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Historical Events

Results 101 - 172 of 172

1968 - Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele & Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours
1968 - Billy Martin named manager of Twins
1968 - Panama revolts
1969 - -28] Rome: 2nd bishop synod
1969 - Blues artist Muddy Waters involved in a car crash that kills 3
1969 - Soyuz 6 launched; Soyuz 7 & 8 follow in next 2 days
1971 - 60th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Charlotte (3-2)
1971 - Brooks Robinson ties Series record, reaches base 5 straight times
1971 - Frank McGee becomes news anchor of Today Show
1971 - Switzerland recognizes North Vietnam
1972 - Panama adopts constitution
1972 - Prison uprising at Washington DC jail
1972 - Reads beat Pirates in NLCS
1973 - Oakland beats Baltimore 3 games to 2 to win AL pennant
1974 - A's Catfish Hunter charge owner Charlie Finley with breach of contract
1975 - "Saturday Night Live" premieres with guest host George Carlin
1975 - Bill Clinton weds Hillary Rodham
1975 - Islander's Bryan Trottier's 1st career hat trick
1975 - Saturday Night Live premieres with George Carlin as host
1976 - 10th Country Music Assn Award: Mel Tillis wins
1976 - Mao Tse-Tung's widow Jiang Qing & "Gang of Four," arrested & charged with plotting a coup
1977 - Soyuz 25 returns to Earth
1978 - Aristides Royo elected president of Panama
1978 - Belgium govt of Tindemans resigns
1978 - Dodgers Bob Welch dramatically strikes out Reggie Jackson in 9th
1979 - "Most Happy Fella" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 53 performances
1979 - German DR frees dissidents Rudolf Bahro & Nico Hubner
1979 - Allan McLeod Cormack & Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield win Nobel Prize for medicine for developing CAT scan
1980 - Cosmonauts Popov & Ryumin set space endurance record of 184 days
1980 - Dallas Mavericks 1st game at Reunion Arena beat San Antonio 103-92
1980 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1981 - Expos beat Phillies, 3 games to 2, in NLCS
1981 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
1981 - LeRoy Irvin sets yards gained on punt returns record (207 yds)
1981 - Unknown rocker Prince opens for Rolling Stones at LA Coliseum
1981 - Yanks beat Brewers 7-3 & win only Eastern Championship Series
1982 - 16th Country Music Assn Award: Willie Nelson & Ricky Skagg
1982 - English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England
1982 - Riot in Amsterdam as tram catches fire
1983 - Last hand-cranked telephones US went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial
1984 - 1st space walk by US woman (Dr Kathryn D Sullivan)
1984 - August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," premieres in NYC
1984 - NASA launches space vehicle S-208
1984 - VP candidate debate-Graldine Ferraro (D) & George Bush (R)
1985 - Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
1985 - Pres Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands
1985 - US intercepts Egyptian Boeing with Achille Lauro terrorists
1986 - Reagan & Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland
1987 - 200,000 gays march for civil rights in Washington
1990 - "Miser" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 93 performances
1990 - Center for Urban archaeology opens in NYC South Street Seaport Museum
1990 - Octavio Paz wins Nobel Prize for literature
1990 - Oil hits a record $40.42 per barrel
1991 - Anita Hill testifies Clarence Thomas sexually harrased her
1991 - Chip Beck ties PGA lowest 18 hole score of 59
1991 - Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart seen soliciting a prostitute
1992 - 1st 3-way presidential debate (Bush-Clinton-Perot)
1992 - Deion Sanders, plays for Atlanta Falcons (NFL) & Braves (Baseball)
1992 - Toronto down 6-1 in 7th beats A's 7-6 in 11th in AL playoff
1993 - Norwegian Rushdie publisher William Nygaard injured in attack
1993 - US warship Harlan County anchors off Port-au-Prince Haiti
1994 - Russian ruble decreases to 3,926 rubles per dollar
1994 - Space shuttle STS-68 (Endeavour 7), lands
1995 - John Bobbitt has plastic surgery to increase his penis 3 inches
1995 - O J Simpson cancels a TV appearance on Dateline
1996 - Ford buys rights to named Detroit domed stadium for $40 million
1997 - Dennis Rodman returns from 2nd longest NBA suspension (11 games)
1998 - Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail LPGA Tournament
1998 - A Congo Airlines Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 40 people.
2000 - The 100th Space Shuttle mission (STS-92) is flown.
2001 - The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
2002 - A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.

