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Historical Events

Results 101 - 185 of 185

1964 - Teamsters negotiate 1st national labor contract
1965 - Rock group Who releases 1st album "I Can't Explain"
1965 - Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor Mich forms
1966 - AFL Pro Bowl: All-Stars beats Buffalo 30-19
1966 - NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 36-7
1967 - Superbowl I: Green Bay Packers beat KC Chiefs, 35-10 in LA Superbowl MVP: Bart Starr, Green Bay, QB
1967 - The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles, California.
1968 - KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
1969 - Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
1969 - Soyuz 5 launched by Soviet Union
1970 - Milwaukee Brewers make their 1st trade (with Oakland A's)
1970 - Republic Biafra disbands/joins Nigeria
1971 - "Ari" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 19 performances
1971 - Aswan Dam official opens in Egypt
1971 - George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord"
1972 - Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Terry Daniels
1973 - 4 Watergate burglars plead guilty in federal court
1973 - Gene Shalit joins Today Show panel
1973 - Pope Paul VI has an audience with Golda Meir at Vatican
1973 - Pres Nixon suspends all US offensive action in N Vietnam
1974 - "Happy Days" begins an 11 year run on ABC
1974 - 24th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 134-123 at Seattle
1974 - Expert panel reports 18½ minute gap in Watergate tape, 5 separate erasures
1975 - Portugal signs accord for Angola's independence
1975 - Space Mountain opens (Disneyland)
1976 - Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot Pres Ford
1976 - US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit
1976 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1977 - Coneheads debut on "Saturday Night Live"
1977 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament
1978 - Theodore Bundy kills Fla State U coeds Lisa Levy & Margaret Bowman
1978 - Superbowl XII: Dallas Cowboys beat Denver Broncos, 27-10 in N Orleans Superbowl MVP: Harvey Martin, Dallas, DE & Randy White, Dallas, DT
1980 - Pam Gems' "Piaf!," premieres in London
1981 - "Hill Street Blues" premieres on NBC-TV
1981 - Bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1982 - "Forbidden Broadway" by/with Gerard Alessandrini premieres in NYC
1983 - Dutch political party DS'70 disbands
1983 - Hartford Whalers smallest crowd 4,812 (beat Devils) during blizzard
1983 - Javed Miandad & Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand v India
1983 - Thom Syles keeps a life saver intact in his mouth for over 7 hours
1984 - Hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak
1984 - Schonbrun skates world record 5 km (7:39.44)
1985 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to John Ashbery & Fred Chapell
1985 - Civil rights activist Tancredo Neves elected president
1985 - Mike Gatting & Graeme Fowler both scores 200's v India
1985 - Tancredo Neves becomes 1st elected president of Brazil in 21 years
1986 - Living Seas opens (Disneyland)
1988 - Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes
1988 - Kiran More stumps five WI batsman at Madras, world Test record
1988 - Narendra Hirwani takes 16-136 (8-61 & 8-75) v WI on Test debut
1989 - "Ain't Misbehavin'" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 176 perfs
1989 - 10th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 35 awards
1989 - Betsy King wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic
1989 - Big John Studd wins WWF's 1st Royal Rumble
1989 - Cerberal Palsy telethon raises 22,600,000
1990 - 42 year old George Foreman KOs George Cooney in 2 rounds
1990 - 6th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Knots Landing wins
1990 - AT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch
1990 - Blue Jay Cecil Fielder signs with Detroit as a free agent
1990 - NY Knicks Trent Tucker scores with 1/10 sec, beats Bulls, 109-106
1991 - Australia beat NZ 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1991 - UN's deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait (they don't)
1992 - Bulgaria recognizes Macedonia
1992 - Cleaning woman finds intimate photos of Sarah Ferguson with US man
1992 - Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum
1993 - 7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan, 2 die
1993 - Soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV
1993 - Top mafia leader Salvatore "Toto" Riina arrested in Palermo
1994 - 15th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 34 awards, Showtime wins 10
1994 - Hague motorist with .51% alcohol in blood, breaks Dutch record (.47%)
1994 - Queen Elizabeth falls off her horse & breaks her left wrist
1995 - Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champion
1995 - SD Chargers beat Pitt Steelers 17-13 for AFC championship
1995 - SF 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys for NFC championship
1995 - Southern Alabama begins using new area code 334
1995 - Western Washington begins using new area code 360
1997 - Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin
1997 - Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station
1998 - NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again
1999 - The Racak incident: 45 Albanians in the Kosovo village of Racak are killed by Yugoslav security forces.
2001 - Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
2005 - ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the moon.
2005 - An intense solar flare blasts X-rays across the solar system.
2007 - Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq.
2009 - US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing into the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City. All passengers and crew members survive.

