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Historical Events

Results 101 - 185 of 185

1949 - RCA introduces 45 RPM record
1951 - 1st jet passenger trip made
1951 - UN headquarters opens in Manhattan NY
1952 - Jean Anouilh's "La valse des toréadors," premieres in Paris
1953 - "My Darlin' Aida" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 89 perfs
1953 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Archibald MacLeish
1953 - NFL Pro Bowl: N Conf beats A Conf 27-7
1954 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to W H Auden
1956 - Elvis records "Heartbreak Hotel"
1957 - Anthony Eden resigns & Harold Macmillan becomes PM Britain
1957 - Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Det Tigers, even though he owns part of Pitts Pirates
1958 - Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1
1960 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Delmore Schwartz
1962 - 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Peru
1962 - Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy 7 villages & kill 3,500
1964 - Battles between moslems & hindus in Calcutta
1964 - Panama severs diplomatic relations with US
1964 - US version of "That Was The Week That Was," premieres
1965 - Bollingen prize for poetry awarded to Horace Gregory
1965 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 34-14
1965 - WKBD TV channel 50 in Detroit, MI (IND) begins broadcasting
1966 - India & Pakistan sign peace accord
1966 - Julian Bond denied seat in Ga legislature for opposing Vietnam War
1967 - Dutch Princess Margret marries Pieter van Vollenhoven
1967 - Edward Brooke, takes (Sen-R-Mass) seat as 1st popular elected black
1967 - Lester Maddox inaugurated as governor of Georgia
1967 - PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network
1967 - Princess Margret marries Mr Pieter van Vollenhoven
1968 - "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1
1968 - US Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho
1969 - Pirate Radio Station Free Derby begins operation by Northern Ireland
1969 - Sweden (1st Western country) recognizes North Vietnam
1969 - USSR's Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus
1970 - Preview Center Opens
1971 - "Light, Lively & Yiddish" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 87 perfs
1971 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Richard Wilbur
1972 - Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman arrives in Dacca, East-Pakistan
1972 - Triple album set "Concert for Bangladesh" released in UK
1973 - Gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die
1977 - 20th hat trick in Islander history - Bobby Nystrom
1978 - Soyuz 27 carring 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched
1979 - 1st brother Billy Carter makes allegedly anti-Semitic remarks
1979 - Entertainer of the Year Awards
1980 - Last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC
1980 - Jim Stewart, Bruin's rookie goalie allows 3 goals in his 1st 4 mins & a total of 5 in 1st period; he never again plays in NHL
1981 - El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "general offensive"
1981 - John Severin sets 100-mi unicycle speed record, 9 h 21 m
1982 - -17°F (27.2°C) in Braemar Grampian (equals UK record)
1982 - Bengals beat Chargers in -59°F (-51°C) to win AFC championship
1982 - Petra Schneider swims world record 1500 m freestyle (15:43.31)
1983 - NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring NY Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver
1984 - Argentine ex-president/general Bignone arrested
1984 - Bulgarian Tupolev 134 crashs at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die
1984 - Clara Peller 1st asks, "Where's the Beef?"
1984 - Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew, & D Drysdale elected to Hall of Fame
1984 - US establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican after 117 years
1985 - Daniel Ortega Saavedra inaugurated as president of Nicaragua
1986 - Palau signs Compact of Free Association with US
1986 - STS 61-C mission scrubbed T -9m because of bad weather at Kennedy
1988 - "Don't Get God Started" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 86 perfs
1990 - "Les Miserables," opens at Mechanic Theatre, Baltimore
1990 - China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre)
1990 - NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players
1991 - Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans
1991 - US Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis
1992 - 8th Soap Opera Digest Awards
1993 - "My Favorite Year" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC after 37 perfs
1993 - "Sea Gull" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 48 performances
1993 - Maiden flight of Ultrair (Houston to LA)
1994 - Trial of Lorena Bobbitt who cut off her husband's penis, begins
1994 - Ukraine says it will give up world's 3rd largest nuclear arsenal
1994 - Uzbekistan & Kazakhstan agrees to abolish trade tariffs
1995 - "Late Late Show" with Tom Snyder premieres on CBS at 12:30 AM
1996 - Israel frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners
1996 - Jimmy Johnson announced as new coach of Miami Dolphins
1997 - "Rehersal," closes at Criterion Theater NYC
1997 - 1st Comet of 1997 Discovered: Comet 1997 A1
1997 - 4,000th episode of "Entertainment Tonight"
1997 - Dow Corning provides $295 billion to settle breast implant suits
1997 - Italy's new 1,000 lire coin shows divided Germany on map
1997 - Right-winger Arnoldo Aleman sworn in as president of Nicaragua
1998 - 18th United Negro College Fund raises (rebroadcasted Jan 17th)
1999 - Fatboy Slim (Norman Cook) achieves his third UK No.1 single with 'Praise You'
2001 - A large piece of the chalk cliff at Beachy Head collapses into the sea.
2005 - A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing the Highway 101, the main coastal corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles, for 10 days.

