coach of Redskins
1970 - 1st Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six
1970 - Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa v Australia, Durban
1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 - WSCV TV channel 51 in Ft Lauderdale, FL (IND) suspends broadcasting
1971 - Apollo 14, 3rd US manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro Alan Shepard & Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hrs
1972 - "Another Puff" by Jerry Reed peaks at #65
1972 - Bob Douglas is 1st black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame
1972 - US airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers & baggage
1973 - Comic strip "Hagar The Horrible" debuted
1973 - Funeral for LC William Nolde, last US soldier killed in Vietnam War
1973 - Juan Corona sentenced to 25 consecutive life terms for 25 murders
1974 - British mine strike
1974 - Mats Wermelin, Sweden, scores all points in 272-0 basketball win
1974 - Maximum speed on Autobahn reduced to 100 kph
1974 - Patty Hearst kidnapped
1974 - US Mariner 10 returns 1st close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure
1974 - John Murtha becomes the first Vietnam War veteran elected to the Congress of the United States.
1976 - Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies
1976 - Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs & Ian Redpath
1977 - "CB Savage" by Rod Hart peaks at #67
1977 - "Dis-Gorilla (part 1)" by Rick Dees peaks at #56
1977 - "In The Mood" by Henhouse 5 Plus Too (Ray Stevens) peaks at #40
1977 - "Turn Loose On My Leg" by Jim Stafford peaks at #98
1977 - "Up Your Nose" by Gabriel Kaplan peaks at #91
1977 - General Mills Adventure Theater premieres on CBS radio
1977 - Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in 6 rounds in his 1st pro fight
1977 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
1977 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
1978 - Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded
1979 - Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time
1979 - Sears Radio Theater premieres on CBS
1980 - 32nd NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-3 at Detroit
1980 - Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel
1981 - "Piaf" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 165 performances
1981 - Largest Jell-O made (9,246 gallons of watermelon-flavor) in Brisbane
1981 - Milt jury in NC convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with enemy
1982 - Chin A Sen ends term as president of Suriname
1982 - DEA announces seizure of 3,192 tons of marijuana, 495 people
1982 - British airline Laker Airways collapses owing 270M pounds ($351M)
1982 - Suriname pres Chin A Sen resigns & flees to Neth
1983 - Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial
1984 - NZ beat England (82 & 93) by an innings in 3 days
1984 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1986 - Corazon Aquino & Ferdinand Marcos appear on "Nightline"
1987 - Dow Jones avg closes above 2,200 for 1st time
1987 - Soyuz TM-2 launches
1988 - 1st prime-time wrestling match in 30 yrs-Andre beats Hulk Hogan
1988 - Arizona House of Reps vote to impeach Republican Gov Evan Mecham
1988 - Panamanian Gen Manuel Noriega indicted by US grand jury for drugs
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes 1st NBA player to score 38,000 points
1990 - Notre Dame becomes 1st team to sell its game to a major network (NBC)
1991 - A Michigan court bars Dr Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides
1991 - All American Bowl ends after 14 years
1991 - Big East Football conference forms
1991 - Joni Mitchel inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame
1991 - LA King Dave Taylor becomes 29th NHler to score 1000 points
1991 - Howard Stern kisses NY Giant Leonard Marshall's ass over bet, Stern lost claiming the Giants would lose the Superbowl
1992 - Jury selection begins in the LA cops beating Rodney King case
1992 - Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar
1992 - Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win v India
1993 - Grenade explodes in Sarajevo, killing 63 & injuring 160
1993 - R James Woolsey, becomes 16th director of CIA
1994 - "Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego," debuts on Fox TV
1994 - Medgar Evers' murderer Byron De La Beckwith sentenced to life, in Jackson Miss, 30 years after the crime
1995 - Japan's Shinshinto Party wins local elections
1995 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 41-13
1995 - Sandra Volker swims female European record 50m backstroke: 27.77
1997 - 3 Swiss banks create $70 million Holocaust fund
1997 - Brook Lee, Hawaii, crowned 46th Miss USA (en route to Miss Universe)
1998 - Alberto Acciarito convicted of harassing his ex-wife Ingrid Rossellini
1998 - Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minn Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record
1998 - Nancy Kerring & Tonya Harding talk on FOX (Taped Dec 22nd)
2004 - Twenty-three Chinese people drown when a group of 35 cockle-pickers are trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay, England. Twenty-one bodies are recovered.
