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Historical Events

Results 101 - 177 of 177

1965 - Operations begin at Grupo Folklorico Antiyano on Curacao
1965 - US begins regular bombing & strafing of N Vietnam
1965 - WVIZ TV channel 25 in Cleveland, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 - KWCM TV channel 10 in Appleton, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 - A fire at a restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama kills 25 people.
1968 - Arthur Miller's "Price," premieres in NYC
1968 - Belgium govt of Vanden Boeynants falls
1968 - WLED TV channel 49 in Littleton, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 - "This Is Tom Jones," debuts on ABC TV
1969 - Al-Fatah-leader Yasser Arafat becomes president of PLO
1969 - Diane Crump becomes 1st woman jockey at a major US racetrack (Hialeah)
1969 - The original Hetch Hetchy Moccasin Powerhouse is removed from service.
1970 - "Hollywood Palace," last airs on ABC TV
1970 - "Jingle Jangle" hits #10 on the pop singles chart by Archies
1970 - LSU's "Pistol" Pete Marovich scores 69 pts in losing cause
1970 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
1970 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood
1971 - Swiss men accept female suffrage
1973 - 1st time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
1973 - Senate createse Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
1974 - Grenada gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1974 - Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" opens in movie theaters
1975 - NBA New Orleans Jazz end a 28 game road losing streak
1976 - Darryl Sittler, Toronto, sets NHL record with 10 points in a game
1976 - FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WCPR (Bkln NY)
1976 - Larry Groce's "Junk Food Junkie" peaks at #9
1976 - World's largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation (USSR)
1977 - Soyuz 24 launches with 2 cosmonauts
1978 - Ethiopian offensive in Ogaden desert
1979 - "Supertrain," TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979, debuts on NBC
1979 - Colonel Benjedid Chadli succeeds pres Boumedienne in Algeria
1979 - Faoud Bacchus scores 250 for WI v India at Kanpur
1979 - Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles
1979 - Toronto Maple Leaf Darryl Sittler scores NHL record 10 pts (6 goals)
1982 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1982 - Luis A Monge elected pres of Costa Rica
1983 - 1st female secretary of transportation sworn-in (Elizabeth Dole)
1984 - Bruce McCandless makes 1st untethered space walk (US)
1984 - David (born without immunity system) at 12, touches mom for 1st time
1984 - Michael Jackson awarded a 4-ft-high platinum disc by CBS
1985 - "New York, New York" became the official anthem of NYC
1985 - Marshall U's Bruce Morris scores a basket from 92'5"
1985 - NY Devil Don Lever becomes 57th NHLer to score 300 goals
1986 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas
1986 - Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France Henri Namphy becomes leader of Haiti
1986 - Philippine Corazon Aquino defeats incumbent dictator Ferdinand Marcos but fraudulent returns gave the election to Marcos
1987 - "Ronnies Rap" by Ron & DC Crew peaks at #93
1987 - Dennis Conner & Stars & Stripes bring America's Cup back to US
1987 - Madonna's "Open Your Heart," single goes #1
1987 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
1988 - 38th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 138-133 at Chicago
1988 - Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson marries actress Robin Givens
1988 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 15-6
1988 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
1989 - 40th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-5 at Edmonton
1989 - Tennis superstar Bjorn Borg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan
1990 - Karachi police kill 22 anti-nationalistic demonstrators
1990 - USSR Communist party agrees to allow opposition political parties
1990 - Lisa Leslie of Morningside HS in Inglewood Calif scores 101 in 1st half, South Torrance HS decides not to play 2nd half & loses 102-24
1991 - Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as Haiti's 1st elected president
1991 - Bob Knight, Larry O'Brien, Tiny Archibald, Dave Cowens, Harry Gallatin & Larry Fleisher elected to NBA Hall of Fame
1991 - The IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting.
1992 - Mike Tyson testifies in his rape trial
1992 - Shannon LA Rhea Marketic, 22, (California), crowned 41st Miss USA
1993 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-20
1993 - Pebbles Flintstone & Bamm Bamm Rubble wed
1993 - Tammie Green wins LPGA Healthsouth Palm Beach Golf Classic
1994 - 21st American Music Award: Whitney Houston wins
1994 - Howard Stern stops a would-be jumper on the George Washington Bridge
1994 - Jim Nabors undergoes a liver transplant
1995 - Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Graham Gooch & Mike Gatting
1997 - US & Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21
1998 - 18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan
1998 - NHL's Dallas Stars retire Neal Broten's #7
1999 - Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
2000 - Bahria University is established through Presidential Ordinance No. V of 2000 by the Government of Pakistan.
2009 - Bushfires in Victoria left 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.

