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Historical Events

Results 101 - 177 of 177

1959 - "At the Drop of a Hat" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 216 perfs
1959 - Conservatives win British election
1959 - LA Dodgers beat Chicago White Sox, 4 games to 2 in 56th World Series
1960 - Bobby Richarson hits a World Series grand slammer
1961 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Bill Brannin's Swing Parade Golf Tournament
1961 - US Constellation crashes at Richmond Virginia, 74 die
1961 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1961 - Whitey Ford breaks Babe Ruth's World Series record of 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings, running his streak to 32
1962 - Algeria admitted as 109th member of UN
1962 - N Korea reports 100% election turnout, 100% vote for Workers' Party
1962 - Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes the article "Bedingt abwehrbereit" ("Conditionally prepared for defense") about a NATO manoeuver called "Fallex 62", which uncovered the sorry state of the Bundeswehr (Germany's army) facing the communist threat from the east at the time. The magazine was soon accused of treason.
1963 - Sultan of Zanzibar cedes his mainland possessions to Kenya
1964 - Gilroy Roberts becomes 1st US chief engraver to retire (than die)
1964 - Ringo Starr takes & passes his driving test
1965 - Djakarta Moslems set fire to PKI-headquarter
1965 - London's Post Office Tower opens, tallest building in England
1965 - Once-Hertogenbosch soccer team FC de Bosch forms
1965 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1966 - Wyoming's Jerry DePoyster kicks 3 field goals over 50 yds (54, 54, 52)
1967 - Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
1968 - Aircraft carrier Charles Doorman sold to Argentina
1969 - The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois.
1970 - Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn wins Nobel Prize for Literature
1971 - John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine"
1971 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1972 - "From Israel with Love" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 8 perfs
1972 - Harold Carmichael begins NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions
1972 - In Game 2 of ALCS, A's Bert Campaneris fires his bat at Det pitcher
1972 - Lerrin LaGrow Campy, who had been hit by a pitch, is fined & suspended
1973 - NLCS game 3 brawl between Cins' Pete Rose & NY Met Bud Harrelson
1973 - Spyris Markezinis forms govt in Greece
1974 - Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it was the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
1976 - Sex Pistols sign with EMI
1977 - Largest baseball crowd in Penns, 64,924 see Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant)
1978 - Ken Warby set world water speed record at 319.627 mph (514 kph)
1978 - Yanks win 3rd straight AL Championship, all against Kansas City
1979 - "Sugar Babies" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 1208 perfs
1979 - 13th Country Music Assn Award:[Approx]
1979 - J McHugh & A Malvin's musical "Sugar Babies," premieres in NYC
1980 - Bob Marley collapses on stage, brought to Sloan-Kettering Hospital
1980 - British Leyland starts selling Mini Metro
1980 - USSR & Syria sign peace treaty
1980 - USSR performs nuclear test
1981 - 1st broadcast of "Cagney & Lacey" on ABC-TV
1981 - USAC appeals panel restores disputed Indy 500 victory to Bobby Unser
1981 - Pres Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford & Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral
1982 - NJ Devils 1st victory, beating NY Rangers 3-2 at Meadowlands
1982 - Poland bans Solidarity & all labor unions
1983 - 1st regular season Islander OT game beat Caps 8-7
1983 - Washington Capitals 1st NHL overtime game losing to NY Islanders 8-7
1984 - 18th Country Music Assn Award: Alabama wins
1985 - "Rembrandt & Hitler or Me" premieres in Amsterdam
1985 - Alain Boubil/Herbert Kretzner's "Les Miserables," premieres in London
1985 - Little Richard seriously injured in a car accident
1986 - Mike Scott ties playoff record of 14 strikeouts, beats Mets 1-0
1986 - RUN DMC calls for a day of peace among LA street gangs
1988 - Fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage
1988 - Jay Howell ejected in NLCS game 3 for having pine tar on his glove
1989 - Oakland beats Toronto, 4-3 in Game 5, to advance to the World Series
1990 - 24th Country Music Assn Award: George Strait wins
1990 - Israeli police kill 17 Palestinian rioters
1990 - US doctors Joseph E Murray & E Donnall Thomas win Nobel Prize
1991 - The Croatian Parliament cuts all remaining ties with Yugoslavia
1992 - Nobel Prize for literature is given to West Indies poet Derek Walcott
1992 - Ottawa Sentors 1st NHL game
1992 - Pioneer Venus Orbiter (1st Venus orbiter-1978), crashes into Venus
1993 - Howard Stern releases his 1st book "Private Parts"
1993 - Qn Elizabeth's nephew Viscount Linley (32) weds Serena Stanhope (24)
1993 - UN lifts remaining economic sanctions against South Africa
1994 - BPAA US Women's Bowling Open won by Aleta Sill
1995 - Dolphin's Dan Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL career completions record
1995 - Edgar Martinez drives home tying & winning runs to rally Mariners to 6-5 win in bottom of 11th to beat Yankees & win AL Division Series
1998 - Oslo Gardermoen airport opening after the close down of Fornebu.
1999 - New Coligny Calendar, NCC, The beginning of a new era of the Coligny calendar, the oldest material Celtic calendar.
2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
2001 - A twin engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy killing 118.
2005 - The Kashmir earthquake hits parts of northern South Asia at 03:50 UTC.