2004 - Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
2008 - A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States leaves at least 58 dead, the most since the May 31, 1985 outbreak that killed 88.
2009 - The United States Navy guided missile cruiser Port Royal runs aground off Oahu, Hawaii, damaging the ship as well as a coral reef.

Famous Birthdays

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1932 - Cesare Maldini - Italian footballer and manager
1933 - Jorn Donner, Helsinki Finland, director (Anna, Tenderness)
1933 - Nick Georgiade, NYC, actor (Untouchables, Run Buddy Run)
1933 - Ron Wilson, US percussionist (Joy of Cooking)
1934 - Hank Aaron, baseball player (record 755 HRs, 1957 NL MVP)
1934 - Don Cherry, Canadian hockey commentator
1935 - Alex Harvey, rocker (Just Visiting This Planet)
1935 - John J "Jannie" Geldenhuys, supreme commander S Africa army 1980- )
1937 - Cocky van Oost, [Kommertje van Vliet], Dutch dancer (Sylphides)
1937 - Gaston Roelants, Belgium, world cross-country champion
1937 - Stuart Damon, Bkln NY, actor (Alan Quartermaine-General Hospital)
1937 - Wang Xuan, Chinese scientist (d. 2006)
1938 - Dick van Niehoff, Dutch vocalist (Fouryo)
1939 - Brian Luckhurst, cricketer (England opener of 60's & early 70's)
1939 - Jane Bryant Quinn, newscaster/financial writer (Everyone's Money Book)
1940 - H R Giger, artist, special effects designer, (Alien)
1941 - Barrett Strong, Detroit, vocalist (Money, That's What I Want)
1941 - David Selby, Morganstown WV, actor (Falcon Crest, Flamingo Road)
1941 - Rick Laird, jazz musician (Gerry Niewood & Timepiece)
1941 - Stephen J Cannell, producer (Rockford Files)
1941 - Jane Bryant Quinn, American journalist
1941 - Kaspar Villiger, Swiss Federal Councilor
1942 - Cory Wells, Buffalo NY, rock vocalist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
1942 - Roger Staubach, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
1942 - Susan Hill, English playwright (Magic Apple Tree)
1943 - Charles Winfield, Penn, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears-Spinning Wheel)
1943 - Craig Morton, Flint Mich, NFL quarterback (Dallas, Denver)
1943 - Ivan Alexandrovich Tcherepnin, composer
1943 - Larry Tamblyn, rock guitarist (Standells-Dirty Water)
1943 - Michael Mann, Chicago IL, actor/director (Sexpot, Close Friends)
1943 - Nolan Bushnell, founder (Atari)/creator (Pong)
1943 - Sven Johnson, rocker (Tangerine Dream
1944 - Al Kooper, rock keyboards/vocalist (Blood Sweat & Tears-When I Die)
1944 - Cory Wells, rocker
1944 - J R Cobb, Birmingham Ala, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV)
1946 - Charlotte Rampling, England, actress (Zardoz, Night Porter, Verdict)
1947 - Claude King, singer
1947 - David Ladd, LA Calif, actor (Raymie, Catlow, Misty, Deathline)
1947 - Mary Louise Cleave, Southampton NY, PhD/astronaut (STS 61-B, STS 30)
1947 - Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver
1948 - Barbara Hershey, [Herzstein], Atlanta, (Stuntman, Shy People)
1948 - Christopher Guest, NYC, actor (SNL, Heartbeeps, This is Spinal Tap)
1948 - David Denny, rock guitarist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra)
1948 - Elco [LC] Brinkman, Dutch minister WVC (CDA)
1948 - Nigel Tufnel, rocker (Spinal Tap)
1948 - Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager
1949 - David Sullivan, English softporno/newspaper publisher (Sunday Sport)
1949 - Maidarjabyn Ganzorig, Mongolia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 39 backup)
1949 - Nigel Olsson, rock guitarist/drummer (Elton John Band)
1950 - Ann Sexton, US vocalist (You're Gone too Long)
1951 - Elizabeth Swados, Buffalo NY, composer/playwright (1972 TONY)
1952 - Daniel Balavoine, French singer and songwriter (d. 1986)
1953 - John Beilein, American basketball coach
1954 - Roseanne Katan, Jamacia, playmate (Sep, 1978)
1954 - Cliff Martinez, American musician