Famous Birthdays

Results 101 - 200 of 244

1923 - Ingeborg Drewitz, writer
1924 - Ludmilla Chiraeff, ballet dancer
1925 - Maxwell Roach, composer
1926 - Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist, thinker, and politician
1927 - Gisele MacKenzie, Winnipeg Manitoba, singer/actress (Your Hit Parade)
1927 - Johnnie Ray, Dallas OR, pop singer (Cry)
1927 - Lee Philips, Bkln NY, actor (Ellery Queen)
1927 - Otto Stich, Swiss politician
1928 - Donald Brooks, fashion designer (Emmy 1983)
1928 - Wallace Berry, composer
1928 - Philip Levine, American poet
1929 - Derek Hammond-Stroud, English operatic baritone
1930 - Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, blues singer
1930 - Roy E Disney, CEO (Disney)
1930 - Roy Edward Disney, American film executive
1931 - Alexander L "Alex" Boraine, S Africa vicar/MP
1931 - Ron Galella, celebrity photographer (sued by Jackie O)
1931 - Peter Barnes, English writer (d. 2004)
1932 - Elaine Devry, American actress
1933 - Akira Miyoshi, composer
1933 - Len Coldwell, cricket bowler (Engld medium-fast in 7 Tests 1962-64)
1933 - Leonard John Coldwell, cricketer
1934 - Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician
1935 - Georg Katzer, composer
1935 - Sherrill Milnes, Hinsdale Illinois, baritone
1935 - Ronnie Hawkins, American musician
1936 - Burnum Burnum, Australian Aboriginal activist, actor, author and dreamer (d. 1997)
1936 - Stephen Ambrose, American historian (d. 2002)
1936 - Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and radio astronomer, Nobel laureate
1936 - Al Goldstein, American publisher and pornographer
1937 - Thomas Penfield Jackson, American judge
1938 - Francis W "Frank" Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player
1938 - Frank Mahovlich, NHL Hall of Famer (Mont Canadians)
1938 - Ivan Twigden, English contractor/multi-millionaire (Twigden PLC)
1938 - Willie "Stretch" McCovey, 1st baseman (SF Giant #44)
1938 - Donald Knuth, American mathematician and computer scientist
1939 - Bill Toomey, Phila Pa, decathelete (Olympic-gold-68)
1939 - Sal Mineo, NYC, actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause)
1939 - Jared Carter, American poet
1939 - David Horowitz, American author and political commentator
1939 - William Levy, Dutch writer
1939 - Scott McKenzie, American singer
1940 - Harry Gant, NASCAR driver
1940 - Ntare VI of Ankole, Omugabe of Nkole
1940 - Guy Chevrette, Quebec politician
1942 - Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko, Russia, cosmonaut
1942 - Jack Regan, broadcaster
1942 - Jim Croce, Phila, rock vocalist (Time in a Bottle)
1942 - Walter Hill, director (48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice)
1943 - Jim Croce, American singer (d. 1973)
1944 - Rory Byrne, South African racing car designer
1944 - Bernard Derome, Canadian news presenter (Le Téléjournal)
1944 - William Sanderson, American actor
1945 - Frank Sinatra Jr, Jersey City NJ, singer/bandleader (Golddigers)
1945 - Rod Stewart, London, singer (Maggie Mae, Do You Think I'm Sexy)
1945 - Edward Wiskoski, American professional wrestler
1946 - Alexis Nihon Jr, Bahamas, wrestler (Olympics-1968)
1946 - Aynsley Dunbar, rocker (Journey, Jefferson Starship)
1946 - Bob Lang, rock bassist (Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders)
1947 - George Alec Effinger, US, sci-fi author (Nick of Time)
1947 - Afeni Shakur, mother of Tupac "2Pac" Shakur, member of the Black Panther Party
1948 - Cyril Neville, US singer/percussionist (Neville Bros-Yellow Moon)
1948 - Donald Fagen, Passaic NJ, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Steely Dan-Peg)
1948 - William Sanderson, Memphis Tenn, actor (Larry-Newhart, Blade Runner)
1948 - Mischa Maisky, Latvian cellist
1948 - Bernard Thévenet, French cyclist
1949 - George Foreman, Houston Tx, world HW boxing champ (1973-74, 95)
1949 - Teresa Graves, Houston Tx, actress (Laugh-in, Get Christie Love)
1949 - Walter S Browne, US chess champion (1974-78, 1980-84)
1949 - James Lapine, American stage director
1950 - Cyril Neville, rocker (Neville Brothers)
1951 - Kathleen Bradley, Youngstown Oh, model (Price is Right)
1952 - Scott Thurston, keyboardist/guitarist (Motels-Only the Lonely)
1953 - Bobby Rahal, Indy-car racer (over 15 wins)
1953 - Pat Benatar, [Andrezejewski], Bkln NY, singer (Hell Is for Children)
1955 - Luci Martin, rocker vocalist (Chic)
1955 - Michael Schenker, heavy metal rocker (MSG-Coming on Strong, Scorpions)
1956 - Shawn Colvin, American singer
1956 - Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish writer
1957 - Robert Thompson, Houston TX, Nike golfer (1990 Boise Open-2nd)
1957 - Greg Walden, U.S. Congressman from Oregon
1958 - Shawn Colvin, singer/guitarist
1958 - Anatoly Pisarenko, Soviet weightlifter
1959 - Chandra Cheesborough, Jacksonville Fla, 4X100 runner (Olympic-gold-84)
1959 - Don Letts, rocker (Big Audio Dynamite)
1959 - Kirk & Curtwood, musician (Meat Puppets)
1959 - Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter
1960 - Benoît Pelletier, Canadian politician
1960 - Samira Said, Moroccan singer
1961 - Evan Handler, NYC, actor (Dear Mr Wonderful)
1961 - Janet Jones, Bridgeton MO, actress (American Anthem, Flamingo Kid)
1961 - Nadja Salerni-Sonnenberg, Rome Italy, concert violinist
1962 - Jim Lindeman, US baseball outfielder (NY Mets)
1962 - Michael Fortier, Canadian politician
1963 - Frank Wijnhoven, Dutch soccer player (NEC, Treffers)
1963 - Mark Pryor, American politician
1964 - Karen Josephson, Bristol Ct, synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-1992)
1964 - Krista Tesreau, St Louis Mo, actress (Tina-OLTL, Silk Stalkings)
1964 - Sarah Josephson, Bristol Ct, synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-1992)
1964 - Brad Roberts, Canadian singer (Crash Test Dummies)