Famous Birthdays

Results 101 - 200 of 229

1929 - Valdir Pereira, Brazilian footballer (d. 2001)
1930 - James Olsen, Evanston IL, actor (Andromeda Strain, Spell)
1930 - Paul Hogan, Australia, actor (Crocodile Dundee, Lightning Jack)
1930 - Toru Takemitsu, Tokyo Japan, composer (Ki No Kyoko)
1932 - Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player
1934 - Doc Green, rocker (Drifters)
1934 - J Carter Brown, Providence RI, art director (Wash National Gallery)
1936 - Carman Moore, composer
1936 - David Carradine, Hollywood, actor (Kung-Fu, Boxcar Bertha, Young Guns)
1936 - Rona Barrett, NYC, gossip columnist (Tomorrow Show)
1938 - David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service)
1938 - Frederick S Stolle, tennis champ (US Open-1966)
1938 - Penny Pitou, US, skier (Olympic-2 silvers-1960)
1938 - Walter Gretzky, father of Wayne Gretzky
1939 - Armando Gentilucci, composer
1939 - Elvira Ozolina, USSR, javelin thrower (Olympic-gold-1960)
1939 - Paul Hogan, Australian actor
1939 - Harvey Pekar, American author
1939 - Lynne Stewart, American civil liberties lawyer
1940 - Fred Cash, Chattanooga Tn, rocker (Impressions)
1941 - George Bellamy, rocker (Tornados)
1941 - Jesse Jackson, Greenville SC, clergyman/presidential candidate (D)
1943 - Chevy Chase, NYC, comedian/actor (SNL, Vacation, Fletch, Caddyshack)
1943 - James Edward Sellars, composer
1943 - R L Stine, children's book writer (Goosebumps)
1944 - Bruce A Morrison, (Rep-D-CT, 1983- )
1944 - Susan Raye, American singer
1945 - Roy Royer, rock guitarist (Procol Harum)
1945 - Vanburn Holder, cricketer (West Indian pace bowler of 70's)
1946 - Aleksandr Gorshlov, ice dancer (holds 6 titles)
1946 - Jean-Jacques Beineix, director (Betty Blue, Diva)
1946 - Dennis Kucinich, American politician
1947 - Emiel Puttemans, Flemish athlete
1947 - Tony Wilson, Trinidad, rock vocalist (Hot Chocolate)
1947 - Yelena Ivanovna Dobrokvashina, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-15a)
1948 - Johnny Ramone, NY, pop guitarist (Ramones-Love Live)
1948 - Sarah Purcell, Richmond Ind, actress/TV hostess (Real People)
1948 - Stefanie Marrian, Paris France, comedienne (Benny Hill Show)
1948 - Benjamin Cheever, American novelist and editor
1948 - Pedro López, Colombian serial killer
1948 - Claude Jade, French actress (d. 2006)
1949 - Hamish Stuart, Scotland, guitarist/singer (Average White Band)
1949 - Michael Rose, rocker (Average White Band)
1949 - Sigourney [Susan Alexandra] Weaver, LA, actress (Alien, Working Girl)
1950 - Robert "Kool" Bell, Youngstown Oh, rocker (Kool & the Gang-Joanna)
1951 - Johnny Ramone [Cummings], guitarist/co-founder (Ramones)
1951 - Jack O'Connell, American politician
1952 - Cliff Adams, rocker
1952 - Jan Marijnissen, Dutch politician
1952 - Edward Zwick, American film director
1953 - Michael Dudikoff, Redondo Beach Calif, actor (Star of the Family)
1953 - Ricky Lee Phelps, Paragould Ar, singer (Ky Headhunters-Davy Crockett)
1954 - Ben Amonette, Radford VA, free pistol (Olympics-92, 96)
1955 - Bill Elliott, auto racer (Daytona-1978)
1955 - Lonnie Pitchford, American blues musician
1956 - Janice E Voss Ford, South Bend Ind, PhD/Astronaut (STS 57, 63, 83, 94)
1956 - Scott Michael Pellaton, barefoot water ski champ
1956 - Jeff Lahti, American baseball player
1957 - Doug Cox, Guelph Ontario, 90 kg Greco Roman wrestler (Olympics-96)