Famous Birthdays

Results 101 - 200 of 219

1941 - Charles Shyer, American film director
1942 - Amitabh Bachan, actress (Deewar)
1942 - Malvin Whitfield, Bay City Tx, track star (Oly-3 gold/silv/br-48, 52)
1942 - Victor H Fazio, (Rep-D-California, 1979- )
1943 - Frank Muyser, Dutch guitarist/saxophonist (Les Baroques)
1943 - Gene Watson, Palestine Tx, country singer (Heartaches, Love & Stuff)
1943 - Keith Boyce, cricketer (big-hitting WI all-rounder of 70's)
1943 - Ken Boyce, cricketer
1943 - Per-Gunnar Alldahl, composer
1944 - Rodney Marsh, athlete
1944 - Mike Fiore, American baseball player
1946 - Felton Perry, actor (Magnum Force, Sudden Death)
1946 - Gary Mallaber, Buffalo NY, rocker (Steve Miller Band-Abracadbra)
1946 - Sawao Kato, Japan, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1968, 72, 76)
1946 - Oba Chandler, American convicted murderer
1947 - Al Atkins, English musician
1947 - Lucas Papademos, Greek economist
1947 - Thomas Boswell, American sports columnist
1948 - Daryl Hall, [Hohl], Penn, rocker/songwriter (Hall & Oates-Sara Smile)
1949 - Bobby Jones, baseball player
1949 - Greg Douglas, rock guitarist/vocalist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra)
1950 - Amos Gitai, actor (Neo-Fascist Trilogy, Golem, Arena of Murder)
1950 - Andrew Woolfolk, US pop musician (Earth, Wind & Fire-Shining Star)
1950 - Catlin Adams, LA Calif, actress (Ms Loomis-Square Pegs)
1950 - Patty Murry, (Sen-D Washington)
1950 - Thomas J Tauke, (Rep-R-IA, 1979- )
1951 - Wesley Magoogan, rocker
1953 - David Morse, Beverly Mass, actor (St Elsewhere, House, Inside Moves)
1956 - Nicanor Duarte Frutos, President of Paraguay
1957 - Dawn French, Welsh comedian and TV actress (Supergrass, French & Saunders, The Vicar of Dibley)
1957 - Blair Cunningham, Memphis Tn, rock drummer (Haircut 100)
1957 - Jon Moss, rock drummer (Culture Club)
1957 - Paul Bown, English actor
1957 - Paul Sereno, American paleontologist
1959 - Bob Inglis, (Rep-R-South Carolina)
1959 - Michiel Schapers, Netherlands, tennis star
1960 - Curt Ford, baseball player
1960 - Joe Nash, NFL defensive tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
1961 - Bryant Young, defensive tackle (San Francisco 49ers)
1961 - Steve Young, NFL quarterback (SF 49ers, NFL Player of Year '92)
1961 - Neil Buchanan, English television presenter
1961 - Amr Diab, Egyptian singer
1962 - Eric Johnson, Seaside OR, Nike golfer (1993 NIKE Louisiana Open-3rd)
1962 - Joan Cusack, Evanston Illinois, actress (SNL, Addams Family Values)
1962 - Leslie Landon, LA Calif, actress (Etta Plum-Little House on Prairie)
1962 - Martin Bayless, NFL safety (KC Chiefs)
1962 - Philip Newport, cricketer (England pace bowler in 3 Tests 1988-91)
1962 - Nicola Bryant, English actress
1963 - Ronny Rosenthal, Israeli footballer
1963 - Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein of Jordan
1964 - Michael J. Nelson, American actor
1965 - Chris Spielman, NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions, Buffalo Bills)
1965 - Sean Patrick Flanery, actor (Young Indiana Jones, Powder)
1965 - Alexander Hacke, German musician (Einstürzende Neubauten)
1966 - Gregg Olson, Omaha NE, pitcher (Balt Orioles, Detroit Tigers)
1966 - Luke Perry, Mansfield Ohio, actor (Dillon-Beverly Hill 90210)
1966 - Shawn Chambers, Royal Oaks MI, NHL defenseman (Team USA, NJ Devils)
1966 - Solofa Fatu, aka Rikishi, American professional wrestler
1967 - Bruce Dickson, CFL linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)
1967 - Charles Ogletree, Greenville NC, tornado yachter (Olympics-8th-1996)
1967 - Dennis Vaske, Rockford, NHL defenseman (NY Islanders)
1967 - John Lovell, Baton Rouge LA, tornado yachter (Olympics-8th-1996)
1967 - Rob Selby, NFL guard (Arizona Cardinals)
1967 - Sean Moynihan, Burlington Vt, actor (Powell-One Life to Live)
1967 - Tony Chimel, American professional wrestling announcer
1967 - Artie Lange, American actor and comedian
1967 - David Starr, American race car driver
1967 - Tazz, American professional wrestler and commentator
1968 - Amy Louise Taylor, [Kallested], actress (Silent Night Deadly Night 5)
1968 - Claude Lapointe, Lachine, NHL center (Calgary Flames)
1968 - Cynthia Johnston, Calgary Alberta, basketball forward (Olympics-96)
1968 - Jane Krakowski, American actress
1969 - Cal Dixon, NFL center/guard (NY Jets)
1969 - Mike Kerr, WLAF defensive end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1969 - Prince Constantijn, CF Aschwin, of Netherlands
1969 - Ty Murray, rodeo cowboy(5-time all-around world champion)
1970 - Chidi Ahanotu, NFL defensive end/defensive tackle (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1970 - Kelly Sims, WLAF cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals)
1970 - Nicole Jeray, Cook County IL, LPGA golfer (1995 Sprint Champ-22nd)
1970 - Andy Marriott, English footballer
1970 - Constance Zimmer, American actress
1971 - Chann McRae, Albany Ga, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1971 - Natalie Jay, Hendon England, actress (Baywatch)
1971 - Petra Haden, American musician (The Rentals)
1972 - Brigitte Soucy, Moncton New Brunswick,volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1972 - Cherokee Parks, NBA center (Dallas Mavericks, Minn Timberwolves)
1972 - Kyoko Ina, Tokyo Japan, figure skater (1993 North Atlantic Sr champ)
1972 - Troy Corbett, cricket pace bowler (Victorian lefty since 1994-95)
1972 - Claudia Black, Australian actress
1973 - Sharon Dominguez, Miss Belize Universe (1997)
1973 - Takeshi Kaneshiro, actor/model
1973 - Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer
1973 - Mike Smith, American guitarist (Snot, Limp Bizkit)
1974 - Jason Arnott, Collingwood Ontario, NHL center (Edmonton Oilers)
1974 - Terje Haakonsen, Norwegian snowboarder
1975 - Kellie Martin, Riverside CA, actress (Life Goes On, Cristy)
1975 - Zach Conrad, Ft Collins Colo, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1976 - Emily Deschanel, American actress
1976 - Brent Bennett, American mercenary
1977 - Matthew Bomer, American actor

Famous Deaths

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