Famous Deaths

Results 101 - 153 of 153

1978 - Don Gillis, American composer (b. 1912)
1980 - George Meany, labor leader, dies at 86
1980 - Bo Rein, American college football coach (b. 1945)
1981 - Richard Boone, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel), dies at 63
1981 - Fawn M. Brodie, American historian (b. 1915)
1982 - Lazar Weiner, composer, dies at 84
1982 - Paul Lynde, comedian (Uncle Arthur-Bewitched), dies at 55
1984 - Suvanna Phuma, premier of Laos, dies at 82
1984 - Souvanna Phouma, Prince and Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1901)
1985 - Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (b. 1906)
1986 - Joseph Kraft, US columnist, dies at 61
1987 - Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (b. 1919)
1987 - Sir David Robinson, English philanthropist and entrepreneur (b. 1904)
1989 - Herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (b. 1905)
1989 - Colin Winchester, Australian Assistant Police Commissioner, murdered (b. 1933)
1990 - Juliet Berto, screenwriter/actress (Bastienne Bastien), dies at 42
1990 - Yvonne Peattie Marquard, actress (Donovan's Reef), dies
1991 - Dimitris Myrat, dies of cancer at 62
1992 - Barbara Couper, British actress (Last Days of Dolwyn), dies at 89
1992 - Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (b. 1919)
1993 - Diana Adams, ballerina, dies
1993 - Noorjahan Begum, "adulterous" wife in Bangladesh, stoned to death
1994 - Catharina I "Ien" Dales, min of Internal affairs (1989-94), dies at 62
1994 - Charles "Chub" Feeney, baseball pres (National League), dies at 72
1994 - Michael Aldridge, actor (Murder in the Cathedral), dies at 73
1995 - Elaine Greene, literary Agent, dies at 74
1995 - Halton Kathleen Tynan, writer, dies at 57
1995 - Souphanouvong, leader of Pathet Lao (1957), dies
1996 - Alexander Robertus, organic chemist, dies at 88
1996 - Arthur Sydney Martin, spycatcher, dies at 81
1997 - Alvinio Misciano, Italian tenor, killed in a fall from a window
1997 - Elspeth Josceline Huxley, writer, dies at 96
1997 - George Young, footballer, dies at 74
1997 - Hilary Grover Barratt Brown, conservationist, dies at 71
1999 - Sir Edward Williams, Australian judge (b. 1921)
2000 - Sam Jaffe, American producer (b. 1901)
2002 - W.A. Criswell, American (Baptist) preacher (b. 1909)
2004 - Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
2004 - Alexandra Ripley, American author (b. 1934)
2005 - Gene Baylos, American comedian (b. 1906)
2005 - Margherita Carosio, Italian soprano (b. 1908)
2005 - James Forman, American civil rights leader (b. 1928)
2005 - Kalevi Hämäläinen, Finnish cross country skier (b. 1932)
2005 - Erwin Hillier, British cinematographer (b. 1911)
2005 - Jack Horner, American sports journalist (b. 1912)
2005 - Joséphine-Charlotte, Grandduchess of Luxembourg (b. 1927)
2005 - Metropolitan Wasyly Fedak, primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (b. 1909)
2007 - Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)
2007 - Bradford Washburn, American explorer (b. 1910)
2008 - Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (b. 1967)
2008 - Maila Nurmi, aka Vampira, Finnish-born American actress (b. 1921)
2008 - Mikhail Minin, Russian Soviet soldier (b. 1922)
2009 - William Frederick "Bill" Stone, British World War I veteran (b. 1900)