Famous Birthdays

Results 101 - 200 of 233

1927 - John Buller, composer
1927 - Vladimir Kuts, Russian runner (d. 1975)
1928 - Al "Fuzzy" Smith, baseball player
1932 - Alfred M Worden, Jackson Michigan, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15)
1932 - Gay Talese, author (Honor Thy Father)
1933 - John Anderton, English footballer
1934 - Earl King, [Solomon Johnson], rocker
1934 - King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], US vocalist (Memphis Soul Stew)
1934 - Piet Bukman, Dutch minister for Development Aid (CDA)
1934 - Earl King, American musician (d. 2003)
1934 - Eddie Fenech Adami, President of Malta
1935 - Herb Kohl, (Sen-D Wisconsin)
1938 - Juan Pizarro, baseball player
1938 - Robert Frank Baksa, composer
1938 - S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian communist leader
1940 - Gary Bond, England, actor (Outback, Zulu, Anne of Thousand Days)
1941 - Peter Foxhall, Australian evangelist
1942 - Ton [ACHM] de Kok, Dutch MP (CDA)
1943 - Gareth Hunt, English actor (d. 2007)
1944 - Berend baron van Voorst tot Voorst, Dutch foreign state sect (CDA)
1944 - Berry [AH] Esselink, Dutch MP (CDA)
1944 - Michael A Andrews, (Rep-D-TX, 1983- )
1945 - Gerald Davies, British rugby player
1945 - Pete Postlethwaite, actor (The Boxer)
1945 - Ian Jack, Scottish journalist
1946 - Hector Babenco, director (Ironweed, Kiss of the Spider Woman)
1946 - Lawrence Ascott, rocker (Isotope)
1946 - Sammy Johns, rocker (Politics, Religion & Her)
1947 - Joe Shea, American journalist
1948 - Jimmy Greenspoon, LA Cal, rock organist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
1949 - Alan Lancaster, bassist (Status Quo-Down Down, On the Level)
1949 - Sunil Wettimuny, cricket (Sri Lanka open batsman 1975-79 World Cups)
1949 - Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach
1950 - Burt Hooton, baseball player
1950 - Dan Quisenberry, baseball pitcher (KC Royals)
1950 - Marilyn Cochran, Burlington Vt, skier (Olympics-1972)
1951 - Benny Ayala, baseball player
1951 - Manfred Schumann, German FR, bobsled (Olympic-silver/bronze-1976)
1952 - Vasco Rossi, Italian singer
1953 - Robert Brazile, NFLer
1953 - Dan Quisenberry, baseball player (d. 1998)
1954 - Miguel Ferrer, Santa Monica CA, actor (Robocop)
1954 - Dieter Bohlen German composer
1954 - Brian Morton, Scottish writer
1955 - Charlie Puleo, baseball player
1955 - Rolf Benirschke, Boston, NFL place kicker/TV host (Wheel of Fortune)
1955 - Mario Coutinho, Brazilian physician
1956 - Emo Philips, American comedian
1956 - Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss) (d. 2007)
1957 - Carney Lansford, baseball player
1957 - Damaso Garcia, baseball player
1957 - Richard Cook, British jazz writer (d. 2007)
1958 - Manuel Mijares, Mexico, spanish vocalist (Maria Bonita)
1958 - Michele Drake, La Jolla CA, playmate (May, 1979)
1958 - Matt Ridley, British science writer
1959 - Brian Travers, rock saxophonist (UB40-Red Wine)
1959 - Sammy Lee, British soccer player
1960 - James Spader, NYC, actor (Endless Love, Wall St, Mannequin)
1960 - Steve Bronski, rock synthesizer (Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy)
1962 - Garth Brooks, Tulsa Okla, country vocalist (No Fences, Double Live)
1962 - Alan Sippy, cricketer (dashing Bombay lefty batsman of 1980's)
1962 - David Bryan, rock keyboardist (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name)
1962 - Eddie Izzard, British actor and comedian
1963 - Heidemarie M Stefanyshyn-Piper, St Paul Minn, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1963 - Roland Lefebvre, cricket pace bowler (Glamorgan & Holland)
1964 - Cynthia "Sippy" Woodhead, Riverside Calif, swimmer (Olympic-silver-84)
1964 - Dona L Speir, Norwalk Calif, playmate (March, 1984)
1964 - Gretchen Magers, Pittsburgh PA/San Antonio TX, tennis star
1965 - Jason Gedrick, Chicago IL, actor (Heavenly Kid, Class of '96)
1965 - Kristal Parker-Gregory, Columbus OH, LPGA golfer (1995 Hawaiian-20th)
1965 - Reginald Thal, soccer player (MVV)
1966 - Chris Rock, comedian (SNL, CB4, Boomerang)
1967 - Joseph Tilford Leigh Greene, Dayton Ohio, long jumper (Oly-br-92, 96)
1967 - Richie Burnett, Welsh darts player
1967 - Cheung Man, Hong Kong actress
1968 - Ashely Allen, San Antonio TX, playmate (Aug, 1992)
1968 - Martin Sinner, Koblenz Germany, tennis star (1990 Pretoria)
1968 - Michael Stich, Germany, tennis star
1968 - Peter Bondra, Lutsk Ukr, NHL right wing (Washington Capitals)
1968 - Sully Erna, American singer (Godsmack)
1969 - Bucky Richardson, US football quarterback (Houston Oilers)
1969 - Fiona Robinson, Collie Western Aust, basketball player (Oly-bronze-96)
1970 - Chris Gardocki, NFL punter (Indianapolis Colts)
1970 - Denis Chasse, Montreal, NHL right wing (Winnipeg Jets)
1970 - Stanley Roberts, NBA center (LA Clippers, Minn Timberwolves)
1971 - Andrew Currey, Australian javelin thrower (Olympics-96)
1971 - Marvin Graves, CFL quarterback (Montreal Alouettes)
1972 - Aftab Habib, cricketer (Leicestershire righty batsman 1996)
1972 - John Slaney, St John's, NHL defenseman (LA Kings)
1972 - Essence Atkins, American actress
1972 - Alex Bassi, American race car driver
1972 - Robyn Lively, American actress
1973 - Billy Baumhoff, St Louis MO, soccer midfielder/forward (Oly-gold-96)
1973 - Juwan Howard, NBA forward/center (Washington Bullets/Wizards)
1973 - Kristin Godridge, Traralgon Aust, tennis star (1993 Futures-Singapore)
1973 - Leanne Schuster, Mesa Az, WPVA volleyballer (National-9th-1995)
1973 - Sonia Paquette, St-Janvier Quebec, hurdler (Olympics-96)
1973 - Tim Bowens, NFL defensive tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1974 - Ryan Phillips, linebacker (NY Giants)
1974 - Steve Nash, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns)