1957 - James De Paiva, Hayward Calif, actor (Max Holden-One Life to Live)
1957 - Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer
1957 - Joe Castiglione, American college athletic director
1958 - Steve Coll, American journalist
1959 - Carlos I Noriega, Lima Peru, astronaut (STS 84, sk 97)
1959 - Gavin Friday, [Fionan Hanvey], Irish singer (Virgin Prunes)
1959 - Mike Morgan, Tulare CA, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1959 - Tony Eason, football quarterback (New England Patriots)
1959 - Nick Bakay, American actor
1960 - Lorenzo Milá, Spanish newscaster
1960 - François Pérusse, Quebec humorist
1960 - Reed Hastings, American businessman and entrepreneur
1961 - Ted Kooshian, American jazz pianist
1962 - Bruno Thiry, Belgian rally driver
1964 - CeCe Winans, American singer
1965 - Martin Mayhew, NFL cornerback (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1965 - Matt Biondi, US 100m swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-84, 88, 92)
1965 - Ross Flemer, Newport Beach Calif, rower (Olympics-1996)
1965 - Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian and actor
1965 - C-Jay Ramone, American musician (The Ramones)
1966 - Art Barr, American wrestler (d. 1994)
1967 - Yvonne Reyes, Venezuelan actress
1968 - Frankie Smith, NFL cornerback (Miami Dolphins, SF 49ers)
1968 - Ali Benarbia, former Algerian footballer
1968 - Zvonimir Boban, Croatian football player
1969 - Dylan Neal, US actor (Dylan Shaw-Bold & the Beautiful)
1969 - Jeremy Davies, American actor
1970 - Carlos Etheredge, WLAF tight end (Amsterdam Admirals)
1970 - David Doster, Fort Wayne IN, infielder (Phila Phillies)
1970 - DeWayne Knight, CFL linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1970 - James Williams, WLAF cornerback (Scottish Claymores)
1970 - Matt Damon, American actor
1970 - Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video-game designer
1970 - Soon-Yi Previn, Korean American actress
1971 - Boomer [Norman] Ellison, NFL wide receiver (SD Chargers)
1971 - Jim Hanna, WLAF defensive tackle (Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 - Monty Williams, NBA forward/guard (San Antonio Spurs)
1971 - Nate Miller, NFL/WLAF guard (Frankfurt Galaxy, Atlanta Falcons)
1971 - Terry Richardson, WLAF running back (Rhein Fire)
1971 - Val St germain, CFL tackle (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1972 - Dede Demet, Milwaukee Wisc, cyclist (Olympics-96)

Famous Deaths

Results 101 - 114 of 114

1996 - Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist, dies at 85
1996 - Joseph Roy George Ralston, pilot, dies at 81
1996 - Susan Gautier TV producer-Smith, dies at 33
1996 - William Prince, actor (Ken Baxter-Another World), dies at 83
1997 - Brown Meggs, CEO (Capitol Records), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 66
1997 - Bertrand Goldberg, American architect (b. 1913)
1999 - John McLendon, American basketball coach (b. 1915)
2002 - Jacques Richard, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
2004 - Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (b. 1930)
2004 - James Chace, American historian (b. 1931)
2006 - Mark Porter, New Zealand racing driver (b. 1975)
2008 - George Emil Palade, Romanian cell biologist (b. 1912)
2008 - Eileen Herlie, American actress (b. 1918)
2008 - Bob Friend (newscaster), British newscaster (b. 1938)