Famous Birthdays

Results 101 - 200 of 247

1920 - John J "Cardinal" O'Connor, Phila, Roman Catholic Archbishop of NY
1920 - John Junor, British editor in chief (Sunday Express)
1920 - Steve Gromek, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1921 - Frank Thornton, English actor
1922 - Sir Eric Willis, Australian politician (d. 1999)
1923 - Lee Teng-hui, president of ROC (Taiwan), head of KMT (1988- )
1923 - Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (d. 2006)
1925 - Keith Bentley, international racing cyclist
1925 - Ruth Slenczynska, Sacramento, California, pianist
1926 - Maria Schell, Vienna Austria, actress (Space 1999)
1926 - Florence Buchsbaum, French theater director (d. 1996)
1927 - Francis Routh, composer
1927 - Norm Crosby, Boston MA, comedian (Young at Heart Comedians)
1929 - "Queen Ida" Guillory, Ziadaco music
1929 - Eva Badura-Skoda, composer
1929 - Martin Luther King Jr, Atlanta, dreamer (Nobel 1964)
1930 - Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler (d. 1985)
1931 - Derek Meddings, special effects technician
1931 - Murad Kazhlayev, composer
1931 - Thomas Hoving, NYC, news correspondent (20/20)
1932 - Dean Smith, US actor/relay runner (Olympic-gold-1952)
1932 - Enrique Raxach, composer
1932 - Louis Woodard Jones, New Rochelle NY, 4X400m relayer (Oly-gold-56)
1933 - Ernest J. Gaines, American author
1935 - Malcolm Frager, St Louis, Missouri, pianist
1935 - Robert Silverberg, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Regan's Planet)
1937 - Margaret O'Brien, San Diego, actress (Jane Eyre, Meet Me in St Louis)
1938 - Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and cricketer
1939 - Charles Christopher Steel, composer
1941 - Captain Beefheart, [Don Van Vliet], rocker (Bongo Fury, Shiny Beast)
1941 - Charo, Spanish entertainer
1942 - Edward "Sonny" Bivins, US singer (Manhattans-Kiss & Say Goodbye)
1943 - Mike Marshall, MLB pitcher (1974 Cy Young Award)
1945 - Vince Foster, American lawyer (d. 1993)
1945 - William R. Higgins, USMC colonel (d. 1990)
1945 - Princess Michael of Kent, British royal
1947 - Andrea Martin, Portland ME, comediene (SCTV, Club Paradise)
1947 - Pete Waterman, rocker (Stock Aitken & Waterman-Road Block)
1948 - Dini Petty, Canadian talk show host (CITY-TV)
1948 - Ronnie Van Zant, rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1948 - Tommy Nolan, Montreal Canada, actor (Jody-Buckskin)
1949 - Howard Allen Twitty, Phoenix AZ, PGA golfer (1979 BC Open)
1949 - Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 1987)
1949 - Panos Mihalopoulos, Greek actor
1950 - David Lynn Jones, Bexar Ark, country singer (Bonnie Jean)
1950 - Marius Trésor, French footballer
1951 - Charo, Murcia Spain, actress/singer (Chico & the Man, Love Boat)
1951 - Martha Davis, Calif, vocalist/guitar (Motels-Only the Lonely, Shame)
1952 - Melvyn Gale, rocker (ELO)
1953 - Boris Blank, rocker (Yello)
1953 - Randy White, NFL tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
1953 - Kent Hovind, American evangelist
1953 - Ta-Tanisha, American actress
1954 - Nikos Sarganis, Greek footballer
1954 - Jose Dalisay, Jr., Filipino writer
1955 - Enrico Mentana, Milan Italy, Italian newscaster (RAI)
1956 - Paul Parker, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1981)
1956 - Vera Sosulya, USSR, toboggan (Olympic-gold-1980)
1956 - Mayawati, Indian politician
1957 - Mario Van Peebles, Mexico, actor (Posse, South Bronx Heroes)
1957 - Patrick Dixon, English entrepreneur
1958 - Julian Sands, actor (One Night Stand)
1958 - Boris Tadić, President of Serbia