1955 - Debra Jo Fondren, Los Angeles Cal, playmate of year (September, 1977)
1955 - Mike Heath, baseball player
1956 - Hector Rebaque, Mexican racing driver
1956 - Betty Ong, flight attendant that died on September 11, 2001, on American Airlines Flight 11
1957 - Craig Wilson, Beeville TX, US water polo goalie (Olym-silver-84, 88)
1958 - Jennifer Jason Leigh, [Morrow], LA Cal, actress (Single White Female)
1959 - Glenn Dubis, Lincoln Neb, US 3x40 rifle (Olympics-1984, 88, 96)
1959 - Jennifer Granholm American Politician
1960 - Jane Geddes, Huntington NY, LPGA golfer (1987 Women's Kemper Open)
1960 - William John Readings, literary theorist
1960 - Aris Christofellis, Greek countertenor
1961 - Savvas Kofidis, Greek footballer and manager
1961 - Tim Meadows, American actor and comedian
1962 - Duff McKagan, [Michael], Seattle Wash, bassist (Guns & Roses)
1962 - Tommy Skeoch, rock vocalist (Tesla-Psychotic Supper)
1963 - Steven Shainberg, American film director
1964 - Jim Pugh, Burbank CA, tennis star
1964 - Alexia, Cypriot singer
1964 - Duff McKagan, American musician
1965 - Ben Lee, Rangoon Burma, US badminton player (Olympic-92)
1965 - James David McGovern, Teaneck NJ, PGA golfer (1993 Shell Houston Open)
1965 - Tarik Benhabiles, Algeria, tennis star
1965 - Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer
1966 - Jose Maria Olazabal, golfer
1966 - Apostolos Nanos, Greek archer
1966 - Rok Petrovič, Slovenian skier (d. 1993)
1967 - Chris Parnell, American actor
1968 - Chris Barron, rocker (Spin Doctors)
1968 - Regina Rajchitova, Czech, tennis star
1968 - Roberto Alomar, Salinas Puerto Rico, infielder (Baltimore Orioles)
1968 - Will Furrer, NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, St Louis Rams)
1968 - Nir Kabaretti, Israeli conductor
1968 - Eyþór Guðjónsson, Icelandic actor
1969 - Bobby Brown, Roxbury Ma, vocalist (Ghostbusters, Don't Be Cruel)
1969 - Michael Sheen, Welsh actor
1970 - Darren Lehmann, cricketer (SA & Vic LHB Australian ODI 1996)
1970 - Forey Duckett, NFL/WLAF cornerback/safety (Saints, Scot Claymores)
1971 - Dianne Norman, Sault Ste Marie Ontario, basketball forward (Oly-96)
1971 - Marcus Redman, actor (Raymond-Doogie Howser)
1971 - Peter "Chip" Cipollone, Ardmore Pa, rower (Olympics-1996)
1971 - Sara Evans, American singer
1972 - Chris Bailey, ice hockey defenseman (USA, Oly-98)
1972 - Erin Phillips, Mexico Missouri, Miss America-Missouri (1996)
1972 - Tony Johnson, tight end (New Orleans Saints)
1972 - Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

Famous Deaths

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1995 - Frederick Craig Riddle, violist, dies at 82
1995 - Judith Fluks, Amsterdam's activist, dies
1995 - Kimberley Leston, journalist, dies at 35
1996 - Antonio Ruiz Soler, spanish dancer, dies at 74
1996 - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor, dies at 86
1996 - Peter Pooley, broadcaster, dies at 84
1996 - W R Lee, language teacher, dies at 84
1997 - John Richard Patterson, businessman, dies at 51
1997 - Pamela Harriman, US Ambassador (to France), dies of stroke at 76
1998 - Tim Kelly, guitarist, dies at 34
1998 - Tim Kelly, American musician (b. 1963)
1999 - Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1906)
2000 - Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (b. 1901)
2003 - Helge Boes, American Central Intelligence Agency officer
2004 - John Hench, American animator (b. 1908)
2005 - Gnassingbe Eyadema, President of Togo (b. 1937)
2006 - Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress and comedian (b. 1930)
2006 - Franklin Cover, American actor (b. 1928)
2007 - Alfred Worm, Austrian investigative journalist (b. 1945)
2007 - Leo T. McCarthy, American politician and 43rd Lieutenant Governor of California (1983-1995) (b. 1930)
2008 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru, founder of Transcendental Meditation (b. ca. 1917)