Famous Deaths

Results 101 - 122 of 122

1996 - Lillian Rambach, teacher violinist, dies at 84
1996 - Lydia Korneevna Chukovskaya, writer, dies at 88
1996 - Tiny Winters, musician, dies at 87
1996 - Phillip Davidson, US Army general (b. 1915)
1997 - Danil Shafran, cellist, dies at 74
1998 - Carl Dean Wilson, musician, dies at 51
1998 - Lawrence Sanders, American author (b. 1920)
1999 - King Hussein of Jordan (b. 1935)
1999 - Bobby Troup, American musician and actor (b. 1918)
1999 - José Silva, author of Silva Method and the Silva UltraMind ESP System (b. 1914)
2000 - Big Pun, Puerto Rican-American rapper (b. 1971)
2000 - Doug Henning, Canadian magician (b. 1947)
2000 - Dave Peverett, English musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown) (b. 1943)
2001 - Dale Evans, American actress and singer (b. 1912)
2001 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and aviator (b. 1906)
2002 - Jack Fairman, British racing driver (b. 1913)
2003 - Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author (b. 1921)
2003 - John Reading, Mayor of Oakland, California (b. 1917)
2005 - Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1934)
2006 - Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar (b. 1914)
2008 - Tamara Desni, German-born British actress (b. 1913)
2009 - Brian Naylor (broadcaster), Australian television presenter (b. 1931)