1959 - Pete Trewavas, Middlesbrough, bassist, (Marillion-Clutching at Straws)
1959 - Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian climber (d. 2008)
1960 - Tim Curtis, cricketer (England righty batsman in 5 Tests 1988-89)
1960 - Kelly Asbury, American director and actor
1960 - Aaron Jay Kernis, American composer
1961 - Iris DeMent, Paragould Ar, country singer (Our Town)
1961 - Yves P. Pelletier, Canadian comedian and film director
1962 - Creflo Dollar, American televangelist
1962 - Conrad Lant, English musician
1963 - Erling Kagge, Norway, explorer (South Pole)
1963 - Lijuan Geng, Hebei China, Canadian tennis player (Olympics-96)
1963 - Richard Nasheim, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
1963 - Yaro Dachniwsky, Chic Ill, team handball goalie (Olympics-1996)
1964 - Cees van der de Linden, soccer player
1964 - Paula Schnurr, Kirkland Lake Ontario, 1.5k (Olympics-8-92, 96)
1964 - Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer
1965 - Derek B, rocker (Bullet from a Gun)
1965 - Michael Clemons, CFL running back (Toronto Argonauts)
1965 - Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist
1965 - Bernard Hopkins, American boxer
1965 - James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor
1967 - Lisa Lisa, [Velez], rock vocalist (& Cult Jam)
1967 - Richard Blakey, cricketer (England wicket-keeper in India 1993)
1967 - Ted N Tryba, Wilkes-Barre PA, PGA golfer (1995 Anheuser-Busch Golf)
1968 - Bob Dahl, NFL guard (Washington Redskins)
1968 - Chad Lowe, Dayton Ohio, actor (Spencer, Apprentice to Murder)
1968 - Felton Spencer, NBA center (SF Warriors)
1968 - Laurie Fellner, Appleton Wisc, team handball goalie (Olympics-92, 96)
1968 - Steve McConaghy, Australian soling yachter (Olympics-96)
1968 - Iñaki Urdangarín, Spanish royalty
1969 - Adam Burt, Detroit, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
1969 - Delino DeShields, Seaford DE, infielder (Montreal Expos, LA Dodgers)
1969 - Demetra Hampton, actress (Valentina)
1969 - Leonard Wheeler, NFL safety/cornerback (Cin Bengals, Minn Vikings)
1969 - Marsha Miller, Rochester NY, WPVA volleyballer (National-17th-1995)
1969 - Rob van Dijk, Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord)
1969 - Rod de Highden, Australian 5k/10k/marathoner (Olympics-96)

Famous Deaths

Results 101 - 119 of 119

2000 - Fran Ryan, American actress (b. 1916)
2000 - Željko Ražnatović, aka Arkan, Serbian paramilitary leader (b. 1952)
2001 - Ted Mann, American screenwriter (b. 1916)
2002 - Steve Gromek, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2003 - Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter (b. 1915)
2005 - Elizabeth Janeway, American author (b. 1913)
2005 - Ruth Warrick, American actress (b. 1915)
2005 - Walter Ernsting, German author (b. 1920)
2005 - Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano (b. 1923)
2005 - Deem Bristow, American video game voice actor (b. 1947)
2005 - Dan Lee, Canadian animator (b. 1969)
2006 - Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1926)
2007 - Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (b. 1908)
2007 - James Hillier, Canadian inventor of electron microscope (b. 1915)
2007 - David Vanole, American soccer player (b. 1963)
2007 - Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino writer and diplomat (b. 1905)
2007 - Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Iraqi Revolutionary Court (b. 1945) (executed)
2008 - Mark Haigh-Hutchinson, Game Designer (b. 1964)
2008 - Brad Renfro, American actor (b. 1982)